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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-25
fife corps of twenty or

Want : fife corps of twenty or
thirty 4.
John s pson, secretary Of the de-
partm' c agriculture. Is thinking OF
runnil me such advertisement as
that in ,r.e newspapers of the country.
For about three years Mr.. Simpson has
been hunting the country over for a
fife corps as one Of the attractions at
the Iowa state fair. He wants them
there especially for Old Soldiers day
and for other occasions as we'll He
believes that fife corps win stir a
sentiment in a crowd. and especially a
crowd of old soldiers as nothing else
will. But he is unable to find fife
corps. There used to be plenty OF
them. but they seem to have gone out
of style and out Of business OF recent
years.
A. D. Shteets. chief OF the depart-
ment of municipal accounts in the
office of the state auditor, went to
Boone yesterday to begin an inspec-
ton of the accounts OF that city. An
inspection of the accounts OF LeMars
has just been completed and an in
spection of the accounts of Burlington
will be completed in a few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
CAKE IN FINALS
OF TENNIS PLAY
Lincoln or Dom to Meet
BalIenger in the Semi
Finals.

The Bachelors Tennis Club handicap
tournament for the club championship
has now narrowed down 10 the semi
finals. Matches have been played every
DAY. ana there are but three more.
Lincoln and Dom have yet 10 play,
and the winner Of this match viii play
Ballenger IN the semi-hnaI round. On
the other half OF the sheet. Cake has
won until he is now iTr>the finals to play
either Ballenger or the winner of the
Lineoln-Donn match for the champion
ship.
The finals viii be played either We'd
nesday or Thursday. on the courts Of
the club on NJ street.
The result Of the matches played up
10 this date Is as follows:
First round-HH defeated Kenyon.
Sc, Ga So; Cake defeated Hyatt, 60.
SO; Hendrick defeated DePury, 6-3. 6-3;
Hill defaulted to Barnard; BaIlengcr
defeated Grosvenor. Ct. rs: Wood de-
feated Cover. 81, 60; Baker defaulted
tC Lincoln.
Second round-Cake defeated Hll, 80
10. rs; Barnard defeated Hendrick, S-6,
Sc, 10; Ballenger defeated Cover, 1911,
So
semi-fnal round-Cal1e defeated Barn
ard, G-3 Ga.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
Sluggers Like Sherwood Magee and Fudge
Lumley Would Drive Ball Out
of the Country.

find that the good loser" is blamed
seldom any old kind of a winner. This
good loser mush is a salve which a
lot of mutt-heads insist on smeartng
over the poor, WealS-kneed slob who
would sooner swallow defeat than night
for victory. The term good loser Is
simply the sugar coat which they put
on blamed bitter pill.
You can't always be a winner, son.
but when you do lose you want 10 be
the hardest kind of loser. You'll find
it's the guy that's called crab" in
the sporting notes who pulls games out
of the fire and is the velvet goods in a
pinch. A crab is the guy who " on
his toes every minute OF the game, yand,
like a coon. fights hardest when, he's
on his back He's there so strong
with the vim and the Cab that he has
the other bunch back-pedaling i'm the
pinches- He's the guy who gets the
vinegar slang from the bleachers II he's
on the other side, but he make s the
game worth the ante, and newer has to
play "a empty benches The good
losers are the guys we chuck the bOu-
quets at. but we don't put much coin
in the box office when they hit the
town. The fans will never cough up the
ante TO see n bunch OF good losers, -
| and the managers aren't breaking theii
necks 10 sign them either. So you gel
out or the good loser" class mighty
quick and be forty-sevPn different
kinds of a crab when you're coming
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23

