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SATURDAY, SEPT. 27
WOFFORD ELEVEN
BEATS PIEDMONT
: BY 12 TOO SCORE
SPARTANBURG. R. C. At
tempting football in sticky. muddy,
ankle-deep, Wofford scored a 12 to
0 victory over Piedmont College
from Demoreat, Ga.., Friday after
noon in the opening home game of
,h The Terrier* carried the ball oyer
easily In the first qu«Uer a.nd had
the oval on the five-yard line at tn*
end of the period, putting it across
a second time in two playa oni re
sumption of play after the two
mlnute Intermission. After ‘ h ,?*
drive of the Terriers practically
disappeared and except forthe run*
of 20 and 24 yards each.*made no
headway against the Invaders.
Piedmont was helpless
th* Wofford line, gaining only 23
>ard* in 21 line plays. Five rst
downs, including three on penal lea
were mad* by the Georgians- Wof
ford scored ten new downs.
Dean, playing fullback for Wof
ford. was the outstanding star.
Twice he carried the ball across for
the Old Gold and Rlaek and re
corded Important gains through the
line The work of Piedmont's ends
nnd Its secondary defense prevented
the Terrier* from getting loose.
Snyder Field, where the game
was played. was In the worse con
dition for match play In the history
of football at the Institution. The
unexpected rain of th* past two
days found the gridiron newly
plowed In an effort to soften It
neither teem could show anything
today.
The lineup
Wofford Position Piedmont
Chambers
Left End
Knotts
Left Tackle
Knotts Jon «*
Left Tackle
Halnesworth Rilchle
Left Guard
Rlkard (c) Wilder
Center
Alexander 0,11
Right Guard
Pressley James
Right Tackle
Wright Smith
Right End
Reams Brown (c
Quarterback
Bull Swlney
Ta*ft Halfback
Folk Forester
Right Halfback
Been Martin
Fullback
Rcor* by periods:
Wofford * * 0
Piedmont 1 0 n
Touchdowns: Wofford, Penn. 2.
Substitutions Wofford. Hill for
Penn. West for Folk. Wells for
Bell, Roberts for West, MeTVuv for
Rlkard. West for Roberts, T.nt Inter
for Reams, Moorer for Ballmer;
Uikard for Mellow, Tlean for Hill,
Folk for West, Rc|| for Wells, B»w
--ton for Halnesworth.
Piedmont: Boring for Gill. Ivy
for Chambers. Scott for Smith.
Time of period*. 12 minutes each
Officials: Referee, Perry (He
ss anee ; umpire, Boatwright (Vir
ginia ; head linesman, Frost (Cita
del .
CITADEL WARRIORS
To Open Against Southern
College Today
CHARLESTON. K C—With tho
prospect* of a muddy gridiron the
Cits del 1* fit nnd ready for its
opening gam* of the season here
Saturday with Southern College, of
Lakeland, Fla. Coach Prnus* I*
satisfied with the condition of his
players and in a light Indoor sig
nal drill Friday afternoon they
have evidence of being in prime
shape. Harris, quarterback, lia < i
not l>en in uniform lal week on nr i
count of nn Injured leg and Kil
patrick will run the team, llogrefe
of Anderson, Is suffering from ker-1
nels and will not get Into the con
test All of the other player* ere
in excelelnt shape It is announced.
The Citadel I* favored to win
from the Floridian* who arrived
Friday. The teams will be about
even tn weight. Coach Alderman
of Southern, state* that lit* men
have ben working for about two
weeks snd one or two are suffering
from injuries. He hopes, lie says,
to make a creditable showing.
The Citadel experts to put it fust
team on the field nnd for the first
time in some years there is a wealth
of reserve material on hand. Coin'll
Aldedman Intimated that hts eleven
is green but is counting on speed
Coach Prims* announced his pro*
bsble line-up ns follows
Ferguson. leftend; McFarland,
left tackle; Brown, left guard:
Rrinker. renter; Matthews, right
guard; Captain Mngener, right
tackle; Nesmith, right end: Kil
patrick. quarterback: Weinberg and
Berry, halfbacks; Youngblood, full,
back. .
Southern’* probable line up will
be
Spooner. left end; Miller, left
tarkle; Mitchell, left guard; Wat
kins center; Pnrgano*. right
guard; Westfall. right tackle;
Hager right end; Igitt. quarter
back: Ravage and Clay, half backs;
Reese, fullback.
