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the Philadelphia Nationals. Two years
ago this Knabe was digging them out
OF the cinder dumps around Pittsburg
with a bunch Of scrub back alley
players. and he was pulling of stunts
then that would make lots Of big
leaguers look as small as the sporting
column In the Christian Advocate He
got q chance at Toledo with the Mud
hens, and after a season Of warming
the bench Murray took him 10 Phiiadel-
phia 10 keep his bench from growing
cold and clammy OF course. the wise
guys thought he needed TO be educated
before he'd be I'D TO snuff- But Kid
Gleason, one OF the veterans and an old
reliable. got a crack in the glass and
they Just had to stick Rnabe in the
hole. The kid jumped into the limelight
and proceeded right of the reel 70 make
the old guys look Ike a plugged nickel,
30 that when Gleason got his glassware
fixed Up he got the bench warming Job
and Knabe was the whole works.
Hans IyObert had always fused around
the lots where when he'd 20 after Il
grounder. he was a blamed sight more
apt 70 pick up n tin can than the ball.
He got a chance at JohnstOwn, Pa, and
the smooth field excited him SO much
that he ran away from the whole Out
law League. There was nothing too
hard for this Dutch kid when he got
where he didn't have TO chase ground
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Written and Illustrated by
Jim NASlUM.

EAR SON-You've been getting
the wrong hold. on some of this
dope I've been handing you II
you get to grabbing good advice
in the wrong place the first thing you
know # will get jiu jitsu on your lunch
hook and put you down for the count.
Now, sonny, when l handed you that
dope about the guy with the noodle be-
ing the velvet goods on a baseball team,
ard that the wise gazabo with the
marbles in his knot would hang up more
brackets than the champion slugger
with the pool check head. / didn't mean
the brand of intellect proverbial as be-
ing stored in the garnet or Philadel-
phia lawyer. l guess you thought you
had caught me mapping when you called
me for boosting the brainy ball player
and knocking the guy who wasted his
time in a knowledge factory filling his
garrett with learning, but let me give
You a tip right here that learning ana
brains are two words which the public
has got into the habit of sending to the
bat in the wrong place
In every business you'll butt into guys
who are filled so full of learning that
they have to stand on their up-toes 10
keep it from stopping over, but haven |
got enough brains in their tanks TO make
a grease spot on the lining. Lots or
guys can spiel Blackstone and spit out
seventeen different kinds Of CAB, and
they've got the glacial period and the
stone age down pat. but the inside OF
their shells is so blamed dry that a
stick of Chinese punk would make a wet
mark on Il.
Learning isn't brains by a long shot
though It is often mistaken for such.
knowledge and education has got TO be
scrambled with brains or II makes a
mighty bum dish TO serve up. And
when il comes to a decision between the
two. the guy with the brains can put
If over the educated slob with nothing
in his knot but knowledge. Knowl-
edge Is what they hammer into your
coming tower up at that knowledge fac
tory. and brains is what the Almighty
planted in your roof garden so that
you'd be one of some use in this old
dump Of a world. And I want to give
you a tip right here that in the base
ball business it's the brains. and not
knowledge. that makes the candy kid.
a. isn't always the guy who is crommed
full of knowledge of the game who ia
the brainy player. knowledge OF the
game is only knowing what others have
done. but brainy playing is thinking
for yourself and sprlnging stunts which
the other guys aren't wise 10. The guy
with the knowledge is a machine that
grinds out just what you expect it %
when you pull the lever. but the kid
with the brains will pull of a stunt of
his own that cops you on the crazy
hone when y-OTfx-p pof y-Or1r ptlard set
for a swing on the Stats. In baseball, as
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Bill Shakespeare. first base
Socrates, second base.
Solomon. third base
XenOCrates. left field.
Aristotle, center field.
Won Humboldt, right field.
As brainy bunch this all-star outfit
would certainly have all corners skinned
to a frazzle. but we have every. reason
20 believe that Mike Kelly. Buck Ewing.
John Garrison, and that bunch would
put It all over them for results on the
score card. Quick thinking powers AID
originality aren't the whole cheese IN
baseball. but they are the distinguishing
feature between the star and the dub,
other things being equal
So don't lose sight OF IL for a minute
sonny. that you've got 70 be right there
with the snapshot machinery in your
coming tower 10 keep out OF the dub
class. Fielding the ball and smuggling the
leather is the only part OF the game
that's visible to the audience. hut there s
a laundering lot OF thinking 10 do be-
hind the scenes 20 make the play run
smoothly 1 must close now, as have
20 referee a scrap down al the black
smith shop this evening VIII write
you again next week.
FROM YOUR DAD.
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hadn't been hammered into machines,
but had brains Of their own.
I'm showing all this al you. sonny. just
70 show you that you've got 20 make &
success out Of yourself and not depend
on some educated slOb 10 show you the
way. In any Of Hfe's classes the guy
who don't get anything into his knot but
what his instructor hammers through the
she'll is a mighty bum imitation OF a
finished article. It's the little gray mar
bles IN your own garnet that cuts out
your niche for you, and II your niche
happens 10 be a lower berth don't blame
II on anybody but yourself. Every guy
IN this little old dump OF world has
just what is coming 10 him. because II
he had anything more coming he'd hustle
out and get u.
But speaking OF brainy ball players,
sonny. don't get & into your knot that
you can think your way through a game
and get away with H. You've got 70
have the goods all over the house be-
sides having the stuff IN your attic. II
brains alone would win ball games,
William Dean HoweIls would have Hans
Wagner chased clear under the bed. In
this event. as an all-star team Of past
diamond heroes we might have the FOL
lowing;
DemOsthenes. catcher
Cicero. pitcher
Plato, shOrtstOp-
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riveted cinch necessity. There's, lots Of
guys playing brainy ball today TO whom
the English language looks Ike laun-
dry ticket
1 know that lots of wise guys have got
In their knot that a kid must be edu-
Gated in the fine points OF the game by
a long postgraduate course in fast COM
pany before he can make good in the
big show. but don't you believe It for a
minute. II is this pipe dream OF the
wise guys that keeps lots Of original
packages Of heady and snappy ball
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playing warming the bench, and often
sends them back TO the bushes without
the seal being broken to see what
they've got. You can take It from your
dad that there's kids on the cinder
DUMPS who are pulling on header
stunts than lots OF the actors in the big
show, and given the same amount OF
physical ability they can jump right into
the big ring and put Il all over the old
guys who have been hammered into a
machine taat runs the way II was builI
TO run.
As an example OF this just trim your
lamps on the work OF Otto Knabe' OF
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PROFESSOR OF CHEEsEMAKING