he was planted where the daisies grew.
Modern Inventions have changed things
so that a guy can get his chewing now
by cooking his kicks on a desk and push
ing electric buttons, and right there Is
where the mollycoddle germ finds an
opening for a knockout punch
While our forefathers used 10 put the
bug on the mollycoddle germ by ham
mering out their shoe nails with a sledge
hammer, now they can ship a train load
OF dirt from the shores Of Lake Supe-
rioT into one OF Andy CaTnegies steel
mills, and a pale-faced squirt OF a slop
presses a button and turns Il into ar
mored cruisers So. fast that the front end
may be anything from a sky scraper 10
Carnegie hero medals, while the rear
end Is stin real estate.
Now, / am not knocking against i'm
provements But / only want 10 show
you that the mollycoddle is a scale which
drops from the wheels Of progress. and
that II We can no longer get immunity
from the mOllycOddIe germ in our daily
work. we've got TO get It IN strenuous
outdoor sports. or the whole blamed
country viii go on the blink.
But along comes the inventor and ht
butts into our sports. AS a result Of
( his wind pad, mask, shin guards, ane
pillow mitt there's no more immunit!
/ from the mollycoddle germ behind tn
bat. If it hadn't been for the invention
/ Of these protectors, we'd still have mel
/ in a class with Nat Hicks. Scrapper
! used 10 get out on the green and g
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23

Glass A medal-Bauskett and Orrison
tied for first with 10 out Of 20; Wagner
won second place with Is out Of 20;
Funk. Hunter, and Barr tied for third
place with is out OF 20.
Class b medal-Hagan and Munroe
tied for first place with Is out Of 20;
c. Wilson was second with II out OF 20;
p. Ficklin was third with 10 out Of %
Class C-Moffett and DR.. Taylor tied
for first with 16 out Of %; DR.. Wolfe
was second with Is out Of 20; H b
Wilson. George. Hall. Chamber. and
Hitchcock tied for third place with 10
out OF 20.
Arrangements for the Fourth of July
alI-dav shoot are rapidly progressing
An Invitation is extended TO all shooters
In the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
Written and Illustrated by
Jim NASlUM.

Dear Son-I just had a letter from
Sam Williams. You know he is down
in Panama helping to dig Teddy Roose-
velt's big ditch. but he says that when
he isn't playing tag with the yellow
fever germs in that fool gutter OF
Teddy's he is helping to stir up the base
ball bugs or the Canal League circuit
Sam Is chasing flies through the banana
groves and prickly pear patches for
Culebra in the Canal League, and he
is willing to bet his open-work socks
that they have the champion wet wealth
er team of the world. You know II
rains so much down there that half the
time you have 10 dive TO tell whether
you're on dry land or out in the Carib-
bean sea, and they pull off ball games
on lots that would be used for water
polo in the States. Sam swears that
they are going TO have a pOst-seasOn
series this year with a team of mer-
maids from the Gulf of Tehauntepec.
But say, son, that's a great field down
there for working up a batting record
Talk about putting the leather out Of
the lot. that countrys so blamed small
down there that a good healthy Amer
lean swat would slam the pill clear out
of the country II Sherwood Magee,
Fudge Lumley, or some of these long
distance PELLET pushers up here would
ever catch one fair on the nose down
in Panama they'd slam 1t so far over in
20 Guatemala that the outfielders would
stir up a revolution II they chased Il.
Sam swears that I'm a game between
Culebra and the L. s. Marines he
chased a fly through Costa Rica and
pulled it down with one hand over in
Nicarag qua. then chucked II TO the plate
in slme TO cut of a runner trying to
score from third on the catch. Some
guys might think Sam is an awful liar.
but I'm next 10 the size of those Central
American republics and know that such
n feat isn't by, any means an impossi-
bility. even 20 a fielder with a glass
house wing.
I've been reading the papers regularly
which you send home, and there was
one thing in the last issue which / want
TO put you next 10. ! suppose that the
business-m manager typesetter- pressman-
editor on your dinky sheet thought hs
was boosting your team when he said
that you were the best losers on thu
knowledge factory circuit. Well, h
Just wasted a full column OF his valu
able editorial space in handing you thu
worst rap that he could chuck you
way. OF course, 1 suppose it's de trOp
or whatever high falutin term they
hang on to il in mollycOddle circles, To-
a bunch of college willies 10 be good
losers and take defeat with becoming
grace. 1t may be good etiquette, gooC
sportsmanship. and good every old thinl
but baseball, and it's blamed poor base
ball.
You often hear a guy say of another
"well. anyway. he's a good loser.
But if you look UP his record you'll
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
Old Sport Compares the Work of Bare
handed Catchers With That of
Modern Windpaddists.

