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THE FARMER: FEBRUARY 3; 1913 IF IT'S NEWS IT'S HERE EDITED BY WAGNER THE SPOT FOR SPORTS HARRY LORD OF WHITE SOX .MAY, COME TO HIGHLANDERS Report That Caldwell, Hartzell and Martin WilbBe Traded for Him f Harry Xjord. now a. member of tie White Sox, may be with the New Tor Highlanders next eeaeon. There have been many rumors this winter in Chicago to the effect that Lord will be traded, but Jimmy Callahan, man ager of the White Sox. has done his best to spike these stories. The Chicago story says Comiskey would take a pitcher, Caldwell pre ferred, an outfielder, and a young ster for Lord. The outfielder men tioned is thought to be Roy Hartzell, while little Jackie Martin may be the j-ouhg player thrown into the deal to close the bargain There are several reasons why the White Sox: may desire to trade Lord. Lord is a .high-strung player, and -he got in bad with the fans who sat be taina third base in Chicago last sea ton. He was tormented eo much that his batting fell off, and Callahan was compelled to shift him to the out fiain. Lord K1 good' work in the outfield and lias batting improved after he -M movad to the suburbs. Calla han bays he Is satisfied with Lord as a.ij ot.8der and that he would want HARVARD BEATS YALE AT HOCKEY Crimson More Aggressive in Annual Game In Boston Arena. Boston, Feb. 3 Harvard's hockey team defeated. Tale by a. score of 4 to at the Arer. Saturday nigh, being the more i ojasive throughout the match- FVor the first twenty minutes Tale's defence was able to prevent the Crimson from scoring, but did little to. the way of attack. ' In the last half, Harvard, scored all four of its roala, two of them on brilliant bits of brisk scrimmages to front of the New Enrea cage, " T&le. which ' showed considerable rromiaa ajsainst Dartmouth, did not pay the game expected. Captain Mums and One were -the only Tale men m the toe who were at all con spicuous, and tiie Tale forwards did not show . the superior speed on their skates it had been expected they would do. - The New Etw players seldom were together on their offence, and the in dividual efforts were always spoiled by the excellent-play of the Crimson's defence men. Captain Gardner, the "-Harvard goaf tender, touched the ipuok with fcis body and stick fewer than ten times dtarlrrgr the match, and had prob ably only three or four legitimate stops In goal. CHIEF BEflBEB SMS GO'lTHAQT WITH ATHLETICS j Philadelphia. Feb. 3 Chief Charles Albert Bender, Connie Mack's stair In dian, pitcher, Saturday signed a con tract to pitch for the Athletiies In 1913. This Is the eleventh consecutive sea son . that Bender will play for Connie Mack. He Jointed the Athletics in 19C3L - It was thought Bender was not sat isfied with the contract Made sent to him, & he was the last regular to get in line. Usually after Bender has a poor season Mack sends him a small salary contract, with various stipula tions. M Bender can win a good per centage of Iris games he has a chance to make good money, and usually does pood work on a percentage basis. Mack probably sent Bender one of ihese contracts this winter, so the In dian should toe in for a good sept son. SCUTHPAW SGHULTZ OF YANKEES LOOKS GOOD Albert Schulz is the name of trapping; big. left-handed pitcher who is expected to make good in the American League tma season, scnuiz w&a nnr-chased from, the Savannah club of thr jSouth Atlantic League is. mr te'.' the New Tork Americans, and in eceral games under Wolver ton in the fall he displayed so much rim that he will receive a thorough trial at the hands of Manager Chutes In Bermuda. Schulx is a native of Toledo, where he was born twenty-three years ago. He was a member of the Savannah team in 1S11 and 1912, winning- eight 'games and . losing seven during the former season, while last - year he hung- no the excellent record of twen-tv-five victories and twelve defeats. It was Schulz's wonderful pitching last season that attracted so much attention that scouts from many ma jor league clubs went to the various ities in the circuit to inspect his cali bre. In a- letter to the club officials re cently Schulz wrote that he hoped Chance would allow