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Twentv-Third Series For World’s Championship Baseball Hon
ors Will Be Fought Out by Teams Representing Old
• and New in National Sport-. «
New York, Oct. B.—When the Phil
adelphia Athletics ond the Boston
Braves bo into action Friday in the
twenty-third series..for the world s
Championship baseball honors, the
diamond campaign will be fought out
' by teams which represent the old and
new in national sport. Although the
average age of . the leading players
of the two combinations is not widely
separated, the Athletics machine is.
so famous and its success so striking
that it appears old by comparison
with the squad that George Stallings
wh’pped in shape in mid-summer, and
thus won a pennant for Boston. Tak
in" twenty-odd players of the two
teams i.s a basis, It will be found the
average age of the Athletics is 26
1-2 years and the Braves 24 3-4 years.
While less than two years in aver
age separates the teams the extremes
are more marked in the Athletics than
the Braves, Plank, Bender, Coombs,
Olding, Lapp and Thomas are past
thirty, but the majority of those who
will figure in the daily lineup are Sev
eral years under this age. The three
youngest players in the squad are the
pitchers. Bush. Pennock and Wyckoff.
The American league representatives
have the advantage in years of base
hal experience, « for the Philadelphia
club players average fully a year more
in time spent upon the' professional
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IN THE FIELD OF SPORT. |
BY HAL SHERIDAN. 1
(Written for the United Press.) »
N-.w York, Oct. B.—With the amaz- ‘
ing record-breaking rush of the Bos
ton Braves to the top of the National ,
League after being a poor last the .
first of July taking up all spotlights
in this wcr>d of sport, some other I
mighty interesting features in connec- ‘
tion with the annual baseball mara
thons have been overlooked.
One of these features —and one
that deserves far more than ordinary ,
mention is the work of Grover Cleve
land Alexander, that pitching phe
nom who wiggles for the greatest
hard luck chib in the woild—the Phil
lies. This year Alexander has been
breezin: l ' along at the fastest clip of
any pitcher in the National league
loop literally standing the batters in
that organization on their heads.. ,
Alexander, with a patched-up, very
ordinary club behind him has piled
up the’ best pitching percentage in
the league. His work has been mar
velous, ccnsiderirtg the support ac
corded him. Heihas been the one and
only consistent winner for the Phillies
He has worked,, too, worked like a
trojan all year. Dooir. determined to
keep his warriors out of the cellar,
called on Alexander often and the big
twirler responded with a victory al
most every time. ~
Which causes us to pause and thins
what might have happened. Just sup
pose for instance, that Tom Seaton
hadn’t jumped to the Brooklyn Fed
eral?. Scat. n. with his class, would
have added at least twelve more wins
to the Philadelphia club's standings.
And those same victories, marking
off a like number of defeats, would
have put the Phillies out 1 in front of
the Braves, where they could not have
been headed
Another thing that figured strong
in the slump of the Phillies thij year
was the absence of Shortstop Mickey
Doolin. He, too, fell for the big sal
ary inducements held out by the Feds.
Baltimore got him.
Dcoir wn« .in sore straits to plug
the gap bit by Doclan’s departure.
For the first three months of the sea
son be kept trying out different ones
there and io the meantime the ones
getting the trials kicked many a game
away for him. These same gam?s
would hsie been won in all likelihood
if Doolan had been in the lineup.
Reportc now have it that Dooir. it
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(THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
J AND SUN
Completes the Family Circle of Every Home.
than the Boston players. The Braves’
average is approximately five years,
with Johnny Evers heading the list
with twelve years of play. The point
of professional service, Plank leads
the Athlotic® with thirteen years of
baseball play and experience at his
hack. Bender is but one year behind
and several others just fall short of
double figures in their diamond ca
reer. As a result, the Athletics aver
age is six years, notwithstanding the
fact that a number of comparative
youngsters are marshaled under the
Philadelphia flag.
The team which will act as the
standard bearers of the National
league, is an interesting combination
of the youth and the age of the dia
mond. In some cases extremes have
been blended by Manager Stallings in
artful manner to make of the Braves
a winning team This fact is illustrat
ed in two noticeable cases. Principally
figures.in the scheme of attack and
defense which enabled the Braves to
win to the frent of the stirring race
in the National league, Johnny
Evers, veteran of nearly 2,000 games,
a fi-’ure prominent in the recent his
tory of the sport, has worked in ef
fective colaboration about second
base with “Rabbit” Maranville, bare
ly more than a boy, playing his sec
ond season jVith a major league club.
