THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 7, 1009.
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GREAT PAIRS IN FOOT BALL
Players Who Have Worked Together
and Earned Fame.
SIIEVLIN AND RAFFESTY THICK
Thff Tito One Hit a Man Toff-ether
and Plans; Him , Bark- Over
111 Own Goal for a
afety.
Po often as to be worthy of note It has
happened In foot ball that one unusually
good player has had a team and position
mate as good or nearly no as himself. If
so. so much the better for the team, so
much more likely the Intense If ephem
eral Joya of victory. In the frequency
with which there have been a good pair
of enda, a food pair of tackles, a Rood
pair of guards or a Rood pair of half
backs the adjective should be strength
ened to fine or splendid, anyway above
the ordinary on noma one team one of
the two may be better aolely through the
example of his mate, or else the pair Just
happened to flourish contemporaneously.
Foot ball sharps cannot dissociate Henry
of Princeton from Davis. These two were
fellow ends at Princeton and the most
able pair of outflankera Nassau ever had.
Seldom do two players so nearly matched
In ability happen to strike the same team
at the same time. How fleet they were,
how vigilant, how deadly In tackling, how
hard was It to turn their ends! And Hhev
lln and Rafferty of Tale! There was a
pair of finished ends for you, fleet and
strong and tireless and fearless, masters
of their nosltlons. and when thev ffrlnned
a man he went back toward his own goal.
Finns; Rack Orer Own Goal.
We remember once seeing Shevlln and
Bafferty hit a man together and fling him
back over his own goal line for a safety.
Shevlln and Rafferty and Davis and
Henry played opposite one another and
they gave an exhibition of end play In 1903
as Isn't seen once In ten,-years. Tale had
another great pair In Hlnkey and Green
way of the early '90s. Hlnkey never had
a superior, possibly never an equal. He
outshone his partner, Greenway; could
diagnose a play better than any end be
fore or since and was surenens Itself In
tackling and was efficient enough of his
own account to bring the pair up to a high
standard. ,
Harvard's best pairs of ends were Hal
lowell and Cochrane of the victorious 1898
eleven and Campbell and Ilowdltch of the
powerful 1D01 team. Hallowell and Coch
rane were built alike, tall and rangy, and
of equal ability. Their team play was
great. Campbell surpassed Dowdltch. He
was a scintillating star, but Bov. ditch was
Food, too, and did not merely shine In his
associate's reflected glory.
Princeton has In Poo and Palmer two
small ends who were so fist and sure that
their made up for their sllghtness of weight.
Both smashed Intrepidly Into Interference,
and Poe was a wonder at weaving In and
getting to his man. Scarlett and Lavene
of Pennsylvania were a swift and capable
pair and at Fordham they think with rea
son that this year's pair, McCarthy and
McCaffrey, neither a big man, are about
eny good as they come.
Similarity la Tackllnar. V
Similar conditions are found In the tackle
positions. One star pairs off with another.
It was so fifteen years ago and now.
Where there was a Wallls at Tale there
also was a Winter. - It was close between
them as to which was the better. They
were clean built fellows, symmetrical rather
than beefy and both exceptionally pro
ficient at breaking through and fast In
getting down under a punt. They played
on a sequence of strong teams at Tale,
They were the best pair that Tale had
until Stlllman and Bloomer appeared and
helped make Gordon Brown's all conquer
ing team of 1900 such a powerful scoring
. machine.. The latter two's part was par
tlcularly effective, for they were the main
driving force In the tackle back formation
which ground opposing defences to pieces.
Then come Hogan and Kinney, two
tackles at Tale cast In Herculean mould.
Kinney was not the star Hogan was, but
with his strength and slse fitted In well
with the glgantto Tale line of 1903. Cutts
and Blagden, Harvard tackles on Comp-
tiAll'a YfAt-vjtrri tVAn nf 1901 werA a vsawap-
) fal pair, both brawny, heavy men, but ac
tive and fast. The holes they could open
were like unto a barn door. Blagden didn't
'have the reputation of CutU, but In a less
showy fashion he did the work. Hllle
brand and Church at Princeton teamed at
'tackle on the 1894 team, a strong and well
' balanced organization, and were a puis
sant pair. So were Lea and Holly of
Princeton, an earlier day pair of tackles.
