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MICHIGAN'S. CHANCES GOOD.BOXING BADLY OFF ON COAST
Without BricUej to Depend cn Hax
Tard'i EleTen it Weakened.
BACKBONE OF THE CRIMSONS
Fan IpKle1cr I Laid l
frosa mn nra1la a4 HI Ale ,
him tmm Umm r Iah Like
Like Defeat far Taa.
r FRtlK n. MKHKE.
NT5W YORK. Oct. St. IUnrf, n 1th
eut It marvelou Brlckley. seem due for
a beating when It tckle the powerful
Michigan team that Hurry Vp" Tot ha
assembled and which he will vend glnt
the Crimson warrior In Cambridge next
Saturday.
On of the moat regrettable feature of
the year, from the aportlnf viewpoint, la
the fart that Brlckley haa been forced out
nf the Harvard lineup that he will apend
next Saturday In the hospital recuperat
ing from aa operation when Mi services
are so badly needed hy hla team.
With Brlckley. In the, lineup, the irame
promised to be a thriller. It promised to
be on of the greatest battles In foot ball
history. But with Brlckley hora du com
bat, only a few of the stauncheat Har
vard supporters feel that the Crimson
will triumph over the Malse and Blue.
The Harvard team was built around
T.rirkley. Tha i-reat fullback was Ihe
main cor In tha Harvard machine. With
that cog removed tha machine seema
minus its power and It tremendous drive.
To Brtckley more than anyone else Is
due the credit for Harvard's treat allow
ing during the last three years. Brlckley"
boot beat Tale and Princeton last year,
and it was figured that Brlckley- boot
might repeat against Michigan.
Tha Harvard team during tha last three
seasons has not been drilled ta make
touchdown against Its atrongeet foe. It
hasn't been drilled to smash through the
enemy's llnea and smash and smash
agala until It has carried the ball ever tha
line. Its main drilling ha been to get
th ball to within twenty or thirty yards
of the rival line and to leave th rest to
Brlckley and hi boot.
Brtckley Does Heavy Work.
Barely hss the Harvard team at
tempted to carry the ball over the line
of It powerful foe since Brlckley Joined
the squad. Coach Haughton probably
figured there waan't any use In talcing a
clianoo on having his men battered In a
fierce fight In th shadows of th goal
posts when ha had Brick ley's toe to lead
Harvard to an easier and less dsngerou
way -to victory.
Brlckley's absence from th Harvard
lineup leave Harvard' without a real
drop-kicker. Mahan has soma skill In
that line. So ha Hardwick. ' But neither
has more than ordinary.
Haughton now la face to face with
tha task of drilling th Harvard team
Into becoming a touch down machine.
Tie realises that he must amool It not
only to carry the ball to th twenty or
thirty yard line, but then carry it over
tha Una II ha no "Brlckley now to
forestall a bitter battle within th ton
yard line. Th task that he face in
tha limited ttma that h haa I a hug
pn.
Haughton, in ay auceeed. Harvard may
glv Michigan a beating when they meet
next Saturday., Thl is th year when
all th "dope" I bslng upset But If
Harvard win It will be a urpr1-nd
a big one, because Harvard wlU ba pitted
gainst. a powerful eleven.
Mast Respect Michigan.
The Michigan team of )14 is a team
that Its every foe must t aspect and fear.
t It isn't cluttered tip with all-star men. It
Isn't liven to Individual playing, but th
team 1 perfect In its machine work. It
I fast and It surely can fight It I
equally powerful on defenae and offense.
Yost ha schooled his men as he never
schooled a team. The greatest ambition
In hi life has been to beat Harvard. The
opportunity lie before him-and h means
to map It He 1 drtllin hi men to us
an alternating attack on Harvsrd a mix
ture of old foot bait with th new. And
Yost, too, has taught his ina soma trick
that only th wonderful brain of Yost can
figure out trick Intended to aroas th
spectator aad sweep Harvard off Us
feet
It' too bad for th sake pf the gam
that Brlckley ' won't b able to play. A
(wonderful and thrilling gridiron contest
waa In prospect with both team sending
their rull atrengtn into battle a batll
that would , not permit alibis, such as
re likely to come from Harvard and
with Justification If Harvard is beaten.
