Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1914 — Page 3

LARGEST SCORER IN IRISH-AMERICAN A. C.

Abel R. Kiviat, the sensational little miler of the Irish-American A. C. was the largest point scorer in the Winged Fist organization during the 1913 season. “Kivvie” tallied a total of 165 points, 47 more than the mark of “Eddie” Goodwin, the champion bike rider. “Mel” Sheppard, the old warhorse, proved that he was far from being a has-been by annexing 107 points, which placed him in third place. o The complete point score for the year follows, Abel'R. Kiviat, 165; Ed■ward H. Goodwin, 118; Melvin /W. Sheppard, 107; Alvah T. Meyer, 101; Patrick McDonald, 96; Hannes Kolemalnen, 75; Patrick Ryan, 60; Matt McGrath, 41; Hugh Hirschon, 38; Emil Muller, 35; James M. Rosenberger, 34; M. J. Hayes, 34; Edward Coyle, 33; John J. Eller, 33; E. Frazer, 32; J. J. McNamara, 27; S. J. Riley, 26; W. J. Fisher, 26; R. Romer, 25; Thomas Barden, 25; Ike Lovell, 24; W. Lenngren, 22; A. Pepis, 21; A. McDougall, 20; E. M. Pritchard, 19; F. Schwartz, 19; John Eke, 15; J. J. Archer, 14; A. J. Davis, 14; M. J. Sheridan, 13; F.

RECORD OF SPORT FATALITIES SINCE 1905

1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1919 Total Bakeball 11 19 13 42 32 53 •29 14 24 237 Football 21 18 13 v 21 32 2i> 22 12 20 182 Boxing 6 12 8 9 6 22 9 11 9 »O Automobiles 3 7 8 . 18 21 29 6 17 109 Horae racing 9 7 2 5 3 3 6 5 6 46 Wrestling 1 3 .. 3 2 3 2 1 15 Cycling 3 .. 10 4 6 15 23 63 Hockey ~ 1 .. .. .. . . ~ ' i Tennis .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 2 Basketball . .. .. 1 4 4 3 1 13 Golf 1 1 1 .. .. 8 Field games .. 3 2 2 .. *7 Bowling .. .. 1 1 g - Marathon —77 v; r. .. 2 7~. 77 1 .. 3 I’olo ' .. 2 1 .. 1 4 Other sports 4 4 6 3 1 2 20 Totals 47 58 48 93 110 145 100 72 106 797

Gossip Among Sports

Clarence (“Brick”) Owens has signed a contract to umpire in the International league this season. The Federal league had offered Owens a contract. • • • Charles Rose, the young left-hander signed up by the Yanks, won twentysix games and lost seven for the Houston club of the Texas league last season. • • • Eddie Plank is trying to secure the Lancaster, Pa., franchise, in the TriState leagued If he gets it he will receive youngsters jto develop for Connie Mack. • • • Further improvements to the Grand Rapids track are contemplated, the management planning to make the meetings among the most noteworthy In the country. * • • If Comlskey and McGraw make a world's tour every year, it will be a very popular winter pastime to go along with them if the players get back safe and sound this time. • * • The Indiana university athletic committee has ordered all men who intend to be candidates for the football eleven in 1914 to enroll in the wrestling classes for football men, which will start.next term. • • • ‘Coach A. A. Stagg will be minus another of bis strongest football stars next fall, as the result of early season action by Dartmouth college fans. The backers of the eastern institution secured the promise of Foote to compete i .with their team nextJlall.

Abel R. Kiviat.

T. Onken, 13; M. J. Fahey, 12; M. J. Talum, 12; T, J. Kelly, 12; L. J. Harper, 12; F. Juna. 11; O. J. Bell, 11; J Bromilow, 11; Kenneth Caldwell, 11; W. Rosette, 10; E. McCarty, 10; W. J. Fortune, 9; Bruno Brodd, 8; F. J. Cording, 7; A. J. Sheridan, 7; A. J. Fogel, 6; W. KrapowLtz, 6; F. Lund, 6; T. Teenan, 6; C. Broderick, 5; J. H. Dennelly, 5; J. Summergrade, 5; F. T. Gardner, 4. Kiviat was born in New York city June 23, 1892. He first attracted attention as a runner'while a student. In 1908 he joined the Irish-American Athletic club, and won the junior championship for one mile, time 4:24, for the metropolitan district. A short time later he broke the world’s record in the 2,400 yard relay race, his time for 800 yards being 1:16. At the eastern Olympic tryouts in Cambridge lust June Kiviat established a world’s record of 3:55 4-5 for the 1,500 meter run. Kiviat also holds the world s best mark, 3:08 3-5, for three-quarters of a mile indoors, and the Canadian mile record of 4:20 3-5.

