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PAGE TWO
TACOMA SCHOOLS
Indiana
Honors
Author
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 7.
—When James Whltcomb Riley
dlmbed out of bed on the second
floor of his roomy, old-fashioned
bri.'l house, deep In the shadows
o -amy old Lockerbie street,
t he found all Hoosierdom
b«. ig and scraping at him »n
smiling recognition of his 62nd
year's beginning.
Lockerbie street Is a little rui-
Ue village highway, with ramb
ling old trees and battered brick
walks lining its dusty ribbon of
road. Riley never wanted it Im
proved.
He had to write a poem of just
bow lie felt about It to keep i'io
couucllmen from fixing It all up.
His other protests went unheal
ed, but the poem saved the lay
and this instant, though the mod
ern city sweeps in macadam lines
and skyserapere.l visage out In all
directions from it, Lockerbie
Btreet is still, and doubtless will
remain—Just Lockerbie street.
Familiar spots Near.
Not far over the hills from the
city lies the Little Town o Tail
Holts; and a few miles further on
Is Th' Old Swimmin' Hole. On
country roads down through tho
state you might, If you searched
right well, find cross-roads' signs,
merchants' legends daubed on
rough boards, relics of those long
gone days when Jimmy Riley ram
bled over the hills and far away.
Today the world bows low iO
James Whitcomb Riley, the
"Hoosier Poet;" and a g< „ ,
smile smh as no one in the world
but Riley ever could concoct,
wreaths his great big, boyish old
face and —well, it just all seems
mighty good.
Children Honor Poet.
Children in every township of
92 counties recited Riley poems
and heard stories of the man
whose fame has overtaken him
while he yet lives.
So busy a day was outlined for
Riley that some doubt was ox
pressed that he could follow the
program without severely taxing
his strength. This morning Riley
visited school where the children
bad been drilled in many pretty
honors to him. Riley made no
secret of the fact that he treas
ured the tribute paid him by the
children.
STADIUn
WINS 47-0
Stadium seniors defeated Lin
coln Park seniors yesterday in the !
Stadium by the lopsided score of
47 to 0.
The south enders kicked off,
•nd the hill aggregation carried
tbe ball over without hindrance
mt the first touchdown.
This feat was immediately re
peated.
Stadium's backfield, Crumb.
Todd, Gilbert and Norton, wen.
through the opposing line at will,
carrying the ball for big gains.
Lincoln looked weak because of
• tendency to fumble. Todd and
Geiger of Stadium executed sev
eral successful forward passes
Rooters turned out strong and
gave a splendid example of class
•nd school spirit. The girls,
with their own yell leader, <ay«»
the male section of the rooting
stand an idea of the importance
of girls at a football game.
The junior classes of the two
high schools will meet next Fri
day. Lineup:
Stadium: Geiger. re; Reehl-
Ing, r t; Wtman and James, r ,;
Tonneson, c; Wiman and Lind
berg. I g; Larson. 1 t; GllihanJ
1 c; Todd, r h; Crumb, f; Gilbert,
1 b; Norton, q.
Lincoln Park: Davis, re; John
son, r t; Carpenter, r g; Pitcher,
c; Anderson, l g; Algyer, 1 t; M_-
Mullin, 1 c; Brothers, r h; Alger,
t; Todd, 1 h; Holmes, q.
Two Schools
Will Join In
Giving a Fair
Jefferson and Washington
grammar schools will join in
giving s joint fair Friday In the
Washington building.
The fair will be under the
the Joint auspices of the Parent-
Teacher associations of the two
schools, and from indications
more than 200 exhibits will be on
display.
Cooking will be featured in the
exhibit. Sixty girls have pre
pared cooking and baking ex
hibits for the fair. Composition
work will be another new phase
of the fair. A prize of $10 has
keen offered for tbe best exhibit
accompanied by a composition
describing tbe method of produc
tion
Mrs. J. H. Biliie, president,
will have charge of tbe entertain
ment, while her husband will
supervise the manual training
section of tbe fair.
Poet Tacoma Honors
JA.MKS Will It oMit uii.r;v.
James Whitcomb Riley's anniversary is being celebrated in vari
ous ways today by 14,000 Tacoma school children.
His name will be mentioned in every school room in Tacoma.
Some teachers will davote a considerable time in reading appropriate
bits of his work, while others will conduct programs in which the
pupils will recite poems and read his autobiography.
HIGH SCHOOL
MAY ATTEMPT
GRAND OPERA
If Supervisor Ball Is successful
In selecting a suitable cast, and
scores tn the proper key can be
obtained. Stadium high school
will give the first grand opera
ever attempted in a Tacoma pub
lic school.