Balloon Pursuit
Race Won by Hupp
The national balloon pursuit race held
recently In New England, In which four
balloons and twelve automobile psrtlo
Haled, wa won by a Hupinobllet driven
by Roy B. Bridge of Plttafleld. Balloon
"L.'Kurull" was th first of th airmen,
Under th condition of th race, which
were rather unique, an air craft known
a th "king" balloon was first sent up.
Th other contestant were required to
follow It a ad land aa near as possible to
th placa where tha "king" balloon de
scended. Th nearest balloon to ths
"king" aa decided th winner, and th
motor contestant first reaching th
"king" balloon after It landed was
awarded th first prisa aa th winning
automobile.
Th meat was held under th sanction
ot tha Aero Club ef America and was th
t'lgfest contest of It kind ever held In
th east. Enthusiasm ran high and spec
tator gathered from mile around t
witness th vat
Th automobil pursuit on of the
moat exciting part of the affair. The
balloon wer,gtvs an hour's start on
th motorist and at th and of that ttme
twelve machine got under way In their
search for th balloons, which were the
out of sight,
Mr. Bridge, la hi Hupraobll, sighted
the "Daactng Doily." th nam of th
"king" balloon, after be wa oa th road
for two hour. When h saw that ths
balloon wa beginning to descend b tav
mediately went In pursuit and wa oa
th ground two minutes attar th big
air craft touched ground fUn minute
ahead of hi next competitor.
Princeton Team Attempting to Block a Punt
Californianj Now Ajfairmt Practice
of Bin; Game Anywhere in State.
KIDDIE'S DEATH IS CAUSE
tk Fight tram the Kffeets af
Wales Arthar Carrol'
Opponent Died.
My RfHMDE.
NEW YORK. Oct. M.-Th ancient sport
of boxing Is in a precarious condition out
In California. The ring game Is doomed,
from all Indications, in the stste which
has fostered more championship battles
than any other commonwealth In the
world. V
Little did Arthur Carroll, a preliminary
boxer, know that when he delivered the
blow that resulted in the death of his
opponent, "Bill Huddle," ne.veral week
ago. that h was also delivering fh
desth blow of boxing on the Pacific
coast Huddle expired from the effect
of a beating he received st the hands of
Carroll In a Pan Francisco ring.
live men must stsnd trial for the un
fortunate happening. True, all five will
most likely be exonerated of blame, ss
the coroner's autopsy showed that death
wss due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Nev
ertheleas those opposed to boxing have a
mighty weapon to bring about a cessa
tion of boxing in California.
Whether or not the. ring game ia to
survive' will be determined within a fort
night. 'Supporters of the antl-prite fight
referendum Isw to be voted on at the
November election were quick to seise on
the trsgedy as an argument, and they
will be depended upon to preaa their point
with vigor until the polls are closed.
Net the First Tlaae.
This is not ths first time the ring game.
has been on trial In California. Periodi
cally agitation are started against box
ing ther. but In every Inst a no the leg
islators, after reprimanding ths promot
ers and warning them against unscrupu
lous dealings, have permitted the game
to go on.
Every year, however, added pressure
Is being brojight to bear on the law dla
pensers to abolish boxing In Cal'fornla.
Iat winter a metsur wa Introduced
to stamp out the game. A counter bill
waa submitted, and th lattsr passed by
the margin of a single vote. 8o It can
readily be seen how dangerously close to
oblivion the sport of boxing is In Cali
fornia.
Despite this untoward state of afalrs
coast prompters are going along If
the sport were never to be .threatened.
They ar busy arranging all sort of
matches, but a yet not on ha been
definitely consummated. It may b that
th promoter are showing a bold front
to mask underlying fears.
Meanwhile boxing Is thriving in this
glorious metropolis. Everything presages
the most successful winter the sport haa
ever enjoyed her. Ther ar a number
of reasons for th' optlmlstlo outlook, but
chief among them I the fact that a new
era has entered the sport with the ad
vent of Jame Johnston aa manager of
th Show association, which will bold
forth In the amphitheater at Madison
Bquar Garden.
Johnston Is not a newcomer In th pro
moting field. II ha successfully en
gineered many big match,'- but - at
mailer club. Th Qarden mogul needed
a man who could stage boxing mntche
without losing money for them. John
ston was selected, and a better selection
could not have beep made.