Miss Marguerite r. Frink has been APP
pointed to.fiIl professorship in the Col
oradO State Agricultural college. while
the regular incumbent. Prof Hewlett. is
in New York city taking courses in Co
lumbia University. Miss Frink has
studied the details Of dairying and is an
expert in cheesemak king The young
members of society hold her in great de-
mand. She is fond OF sports and she
can ride horse like a cowboy In Den
yer University she was the business and
social leader Of her class. and managed
successfully amateur theatricals.
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In Letter TO His Son, old Sport Cites
Gases of otto Knabe, Hans Lobe7,
and Hal Chase.

in any other business. you've got to
mix your knowledge of the game vita
brains and serve il up hot
So now, sonny. you can see where the
suy with the brains butts In at, and
that he packs an entirely different brand
Of goods from the educated slob. The
difference is that education Is about as
much use to a ball player as pair OF
Arctic overshoes is to a fish, while
brains and quick judgment is double
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WIRE TAPPERS TRICK
RESTAURANT KEEPER

NEW YORK, July 6-Another tale OF
a overlapping swindle. with Vanderline
Pollock. a restaurant keeper in Broad
way. in the role Of victim, was re-
hearsed in Yorkville police court today.
Pollock acknowledged he had been
heeced out Of s1.O40 by the old wireless
overlapping scheme
Joseph Goldsmith was arraigned on
the charge Of getting PollOck's money
with the assistance OF accomplices- He
was arrested yesterday by detectives,
who followed him while with Pollock
attracted by his suspicious actions. On
request Of the officers. the hearing was
continued until Monday.
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WARM WEATHER
BRINGING OUT
AUTOMOBILES
Party of Motorists Off For Trip to Gettysburg
Gossip of Tours Made and Being Made BY
Washington Enthusiasts

