Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — Page 3

NO CHANCE FOR FURLOUGH FOR JACK BARRY TO PLAY BALL THIS SUMMER

Jack Barry of the Red Sox will not be given a furlough to play professional baseball this summer, according to announcement made by Lieutenant Park, athletic director at the navy yard. This decision of the navy department affects all major and minor league players now in either branch of service. <

HUGGINS DICKERING FOR MORE STAR OUTFIELDERS

Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yankees, is not satisfied with his fighting force in spite of the fact that he annexed Pratt and Plank in the deal with the St. Louis Browns and sent five former Yankees to the western city. It is not definitely known what men he is out for, but it is certain that he is angling again. He is said to be dickering for two men now holding down outer fence positions on two different American league clubs. Fandom is wondering whether Huggins is not sighting at Tris Speaker.

END OF COLLEGE ATHLETES

Eighteen Eastern Institutions Abandon Ail Sports Because of War in France. Eighteen colleges in four Eastern states have dropped athletics because of the war, according to returns from a questionnaire distributed by Prof. Frederick B. Well of the College of the City of New York. The colleges are in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Twenty-two colleges have eliminated all pre-season coaching and the others have cut down the period. Twen-ty-three colleges have dispensed with a training table, and the other three answering kept it only for football.

IS REAL ALL-WOOL GOLF ENTHUSIAST

Dwight N. Clark, elghty-nine years young, is a real all-wool golf enthusiast. He denies that golf is a game exclusively for old men, and Insists that all young fellows like himself should swirthe little white ball. For though old in'years, Mr. Clark is one of the youngest in spirits among the golfers at Pinehurst, N. C. He has been playing on the Pinehurst course for 18 consecutive winters. The photograph shows the veteran golfer starting out for his daily round of the Pipehurst links.

ARTHUR IRWIN IS CHEERFUL

Veteran Player and Scout Says Game Will Be Good as Ever Despite War Conditions. The veteran Arthur Irwin takes a hopeful view of baseball under war conditions. He believes that the brand of baseball served up will be as good as ever and that there will be no complaining by the players over the few luxuries of travel that they will have to dispense with. Irwin, who will go back to scouting this season if the International league does not continue, says that back in 1894 his Philadelphia team, traveling on a train that did not have a diner, got into Pittsburgh* just in time to beat it to the ball yard, and, dinnerless, proceeded to whip the well-fed Pirates. ‘The Phillies were behind until the seventh,” says Arthur, “tied things up that inning, and won out in the tenth, 4to 8. They, enjoyed their big meal that night. I think the game was played the day after the Fourth, but 1 know it was in 1894.”

LUXURIES WILL BE MISSING

Wartime Economy Will Make It Impossible for Ball Player to Enjoy Many Pleasures. For a good many years the ball players of the big leagues have traveled like princes on the road. They’ve always had the best of everything—palatial Pullmans, luxurlous diners and club cars, and many long jumps have been made enjoyable for them because of the fact that they have always traveled first class. But the luxuries of railroad travel — at least a good many of them —will be missing by the time the season of 1918 opens. Club and observation cars are to be taken off of nearly every railroad train which will run on a regular schedule through big league territory, and wartime economy will make it impossible for the ball player to enjoj many of his favorite dishes on the diners.

SELF-CONTROL GREAT ASSET

Foozle In Golf Causes Grievous and Abiding Wound—Overzealousness Given as Reason. “Greater,” said Solomon, Ts he that ruleth himself than he that taketh a city.” To foozle in golf la to encourage giving up one’s great soul. It is a grievous and abiding wound to the sensitive for which he invariably curses himself, roundly and takes to sackcloth and ashes. When her lord returiß from the links his spouse knows well by his sour dejection that he has sinned ignominiously, he who thought he was master of himself. At such times he will snarl at his best friend, even as the wrongdoer is at war with the world. Overzealousness, known in golf asr pressing, by which one tries to do more than one Is able, is a common and fatal fault in golf, as in all other things.

FRENCH CHAMPION IS KILLED

Petit Breton, Famous Cyclist, Meets Death In Automobile AccidentWon Many Prizes. Petit Brecon, the famous cycling champion, who was serving in the transport department, has been killed. He was driving an automobile near Troyes when it accidentally collided with a butcher’s cart Breton was thrown out and killed on the spot He gained many of the most important prizes for cycling in France, and among his performances abroad earned great fame in the six-day grind at Madison Square garden, New York.

