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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
REVIVAL PROMISED OF
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS

There Is to be a great revival Of Inter-
collegiate tennis this year both in the east
and west. Heretofore the sport had -four
fshed only Internationally, some of the coll
leses paying almost no attention what
ever to II. To show the Importance which
Is now being attached to the sport mem
ton may be made Of Yale's announcement
of an interscholastc tournament next
month in New Haven. Throughout the
entire eastern college world tennis asso-
Citations are being organized, new courts
laid out and tournaments planned
There Is just one drawback to the com
plete success Of the sport in the east. This
Is the fact that the intercollegiate tourna-
ment is held in the fall instead Of in Nav
or June The original object Of holding
the tournament the first week IN October
was because the damp and rainy weather
in the spring prevented the practice nee
intercollegiate tournament at that time.
But the fall tournament has had a couu-
ter evil effect, for 1t has limited the COM
petitors to just those students who are
able to keep up their practice during the
summer months.
In the middle western schools the inter-
collegiate tournament is always held in
the spring, and with good results With
the establishment of indoor courts at many
ment of so many dual meets, 1t is only a
question of time when the eastern tour
nament IS also held IN the spring months
Because 1t is held In the fall student is
able to compete but three years. He
is barred now by the freshman rule IN
his first year. and of course cannot conf
pete after his graduation in the fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29

Every One Has a Different
Method of Meeting the Ball
Some "reminiscences.
BIZ HUGH S. FULLERTON.

Every professional bail player-fn fact,
ferent way. Their attitudes at bat, the
way they grasp the club, the way they
throw their bodies into the swing-every-
thing Is different. No two men hit alike.
Occasionally I see some youngsters whose
actions remind me Of some old-time bat
ter, but that is seldom. The most striking
instance of this 1 remember IS Hub Hart
Comiskey's new man, who almost dupii-
Gates the movements of Walter Thornton,
Anson's old pitcher, who, by the way, was
one of the best hitters that ever broke into
base ball.
Another striking resemblance. both at
bat and in the field, Is that of Bill Bradley.
the Cleveland star, to Jere Denny. But
it is seldom one even can detect a, resem-
blance between the styles Of players.
Delehanty's Style.
Ed Delehanty had an odd style. He
swung with his arms, with a iurching,
slashing movement, quick as a flash, yet,
In some way, he managed to get the
strength of his body and his weight behind
the drive. One to look at Del would have
thought him bum hitter-although he was
one of the best, and at that there were
times when Del looked like a sucker against
a fast curve ball. He was a great hitter
mainly because of a wonderfully accurate
eye and his unusual ability to call the
turn on what the pitcher was going to de-
liver.
Lajoie is a hitter much after the style Of
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tain, Dodd, A. Richardson, Smith, Arney,
Isaacs. Johnson, Hutchinson and Whitney.
All Of the boys are showing up we'll. Field
Herring Is doing the twirling. The team
lost several good players but through their
earnest practice during the past month or
so Will soon put them In playing condt-
ton.
Central High School.
In all probability the Central High School
base ball team this season will not be as
strong as that OF last year, as that team
was about the strongest combination Of
players that has been gathered together
in any school Of the District for many
years Notwithstanding that there are but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29

