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10 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1916. "EMERY BALL" HIS SECRET BUT FORD'S INVENTION WAS RUSSELL, BY A "TRAITOR." The Former Yankee Pitcher Had Great Snccess With Delivery Until Told of the DiscoveryNow He's Through With Game. He couldn't keep his secret and now Russell Ford is through with baseball. And the pitcher who was a sensation in the American League a few years ago has chosen Kansas City as his home and is back at the occupation that busied aim before he took to the diamond.

Today Ford is a draftsman in the employ of the Kansas City Structural Steel Company in their Argentine offse. He's through with baseball but he has a mighty promising future ahead Rebertson, we Ford won't 1s Just have as to face good it FORD'S ARM STILL STRONG. "That was all right and it would have suited perfectly. I know my arm is strong and when my fast ball is right I can win games. But Buffalo is a cold town.

The lake breeze got and I couldn't limber it. When Harry Lord came he believed I was 'through' and the club released me. to stick to baseball show some people I'm not My arm is all right. And I Kansas City in the hope that the city would in the Federal League. I am a free agent and I wanted on with Stovall's club.

The weather here is hot in the summer and that's just what I like. But now I've decided to stay with the Kansas City Structural Steel Company "I may pitch some independent ball. I like to play ball just because I like the game. But I won't take a minor league job. I've served by time in the minors.

RUSSELL. FORD. INVENTOR OF THE "EMERY WHO HAS QUIT THE GAME. of him in the other line and he doesn't have to conceal any secrets to develop it. If Ford could have secured a patent on a discovery of seven years ago he still would be commanding a huge sal ary in the major leagues.

But the find he made by accident couldn't be copyrighted. Even then everything would have been all right if Ford hadn't let a "friend" into his confidence. fact he let three friends into the secret. Two of them were real friends, other gave him away. And Russ Ford won't tell who the "traitor" was.

THE INVENTOR OF THE "EMERY The emery ball was Ford's discovery, He nursed it along, gained fame with It, only to have it stolen and abused until now it has been slain by every baseball body in the country. The story of the emery ball is an odd bit of baseball history. Back In 1908 Ford was for the Atlanta club of the pitching, ciation. He was A mighty promising young pitcher with a great fast ball. One day he was warming up for a game and he uncorked a wild pitch.

The ball cleared the catcher's head by a good margin and struck a The wooden catcher sup- port of the grandstand. recovered the ball and tossed it back to Ford. He wound up again and shot the ball. And then his eyes opened wide. He had seen the fastest breaking curve he had ever thrown and without the slightest effort.

When the ball back, Ford made thorough examination of it. He found rough spot on one side where the ball bad struck the wooden support. He remembered how he had held the pill and he tried it again. Again the big break. So Ford, realizing that he had something worth while, began to work on the emery ball.

He didn't tell a soul about it, but he spent a certain amount of time each day figuring out the prindiple of air resistance. He devised the plan of using emery paper to roughen the bell. HIS FIRST THAN WITH TEN "EMERY." In 1909 Ford decided to try the ball game Before that time he had hen afraid to attempt to throw the ball in a game for it was bard to controL Bo he pasted a ploce of emery paper in his glove and after pretending to moisten the ball with saliva used his drat emery ball From that day Ford began to command attention. Boon he was in the majors and after trip to the International League he was back again and "made." They used to call Ford the greatest spitball pitcher in the world And he hasn't used more than one or two spitters in his entire career. It while he was with the New Fork club that he imparted his secret to a few friends.

Ed Sweeney, the big baokstop of the Yanks, learned something about the ball from catching 1t. Two others were told. Ford says that only three persons besides himself knew ft. COULDN'T KEEP SECRET. One of these "friends" let the bird out the cage traded to the Cleveland club and he tipped off Fred Falkenberg, the lanky hurler, who later hurdled to the Feds.

Faiky had phenomenal suocess with the emery ball. He became famous in a month. And he was wise. He knew better than to pass the secret around to other pitchers. Everything would have been all right If the "friend" hadn't told still another pitcher.

then things happened fast. The pitcher, Ford will not tell his name, told everyone he met. And the secret was anything but a secret. Finally a movement was started to bar the affair. "The Federal League was the first to bar the emery ball," Ford said yesterday, "and President Robertson of the Buffalo club, of which I was a member, could have prevented the action if he had wanted to.