Waters and Newell of Harvard who played
tackle together in the old Springfield days,
were a wonderful capable all around pair,.
Waters a first class man and Newell as
good a tackle, combining strength, speed
and head work, as ever' played the game.
Noted pairs of guards have been numer
ous. Heffeiflnger and Morrison at Tale
nearly twenty years ago were mighty men
In the center of the line, both over six
feet, spare of build, but fleet and resolute
and strong, getting over a great amount
of ground and into all the plays. Heffei
flnger as a guard stands alone, and his
partner was a lesser light, not, however,
because he really was not first class, but
because Heffeiflnger was his contemporary.
At that time Klggs and Wheeler were
playing guards at Princeton. They were
corkers too, and It was a battle of the
giants when they lined up against Heffei
flnger and Morrlsoo.
Brown and Sheldon at Tale In 1900 made
a couple of guards who were the best pair
at Tale since Heffeiflnger and Brow
Morrison. Tbey, too, were giants, both over
six feet, two Inches,., and Indefatigable
workers. Glass and Goss came two years
later and left their mark. Goss was a
man of great strength, not with the techni
cal ability or agility of the famous Glass,
but who rose to great things with a crack
guard alongside of him. It was a duel
of strong men when Edwards and Crowdla,
guards at Princeton in 1H97, played against
Chadwlck and Brown of Tale. Edwards
Ind Crowdls were both over 200 pounds,
tig physically and In foot ball ability.
Thy were the biggest pair of guards
Princeton ever had, and Edwards was as
fast as he was big. He carried his bulk
down under a kirk like a tackle.
Some nix Pennsylvania Pairs.
Pennsylvania has had some pairs of
guards of exceptional ability, most noted
being Wharton and Woodruff and Hare
and MeCracken. Kaon of these four men
was strictly first class, and paired to
gether they were still more effective. The
guards back play of Hare and MeCracken
was a Juggernaut which no team could
stop. With the Hare or MeCracken bat
tering ram at the head of it. It ploughed
Its way Irresistibly through all opponents.
As line guards, too. Hare and MeCracken
were In the front rank. McCrea and
Hlckok of Tale and Meyer and Wright
of the Navy earned fame as pairs. The
two mldshpmen mentioned were not of the
size of the college players, but made up
for It In sturdlness and activity. Imparting
solidity to the whole line. Cornell had a
pair of guards In Thompson and O'Rourke
who were towers of strength and con
spicuously active and aggressive. Andrus
and Goebel of this year's Tale eleven will
go In the hall of fame as a great team.
There is nobody to be paired off with
the center. As there Is only one of him
as a line man, .he Is the lonely child so
far as having a partner Is concerned. He
Is one of three, the center trio, and also
In a way has a team mate In the quarter
back. That there be smooth team work
between him and the quarterback Is vital
to the success of a team. Classing him
with the line men, noted center trio have
been McCrea, Hlckok and Stlllman of
Tale; Wharton, Woodruff and Bull of
Pennsylvania; Hare, MeCracken and Over
field of Pennsylvania; Edwards, Crowdls
and Booth of Princeton; Brown, Sheldon
and Olcott of Tale; Glass, Goss and Holt
of Tale; O'Rourke, Thompson and Newman
of Cornell; Meyer, Wright and Slinguff
of the Navy, and Heffelfinger, Morrison
and San ford of Tale; Bull, Newman, Over
field, Sllngluff and Sanford were as active
as any of their line men and made as many
plays In the open.
I.nna 1. 1st of Stars.
There have been stellar backflcld pairs,
trios and quartets. Harvard had a com
bination In 1890 which could do well every
thing backs had to do Dean, Lake, Lee
and Corbett. The Princeton quartet In 1S89
was a wonder for speed Channlng, Poe,
Lamar and Ames, a slippery group. Bar
bour, Bliss, McClung and MoCormlck, Tale,
1391, combined every known means of gain
ing ground, while Williams, Osgood, Knlpe
and Brooke of Pennsylvania represented
rare punting skill, line breaking prowess
and speed and eluslveness In a broken
field; so did the Harvard combination of
18fi8 Reld, Daly, Dlbblee-and Warren. Like
wise Jones, Veader, Knox and Morse, Tale,
1906. The backs were there and the quar
terback with the generalship to get moat
out of the forces at his command.
