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a a a a a a 0 0 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1913. SPOKANE DAILY CHRONICLE. PAGE SEVENTEEN. LIVE SPORT NE GEORGE EDITED BY M.VARNELL 1 OF THE WORLD mmon lines Lofore the there. all the now reeded anies.

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Monaghan of the Gonzaga Manager football team has closed university with the Montana Aggies for date be played In Spokane on Noto game vember 1 15. be the first appearance of the It will Agricultural college team in Montana and the initial contest beSpokane the two lineups. tween Coach Harmon of the Gonzaga squad started secret practice for the Blue has White eleven in preparation for and the University Idaho game, which to played Saturday. The gates is the field at Gonzaga have been closed around and every afternoon until the will date of work the without game any Harmon's to watch the play. Captain Eddie Mulholland has gotten back in harness again, having rethe injured shoulder covered he received during a baseball which in Anaconda, before comgame back to the university this fall.

ing Mulholland has been placed at one of the back positions and is expected to be a big boost for Gonzaga's chances the Idaho eleven. Crowley, the against former high school lad, is showing in fine shape in the backfleld and up McGinnis is developing a fine brand of ball in the line. IS AFTER MYERS' RECORD ON BASES Johnston of San Francisco Is Close to Great Mark Set by Spokane Player. The great base stealing record set by "Hap" Myers during the 1912 season, when the speed demon played first base for Spokane, 1s in danger. Myers pilfered 116 bases while with the Spokane club and hung up a mark that was expected to stick for some time, but now Johnston of the San Francisco club in the Coast league 1s trying to grab the honors from Myers.

Johnston has stolen 109 bases this season and he still has three weeks to gO. Johnston has been the marvel of the Coast league to date and his amazing speed has bewildered the backstops who have tried to head him off on the paths. Johnston is outfielder and has played fine ball, in addition to his phenomenal work on the bases. Myers made his record in a short season. He joined the Indians after the schedule was under way and the final games of the league season were played in September.

Johnston started the season in March with the Seals and will have seven months in which to make a record, while Myers had but four. TRI-STATE LEAGUE TO HOLD MEETING Fate of Organization Will Be Decided Wednesday at Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA, Oct. -The directors of the Western State league will meet in this city Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The fate of the league will be decided at that time.

One of the important matters come before the directors the settlement of hotel and transportation bills. It is thought that effort will be made to have these bills pooled. As there is some opposition to such a move, it may bring up a warm fight. Pendleton secms unwilling to remain in the league another year and Boise has declared in favor of the Union association. Walla Walla and North ready for another year and the matter stands split two against two.

SPECIAL SERMONS WILL BE ARRANGED Local Churches Will Observe Various Activities With Programs. Sixteen special Sundays have been suggested for the church calendar 1914, days being selected by a committee after canvassing the various associations that have had or are Interested in special Sundays for the observance of their respective movements. committee includes Philip P. The Jacobs, assistant secretary of the National society; OrF. Lewis, secretary of the lando prison association of New York: the Rev.

William T. Demarest, secretary of the Missions council. As a result of the work of three men the folcalendar, Including a number lowing of stated church national holidays, has been suggested for the coming calendar year: January 4. New Year's Sunday; January 25, Child Labor Sunday; February 8, Lincoln's Sunday; February 22, Washington's Sunday; April 12, Easter Sunday; April 19, Sabbath Observance day; May 10, Mothers' Sunday; May 17, Peace Sunday; May 31, Memorial Sunday; June 14, Children's Sunday; June 28, Independence day Sunday; September 6, Labor Sunday; October 25, Prison November 29 to December Thanksgiving 6, Sunday; Tuberculosis November 22, day; December 20, Christmas Sunday. VIRGIL PATTON GETS POSITION Virgil Patton of Spokane has been la agriculturist of, Walla Walappointed year, at a salary $1320 per county, celved to announcement reaccording today from Walla Walla.