Mr. Ball did not want to give
out the names of any of the try
outs yestsrday, as he said there
Wins Suit
of Clothes
JACOB VAAGE
Jacob Vaage, a student at Lin
coln high school, has been declar
ed winner ot a lively carriers'
contest recntly conducted by H.
G. Smith, circulation manager of
The Times.
Vaage obtained 122 new sub
scriptions In the three weeks o'
the contest. For his enterprise
he has ben awarded a suit of
clothes and a complete outfit ;o
go with It.
Vaage started on his route with
20 papers. He made many warm
friends, especially among court
bouse and city hall officials, and
built up a surprising business in a
short time. He Is said to have
more warm personal friends
among Tacoma business men 'han
any other boy of his age, whi:h
Is 16 years.
Other winners were Letlle
Clark, Herbert Ray, Hnsvll
Heighes, Herbert Ault and Ralph
Austin.
SHERIDAN I
HOLD FAIR
The Sheridan school will hold
an exhibit tomorrow evening at
the building.
Vegetables raised by ths pupils
snd manusl arts products will be
exhibited.
In addition there will be a pro
gram.
was a possibility the opera idea
would fall through.
He has the score for the "Bo
hemian Girl" on hand, but it Is
written in the wrong key. He
also said he was having diffi
culty in getting a baritone to fill
the part of Count Arhelm and a
bass for Devilshoof. Several
boys tried out yesterday for these
two parts.
Seniors j
Naming
Officers
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+ Principal Hunt said yet- •>
P terday that class politics had 9
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9 the juniors next week. <p
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•■ especially anxious to get or- -^
v ganized as this was their i>
•* first attempt at politics and
• many had been in to see him ;*
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Stadium senlorg at a special
asembly Tuesday nominated class
officers who will be voted on at
another assembly Friday.
Hilding Ltndberg was elected
yell king at the same meeting and
Ralph Marble was chosen as his
assistant.
Gerald Todd, football captain,
and William Cooper, business
manager of the Tahoma, are can
didates for class precldency, while
Harry Nauhert, Robert Shaw and
Duke Tonneson are rivals for the
vice presidency.
Nora Havel and Virginia Rey
nolds are candidates for class sec
retary. The keeper of the .iass
strong box leads all the offices
with the number of candidates
nominated. Phil Norton, Paul
Brokaw, Herman Thtel, Margaret
Shackleford and Ward Hibarley
were nominated for this position.
Sergeat-at-armß will- he con
tested for by Alma Byrd. GUdys
Bartlett. Fritz Geiger and Joe
Crumb.
OFFER COURSE IN
GAS ENGINE MAKING
Instruction In gas engine con
struction and mechanism has been
started at Lincoln Park hig'i
school under the direction of M.
W. Morris.
Assistant Superintendent E. E
Crook decided to add the coarse
to the nlgbt school curiculem aft
er 60 applicants had signified
their desire to attend such •
course.
The instructor In charge has
had 12 years' experience In gee
engine work.
THE mCOMA TIMES
PHILLIES SHOW
LITTLE ANXIETY
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7. —
Grover Alexander, star twlrler of
the Phillies and greatest pitcher
in the world, appeared for one lr.
nlng on the mound yesterday. Tie
went In for the ninth inning of
the second game with Brooklyn
Alexander waa in splendid form,
and it Is expected that be will
pitch the opening game Frl.liy
in the world's series, returning
for the third game Monday.
Brooklyn was defeated twice
yesterday, the Phillies taking
both games with ease. They ap-
Lakeside Women Defeat the
Fast Country Club Team
Women golfers of the Lakesidn
Country club added new laurels
to their season's record yest-aidav
afternoon by once more defeating
the crack Tacoma Country club
team, 4to 2. There is only onei
remaining match In the I J. I
Dempsey series, to be playe'l be-|
tween the Lakeside and Lochburn!
women. The Lakeslders are far
in the lead. I
SOX PENNANT
IS NUMBER 13
The pennant won by the Red
Sox Is the thirteenth for Boston.
Harry Wright led the Boston
Nationals to flags In 1877 and
1878, Merrltt In 1883, Selee in
1891, 1892, 1893, 1897 and 1898:
Stallings lv 1914. .
The American leaggl} wan X/l
1903 and 1904 with Jf«i_iy CoY
lins as manager; in 1912 with
Jake Stahl and this year with Bill
Carrlgan.
The flag for the Philadelphia
Nationals is their first in 3 2 veara
they have been In the league.
