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The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 21

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THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 3 1908 21 v7 A' It WE GUARANTEE SAFE DELOVERY JUG EXPRESS PAID TO ANY POINT TWO GALLONS THREE GALLONS OFJE GALLON $290 $57 II mull HR fll HO AMYKE We have deposited $1000 with II j)lIUtfU l3lUAIlMBu I IfiE the Gity National Bank of Pa-ducah Ky and $1000 with the Commercial Trust Savings Bank of Memphis Term whiGh amount will be paid to any party who receives a bottle of Old McHaney Whiskey from us original seal in taGt that is not exactly as we represent it A Standard Gallon Measure Absolutely Pure One Hundred Proof The remarkable guarantee we are making on OLD McHANEY WHISKEY and the unequaled value of the whiskey itself has made: this fine old brand one of the best known and most widely used in the South It is a medicinal whiskey of the highest order coming to you in all its original strength and richness of flavor unadulterated unweakened as pure and healthful as sunlight Even the gallon bottle in which it is shipped is an article you will value Old McHaney compares favorably with any bottled-in-bond whiskey on the market at a far less price and we are willing to stake our reputation on its satisfjfing qualities Try it ALL WE ASK We Refer You to Dun Bradstreet Any Bank or the Express Companies Remit by Money Order Exchange or Registered Letter Do Not Send Currency or Silver in Open Mail MV INCORPOHATED MAIN OFFICE--106-108 Second St PADUCAH KY BRANCH OFFICES-SHREVEPORT LA EVANSVIILE IND 390 SOUTH MAIN STREET MEMPHIS TENN Registered Distillery No 7 Fifth District of Kentucky the game on account studies Keidy si-k Chattanooga made her only touchdown stances the local eleven had the ball tlinat over when a fumble lot The vlsltons were dangerous once and were close to a goal when Cooper punted and t-aved a touchdown Cleveland llelrouymous aud Cooper played star ball for the local eleveu Etheridge and PI a ford showed up exceptionally well tor the visitors skillfully executed on-side kick the Reno- lutes carried the ball to the 10-yard line A forward pass netted a touchdown' the only one of the hard fought struggle Iu the second half excellent tackles by Gibson Ward and Montgomery aud good punting by Arnold the college hoys fought their heavier opponents to a 5-0 battle The Athletics although outweighing the Old Gold aud Purple oy fifteen pounds showed an evident lack of apeed BIG ELEVENS EVENLY WATCHED PRINCETON SEEMS STRONG IIPPLED IEATS KENTUCKY rl WON 12-5 GAME but after this Washington and Lee outplayed them Fuersteru dropping a pretty goal In the second half from the thirty-yard Hue Fuerstern was the star his generalship aud running back of punts featuring the game Line-up: Position I Center Gibbs Right guard Ilodgsou Left guard Walker Right tackle Jones Left tackle Right enl Left end Right halfback Left halfback Morale McCord Oshcrne Smart Carry Aruientrout Izard Edwnod Walker Hicks Huffnrd Billups I-atrerai on blocked kick Aluotigh outweighing Alabama they rarely made good gams The stars for Alabama were Palmer Muild and lluid Shirley for Chattanooga piayea a crest game until knocked out In the second half Llue-up: Alabama Chattanooga Ilurd Left end Greene Greoluui Left tackle Shipley McGaughey Grant Left guard Ha a Countess Center Trotter Mnty Right guard Depew Groen Klaht tackle Hamptcu Watson Right end Keith Peebles Quarterback Leary 1almer HARVARD MASTERS OPEX PLAY AXD YALE LOOKS GOOD rAIX FllIM AX AXD DEXT WERE OX SIDE I1XES Hodgson Conneliy I'm- am (Virginia Head linesman t'hiise Time keeper Moorman Time of malves 25 minutes each VICTORS DOWN DOCTORS Llghtwelghli Roll Up 29 Points While Memphis Medical College Couldn't Score Noolin Left halfback Aha: ell Fullback Ross Moreau Rogers With Captain Dillon In the Game Princeton Nay Prove the Rest of Other Collette Sporta at Yale Princeton and Harvard From Old Kentucky Was Irt I Score But Mlalalppplmn line Out of Trance and Rallied a Magnificent Manner Mudd Right huliback Summary: Touchdown'1 Austell MuUii 3 Ross Goals from touchdown Peebles Shipley Referee Watkins Umpire El gin tsewaneei Time of halves 2o and Ml minutes MISSED GOAL AND LOST Tennessee Downs Teeh