Patton 19 a graduate Ington of the state college with the class of receiving his degree from the agricultural department. He was gradFor from the Spokane a year he high school. trict fruit inspector. served as assistant dis- CLASSY FIELD IN KENTUCKY DERBY Big Event Will Be Run on Wednesday Over FourMile Course. LOUISVILLE, Oct.

notables in the turf world have come to Louisville to witness the four -mile race for the Kentucky endurance stakes, valued at approximately 000, which will be the feature at the opening Wednesday of fall race meeting at the Churchill Downs track. Sam Jackson owned by J. I. McGinnis, is the acknowledged favorite in the field of six starters. The entries and weights with name of owners, follows: Prince Eugene, (J.

Livingston), 108; Sam Jackson, (J. L. McGinnis), 119; Milton B. (J. W.

Johnson), 119; Beautiful (J. W. Flynn), 119; Mission (August Belmont), 119; Panderina (Mrs. A. Livingston.) HARD WORKOUT FOR LEWIS AND CLARK Coach Hinderman Is ing Candidates at Top Speed in Practices.

Coach Hinderman of the Lewis and Clark high school football team got right down to cases with his team Monday night and started the week by sending his candidates through a hard practice. All the boys reported in good shape after the Lewiston game. Lloyd Morgan, former quarterback of the Hill Military team of Portland turned out for practice Monday night. Morgan 1s a little fellow, but is fast as a streak and showed up well. Coach Hinderman is hustling his bunch along this week to increase the speed of the team.

Coeur d'Alene will come to Spokane Saturday to meet the Lewis and Clark lineup and a hard contest is expected. Coach Hinderman expects to make one or two shifts in the lineup this week to try out new material. The L. and C. scrub team has developed into quite a formidable lineup since the season opened and many of the players are showing enough class to be given tryouts on the first squad.

DILL IN OFFICE WITH HIBSCHMAN Attorney C. C. Dill and Attorney H. J. Hibschman, respectively Spokane county members of the democratic and republican state central committees, today took up quarters at 1014 Paulsen block, as law partners.

"Politics are not discussed in this office," Mr. Dill said. COLLISION VICTIM SUES THE RAILROAD George W. Williams, who was seriously injured last June when an automobile which he was riding with George Lawson was hit by a Spokane and Liberty Lake train Coeur d'Alene line, at the Apple wale crossing, brought suit for $15,000 damages against the railroad company in the superior court Monday. GESEK TO WRESTLE FRED MITCHELL Former Club Star Matched to Meet the Northwest Champion on Mat.

Chris Gesek, the former P. N. A. wrestling champion of the northwest, who was never thrown while a member of the S. A.

A. C. team, has been matched to meet Fred Mitchell, the wrestler who claims the middleweight mat championship of the northwest. Mitchell and Gesek will probably meet at Wenatchee, where Gesek broke in as a professional wrestler. Gesek has not been doing any wrestling since last spring and will take two or three weeks to get in condition before taking Mitchell on.

The wrestlers are matched to go on at the middleweight limit of 158 pounds ringside. TO GIVE ADDRESSES SUNDAY EVENINGS The Pilgrim Congregational Pastor Will Give Second of Series Next Week. A series of Sunday evening addresses has been outlined by the Rev. E. E.

Burtner of the Pilgrim Congregational church, which he has designated: 'Nine Vital Topics on the State of Religion." The second of the series next Sunday evening will be on the subject, "Smith's Loss," following opening of the series Smith Go to Church?" Other topics and dates are: October 19, "Henry Ward Beecher's Services to America," in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of his birth. October 26, "Winston Churchill's Challenge to the Church in 'The Inside of the November 2, "The Paganism in Our Modern Life." November 9, "'The Real Progress the Church Is Making," a reply to its critics. November 16, "Some Great Gains in Righteousness." November 22, "Something Not to Be Thankful For." November 29, "Jesus Is Equal to All Needs." SAYS MARRIAGE WAS NOT LEGAL Alleging that her supposed marriage to Joseph G. Frank at Rathdrum, Idaho, on February 15, 1908, was illegal because of the fact that Frank had divorced his former wife but five days before in Seattle, and that the decree provided that neither party should marry again within six months, Alta D. Wells brought suit in the superior court Monday for an anulment of her marriage to Frank.