at bat on his right foot his left leg akinbo,
with only the toe touching the ground, and
waved his bat wildly. When he swung
full force at ball he spun around like a
top two or three times. When he landed
squarely on the ball 1t never stopped going
but the trouble was he didn't land
squarely often enough
But the oldest Of all batters was Doggy
Miller He was short and stout, with
plump little legs. He stood perfectly still
at bat until Just as the pitcher wes wind
ing UP to deliver the BAH, then he sud
denly stuck his left leg out straight In
front OF 1t, gave q funny little ballet girl
kick and threw himself forward to meet
the BALL
His performance caused 50 much laugh
ter that Doggy tried earnestly TO stop
kicking-but he couldn't hit unless he did.
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most OF his clothing before he stepped up
but when he did! Pete was a great hitter
His style was that sweeping. slashing STYLE
and he drove his bat with immense power
getting the weight of his entire body into
the swing. Pete didn't care much except
for his hits. Meeting him one night after
a game, I asked seriously: What was the
score, Peter"
Dunno-forget," said Pete. But got
four"
Bug Holidays Way.
Perhaps the man who put more strength
behind his bat than any other hitter was
Bug Holiday. Bug was enough TO frighten
pitcher when he looked at him. He stood
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three of last years players in the squad
this season, Manager Mathews expects to
round out a good team, which will give the
other teams a hard struggle for the pen
uant.
The team has played several practice
games and has shown up very well. Nc
Donald, who was on the Initial sack last
year is out for the position again this year
and looks like first choice Hampton ts
among the aspirants for a position in the
field He did very good work in left gar
den last season At the short field there
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are several candidatea but Evans, who
was on the team last year at that position,
looks The most promising. The squad has
received several new. man from the other
schools Oyster, who did some OF the twirI-
TSs squad is made up Of murray, Mathews
(rranaker), Willie, Maneff. Bristorn. Hamp-
ton. Riehi, Oyster, Bristol, Mcdonald,
Richardson, Asouith Willis (captains,
Evans, Hunter end Fuller.
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BASE BALL IN
THE HIGH SCHOOLS
Prospects Bright for a Lively
Season Among the Local
Amateur Players.

The base bail outlook at the Mckinley
Manual Training School is considered the
brightest since the school became factor
In the high school athletic contests OF the
iast years team but four members are miss
ing from the present squad, which looks
promising. The followers OF the Maroon
and Gray are confident OF their team win
ming the championship this season.
Cant. Sterzer issued a call for candidates
the second week in March, and since that
time the squad has had outdoor practice,
and also played several games The squad
s being coached by Maurice Wolfe, the for
ner Eastern League and American Asso-
cialon pitcher. and under his guidance It
IS thought that the team will soon be in
playing form
sterzer, who pitched in several Of the
championship contests last season. was
unanimously elected captain, and, with
Lynch. who performed the box work Cor the
Western last season, Will make about the
strongest combination Of twlrlers in the
h4gh schools this season. In addition to
these there are several good pitchers-Rich-
ard who was in the Sunday School League
and seay and Graham. There are seven
candidates for the position at the receiving
end OF the battery-WarTen, Brewster,
Crook poran Hobson, Mangum and Fish
back Brewster and Warren both caught N
the Epis-opa League and have had expert
ehcs Doran was a member of last year
Tech" team. Blk candidates are out for
the first-base position, the most promising
OF whom is Goodman who was at the initial
corner last year The other candidates are
Graham. Wilson, Clarvoe, Wann and
Chapin.
For the other inAeld positions there are
several good candidates. Garvey, from the
Episcopal League; Thiele, Platte, sturgis,
Benson Bell Chaplin, Hodgson and Keenan,
arc all working hard for first choice. me
outheld Is the same as Last yeaT-k n eessi,
Larner and Dugan-but these are peing
pushed hard by smith Elhs. Hoover, Felz-
man Seay, Norris, Khnger, Windsor, Bro
die Schmidt. Crisp. Holland, Barbes, Ru-
pertus and Cherry,
Mana ger Chester Caywood has arranged
an unusually good schedule, IN which games
will be played with many Of the strong
teams OF the District. The schedule is:
May Eastern High School.
Mas 4-Georgetown Reserves, at George
town
May s-st Johns College.
Nav 11-Western High School.
May le-Army and Navy Preparatory
May Episcopal High School, at Alex
Rndr4a.
MAY 2o-Buslaess High School.
MAJ 25-G Georgetown Preparatory School,
at Georgetown.
May 29-st Johns College.
June Central High School.
Business High School.
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by delaying the pitch until he couldn't hit
much OF anything Dad Clarke vowed that
Setback couldn't make hit If the pitcher
was slow, and 1t is notorious that Setback
never could hit those slow-baH pitchers
especially the irritating Mig Cuppy.
Another pantomimist was Pete Brown
ing, who went through all sorts Of antics
before settling down to hit. He rearranged
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Businees High sehool.