In the past week or so. while Old Sol
was beamlng on Washington. trans
forming it into 4 mass Of sweltering
humanity, the automobile came into its
own.
The cold weather and rain of the
spring held the sport. hack. but that It
is now in fun blast Is attested by the
great number Of machines seen each
evening speeding along the Conduit road
and other favorite stretches.
The most frequented route for motor
lists who take out-of-town trips is that
between washington and Gettysburg.
This was the trip selected for the run
Of the Automobile Club OF Washington,
and il proved so successful and the
scenery through which it was made has
been praised so highly, small parties
have been induced to make the run.
A party consisting Of Morton Luchs,
H. r. Howenstein, William Meuhleison,
Samuel Luttrell. and Charles Fiske left
the Buick garage for Gettysburg yester-
day morning at O'Clock. They went
by way of Rockville and were slated to
arrive at their destination last evening.
part of today will be spent in going
over the battlefield, under the tutelage
of a capable guide and lecturer. The
party VIII leave the historic PennsyI-
vania town after dinner, and expects to
arrive in Washington tonight
E. b. Terry. manager Of the Column
bia Transfer Company, recently return
ed from 70j-mile trip in his Buick
car Mr.. Terry took in Philadelphia,
New York Atlantic City, and other
cities in the East on mis- Jaunt, winch
Noe ma do without ruiElaU-
A merry bunch returned from three
DAYS fishing and automobile trip to
Great Falls the first part of last week
Those who enjoyed the sport were Nor
man Gait. Alexander II. Gait. Wilmer
Bowling, Mr.. Sterling, members. Of the
Grm. and employees OF Calf and Com
pany. jewelers. and John A. Lutz. They
reverted that they did not have much
luck in landing members OF the hnny
tribe. but all smiled when asked II they
had a good time.
W. A. Slater, of this city. on June 20
shipped his 45-horsepower Peerless ma
chine TO Boston. AS soon as il was
taken of the car Mr. Slater began an
extensive tour through Name, Massa-
chusetts and Vermont. At the conclu-
sion of his tour, which is being made
through part OF the country known the
worl0 over for its picturesque and rug
ged beauty. Mr.. Slater will stop at Rev
erly. Mass. where he will spend the re-
mainder of the summer.
Another Washingtonian in whose head
the auto bug is buzzing is Hugh Wallis,
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j
taking weekly trips to Gettysburg,
Frederick and other towns in his new 20
horsepower Peerless.
Wallace G Hood, of II the Motor Car
Company. who is one OF the most skill
full and daring drivers in the United
States. Will compete in the Glidden
tourney. which will begin from Cleve-
land, Ohio, on August :. Mr.. Hood won
the iOO-mile race at Benning, driving a
Thomas Flyer. on May go breaking the
worlds record for that distance. He
lowered the old mark of hours IS min
utes to hours, u minutes and 43 sec
onds- Mr. Hoods figures did not stand
lone. however. as on the same day
another record, slightly better than his.
was made at the Readville track at Bos-
ton.
c. c. Coddington, travelling manager
of the Buick firm, with headquarters In
Flint, Mich, is expected to arrive in
Washington Friday evening in his
Buick roadster. Mr.. Coddington plans
TO stay in the city FOR week.
Among those who have recently pur-
chased automobiles are (. A. Mitchell
of the Metropolitan Club, 2O-horsepower
Stevens-Duryea, model r., and Har-
rinGton Mills. proprietor Of the Grafton,
4-cyInder Oldsmobile. Emmons s
omlth, owner of Florence Court has
Just put in an order for a 4-cylinder
OldsmObile.
Ward Evans is busily making prepar-
atoms for an extended "trip 10 Syracuse.
N Y in his new OIdsmobile. The date
OF his starting has not vet been defin-
lteIy decided upon.
{. r. Mabley. general manager of the
Importers Automobile Salon. calls at
tention to the steady increase in the
business Of importing automobiles as
shown by the figures just given ont Inv
Colonel Fowler. appraiser of the port
Of New York.
The report was for the fiscal year end
ed June 20 and states that during tbis
period ]. 4SS cars. valued at 8. Oo9 COX 49,.
imported This is a gain OF 10 co..
over the importation for the preead,no
fiscal year. Further light on the -
markable development in imported rns-
chimes Is thrown on the situation bv the
reports OF the members of the salon
These report a steady increase in in
terest with the coming Of the warm
weather. The importers OF Panhards ro-
ported sales amounting to over So. ono
last week. The Dietrich Import Com
pany reported sales of $4,000. and the
Motobloc importers Of $4,000 during the
same period.
In spite of previous talk to the con-
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SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES.

