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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-09
A Weakness.

How could swear when there was
no one to swear at. asked defendant
IN a police court. Some people cannot
do anything without an audience.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-09
Life Romance Ends in Wedding

In the marriage Of Walker Howe Of
Hubert and Mrs, Anna Benson CT
Parkersville, West Virginia, which took
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-09
EMPLOYEES OF THE
CaIumet& HecIa Mn'a Co

Who wish 20 sell their houses or buy
houses on Co. Land; who have rooms
to rent or who wish to rent rooms, are
invited to advertise in this column
without any expense.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-09

FOR SAFE room house No. 1858
Hecla St, Hecla. Enquire ON prem
Uses. y
The Bourbon news., 1912-07-05
Superintendent Complies Report

MISS Mabel Robbins. County Super
intendent of Schools. of Bourbon coun-
ty. has compiled her annual report.
which she will submit to the State
Superintendent. at Frankfort.
The report shows that there are
1928 white children outside the city
of Paris of the school age and 1891
colo-ed. Enrolment, 1900 white. 833
cOlnred Average attendance. SO
white, 497 colored. The percentage of
attendance based on the enrolment is
Cd for white and SO colored. which is
an increase of nearly two percent over
last year.
In the private schools of the county
there are $40 pupils and &c teachers
and the amount of money expended
annually in maintaining the schools of
the county amounts to nearly Sl30. 900.
The average cost of teaching child is
Sc. 13, while the aveage cost of teach
ing children who attend school each
uav is over S16.03, being an increase of
S4. O3 over last year. The reason for
the increase is that schools this year
were taught for full term of nine
months.
There we're nineteen graduates from
TIE county schools the term just closed.
The Bourbon news., 1912-07-05
Bourbon Men in New Company

Tee Fayette Tobacco Warehouse
Company, the only warehouse in the
city of Lexington remaining out of
the combine, has let the contract for a
addition 20 the present plant which
will cost approximately $4,000
The company was organized in 1902
and the entire stock in the firm is held
by prominent citizens of Fayette.
Woodford, Bourbon and'Scott counties.
most of whom are large tobacco grow
ers. The past years sales by the COM
pany aggregated more than 5000, 200
pounds.
The stockholders in the Fayette To-
bacco Warehouse Company are all we'll
known and influential men. DR.. S. H.
Haley. of0Fayette county is president
of the firm J.: Mr.. Chas H. Berryman.
vice president and Mr.. Clay Goodloe,
general manager. The other stock
holders are: Messrs. Henry L. Martin.
Colonel John c. Burrett, DR.. B. F. Par.
rish and w. E. Simms. Of Woodforc
county; R. B. Hutchcraft. Reuber
Hutchcraft and Henry S. Caywood, oi
Bourbon County: Reuben Otfutt, o1
Scott c"r ty. fand G.. H. Bergman
Clay G.ouIoe. John Webb, S. H. Hal
ley. Robert Latham and David Reed
of Fayette county.
The Bourbon news., 1912-07-05
Five Killed When Cirieible Ex
plOdeS.

Sailing out over the Atlantic ocean
under perfect control and IN view of
several thousand persons, the great air.
ship Akron, in command Of Melvin
Vaniman, with crew of four men, ex-
ploded when more than a thousand feet
in the air early Tuesday and shot down
into the water, a tangled mass, carry
ing to their death the daring navigator
and his companions. Death is be-
lieved to have come instantly to the
five men,
The Bourbon news., 1912-07-05

Paris will be at home the remainder
of this week and on Sunday viii
meet Mt. Sterling in a double bill
Richmond:will be the attraction today
and the Lawmakers Saturday. AL
though Paris lost two games to the
Colts yesterday they were both fine
contests and the local fans should
give their support toward sustaining
the good club that now represent this
citv .-.
The Bourbon news., 1912-07-05
Wilson and Marshall To Lea(
Ticket.