But Larry Schlafly, our manager, prevented that. Schlafly has seen me win a 16-inning game 1 to 0 from Elmer Knetzer without using the emery and he knew my arm was strong. 'Go ahead, and bar he told WEEGHMAN BUYS THE THE CHICAGO FRANCHISE SOLD BY C. P. TAFT FOR MILLION.

Fed League Magnate Has Agreed to Take Over West Side Grounds for Two fears-Herrmasa Re-elected Chairman of Commission. CINCINNAT1, Jan. Chicago changed hands today, when Charles Weegbman, former president of the Chicago Federal League club, agreed, among other things, to pay million dollars in cash to Charles P. Taft of this city for 90 per cent of the stock of the Chicago National League club The actual sale, exchange of money and transfer of property, will take place, January 20. Shortly after the Cobs bad been sold the national commission went into 508 sion 1 and re elected Auguat Herrmano as its chairman and John E.

Brace as its secre ary. None of the details of the sale! of the Cobs were given out other than the amount of stock sold, the price and the fact that Mr. Weeghman has agreed to assume all the ooligations accru.ng from the West Bide Baseball Park in Chicago for period of two years, with the understanding that Mr. Taft and his associates will make every effort possible to dispose of the lease of these grounds. The sale of the Cubs today served to complete virtually the conditions of the treaty of peace recently signed here, and at a meeting of the committee to settle the dispute between the Federal and International leagues, all other loose ends that were found after the signing of the peace treaty were picked and put in order, The joint committee appointed to settie the Federal-International leagues' dispute, after holding a abort meeting adjourned to meet in New York in about two weeks.

The subject of the waiver question was discussed, but no action was taken. The dates for the meeting will be later announced by the national commission. The majority of the visiting baseball magnates left the city tonight, while those who remained will leave on early trains tomorrow morning. ACKERLAND NOT TO SELL I STOCK. The Transfer of Cabs Was Satisfactory to Pittsburgh Magnate, CHICAGO, Jan.

Ackerland of Pittsburgh, who holds 10 per cent of the stock of the Chicago National League club, arrived here today from a trip to Honolulu and left tonight CincinHe said that the transfer of the controlling interests of the club So Charles Weeghman was satisfactory to him; that he would continue his holdings and move along in harmony with the new owners it they wished; it not he was willing to dispose of his interest, he said. CUBS MAY NOT TRAIN IN TAMPA. Tinker WIll Take Team to Shreveport 11 Florida Contract Ian't Binding. CITICAGO, Jan. 5-Unless the Chicago Cubs's contract with the Tampa Baseball Association is absolutely binding, Joe Tinker will take his Whales down Shreveport for the training season.

like Shreveport better than Tampa for a lot of reasons, and will take the club there if there is any chance," Tinker said today, HENDERSON LED THE SHOOTERS. High Percentage of Interstate Association Made by Kentuoky Amateur. NEW YORK, Jan. official averages of the Interstate Trap Shooting Association for the season of 1915, made public today, show that Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, is high average amateur, while Charles G. Spencer Louis leads the profes Bional gunnezs.

Henderson broke 2,731 targets out of a possible 2,800, giving him an average of .9753. Spencer topped the professional list with a percentage of .9750, having broke 5,480 targets out of 5,620 shot at. The averages were compiled from the records of more than three thousand trap shooters and are based on a minimum of two thousand targets shot at during the progress of registered tournements in all perts of the country. Among the amateurs who scored high enough averages to be mcluded in the list of the first hundred were several women experts. chAmong, the and first ten professional leaders in classes both together with the number of targets shot at, broke and their averages, were: Henderson, AMATEURS.

Shot at. Broke. Pet, Lexington, Ky .2800 2791 .9753 Ridley, William, Whatebeer, .2300 2215 .9630 Holland. D. Springfield, .2000 1928 .9615 PROFESSIONALS.

Spencer, Charles St. Louls. .5620 5480 .9750 killam, Arthur, St. Louis. 5520 5204 .9717 Clark.

Homer, Alton, Ill. 3748 .9617 Crosby, W. O' Fallon, in. 4050 8906 .9644 Lewis, Auburn, .2625 2538 .9630 SELVIDGE PIOKS HIS TEAM. Manual's Basketeers to Open Season With St.