Johaaaa Has Wide "cope.
Johnston has a w'de scop of things
pugilistic, and hi theory Is that "a boxer
Is not worth on penny more than h can
draw In at the bos office' With this
legend In mind Johnston ha announced
that any boxer who perform for him
will hav to fight on a percentage baal.
No more guaranties will be given. Bay
Johnston:
This ultimatum for I consider It such
goes for Mlk Gibbons, Freddie Welsh,
Johnny Kllban. Kid Williams, -ach
Cross and all th others who havo pre
tension to championship. If they think
they can attract larg gatherings to see
them In action, they will be tha benefi
ciaries; for th mora money they ran
put Into th coffer the more they will
be paid for fighting. Fair enough. Isn't
itr
Quit fair nough. Is th opinion of the
majority of us.
Johnston was Installed a boss of the
Garden less than two week ago, but he
I already at work arranging for the best
match In sight First be desires to
settl th "whit hope" dlsput by bring
ing together Jess Wlllard and Uunboat
BnVth, th two leader of th heavy
weight class.
Thla meeting would doubtless fill the
Garden to capacity. But a little hitch
arises In th arrangements. Johnston, of
course, will glv no guaranty, adhering
to hi laudable percentage scheme. Hew
ever, Jim Buckley, manager for Hmlth,
Insist on fT.foO for hla charge to dlaplay
his wares Buckley doe not make thla
demand of Johnston, budsslre to have
Wlllard' mentor, Tom Jones, com across
with that sum. Buckley claim Jones
promlaed to guarantee Smith 17,500 If the
gunner woud consent to meet Wlllard
several month back. Now Buckley wants
Jones to keep hi promise,
Po It Is up to the loquacloua Jon
whether we ar to see a battle that prom
ises to settle the "wlhte hope" Question,
for the time being at least.
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YALE ELEYENJINNING OUT
EliV Eleven Gaining Ground with
Every Game it Playi. i
LEGOBE HAN OF THE HOUR
Fallback and Kicker ef the Teas Is
the Most (extraordinary of All
Men mm Frank Illakey'a
ew Formation.
NKW HAVEN, Conn.. Oct. ;4.-The sus
picion Is gaining ground with every gam
that Yalo foot ball Is coming into Its own
again under Frank Hlnkey. Coming into
its own, with the old-time powerful at
tack, that will not be denied when a yard
or, two la needed; coming Into It own.
with its offense built around a bad. field
atar, who bids fair to rank with Perry
Hale and Ted Coy, In the annal of th
Blue.
Igor I th man of th hour at New
Haven. Harry Iegore, twonty year
young, fullback and kicker extraordinary
of Hlnkey' henchmen.
Mercersburg academy developed Lego re
-Mercersburg that has developed so
many great athlete for the college world,
in evacy branch of sport.
The first, time we ever heard of Harry
as .hortstop. Vn on of the east PrcpW" hl wlntor " hlCM
school team w' hav aver seen. Mer
cersburg was playing Iawrencevlllo. This
la tha blu ribbon event in schulaatla cir
cle her In th east, similar to a Yale
Harvard or Yale-Princeton battle In the
collegiate ranks. Legor won tho gam
for Mercersburg with ahoms run In th
seventh Inning.
Attract Connie Hack.
Legore waa such a dtam:n-l luin'nsry
a a school boy a few year ago that h
and Frit, who now play with Jo
Tinker's Chicago Federal leagu team, at
tracted the attention of no less person;
than Connl Mack. Fit finally waa tured
Into th professional fold, but Legor wa
ambition for a college career" and fntered
Yale Instead..
At Mercersburg, as well as being a
star foot ball and base ball niitn, he was
rated as the beat tennis player In the
-school, and played on the basket ball
team as well. It Is his basket ball train
ing that makes hie handling of the pig
skin so sure and his passing accurate.
' Yale seem to have drawn tha .prlxa of
the year ill Leg ore. W do not bulleve
that Harry I apt to outshine Ted Coy
pn the gridiron, but he la apt to prove
every bit a valuable. In fact hi play
ing I very much on the Coy order.
He is a good line smasher, a fine open
field runner, one of th bent men w
hav ever seen with the forward pass
and th best kicker, barring th unfor
tunuTvJlrk'kley, that the year ha shown.