DAN MAHER EMULATES ASTOR

Once Famous American Jockey Becomes Naturalized British CitiWon Many Races. Jockey Danny Maher has become a naturalized British citizen. Following the example of William Waldorf Astor, Danny has decided to turn his back on Uncle Sam and swear allegiance to Johnny Bull. The famous jockey has been riding for leading English horsemen 4or a number of years and has made his home on the other side for a long time past. Danny has decided that he will retire from the turf soon and will spend his life as a country gentleman, breeding

bprses and cattle. He has already purchased a place near Nottingham, where be has several fine specimens of pedigreed cattle. Danny has many friends among the wealthier class of Englishmen. One of bls warmest friends is Lord Rode berry. He made a fortune from bls.victories ip the saddle. , *

Danny Maher.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

NOM DE PLUMES OF BOXERS

Many Stars of Arena Travel Under Aliases, Assumed Names or' Nicknames—List of Few Given. In scanning the latest official boxing guides, one is surprised to see how many of the stars of the boxing firmament travel under aliases, assumed names or nicknames. There are just about as many boxers in the game today battling under a nomdeplume as there are boxing under their right cognomen. Hqre are a few of them, their lighting name being given first, then their right name. / IJarry Lewis —Henry Besterman. Ray Bronson—John R. Bronson. Knockout Brown—Valentine jßraun. Jim Flynn—Andrew Chiriglione. Packey McFarland —Patrick McFarland. • Battling Nelson —Oscar Matthews Nelson. Frankie Conley—Francesco Conte. Leach Cross —Dr. Louis C. Wallach. Jack Brittdn —"William J. Breslin. Kid Williams —Johnny Guengo. Young Jack O’Brien —John Thomas Augustine Hagan. Young Brown —Abe Brqwn. Gunboat Smith —Ed Smith. Johnny Dundee —Joseph Carrora. Young Shugrue—Joe Shugrue. Eddie Campi—Eddie de Campus' Willie Ritchie—Geary Steffen. --- Philadelphia Jack O’Brien—Joseph F. Hagan. Tommy Burns —Noah Brusso. Tommy Ryan—Joseph Youngs. Stanley Ketchel —Stanislaus Kiecal. Jim Driscoll —James Driscoll. Frank Mantel —Frank Otto Mintell. Billy Lang—William* Lanfranch!. Young Britt —Harry Treffinger. Tony Ross —Antonio -Rossilano-N jy

Fred Welsh —Fred Hall Thomas. Gqorge Brown —George Costar. xChicak Hayes—Adolph Koske. Charlie White —Charley Anchowitz. Jack Dillon —Ernest Cutler Price. Young Jack Redmond —Henry F. Hoppe. i Joe Coster—Joe Angello. Pal Brown —Lawrence W. Brown. George Chip—George Chipulonis. Wildcat Ferns —Clarence McCubbins.

TENNIS IS OLDEST OF GAMES

Origin Lost in. Antiquity, but Wav Played Largely in Europe During the Middle Ages. - ■ ----- Tennis is undoubtedly the oldest .of all existing ball games. Its origin is buried in antiquity, but it was played largely in Europe during the middle ages in the parks and ditches of feudal castles. The French learned the game from the Italians, the British from the French. Golf is popularly said to be a Scottish game, but there is good reason to suppose that, in the first instance, it came from Holland. Cricket, however, is essentially all British. The first mention of the game is found in a thirteenth century manuscript, and it derives its name from the Saxon word “cric,” or “cryc,” meaning “a staff." Billiards is believed to have been brought from the east by the Crusaders; though some people say that developed it from an ancient German game. Chess, however, which is the most intellectual of all games, is also the most ancient. >— . ,

COLLEGE SPORT TITLES ARE WELL DISTRIBUTED.

Sport. Champion Football Harvard Baseball Yale Track Penn Basketball .. Cornell Cross-country Cornell Rowing Syracuse Hockey .. Harvard Wrestling Cornell Lacrosse . Harvard Lawn Tennis Harvard Gymnastics • Penn Water Polo Princeton Swimming .....'.Yale Golf ............ Yale Soccer Harvard Rifle Harvard Gun Yale Fencing Columbia Chess Harvard

American Women Timid.

Walter Travis says American women golfers hit the ball too timidly and carelessly, while English women owe their success in the game to their ability to wallop the pill a* though it were a pleasure to knock the cover off.