Joseph Here Tomorrow Night Harley Selvidge, coach of the Manual Training High School team of the Interscholastle League, has picked the Crimson boys who will represent the school on the courts this winter. Harry North, the newly elected capta'n, is to play right forward and he will have the clever and shifty David his running mate. Keonigsdorf, a star of last year's Crimson seoond five, has won the position at center, while Hairgrove and Peabody, who the beam at the 160 mark, 8.70 the guards. The Manual substitutes will be Rugh, Joyce and Travis, the latter being on the injured list at the present time. Manual will open its season here tomorrow night against the Central High School of St.

Joseph, Mo. The upriver school had a great basket ball aggregat'on last winter, but the team probably will not be FO strong this year as the 1915 members graduated last June. The Manual-St. Joseph contest will be played in the Westport High School Gymnastum and A. Palmer will referee.

The game will start at 8 o'clock. A FOR THE SHOOTERS. Kansas City Markamen to Hold nual Dinner Saturday Night. The fifty trap shooters who competed in the New Year's Day shoot at Elliott's Blue River Park between the Reds and the Blues will hold their annual "teed" Saturday night in the Muehlebach Hotel. The Blues lost the shoot and the agreement was the losers would pay for the dinner.

EDWARD BARROW IS ILL. The International Leagne Had Satfered an Attack of Appendicitis. CINCINNATI, Jan. Barrow, president of the International Baseball suffered an acute attack of League, appendicitis OD his arrival here today to attend the peace meeting, and was advised by physicians to leave for home immediately. He left for New York tonight.

Barrow signed Bill Carpenter of Cincinnati today to again umpire in the International League next season. STIEHM'S FATE AT STAKE. Unless Nebraska Coach Releases Rutherford, "Jumbo" Will Be Dismissed. LINCOLN, Jan. by the athletic board at Nebraska University toward demanding resignation of Jumbo Stiehm as director of athletics was deferred today pending the result of negotiations between Chancellor Avery and the athletic director, who had incurred the resentment of athletic authorities because of his interference with the plans of the board in acquiring Captain Rutherford as assistant coach.

Stiehm has cotifled the chancellor that he is anxious to parch! up bis ditferences with the athletic board and the chancellor, in tura. will call on Stiehm Thursday to release Rutherford from his agreement to go to Indiana University with Stiehm as assistant coach. Unless Stiebm grants such a re lease, the executive committee of the athletio board, it was announced tonight, will proceed with its program to dismiss Stichm as head coach for the balance of school year, which also would mean the, dismissal by the university regents as athletic director. Chancellor Avery and Dr. R.

G. Clapp. physical director, unite in declaring that Stiehm had promised to refrain from negotiating with Rutherford to go to Indiana until after the Nebraska board had concluded its investigation of the coaching situat on and had formally presented an offer to Rutherford, which it has all along intended to make MICHIGAN SCHEDULE ARRANGED. Eight Games Will Be Played by Yost' Eleven Next Fall. ANN ARBOR, Jan.

1916 football schedule of the University of Michigan given out tonight, calls for elgbt games with one date left open. With the exception of the Cornell game, all the contests will be played at Ann Arbor. The schedule follows. October Marietta College; October 10, Case School Applied Science; Oetober 11, open; October 14, Mount Union College; October 18, Michigan Agricultural College; October 28, Syracuse University; November 4, Wash ngton University of St. Louis; November 11, Cornell University; November 18, University of Pennsylvania.

SIX GAMES FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE. Hasicell Indians Will Open Basket Ball Season With Tech Five. Louis Touton, manager of athletics at the Polytechnic Institute, has completed his basket ball schedule for the Junior College five. The team will play six games, the first contest to be played with the Haskell Indians here January 15. Oklahoma University probably will meet the Juniors February 26 or March 6.

The schedule follows: January 15-Haskell Indians at Kansas City. January 29 -Haskell Indians at Lawrence. February 5-K. second team at Kansas City. February 12-William Jewell at Kansas City, February 19- -William Jewell at Liberty.

February 26-Oklahoma. HASKELL TO PLAY WISCONSIN. The Badgers Will Meet the Indians 11 Madison October 25. LAWRANCE, Jan. HaskellWisconsin football game to be played Saturday, October 25, in Madison, was announced tonight by Coach Bert Kennedy of the Indians.