GREAT CROWD
SEES GAME
CHICAGO, Oct. 7.—An enorm
ous crowd attended festejsda/'s
opening city championlßlp *atme
between the Chicago American*
and Nationals. The Americans
drew first blood by a 9 to I score.
The paid admissions totalled 19,
--513. Score: R H C
Nationals . . •+, 5 11 0
Americans 9 17 0
Batteries: Vaughn, Humpblea
and tiresnehan; Scott, Russell and
Schalk, Mayer.
SOCCER SEASON
BEGINS SUNDAY
Beginning with • game Sunday
afternoon at Athletic park le
tween the Tacoma and Celtics,
and the Carbonado and Black
Diamond teams, the soccer sched
ule for 1915 will be formally in
augurated. A complete schedule
of games for the coming season
has been outlined with games
every Sunday.
STIRS UP
FOOTBALL
INTEREST
Principal Hunt unexpectedly
called an assembly at Stadium
yesterday morning and stirred
up some football enthusiasm.
Rev. Robert J. Reid of the
Mason Methodist church spoke
on "Books and Reading." The
girls' chorus and. the school or
chestra gave several selections,
and the assembly wound up with
the entire school joining In Sta
dium yells.
TO MAKE
A CHARGE
FOR TANK
Night swimming classes at Lin
coin Park are so congested It has
been found necessary for the In
structor to demand some pet hoi
of limiting the attendance.
It was decided to charge a f»i
of 10 cents for each student.
This decision met with a strong
protest from evening studonts.
Members of the school i boar 1
yesterday discussed th,? proposi
tion with a view towards an
equitable rat*. Director: Hoyi.
said he did not favor 10. cent.;,
thinking It waa a little ateep. Yet
be said it was necessary to charge
something, as it costs nearly 111
every time the water Is changed
In tbe tank, for water and heat
ing alone. Besides this there wn.
the expense of cleaning the sedi
ment from the sides and bottsm.
It was decided to limit the per
iod of remaining In tbe water to
40 minutes. It was thought that
this is long enough for any person
to swim, and It will be a step to
ward relieving tbe congestion.
peared not to show nervousness
over the coming world's sertei,
and It is believed tnat all of the
National league champions will
go Into the big series as cool and
calm aa though they were playing
a tall-ender.
Catcher KUlifer's arm la still a
mystery. It went dead a few
weks agd and he couldn't nui.e
a straight peg to second. No one
has seen him in action recently
and It is doubtful whether he will
be able to play.
The weather man predicts 'am
and cloudy weather.
Yesterday's results:
Mrs. M. F. Brown (Lake) de
feated Mrs. C. A. Foster; Mrs. R.
V. Palmer (Lake) defeated Ut*.
W. L. McCormlck; Mrs. D. T.
McDonald (Lake) defeated Mrs.
E. R. W'heler; Mrs. 11. N. While
(Country) defeated Mrs. r. P.
Wilson; Mrs. J. P. Hughes <Lale>
defeated Mrs. Neal Dempsey; Mrs.
Kdward Fogg (Country) dafoat
ed Mrs. F. W. Siddall.
BEAT CRAVATH
OUT OF A JOB
Tris Speaker, Red Sox, and
Gavvy Cravath, Phil, were once
rivals for the same outfield job.
; They were with the Red Sox in
I the spring of 1911, Speaker com
'• ing from the Southern league and
I Cravath from the White Sox, who
'got him from Texas.
Speaker beat Cravath out of the
job. Cravath went to Minneapolis
of the American Association, led
i the league in batting and return
led to the majors, making good in
i the Phil outfield and with the
!stick immediately.
I«t ♦♦ A ♦♦•♦•♦#♦ _> •
AMERICAN LKAGIE »
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Standing of the <lubn.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Boston 101 49 .673
'Detroit .99 59 .647
! Chicago *93 62 .597
{Washington 84 68 .553
New York 68 83 .450
jSt. Louis 63 90 ' .412
[Cleveland 58 95 .379
Philadelphia 43 108 .285
Games Yesterday.
Boston 2-4, New York 0-2.
Philadelphia 6-4, Washington
4-0.
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9 NATIONAL LEAGUE •
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Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Philadelphia 90 62 .592
Boston 83 68 .111
Brooklyn 80 72 .526
Chicago 73 80 .477
Pittsburg 73 81 474
St. Louis 71 81 .467
I Cincinnati 71 83 .461
!New York 68 81 .456
,
(■nines Yesterday.
Philadelphia 9-3, Brooklyn o-»2. i
• PACIFIC COAST MU GUM ft
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Standing or the OMia.