Ills punls hav averaged well over
forty yards, and he has shown th happy
knack of placing the ball well and get-
Thla photograph shows splendidly th
great speed of th Princeton foot ball
line. Three men hv broken through to
block th punt and two ar actually In
tha air with both feet Just at th mo
ment th camera click. Another man
i.. -i. 1 ii ii i i i 1. iK'M0--i''''Si' fcK,..
haa been thrown to hi knee. Of th I
five men In the plctur only three feet
altogether are on the ground. It Is sel
dom such a remarkably "action picture"
I obtained. It was snapped In th course
of the gam with Rutgers.
ting height and distance to hi boots.
Yale ha labored with end of little ex
perience, and Liegore' good kicking has
been a big aid to them.
Legore Is Consistent
The beauty of hi play for Hlnkey thus
far has been hla consistency. Appar
ently he haa no weakness. Agalnat
Maine. Virginia and Lehigh he has been
the nuoleua of the Ell offense and has
yet to Incur censure.
The Yale attack this year la replete
with complicated passing plays. Legore I
has been the most successful man on yie
squad In handling the ball for triple
passes and forward heaves.
Ills ability In other branches of aport
bids fair to make him the moat valuable
man seen at New Hsven In many a year.
In this respect, he 1 opt to outclass Coy
or Kllpatrlck.
Coy was almost a base ball player. Ted
could pitch a little, but never enough to
make him a regular on the varsity. Le
gore Is almot certain to be Blossom'
successor at shortstop next spring, and
should urpasa him in playln the short
field. . . . .
He I also very apt to make the paaxn
give tlm to th sport ror a ci ....
Legor Is unusually fast and shifty on
his feet, and may do aa milch to re
store Tale prestige In this .port a h
has already done on the gridiron.
Tale seems to b coming Into Its own
again athletically. To th man on the
fence It would appear that Hsrry
,or. .hould prove the biggest slngl. fac
tor In sweeping the cohortof th blu
to the cret of formeryeare. f
Motorcycle Nates. .
The French renubllo has at Its command
approximately 36.0K) moiowycl..
pier., ar being made by th Tampa
rta0 T MoorcTcie'club for a Turk.y D.r
"Thanksgiving Pay run I being plan
ned "he Wanderers' Motorcycle club
of Toronto, Can. .
Motorcycle mounted wireless te "Pjj'0
outflta have replaced the old field tele
graph aystema In the German army.
Ueorge Trine of Paulding. O.. 1 mak
ing a motorcycle trip to Mc Allen. Tex.,
wher he expects to spend the wirier.
ICght motorcycles have Juet been ln
tallod to extiedlte the collection of mall
'n the outlying district of Milwaukee.
Wis.
About 100 riders havo enjoyed the recent
outing of the National Capital Motor
cycle club of Washington. D. C, at Rock
Point, Md. s
On a orosn-country motorcycle trip from
Alhambra. Csl., to Warren, O.. Homer
Stewsrt covered 785 miles In thlrty-on
days, averaging Ml miloa a day.
Th Capital City Motorcycl club of
Hscramnito, Cel., I already making
pinna for ita 1915 events. The flret run
of the aeason la arranged for April
and to be a SoS-mlle race for stripped
stock machines.
firJl F avatar.
U Is aald that both the New York
Americans and Brooklyn lateral clubs
ar dk-kerlng with r'llcher Jim O'Neil.
ho has been suing fine work with
srinl-pro clubs In and around New York
Oty. O'Nnl wsnt on th training trip
with the Maltiiovr Internationals and
farmed by tha club te tie liuntips
tai club of thi t lilu feint Irajfu. lie lid
n like surruuniiifiRs there aud reiurnrd
xu New tori. uiiing In baltiuc of the
tiswus a lib tb nJ-pro.
Aa Kaaaaaslcal Bala.
amrtiig an extra paMM-iigvr, Charles
V irurtl'ar tit Hi(iion, N. J., recently
tu.Ie his muiurcyil 16.1s wiles oa a gallun
- J tJUSUiJS.
Creighton Takes to
Road to Meet Some
of the Crack Teams
Omaha fans hav seen th last of the
Creighton foot ball team for three weeks.