Although only three of last years players
have returned 10 the Business High School,
the team this season, II is thought will
Be a strong factor in the championship
race, The followers Of the Orange and Blue
are gangUine that the season will be sue
than In the past three years. and the mum
Der OF candidates is unusually large This
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18


Start "a diary OF daily doings in the
poultry yard.
Mark and retain for breeding ali the
January layers.
DR. Twitchell says that no Industry
offers such chance to realize on cap
ital invested as does the poultry in
dustry.
Don't overestlmate your capacity.
neither In the size plant you are IN
dertaking. nor the number Of birds In
a family.
Turkeys do not understand woven
wire fences They cannot get through,
and viii not perch on top-not sur
face enough They seldom fly over.
In getting over a fence, they want
first to rest on the top, so as to find
an alighting place on the other side
Pasture for the hens? Certainly.
Haven't you noticed how heartily they
will pick grass2 The first thing they
try TO get in the spring when they are
let ont upon the ground. is grass. Try
to have run for them so they can
get a full ration OF green feed. Farm
Journal
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THE MORGAN HORSE.
A Word About the Breed and the
Governments Experiment
in Breeding.

The announcement Of the purpose OF
the secretary of agriculture to establish
stud OF Morgan horses at the Vermont
experimental station has caused consid-
cradle comment az TO the desirability OF
efforts TO encourage the breeding OF this
family OF horses Some hold that the
breeders of the country are already pro-
duciuR a sufficient number OF Morgan
horses. and need no assistance from the
government Others are OF the opinion
that there H. only limited demand for
horses OF the Morgan type in the mar
kots OF this or other countries and that
90 the government stimulates The pro
ductiOu OF such horses, most of them
will either remain ln The hands OF the
breeders or be sold at an unremunera-
tive figure
Both OF these classes OF critics have
some reason for their arguments. com
meuu the Country Gentleman. but this
does not necessarily prove thaj the gov
eminent would not De- doing good thing
By properly selecting a stud Of these
animals and breeding for uniformity
and prepotency. There are many Nor
San HORSES in the country. but they vary
greatly ln type aud it Is not on easy
matter Go End either stations or mares
Tor "a breeding stud az reasonable prices.
Neither is 90 easy 20 iud a team Of good
Morgan horses that can be- purchased
al "a reasonable price.
Again. many of the Morgans are too
small To sen ON our markets for any
thing but ponies. and the demand for
that class OF horses Is limited How
ever. there are Morgans and Morgans.
and % Is possible 90 ind seine stations
i5h 10 l5ia hands which. bred upon
mares Of equal or greater size. would
produce offspring desirable for the har-
ness classes. II the breeding animals
we're properly selected for conformation.
disposition and action. II Is practically
impossible Cor Individual broeders 20
select a type Of horse that Is uniform in
rs principal characteristics and 70
breed % TO this one type sufficient time
10 fix the type by developing les rrepo-
tency.
This the government, working with
the experiment stations. can do. n the
plan rs intelllgently maured and fol-
lowed without material deviation Such
a breeding operation needs TO be con-
stanuy undgr the eye OF the director.
who should have fun authority TO prac-
tice the most rigid selection Whether
this can be accomplished as the gov
eminent service Is now conducted ls
open 20 question, but q Is worth trying.
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j j j
Fr 2
FiEI
ZIG a-ANoTHER STYLE OF FAsTEN-
Frs

ZIG a-ANOTHER STYLE or FAsTEN-
ERS
sticks one OF the hooks Is shown az
IL appears when finished. and the 9TH
err g. left a. 10 leaves the form. Il also
shows the form as seen from above.
This Is simply a hardwood block with
three corresponding iron pins driven
into a. In cutting the wires / use a
pair Of timers shears, aud cut eight
or ten rings al a time: and II the pins
in the form stand plumb and true,
three or four or even more hooks can
be bent at once
Fig shows a patched comb. the
opening between comb and bottom-bsf
being filled out. aud a piece OF droae
comb IN the corner taken out and re-
placed with worker comb Properly
shaped forks or clasps are below the
comb.
With a supply OF these little traps
on hand, transferring as well as patch
ing up can be rapidly done.
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FIG LONE STYLE or FASTENERS.
frame they not only hold inserted
patches In their places, but also hold
the comb In the center Of the frame.
This Is a very desirable and important
feature OF the movable frame. II the
combs are all true and conferred. ali
manipulations that require taking GU.
or inserting combs are pleasure.
ANY bulging out on one side or the
other is liable 10 rub against the next
comb. or. what is still worse. against
the bees that may be IN the way; and
the consequence Is generally an In
furiated lot OF bees TO aIack the oper.
at0r
The Illustrations make q all plain.
Fig. I represents a large piece Of comb
fastened In its place with two pairs Of
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prnininr Lnrre Arsas.