at each other with bare knuekies, Just
10 see which was The best man, but
some stiff. with more brains than grit.
invented the boxing glove, and as
result were raising a bunch Of molly
coddlc fighters like Jack O'Brien. Thank
Heaven, these modern improvers viii
have an awful job 70 squeeze the molly
coddle into football II this sort OF
progress keeps on the mOllycOddle in
our sports threatens 70 become ma
tional calamity John Bull and your
Uncle Sam have always had the skiddo
sign on the other guys simply because
their sports were more strenuous
There's no telling TO what lengths
these inventions viii 90 in our national
game The vindicauon Of Bresnanan's
shin guards by the president Of the Ma
tional League and Fred ClaTke's threat
% stick them on the pins Of his entire
inheld opens up new possibilities in the
way Of baseball uniforms for the future.
To offset the advantage gained by these
defensive tactics we may soon expect 70
/ see baserunners equipped with sliding
/ helmets armed with spikes 10 butt
| through the defense sliding into the
\ plate on a truck.
/ must close now, son. but I've put
/ you next 10 these facts. so you can duck
the swings Of these modern improve
N, nts Kick in and take chances. and
be there with the git and nerve at al
stages OF the game
FROM YOUR DAD.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
COLUMBIA GOLFERS
FULL OF BUSINESS
PLAY for Vice Presidents
Cup and Other
Trophies.

The kickers' handicap, held at the Co
lumbia Golf Club yesterday, was won
by J. X Jackson
The record round for the Vice Presi-
dents Cup VIII be played today. The
entries are as follows:
T. p. Moran VS.. H. s. Sanford.
". S. Hillyer VS.. l. L Harlan
G. A. Weaver US. ". J. McNalley.
Z. D. Duvall VS.. T. F. Macdonald.
The club expects TO have an all-day
tournament on July 4 playing OF two
important matches
One will be a team match, Bachelors
VS.. Benedicts, and the other will be a
handicap best ball foursome against
par Prizes Will be given to each of the
winning pairs.
Professional Waters. Of the Columbia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23

chunks. There's a howl going up this
year about the scarcity Of catchers, but
I'll bet a dollar TO a dOughnut that II
they'd rule out all this modern armor
catchers would be as scarce as honest
men In Congress.
Where the high-priced armored pitch
stopper of today gets a months lay-on
on salary for a bump on the digits Hicks
would go an on clutches with his mug
and mitts done up In sings and deliver
the goods. / remember an important
game between the Mutuals and the At
lantics. when IL was thought that Hicks
would be on the shelf, as he was 50 bad
ly bunged up. Hicks insisted on work
Ing that afternoon, and went into the
game with his right lamp almost knock
ed out Of his sky-pieee, and his nose and
the port side Of his mug hOved out like
a bay window on a Brooklyn fat. Dur
! ing the game he was soaked square on
the mouth with a foul tip and another
landed in the middle OF his dining room.
/ besides getting cracked over the knot
/ twice with the bat; yet he not only
stuck the game out. but actually won IL
with his brilliant work. There isn't a
! guy wearing spikes today who wouldn',
/ get icicles in his shoes at the bare
| thought OF attempting such a feat.
! I am putting you next TO these facts
| about the old guard catchers because
! the contrast between their brand OF
| goods and the brand dished up by the
present day force Of wind-paddists forms
! a good Illustration OF how modern i'm
| provements have given birth 20 the mol
lvcoddle germ. which is not only gnaw-
ing at the vitals OF our athletic sports
|
Of the whole blamed human race. In the
! old DAYS. when cur forefathers used tC
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
stage REAPS HARVEST
OF ATHLETIC STARS

CHICAGO, June 22.-Coach Stage. OF
Chicago University. is to reap a Dig
harvest Of interscholastic stars next Tan.
Among the boy athletes who competed
in the big meet on Marshall Field re-
Gently and who had signiied their inten-
ton of enrolling with the Maroons next
fall are Freeney, Of Ida Grove VINO
broke the United States interscholasue
mole vault and made II feet 3-16 inches;
Schnur, OF Lake Forest Academy, VINO
made a mark in interscholastic records
by running the hurdles in OILS 80; Hor-
ner, the Grand Rapids CMich.) star. who
is expected TO make crack weight
man; Nelson, the Muskegon mile run
ner. and Butler, the Lewis Institute
two-miler.
Talbot, the Mercersburg giant. intends
ito enter the agricultural department at
Cornell next fall
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23