Yesterday' game with Wealeyan was the
last local game until Baker university
comes here three week bene. The
Thanksgiving gam wth South Dakota
here ta th only big local one remaining.
Next Saturday the Creighton men will
make their flrat trip of the year, going
to at, Paul. lln-, where they meet the
lit Thomas rolleg suad. Th last battle
between these two teams, staged In
Omaha two year ago. resulted In a
M U.
Following th St Thomas game, Mar
quette will meet th Omaha men. Creigh
ton will enter this game fearfully handi
capped because of the freshman rule,
which wlU bar a number of this year
spotllx,hlra. They will probably take
th trip oa th promts that no Induce
ment th Northern Dutchman tan offr
will cause them to brak training.
Ther is no truth to th report that the
Creighton foot ball mm will glv a re
ceptkin to tt Haskell lndUns when they
pas inrouKh Omaha this wek on tl.tlr
way tj Nurth Iienl, Ind., wlieie they meet
Notre lm
Nothing Like It in Our Family
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The Aaserleaw Warrior. .
Hlfi head wa swathod in n linen hitnd.
His arms wer covered wun
Plu:er tape wa around each hand, .
Thla alnewy son. ol Mara
He tottered along on a' shaky vrutuli,
in. fur. a black and blue.
I wondxmd how he endured so much.
And yet s;iw the bum tnrougn.
A warrler'suie a as this youth o sure.
W ith a spirit that wotiu noi qusr.
A hro big li a natton e war.
And be lived to tell th tl.
I anked him how be had ducked the tun.
Then he niiu me invn "?
Fr h had escaped a most terrlbl muss.
Making th freshman team.
Oakland (Cal Is said to hav a cross
eyed pitcher who en watch the battec.
th baa runner and th oinciai scoiwr
at th same time. He' wasting ms time;
he shoul bo working for W. J. Hums. .
Our Idea of a close hav In a foot ball
tamo Is winning lth,a safety.
THAT ABMY-NAVY OkMK.
tk eaina la off: no. now 'tis on' ; th
.nJ MVV flSllt.
They arvu about th conflict from mora
to lull at mni;
They ml on wher It hall b held, they
quarrel about tha date,
Aa flghur of th mouthy brand, they're
greatest or in great.
Bo let era play th gam aay we, ne
mutter If they balk.
For w are Urd of battle flrc that ar
not rlnf more than tain.
BT T. B. mVTKTXM
Ilk our army and naval academies we
would now be In the midst of on of our
greatest little conversational war.
George stalling , 1 going Into vaude
ville.' If he follow the same line of chat
ter he does -on the bench hi not will be
far more fitting for the movies. . .
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' Of course we don't k,now fot sui. but
wo have . a hunch, you- could . buy ' the
Topeka franc hie for the prlca of a fall
hat i . , -
- Tlie Haskell Indian declare Jim Kinds?
who was cleaned by a negro with a br'ck
ik i iai weea, is not a memotr oi ineir
team. Cartalnly not. Kind waa trimmed. 1
They'll Seed It.
To lake the plac of Brtckl.
In trimming th old Yal pup, '
Th Harvard trldlron warrlers,
Intend to buy a Krupp.
' Jiin Gllmore la making ready to' an
nounce an official statement. Ban John
Son la making ready to deny It. '
Jeff Clark, th "Fighting Ghoat" of
Joplin. Mo., will battl Sam Langford.
It Jeff Isn't a regular ghost already h
has a wfll chance t beooraa on.
. Ir. Carl William In Minnesota, aay
Brlckley la Boston, will be able to play la
th Michigan game. Now prhap ' Dr.
William can tell i If the emperor of
Austria will recover.
W tak it la accordance with th
policy of the administration, that th army
and navy hav algned a peace treaty.
When It come to convereatlon battleal
Messrs. Gtliuur and Johnson hv noth
ing ou Mawr. Garrison und Daniel.
It tu waring countries of Kurope fought
IT' A I4D WUHI.1).
Tv slaved my daya of youth away.'
The Peerless Leader spoks.
"I've seen my last big base ball day.
And now I'm narlv broke.
I'm worthlees now In any branch;
Have r'n the end of th game.
And now I'v only my big ranch.
And half a million to my name."