As between the center and the quarter
smoothness In feeding the ball to the
runner was , a marked characterlstlo of
the combinations that paired off Holt
and Rockwell, Bull and Williams, Torrey
and Stevenson, Ealliet and King, Phillips
and Dillon and Nourse and Cutler. Dart
mouth's backfleld four of last year, Marks,
Hawley, Ingersoll and PIshon, ranked
high, and the Princeton quartet of 1893
was an evenly balanced and fine all around
group; taking in King, Ward, Morse and,
Blake. Naturally In these groups of Tour
there have been brilliant pairs of half
backs, such as Osgood and Knlpe, and In
that pairing Chadwlck and Metcalf, Tale,
1902, belong. They were light, but swift
as the wind,, quick and accurate In
taking openings and fine on the defense.
Two of the best line breakers that ever
played on the same team together were
Butterworth and Thome.
WITfl THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Doing! in the Field of Sport in East
and West.
COLUMBIA TRACK TEAM STRONG
Berna, Rx-rornrll, Shows Great Tow
era by Three Good Hares In
On bay Other Good
Performers.
LANGF0BD CAN DO BUSINESS
All Johnson Asks Is that Sans Pat Up
10,000.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Although Jack
Johnson has been matched to meet Jim
Jeffries for the heavyweight title some
time next July, the big negro may do
some f lghUng In the . meantime. Sam
Langford has announced that he Is pre
pared to tackle Johnson, and as an evi
dence of his sincerity In this direction
he Is ready to give the champion $1,000
In cash the moment he steps Into the
ring. When George Little. Johnson's
manager, was Informed of this he said
that a match between Johnson and Lang
ford would be a great drawing card and
that he was ready to bring about such a
battle. '
"The only way that I will consider the
proposition for a match," said Little, "Is
If Woodman, who represents Langford,
will post 110,000 In cash with some re
sponsible party to convince me, as well
as the public, that he is not bluffing.
" "ngiora wants to tackle Johnson for
his title he must deposit the money. It
he does so you can depend that John.
win De on the Job and give Lanfnr .
lne nothing In the articles
u1iiiouii ana jerrrles to
prevent either man from fighting before
the match. Jack will be In shape to give
Langford a fight within sixty days after
uigiug- or me papers."
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they have always attracted the best horses
in training. It has been found necessary
for obvious reasons to curtail the value of
both of them, but they remain the Fa
turlty and the Realisation, and as such
they have a much greater Importance in
the racing year than can be figured by
money value. The horse that wins either
cue of them has earned a place for himself
that Is secure, and .he owner of such a
winner prises the performance much more
than a score of purses In selling races that
might climb to a greater money value.
The Futurity of 1911 has an added value
of $6,000, and the Realization has a like
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It Is likely that the' Columbia track team
will make a good showing In the Inter
collegiate games next spring, Judging 'from
the results of the underclass games on
South field. The freshmen, Roos and
Berna. and the sophomore, Harry Bab
cock, are three who should be heard from
In the championship meet.
Berna's performance was gilt-edged.
First of all he ran the mile, coming home.
after a good struggle In 4 minutes 42
seconds. About eighteen minutes later ho
turned out for the half mile, taking that
in I minutes 11 seconds. In this race he
finished quite alone and merely strode
down the stretch, making no effort for
time.
It Is a good man who can do three races
In the distances In one afternoon, almost
without regard to the class of the competi
tion he may be In. Therefore when Berna
turned out for the two miles It was to be
expected that If he won he would not do
anything very fast. Quite the reverse.
He appeared to gather strength in going
and was better In this last race than In
the first.
He cantered home, yards and yards ahead
of anyone else, in minutes. 59 seconds,
and for the first time brought the Colum
bia two-mile record down under 10 min
utes. The day on which Berna ran was
cold and raw. The track waa In fair con
dltlon, but none too good, and had been
run on much before. Berna had had two
races, which, as has been said, is a great
task, and in this third, coming within half
an hour after his second race, he made
all the pace.
Here Is What He Did.