la Georgia 6-5 Battle RAMSEY HELPED FITZGERALD JACKSON Tenn Oct 31 A hard- fought contest took place oil the varsity Ti School of Trenton and UniaiT I'nl- ARKTILLE Mis Oct Coach iiu'a crippled A cadet beat Ken-v Ualverslty today In a hotly conteted twelve to five Mississippi put the In play by kicking off to Kentucky' yard line The cadets seemed to eay at first and after seven minute i playing ever scored for Ken-No goal resulted After that the ATLANTA Ga Oct 31 In one of the fiercest gridiron battles ever seen on an Atlanta fiell Tennessee defeated the Genr-raintug School of Technology by the score of versify The Trenton boys won 11 to Is to 5 Trenton's first touchdown was made when 1 Tech scored first after three minutes of Union kicked off A Fitzgerald man re- I rlay on three beautifully executed forward turned the kick and without a scrimmage pastes the one pending Hightower over came out of their trance and In seven duplicated Kentucky's performance blocking a punt and crossing Keu-goal for a touchdown rob kicked a goal The remainder of rst half was pent In Kentucky's ter report for their crew tluy will not be represented this fall as ouiv four senior reitorted Jjtntiiy Rector the Southern sprinter ts through with athletic Not for good! but until he has finished bis course in the Diversity of Virginia law school He is a senior and expect to graduate next spring He found after experimenting for more than a month that trying to divide hi time lietwccii lus studies and the cinder pat li and doing both justice was too heavy a job for biui to handle so he decided to cut out the athletics When Rector haa gained his degree he will again take up track work probably in New York He was entered in the metropolitan championship this fall but could not furnish proof that he bad a residence in the met ropolitan district and wa barred It i re than hkejy that when he settles down he will joiii one of the big local clubs and make New York his headquarters If Harry Hillman steps down and quits the cinder path rhi winter a is rumored the quarter-mile work at the A wiU lie dumped upon the shoulders of Jim MeEutee Mac" is big enough for the job if he will only tske life seriously enough to train He has been henering 31 seconds consistently of late with little preparatory work HANDBALL RACE CLOSE Chapleaa and Heder Leadline la A Tsaraamrnt The third annual handball tnjrnsment now in progress at the A gymna-s'um is probably attracting rnor Interest than anv tournament sj far fced In the dry An enj-lally good eurrv list wk rerSvM there being sixteen men looijM'iljg Alexander wliiucr of at y-r's Hiugies is Oilt of Mie cr iTet oiiji! of (IS re- Jr-on ti- i bit j-j 1- the form in wtiP'h The ae pliybj Th yeir he would have a hard Bar iiiju'an hi dac gt the up of the Tbi yer 3 i j- iaj It the committee InsNad of coi(li-iijg the piay similar to a tourii (he "Ro-md Robin' me bod i ia ji cae eery man plays er-ry nju entered one gam and ts" six having the higiiest averrge at the wjl ouj'ty ft finals The schedule calls for everr mai to pliv four games a week thus il l(-r atvnit four five wi-tk- Tte Lr-l week find nbnost every giue piijei uUj few nre ahead of the wSedijy Present iKirt to a list ryil whn Chaplain Reeder ui ai" libbeaten meet The drawings f-T (l'tiV will be mile next week The following game wre p'jyed veter-day Warts 21 Byrne ll Mat 21 Helskeil 12: George 2l Byra to- ('hjp-lesu 21 Auld 4: Chaplesu 21 li man 5 Georg 21 Auld 3: 21 A Holsis 13: 21 Io-'kwnod 9: A llvlman 21 Loveland 19 Speed chewed It superiority over weigh' when the Vi-rors outweighed nearly fifteen pour ds to the man downed tlia Memphis Me llca! Co lege eleven yesterday at Edge-wood park 29 to pulling off end runs nd trick pluya for long g-ilns almost at their will The doctors while a newly organised team put up a errong fishf but lack of practice and knowledge of the game told on them upen several occasions Kwlng the bail on ih first down by fumbles Five minutes after play had hivnn the Victors added th-lr first touchdown Hamilton going around the end for a twenry-flve-ysrd run After holding the Vlctora for downs on their tbirty-yarfl line the doc- toe made a fumVe Scblo recovered the ball anl added another touchdown Schloss kicked both goal the score being 12 to 0 at the end of the