EYERS EEPSWORD OF HONOR
Xeept Faith in Negotiation! Between
Federals and Boston.
MOVE NETS HTM BIG MONEY
Jast Becaaae He Waa Hoaret with
Men He Wa Deal I a; with, He.
eelved a Boan ef Twenty-
Five Thoaaand.
NEW YORK, Ort. 24.-If John J. Even,
captain of th new world' champions,
hod broken hla word of honor last win
ter he would not have cleaned up 40,OW
this year for his service on the ball field.
When President Onffncy t the Boston
Brave received permission from the Na
tional league to negotiate with Evero
after the-lltUe Trojan had been declared
a fro agent because of the trouble with
Charles Webb Murphy, he took Evers
Into a private room at th Waldorf.'
"I want you to algn with tho Boston
club. Johnny." said Oaffnoy. "I am pre
pared to talk term with you now."
"I hava given my word to the Chicago
Federal league men, Wee.gh.man and
Tinker. that-I will talk with nobody un
til they have named their terms," replied
Evers. "But I will also promise to com
back and accept your terms If they equal
tho Chicago figures."
"Your word Is good enough for me, my
boy," responded th Boston - magnate.
"Go up to the Knickerbocker and see the
Feds, a a you hav agreed to do."
Ever promptly left Gaffney and ten
minutes later h wa closeted with Oll
mor. Wesghman. Tinker, Knabe, Han
Ion and other Fed. Ever wa asked to
count a big roll of yellowback on the
table. He counted $30,000 In cash, and
wa told h could hav It In advance If
he would algn a three-yeara contract at
UK.Ou a year.
See Gaffaey Flrat.
"I ll have to e Gaffney ftrt'' Ex
plained Evers, a the Fed urged him to
accept "I gav my word I wouldn't
Ign with you before he had a chance to
do bualnesa with me."
So Evers returned to tha Waldorf, much
to th surprise of tho Feds, and when
Gaffney met him Johnny related what
had happened.
"Just because you kept your word,
Johnny, I'll glv you a bonus of 0,000
In cash If you will sign for three year
at tlO.000 a year," aald the Braves' owner.
"If we finish first you will hav an extra
1,000 and also money coming from th
world' series." ' -,
Evers signed up at once and h Isn't a
bit aorry. Be vera year ago the lUtle
second baaeman lost hi saving 116,000,
in a business venture In Troy. On top of
this he broke his leg during a game with
th Cuba and also had an automobile
accident In which a Chicago newspaper
man. who wa Ms closest friend, was
killed. Evers became nervous wreck
and did not play again until 1912. He suc
ceeded Chance as manager of the Cub
two year ago and received another shock
when Murphy sudden! deposed, him in
favor of Hank O'Daf. It's slmosjt a
sur thing that Ever nxt year will re-
1,'celve another -bonus for acting 'a U
Braves' fh ld , marshal. ; He ayt that -it
pays to b in.thesiuai. jj
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Heayy War. Machines
. i: Bow to Little Ford
H. B. Whit, generul European man
ager of the Ford Motor company, Juat
returned to Detroit from Paris, haa some
interesting observations on th use of
motor car In th great war.
I "'The French government." ld " Mr.
White1, "haa requisitioned only the big
cars from forty to sixty horsepower, and
Just those with enclosed bodies. These ar
being used generally te carry dlspatchei
and report between field headquarters
and transporting staff offh-ers. What on
might expect with such heavy car is hsp-pening-
On our fun from fwriu to Havre
w passed dosen of the, big. heavy
car out of business, and abandoned on
the roadside. I prophesy that In two
month most of them will be out of com
mission entirely. - ...
' "Th light -strong Ford, before the war
began, bad proved wonderfully success
ful q the army maneuvers,, being abl to
go vn serosa country. Many Ford rt
rm4 wtlh rpld-fir guns. I believe that
within three months It the war continue
light car Ilk th Ford and all th Foray
that they can get will , be in general
field operation la the war son." , .
Garal Lyautey, commander-ln-qt!ef
of th French force In Morocco., ha
received a shipment of fourteen- Fords,
peculiarly wall adapted to operation In
the saad of northern Africa. 1
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MITCHELL UNKNOWN TO FANS
However, He Was One of the Bif
Men In on Boston's Victory,
STALLINGS VALUES HIM HIGH
Manager of the. Beanrater Declare
that Mysterloa Player I F.n
tltled to Ten Khare of
Prise Manejy.