FOOTBALL RESULTS
Charleston Walterboro High, 0;
Charleston High. 83 ... .
Spartanburg: Wofford, It: Pied
mont. 0. _ „ ...
Hyatt Park, It; St. Matthews.
°At Newberry. !; Nlnety-Btx
High. 0. , .
At Woodruff, **: Fountain Inn.
0.
At Laurens, 57; Bimp*onvt)U. 0
At Abbeville, 0; Wnlhalla, It
At Oreenwood: Bailey Military
Institute. *. Thornwell, 6.
GRAND CIRCUIT
COLUMPVft. Ohio—Defeat of
Clvde the Great, prohibitive favorite
In th* : OS trot by Trarapabtt fea
tured Friday's Grand Circuit races
made tip of four class events and an
unfinished atake event.
With Thompson Dillon withdrawn
from the unfinished Chamber of
Commerce atake because of illness,
Marmaduke won the fourth and de
ciding mile from Pluto Watts.
Henry Ford, strong fsvorlte.
could do no better than finish sec
ond to Westbound, In the second
heat. Flying Direct winning the
2 0? 2# and Coala Jay the J:IJ
trot.
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Red Sox Hand Senators jolt by Beating Walter Tohnson
Washington Loses
to the Bostons As
Yankees Deteat A.’s
K W YORK.—
Washington offi
cial and other
wise Is upset Sa
turday following
a social affair
not exactly on
Ihe program of
Hie welcome for
returning base
ball heroes it
Boston tea party
with the lied Sox
acting an hosts
to the Senators.
Hospitality w-ns forced upon the
blushing debutantes of (he baseball
season to such nn extent that even
Walter Johnson, dowager mentor of
the leader* of the American league,
staggered off the fleltf after being
hit on tho elbow with ft high ball
served by Pitcher Ferguson of the
Bed Sox. It was Johnson'-s first
defeat after winning 13 straight
games.
The Senators politely responded
by presenting tiio game to their
lioata 2 to 1. The Yanks thought
fully defeated Philadelphia 7 to 1.
and heightened the complexion of
Mins Pennant Race of the Am
erican league to a point where the
Senator* now lead New York by
only one game.
Th* leaders were handicapped
further bv the Injury to Johnson
who mnv not he able to take hi*
turn again In the box In any of the
three gumqa remaining to be play
ed.
The Giants nnd Robin* rented
Friday but will resume their bnttlen
Saturday.
New York by winning two of
three from the Phillle* can reach
their goal even though Brooklyn
wins lta remaining two from Bos
ton.
Pittsburg awoke savagely from
National League
Is Picked to Win
World Series
(By ROGERS HORNSBY)
(Champion BaUman of National
League.)
Loyalty to my own organization
forces me to pick the National League
Hub to win the world series this year
from the American League.
Even If the Braves or the Phillies
opposed the American League winner
1 would try to find enough strength
on their side to crush tlieir oppon
ents.
In a series where four victories de
ride the winner 1 nm not so positive
but thst it wouldn't be possible.
There are sufficient uncertainties In
baseball to permit a tail-end club to
defeat * championship teem four
straight. The kl Louis Cardinals,
my club, did It the first time we play
ed the Giants this season.
All of us know thst winning clubs
sre built around the pitching staff
and whether right or wrong In my ad
vance forecast I have my own opinion
of the pitching staffs of the teams
now contending for the two pennants.
1 favor the Pirates to defeat th*
Yankees 1 am giving this opinion
on the power of the Pirates' two left
banders, Wilbur Cooper and Emil
Yd*
Brooklyn, 1 feel, would have nn
easier time winning from Washington
than the Yankees because their pitch
ing see* sre two right hander*. Ar
thur Vance and Burleigh Grimes.
McQRAW'S STAFF WEAK.
Strange as It may seem. 1 consider
McOraw hss the weakest pitching
staff of the five clubs running nrck
and-neck for the pennant*.
Pittsburg does not own an all-star
staff Cooper and Yde rate ahead of
the others in a serle* with the Yan
kees. due to th* fact that Huth and
Pipp, mighty fence-bustcrs. are left
handed hitters.
American l.cague records show that
southpaws are very succeasftil against
the Yanks Nehf of the (Hants made
plenty of trouble for them In the
last three aeries.