fln-t half Davant carried the ball fifty yard around the end for another touchdown three minute after ball had been kicked oft In the secou-1 half Schlos misled his first goal bv a narrow margin Afrer exchanges of the ball on fumbles and attempted forward parses S-bbue added to the Victors' -cre with a field goal the fiftei-n-yard line Hamilton added iw mere oriare when he threw MeVey behind ths- line a safety on the kick-off With one minute to play after the Vic-ter hsd put the b-til on the one-vsr-J Octer wa put through the line for another urhlown Scjijss kirk-l making tb r-val 29 to The goal was never in danger the bail being in the doctor- Territory during both halve Duvaif and Young played The leading rde for tile Victors while Ptrtckfaden Carter Schlo- and Hamilton were iu th-gttre from start to finish Blunt wa tae star performer for the doctor and with a mre from hie team the Victor' toii-hdowr might have been fewer The line-up recovered It and scored a touchdown The play put Union in the air and though they had heavier men and as fast they fumbled all through the game Neither side was aide t0 Wane the ball much FumMiug lsslssippl showed great strength i punts by I nlon backfirld pave victory ffae but her backs were either unable i lJe visitor 1 ko star was Samuel Ramin or were penalized for holding tail tackling was superb He Is a irther scoring resulted in the first half Jlemphls boy lsslssippl was on the defensive for half i i men Position second period Then Ferguson and Gar 1 Givens left end tore off long runs and threatened the i1 1 Mirtin left guard Johnaou center Crowe right guard ncky koal line Garrison recovered an le kick and crossed the goal but was 1 back Fitzgerald Ragan Kearney Wade Fuller Wale for a tenchdown Ridley missed goal Shortly after the next kickoff Tennessee se-u cd the hall on the thirty-five-yard line on Ridley's fumble and by an end ran and three line bucks carried the ball over snaking the touchdown and Leach kicked goal was all the scoring during the game Cant Leach of Tennessee was the Individual his team and in a fierce tackle Hightower breaking the larter'w between the elbow and shoulder The Position Tennessee Left end Weisenherg Left tackle Browu Left g'lird F'-inkilu ferre- Right guard Dougherty hr tackle Right end White McPhaul Spalding Me irs Hightower Tech Emerson Green star he threw arm line-up: OGILYIC 13 6 BROWNSVILLE Tenn Oct In a hard scrappy game the University School eleven was defeated hy Ogllvle Training School by a score of 15 to a The Ogllvle team won on end rune which Meeks pulled off In dazzling style University chuol was carried off Its feet at the eturt but recovered before the first touchdown wa made Each member of the team played good hall Ogllvie wa weakened by the absence of Keathley against nbom c'i-ge of professionalism were made Meeks Miui: and Dougins played the beet ball for Ogll-vie The end runs by Meek behind perfect Interference were features kicked off to Ogilvie who remixed the ball by lice bucks and end runs to the ten-yard line whe-o they lest the ball on downs attempted the forward pans hut the ball went to an Ogilvie player Ogilvie worked the to the five-yard line and lost on downs when attempted a side kick for fifteen yards to Ogilvie Straight football carried the ball to the two-yard line when held and punted thirty yards Ogilvie punctured the line to S' fifteen-yard line and then eeni Meek the remaining distance around right end for a touchdown after thirteen minutes of play Ogilvie kicked to The forward pass Frances to Jones netted fifteen yards on side kick Grant to Smythe added twenty yard- Northerns one tackle gave one yard end run added fve yards Northcrr' one tackle added five yard more but Ozilvie gained the ball a ble Ogilvie used straight football and forward passes with varied auecess and the half ended with the ball in the center of the field in posse -Sion i Meeks kicked off fifty yards to North- who returned twenty yards Straight i football added about twenty yards hit the forward ns fell short and wis penalized fifteen yard forced to i punt Ogilvie wis rhea held and forced to punt Meeks being Mocked in the attempt Forward pass gave twenty yar Is when Ogilvie stiffened and held for downs Five ten and fifteen-yard runs carried the ball to the