The Wisconsin game is the third big gridiron contest to be announced on the 1916 redskin schedule. The Indians will play Notre Dame October 7 and Texas A. the 28th All of these games are on foreign fields. INTER-CITY LEAGUE GAMES. Bore' Hotel Five Heat Florians, 50 Wom From Hustlers.

Two games were played last night in the Inter-City Basket Ball League. The Boys' Hotel, led by the brilliant Wolf, ran away from the Florains in the first contest, winning by a 50 to 19 count. Wolf made eight of the team's field goals. Toe second game, between the Wolverines and the Hustlers, resulted in a victory for the former, 21 15. The games were played on' the Boys' Hotel court Yesterday's Racing Results.

AT NEW ORLEANS. First race tor 2-year-olds, maidens, three fine longe- Flights to 8 Fancy, out, 115 (T. 11 10, and won; Yellow Sally, 316 (Tilly), to 10, 1 to 8 and out, second; Conowingo, 115 (McAfee), 8 to 8 to 5 and out, third. Time, :85 8 5 Fient, Sang Bien. Wali Street and Frank Murphy also aD.

Second race, 8-year olds and up, selling six furlongs- -Busy Joe, 98 (J. Brown), to 1, 8 to 5 and 3 8 to to 6, wou; Mayme 106 (Vandusen), 5 to 1, and to 10, second l'ito 94 (Collins) 7 to 2 to 1 and 4 to 6, third. Time, 1:14 Galeswinthe, Little Gink, Rose Juliette and Miss Klein also tan. Toird race for 8-year-oids and eP, selling, furlongs- -Gloaming, 197 (Butwell), 5 to 2. even and 1 to 2, Puck 114 (Prendergast), 15 to 1, 6 to and 8 to 1, second: Stout Heart, 121 Burge 5 to 2, even and to 2, third.

Time 1:18 Blue Cap, Welga, Plantagnet, Viler and Roy also (8D. Fourth race 3 year olde and up, selling furlongs 108 (Keoga), to to aDd to 10, won; Faraway, 107 (Kederis) 6 to 2 to 01 and even. second: Mike Mullen, 103 (Duerst), 20 1, 6 to 1 and 3 to 1, third. Time. 1:14 2-5.

Asparagus Sam, Short Ballot, A1 Pierce and Good Counsel also ran. Fifth race, 8-year-olds and up, selling, one mile and twenty yards- -Africa Beau, 109 (Robinson), 10 to 1. 8 to and 7 to 5, won; Colonel Ashmeads, second: 111 (Adams), 3 111 1, even and 2 to 5, Hedge Rose, (Ambrose), 6 to 1, to 1 and to 5. third. Time, 1:43.

Armor, Nigadoo and Sir 8-year-olda Blaise also and reD. and sixteenth Alston 118 (Adams), selling, 8 one to mile 5, race, ap even and 2 to 5 won: Callton King. 118 (Koer115 Robinson! 1-5. So 6, even and to 5, third. ner), 6 and 2 to 5, second: Orange, Tlios, 1:49 Lady Spirtinele, Twilight and Sure On also ran.

AT JUAREZ Ftret race, veiling seven Me, 87 (Marco), (T. to Hunt) 2 to 1, even Arst: Jennie Small, 90 20 10 to 1, 4 to 1, second Marie Cogniti, 105 (H, Shilling 6 1, 2 to 1, even, third. Time, 1:28 to No scratches. Second race, selling -Little Blues 91 (Henry), even, 1 to A to first Thelma Marie, 105 (C. Runt) eren, to to second: Circulate, 112 (Smith) 6 to to 1.

eren. third. Time. 1:18 4-5. Scratched, Industry Third race, seWing, NIX Nelson, BOXFORD WITH THE OVAL BUTTON HOLE THE NEW FALL STYLE IN OLDEST BRAND AMERICA WRITE FOR BOOKLET OF 16 STYLES UNITED SHIRT COLLAR 00.

TROT. M. T. I 108 (Gross), 8 to 1, 3 to even, first: second (Hayes), 100 4 to (Morgs), 1, to to 5, to James, 98 1, eren, third. Time, 1:14.