Johnny Morrison, Lee Meadows and
Ray Kramer are excellent right
handers hut It Is my belief that thev
nr* made to order for hitters of the
Huth and Flpp style, the Yanks In
general
When s manager can figure that he
haa th* two heaviest hitters on tha
opposing side etopped he hse the
percentage in his favor.
TWO GREAT HURLER*.
Brooklyn ha* two remarkable pitch
er* In Vance and Grimes Put th*
Superbas against the Nationals where
these pitchers should hold don n
Washington'* offense and It w-ill not
surprise me to see the National
Leaguer* win four out of *tx.
Although Wilbert Robinson hss
three likely youngsters In Robert*.
Khrliardt and Hollingsworth. I doubt
whether he will start a reerult In a
world series game, units* it is Khr*
hard!.
Hill Peak, who left u* and Joined
the Itotiins, !* a peculiar pitcher.
When Rtl! has control of hi* low *pit
t«r It 1* almost Impossible to sob*
him As old a* Hilt it. he may de
liver a winning game.
McOraw po»*csse* more quantity
than quality !n Mdjullltan Ham**.
Ryan. Dean, Nehf. Jonnard and Bent
ley. The Giants cou>s not hold th*
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RoNwght Byndle&te: In&T N-tJ j
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its Insomnia at the Polo Grounds
and took two-gam«s from the Cubs.
9 to 3 and 10 to 6. No others were
ployed In the notional league.
Detroit beat, the White Sox * to
2 in the other American league
conteat.
Veach made the first significant
move, in the Boston tea party by
singling In the fourth with one out
and went to third when Boone sin
gled to center. Jo* Harris drovs in
the.first run with a single to center
and Bee sent the winning run home
with another single after Ezzell
forced Harris.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Score: R.H. E.
Washington . 000 000 010—1 7 0
Boston ono 200 OOx—2 A 1
Johnson, Marherry and Ruel;
Ferguson and O'Nelli.
Score: R H. E
New York.... 000 050 200—7 10 0
Philadelphia . non ooi ooo— l s 2
l’ennock and Bengougb: Hel
maoh, Harris, Hasty, Gray? and
Perkins.
Score: R.11.E.
Detroit *OO 120 101—* 15 I
Chicago 101 000 000—2 4 .1
W, Collins and WoodalP, Byons,
Faber and Crouse.
NATIONAL. LEAGUE"
FIRST GAME
Score: R. H. E.
Chicago 000 000 *oo—* 10 *
Pittsburg ... 002 *l2 lOx—9 15 2
Keon. Bush, Wheeler snd Hart
nett; Kretner nnd Goooh, Smith.
SECOND GAME
Score: " R. H E
Chicago 020 040 000—fi U 2
Pltteburg ... 100 030 42x-10 10 0
Yankees last fall snd their pitching
has been erratic all season.
1 favor this young Virgil Barnes
over all of Mcdraw's pitchers. This
youngster is exceptionally cool, has
a good curve and slow ball and If I
am not mistaken has pitched the
best ball of all of McGraw's hurlers
tht* year.
PICKS NATIONAL LEAGUE.
I am not very familiar with the Am
erican League pitcher*. Judging by
the work on the Yankees’ stuff I
favor Pennock and Bush over the
other*.
The Washington club appears to
be the steadiest for pitching, with
Walter Johnson having another re
markable year I batted against John
son In an exhibition game In Tamps,
Florida, last spring, nnd t must ad
mit that the only fast bsll pitcher In
our league who compares with John
son Is "I'azsy" Vance.
You have mv select lons—Pittsburg
to beat the Yankees, Brooklyn to
beat Washington on pitching, the
(Hants weak on pitching, but having a
batting punch that should beat the
American League. We'll see how
close I hit the mark when I pick the
National League, regardless of the
club that wins.
HOW THEY STAND
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Won. Lost. Pet
Washington *0 fl? .596
New York ...NN.. 89 62 .689
Detroit 85 «T .559
.St Louis 74 76 .493
Philadelphia 61 81 .460
Cleveland 66 86 .437
Chicago 66 65 .437
Boaton 66 66 .484
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost Pet.