The plaintiff brought the suit in her maiden name. LADD MAKES PERFECT SCORE AND SETS NEW RECORD FOR RANGE Gets 20 Bullseyes for Mark of One Hundred and Wins the Weekly Contest. A record that can not be beaten was established over the range of the Y. M. C.

A. Monday night when Ladd scored 20 straight bullseyes for a perfect score of 100, the first ever made over then range. The shooting was done at 35 feet, the standard distance for target, which was used in the contest, and Ladd used caliber low power target rifle. Ladd held the range record before establishing his perfect score on Monday night with 96 out of a posBible 100. the weekly shoot, held Monday night after Ladd had established his record, the first honors were taken by Ladd, who registered a score of 92 for the contest.

Howell was second in the meet with 88, Sawins, third with 84 and Barton, fourth with 79. Y. M. C. A.

range was cut down to official distance for the meet. Heretofore the shooters have been working from the 40-foot mark. As a result of the shoot Ladd starts the month with a three- lead for the championship trophy for October. LEAVES MONEY TO EDUCATE NEGROES More Than $60,000, Increment of Idle Fund, Is Paid for Purpose. WASHINGTON, Oct.

American Colonization society, the only private corporation history that ever successfully established an Independent nation, today paid over to its ward, Liberia, more than $60,000, the Increment of an idle fund for the education of children of the negro republic. The fund was the bequest of Caroline Donovan of Baltimore, devised 27 years ago for this purpose, but it had not been possible to arrange for the In addition to the $60,000 proper disbursement of the interesday to Consul General Ernest Lyons of Liberia by Dr. Henry L. E. Johnson, president of the society, the annual interest of the fund hereafter will be used to pay in aiding American negroes desirous of emigrating to Liberia.

TO HEAR LECTURE AND SEE PICTURES A "serious meeting" of the Ad club will be held next Wednesday. The guest of honor for the day will be Samuel E. Webb, business physicologist, who will speak on the relation of advertising to salesmanship. Mr. Webb addressed the club on his visit here last year.

At the conclusion of his address Wednesday the room will be darkened and views will be shown of the Canadian Rockies. LUMBER MILL AT STARTUP BURNED STARTUP. Oct. mill of the Wallace Lumber company, three miles from here, was destroyed by fire yesterday, The loss 18 $60,000, half of which is covered by Insurance. EXPECTS HARD GAME FROM WALLA WALLA Coach Moyer Working His Team Hard to Be Ready for Friday Game.

The North Central high school football squad reported to Coach Moyer Monday afternoon none the worse for game with the J. Y. A. team Saturday, All the regulars were out in suits, including "Curley" Skadan, who was taken out of the contest Saturday after he had bitten a gash in his tongue. Coach Moyer is not at all optimistic over the coming game with Walla Walla on Friday.

The reports from the Garden City are decidedly of a "bear" variety, but little credence is given to these tales by North Central and Moyer is sending his men along at top speed. season the contest was a close one and North Central just managed to beat Walla Walla. PULLMAN TEAM IS DOWN TO BUSINESS Bender's Squad Working Hard for First Game Against Idaho Team. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE, PULLMAN, Oct. state college football reported to Coach Bender Monday none the worse for wear after the the Bremerton navy team on Saturday, Scrimmage will be held three this week, and the ghost ball is to be brought out.

The work of Art Durham, the little Spokane quarter, Saturday's game, stamps him as a likely candidate for a regular position, it is probable that he will direct the team in the Idaho game. Durham has only been out for a little over a week and is handicapped this account. Billy Smith, the southern Idaho quarterback, who showed strong at the opening of the season, but who was recently inJured, is expected back in the game soon and will make a formidable opIn the Pourhama department Captain ponent for, Coulter seems to be getting away In the best style and will probably be relied upon both for punting and place kicking. co Tyre at left end is in much better condition than last year and is expected to make a strong bid for all northwest end. Keeran, the 240-pound center, has been shifted to guard, and is fighting with Langdon for a regular berthat tackle seems to the find of the season, both from his offensive and defensive work.