There are only two games scheduled
for this week: Monday, Ninth VS..
Bethany; Wednesday, r. I. NJ. VS.,
Bethany
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The r. I. NJ. team finally consented to
remain in the league; but all their games
will DO protested on account OF Cramp-
ton having only about six eligible men.
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wheel base in 1908 touring cars. Some
interesting changes In engine detail are
promised also. The runabout situation
seems to have settled into a two-cylln-
der standard of the Maxwell type, Tor
light cars of medium price, and all
around service ability with the four
cylinder, semi-racer type, forming a
class by itself. in which further variety
of pattern Is yet to be expected. II is
still an open question whether the semi
racer is not a fad. while the two-cylin-
der disc motor gives all the evidences
of permanency.
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AS soon as r. l. NJ. announced that II
would withdraw from the league, Beth
eny nabbed lie Matt, and It was his
batting and fielding that caused First
TO lose to the Bethany team.
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AMATEUR BASEBALL.

The messenger baseball team OF the
Interstate Commerce wants games With
teams averaging fifteen or sixteen years.
Apply 70 Frank N. Han. manager, In
terstate Commerce Commission.
In a hard-fought ten-inning contest
the KensinEton Athletics won from the
New Hampshires az Van Ness Park.
Score, 4 70 , Batteries-For Kensing-
ton. Peter and Adams; for New Hamp-
shirez, Kcnner and Collie.
The Young Pikers want games with
teams averaging thirteen years. Ad-
dress H Payne, 2S14 NJ street north
west.
The St Barnabas Club defeated the
Saratoga Athletic Club and also the
Stanton Athletic Club on the formers
grounds Teams averaging fifteen. ad-
dress Robert Rothwell. Langdon. d. c.
The Lone Stars defeated the Young
National Guards BY 10 TO s The features
were the twirling Of Stringer and
Hebig. and the catching Of Anderson.
The winners want games with teams
averaging twelve years. Address 451 H
street northwest
The lexington baseball team was twice
| defeated by the Twining Athletic Club
! on July g. Scores, to and 13 to Il.
The Twinings also defeated the OIympias
on the morning Of the Fourth IA to !.
thereby winning three games in one
| day The feature was the fast work OF
| Warren at third. Teams averaging six
/ teen or seventeen years address J. R.
| CoOmes, 1923 New Jersey avenue north
west.
The crack Lafayette baseball team OF
/ this city viii leave at 1926 Wednesday.
/ July 10. for Baltimore, where they will
/ play the crack Weldon club OF that
city. double-header. first game begin
/ ming at o'clock
! The Lafayettes. eleven strong. will be
| in charge Of Manager Corbett They
have been pracucing daily in the art OF
bunting, base running. and inside work
| and feel confident of winning
/ All rOoters wishing 10 ACCOMPANY. the
/ team win please send their names no
/ later than Monday night TO Manager
/ Corbett, b53 Acker street northeast.
The L. S. Reclamation Service base
/ ball club defeated the Agricultural De-
partment by TO 8. The features were
/ the pitching Of Warren and the good
playing of his team mates. Would ike
/ to hear from the L s Geological. For
/ Pension Office Address ". J. Frawley-
L L : Reclamation Service
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In spite OF previous talk TO the con-
trary, It now seems probable there will
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Waugh put UP a ragged exhibition of
the national game against Bethany on
Wednesday
The Waugh players batting averages
won't be very high at the end OF the
season, as there are only four of the
regular players who are hitting the
ball.
President Carpenter viii announce the
dates that the postponed games shall be
played on at tomorrow's game.
First lost two hard games last week
and both by one score. R. 1. NJ.
whipped the leaders ! to on Monday
and Bethany gave it to them by 5 TO (.
That game on Monday between r. I.
NJ. and First was certainly "pippin, %
both sides playing gilt edge ball.
Pete HOffman's umpiring has been the
feature Of the games since he started
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MANY COLLEGES
LOSE ATHLETES
BY GRADUATION
Yale, Harvard, PennSyI-
vania, Michigan, and
Others Suffer.
BY MANHATTAN.