NEW YORK, Oct 21-Base ball fan
In Oakosh, Painted Post. Cohocs and
other Outlying precincts, have heard All
about the miracle wrought by George
Stalling. They know what Jelhnny
Kvera has accomplished for the "Boston
Braves and what Hank Gowdy's batting
average wa In. the world's series. The
pitching of Dick Randolph and Bill
James waa discussed with no more fervor
In big leagu cities than It waa in
Kokomo, Kankakee, Keokuk, or Kala
masoo, and "Babbit" Maranville provided
inspiration for every schoolboy shortstop
In the country. A tan Is a fan. no mat
ter where lie takes root, and he thinks
he knows all there 1 to be known about
championship teamM.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding, It Is
asserted that not one base-ball tan In
ten know who Fred Mitchell Is. Mitch
ell's nam appears among the list of
twenty-six Boston players who split up
nearly $75,000 for beating tho Aihletlc.
He wa a big factor In Baaton'a aensa
tlonal victory, and George Stalling ay
he Is entitled to ten shares of the prise
money instead of one.
Mitchell is no less a mystery to the
amall town fan than he ia to a great
majority of enthusiast who saw the
Brave perform in National league cities
last season. He is a world's series hero
whose light' haa . been hidden under a
bushel. Modest and retiring, he shuns
publicity.
Mitchell's Record.
Now that yoit are all pin and needle
to know who thi "Mysterious Mitchell"
Is, her i hi record. He once worked
for Connie Mack, is a former Yankee
catcher, and now haa a job for life with
George Stagings, whose man Friday h
Is. Next to Evers Stalling gives Mitchell
more credit for moulding tho Braves Into
a great team than any other member
of that remarkable family.
After the third game of th world'
series Ktallings . wa . standing In th
lobby of tha Hotel Tlaxa In Boston re
ceiving th congratulation of base ball
men from all over th country.' A smooth
featured, swarthy, stocky man of about
thirty-five strolled along. H nodded to
Stalling and did not even atop to join
in the conversation.
"You fellows have had a lot to say
about me," remarked Btalllngs to some
base ball writers, "and you have given
a lot of publicity to members of my team,
but you have all overlooked one of my
tar. . There l;e goes. I consider Fred
Mitchell the most valuable lieutenant any
manager ever had. ill coaching of my
pitchers Is responsible, as much as any
other factor, for the .wonderful success
of the Braves. Mitchell was the flrrt
man I hired when Jim Gaffney engaged
me to manage the Brsves, and he 1b the
test investment I ever made considering
what he cost me.''
Started a ritrhcr.
Fred Mitchell came Intd the big leagues
as a' pitcher wlthAth. Philadelphia Ath
letic orae twelve seaxon ago:,- His
name waa Fred YPP. Ixtt'for obvious
reasons he" Changed .it. Mitchell' most
noted, feat while a Dirmbeti rf the A th
irties' was the forcing In of th winning
run by a baae on balls' In an'egt'a-innlng
'game with the H.,' luls Broan. who
gave the Athletic a hurd run. for tlie
pennant In 19CC. Later b 'drifted to
Boston, and hi last engagement a a
big league pitcher wu ailh th Phillies.
He dropped back to tho minor and be
came a catcher. ;
When Stalling managed the Yankee
h brought Mitchell back Into fast com
pany a a catcher at the H'lltop. Fred
participated in the city series between
the Oisnts and Yankee In 191 after
stalling wa ousted. The next season
h went back to th International league
and tolled at Rochester and Buffalo until
he wa again promoted by ffalllng,s
Wa talHa thief Aid.
In Stall ings was in charg at Buf
falo and -Mitchell' waa ,hl chief, aid.
Stalling always gave Mitchell credit for
the great showing of Ihe Yankee pitcher
In 1310. wheu the hurling staff of the
Hilltop wss considered-the best in the
American league and Kussell Ford wa
th haad'tner.
Stalling signed a Boston contract tn
the fall of l'.'U.