him to pitch the opening game, against the Washing- tons, at the Polo Grounds on April 17. Schulz added that he would re port in fine condition in Bermuda and would be ready to show top form af ter" a week of training. In other words, the big fellow is chock full of ambition an! firmly believes that with; Chance to encourage him it will not be long before he will show enough skill to warrant a large in crease In salary, something- that all young ball players are eager to get as soon as possible. Schulz is six feet tall and weighs 182 pounds when in playing condition. SKELLT STARTS AGITATION. Jack Skelly. the former pugilistic rhampion, who now lives In Tonkers, K. T., has started an agitation for the teaching of boxing in the college and public schools of America. "Boxing." ieelares Skelly. "Is the most manly nd most perfect form of exercise known to mankind. Mr. Skelly is Dreading his propaganda all over America, and has interested educators in many sections. it- 1 1 1 CLEANING CO. Clothing handled by latest san itary methods. Your patronage !ocHei. Write, phone or call. GOO State St. Phone 913 SANITARY PRESSING & no better third baseman than Rollie Zeider. Lord, however, is too good a, third baseman to waste his talents in the outfield, as third, basemen of his calibre are scarce. Lord hit only .267 last season, wiiH wsn hi noorest brfttinsr aver age since his has been in the Ameri can league. He has always been ,300 man and hit .321 in 1911. If Far- rell should succeed in putting1 this deal over he will have the link that is needed to make the Highlanders a pennant contender. If Comiekey really - is- after Cald well. Hartzell and Martin, Chance could easily afford to give up-these players for a star like Lord. The Highlanders would be Justified in giving up .any pitcher they have for Lord, with the exception or U'ora. Caldwell has the makings of a great pitcher, but he could be spared to bolster up the weak infield. Hartzell also could be- spared, and if Callahan heeds an outfielder it would be just as well for him to have Hartzell in, centre field -as Lord. Harteell's batting also was below his usual standard last season, but he hit slightly better than Lord, bis aver age being .273. t "MIKE" FARLEY MAY , SUCCEED HAUGHTON Noted Coach Likely to Take Charge of Harvard Football. , v Boston. Feb. 3 There is a strong probability that the present chairman of the Harvard football committee, J. W. "Farley, '99, who coached the Har vard eleven in 1902, will become head coach of the Crimson team next fall. As the weeks pass and no definite in formartdon comes forth as to what P. D. Haughton's connection with Har vard football will be, , Harvard men feel more amd more convinced that he will not tie the- active head coach, bait will, as frequently predicted, assume an advisory position only. In this event. It would be a very delicate Question who could' success fully assume -the- position . of active field coach and interpreter of Haugh ton's ideas. Few if any of the men available as coaches would, it is re ported, be willing to accept such a position. ' , ' - But Farley, as the man closest to Haughton, and the one who originally persuaded the athletic committee - to agree to pay a salary of $5,000 a year for Haugh ton's services, could. , it is believed, ocoipy the position in ques tion wath dignity and credit. Parley Coached the ' University of Maine eleven prior to his season with the team in Cambridge, and is gen erally; considered as a first-rate foot- ball man. ' He would be assisted by numerous other coaches, as Haughton nas Deen.i ami would occupy a middle position, which would', not occuipy his time to such a degree as might inter fere with his professional affairs. By men very close to the situation in Cambridge, it is predicted that Far ley will, be the -coach of the 1913 eleven. . PENN; DEFEATS YALE IN BASKETBALL GAME Quakers Come From Behind , Make Garrison Finish in ; Philadelphia, i and "With apparent defeat staring them In the face after allowing Tale to hold the lead from the start of the game. Penn's basketball team Saturday night gave one of the most wonderful exhi bitions of "coming back" ever sew In Philadelphia and