New York 97 59 610
Brooklyn 91 61 ,599
Pittsburgh 6S 62 .587
Cincinnati .. ..... at 69 .640
Chicago 80 70 .533
St. Lou 1 64 8? .424
Philadelphia 54 95 .362
Boaton 56 9T .371
TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit nt Chicago
Washington at Boaton
New York at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Cleveland.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Lout* at Cincinnati,
Chicago at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at New York
Boston at Brooklyn.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
"IKnew Her When-”
Recalling When Mary K. Browne, Now Famed As
a Golfer, Was Queen of the Tennis Courts
MARY K. BROWNE OF THE TENNIS COURTS IN 1912.
On the tennis courts today. Short
aklrts. Bobbed hair. Flying feet. An
occasional glimpse of epidermis.
Wlzzlng rackets. Volcanic speed. . . .
It was a bit different when Mary K.
Browne was winning tho national title
year after year. (The same Mary
K. Browne who recently surprised
th* nation by going to tire finals In
the national golf tournament on her
first appearance In tho event.)
Mary and the others were more
chaste In the matter of dress. If less
BILLY EVANS SAYS
"When a pitcher Is having n hlg
year he is getting his share of the
breaks,” is the way f once heard
Walter Johnson sum It up.
"Timely hitting by tils teammates,
a tight defense that makes it hard for
the opposition to score and n dash of
pure lurk are just a few of the breaks
a winning pitcher must get," added
Johnson.
Pitching Is one of the most uncer
tain features of the game. Incidental
ly the most Important.
"If T were a left-handed thrower.
I would quit playing second base and
start pitching in the American Lea
gue.”
So remarked l abile Collm*. famous
second sneker after a recent series in
which the Chicago white Sox had
faced little hut southpaw pitching
"You can win if you can throw left
handed."
This sure has been a fat year for
southpaws In the American League.
The remark of Collins that a Player
merely has to he a left-handed throw
er to Insure success Is his Idea of
how soft It Is for a portsbler to win.
They do say that a somewhat simi
lar condition exists In the National
League.
Why a left-handed pitcher should'
he harder for a left-handed hatter to
hit. than a right-hander Is for a right
hander. Is one of the mysteries of the
game that has never been fully
explained
Perhaps It Is purely psychological.
Right-handers hnv* no fear of right
handed pitching T,eft-handed hatters.
In a majority of cases, give tip hope
the moment they see a southpaw
warming up for the opposition.
Confidence In one’s ability is. sfter
all, one of baseball’* greatest asset*.
Mere ability to throw left-handed will
hardly get you hv as a Pitcher In the
major*, despite the great success the
southpaw* have been enjoying
Vo left-hander In the American
League this vear *•»* more stuff than
"Lett'" Fuhr of (he Poston tied Pox
Yet Fuhr 's one of the few south
paws who failed to make good.
One of the sensation* of th» Am
erican League has been Karl White
hlll. dlmlnuttye southpaw of the Pc.
trolt Tycer*. Phystesllv. In compari
son to Whltrhlu Fuhr I* a giant
AVhlle Whltehill has a fine hssort
tpcet of stuff. Fuhr ha* even more
Whltehill ha* been a success he
eatise he believed In himself Fuhr
failed because he lacked confidence in
hi* great natural ability.
tn this connection t recall the first
gsp'e Whttehllt worked against New
York and ht* Introduction to Ruth
After he had gotten two strike* on
Ruth, facing him for the first time,
he walked up to Catcher Fassler and
•aid
"Don't forget to tell me when Ruth
comes up 1 want to work hard on
him."
Ruth turned to me and remarked.
Well, what do you think of that
appealing to the pictorial editors. It
was the stylish custom in those days
Gleaming white duck skirts that all
but swept the turf, waists that
screamed their colors to the blue
skies., and hats that rested at perilous
angles.
But the grade of tennis was about
as high. Mary K. Browne was just
as much a dominant figure from 1912
to 1914 as little Helen Willis is today.
And speaking of Helen, we wonder If
she'll be able to command the head
lines in sport in 1926?
fresh busher. He’s going to make
good."
Before Ruth eould recover from
the shock. Whltehill curved over a
beauty for the third strike.
Whltehill certainly has made good
on Ruth's prediction.
YANKS DROP TOUGH SERIES.
The throe games the Yankees
dropped to Tv Cobb's Tigers must
have nearly broken Miller Huggins'
heart. The Yanks went Into the
series in a first-place tie with
Washington and emerged two
games to the bad. Every game was
lost to Detroit by a one-ruti mar
gin.
GIANTS GET TOUGH BREAK.