KEEPING DRESSER DAINTY

Highly Desirable Point, but One That Needs Exercise of the Utmost Vigilance. Every housekteeper knows the difficulty of keeping dresser coverings spic and span and appropriately dainty for a cretonne hung bedroom. An unconscionable amount of dust seems to collect dn every dresser overnight and to the dust are added siftings of talcum powder. It is well nigh, impossible to remove all the dresser belongings each day and shake, out the covers, but going over the dresser top with a Wall whisk broom will help matters amazingly. The .brushes, frames, bottles, etc., should be carefully dusted” every morhing, for nothing is so distressing as dust on a dainty dresser. The idea of having a slab of beveled glass over the embroidery or lace coyer does not appeal to some women. Tt has a coldly neat but obviously la-bor-saving suggestion that implies ecpnotny exercised in housemaid service. So most dressers are graced with spreads of cretonne, lace, embroidery or swiss, entirely unprotected by glass. Cretonne covers are serviceable, but they are not as dainty as covers of embroidery, dotted swiss or lace trimmed organdie over a lining of colored sateen. This lining should be exactly the size of the sheer cover and not the size of the dresser top. If small metal snap buttons are attached to sateen lining and cover at the four /corners the tw pieces of fabric will not slip apart or “ride over” the edge of the dresser at the front as covers sometimes do. If cretonne to match curtains or cushions is used to cover the dresser a strip of white net. first shrunken and pressed out agaiit. should be laid over- the cretonne and attached to it around the edges under a failcy edge banding or ball trimming. The veiling . of, net softens and blends the cretonne colors into a beautiful harmony of delicate tints.

ALL AROUND the SHOUSE

Pies should always be glazed with white of egg if you wish them to be a shiny brown. All liver must be fresh to make desirable food. Mildew may be removed by soaking the garment in buttermilk. Common baking coda on a damp cloth is useful to clean bathtubs. An extra nail for a stray towel or garment is a handy thing in a. bathroom. When nailing hard wood soap the nail first, and it is less likely to split the wood. 1 Every room in a house, even in winter. should be thoroughly aired at least once -a day. -** A china dish with three compartments is handy for passing cheese, Plenty of towel rails around the bath tub are advisable if the room is used by more -than one persom If brass or copper have become rusty, the rust may be rubbed off with a weak solution of oxalic acid. If hot fat is spilled on the floor, thrdw cold water on it at once, and it will not soak into the boards so deeply.

Potato Pyramids.

An unnusual way of combining sweet and white potatoes is glvdn be4ow: - Boil large sweet potatoes,.cut halfinch slices from the largest part to serve as the foundation for the pyramids. In the center ot each slice put a spoonful of well-seasoned mashed potato, made stiff enough to keep its position. Top each mound with a tiny cub® of sweet potato. i t

Apricot Tapioca Pudding.

Drain a sirup from a pint can of apricots and add to it enough water to make one pint of the liquid; heal to the boiling point, stir in two tablespo&ns of nuick-cookir.g tapioca and one-half teaspoon of salt and cook over boiling water until tapioca is clear, stirring frequently. Butter a baking dish, put in the apricots, cover with the tapioca, and bake about 20 minutes.. Serve hot with cream and sugar.

The Dishpan.

Have you a porcelain sink? If so, good. But even if only you have an iron one, painted white, you can use the pew rubber mat, which fits over the drain and makes the dishpen sujjerfluous. Best of all. It costs only ten cents. With one of these mats all one needs do is to scrape the dishes, put them in the s'nk with the soap or washing powder and turn on the hdt water. Besides saving the cost of a dtsbpan one saves much wear and tear upon the porcelain sink in moving the pans about.

Lyonnaise Potatoes.

Melt one tablespoon of butter in a spider, add one tabiespom each of minced onion, vinegar and water; fry until the onion is tender; now add cue pint of diced cold boiled potatoes and stir until somewhat browned ; add one level teaspoon of parsley and serve.

Simple Oyster Stew.

One quart milk. Assoon is to boil drop in one pint of oysters. Add salt and pepper. 801 l five minutes or until edges curl. Pour into bowl and add butter.

