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Show k On the Surface tta la pretty good world, if you Mm long the safe, aha How places close in to Alta McDonald, of a mile la 2:02 - Football Games of Oct. 22. The University of Nebraska defeat- would have certainly resulted. They got the word with the Major ed Knox football team by a score of at the pole a half length In the lead, JftoO. t shore; if a pretty good world If you sail your craft Away from the depths and the rapids - Chicago roar. Thera are things In the depths far beyond your ken; In strenuous rapids youll find dismay; Its a pretty good world If you skim along. And keep to the shallows the whole of the way. Cleveland Leader. It was second nature with the judge to wish to put hie visitor thoroughly at ease. Moreover, he rather liked the visitor, this son cf his old friend and comrade in arms. You will ait down, , -- Richard? he asked, noting an unusual trace of awkwardness in the younger mans manner. From an open window on the other aide of the bouse floated the sound of a girl s voice, a full, rich contralto, slugicg a little love song, oui fashioned and quaintly beautiful. It brought up memories to the older man, and In their strain he seemed half to forget the presence of the other. It cost him an effort to bring himself back Into the present and to make some conventional remark about the beauty of the evening; a remark to which the younger man replied in a strain of equal conventionality. Margaret Is In the drawing room, Richard, and Is expecting you, I believe. At last I seem to remember that she said you were going to call this evening. I will join her presently, sir. But I wished to see you flrsL" At this remark the old man looked quickly and sharply at the guest Could it be possible this young Jackanapes was coming to ask for Margarets band? The idea was too ridiculous to bo entertained for a university won, defeating Northwestern in decisive fashion. Chicago gathered 32 points while the purple team failed to score. Ohio Medical Urlversity football team was defeated on Nell Park gridiron by Notre Dame in one of the roughest games ever witnessed on locil gridiron. The final score was . IT to 5. Michigan beat West Virginia by 131 to 0, and has nuv excelled the celebrate! Gutlo kye made In 1901, . when 1?8 points' rffe rolled up against the easterners. Michigans work was a revelation cf fast playing and Coach Curtis of Wisconsin, who watched the play from the s'de lines, probably took home n word of warring to the Badgers. Michigan waa irresistible, the playing cf Kornevs, Curtiir Heston and Clark be'ng features. With an entirely. new Une, Purdue met Illinois on Stuart field, Lafayette, the daughter who was the Image of Ind., only to go down to defeat In a her dearly loved mother? fiercely fought game. Five thousard As he listened unheedingly to the reople saw the Illini win by a score arguments of the young wwa, and of 24 to 6. Illinois began scoring early dreamily to the music from the opes in the first half and soon ran up a window, another dream cf the long fair score, but the local team played ago came to him; pluckily and were strong at the end. run by Johnson near He. a young man once more, was A Ihexlose of the second naif netted a standing before an old man and asktouchdown for the Purdue men khd ing for his daughter, answering argument with argument, and wrath with saved the team from a whitewash. Terrible as Yale always has been proud humility and dogged tenacity of purpose. After all, he reflected, each to the We3t Pointers, It was humbled of us is an individual and life must in one of the most exciting games of be lived. football ever wltnested. The score He had half forgotten that Richard was 11 to 6. Yale's great players was waiting, and he recalled himself came to the military academy with every confidence of defeating the soldiers by at least two touchdowns. The army rooters were hoping to at least score, but the most sanguine of them never expected that the soldiers would ' win. J By the overwhelming score of 146 fft 0 Minnesota toyed with GrtnnelL Minnesotas playing waa the best of the aeison, the offense showing great 'improvement Grlorell at first put up .a plucky game, but became discouraged when the high score began to roll up. The difference In weight waa stxty-flve-yar- d u. i which he Increased silg-tly- , rounding the first turn to the quarter in thirty seconds fiat. Straightening away In the back stretch, lou snowed somee thing of her form in a burst of speed that brought her up where her dark chestrut nose showed In front of the bay, the half being passed In It 00 . and then she died, and, as the boy slid, died dead, for. althougn S matters kept hay going, tho third Quarter being negotiated In thirty seepads, he simply jogged the last quarter, the mile being In 2:07. "Vtfcea they came out for the second beat Lou wag suffering from a