Won. Lost. Pel *
San Francisco ..107 81 .0691
Los Angeles 101 88 .53 4 j
Salt Lake 94 86 .522
Vernon 91 95 .!»!».
Oakland 84 102 .419,
Portland 75 100 .429
FOOTBALL MAN
DIES ON FIELD
MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 7. —
Chauncey L. Lyman, a Varsity
Falls student at the Moscow uni
versity, was killed in a practice
scrimmage yesterday afternoon.
He collided with Varsity Fullback
Brown, fracturing his skull. Ly
man was unconscious Immediate
ly, and died within 45 minutes.
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Exposition Horse Races Dim Hopes
of Reviving the Game On the Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7. — |
Proponents of horse racing and t
modified system Of betting hoped
to reclaim California to the small
coterie of states now permitting
the Hport of kings, through ♦he
influence of tbe recent Kxpoditlo.i
meet here.
It was intended that this should
be a sort of popularizing prelude
to efforts that will be made at the
next state legislature to revive
tlie racing game.
That the flagrant, operations of
bookmakers at the Exposition
course, however, has had exa;'tl
the opposite effect is today tlie
belief of many who had hoped tr
bring the ponies back.
Certainly it has stirred up new
TRIS SPEAKER IS A
PITCHERS' PUZZLER
Photo at right shows how T ris (speaker, Huston Red Sox slug
ger, stands belUnd the plate so he ran see pitcned balls after they
break; photo at left shows how Ty Cobb stands in front of the
plate to hit balls before they break.
BY' BROWN HOLMES
Tris Speaker of the Boston Red
Sox is the big hitter pitchers will
have to battle with til the world
series and Speaker Is a big hitter
because he has an odd style at the
plate.
Speaker stands as far back In
the batter's box as the lines of the
batter's box will permit. In this
position he is able to see pitched
balls after they break and always
knows, before he swings his bat.
if he will hit a straight ball, curve
or spltball.
American league pitchers say
Speaker Is one of the hardest man
In the league to fool. They 3ay
they lan't make him swing at 1
wide curve and miss it off the end
of lilg bat, because in his position
he can see the ball after it curves
and knows if he can reach it.
Most batters stand even with
the plate or in front of it and hit
the ball before It has a chance o
to break or as It is breaking. In
tbls position tbey do not always
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PHONE: All departments, Mnln 12.
antagonism against such proposed
legislation.
The state of Califorhla, repre
sented at tlie Exposition through
a commission, received from the
fair authorities a promise that no
taint of gambling should bring a
breath of criticism against tl c
horse racing.
But from the first day of the
mcct —attended by crowds that
equalled the throngs at famous
old Emeryville in its palmy days
—the state law was evade 1 riy
"the bookies" through oral pool
making. A big gambling stake
was in constant circulation.
Veterans of the paddock were
discreet, hut the youngsters flush
ed with their first winnings,
know what they are swinging it
Ty Cobb bats in this style. He
hits In*l ire the ball breaks, except
when opposed to lefthand pitch
ers. Then he sometimes stands
in the rear of the box, like Speik
er.
Speaker has been the leading
hitter of itii- Sox this season, his
swats have helped keep the club
at the top and are experted to
count for big thiugs in the big
games.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7.—The C.v
dinals and Brownß played iii<*ir
second game of the post-seasini
nerles lv a see-saw fashion, end
ing at the llth inning with a 3
to 3 score, on account of dark-
PANTAGES
nOCKIULL'H HORSES
FOUR '.11.1 IMil (.1111 S
MR. * MICH. PERKINS KISHKK
"NEAL OF THE NAVY." NO. 2
I—OTHER lilt. ACTH 1—
Thursday, Oct 7,1915.
boasted loudly of their gains and
aired their superficial knowledge
of the "inside."
These vauntings Reached the
ears of the state commission.
Arthur Arlett, one of the com
missioners, found that oral book
making was flourishing, and id
dresed a scorching letter to iha
Exposition heads, reminding theuf
of their solemn promise.
And now the betting fervor is
demonstrating itself by »*i ■*. a
laid on the fate of modified race
track gambling, probably the
rari-muttiel system, at the n _xt
state legislature. Thousands ( t
dollars are being offered tbat ilia
■MM will come back, and tlm
lakers are few.
BALL PLAYER
AT PANTAGES
An electric ball player has been
installed on the stage of the Pan
tages theater, and will report
every play of the coming world's
series, which starts tomorrow.
The player is electrically con
nected with the Phillies' paric
where the opening game will be
[Staged. Doors of the theater will
open at 10:30 a. m. and the game
will begin about 11 o'clock.
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