BRAVE DEEDS OF LIFE SAVERS

FEW people know the wide range and systematic organization of the United States life-saving service in its work of saving lives alongshore. Superintendent Sumner I. Kimball has been its father and friend, has made it his religion for 40 years. And he has so far succeeded as to have placed upon 10,600 miles of our coast nearly 300 life-saving stations, fitted up with the most modern rescuing apparatus, and taken care of by 2,000 men, under semi-military discipline. Twenty-five thousand vessels have been given aid in this time and property valued at $240,000,000 saved, with far less loss of life than in the single case of the Titanic, which was sunk in midocean. Crews ordinarily number eight or nine, with the keeper of the station included. Though under civil service, reading and writing are about all that is required, educationally; physical endurance and experience of the life alongshore properly being the main requirement. Day watch is from sunrise to sunset and the night patrol is divided into four watches. Strict system, constant drilling, simple food and simple living make men upon whom it Is a pleasure to look. Only fishermen horn andbred to the loneliness of the life can stand it, however, and along the Pacific, where stations are far apart, they are mostly Norwegians and Swedes, of those old Viking races whose hardihood and primal manner of living have never died in the blood of their sons. Not Always Peaceful. That it has but 19 life-saving stations, to the Atlantic's 185, is evident of the fact that the Pacific coast is not generally considered more dangerous than it was when Balboa, gazing first upon the clear blue world of its waters, named it the Sea of Peace. The wreck of the Rosecrans, about a year ago, stands oiit, in consequence, as though the ocean mocked the memory of Its discovery as a pacific body. The Rosecrans started from Monterey, Cal., a 2,976-ton ship, bound for Portland, Ore., with 19,000 barrels of crude oil. On the third night out the steamer drew near the mouth of the Columbia river. A. southerly gale sprang up and there was a heavy falling sea. It began to rain, and the lighthouse beacons could scarcely be seen. < The Columbia river lightship did its best to warn the men of their danger. It never had burned more, brightly; but the somber rain shut it out, and the ship, unaware, kept nearing the Peacock spit, one of the terrors of the Pacific coast. The river light, wrapped in the rain, stood like a dumb Cyclops, whose single eye was of no avail. Suddenly, the Rosecrans grounded in the breakers. Flashed “8. O. 8.” The crew sprang to the deck as one man, and there flashed up the coast the dread “S. O. S." Three times the cry was repeated. Then darted through the captain’s mind the fear of fire from flying sparks of the wireless. Fire, with 19,000 barrels of oil on board! Better to perish in the jaws of the ocean. ... But the Astoria. Ore.; operator had got the call and he flashed back now the mercy of a promise of help, The Rosecrans dared replying: “The water is now in the cabins. We can’t stay—” but the message was never finished. The wireless operator at Asteria had •ent out a general distress call. There was no response front ship or station. He begged the Puget Sound Tugboat company at Astoria to notify by some

Launching a life Scat

A means the life-saving stations at Cape Disappointment and Point Adams. The operator at North Head v.as ; aiso beseeched to notify the Cape Disappointment people. The telephone wires were out of order. The agent of the tugboat company finally got a message to Point Adams, but could offer no information as to the scene of the wreck. Since the ship had not been able to see the beacon through the storm the surfmen, of course, could not hear a shout from the breakers of Peacock spit. It was nine o'clock, nearly four hours after the stranding of the steamer, that the surfman keeping the watch from Cape Disappointment lookout tower telephoned his chief at the main station, a quarter of a mile away, that there was a ship in the breakers oft McKenzie head. A furious gale had risen. The crew, rounding the cape, had to fight both storm and rising tide, so they turned back toward a cut-off on a near-by island. Here, too, the tide met them. Then the keeper spied a tug being' towed over the bar and asked to be taken to the wreck. There was a sharp refusal. So the crew renewed its efforts singly. It was man _ and man’s humanity that gave them strength to struggle to reach the wreck. It was useless. The crew grew exhausted. And It was more fighting to get back to the station to wait for low tide. Noon had come when they arrived, disheartened only as men who spend their lives in the business of saving other men's lives can be when they fail. Keeper Wicklund at Point Adams, after receiving the word early in the morning, had commanded all his men to get ready for sea. With the tug Tatoosh a thorough search over the bar was made, but the vessel was hidden from their view and not the trace of a mast could be seen. •Upon their return Fort Stevens telephoned that the Rosecrans had grounded bn Peacock spit. Keeper Wicklund left for Cape Disappointment station, where he tried again to reach the ship whose three survivors could now be seen hanging to the rigging, but found it impossible. Captain Rimer met him as he pulled in shore. Desperate now and determined to save those three men clinging to the mast that swayed like a willow in the wind, the two chief* manned their boats and started back, the gale tearing like a fury. The Cape Disappointment boat Tenacious reached the wreck first, but got herself into trouble by it, and It was the Point Adams crew that signaled to the half-dead men aloft to jump. By continued circling the boat got pretty close to the ruined Rosecrans. The men on the mast were afraid to leave it. The rescuers kept circling closer, when, without warning, a sea piled over their boat, it was overturned and four of the crew and the keeper shot into the water, where they clung to the wreckage until the others, who had sat tight while the boat made the <Uve, managed to get all but one back in. The crews of the tugs which did so much to help in the disaster that claimed the lives of 33 men were deeply appreciated by the department, and letters of thanks were written them by the secretary of the treasury. livery member of the two life-sav-ing crews has beeb awarded the highest sign of praise withta the province of the service—a gold medal that is only given in exceptional eases ot heroism in saving life along ths shore. .. .