twenty-yard line Meeks went tfronnd right end for second touchdown No goal Osilvle kicked off to Straight foothall failed was penalize! five yards for offside play and Grant p-inf- I ed forty yards Frances getting the bal: 1 and g-Ia fifty-five yards for touchdown No goal kicked to Ogilvie Meeks made 1 end rnn for fifty yards and lire bu the ball to 51 three-yjrd lire Meeks went one No goal Ozilvle kicked to Grant punted fifty yards and half ended with hall in middle of the field U- S- Position Ojilvle Smythe Left end Sturdivant Ellett Seiorn Left tackle King Hunter Left guard MHIiai Buckingham Center Kinney Applewhite Applewhite Bight guard Wagaer Eckert (ci Right tackle Richt end Quarter Left Half Right half Fullback Jones Frances Grider Grant Northern Booker Hoffman Baker Prescott Jackson Hauser Ward Summary: Goals from touchdowns IHcks Umpire Beu Blalock Referee Foster Time of Twenty-five minutes each Goff Kausey Hi-ks Alford Keler Jones Hicks circled right end bur fumbled id the goal line Garrison recovered touchdown Pollard's work outshone he reel of the field His was i tacnlar Garrison Ferguson Mclnnis Dorrroh plate! well Kriuht made ral long runs bn: showed lack of head- at critical times i -arm kicked a beautiful goal at a bard I after the se-ord touchdown anpalling list of cripples Is shown he llne-np Five regn'ars were missing he beginning 'apr and Pent halves Umped up and down the side Savelv was aj misstng The new Ayies Roliert (C) I ivi Parrish Rirflev Summary: Umpire Butler i Judge Hamilton Quarterback R'ght Left half Fullback Referee Phillips North Carolina Vanderbilt Head Lea Met Saxton i 1 Peery i Sewanee Field lines- MICH Fl'MDLIXG IX GEORGIA NEW YORK Oct The fact that with the football season now approaching the final stages there are equally expert observers who champion the claims of Princeton Harvard and Yale for the premier position in the football world is a sure judication that three bi? reams are very evenly mi'chcd And this is the fact Princeton is doing as pretty offensive work as has been seen on the gridiron in a Ion? time If thev were as good on the defense they would easily be in the lead With Capt I til Ion in the same t)e team which heats the young men from Nassau will come pretty near being the K9 champions Coach Itoper has developed a splendid fighting machine The ends are still the weak point in the team d1 hard work is heimr done to strengthen them Harvard has developed a fast aggressive ream which is playing splendid football all the time Harvard seems have mastered the open plays encouraged by the new rule t- higher degree than have the other team Yale is always formidable and is in the came always rid call of time In many respects Old Eli ha strongest teanr of the three but whether on the whole she is better than Harvard and 1'riiceton is a question which time mut solve A new star ha appeared on the Cornell football field in Iloffman hiber- a substitute third stnug haifba'l: A beautiful sixty-yard run ou a forward pass which scored the single touchdown for the varsity and a of brilliant shorter dashes into ami around the scrub line made his w-rk at a -ecetit th'it at the ii-clusion of the practice wa ordered to iPrt to the training table This was taken to indicate that Hoffman who is fast and sure wo-iM supplant Hutchinson for the second string of backs On the Lucania recently arrived twenty-three player of English Rugby Thev had started out from England in Aprii ns a party of twenry-niu Tic ntislng men have dropped out during the party's journey for various caures one having stayed Canada to hunt another having gone Into business in New Zealand etc From England the men proceeded to Australia then to New Zealand and then to the Pacific coast of America landing at Vancouver Throughout the journey they played In all twenty-eight games of which they won nineteen lost eight and drew one Forty-five men responded to Coach call for candidates for the of Pennsylvania class crew The men are working In the boats to get in shape for the fall race between the different tiassea Unless more senior halves Twenty-High tower and Leach 31 HIGH MACON Ga Oct 31 University or man Tirhenor Time of i Georgia eleven defeated Mercer University five minntes Touchdown Kenfckr 1 10 Georgia was unable to score in the Peery