The same eombinatior. of old and
young is found in the records of the
men of th» outfields and of the pitch
ing staff These figures show the old
est member of the team to be Otto
Hess, with 33 years behind him. Al
most a hoy, Paul Strand, at 19 years,
>s the baby of the team.
to be deposed this winter as manager
if the Phillies. The rumor has floated
often before. This time it really
seems to be founded on fact.
Well maybe Dooin hasn’t made
good. He hasn’t if you simply look
at the percentage table, showing
where the Phillies finished, but. if
you’ve followed the career of the red
headed scrapping leader you know
that he hasnt’ fallen down on the job
through lack of ability.
Dooir tak<a the prize for being the
most unlucky cuss that ever attempt
ed to drive a ball club to victory. He
knows baseHili, it like a book.
He knows how to play it and knows
also how-to teach others to play it.
He ca<: handle men so that he can
get the mest out’of them. But when
: .t comes ti wrestling with Fate and
putting that cl<P joy-kfljer’s should
ers to the mat the sorrel-topped one
isn’t there. He admits that is out of
his line.
• And Fate has sure landed some ter
rific wallops on the fighting jaw of
Doom. In fact this Fate person
seems to have taken a supreme de
lijrht Li just scattering its punishment
along so that it could hand the red
head enough every season to keep out
of the running. . ,
’ Ever since he has been at Philadel
phia, poo:n has had a pennant win
ning aggregation—in the spriitg. The
critics are all unaninous in the spring
in the verdict that off straight form
Dooin’s club should make a parade out
of the pennant derby, with themselves
so fir oat ,n front that there wouldn’t
he anything to it. And just as reg
ularly before the season was very old
Old Man Fate would come along and
soak.D?pln In the jaw for the count
of ten.
First Fate put over his wallop in
the shape of injuries to players. He
would sen that just enough of Dooin’S
stars got hurt to seriously cripple
the team, when they would recover
he would s-e that others jumped up,
keeping the regular team shot to
pieces all the time. Then next Fate
showed himself by getting Dooin’s
star outfielder, Shortstop. Magee, to
slam an umpire, with the result that
the outfielder was out of the lineup
for sometime. And his absence hurt
Fate's latcs turn was to lure Doo
m’s stars sway via the Federal lea
gue. Doe ; n. might as well give ip
until h“ finds some means of handing
this Fate person a knock out wallop,J
i Ha is a loser on falls as H stands.
GROW WITH GRIFFIN.
G- IRIFFIN’S queen of
~, the Fair will be styl-
ishly dressed in goods
made of cotton, as well as
her maids. They thus set
a splendid example to oth
ers to wear cotton clothes
made at home.
SILVER LINING TO CLOUD
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OO MARKET FOR COTTON
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One of South’s Great Advantages For
Production of Beef and Dairy
Industry in Use of Cotton
Seed Meals and Hulls.
Washington, Oct. 'B.—(Special.) '
“There is a silver lining to the cloud '
which hangs over the market for cot
ton and cotton seed products,” said
President Harrison, of the Southern i
Railway company today. ’’One of the i
great advantages of the south for the '
production of beef and for the dairy
industry is in the use of cotton seed ■
r eal and hulls as parts of a balanced .
ration for dairy cows and for fatten
ing cattle for market. fUnder normal
conditions a very large proportion of
the cotton seed meal and hulls pro
duced in the south it exported—Ger
man y, Belgian and Holland being par
ticularly large users of these produtes
The war in Europe will greatly dimin
ish exports to these countries and as
result prices of both meal and hulls
are now .abnormally low.
“This condition offers the southern
farmer an opportunity to recoup him
self for some part of his: lass due to
the low prices paid for cotton and cot
tn seed. I’y feeding meal and hulls
n proper proportion with other feeds
•to dairy and beef cattle, he can se
cure a direct profit from these cat
tle and at the same time have a sup
ply of manure for building up the pro
ductiviiy of his farm.
“It has long ben apparent that the
weakest point in agriculture in the
cotton belt has been the neglect of
live stock. The farmers of that re
gion have an unusual opportunity. If
they/ are to make the most of it, as
long as present conditions continue,
there should be no shipments of cat
tle from the cotton belt of the south to
other localities either for feeding or
for dairy purposes and many farm
ers may find it profitable to buy beef
or dairy cattle in other parts of the
United States.”