in the last three min utes of the game scored enough points to nose out the Ella, the final score be ing 27 to 22. Not in many years has so spectacu lar and hair-raising finish been to a collegiate basketball game, for when Beisner-, with one hand shot the ball into the basket and put the Quakers into the lead in the closing minutes of the game, the Quaker supporters near ly rocked the hall with yells of ie ligiht. The score was than 23 to 22 in favor of Penn, but during the short while before the umpire's whistle blew announcing the close of the ganr, two more field goals were registered for the Quakers, one by Fred and the oth er by Captain Jourdet ALGONQUINS LEAD IN INTER-CLUB RACE V i The Algonquin are leading- In the inter-club pool and billiard S tourna ments. The Seasides are .second In the billiard standing- tot are last In pool. The Algonquins took two out of three matches from the Bridgeport Club, Saturday night. William ft. Eaton, Algonquin, beat Webb E. Dorr, Bridgeport, 150 to 112. Robert Beers, Algonquin, defeated Prof. J. Adam Hugo, Bridgeport, 160 to 95. Charles A. Hall, Bridgeport-, won from Hobart E. French, Algonquin, 150 to 144. Next Wednesday night the Bridge port and Seaside pool teams play. The standings: BILLIARDS. , Won. Lost. ' P.C. Algonquin '.. 3 . .667 Bridgeport, 3 3 .500 Seaside, ....j S 6 .333 FOOL. Algonquin, 5 1 ;833 Seaside .-. 3 3 .500 Bridgeport. 1 ,5 .167 HARRY QUINN CAFE AND BOWLING ALLEYS 166 FAIRFIELD AVE. Tel. 2695 , Ruppert's Knickerbocker, Im ported Obhnrger, Frank Jones' Portsmouth Ale, Sterling Ale on draught. I ' Six of the Finest Alleys An State CONNIE LEWIS, Manager. M'GRAW ASKING GREATER SALARY REPORT THAT GIANTS' MANAGER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH $18,000 A TEAR. New- Tork, Feb. 3 John McGraw will toss a bomb into the New Tork camp, within a month -in fact, about the time when he slips the club heads the information that they will have to come across with something more than $18,000, his present salary, in the way of pay. McGraw, while in St. Louis, gave a hint that something would break in this direction when he returned to Gotham. ' He has turned out more famous players than any manager, with the possible exception of Connie Mack. He has done more with indifferent "makings" than any manager in the world, i " His -wonderful judgment of - baseball talent is only second to his apprecia tion of individual traits in his men. He "saw possibilities in Rube Mar quard, although the latter failed him for two years. He saw .far enough to keep Merkle although -the latter made himself the laughing' stock of the world by his famous "touching : second" misplay. Merkle became a wonder. Red Murray went hitlese through one world's series and .the fans cried for his head. McGraw strung with him and Murray proved one of the stars of the last world's champion ship. '-'. i Snodgraes made a J30.000 muff. But did McGraw "fire" him or even "call him? Instead he says philosophically and truly: "Errors are as much a part of the game as base hits. New Tork's owners simply can't af ford to let- this man go. And If , he doesn't receive the highest pay in naseDaii at will not be because .he has not earned it. McGraw induced Brush to buy the Giants for $150,000. The ' property earned $435,000 last year, Mr. McGraw states. Capitalizing .this at ten per cent, rate the plant, is worth $4,350,000 . is McGraw worth while? WILLIE HOPPE TO PLAY GEO. SUTTON GREAT BILLIARMSTS MEET ; M3CIB-E .TITLE NEXT ... y , WEDNESDAY. TO Bllliardists have a treat In store for them on Wednesday, nigbrt. "When Wil lie Hoope, the 18.2 baJkline oham'pion, meets George Sutton of .Chicago, in me -tLorei Asator, jNew. TorK, tor the ti tle. The Chicagoan feels confident of victory, but Hoppe has been doing .well in. practice and is the' favor ite. . - - The- last time these two famous bil liardists competed in a match contest Sutton ' won, depriving Hoppe of the 18.1 ohampionsrMp. ; That - -wa3 'on March 15, 112. On 'February ,7i ".r9", they played for the 1S.2 emblem, which later became Hoppe's personal prop erty, 1 and Sutton was ' defeated by ; a score of 500 to" 374. Reports from Chicago say Sutton is playing big