NEW YORK, July C.-Now that the
college sporting season is over. it is
timely TO note a few Of the remarkable
happenings OF the season. Taking il all
In all, the showing made by Columbia at
Poughkeepsie is one of the most note
worthy events.
The men from Morningside had reach
ed stage in college aquatics where
they were regarded as hopeless taiIend-
ers, yet they rowed the very strong
Cornell crew 70 a standstiH in the most
exciting finish ever seen in a college
regatta. So close was the finish that
for time the result was in doubt
There is a renewal Of the talk about
Yale and Harvard giving UP their dual
race and getting into the Poughkeepsie
regatta, but It is all talk
Poughkeepsie Crews Better.
It would hardly be fair to say that
either Yale or Harvard are afraid tc
so to Poughkeepsie. but the idea in
the New England universities that they
are just a little above the other educa-
tional institutions of the country. Will
prevent a great race. which would settle
beyond all doubt which IS the best col
lege crew in the country. There is no
denying the fact that in the popular
mind the winner at Poughkeepsie stands
higher than the winner at New London
1t IS probable that several Of the
crews will join the bunch at POugh-
keepsie next year. Princeton. which has
had a taste OF the joys of winter sports
on Lake Carnegie, under the tutelage
of Constance Titus, is almost certain tC
send a crew next year. The University
Of Washington wants to send a crew to
represent the Pacific coast and probab-
~ will be permitted 10 do so, and the
Military Academy at West Point may
conclude TO send a crew. The more the
merrier.
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Colleges Lose Athletes.

It has been many a year since the
colleges In general lost so many of
their athletic stars at one graduation.
Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania, and
Michigan all lose heavily, and the other
colleges also suffer. The colleges are
all placed in novel and perplexing po-
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proprietor of Wallis Cafe. He has been
taking weekly trips to Gettysburg,
Frederick and other towns in his new 10
horsepower Peerless.
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sition this year by the rule barring
freshmen from athletics. as IL IS from
the freshmen ranks that the coaches al
ways recruit their losses.
The announcement from Ann A-bor
that Michigan will again compete in
nxet years Eastern intercollegiates has
caused the Eastern coaches and train
ers to look about and size up their
stock with a vengeance.
The coming commencement robs Yale
Of Knox, Marshall, Coholan. Parsons.
Deming, Torrey. Lowe. Woodward, and
Parks. Michigan loses Garrels. her
nurdler; Stewart, her Splinter:
Ramey, her half-miler; Maloney, her
miller. and Heath and French, her broad
jumpers.
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PennSy's Heavy Loss.

Pennsylvania loses Haskins. Noffet.
Root Swain. and Kirkpatrick. Harvard
loses Quinlan, Lockwood. Young,
Minot, Kersburg. Pierce, and Grant,
nearly every good man she has, and
Cornell loses MCGoffin. Rogers, r.
Rossman, Lewis. and Herr. with
Princeton minus Armstrong and Rust.
The new material must be away
above the average 10 make good the
loss
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1t is interesting 10 note the entire ao-
sence Of foreign built cars from the en-
try list Of the A. A. A. tour. which will
lead through mountain roads that Will
be very hard on complicated or delicate
mechanisms. The nearest approach to
foreign car in the tour is a BerIiet.
which is of French design, but is built
here by the American Locomotive Au-
tomobile Company, and has fewer parts
than any imported car.
A New York official Of the American
Automobile Association comments upon
the recent change in the rules for the
A. A. A. tour. in regard to the same
number of points being credited to each
team, which change was made in re-
Spouse to a petition from entrants, as
follows: ''The promptness with which
this change was made Is a splendid ex-
ample Of the wisdom of the committee
in reserving to itself the power to
amend the rules at any time and of
their willingness to do whatever is
necessary when requested"
An example Of the attitude of the na-
tives of some of the places through
which the tour will pass is shown nv
letter the touring board has received
from t: J. O'Nein, of Hanover, Pa, In
which he says that at his request the
town council has suspended their speed
ordnance on the day the tour passes
through. that the police Will rope on
the cross streets and keen tho straaf
through which the tour passes free from
Teams ana pedestrians. He offers also
10 assist In making the arrangements
IN otner nearby towns and with the
toll roads.
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Pete Hoffman's umpiring has been the
feature Of the games since he started
to officiate
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Another Washingtonian in whose head
the auto bug is buzzing is Hugh Wallis.
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Interstate Commerce wants games with
teams averaging fifteen or sixteen years.
Apply 70 Frank n Hail. manager, In
terstate Commerce Commission.