Unique Birthday Party. •
A unique birthday party was that
which on Wednesday afternoon cele
brated the eighth birthday anniver
sary of Miss Sarah Clyde Adams, lit
tle daughter of the Rev. J. C. Adams,
pastor of the Kincaid and Third Meth
odist churches
Invitations were sent out to a
large nulnber of Miss AdamS’ friends I
to attend With each invitation the 1
request was rent that no one should '
bring a present for the honoree of
the party, but that each one coming
should bring a towel to be forwarded '
to ti e Decatur orphans’ home. At the •
close of the party, when the towels
brought in were counted up, it was
learned that just five dozen of these
useful accompaniments of civilization
had been donated.
Chemists to Meet.
The Georgia section of the Ameri
can Chemical Society will meet at the
University Club, in Atlanta, Saturday
evening. 1.. B LocKhart, ex-instruc
tor of micro chemistry at Cornell
university, will make an address on
that suojeet. Dr. K. N- Atkins, Geor
gia state bacteriologist, will discuss
soil bacteria. Chas. G. Hommop,
bacteriologist disposal plants of the
city of Atlanta, will, discuss the op
eration of sewefltai treatment works.
President Wofi’t Remove Tax.
(By United Press.)
WaskinffMK-ylet. Georgia
-ongrefiHbnal delegation -today asked
Presiden.l Wllsort for a removal of
ten per tax on state batiks to aid
the south’s financial stress,'but Presi
dent Wilton disapproved.
| THE WEATHER ~|
Forecast for Friday—Fair and
warmer.
Temperature for
A 24 hours ending
at noon today:
■ Wa *imum, SO.
Minimum 62.
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GRIFFIN, GA M THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 1914.
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CAMPAIGN TO
CLEAN Iff QTY
IS SUGGESTED
Complaint Being Registered
About Dumping Grounds
on Edges of Town.
TRASH IN BACK ALLEYS
REPORTED A NUISANCE I
Property Owners Should Co-operate
With Citv Authorities tt> Keep
City Clear, and Healthy.
Recently there has been consider
able complaint, about the city’s gar
bage dumped on the outer edges cf
town, from which there is said to
arise a smell of filth which is re
ported to oe detrimental to the health
of the community. There has also
been complaint about the careless
manner in which boxes and other
boxes and trash around rear doors of
tain stores and allowed to remain for
an indefinite time before being re
moved.
About a year ago the eity authori
ties enforced the law against leaving
boxes and riash around read doors of
stores. This was done not only to im
nrove the appearance of the street,
hut with a view to reducing fire haz
ard and in that way, eventually by co
operating with the insurance people,
reducing the rates o’ fire risks.
Recently the merchants, especially
those whose rear store doors abut the
a’ley west of Hill street, have been al
lowed to litter up these -premises with
boxs and paper waste until, it is re
ported to have become a nuisance in
every sense of the word.
In this connection, it is noted that
the city has recently increased its
hauling facilities and it is hoped it
will be able to disnosc of garbage and
waste mare satisfactoritly.
If the merchants will lend their co
operation unsightly and dangerous
places cat, be cleaned up and the city
put in proper condition to receive vis
itors and safeguard the interests < f
health.
There fc no reason why Griffin
should not he cleaned thoroughly from
one part of town to the other. Let’s
have a ejening campaign and clear
up the city at once.
wiLLiiMsams
ROOD BUILDING BOOM
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During Recent Months Several New
Residences and Business Houses
Have Been Built.
The town of Williamson, seven
miles from Griffin, has enjoyed a
splendid building boom during the re
cent six months. Several residences
and business houses have been erect
ed and the entire town has the appear
ance of activity
The chief building venture in the
dommunitv is a new brick school
house, erected at a cost of $6,000,
that has ample accommodations for
the town’s needs in the school work
for a generation to come.
W. D. Dingier this year has built
a conveniently arranged cottage,
which was occupied as soon as com
pleted. Others who have built resi
dences or made repairs are E. T. Mc-
Gahee, T. E. Drewry, R. H. Yar
brough, L. N. Walker, C.*t. Garrett.
The latest structure to be complet
ed is a eoiton warehouse, organized
and built by Williamson capital. Land
has been leased from the Southern
railway for a long term of years, on
which the warehouse has been built
sufficiently large to hold several hun
dred bales cf cotton.
Democratic Convention Opens.
(By United Press.)
Providence, R. I. Oct. B——The demo
cratic state convention of Rhole Is
land opened today. A full attendance
of delegates was certain before the
sessions opened. One of the most
important features before the con
vention was tne stiffragtat question.
Prominent Rhole Island zuffragets
had made an appeal to members of
die state central committee, getting
their promise to put the question of
endors.ng woman suffrage up to the
state convention.