slight ftttsctt cf the "thumps," and rather thaa take any chances of It Injuring the mare, Mr. Billfn gw permitted Major Delmar to Jog aroued the track In 2:12,to While he took about four minutes circle the course with the old-tim- jta Wins Chairelcnthlp on Point. Jem Eowker. champion bantamweight of England, defeated Franke Neil of San Francisco, who hold the bantsm-weigtitle of America, oa points. In a twenty-rrund- . bout before the National Sportlrg club at London, for the bantam-weigh- t championship of the world. The men fought fiercely from gong to gong In every round. The'Aj&en-ca- n went at the British charaplofj wita a rush In the very first round and fought him to the ropes time and sgain. The Britisher wav dazed by the wicked onslaught of his opponert during the opening rounds, but mam aged to duck ard dodge out of the most dangerous situations. Neil continued hlv rushing tactic up to tha, ninth round and apparently had bis eooorent going at that stage. Neil evidently shot hla bolt in that ninth round, for thereafter his blow lacked force and be failed to show his previous nimbleness and sgillty. Lftnrter was quick to see blv opponents distress, and from that on forced the pace and did most of the leading. When Bowker wak declared the winver the Immense crowd was ht v WrtV National League Newt. The Cincinnati players benefit game netted them 930 each. Ernest Grcthe, Chicago's new kid pitcher, ts onlr 19 years of age. Right Fielder Miller cf Zanesville has been recommended to the Cincin. nati club. "Jim Delchanty has the honor of finishing the season at the head of the Boston batting list The SL Louis club la desirous of making a deal In which Pitcher Charley McFarland will figure. Lee Fchl,, who was with the last fall, has been with Homestead all season, catching 111 games. Beckley had a chance to catch Wagner In batting, but he failed to land a hit In the last two games of the season. The Cincinnati club Is stated to have cleared 235,000 on the season thla, too, despite exeesslve purchases of players and high salaries. Manager Kelley lays the blame for the Reds not finishing higher-Ithe race thla"year to poor base running. He hopes to correct this fault to some extent before another season opens. The Reds playeffi their last game at Horae Oct. 13, beating the Avcndaie College Hill team 6 to 0. The most of the players then started on a barnstorming trip under Frank Bancroft's wing. X Princeton university has made Fred Clarke an offer to catch Its baseball candidates next spring and, so has Tale, but neither will be accepted, as Clarke wlU have no time for outside work. Is a rumor that Catcher Street, of the Reds, will be married to a Kentucky belle before the spring practice begins. He will spend the greater part of the winter In Kentucky, although hla home ts tn Alabama. Business Manager Bancroft will be asked to take charge of the Cincinnati ls Chicago fans believe the White Eos would have been In the running al the end but for Pitcher Owen going wrong In the stretch. Catcher Arthur McGoverns same was left eff the list of players allowed the Boston club by the national commission. There was a mistake somewhere. Fielder Jones has made five error this season. He has not made any since July 2S. Last year he mad only two errors during the entire season. This Is probably the last season that Freeman and Lachance will be seen In Boston uniforms. Both men are believed to be listed for trades or releases.. Ferris "hss covered much more ground than any of his competitors, having accepted 73 more chances than, Lajole, who la next to him in total chances accepted. that Manager McAleer believes Pitcher Hynes, Who was worked In the St. Louts outfield, will be good enough next season to bold a regular job In the outfield. Hla batting has been excellent Washington reserve Hat includes Gilbert new playing with Pittsburg; and a fight will be made for this youngster's services, aa it Is thought the no reserve clause In bis ton tract was a fake. I .1 1 s v XA . Errors In Fielding Averages. official figures are valueless however, for the catchers and for the team fielding averages,. . The passed balls are treated In figuring these averages as if they were errors, and thle la contrary to the rules of tb gams, which specify that battery errors ofi all kinds shall not be Included In the fielding averages. McCann of the Giants and Chance of the Colts are practically tied for the lead among first basemen. Catcher Pelts of Cincinnati, who played In; eighteen games at first base, to the , The -- KAISERS CUP FOR moment Margaret was a mere child of Id or 21 at most and this youngver could be but little older. It was The Image cf her dsarly loved mother. only the other day that Maigaret and with n start to bear the young man Richard had been making mud J)les . says together. realise, sir, that 1 am not at all all of There was . a. disquieting of but 