billiards, and "those re ports are probably true, for he usually performs remarkable feats in practice. While preparing; for his recent match with Moraiingstar be ran 278 at 18.1. Sutton arrived in New Tork yester day. IN MAJOR LEAGUES A petition ' signed' by , hundreds of "fans" la Chicago who respect and ad mire Frank Chance, has been handed to Charley Comiskey, owner of the White Sox, asking) hi mi to use his best efforts to have the firs game with the Tanikees in Chicago on Saturday or Sunday. It is the purpose to give Chance a royal welcome, and many "fans" , must limit their baseball to Saturday and Sunday games: Mr. Comiskey has promised to do what he can to arrange the date. Charley Sterrett, captain and catoher of ! the Princeton baseball team last spring, who later played with the Yan kees in a way to stamp him as a fix ture, signed his contract for the com ing season. Saturday. Great things are "expected of this player under the direction and coaching of Frank Chance. . ( Barney Dreyf uss is quoted as saying that he did not 'want Jim Thorpe merely as a drawing card and that he has yet to prove himself , a real play er. - sounds like another case of sour grapes. .. . Dick Hoblitzell, the reliable guardian of first base for the Cincinnati Reds, inas attached his signature to a two. year contract." The years of Harts Wagner are growing eo numerous that he can hardly keep track of them. When der teapting of the Pirates deposited-his contract at the Pittsburgh .club's of fice last week one of the officers in quired his age. 1 on us mesitated- a moment, and then replied: "Oh, forty or forty-one." - " "Germany" Shaefer, the humorist or clown of the Washington Senators, has practically completed a deal for a vaudeville theatre in "Chicago. He will not let it interfere with his base ball duties. Horace Milan, a younger brother of the famous Clyde, has been turned over to the Norfolk club, of the "Via-, ginia League, by Clarke Griffith. OVERALL UNIVERSITY STAR. Orvie Overall, a twirling star of the old Cub machine, was born in visalia Cal., thirty-two years ago. The big fellow he tipped -the scales at 200 and stood nearly six feet two in his silk hosiery was a student at the University of California when the cen tury was young, and the crack man of the Berkeley college nine. After graduating he joined the Tacoma, Wash., team, and played with that aggregation during the 1904 season. Cincinnati grabbed him in 1906, but Overall showed nothing wonderful in Redland, and before the- opening of the 1906 season he was traded to Chicago for Bob Wicker. He made good with a rush in a Cub uniform, and the Cincinnati fans again mutter ed, "Stung!" In 1910, his last year with the Cubs, Orvie pitched twenty four games, finishing the season with a fielding average of 1.000. Can you beat It? Orvie is now getting into shape to return to major league baseball. BRIEF BITS OF GOSSIP FOR ' LOCAL SPORTING ENTHUSIASTS Springfield Buys Infielder Jack O'Hara From Holyoke Club ' (By Wagner.) 'First Baseman Ea Konetohy of the St. Louis. Cardinals, declares that he won't play this season unless he gets a contract calling for $7,500. . It is said that Pittsburgh and Ohacigo are tampering with Koietchy . and have made him dissatisfied, with his berth. - Since last October Luther MoCarty claims . to have made $25,000 in the fighting game. Before that he was eating in one arm lunch rooms. The latest outfielder signed by Man ager Gene McCann for the Bridgeport cl utt , is Wilfiam A Clancy, who has been playing semi-pro ball in New Tork State, i Manager McCann could not be located in his furnished: room today," so no further details of the newcomer could be learned. We will hazard a .pr&diilction that he is fast on his feet, hits like TV Cobb and eats his three squares every day. ! Baseball men today" discussed the rumor that Hank O'Day, veteran 'um pire and. ex-manager of the Reds, would umpire for the .American League next year. It was said that the official announcement : of O'Day's appointment by Johnson would -not be made until Feb. 11. . O'Day was said to be' waiting until he winds uip his Cincinnatai affairs by receiving the $1,000 bonus Herrmann is supposed' to