Moor flrot bait ana only rushed the bad over Mrcr l-n he latter part Goal from touchdown TRAIXIXG SCHOOL especially Polk Pd well A 1 Position Garrison Left end I eft tackle rob Left guard: 'ard to 1 Center idward Right guard He e-bud haf Both of Georgia touchdown's linnet 34 the result of fumbles by Mercer 'tu times a Georgia man fell on the ha after the Mercer fumble and It was carried HOIIY STRINGS Miss Oct University Training School eleven from Oxfoi defeated local High School this atternooii 31 to in a ft and well played game Carter and Wray were the 'stars for the training school Carter adding three downs by long eM runs McDermoa was for the High Schoo the star for The iue-up: Hamilton bonv R'oi-t ti-k'e over by line plunges The last touchdown ror end' it'roadws'v i'c before time was called Height Otiirrer rrfJ-T r'- WL-ked Morris eft -Geever Fowler le Ferg rue Sherklin ninviry: M'Geever pb- Georgia Iucas Derrick Bxwick Davis Franklin Hatcher second essav rgusen R-bt In lice p-augm and tackling there is lltte difference between the teams bat Georgia 1 15 ErMl r1 stronger la Interference The 1 Garrison Gnl D-'-roh Hearne eree McG-w-e i A mi Umpire pson iKenr-cky rrlversltv Head amen Wooten iA Sc Length of 30 minutes Center Right guard Left guard Right tackle Left tackle Right end Mercer Griffith Dunnoway Scoggins Bet: GtLespis Foot 3 Left end Seesset Left tackle Raymond Left guard Miler Center Boatwright Right guard Rive: Victors petitions Davant left end Stovall left ta cke IV hi Ke 'v left guar-l Peake Mallorv center Berry Prvant right gia-d Meadow rlirh: talkie St-i'kfaden right end Blunt Yeung right halfback Tal'ey pter left ht'fbaok Holland Carter fnllba Puckett Summary: Touchdown Hamilton Car ter Sch'o Davart Gcsi from tni'isdiwr Schioea 3 field S-h'oja Safer Hamilton Umpire Nelsm Referee Smith Time of halves Fifteen minutes ON EVETSY MIND His fail clothes If yon wan: a fin- sui or a medinm bnsine eui: at $2Z we have then and can pae you Davi't Moriirty Tailors Attention Politicians A bad clear nevr got a yet! S'mclson TTtnas tuike friends of enemies Try them! I Wray Bair as sell MtLaunn i Sheeby Smith Shackelford Shelby Rich: tackle Right end Quarter Left halfback Riht halfback Fullback Broyles Tyson Craft Oveu Titus McDeraaott Carter Patterson Rowland Grftlth Willingham Maidex Left end Ne Right halfback Delsperrlere Left halfback reico'k Hodgson Woodruff Officials: ni Vnipl Judge Sjcne Fullback Quarterback Referee Dwyer Kizx (Vanderbilt Summary: Cbaplesu Reeder WMte Phillip Gee rite H'tnn New Lockwood Watte Salter Bmun Coen ran 1 Summary: Touchdowns Rowand Carter 3 Wray sheiby Goals from touchdown Carter Referee Conger Time of halves 20 minutes ALABAMA IS CRIPPLED tar Players Idle Became of De flelaaey In ftndlei or on Aero ant of Illaes Touchdown Meeks 3 Frau I Farmer Maliory res Pepkin Umpire Curry Time of halves Twenty and eighteen min- ere (Clemsoni Field Head linesmau MERIDIAN HELD MOBILE HIGH fuunlngbam (Vanderbilt) I BEAT TV UXIOX TO MEET PADUCAH PADUCAH Ky Oct The Chess CTie-ker and Whist Club football team has booked a am with Union unlvexwlty team of Jaekeon Tenn for next Tneday In Paducah The Iocs! team bas been etrecgh ened and expects to five the university eleven a hard fight MOBILE Ala Oct For forty mln-nte this afternoon on the Monroe Park gridiron eleven from the Mobile Military School and Meridian High School surged back and forth without either crossing the goal line the contest ending 0 to ft Both reams showed up strong and a Urge crowd witnessed the game In three ta- RESOLUTES 5 LAMAR ATHLETICS Playing a vicious and speedy game the Resolute downed the A by the score of 3 to a A received the kick and carried the ball Into the Resolute territory where by stubborn defense they were held for downs Then by swift play and TUSCALOOSA A'a Oct Uclversltr of Alabama defeated UniversitT of this afterno-n 23 The erppie I itlon of the local team was character-lots of fumbling ee of Alabama's best Pratt ratt Burks and Reldy were out of LYNCHBURG Va Oct In the flrst fifteen minutes today I won from Washington and Lee 13 to 4 The Tech's were in the game with a snap on the start Stanton Pin os be nick service Best work Lowest pile otb phenes tSOO 49 Front treat 3.

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