1'know that no her, werthy grave solemnity In Richard's dee, man could be worthy, and my love which disturbed bis boat and the shall make up for my deficiencies. words which followed completed the After all, Richard seemed to hare beck, some idea of the magnitude of the I want to ask your consent to hour boon which be was seeking. He would daughters marriage with me, Ir,' bid them wait awhile; they would went on the younger man, somewhat know their own minds better in a few fine air of pride hastily, bnt with a years and would be .able to learn If In his manner. love or only After ill, reflected the Judge, some- whit they felt waa really Its counterfeit Something of this he thing like thla was bound to come put Into words for his answer. sooner or later. But there was no Much to hla his great conearthly reason why the yonng man cession seemed surprise to meet with a cool should be in such a burry to carry eff With n singular tenacity reception. Margaret. They were both mere chil- of and stupefying audacity dren, and neither could be certain of the purpose man seemed about to argue young their mind at so tenuer an age. him. let Richard, he waa bound to ad- withMargaret Is 21. sir, and I am 21 I mit. filled most of the requisites of think we each cf us claim to be may the man who should marry his daugh- old encugh to know our own minds. ter. ns yon told me, were Determined not to offend the young Yon, yourself, were 21 and your married when yon man nor hurt his feelings unnecessary wife 12." out reato he these point fly, began But .that was a different case, sons why the desired consent should ' Richard. be withheld. How different, sir? ' The was logibeautifully -exposition For the life of him the Why cal. the judge felt with warm pride, could have told what the not Judge and must certainly appeal to any readifference was. alAnd he bad human being. soning You mean that you loved the girl ways felt that Richard was s young was to become ycur wife very whg man of exceptional Intelligence, felt you could But. strange to say, the reasons did dearly, and that you - Is not that the not her. wait for man not seem to Impress the young as seriously as he could have wished. case, sir? . The judge thought the young man Indeed. Richard showed sn obstinate Emperor William has offered a magwas treading very close to the bor- nificent tendency to combat them. sliver trophy for the yachts earnest-nes- s Ilea derland which between The judge scarcely heard all of the that enter the ocean race next year. he But had and stab Impudence. young mans eager arguments. The ed At rresent no defin'te plan has been of condition affairs. true the room voice from within the drawing The tong inside the house j had bad taken up the burden of another ceased, and Margaret came toward the undoing of the light Grlnnell team. them along the piazza. In the moonThe score establishes a new record light the resemblance to her mother for In even than the day- countcollege teams, Michigans bl? seemed, stronger against Buffalo tw? years sgo , light t'r? When she reached the two ahe was topped by nearly a score of points. hl, stood and looked at her father. There The total - playing time was fifty min'rfc. utes. waa a question in her eyes, a questiovj By a score of 12 to 0 Harvard de. n-that waa pleading - feated the Carlisle Indian in a splen- And when the judge bad nodded hla It was Har- consent the yqung man and the young didly played contest hardest game thus far tols sev at each other as woman locked son, and the showing of the crimson only team ag&lnat the stocky and tricky . a a a a As he sat alone In the moonlight Indians waa surprisingly good. and smoked dreamily, the Judge ret called with a deep sigh that the Lou Dillcn Goes Down In Ceftat which he saw In his daughter's, Before one of the largest crowds ever seen on the Billings track, at eyes had completed the resemblance to her mother. Vernon Warren' in Memphis. Tenr the Idol of the AmerBoston Globe. ican trotting turf, the peerless Lou Dillon, met defeat, and met It appar-entlRecord for Long Service. lgnomlnlously. Sir Jenkln Coles, speaker of th The 1 want to ask your ceneent." queen of trotters was certainly South Australian parliament, has just off when she came out for her warm1.1 fashioned fove song that the judge established what la prcbably a world's who had not seen her Those cp. ing of has He his record. completed fourteen since the same race e eiriobered well from the days year ago were years, of nnlnterruf ted service In the plainly disappointed youth. In seeing the once ever ons of absSit without memories stirred being chair And this great mare braced in the shafts with who sang the song In those days the during the working hours, from tu- a galtlng pole to keep that lithe body mother of the girl who -jras singing nes or any other cause. straight and another to keep ber head . bow. straight, and then on top