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PIGEONS TO BE BIG FACTORS IN THE WAR

Fanciers Finally Recognized as Devotees of Sport Unde Sam to Be FerntaMd With 200,000 Messengers—Birds Ai-e Considered Particularly Reliable for Military Work. . Scoffed at and scorned by sportsmen for a score or more of years—ever since the raising of prize pigeons entitled a man to the title of sportsman —Ohio fanciers of homing pigeons at last have been awarded notice among the ranks of devotees of more popularly accepted sporting pastimes. It remained with the pigeon raisers to furnish the United States one of the most important instruments of warfare necessary to the successful operations in the trenches. Sometime next summer when the big push starts “over there” Ohio carrier pigeons will bring back to headquarters through barrage fire and machine gun bullets—if they are lucky—messages from observers in airplanes and from men stationed in listening posts far out. in front of the. front line trenches. Already more than 7,000 birds of the highest class have been ordered by the war department for delivery at an Atlantic port on a certain date, the exact time of which is kept secret for military reasons. By next fall, according to Dr. J. C. Simon, secretary of the American Racing Pigeon association, 200,000 first■class carriers will be available for service Overseas. The pigeons being taken are considered by Doctor Simon to be particularly reliable In the matter of returning speedily’to the spot which marks their present home. No recruit going into the National army goes under closer scrutiny than do the pigeons accepted, according to officials of the association. Government inspectors scan the registry cards of each entry, after examining the bird to see wether he or she is healthy and accept only those whose parents and grandparents made exceptional records in speed contests.

FORMER ATHLETIC CRACK TO COACH AT WILLIAMS

Ija Thomas, former catcher of the Philadelphia Athletics and right-hand man of Connie Mack, will coach the Williams baseball nine this spring.

HAAS IS TO BECOME AVIATOR

Newark Outfielder Passes Examination for Air Service—Entered as Machinist » Bruno Haas, Newark outfielder, who has been stationed with the Newport naval reserves, has been notified that his examination for a berth with the birdmen was successful and that shortly he’ will be called to that branch of the service. He entered the naval service as a machinist The airplane service, however, appealed to him and he desired to make a change.

‘SOME NEW PLAYERS’ COMING

Connie Mack Cannot Announce Anything Definite About Them Until First of March. * j Connie Mack, in announcing the release of a batch of youngsters, says he has “some new players” coming on, but that he cannot announce anything definite about them until the first of March. Connie may be waiting to see what players of the various defunct minor leagues fail to receive contracts at the dead-line date.

FIGHTER CLABBY JOINS SPORTSMEN’S REGIMENT

Word has been received in this country that Jimmy Clabby, former middle weight champion of this country and now holding the heavy weight title of Australia, has enlisted. He attached himself to the Sportsmen’s regiment. There have been recent reports that Clabby would return here to fight in the near future.

HARD TO CHEAT FATHER TIME

Win I. th. Mm Who ApproelafM Value of Punctuality, and Great la His Reward. 1 " 11 "'! ■ A young Kentuckian has lost a big fortune by being 20 minutes late Id keeping a business engagement. The cheerless old fellow with the scythe always gets all that is coming to him. And there is many a bad scar on our fortunes where he has had to prod us up to the mark. Time is cheap, and we are apt to think we can filch It as we will. But it is always ourselves we rob, not time. Maybe you can waste your own time by being late in keeping engagements and feel that the loss, if any, Is your own affair. But it is also the affair of the man you keep waiting. You waste his time, too. If your time is worthless, maybe his Is not. He may conclude that his time is worth more to him than you are. In many cases it may not matter much. But one never knows until afterward whether it matters or not. And through false politeness we are usually assured that it does not matter even when it does. Only the idle and careless, whose time is of least value, can afford to waste it by looseness tn keeping enfgagements. * a It may be hard to acquire the fixed habit of always being on time, but it can be done, and it is worth while to do it Great business men have this habit. Men of great affairs, whose time is most completely taken up, are usually on time. It is they who know best the value of time and the importance of saving it by being prompt.—Christian Herald.