ihave promised, him If the Reds landed in the first division. , , A change in the boximg- (rules by the New Tork State Athletic Commission may prohibit the use of light bandages in future. Senator Frawley, who drafted the law covering' ring- contests in that State, favors doing away with the bandages; Recently, the utse of tape to protect the iknuckles' was , pro hibited, .and Frawley thinks the law should be more restrictive. ' : It is reported that Dartmouth and the Carlfele Indians may play a foot- HO SETTLEMENT OF STEEL STRIKE M SIGHT HOW Pittsburgh, Feb. 3 Fifty organizers. of the steel workers" union were sched uled to arrive in the Rankin and- Brad- dock strike districts today. - - ' , The mill district was quiet during the night. Today the men are pre-, paring to push their forces into new mill territory, i Following the attempted conference Saturday and the vote to continue and if possible enlarge the strike district, the second week of the strike opened today with the workers and mill offi cials further than ever from any com' mon ground for arbitration. , SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Misa Evelyn Curzon," who has' been I a week-end guest at . the jhome of the Misses tsagai, , i&ks Jr"aric avenue, re turned to her home in , the Elm City today.-.. 4; ' ' CHURCH IS REJDEIDICATED. Advent Christian Church, Rev. I. F. Barkes, pastor, was rededicated at its new site at Putnam and Park- streets, yesterday. There were appropriate services in which several ministers took part, and special musical pro grams, were given. It was announced that the church is now free from debt, $1,000 being raised 'for the last mort gage payment. ANOTHER GAIETY THEATER GIRL TO BECOME OLIVE MAY..7?? London, Feb. 3 Miss Olice May, for several years the star at the Gaiety Theatre, has permanently retired from the stage to become the bride of Lord Victor Paget, brother of the Marquis of Anglesey. The Marquis gave $5,- 000 each to the bride and bridetrroom as wedding gifts. The new iTJady r p-et has been one of the most pop ball game in New Tork next season. A Dartmouth football authority has been in conference with Coach Glen Warner of the Indiana. If the ar rangements are not satisfactory in New Tork, Boston may be decided up on. Dartmouth has a big following in Boston, i . Local fans will be surprised to hear that Jolly Joe Whalen has purchased the Holyoke club from Dan O'Neil. Whalen was substitute catcher for the Bridgeport ,: club in 110 His an 'in went bad and he found difficulty in getting the ball down to second. No body ever suspected Whalen of having a bank roll for he has been, working in a. 'Springfield shop all winter. It is probable that he has a backer who has the coin in bundles. ' The fans who like excitement will miss "Dan O' Neil. The veteran was always ready to start something. Most of his actions were inspired by his desire to get publicity and' there by help the box office. At various times he owned the Springfield. Hol yoke, Water-bury and New Britain clubs. It is generally believed that he made big money out of baseball. Chief Snyder, the clever pitcher of the Mechanics, has been spending the winter in -his city working at the plumbing trade. The Chief has been keeping in condition by raising a moustache. , . Toung McAuIiffe of this city and Joe Shea of Waterbury will elas-h in the main bout at the Casino, New Haven, February 21.' Bunny Ford of New Haven and Kid Pal'tz of New London will meet In the semi-final. 1 Just before he sold . his franchise Dan CNeil of Holyoke, made a little change bytumlnar -over Inifleldor Jack O'Hara to Springfield. . O'Hara will plav third base for the Ponies. . He is - a hustling- player and: will" strengthen the Ponies. O'Hara is working in a Springfield 'haberdasher's store this winter. . , 7,000 STRIKERS RETURN Scran ton, Feb. 8 The 7,000 min workers at the Collieries of the Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Company, who went on strike Satur day because the colliery engineers re fused to "join the miners tfnion, re turned to work today. It is claimed by the miners that all the engineers have come Into the union' excepting three who will, pay , their initiation within a few, weeks. -r MASONIC NOTES Tuesday Corinthian lodge will con fer the E. A degree. ' Thursday Hamilton - Commandery will confer the Order of the - Tem ple. ." - ,. r. '.,..