of that to Blissful Ignorance. But this thing must not be. What see her nodding as If lame. He They say he has more money waa to remain to cheer his own life On the other hand. Major DelmRr to do what with. knows he was than sway man taking If this young waa never fitter, nnd If It had been Such Haa he really. She ignorance bis only daughter, the daughter whom the prediction of her driver, necessary ba bad so loved and watched over. ia bliss. Puck. - - queen. eMt- - OCEAN RACE. i Y Vj -- ,a 3(Ux J -- , Famous Outfielder ef P)4r 'cfcl love-ligh- - ---- (A. L.) Club. clubs financial affairs for next season. He has filled the position slnci 1232, and is recognized as the best man In bis lina ia the business. Garry Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati club, pulled down the small end of a 11.000 to S50 wager with Dreyfuss on the proposition Barney fonntd for the contest, but. the race tnat the Pirates would not finish first will probably be from New York to Mr, Dreyfuss lost nearly 55.C00 this the We of WIghL or vice versa. The season betting that his team would trophy It pictured above, : win the pennant again this year. f ran 0c with delight Both men were cleared as they left the ring, Tbs betting before the contest was 11 te 10 In favor of Bowker, and the Americans backed Neil to the limit --- 1 - t te New York percentage leader, however, with a mark of 1,000. Ritchey of Pittsburg leads tbe second basemen with a mark of .952. Evers of the Colts stands sixth In the list Woodruff of Cincinnati leads tbe thirl basemen, with Casey sixth. Tinker is also sixth among shortztops, Corcoran cf Cincinnati topping the Bat: ; The team fielding averages are Q Incorrect, owing to the tame mistake of figuring the passed balls as fielding errors. The Colts are tied for third "Americin League Notes. place with ClnrlnnatL the leadlm Clarke Griffith eays:' This team beirg New Tork and the second sebedub Is much too long. team Pittsburg. The correct figures The WahlnHon club has drafted make no change In the relative stand. Outfielder Knoll of Nashville. ing of the teams In fielding, except - Umpire - Sheridan has at last bethat Brooklyn and Boston are tied tor come aa opponent of the sixth place. The correct team fieldrule. ing avenges are: .New Tork, J55; Dave Fnlts Is now hard at work Pittsburg, .954; Chicago and Cincicoaching tb New Tork university's nnati .953; St. Lonls, .952; Brooklyn 154-ga- foul-utrl- Auto Records Co at Cleveland. The automcb.le records for fifty and twenty five - miles were broken at Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 19, at the ian Driving park. Charles Gorndt sent hla machine fifty miles In 55:42, ss sfiinst the former mark of 1:01 :22 25, and Earl Kiser sent his machine twenty five miles la 23:59, as against 22:402-5- . Th the previous record of OBrien k flghL scheduled for Oct 27 at the West End club, St Louis, has been declared off. Pronwter Charley Houghton received the following telegram from Cboyn-sk- i: "Will ooUflght Thursday night Have decided to quit game. - Commodore ts Dead. Commodore, a chestnut colt by The Commoner-RosMasso, one of the crack St. Louis race horses, died from Inflammation of the stomach. The owners, J, C. Milan A Co, had refused an offer of JIO.OOQ for the a horse.- - - , " Clark Griffith. , Ton fought-a-roofight and we respect ycu for your courage. It has narrowed down to either lajole or Cantilloa as Cleveland's manager for next year. Forest City fans call the tew outfielder Vinson Wagner No. 2." He Is shaped like "Honus. Well, Charles Comlskey bas the that he has had e great season and made lots of money. - Champ Osteen, who was sold by Griffith to EL- - Louis, has only played In two games In the Mound City. New York admirers have presented Catcher Charley Farrell of the Boston a with a gold watch and chain. Gibson, the young Boston pitcher, has ielped the Champs several times this season when the going was hard. The loss of Hoffman .and Harry Davis put us out cf the championship," said "Connie Mack of the Athletics d - Choynski Quite the Game. Choynskl-Jac- football tesm. Good boy, k con-eolati- and Boston, .945; Philadelphia. ,932. If passed balls were trcluded aa fielding Chances then wild pitches, ball s and bares on halls should be Included alro and be charged as errors to p!tcbers.--ChlcaTribune. go Condensed Dispatches. The Boston club bas drafted Catches William Strobe from the Syracuse club. Tbe Springfield (111.) club bas signed for next year Pitcher Minus Irwin o! ' Attica. Ind. The Rockford club - bas voted to bring Immediate legal steps to fight Its being ousted from the fndiana-Blnois-Iow- a league. The suit of the Norfolk (Va.) club against the New York National League club for 12,003 due since 1900 ' for Mathewsona release bas been settled,, the New York club paying ua full! amount claimed. John M. Ward was the attorney - the Norfolk club. k 1 |