Scratebed, Co. Randell, Willis. Fourth race, handicap, selling, one mile--King Box, 108 (Haynes), to 5. 3 to 5. 1.

to first; Olga Star, 100 (C. Hunt), 8 to 5, 3 to 5, 1 to 3, second; Dundreary, 100 3 to 1, 4 to 5, 1 to 3, third. Time, 1:38 2-5. No scratches. Fifth race, seven furlongs--Pro Realis, 108 (Loftus) to 1, 2 to 1, even, first; High Street, 115 (Pickens) to 1, 3 to 2 2 to 8, second: Rhodes, 105 (Molesworth), 10 to 1, to 1, 2 to 1, third.

Time, 1 27 1-5. Scratched, Tiara, Aswan. Sixth race, selling, six furlongs--Sallie 0' Day, 106 (Pickens), 5 to to 5, to 5, first second: Upright, 108 Delaney, (Gross), 108 8 to (Ormes), 5, to to 2, to 5, 1 to to 5, third. Time, 1:13 25. Saratahed, Daris B.

Jones, Alisa Page, Robert Mantell, Est HE BOUGHT A OAR FOR FATHER. Now Grover Pigs, or Smith, Is In JailThe Cheek Was Bad. A young man who said his name was Grover Pigg WAS arrested yesterday afternoon by James Todd, city detective, after he had bought a motor car from the Southwest Motor Car Company and attempted to pass a worthless check on the 8rm for $867. "I want to buy a motor car for my father," the young man told a car salesman. His father, T.

J. Pigs, he said lived in Newtown, Mo. The young man selected car and made out 8 check on his tather on the State Bank of Newtown. A chauffeur was sent out with him teach him to drive the car. The young man insisted that the chauffeur take him to Olathe, Kas.

He even offered the chauffeur large sum of money to take him there. But the chauffeur turned around and drove him back to the company's office. In the meantime State Bank of Newtown had been called. Mr. Pigg had Do account there.

The young man was questioned and confessed that his name was not Pigg, but Smith. T. J. Pigg, he said, was his stepfather. The motor car company then called a detective and the young man was taken to police headquarters.

TO MAKE THE STREETS SHADY. Hearing on Proposed Tree Plantings Will Be Held Tomorrow. The board of public works tomorrow will hear interested property owners in regard to planting trees on both sides of the following streets: Campbell, from Forty-eighth to Fortyninth; Charlotte, from Forty-seventh to Forty-ninth; Thirty-seventh, from Agnes to Benton; Thirty-eighth, from Agnes to Beneth Bellefontaine, Thirty-seventh tc ton; Agnes from Thirty to FortiThirty-eighth College, from Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth Agnes, from Swope Parkway to Fiftieth Brooklyn, from Swope Parkway to Forty-ninth; Chestnut, from Thirty-seventh to Fortieth; Cleveland, from Twenty-seventh to Thirty-first; Forty-fifth, from Brooklyn to Agnes; Fifty-fifth, from Troost to Lydia; Fifty-eighth, from Swope Parkway to Askew; Forest, from Fiftyfifth to Fifty-ninth; Hughe, from Hardesty to Topping: Olive, from Fortieth to Fortythird; Park, from Forty-fourth to Fortysixth; Park, from Swope Parkway to Fittieth: South Benton, from Thirty-seventh to Fortieth: Tracy, from Fifty-third to Fifty-e'ghth Virginia, Fifty-third to Fifty-eighth; Wabash, from Forty-first to Forty-third. HAD TO ASK CONSCRIPTION "WENT AS FAR AS WE COULD UNDER VOLUNTARY SYSTEM" -KITCHENER. Secretary of State for War Described for House of Lords the Failure of Volunteer Enlistment Umder Pressure.

LONDON, Jan. fullest and fairhas been given the voluntary declared Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, secretary of state for war, addressing the House of Lords today. are now asking Parliament to sanction a change," sald Earl Kitchener, "as it pas been proved that in the special circumatances of this unprecedented strug. gie the extating system, without moditication, is not equal to maintaining the army which is needed to secure victory." "I do not consider the change proposed should be regarded in the light of any derogation of the principle of voluntary service in this country," declared the secretary war, speaking, he said, "only as a soldier with a single eye to the conduct of the war." COMPULSION ONE CLASS. Compulsion, he added, affects one class of men--those who have but a poor idea of their duty as citizens.