Coming down the home stretch
and with the Dodgers nnd Pirates
at their heels. MeOraw’s Giants had
the tough luck to lose HeinieGroh
and Frankie Frisch through In
juries at a time when their pres
ence on the team was just about
Indispensable.
Southern Elevens Start Season Today
Georgia Will Play Mercer At Athens
ATLANTA, Ga.— Most of the
score of football games to b« played
on southern fields Saturday after
noon will be tuned into the familiar
strains of Auld Lyng. Syne. Con
siderable more than half of the
contesting teams are taking up
where they left off last year, Com
parlively few are meeting as strang
ers. Although opening games run
to heavy score* as a rule, some of
the teams who play this after
noon found the going rough and
uncertain before the final whietle
sounded tht* time last yean
Georgia won from Mercer Inst
year by a scant touchdown, the
score being 7 to 0.
Tech defeated Oglethorpe, but
the T’etrels made 13 points while
the vellow jackets were running up
2«.
Auburn took Birmingham South
ern Into camp by a score of 20 to
‘O.
The University of South Caro
lina defeated Erskine 35 to 0 and
Furman won from Newberry by the
seme score.
Southern fell before Citadel, the
: count being 39 to 7.
WOOSEfELT
MIN AFRICA
SHWfe. fyW.:solcdlbrhn
' ©.1924 NEA.SeiVice Inc
BeGIN HERE TODAY.
Robert Foran, newspaper cor
respondent, accompanies the
Theodore Roosevelt expedition
into Africa in 1909. They ar
rive at Mombassa, the “gate
way to British East Africa,”
and then go by train to the
first camp on the game-crowd
ded Kapiti Plains. With Col
onel Roosevelt are his son, Ker
mit, and three scientific mem
bers of his staff—Major Edgar
A. Mearns, Edmund Heller and
J. Allen Loring.
After a successful shooting
trip in the Sotik country, the
expedition camps for more
hunting at a farm called Sai
gai-Sai. They go next to Nai
vasha, then to Nairobi during
race week, and then return to
Naivasha. Foran acts as sec
retary to Colonel Roosevelt one
morning, and answers many of
the unusual letters addressed
to the ex-president.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
When we had disposed of the
heavy mail matters, he started to
dictate to me one of the chapters
nf his book. I did not know short
hand and so took his dictation
straight down on my little type
writer.
lie dictated quite walk
ing about the room as he did so.
We*got along fairly well. The an
nouncement that lunch was ready
brought this interesting morning
to an end.
CHAPTER XVT.
Off to the Elephant Country.
The rain did not cease all day,
and Roosevelt decided not to go
shooting that afternoon.
There were only a few more spec
imens that were wanted here, most
ly birds, and they could wait until
It was fine weather. So we sat
round the luncheon table in the ho
tel dining room and exchanged
stories about hunting and other
things connected with the country.
Next day was fine nnd the sun
was shining, and if did not rain
during the remainder of our brief
stay at Naivasha. Every morning
after the first wet day. Colonel
Roosevelt and Kermit rode off on a
shooting trip.
One day Roosevelt brought back
with him a great prize, which
greatly delighted the heart of
Mearns. He had had the great good
fortune to discover and kill a fine
specimen of the rarest of all Afri
can birds, the Jabiru. Us scientific
name is Ethiophioryncus Senega
lensis. That is what Mearn said it
was—and his identification is be
yond all question.
On another occasion, Mearns, Lor
ing, Kermit nnd mysef took Col
onel Roosevelt out to try his luck
by moonlight with the wily spring
hans nnd the African fox. At first
he was somewhat nonplussed by* the
unaccustomed nature of the sport
hut he was soon hard at work and
was most successful. He achieved
better results, before the evening's
sport ended, than anyone else had
accomplished. He told me that he
was highly amused by the novel
experience.
At last, the day of departure for
the elephant country dawned. The
huge caravan started off, with
much trumpeting of native horns
and much singing. It gave me the
impression of a huge, winding snake
as it crept away In single file over
the brown veldt toward Nyeri.
Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit, Heller.
Cunninghame nnd Tarlton rode off
on tho trail of the porters after they
had lunched nt the Rift Valley Ho
tel. Their first ramp was to be a
spot some few-mlles away from the
Joer river.
Colonel Roosevelt killed hls first
Louisiana State turned Spring
Hill back 23 to 0.
Sewanee emerged the victor over
Southwestern Presbyterian by a
score of 34 to 0.