In other - words, he accomplished the
feat of running three and a half miles In
something under an hour In the three sep
arate races. And at that his third appear
ance was a first rate perrormance, one
that almost any man In any college would
have been proud to be able to do at this
time of the year.
Berna is registered as a freshman at
Columbia. The Cornell catalogue of last
year does not give his name, so that
presumably he was not In residence the
second half year. - Berna was on proba
tion at Cornell and for that reason prob
ably dm not get a chance to show what
he could do. If he had run In (He inter
collegiate games last spring against P.
J. Taylor, another Cornellian, the Amer
ican two-mile record holder would have
had a time to beat him It Is certain. Berna
was right on top of Taylor air the time
when the two ran In two-mile trial races
at Ithaca, so that Berna probably would
have furnished more fireworks than Oayle
uuu aid at Cambridge.
Ratsel Rnnner 4a lie.
Berna Is a tall, rugged runner. He
appears to weigh about 163 pounds and
maybe more. His height Is about six
feet. He has an easy style free stride
and good leg control. He apparently
has all the strength he needs and his per
formance in the Columbia underclass meet
helps confirm this Impression. By the
way, this is another good performance
lost to Meakley of Cornell, who must feel
more than a little regretful that Berna
did not keep up his scholarship standing.
Men like these will help to put Columbia
back on the athletlo map. Scoring points
In the Intercollegiate games from time to
time Is a good way to call attention to
the fact that Columbia has a track team.
The New Yorkers may yet come to be
figured on when championships are being
doped out. As a matter of fact Berna's
good work will cause some worrying, both
in the cross-country race this month and
In the Inetrcolleglate meets of next spring.
Not only Berna, but the other two of
the Columbia track team, Roos and Bab
cock, will take looking after. Roos has
put the sixteen-pound shot better than
forty-three feet. In the underclass games
he was easily first with almost forty-one
feet Now, of course, neither of these per
formances means a championship in the
Intercollegiate games next spring, but
there Is time and Roos will improve. He
Is a fair hammer thrower and probably
will get a chance In the dual meets to
score points In that event. He Is regarded
as likely to score In the Intercollegiate
meet In the shotput
Bibcock Does Too Mara.
Babcock already has had his taste of
the championship meet. He scored third
In the broad jump as a freshman and he
should do better next spring. He led
In the jumping up to the third round and
then was surpassed by Kllpatrlck and.
Cook. The Cornellian had first place In
good style, but Kllpatrlck beat Babcock
only a fraction of an Inch.
The only thing .against Babcock Is his
all around ability. He has to compete In
so many different events In tthe dual
meets that he has no chance to specialize.
For Instance, In the games last spring he
was In five events, the two hurdles, the
broad jump, high jump and pole vault.
In the underclass gamea recently he com
peted In the two hurdle races, the broad
jump, the pole vault and the shot put He
won the vault and the high hurdles and
was second In the low hurdles and the
broad jump.
Bernie Wefers, the Columbia trainer,
has another good man lit Ward, another
freshman. Ward Is a clever little sprinter.
He was second In both 100 and 220 yard
runs and later won the low hurdles and
the broad jump, covering twenty-one feet
in the last named. He was beaten In the
dashes by W. Jacobs, another freshman,
who did 10 seconds and U seconds,
Jacobs and Ward both are small men, but
show promise. Although Jacobs won the
two races, not so much stress is put on
his performance, as he may not be eligible
for competition for an academic year,
Ward comes from out Montclalr way. Ills
Jumping will supplement Babcock's and
will help the team immensely. His hurd
ling also may Improve.
South Field History.
The Columbia men have an advantage
this year In their new track. It Is the
most elaborate thing In the way of a track
that has been put on South Field. That
pUce has undergone some changes since
the day that the new arrivals fim Forty-
ninth street cantered up and down a nar
row cinder strip under the trees, with
John Mack to tell them about working
their arms. There are plenty of folks who
remember Johnny's "It's a lift!" as he
showed the sprinter's proper arm move,
went.
Then came Ernie HJortberg, the un
daunted enthusiast who Jumped In after
a contractor had defaulted on the work
and put down an extraordinary track
something around five or i-lx laps to the
mile, Over toward One Hundred and
Fourteenth slrset the grade of the field
made it necessary to bank the track? away
up. Along One Hundred ai.d Sixteenth
street, the Infield cropped up above the
track surface, making a convenient place
for a tired athlete to seat himself.