FOX, STATESMAN AND ORATOR

Brilliant Englishman Will Be Remembered as Firm Friend of American Independence. Charles James Fox, great English statesman, who did so much for American independence, entered parliament as a tory at nineteen, and was made lord of the admiralty at twenty-one. He Incurred the lifelong enmity of George IH by opposing a royal marriage bill, favored by the king, and at the king’s instance he was dismissed from office. Thereupon he left the tories and joined the whig party, whose chief he soon became, leading them in' their splendid opposition to Lord North and the war which ended in American independence. Fox was kept out of office, by the enmity of the king during 22 of the best years of his life (Lord Grenville finally refused to form a cabinet without him), but. managed in spite, of this to fight valiantly for many good measures, including Indian government reform, a better libel law and the abolition of the slave trade. He risked his life rising from a sick bed to speak for the latter. Gambling, which his father taught him as a child, was Fox’s besetting sin. He lost thousands by it, but when in 1793 his friends paid his debts and settled an annuity upon him, he never touched a card again. • Fox was one of the greatest orators who ever spoke in the British parliament. He is said to have possessed “above all moderns that union of reason, simplicity and vehemence which formed the prince of orators.”

Interesting Old Egyptian Letters.

Letter writing, fortunately, was much practiced in ancient Egypt, and there are quantities of letters between jtersons of all degrees of education andAvritten on all sorts of occasions. We may read, for instance, the encouragement and good advice sent by parents to absent sons, or may recognize familiar types of character in the answering effusions of children to parents —the spoilt boy who scolds his fathen for having left him at home instead of taking him to the capital; the well-conducted youth, who complacently assures his relatives that he is getting on very well, combining study ■with recreation, and the prodigal son, who writes to beg h|s mother’s forgiveness and confesses that he has brought himself to destitution.

Canton a City of Canals.

At Canton, the oldest city In southern China, the river is, in effect, canalized, and the shipping is heavy and varied. The water is deep enough for ships of 1,000 tons burden as far as the city, but foreign boats come up only as far as Whampoa, nine miles to the southeast, where there are extensive docks. Here the loading and unloading is done by native boats. Vessels of deep draft lie outside the bar. Forty miles below is the Boca Tigris (Mouth of the Tiger), and the water widens into a wide estuary. Water divides the old from,the new town and surrounds the island and the suburbs, where the Europeans live, so that Canton has an abundance of picturesque water life, including a big houseboat population.

Useful Tree.

An American tree, known as the shea, or butter tree, is beginning to attract commercial attention. It sup plies not only nuts, but also butter that may become an article of commercial importance. It is already exported to Europe, where makers of artificial butter find use for IL Almost two-thirds of the nut is vegetable butter. The tree begins to bear when it is fifteen years old and reaches its prime in twenty-five years. Chocolate manufacturers could easily utilize the product It might also be ot use in making candles and soap.

SIMPLE THINGS WORTH WHILE

Many Make Mistake st Thinking Happiness Comes Only From Material or Outward Conditions. } Why- should you care to be pestered with a large bank account or distressed by a house full of servants? asks the Albuquerque Evening Herald, which adds: Adam and Eve had neither of these and they called their place of abode Paradise. Few people have learned the secret of living well. Too many think it depends almost wholly on the condition of the pocketbook. This is most certainly a mistake. Happiness is not born of material or outward sult of a purely mental process. Amid the duller threads of duty it is well to weave one bright strand of desires —it is well to mix a little sunshine with your daily food. You can soften the sound of cab and car in the stony street by calling to memory a bird’s song heard in the fields on a summer afternoon in childhood. It Is sweeter to your soul —if you have one—than is the railroad that you own yourself. Take a day off and go out to some cemetery where you may reflect on the brevity of life and the insufficiency of things pertaining to the pock-, etbook. It is better that you go before it comes your turn to ride out there in the big plumed car that never hauls its load back again. Don’t wait until you own your private automobile, but go while you are able to walk and to think. From the dead you may learn much of life. Scan all the virtues Inscribed upon all the headstones by loving hands —and among them all you will not find recorded the possession of a million dollars or a dockedtall horse or a brownstone palace or a 12-cylinder car or a “handsome” wardrobe. No! The headstones usually tell you only of those things worth while.

IDEAS CURIOUS AND POETIC

Remarkable Beliefs That Have Been Firmly Ingrained Into the Children of Siam. Mr. Ernest Young, who went to Siam to organize the educational system, related at London recently some curious beliefs held by the children there. He explained that he had experienced considerable difficulty in teaching them the rudiments of science, They believed that the earth was flat because the priest had told them so. It was also the impression of. these children that a big crab went down into the sea and made the tide flow, and when the crab came up for fresh air the tide ebbed. When the gods became angry rolling thunder was heard, and when the angels got sporty and struck fire out of bricks, summer lightning flashes were seen. When many angels got into the bath at the same time water ran over the side and it rained. Directly Mr. Young Entered a school the children prostrated themselves before him, and the only way they could be Induced to abandon this practice was to tell them that English children did not do that. They would do anything English children were said to do. They were awful liars, but when told that the English boy was truthful they gave up the habit.