The draining OF largo areas Of land
calls for expert advice and suporin.
.endence. The man who owns a small
piece OF land and has an outlet for his
surplus water Ein find little trouble
perhaps In getting a drainage system
10 work; but IL IS Jar otherwise with
a large area. whether that area con.
sist OF a Level plain OF o. hills. u Is
very easy TO construed q drainage sys-
TEN that will not work well on the
hillo and that will not work a; all on
the level land. Expert advice and
supcrintendence cost money, but they
are worth money. A drainage system
should be built to last: but IL ii Is
built unscientihcaily IL may have to
be partly torn out before it has been
in the ground many yeaTs
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FASTENERS FOR COMBS.
Convenient and Practical Methods Of
Retaining the Comb in the
Frames.

During all these years, especially
during the first tire OF four years Of
my bee keeping, writes a correspond
ent OF Gleanings in Bee Culture, | have
tried various ways OF fastening combs
In frames, and have settled on what
consider the most practical method
am acquainted with.
have two different methods, one for
fastening whole combs or large pieces
as I'm transferring. and the other TO
patch up, like fastening a narrow strip
az the bottom between comb and bot
tom bar, where the bees failed to make
the connection. To do the former
used little sticks about one-eighth by
one-quarter incn, as long as the frame
Is deep. with three-sixteenths projec-
ton above and below. They are fas-
tened in pairs with little pieces OF
stovepipe wire, bent something like the
reversed letter 6 after the hook r. bent
II takes about three inches Of wire to
make the hooks. which should be
shaped over a form to make them all
alike A little bench, made OF com
mon board as wide as the frame Is
deep. Is a great convenience TO help
do this work rapidly. When the comb
Is fitted into the frame, which 10 done
by laying the frame on the cont and
cutting around inside the frame. one Of
the little sticks is slipped under the
comb wherever the support Is needed
another Is laid right over II, and with
two hooks the projecting ends are
clasped together. Il generally takes
two pairs OF sticks II one large piece
is TO be fastened. II more smaller ones.
three or even four pairs may DO needed.
For patching up, little forks Of tenn
pered fence wire are slipped over the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18
AN ARMoRED MoToR-cAR.
The Invention of a German Goes
Over Rough Fields and
Climbs Hills.