There are folks who remember the two
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mile race on that day in April, 1902, when
Dr." Butler was inducted' into office as
president of the university, In which one
athlete, tiring toward the end, fell off the
track Just at the old yew tree at the top of
the backstretch and dropped completely
out of Bight down In the Infield, because
of the upbuilt nature of the path at that
point. Then came Improvements for
foot ball, which was dying then. The In
field was levelled so that It became a
passable field.
The track altered each year In size, now
Increasing and now shrinking. It never
was exactly anything to the mile. It was
either five laps and a few yards, or six
laps or so to the mile. When Ernie left
Columbia and Josh Crooks took up the
struggle to make a track team grow where
the soil didn't appear fertile, the track
remained about In Its general six to the
mile aspect for a while. It was last spring
that operations were begun to put down a
quarter mile track on South Field.
This was to be more than a mere quar
ter-mile track. The designer Indicated also
a straightaway of 830 yards. There were
to be grand stands erected, the gifts of a
class. This field was to be the scene of
the Intercollegiate championships some
time in the future. The Columbia folks
knew that the Intercollegiate Amateur
Athletlo Association of America was only
too willing to have the games back in
New York.
But .the plans that Fred Rublen drew
were not followed. The long statghtaway
was omitted. The track will hold the 120
yard hurdle race along the One Hundred
and Fourteenth street side, but the jump
ing pits are so placed that the jumpers
would Interfere with the progress of com'
politors In running races. There Is really
no room for the hammer thrower either,
so that all In all the track Isn't anywhere
near fit for the holding of the champion
ship meet.
Fate pursues this Columbia track, and
although It was surveyed to be 410 yards
long once around. It isn't. It Is 446 yards
Vt feet to the lap. Therefore twice around
Is 881 yards, and four times around Is a
mile and two yards. These differences
have all been accounted for, and the pole
boards are marked for some distance from
the finishing post with Instructions as to
starting certain races.
Stadlam of the Fatar.
The discussion started recently by the
Columbia Alumni New's article on the uni
versity's Intentions regarding South field
reveals a state of affairs threatening to the
continuance of athletic prosperity at Co
lumbia when. Indeed, It shall arrive. Th
university does not Intend, apparently, that
South field shall go on being used Indefin
itely for athletics. The field Is very fins
now but some day and that may be soon
there will be need of ground for another
building or so and the field will be cut
Into. It may be eventually that the uni
versity plans will be so far accomplished
that the terrace on South field will be
completed to match the one before the
library building. Then there will be no
more athletic field.
At this time the university Is talking
vaguely of that Riverside stadium project,
which about two years ago had advanced
far enough to cause a plan and fanciful
elevation to be published. This stadium
has many ifs and onda retarding It and
so It may be years before ever It comes
to pass. It will be a prime necessity
some day, as can be seen readily. If It
does come up to expectations, Columbia
will turn from being one of the poorest
equipped of the college for outdoor sports
into one of the very first rank. But tho
alumni are worn with dlspalr because
every now and again an upheaval has
caused the breaking up of all plans cher
ished for putting athletics on a good basis.
At present Columbia Is pretty well oft
for material. Every afternoon sees a good
crowd of men out doing things on the
fieU. Perhaps the men who turn out for
the gymnasium open air classes may not
be doing anything very much In the line
of fitting them for athletics, but they can
hot help but be regarded as material that
some day will pan out. The track candi
dates have, been doing a great deal of
work and they like Wefers.
Bernie is a worker. He has a good way
of going up to a man and telling him after
a race in which he may have finished
only third or fourth that he did well.
This makes the man see that the coach
had his eye on him some time in the race
and it is a little bit of showing interest
in his men that keeps them encouraged.
Nathan J. Cartmell, the former Pennsyl
vania sprinter, who turned pro a while ago
In England, is to coach the University of
North Carolina track team next spring.
Cartmell had a formidable record as a
sprinter himself and could and can run
well from sixty to 440 yards. His venture
Into the coaching game adds to the gaiety
of nations, because he Is one of the few
collegians who have entered Into the busi
ness of coaching track athletes after they
finished their college work.