His weight coupled with speed makes him one of the most consistent ground gainers, and at the same time a strong man on defenses. DAYTON, -The Columbia county teachers' institute will continue until evening. Special instructors and speakers have been secured for the occasion. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE TO BE HELD AT EDMONTON TO TRAIN HERE FRESHMAN LEADS IN STRENGTH TEST Edward Kuhn, member of the freshman class of the Lewis and Clark high school, who captured the "strong man" honors last week by making total of 2352 points, which is record in the school. BUSY SESSION FOR JUSTICE STOCKER He Disposes of Number of Cases Sentences Meted Out to Violators.

Colin McDonald was Monday fined $10 and costs on 8 larceny charge as the result of a Saturday night drunk. McDonald and a friend, John Erickson, were imbibing freely Saturday night and in the course of the evening Erickson entrusted $10 to the care of McDonald. When the latter returned it he deducted $2, which he claimed was him, and when he refused to return it he was arrested on the larceny charge. The case of sthn't. McSteen, accused of assault and battery, was continued until Tuesday at his own request.

McSteen is accused of having stabbed H. B. McCoy in the course of an altercation Saturday night in the Milwaukee saloon. Jim "hired man" on the farm of State Senator R. A.

Hutchinson, pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny and was given 10 days in the county jail. Bradley was irresponsible from an overdose of liquor Saturday night and stole two suitcases from 213 Stevens street. William Harkness was sentenced to a 90 days' treatment for the drug habit by Judge Stocker Monday afternoon. Harkness, who was arrested on a charge of vagrancy, admitted that he has used drugs for 20 years and declared that he desired to take treatment for the habit as soon as he was able to do so, if the judge would permit him to leave town. The case of A.

T. Schwap, accused of stealing clothes from a 8., P. S. boxcar, was dismissed without trial. SEEK NEGRO FOR BRUTAL MURDER Chicago Police Get Good Description of Man Seen With Slain Girl.

CHICAGO, Oct. on information given by a man who saw Miss Ida Leegson walking west in West Seventy-first street at 6 o'clock last Saturday evening, accompanied by a negro, instructions were given the police today as follows: "Arrest for murder and robbery a copper-skinned negro, 5 feet 11 Inches or 6 feet tall; weighing between 180 and 190 pounds. Well square shoulder, erect carriage. black soft hat and gray coat." JUDGE HUMPHRIES TO GET ATTENTION Prominent Cartoonist Is Going to Seattle to Caricature Coast Judge. Ryan Walker, the well-known New York cartoonist and creator of "Henry Dubb," will caricature Judge John E.

Humphrles on the public platform in Seattle. "If Judge Humphries will sit on the platform for me when I get to Seattle I will draw his picture in connection with the Henry Dubb series," said Walker, who passed through Spokane Monday night en route to Pomeroy, where he gives a chalk talk tonight. "If the judge will not sit on the platform I will draw him anyway. make this statement now, open and above board so that I may avoid Jailed for contempt with the other, Walker socialists delivered over a in lecture Seattle." last Wednesday night at the Lewis and Clark high school auditorium and has been speaking In Inland Empire towns since. He will give his chalk talk on "The Adventures of Henry Dubb," in Dreamland rink, Seattle, next Sunday night.

"I belleve this is the first time In the history of the United States that a Judge has been asked to be publicly cartooned," said the chalk talker. "In view of some of the recent extraordinary acts of the Seattle judge, however, I should not be surprised if he should accept the invitation." CUT POPLAR TREES IN MAY OR JUNE J. B. Allen, who resides at E2105 Second avenue, has a tip for home owners who have poplar trees which must be cut down. According to an ordinance passed by the city council all poplar shade trees must come down.