Methodist Conference.
(By United Preu.)
New York, Oct. B— The National
Arroriation cf Local Preachers—a
Methodist organization. i» scheduled
to open its fifty-seventh annual con
ference here tonight. Many preach
ers arrived yesterdav and last night
for the sessions and a large attend
ance is expected at the opening meet
ing tonigl t. The sessions all are to
be held in the Old John Street ehurch,
•he first Mrthodirt ehurch in Amer
ica, founded by Philip Embury in
17TG.
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Bniklev Has Birthday.
(By United Press )
Washington, Oct. B.—Representa
tive Robert J. Berkley, of Cleveland,
Ohio, today reeetoed congratulations
upon his thirty-fourth birthday anni-
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QUEEN OF FAIR AND HER MAIOS TO WEAR
DRESSES MADE 00T OF COTTON GOODS
With Patriotic loyalty the Woman’s Club of Griffin Plans to
Get Behind All-Cotton Movement in Arranging Its
Unicyie Entertainment For the Fair.
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With patriotic loyalty for their sec
tion, th* Woman’s Cfiib of Griffin has
arranged for the Queen of the Spald
ing County Fair and her attendants
to wear dresses made of cotton goods
I in the great floral parade that will be
one of the mest .unique and spectacu
lar events during fair week in No
vember.
Just at thi" time when the people
of the south, through a desirt to aid
their section and this great industry
cf the south, are planning to wear
goods of cotton cloth, it is especially
appropriate that the Woman's Club
should set thir example. This decision
on the part cf the ladies shows clearly
that they ar* in sympathy with the
idea of wearing cotton clothes. The
example is a most worthy one—
one that should mean much
to the "wearing cotton goods”
movement, end to the south.
It is a movement that should and
doubtless will meet with ready recog
nition and hearty endorsement
Incidentally, the voting contest now
lieing conducted by the Woman’s Club
for the election of a queen is meeting
with great success. Each day there
| WAR NEWS FEATURES.
(By United Press.)
I ondon, Sept. 24- (By mail to New
York.)—Two foreign legions are be
ing formed in London which probably
will increase the fighting forces of
the allies by 6,000. One of them, head
ed by Chevalier Luigi Ricci and num
liering ameng its members many
princes, it is expected will total 3,000
men. The other which is expected
to be 2.000 strong is being organized
by Capta n Webber, a veteran of
many wars.
“We have already enrolled 1,250
men,” Chevalier Rffici said today,
“and in a letter to the King we offer
ed 3,000 men, a number which we
shall easily raise by the end of the
week.
“Ixird Stamfordham has acknowl
edged the letter, and states that the
King has forwarded our offer to the
war department. I hope that in a
fortnight's time the King’s foreign
legion will bq fighting for England
and her allie* in Belgium.
“At a meeting of the officers of
the legion today the command of the
legion was offered to me, but on ac
count of my age— l was fighting with
Garibaldi in 1860—1 have refused the
offer. I shall remain the honorary
colonel, be in command of the home
depot end feed the legion at war
with more men.
“We have asked the war office to
appoint a? English officer in com
mand of the legion. The legion is
composed of all nationalities, except
Germans, Austrians and Turks, who
under no condition whatever will be
allowed to join.
“Several - Australian bushmen and
Canadian frontiersmen who served in
the Bo?r war have joined our ranks,
and we have enrolled two aviators, E
Bosizio and Gustave Manin. They
both hav; machines. We also have
had a large number of motor cars
offered us.
“A meeting of the officers of the le
gion will be held soon to arrange for
a drilling depot
“Captain Stnnard Rogers, who
fought in the Boer war, has been ap-
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PRICE TWO CENTS.
- jis increasing interest in the election
s' and everybody is lending a helping
■ hand. The vote of the candidate at
’ i noon Thursday stood as fellows:
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, I Marianna Sears .. 1,079
’ Olivia 8r0wn1,062
Elsie Johnson .. ...1,023
Kathleen Prothro .. .. .. .. ..1,060
, Hattie Head .. 1 .. ..1,016
I Laura Bailey .. .. ...1,003
, Robina Henry .. ..1,010
, Jewel Hutson . .1,311
Mary Bairdl,lol
, Josie Lee Rogers .. .. .. ;. .. 1.005
I»uise Durkee .. .. .. .. . ..1,005
Lulu Odom • .. «..• ■. •. 1,023
Cynthia EHisl.l«
Ruby Head .. 1.026
Cordelia Pattersonl,oll
Ethel 8r0wn1,460,
Mane 51ade....1,017
Martha Drake 1,004
Lucile Roger* .. . .1,081
Susie Dickinson 1.005
Loy Turnipseed 1.006
Mae Reid .. 1.055
Rebecca Brownl,oo2
Helen Drewry,..l,oos
Lillian Scott .. .. 1,115
pointed adjutant of legion pro tern,
and the names already enrolled „ in
clude Prince Alexander Tschagadaeff,
a Russian officer; Prince L. Ourous
off, a Russian officer; County di Rad
ionne, formerly of the Italian navy;
Count di Montanba, a Portugese;
Captain Granville Baker, who fought
in the Bo<r war; Colonel Vere Wright
and Captain Geloso, Garibaldi vet
erans; Lieutenant F. Buberi, formerly
in the English cavalry; Lieutenant A.