Dr. Williams, at Minnesota, a Tale man',
preceded Dick Grant, of Harvard, as track
coach of the Gophers. 'Lonzo Stagg, of
Yale, looks after the track men at Chicago,
although, of course, he has other duties.
Mike Murphy is a college man, ex post
facto. So is Dr. John Bowler, who had the
Dartmouth track men for a time. Bernie
Wefers was a champion sprinter when he
went to Ueorgetown. Arthur Duffey had
a brief session as trainer at New York
university. Dave Hall of Brown Is at the
University of Washington. Charles H. Kll
patrlck waa a Union man and Dr. Alvln C.
Kraenzleln was a great hurdler and
Jumper at Pennsylvania.
The relations between Syracuse and
Michigan in foot ball have been strength
ened by a three-year agreement for a track
meet. It is presumed that ( Syracuse, hav
ing failed to meet any response from Cor
nell, got Michigan as a rival worth while.
Whether Syracuse will meet the Indians
and Colgate, too, is not yet certain, but a
track team can stand three meets In a
season.
STRONG ENDS VITAL TO GAME
New Rules of Foot Ball Makes
Demands on New Positions in Line.
DAY OF HALFBACKS IS PAST
Become Just Members of Back Field
Under Development of Modern
Tactics Quarter suu o(
Importance.
With the growth of the modern school
of foot ball there has been many changes
as to the relative Importance of the sev
eral positions. Under the new system
of foot ball the end rush Is the most Im
portant man on the team. The only pos
sible exception is the position' of quarter
back. The latter must evolve the play
that is to come, and It is up to the end
rush to put It into execution. Formerly
most of these duties fell upon the half
backs, and the back field was considered
the most important department. If the
players were still permitted to formulate
mass plays the back field would still be
the more Important, but the end rush Is
the man on whom all teams must depend
for success under the present system.
As a matter of fact, there Is no lunger
such a thing as a right halfback or a
left halfback. They are merely members
of the back field. In the old days the
back stood in a line parallel to the line
men. The fullback was In the center and
the halfbacks were on each side of htm.
That is where they got their names of
right and left halfback. As the teams
line up today the backs stand In a row,
which is at right angle to the regular
line, and, -consequently, there is no right
and left. In the signals they are known
as back 1 and back 1
There are many reasons why the end
should have superseded the halfback as
a position of Importance. In the old days
of mass plays the ends rarely ever got
a chance to get In the Dlav before tho
runner was tearing Into the line, that Is,
when they were on the defensive. On the
offensive, the ends were played back of tho
line and used as halfbacks. They often 1
ran with the ball. Under the new style
of open play the end muHt be as fleet as
a reindeer, and he must be a certain and
sure tackier. There Is much more kicking
in the game now than there waa a few
years ago, and the end must keep up with
the speed of the ball and tackle the man 1
who catches It by the time it hits his
hand. Wise kickers always send the ball
high in the air to give these ends a
chance. If an end is slow in going down
the field on punts he is useless.
The forward pass has also brought the
end Into prominence, and he now must
be expert In the art of catching a ball on
the fly and he must have all the qualities
of a halfback in running with the ball.
The forward pass cannot be executed with
bad endB. The man who receives the ball
must have had long training and he must
have a nerve of steel. The halfback can
protect the end after he starts with the
ball, but it Is up to the end to catch the ,
pass, and he must be In position exactly
at the right moment or the whole hiiig
will go up In smoke.
A nice Illustration of what the end
rushes oan do toward winning or losing
a foot ball game Is that game in which
Dartmouth defeated Princeton last s'lrfon.
It was the work of Schlldmlller and 'vent
nedy that turned the trick. They wek
on top of the ball .every time It waa
kicked, and not once did either of 4hem
miss the forward pass.
The early slowness of Princeton this
year is due to the failure to secure fast
ends to take the place of. such men as
WIster.
New Kind of Husband.
An angry woman armed with a big revol
ver and searching for one of those "Oh,
you kid" husbands and his affinity ore ted
no little excitement In the western part
of town last Saturday nlKlit. The belltgt
ent one was finally pacified after she had
shot through the door of a dwelling house
and marched her spouse home at the point
of the aforesaid big gun. Princeton (Kan.)
Telegraph.
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