Tulane defeated Southwestern
Normal 20 to 2.
V. M. I. ran away with Emory and
Henry to the tune of 46 to 0.
Davidson waa able to win from
the Presbyterian college of South
Carolina by a margin of a field
goal. 3 to 0.
NorWi Carolina stopped Wake
Forest 22 to 0.
The difference between Alabama
and nion was 13 points in favor of
the Tuscaloosa outfit.
BULLDOGS TO PLAY
MRCER AT ATHENS
ATLANTA. Gn.~baseball
lingering In the lap of football, the
gridiron season claims Its place in
the sun, regardless of weather con
ditions. throughout the south Sat
urday.
With few exceptions all the mem
bers of the Southern Conference
bull elephant near Kenya. I knew
how keen he had been to get a com
plete group of these elephants for
the museum, and how anxious he
has been to kill them in a cooler
climate so that Heller could have a
better chance of saving the com
plete skins and in good condition.
Although elephants are much big
ger and have larger tusks in Ugan
da ,yet the difficulties of preserv
ing the skins in that country are
enormous, owing to the terrific
heat. Colonel Roosevelt, therefore,
had been most anxious to secure his
group in the less torrid climate of
East Africa. To skin an elephant
takes, at the lowest estimate, three
whole days—no matter how profi
cient the skinners may be, and
from this it may readily be under
stood that Heller and Cunninghame
had no light task to perform.
While Cunninghame was helping
Heller to save this first elephant
skin. Colonel Roosevelt went off to
ward Mweru for a hunt, while Ker
mti and Leslie Tarlton hunted to
ward the northern Guaso Nyiro
•jfcountry. As usual, they were phe
nomenally successful. Colonel
Roosevelt killed his second bull el
ephant near Mwera and Kermit
killed five more lions and three
more buffalo in the northern Guaso
Nyero.
After this great fortune they re
turned to the government Boma at
Mweru and then Kermit went off to
hunt elephants. Colonel Roosevelt
remaining at Mweru while his sec
ond elephant bull was being skin
ned.
When Heller and Cunninghame
ha daccomplished thi3 task, Colonel
Roosevelt rode into the northern
Guaso Nyiro, where Kermit had en
joyed such a good sport. Here Col
onel Roosevelt killed two more ele
phatns, while Kermit killed one ele
phant and a very good rhinoceros.
After killing his elephant, Ker
mit, accompanied by Leslie Tarl
ton, started off for a hunt toward
Lake Hannington and Lake Barin
go.
CHAPTER XVII.
Roosevelt and the Discovery of the
North Pole.
‘Foran, Nairobi.
"Cable Roosevelt's statement on
Cook's discovering the North Pole.
“MELSTONE.”
Tliis Associated Press cable was
placed in my hand one morning
early In September In the Nor
folk Hotel at Nairobi. Immediately
1 sent a telegram to Colonel Roose
velt at N'yeri, in the hope that it
would reach him there and bring
forth a statement for publication on
this momentous event.
While I was waiting for a reply
to this, and a few days after the re
ceipt of the first cable from Mr.
Melville Stone. I was given another
cable from him in New York. This
read: “Foran, Nairobi.
"Peary also announces reached
North Pole. Inorm Roosevelt and
endeavcor to get his comment.
"MELSTONE.”
This cable I also telegraphed to
Colonel Roosevelt at Nyeri. and
awaited his answer to both of them.
A few days later I received a
further cable from New York, which
read as follows:
“Foran, Nairobi.
“Forward the following message
to Roosevelt. Quote. Your fare
well was a royal mascot, the Pole
is ours.
“PEARY.”
Again I telegraphed Colonel
Roosevelt at Nyeri. and so far had
not received from him any answer
to my two earlier messages. There
was nothing to do but wait and be
patient. It was quite possible that
lie was out of touch wlith the tel
egraph offices.
After some days of patient wnlt-
and S. I. A. A. play Saturday.
Auburn invades Birmingham for
a clash with Birmingham South
ern, the game being in the nature
of a dedication of Manger bowl,
on the Panthers’ campus.
Mercer is entertained at Athens in
the opening game of the season for
the University of Georgia. Eton
quits its Tar Heel retreat for a
day to try conclusions with the
Clemson Tigers at their lair in the
South Carolina red hilts. Furman
and Newberry meet at Greenville, a
few miles awajr. The University of
South Carolina p ! ays its annual
opening game with Erskine in Co
lumbia.