T. Barberint, formerly in the Italian
navy; Captain Text Voudt, of the
Dutch arm, and Captain Copinger Ma
hooney, late of the Munster fusili
ers.”
Tommy Atkins wear pajamas?
Well, not if he can help it. And he
will help it unless he is sick or
wounded and in that case he doesn’t
care. Out on the firing line and in
camp, though, when he sleeps Tommy
Atkins is going to use his shirts as a
nigH Thtt’s final, he avers,
Which is all in answer to a rumptos
that has been kicked up because
the British Red Cross society and
Queen Marylfe needlework guild have
included such things as pajamas and
men dressing gowns in their require
ments for the war. Tommy Atkins
sniffed dispainfully when told that he
was going to get pajamas. More than
that, he laughed scornfully. Wear
pajamas. Not he, if he knew it. What
did he want the bloody things for.
Might be a»l right for the officers, he
thought, but not for him.
Aroused hy the criticism offered,
officials of the Red Cross society and
women’s guilds stated that the paja
mas were offered for hispital ser
vice and not for the soldiers in the
field. The pajamas, they said, could
be worn by the wounded while they
■were confined in the hospital.
One soldied. who has seen service
smiled grimly when pajamas were
mention to him.
“I’ll tell you one thing the Red
Cross could do very handily. That is
to provide some boric acid In the sol*
diers' supplies. The men coulds use
it in their socks on the march and it
would heal a lot of sore feet.”
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THE SUN, Estabttahed 1877.
GERMANS MAKE
SLIGHT PROGRESS
IN GREAT BATHE
Most of the Outor Antwerp For
tifications Reported to Have
Wfreagigß WW re rm J
TOWNS OF LIERRE AND
CONTICH DESTROYED
Cavalry Clashes Extending to North
Sea—Germans Ix»w Two
Aeroplanes.
(By United Press.)
Bertie, Oct. B.—The German right
wing, according to reports received
today, has mode slight pn gress, forc
ing the French army back. Mort of
the outer Antwerp fortifications, .it
is announced, have been reduced.
Germans Seize Batteries.
(By United Press.)
The Hague. Oct. B—The Germans
claim that they have taken four
heavy batteries and fifty-two field
pieces after crossing the River Nethe.
Lierre and Contich Destroyed.
(By United Preu.)
London, Oet. B.—The towns of
Lierre and Contich, near Antwerp,
are reported destroyed. ‘
Antwerp Mml Fall.
(By United* i*reM.), -
L-ndon, Ort. B.—lt is generally ac
cepted that th*.beautiful city of Ant
werp must fall. It is reported that
the battle o* Aisne has. been extend
ed to Southern Belgium.
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Cavalry Clashes Extended.
Paris, Oct B.—The clashes
are extending from Arras to the
North sea. The French, it n report
ed, have retaken many situations
OcrtnsriH rtc? rcporttfci to Vd tjnsuccdss
Mve m «grnn*
Three Forts Demolished.
Pekin, Qct. B,—The Japanm feta
tion states that three harbor forte at
Kiao Chou have been completely de
molishod ’
Germans Lose Aeroplanes.
(By United rress.)
Tokio, Ort. B.—The Germans, ac
cording to announcement made today,
have lost two large aeroplanes.
Unveil Statue of Kearny.
(By United Press.)
Washington. Oet. B.—With impos
ing military pomp an equestrian '
statue to Major Central Philip Kear
ny. hero of the Mexican and Civil
wars, the gift of his natal state of
New Jersey, was unveiled in Arling
ton National cemetery. It was the
first equestrian statue permitted to be
raised in the famous burial ground.
Secretary of War Garrison, also a
New Jersey citizen, granted a special
dispensation w permit the Kearny
statue.