Many attempts have been made in
recent years to adapt the automobile
10 military uses. mainly for scouting
or In the commissary or transpOrta-
ton departments. and even in some
few instances for actual use on the
firing line" But In each case the
car thus designed has been converted
from an ordinary vehicle aud would
have teen useless at the front UNI
der real service conditions.
10 has remained for the Germans 10
design aud build a real war car
one well able to take care Of itself at
the front and sufficiently armored to
protect its operator and crew from
rifle and rapid-fre bullets,
This car has a coming tower and
carries a rapid-fre gun. and is roomy
enough 10 accommodate its crew of
two gunners and a driver, whose seat
may be lowered when the car goes
into action. Light pressed steel is
used as a covering for the motor hood.
aud The same material is used TO shield
the gears and the drivers seat Need
less 10 say, the coming tower is also
covered In the same way The steel
Is scarcely one-half inch thick, and
the whole conveyance weighs little
more than the heavier types Of tour
ing ears.
The driver is seated in a compart-
ment separate from the tower part.
but may enter it through a connecting
door Two small openings in the
front give him an opportunity to see
the road before him and to guide the
car. a smaller opening between his
compartment and the tower permits
the gunner 20 direct him. An outside
door fastened on the interior, per-
mits him to leave the car If he so
| desires Ammunition is stored away
in compact compartments.
The top Of the tower, through which
the gun IS pointed, can be rotated so
that the fire can be directed to any
| quarter The gun by its machinery
can be projected or withdrawn from
the opening as desired The wheels
are sheathed with half-inch steel
An four wheels are direct driven,
there being two differentials and two
transverse springs. BY this arrange
ment the vehicle can be started and
run over any kind of road, and ex-
| perlments which have already been
made showed that IL can easily climb
GO per cent grade. can go down
into a ditch and come out again with
out sny difficulty. while crossing a
rough field was quite within its possl-
| bilities
In the tests recently made this au-
! tomobile fort easily made % miles an
hour, cutting across fields from one
road TO another and demonstrating its
| ability 10 fight in a broken country.
| While in the experimental maheuvers
the roads were used where possible,
the machine was purposely driven
acrcss-eountry TO make the test as se-
we're as possible, but the car surmount-
/ ed every obstacle with ease.
The 40-horsepower motor is spe-
/ cially built. somewhat heavier in all
its parts than a motor of similar pow
er designed for a touring car. and
came through the long and exhaustive
trial without heating or any Of Its
parts getting out of order.
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RACK FOR FEEDING CORN FODDER
degree. With the two divisions a and
b between Which fodder is placed TO be
eaten by stock from underneath at and
d. there IS little opportunity for getting
the fodder under foot The rack Is ave
feet high. four feet wide az bottom and
i've feet between C and d. The opening
below the center division is 10 inches
wide. Ny troughs. says the writer in
Farm and Home. were built ~ feet long.
but any length may be made
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Way 20 Rid of Lice.

make the roosts about two inches
wide, and take a piece Of cloth one
and one-half inches wide. fold and
tack on under side Of roost the whole
length. After the hens go out you
viii mad the lice under that cloth
;lean. dry and warm. You take the
roosts out and scald and dry, or have
another set to put in while they are
getting dry, and you will soon be I'd
OF lice. Dead lice tell no taies; neither
do they bite.-Midland Farmer
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Foe Of cnnid Punished.

Dismissed because he had married, a
johannesburg bank clerk was awarded
three months salSry and Sl65 for libel
contained in the letter OF dismissal,
the court remarking that any agree
ment IN restraint of marriage wits
void, immoral and contrary TO public
policy.
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Combining Fattening Birds.

The American farmer generally does
not like TO think Of his birds being
confined at any time of the season
when they could be out OF doors. Yet
If birds are 20 be fattened for any
purpose that end can be obtained far
better by combining them than by al
lowing them to run.-Farmers Re-
view
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A PRACTICAL FODDER RACK
By It's Use the Feeding Of the Stock
Can Be Done with Least
Waste.

Economy should be practlced In feed
ing corn fodder as well as any other
feed. There Is a large amount Of waste
caused either by carelessness or by not
having suitable racks from which to
feed the stock In the rack shown in
cut the fodder Is saved 10 the greatest
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18
The Milking Stool

On the side OF the box thai | sit on
10 milk | have tackled in loop form a
leather strap which makes II very handy
60 move. II can be hung by this loop
on a peg or nail under shelter, 10 keep
a dry and clean.
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A Real One

Redd-I hear she is going 10 marry
a bookmaker at the track.
Greene-Well. she always did love
outdoor sports.-Yonkers Statesman.
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Partly Right.

Mrs. Naybur-I have heard your hus-
band spoken of as a pure food en-
thusiast
Mrs. Crossway-He's a food enthus-
last, anyway. He can eat more than
any two men | know of-Chicago
Tribune
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-18

Tale in all the farm implements
that may be out OF doors and oil the
metal parts 70 protect them against
rust
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Time Table in Effect. May I. 1905.

EQUIPMENT: Trains numbers and carry
Buffet ParloT car and coaches between Cincinnati
aud Knoxville In both directions Trains mum
bers and carry Pullman vestibuled sleeping
car and coaches between Cincinnati and Knox
Vile in both directions.
w. n. BOWER, Ticket Agent.