-. WADE HUNTINGTON. Mr. Deroert M. ' Wade of 2080 North avenue, the son of Col. John H. Wade, and ' Miss Helen A. Huntington, - the daughter of Charles Huntington, . a well known official of the Boston & Maine railroad, are to be married at the home of the bride ' in Nashua, N B. They will reside at 122 Parrott avenue. , . HEADY FOR ANNUAL PLAY. Final rehearsals for "A Visit to a Gypsy Camp", the play to be produced tomorrow night by St. Joseph's T. L. & B. Association, have beem held and everything- is in readiness for the en tertainment which will be held at Ea gles' hall. The entertainment is un der the direction of Lester Burdiok. NOBLEMAN'S BRIDE LADY PAGET I ular actresses in London - for some years. Sho has had scores of suitors, and. it is common gossip that she could have had her pick of the eligible noblemen. Miss May signed the church register as "Olive May Meat yard"" and said her father was a jew eler. Sho is an American and Is slightly older than her husband, who is twenty-three . LEON KETCHEL VERY AMBITIOUS BROTHER OF GREAT STANLEY WANTS TO WIN CHAMPION. SHIP TITLE. , Leon Ketchel, younger brother of the late Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight champion of the world, is in New Tork, training hard for a busy cam paign within the roped arena. It is the ambition of the younger brother of the famous "Michigan Assassin" to win the middleweight championship and keep the title "where it belongs," to quote from him.. Leon is only a welterweight at the 'present time. In fact, he is rather below the welter wight limit, for he weighs only 138 pounds. He Is a big built boy, how ever, and it will not be long before he will be forced to fight in the class which his brother ruled with iron hand. , While it is true that Ketchel is only a novice, with many of the fine points of the game still to learn, he gives every promise of developing into, a star. He has the same loose build, the big, broad shoulders, deep and powerfully muscled chest, with the long, muscular arms, that helped his brother win his way to the top of the iclass. He is naturally an. aggressive ngher, but at the same time he has given the finer points of the game same study, and is constantly trying to learn to box cleverly. , He . has made great progress under the tutel age of Matty Baldwin, the clever Bos ton lightweight. - Ketchel has done all Ills -boxing in the smaller towns of the Middle West and Southwest. He has been in the ring for a little more than six months, and has taken part In eight battles, which ihe won, seven of them by knockouts. . ' . It is the intention of Ketchel to start with men of the type of 'Phil Cross, "Toung" Hickey and similar boys un til he gains the experience necessary, then he will go after the best in the business, and when the time comes for him to fight the middleweights he be lieves that he will prove to be a fit successor to hia brother. B. H. S. BOYS AND GIRLS DEFEATED AT BASKETBALL The Bridgeport High School basket ball team was beaten by Ansonia High at the Boys club gymnasium last Sat urday afternoon by 28 to 17. ! It was a rough Contest In the preliminary contest the Naugatuck High school girls won from the B. H. S. , girls by 26 to 18. . , . THIS DANE SOME SCRAPPER Copenhagen, the capital and metropolis-of the country, which, it is al leged, "there is something rotten in," is becoming a great pugilistic produc ing center. Firist it gave us Oscar Bat tling Matthew Nelson, ' former light weight champion of the world and now a promising litterateur, and next it turned out Kid Williams, now . of RalflTnnre who is makinsr a noise like a bantamweight chamlpon and fright ening poor old . Johnny Coulon, half out of his wits. Johnny is getting along in years, and will celebrate his twenty-fourth birthday next week. while Williams is a youth of eighteen. The Baltimore wonder has a match on : with. -Eddie Cacpi, the i Calif ornia bantam, for next week, and if he i3 the . winner he will probably take on Coulon in a twenty-round