down the stretch taking the other fell
lows dUst.
I see my old pal, Nat Hicks. the old
Mutual catcher, has passed in his
checks. and the shutting of. taking
place just at the time when there's so
much chin music about Catchers wear
ing shin guards for protection has start
ed my wheels grinding out some grist
which it might be well for you TO store
in your garnet. II poor old Nat had
lived to trim his lamps on Roger Bres-
nahan behind the bat fortified behind
his shin guards, bird cage, wind pad.
and pillow mitt. he probably would have
died laughing. anyway. Back in the
7Os Hicks would crawl up under the
bat and stop foul tips with his bare
mug and naked mItts, and get cracked
over the knot with the willow till he
resembled the middle stratum OF can
nibal sandwich.
Back In Hicks days they didn't have
any armor for ball players, the scrap
pers didn't put pillows on their mitts
and play pussy wants a corner for six
measley little rounds for a decision on
points. and the mollycoddle stood about
/ as much chance in sports as a sky-ter-
! rier in a sausage factory. The catchers
then played in the tan grass up against
the backstop, and Hicks first got next
| To the idea Of taking them of the bat
| TO cut down base runners doing the
sneak act He'd freeze on 20 the hottest
speed with his bare mitts, take foul tips
| in the solar plexus or on his oper
I frontspiecs without wind pad or mask
and his work was so much TO the velvet
that the other backstoppers were com
4 PEELED 20 do the neryy act, too. They
had TO be there with the grit In large
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
MOTOR RACING TRACK
BEING CONSTRUCTED

LONDON, June 22.-Down in tae heart
of Surrey, in the beautiful Weybridge
district. there circles a great white line
100 feet wide and three miles long.
which within the next two months is in
tended to become the most remarkable
racecourse the world mas even seen.
The motor-racing track now under
construction at BroolSland, Weybridge,
Is the Grst of its kind to come into ex-
istence. ard it is expected by the pro-
motors to make motor racing as popular
q spectacle as horse racing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
THREE SENDER YACHTS
FOR RACES ABROAD

BOSTON, June Zone of the big
freighters that leaves Boston on June
"a will carry as part of its decKlOad three
little yachts of the Sender class 10
represent the United States IN The In
ternationaI races for ire EaiScr's Cup
at Kiel in August ahd To- King Al
fouso-s trophy at San seSas-itn in Ser
TENDER.
These three boats are the Spokane J.,
owned by Vice Commodore i. Lewis
Clark, Of the Eastern Yacht Club; tho
Chewink VIII. owned by Frank G.. Ma
comber. jr.. and the Marblehead, owned
Jointly by William II. Joyce anc Sumner
II. Foster, and sailed by the latter
The Chewink and the Marblehead are
this years boats. The Spokane just
missed making the team that competed
last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23

tumble out of the hay in the morning
and club their breakfast of the trees,
a guy had TO be there with the grit or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
Brother Mike
Is Set Down
for "CuSSin"

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June q
Manager Nike Cantillon, Of the
Minneapolis club. has been suspended
for three day 5 by President O'Brien-
Of the American Association.
This is a penalty FOX batting UNI
pires In a game al Milwaukee last
Z Thursdar.
Tip O'NeiI and Captain DIudOn, OF
the Minneapolis club were fined SO
for using profanity on the same oc-
| casion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23

Golf Club, failed TO qualify for the
finals in the international golf tOurna-
ment held in Philadelphia last week.
The championship was won by Ross, OF
Boston. He received a gold medal be-
sides $500 in cash. Ross Is not only an
expert golf player, but is man who
IS highly thought OF, especially by the
members Of the Columbia Golf Club
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
GUNNERS
IN CLUB SHOOT

There was a large gathering at the
Analos.an Gun Clubs regular Saturday
afternoon shoot yesterday The shoot
ing is summarized as follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-29
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
Do Not Endanger Life When Barre
Citizen Shows You the Cure.