Poplar trees should be cut during the months of May or June." said Mr. Allen today. "If they are out at that time the roots will die and rot: but it they are cut now they will sprout up again and will prove a a constant source of trouble." CRUCIAL SERIES IN COAST LEAGUE Venice Must Defeat Portland Decisively to Have a Chance for Pennant. LOS ANGELES, Oct. crucial series of the Pacific Coast league pennant chase is expected to be staged here this week, beginning with the game between Portland and Venice at Washington park today.

It 19 conceded by the most enthusiastic Venice supporters that, unless the Tigers win the serles decisively, there is no hope I for them. Seven games are scheduled and Venice must win at least five of them remain In the championship running. Venice has been fairly successful against the league leaders on the home grounds, the Beavers having recelved a decided setback in the last serles here. JOHN R. CASSIN IS GRAND KNIGHT Is Elected to Office by the Knights of ColumbusOthers Are Named.

Officers for the year were elected last night by Spokane council, No. 683, Knights of Columbus. They are: Grand knight, John R. Cassin; deputy grand knight, F. S.

McWilliams; chancellor, W. C. Donovan; warden, Bert West; financial secretary, John W. Bradley; recording secretary, Frank Brown; treasurer, J. Luger; advocate, Moye Wicks; trustee, Dan Close; inside guard, J.

F. Donnelly; outside guard, Joe Adams; representative to state council, E. J. O'Shea, alternates, Phil Dunn and M. J.

Luby. None of the offices were contested except those of trustee, outside guard and representative to the state council. The nomination of James E. Royce for chancellor was withdrawn. It was decided a number of candidates d'Alene, trentertain in addition to delegations from Rossland and Nelson, next Sunday, when an all-day convocation will be held.

TEKOA MAN ROBBED OF CHECKS, MONEY While he was "aroun' the town" Monday, F. A. Reller of Tekoa was touched for his billbook containing $6 in cash two checks drawn on the hand N. railway, amounting to a total of $101.50. Reller was unable to tell the officers where the theft had occurred.

Twilight League Club Selects Spokane for Early Workouts Next Season. Will Gather Team Here for Preliminary Work Before Opening of Schedule. While President Fare and his bunch of balltossers are tripping away to warmer eilmes next spring in search of training grounds, the Edmonton team of the Western Canada or Twilight league will be gathered In Spokane to do its training stunts here. Deacon White, former manager of the Edmonton team and now a director of trols the the amusement Edmonton company team, that announced conthis week at a meeting of the directors that the Edmonton team would train In Spokane for the 1914 season. Last season the Medteine Hat team used the field at Natatorium park for 10 days as training grounds before starting north to open the season, and Mr.

White is anxious to give the Edmonton team the advantage of training in this climate. Last year the Edmonton team trained at Edmonton, but the weather conditions were decidedly against hard work, and, as a result, when the season opened, the team was hardly in shape. Mr. White has been corresponding with Bill Davis, former Twilight league star, who is now in business here, and has made arrangements to gather his players together in Spokane start training work here. Exhibition games will be played after the work in Spokane on the trip to Edmonton.

RAILROADS HAVE BOWLING LEAGUE A railroad bowling league was organized at a meeting held Monday evening and will open a schedule on the Spokane alleys November 7. W. H. Ude was chosen president of the league, Harry Burns vice president and C. A.

Gross secretary-treasurer. The teams given franchises in the league are the R. N. P. City, N.

P. Baggage, N. P. Local, Glacier Park, S. P.

S. and Great Big Baked Potato. EXHIBITION GAMES New York- R. H. E.

New York Nationals, (Schupp, Wiltse) .4 8 2 Philadelphia Nationals (Chalmers) 1 3 At Cleveland- R. H. E. Cleveland (Falkenberg) .3 11 2 Pittsburg (Adams, Hendrix). .0 09 The Chronicle prints today's news today.

FIGHTERS MIX ON WEIGHT QUESTION Azevedo and Dundee Unable to Agree on Figures for Their Coming Clash. LOS ANGELES, Oct. scheduled 20-round bout between Joe Azevedo of Sacramento and Johnny Dundee is threatened with a weight disagreement. While Dundee is holding out for 133. pounds ringside, the California fighter Insists on making the weight three hours before the battle.

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