battle on the Pacific coast, with the. title at stake. ' Johnny says' he is willing to meet the Danish lad as soon as he has fully recovered his health. The champion declares he was not in good condition when Williams held him to a draw in a ten-round bout in New Tork. On that occasion the Baltimore boy had a shade the best of it, if any thing. Born in Copenhagen, Williams was taken to Baltimore' when a child, and vgot his start selling papers on the streets of the Monumental Uity. Tne Kid fights very much like "Terrible Terry" McGovern. He has peen in the ring less than three years, yet ne has taken part in over half a hundred battles, and has won t nearly three- fourths of . them by the knockou route. , i DENOUNCES COLLEGE ATHLETES All college athletes should send a little note of congratulations to Prof. Alexander . Meiklejohn, president of Amherst College at Amherst, Mass., for today is that gentleman's fortieth birthday, and he is the great friend and lover of the college gladiators. "The youngest college head in New. England," as he is called, recently paid this tribute to the followers of intercollegiate sports: "The college athlete of today is one of, the most beautiful things in the world on the athletic field and on the track, but intellectually he Is knock kneed, spavined, toeing in and stumb ling over themselves In the classroom. I wish I could show some of them what they look like intellectually." This tender tribute to the college athlete may be deserved, but few will believe it. Prof. Meiklejohn is a na tive of England, but came to America at the age of eight, and was educated at Brown University in Providence, of which he became dean before his elec tion to the Amherst president. In his native land, as Prof. Meiklejohn must know, a large proportion of the great est men are and have been since their youth addicted to outdoor sports. The same is true of the learers on this side of the Atlantic. President Taft and Premier Borden are now devoted to golf, but In their youth both played livelier and more active games. Col. Roosevelt tried everything in the line of athletics while at college, and President-elect Wilson was on his col lege baseball nine. Of course, all will admit that col lege sports are often carried to excess. So, too, the intellectual labors of the college "grinds" are often excessive, and lead to ill health and early death. POINTS OF INTEREST. Sale of Odd Lots Nothnagle's big house furnishing store is now selling at half price a lot of fine carpets, matting, ingrain art sqiuares, pro brusseil rues, pictures. odd lots of furniture, baby carriages, go-carte, portieres, lace curtains, lino leum ana oil cloth remnants, etc, in order to turn them into cash before taking inventory. A splendid oppor tunity to obtain some real good home furnishings at just half their actual value. The Nothnagle quality is there as usual, ir you are not over particu lar about buying the very latest styles. WHALEN BUYS HOLYOKE CLUB . FR0M D'NEIL The sale of the Holyoke baseball franchise by Dan CNeil to T. Joseph "Whalen of TMItteTlAflClie Una a rr-al- uate of the Springfield baseball club, was announced Saturday. The sale price was not given out. Whalen gets ' the franchise, the grandstand, which is in first -class con dition, and the fence bounding the ball yardi. The playing field is. leased- from the Holyoke water-power company. In addition, the new owner gets a small bunch of players, eight in num ber, for. O'Neil had stripped the club of most of the talent before selling out. The players included in i?he deal the Pitchers Burroughs, ' Schellenberger and Petersen; Catchers - Abeam and Connolly; Infielder .' Tom Standard and Outfielders Foran and Manning The papers were passed Saturday and all negotiations reported closed. Lawyer Frank O'Neil of Holyoke. was master of ceremonies. .: . . It is Whalen's intention to give what the Holyoke fans are- clamoring for, a lively ball club. He realises than he has only a part of a ball club now, but he intend to g-ct down to"luel nesa right away, -and rope -in. -the tal ent. . In. fact, no sooner had the deal been closed than he Immediately set out to hook a couple of -men who are said, to