Do Not Endanger Life When Barre
Citizen Shows You the Cure.
Why win people continue to suffer
the agonies Of kidney complaint, back
ache, urinary disorders, lameness, head
aches, langoiir, why allow themselves TO
become chronic invalids, when certain
cure is offered thenf
Dosn,s Kidney Pills is the remedy to
use. because it gives to the kidneys the
help they need to perform their work.
If you have any. even one, of the
symptoms OF kidney diseases, cure your
self now, before diabetes, dropsy, or
Bright's disease sets in. Read this Barre
testimony;
+. A. Beede Of East Barre, VT, says:
Il was bothered with constant lame
ness across my back and kidneys.
was very restless at night and when
awoke mornings | felt more tired than
when | went to bed. I saw. Doan's Kid
ney Pills highly recommended for such
troubles and went to L. A. browns drug
store for a box They proved to be Just
what ! needed. 1t was not long before
the lameness left my back and / could
sleep well nights. Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me, and shall always be glad to
tell people Of my experience with this
remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's-a and take
no other.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-29
CABOT.

School commences next Tuesday here.
Miss Mabel Armstrong is working at
the postofiice.
L. G. Lance was in Montpelier Tues.
day on business.
Nv. r. Lance il having the Harrington
water put into his block.
Theron Meader Of Newport, VT, Is
visiting his relatives here.
Mrs. O. D. Peck is sick at her sis.
ters Mrs. Florence Vcodry.
A party from Aiarshiield are at Camp
Warren at Joe's pond this week.
Miss Carrie Pain has returned from
her vacation spent in Greensboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. M. Bliss and Pnilis
were at Hardwick this week visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Smith went to
Plainfeld and Barre Tuesday on visit.
u. Myers has gone on ten days
business trip through New Hampshire.
Z. P. Walbridge flled an order Of 500
pounds Of sugar to go to the middle
west
Rev. w. b. Jennings went to Salem.
MASS, Tuesday, where he viii spend
his vacation.
Carol and Clyford Hunter of Water
bury Center are here visiting their aunt,
Mrs. L. Myers.
Ed. Lennie returned Monday to Hard.
wick to work after weeks layotf on
account Of illness.
Mrs. Plinny Smith, who has been Wis
iting in Colina, N. b., for the past week,
returned Tuesday.
George Legindre from the u. s. navy
is here visiting his brother, being on q
seven days furlow,
Ed. Smith went to st. Johnsbury
Tuesday to attend the V. r, X. of p,
drill held there today.
DR.. L. n. Burbank is erecting barn
on his cottage lot at Joe's pond. He will
build a cottage next year
Cora Lance has returned from Ports
mouth, N. H., where she has been visit
ing her brother for the past month.
Nellie Williams returned Monday
from Boston, where she has been visit
ing her aunt for the past six weeks.
Mrs. w. Z. Barrett Of Salem, Mass.
who has been visiting friends in the
village for some time returned to her
home last week.
Mrs. Whittier and daughter returned
from Barre vince they have been vis-
iting her brother, +. b. Cate, for the
past few weeks. Miss Whittier will
teach the South West Hill school tne
fall and winter term, while her mother
will remain in the village at the home
OF Mr. Lyford,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-29
THE eoLoFINcH.

Changes In PIumaEe That Are Pux-
zbDg 20 the Novice.
Most every one in America is &c
quainted with the goldhnch, but many
people know the bird by the name Of
lettuce bird, on account OF its bright
yellow color. Goldfnch is a very appro-
pirate name, as the bright yellow OF
the male, when in breeding plumage, Is
like FURNISHED gold The female gold
finch Is more modestly dressed than
her mate. The changes in plumage Of
the male are very interesting and to
the novice somewhat puzzling. Until
the student becomes acquainted with
the bird he may wonder why he sees
no males during the winter. The truth
Is. at this season the hocks OF supposed
female goldfnches are really Of both
sexes. the male bird having assumed
In the previous fall, usually by the end
OF October, a plumage closely resem-
bling that of the female and young
bird of the year. The male retains this
inconspicuous dress until late in Feb
ruary, when one can notice gradual
change taking place in some Of the
birds. This renewal Of feathers is &C
lively continued through March and
April. and by the 1st of May our re-
splendent bird is with US again. The
song period with the male goldnneh
continues as long as be wears his gold
and blqek livery. for II commences as
early as the middle OF March and ends
late in August. Goldhnehes are very
clearly in their habits and battle fire.
quently. Their nests are exquisite
pieces OF bird architecture, the inside
being lined with the softest plant
down. The mother bird is the builder.
her handsome consort during the nest
building time devoting most Of his ef-
forts to singing to cheer his Industrious
mate. Philadelphia Press