Southern College makes a long
-trip from LAkelnnd, Fla., to plav
the Citadel Just beyond reach of the
waves of the Atlantic In Charles
ton. Presbyterians of two states
play in Asheville. N. C.. where Da
vidson takes on the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina.
Another clash of friendly foes,
a few miles apart, is scheduled for
Raleigh, where North Carolina
State plays Trinity. The same con-
SATHRDAY, SEPT. 27
ing, I received a letter written tn
pencil from one of his camps in re
ply to my three telegrams.
This letter was written before
Kermit went off from Mweru for
Lake Hannington and Lake Barln
go, and Roosevelt for the Guaso
Nyiro.
The letter read:
On Safrl.
September 12, 1909.
Dera Foran:
The three cables are at handj' I
answer by letter, because I can't get
to Mweru for a couple of days any
how, and moreover I can explain
fetter than by a mere cable.
If the news about Pearry’s hav
ing gotton to the North Pole is un
questionably authentic, and not oth
erwise, publish the following from
me. “I rejoice over Captain Peary’s
great achievement. Too much cred
it cannot be given him; he has per
formed one of the great feats of the
age, and all his countrymen should
join in doing him honor.”
As for the other two cables. I can
not make head or tail out of them.
Who is Dr. Cook? What has he dis
covered? Why is he going to Copen
hagen? How does It concern me
any how?
Since I last wrote you, I have
killed two more elephants and Ker
mit has killed one also, and a rhi
noceros. Soon Kermit and I sepa
rate, he going toward Lake Han
nington, and I across to the Guaso
.Nyero. Will you tell this to Ward,
and the Reuter people?
Good luck!
Faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
(Continued in Our Monday Issue.)
WAYNESBORO WINS
ver North Augusta By 26 to
0 Score
WAYNESBORO, Ga.—Waynes
boro and North Augusta began
their football season here Friday
afternoon, Waynesboro winning 26
to 0. In the first minute of tho
game, Captain O'Byrnes scored a
touchdown, and in the next two
minutes Odom scored. The North
Augustans strengthened the second
quarter and held the Waynesboroi
tes scoreless, the third touchdown
was scored by quarterback Bill
McCathern in the third quarter and
the fourth by Captain O’Byrnes.
The field was wet and the game
was slow. Several new men played
on both teams. For Waynesboro.
Gary Vinson, Marvin Cox, Roy
Marcliman. Bill Goddard, James
Brinson and Edgar Vaughn had
never played in a game before. All
of them did well.
Weigle, Stelling and Mealing did
the best playing for the Augustans.
AT A GLANCE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh, 9; Chicago, 3. (First
game.)
Pittsburgh, 10; Chicago, 6. (Sec
ond game.)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston, 2; Washington. 1.
New York, 7: Philadelphia, 1.
Detroit, 8; Chicago, 2.
DIXIE SEHIES
Fort Worth, 1; Memphis, 2.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Louisville, 12-5; Minneapolis,
8-7. . „
Indianapolis, 2; St. Paul. 9
Columbus, 1: Kansas City, 9.
Toledo, 3; Milwaukee. 7.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Toronto, IX; Buffalo. 9.
Syracuse, 7: Rochester, 3.
No others scheduled.
COLLINS HARD, RUTH EASY.
American League pitchers say
that Eddie Collins, of the White
Sox. the the hardest player in the
league to strike out. Babe Ruth,
despite his great slugging ability, Is
1 correspondingly easy. _
dition prevails at Wake Forest with
the niversity of North Carolina at
tacking the defense of the Dea
cons.
The University of Virginia will
entertain Hampden-Sidney at Char
lottesville. Two games are played
in the village of Lexington when
Washington and Lee meets Roa
noke and Virginia Military Institute
plays Emory and Henry. Richmond
goes to Blacksburg to test the ma
chine of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
The Crimson tide of Alabama will
throw Us colors to the breese
against Union . Chattanooga is
scheduled to play Alabama Norma!
at Jefferson City.
The scheduled game between
Vanderbilt and Howard has been
cancelled in respect to the memory
of Harris O. Cope, Howard coach,
who died Wednesday.
At Spartanburg. S. C., today the'
Wofford team defeated the pigskin
warriors of Piedmont College, 12 to
0. the Piedmont players doing as sil
of the losers so far, being unable
to score.