"Seventeen months ago," Earl Kitchener said, in beginning his speech, "I stated the broad principles of the milltary steps which I considered necessary to meet the emergency of the war. The scheme for augmenting our forces then set on foot was based on a definite plan to secure by successive increases to our military strength an army commensuties, the proper complement of rerate with our power and responsibiliserves and re enforcements necessary to keep up its effective strength in the field during the war. "So far we have been able to pro vide for the increase in the army and for its maintenance, on a purely volunteer system and I personally always hoped we should be able to Anish the war successfully without changing that system which bad done BO well, and which bad given us such splendid material in the field as the soldiers now fighting in the different theaters. "Whilst there are in the class affected by conscription some shirkers. there no doubt are many whose reasons for not joining will be found valid.

I am very far from wishing it thought that all those to whom the new proposals will apply can be described by the term I have used for some. Many of these men have probably conflicting calls upon them and will only be too happy that the government should re. solve the doubts which they have been unable to decide for themselves." Foreign Patents Not Barred. Oscar Sachs, German consul in Kansas City, has a communication from the Society of German Patent Attorneys in Berlin, saying that the German Patent Office accepts applications for patents, trademarks or designs filed by Americans or other foreigners. The Turpentine Market.

SAVANNAH, Jan. 56; sales, 878; receipta, 11; ship mente, stock, 15,800. GLANSON Glanson in. Royston in. Ide Collars 3 for 25c ere.

A. see a 60., Makere, TROY, 8. V. Suit Sale T-0-D-A-Y Sale of Felix Quality Clothes at Great Reductions! NINTH NINTH and ens and Grand. Grand.

In my estimation, the minor leagues are the steps that lead to the major leagues and should not be used as steps from the big show." AMATEURS TO BOX FOR TITLES. A Championship Tournament WIlL Be Here in March. An amateur boxing tournament, with Kansas City, Denver and St. Louis resented, will be staged in the gymnasium of the Kansas City Athletic Club the first week in March, according to announcement made last night by Dr. Joseph A.

Reilly, the club's athletic director. The winning team will be awarded the championship of the Rocky Mountains and the Missouri Valley. The K. A. C.

boxers made a trip to Denver last summer and de feated the Denver Athletic Club's team. Reilly will pick his team from the winners of the smoker to be held Saturday night in club's gym and in the show which will staged in February. The winners of the Saturday smoker will land the main bouts of the February carnival. BOUT FOR THE FEATHERS. Hennessy and Wheelock to Meet In 10-Round Go Tonight.

Harry Hennessy and Kid Wheelouk, feather weights, are scheduled to box ten rounds to a decision tonight. Hennessy is a Kansas City boy who has shown well in recent bouts. Wheelosk from Beatrice, Neb. Bobby Quinn and Kid Wolf, lightweights, also will box on the same program. Tyler Thomas, the Missouri Univer sity boxer, to arrive yesterday, but la expected to put 1u an appearance this afternoon.

Today will be his last day for he meets Harvey Thorp tomorrow night. Thomas probably will be accompanied from Nevada by a large crowd of followers. TO BUY INDIANS. The Cleveland Capitalists Refused to Pay $560,000 for Somers's Club. CLEVELAND, Jan.

Cleveland American League baseball club will not be sold to Cleveland capitalists but will gO to outside buyers. This announcement WAS made today by George P. Steel, representing the bankers' committee which has charge of the affairs of Owner C. W. Somers, and which has insisted that the club be sold.

An effort by members of the Cleveland Athletic Club to form a syndicate and purchase the club failed because the syndicate refused to pay the price asked by the bankers, which is said to be $560,000. Dodgers Lost to the Orioles. The Dodgers were taken into camp in the Arst game of a double header by Orioles in the Electric Automatic Baseball League last night, 674 to 562. "Buck" Crouse had the high score in the first contest with 121. Maloney was next with 120 and Osborne third with 119.

Gus Wolff's Schmelzers held onto third place in the league by winning the second game from the American Express Companys, 628 to 557. Wolff set the pace for his team with 138 and Riddie was next with 130. Murphy to Box Brown at Smoker. Tommy Murphy, the K. C.

A. star amateur boxer, will meet Chuck Brown in the principal event of the club's smoker Saturday night. A b'g program is planned with fifteen or sixteen other bouts between the best of the city's amateur talent. Bowling .825 663 718 864 792 758 794 864 .688 765 869 .653 577 .071 032 .675 608 706 You Take No Chance on LA AZORA "King" When a new cigar comes on the market the maker heretofore has asked the smoker to try it at his risk. In presenting to you the new LaAzora Cigar, the "King," we reverse this condition.

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