; "President Gaffney tpld me te go aa
far aa I liked hi building uiy team." said
Stalling, "and the first man I 'wanted
to sturt with brain. We traded and
wapped until only a few of the old
players war left At the end of my
first aeason In Boeton be had a fair
staff of pif-her. Mitchell had been on
tbe Job. Thn came tli export mltr t'.
get Ke.r. The rent of It you ell know.
"Nobody but :ny rlayers realise what
a art Mithll pNyeil In our success.
Though he came to us as n catcher, Fred
devcted mot of Iris time to the pitchers,
while I coached the eMien. That wss
my old position when I plsycd ball, you
know.
Helped Develop Rudolph.
"Rudolph wa a good pitcher when lie
Joined us, but Mitchell made htm a better
one; In fact, I believe he developed Bu
dolpli from a good pitcher into a great
one". II.. took James, a mere boy, ami
taught him how to use his stuff. You
know what James did this station. Tyler
wo another who received the benefit of
his coaching, and right now he i putting
Pavls and Strand through a process that
will make them atar next season.
".Mitchell ran teach pitchers a good a
half-back motion s I ever aw. This
season Tvlee. "-jflolpli. and James, all
held runners close to first base by using
this motion. Fred lielped James with the
spltball delivery, taught them all th
value of a good slew ball, and Impressed
cn the youngsters the value of 'mixing
'em up.'
"Another thing: Mitchell has been a
great help to me In preserving the spirit
of enthusiasm and teamwork, - Tie Is
loyal to the club and popular with the
boys. In this series his picture was not
often flashed upon ,the screen, but just
tho same he was a valuable to me bs
he had been during the regular season.
Fret Mitchell has a job as long as I
romjln In base ball."
Catching; Smnning
Foot Ball Not the
Easiest of Tricks
NEW YORK. Oct.' 24. A foot ball ex
pert says: "Tlie art of catching a thrown
ball In the arm began to pass with the
development of tossing spirals. A the
ball is now thrown It spins rapidly upon
Its long axle, and Is best caught In the
band as banket ball I caught. This Is
the surest way. In attempting to catch
It in the arm the hard spinning ball
strikes the chest or stomach, sometimes -with
vicious force, and In any event I
liable to bound out from the fingers and
thus be missed. In 1906, when the for
ward pas was flret taken up, the old'
end-over-end method of passing waa In
vogue, and the ball, thus tumbling, was
only-to be caught in the arm, as arc
most of the punts today. Not every
player, even today, can throw the swift,
straight spirals; there Is a knack about
It. Beginners achieve It by pressing their
fingers Bgalnst the lacing as the ball lies
in the palm of tho hand; as the p'gskin
1h thrown the spin Is thus Imparted hy
the fingers. Good forward passers attain
the spin without having to bother whore
ttelr fingers are placed. It Is m beautiful
sight a the ball comes along, spinning
sideways, speeding toward one's arms
like a small Zeppelin. Spirals ran be
thrown extraordinary distance. "Mike"
Boland of Princeton make nothing of
sixty-yard tosses In practice. Cutler of
the 1908 Harvard eleven waa one of the
first to achieve the perfect spiral throw;
Potter, also of Harvard, was another good
man, but Sprackling of Bawn has never
been equaled In. the east. Eleven am
bitious for success with the forward pasa
would do well to study the way In. which
Sprackling and Ashbaugh need to
work it"
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PtHabargh All Harmony.
The Pittsburgh Infield haa been weak
11 eeaaon, but Manager Oakea Is not
blame. He took charge of a team that
waa built for blm by Doc Gassier and ha
dene well with It in a way .for he hoe
his men fighting for every inch of ground.
There nver was a tail-end team that
possessed mor spirit or harmony among
It men. The players perhaps realize
thst the club Is to be a much stronger
outfit next season and see better times
ahead.
Paal M array to Box.
The North Omaha Athletic club will
give a program Friday night at He cluh
rooms. Twenty-fourth and Decatur
street. The main event of the evening
will ronalst of a four-round boxing con
test between Paul Murray and Charles
Mullnr, late sparring: partner f Sam
Iangford. As a nrellminary Younw
O'Ne'll and Kid Kouksky will box four
rounds, while several WTestllng bouts will
complete the evening' entertainment.
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Disorders Checked
The - Sources of Disease are
Cleaned and Blood
Purified
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8. 8. 8. ther would be small cbanc of
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