be promising ballists. Whalen has played Connecticut League baseball long enough to un derstand, the situation , and also to properly comprehend the baseball sit uation in Holyoke. He says he is go ing out to spend. money for 'baseball playerjag for . h, raa.lia8 . that , siic-h a movement , will .mean business in the box office for Jimi. 5 ' Pitchers are1 need ed in - f act various baseball trades men are needed and Whalen's one longing ambition from now on will be to secure ,the goods that will keep Holyoke up in the Eastern Association natee. He will manage the club him self. -- - - ' Whalen - caught i for-. Bridgeport In 1910.. THIS DATE IN " ' ax . n rj rj n s 7 1841 Nfcfc Ward, brother of the famous Jem Ward, defeated Caunt, the title claimant, in England. 1887 Jack Dempsey defeated Jack Langdon In 4 rounds at Philadelphia. 1900 Tommy Ryan, middlewelgli't champion, defeated George Lawler in. 13 rounds at Hot Springs, Ark. 1904 Joe- Cans, lightweight cham pion, defeated Mike Ward in 10 rounds at Detroit. 1906 Dave Desfaler,- defeated Maur ice Sayers in 15 rounds at Cambridge, Mass. 19Q9 Freddie Welsh, British' Iteht weight, defeated George Memsio in 10 rounds at Los Angeles.) 1910 Johnny Kilbane and Jack White fought 8 round, draw at-, Wind sor, Ont 1912 Bill McKinnon defeated Ken dall Salisbury in. 12 rounds at Lowell, Mass.. - .,..$.'; , - -.-.. " . 1886 Jack . Dempsey, middleweight champion, knocked out - Jack . Fogarty in 27th round at New Tork. 1888 Ike Weir, .featherweight cham pion, " knocked out' George "Siddons, "the Iron Man,In lRh round'-at. Du luth. -.Minns; f .rtr,.,orf R ... - . . 1903 Tommy Ryan, - miadleweight champion, defeated Cyclone Kelly in 7 rounds at Hot Springe, Ark. 1906 Abe Attell .defeated Tommy Feltz' in 15 rounds at Baltimore. 1906 Johnny Coulon'defeated Eddie Brandt in 3 rounds at Milwaukee. 1909 Bilt Lang defeated Bill Squires for Australian heavyweight title, in 17 rounds at Sydney. 1912 Johnny Coulon, bantam cham pion, -defeated Frankie Conley in 20 rounds at- Lop Angeles.. v . . Destroying Money. Paper money is nothing but a prom ise to pay so much coin. If you de stroy a five dollar note, ibr. Instance, you simply release the governmeat or the bank which Issued the note from the payment of the $5 in gold which the note called for. Of course, there fore, you are not punishable in any manner for destroying the note if it is your own. There is no penalty for mu tilating gold or stiver coin if you keep it In your own possession, but as you have thereby destroyed, a considerable part of its value you must not try to pass it at par after the mutilation.,. Music and Appetite. The majority of the great mueica! composers had appetites- on an equal ity with their talents. It is told of Handel that when he dined alone at a restaurant he' always took the precau tion, to order, the meal for three.; Once on asking, fls de tinner reity? at ,a restaurant, or a tavern, as it was then called, where he was little known, he got the reply, "Aa soon as the com pany comes," an4 astonished the waiter by seating himself, with the remark, "Den pring up the tinner; rm de com pany." ; TTie' appt4t f "Ffayflh was yet more voracious, fie delighted la dining alone and always finished tba meal ordered for five persons. Curious Beehives. In the village of Hoefel, Silesia, there are a number of beehives in the shape of life size figures cleverly carved in wood and painted in colors. The fig ures were carved more than a century ago by monks f the Naumburg mon astery, who were at that time in pos session of a large farm in the district. The beehives represent different char acters, ranging from Moses to a mili tary officer, a country girj and a night watchman with a spear. V The Fastifelious. "Catcb. any fish on your trip?" "No, and I can't understand why. Had a $200 outfit. Had the right kind Of hooks and the latest thing in flies." "Maybe you weren't wearing the right kind of hat." Washington Her afcS. ,i;r'".:.Sh,Oid.t.1 -.-"Jack prop043ediomerlwl4ie-ituTulng the music for me at the piano." -"Ah, I see! Ton played right Into his bands.' London Answers. Hurt not others with that which tains yourself. jarro Aa. CKSX A WORD.