Precious Stones in British Crown.

There are no less than 3,000 stones in the crown of the British king. Some very famous jewels are included in this number. One of these is a large, heart-shaped ruby, given to Edward, the Black Prince, in 1637, by Don Pedro of Castile. Another precious gem of the crown is a huge sapphire, bought by George IV. The remaining jewels consist of 1,363 brilliant diamonds, 1,273 rose diamonds, 147 table diamonds, 277 pearls, 16 sapphires, 11 emeralds and four rubles. Complete with its white silk lining and purple cap, the crown weighs slightly more than 39 ounces.

Chinese Canals.

At what period the Chinese began to dig canals, there is no authentic rec; ord to prove. Sometimes it seems as if .these remarkable people must always have had canals and other works, so long have they been familiar to them and so well established have they been as a part of the country as the men from the Occident first visited it. One thinks of the Grand Canal of China and the Great Wall of China together, although, of course, thejr have nothing whatever to do with each other, except that they are both ancient and remarkable works of the Chinese people.

Don’t Envy Others.

Idle women, or women who seem to be spared anything that savors of work, are never happy or satisfied. Persons who live aimless lives simply cannot be happy. Let the woman given to envying those “fortunate,” but in reality lazy and listless individuals, ponder seriously over this truth, become interested in some worthwhile duty of the hour, and try to forget herself. If she does this she will not find any time to waste in idle wishing, but, on the other hand, will experience a contentment delightfully new and satisfying.

Glassmaking Old Industry.

Glass™*king in Venice is of remote antiquity. By a law of November 8, yiyi, the authorities of Venice, to avoid the risk of fire, ordered the glassmaking industry to be transferred to the adjacent Island of Murano. Ever since Murano has been the most important center for hand-made glass and glassbead manufacture in the world.

SCRAPS of HUMOR

A NEAR CALAMITY. Little, Mary was being initiated Into the wonders of the Pullman car. She and her mother left the city late in the afternoon, each occupying a big cush» toned seat in the car. Mary wished to know at once where they were to sleep, and after five hours’ explanation by her mother she realized that they were to sleep in a bed ma le over their seats, which would be completed by the porter about nine o’clock. At the next stop a man entered the car and Mary was forced to give up her individual seat to him. He had reserved the upper berth, which she did not know. The giving up of the seat was for a time, enough food for thought, but she finally burst out with the question: “Mamma, if we sleep here, and all those other people sleep where they are sitting, where is that man going to sleep?” “That' man” and the rest in the car laughed. The explanation process began all over again.—lndianapolis News.

Melodrama.

“He’s a calculating villain.” “Quite right. Observe. He moves apart and mumbles to himself.” “Ha! We now see him calculating.” —Birmingham Age-Herald.

Almost Good.

Ripp—What kind of a screen artist is he? Rapp—He can draw anything but a salary, and make anything but a living.—Film Fun.

SURER THING.

“Hear you’ve given up your regular practice?” “Yes; I’ve been appointed official surgeon of the Auto club, and I have about as much as I can attend to.”

Music's Charms.

Oh, music’s charms will serve, they say, Rude indignations to disperse; But some musicians when they play Contrive to make the matter worse.

How She Got It.

“Mrs. Cashlt has a great deal of embonpoint, don’t you think so, Mrs. ComeupT’ “Yes; she always was great on them forrin fads.”

Pleasant Anticipation.

“Tea or coffee?” demanded the bustling waitress. He smiled benignly. “Don’t tell me; let me guess,” he whispered.—Stray Stories.

Quite So.

Wise—The photographer you sent out here simply snapped the children and the house and then went off. He—i see. A case of snap and go. ,

Grateful Praise.

“Well, dear, how does my record compare so far with your mother’s?" “Your fusses are nothing like the ones mother used to make.”

An Odd Storehouse.

“The feast at the club was seasoned with its well-known Attic salt.” “How queer! We keep ours in the kitchen.”

The Perfect Food.

“There are five classes of food —proteins. carbohydrates, fats, minerals and water.” “You get ’em all in hash.”

Fact.

The goose is very foolish And frivolous is the monk. But when it comes to a lot of scent* i Give me the lowly skunk. •

The Lure of Verbiage.

“Some questions are never answered.” “True. A great deal of discussion Is like saying, ‘Polly want a cracker? to a parrot. The parrot hands It back and the conversation goes on indefinitely over a cracker that nobody cared about In the first place.”