Ticket.
At Baltimore. Tuesday afternoon,
Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New
Jersey, was nominated for the Presi-
dency by the Democratic National Con-
vention. The nomination was made on
the forty-sixth ballot. The deadlock
that had prevailed for nearly week
was broken when the name of Oscar
w. Underwood was withdrawn by Sena
tor Bankhead, of Alabama. Then fol-
lowed the withdrawal of Foss and the
final vote. when Senator Stone refused
unanimous consent to making the
noni~ alton unanimous after releasing
the c ark delegates. The fortv-sixth
ballot. which was mere formality,
showed: Wilson $50, Clark "a, Har-
mon IL, absent 2.
After the nomination of Gov. Wilson
the convention adjourned at 3 :39 p. m.
until o'clock.
Gov. Thomas R. Marshall. of lndi-
ana, was nominated for Vice President
nn the third ballot after the conven-
tion reassembled. Others voted tor
were Senator Chamberlain. of Wash
ington, and Gov. Burke, of North
Dakota.
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ter part Of October This is an open
handicap event. The usual prizes will be
awarded to the winners and rLnners-ul
of the various sixteens for the lowest
net and gross scores in the qualification
round and for the best card turned in In
the handicap match against par on the
last day.
DIR. Thomas T. w. Brown, secretary OF
the Middle Atlantic Golf Association. and
Bannockburn, left town Thursday night
for Tennessee. He expects to be away
for about two weeks.
Senator Guggenheim and Eddie Ey-
non played an interesting match Thursday
afternoon at Columbia. the former win
ming. > up and to play. Eynon gave the
senator two strokes on every hole but
this handicap, together with the fact that
the senator broke his record for the
course. was too much for him. Senator
Gnggenheim's record for the course was
IL, but he beat it by . strokes in this
match turning in a card of 103. Eynon
played his usual steady game. going out
in 81. and coming in in 80. for a total OF
a. The cards follow:
Guggenheim-
OUT. 6 : G g - 5Aa
In...... 6 ) 10 & 5 4 4 7-J4-1O3
Eynon-
OUT. 5 444 A3s
In.-.-.... ) 4 ) So q
Since John G. Davidson equaled George
+. Truetts amateur record of "a at the
Washington Country Club many have won
dered why the record is as high as it is
when PAR for the course is ~. John Klein.
the clubs professional, is the only one
who has ever equaled this mark. The
only explanation Is that, in addition to
the fact shat the course is rather hard
one. 1t is still new. and Its green's are not
In the best of condition. they being rough
In many places, which makes il extremely
dincLlt to putt accurately.
The return match, at :s6 holes, between
John c. Davidson. and John Klein. rep
resenting the Washington Country Club.
and Edward Il. Eynon. jr, and Donald
Ball of Columbia. was played at the lat
ter club Monday afternoon, and the Co
lumbia pair turned the tables on the visi-
tors, winning 3 up and to play.
1t was very close match until the last
few holes. At the end OF the first round
of IS holes it was all even. Another
match will be played at the Washington
Country Club this week.
L. Z. Sinclair, an enthusiastic golfer OF
the Columbia Country Club, has just re-
turned from a months vacation at Deer
Park. While there he played 80 holes OF
golf a day. One of the featS accomplish
ed by him was making the ninth hole in
3, there being a standing prize offered to
any player making for this hole dur
ing the season. He Is therefore, the
proud possessor OF q handsome silver
loving cup.
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! catcher get an error regardless of G get
ting safe at first? .. Can A advance on
| this error. just as he could If the catcher
had made safe catch, providing he can
make it, J. l.. r.
1. Yes. . No runner can advance on
a foul that is not caught.
Sporting Editor Star:
Is there pitchers box on base ball
| diamond? SPOT.
| No. It was abolished many years ago
and the pitchers slab substituted for it.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| Did the Cubs ever beat the White
| Sox four straight games-if SO, when
and only played four? JIGGERS.
No, sir.
Sporting Editor Star:
and is taken out in the fourth inning
with the score 3 to 0 against him. E
takes As place and holds his opponents
| safe while his team scores four runs
| the ninth to 3 in favor Of the visiting
| team. B is taken out in the last OF the
| ninth. with two out and two on bases. c
| goes in and allows two runs. Who is
charged with the loss of the game in
league records. A or G? READER.
is charged with the defeat. So far
as B and e were concerned the score
would have been to in favor Of their
| team.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| In 1903 or 1909 there was a pitcher by
the name of Covaleski who won three
games from New York Nationals in the
latter part of the season and beat them
out of the pennant He pitched for either
the Cincinnati or Philadelphia team.
! Which team was it? G. s.
His name was Covelesl1ie and he pitched
for Philadelphia when he beat the Giants
Snff hn %Dk1n
for Cincinnati later.
Sporting Editor Star:
I. Is rule &C. section To- restricted to
less than two out because of rule 81, Sec
ton >? ?. What is a fly bali, both foul
/ and fair? 3. Rule B section II: Run
ner turns to right after passing first base
safely and starts trotting back to first
throw. he goes to second safely without
| touching first base. Is he entitled to hold
it? 4. Same as above except that he turns
to the left? ). Rule So. section 4: Bal
goes through infieider's legs while in mo-
ton showing he could have got his hands
on IL. Is 1t an error? u. Ball takes err
ratio bound and hits or eludes the in
| fielder. Is 1t an error .. Does it make
a difference If it be a fast or slow ball
| the latter often being the most cratic.
s. Rule 81. section S, says: THE on,
should be credited to the player who
would have made the play but for the
- announcement of the umpire" Evi
IDENTITY the fly ball is considered as tech
nically caught by that player. Can base
runners advance on this play. or mus
they hold the bases they are occupying
when the ball is hit and subject to being
put out by putting the ball on them or OF
the base before they return to 1t? 3. II
attempted steal of home the catcher in
terferes with the batsman and the bats
man is entitled to first base. Is not run
ner from third also entitled to save hi
run or does rule "a, section ;. prevent?
| G. NJ. ROBINSON.
]. They are correlated. .. A fly ball il
a batted ball that is legally caught be
fore touching the ground or any othe
inanimate object. >. Runner need toucl
first base only once. T. Same reply. )
1t is usually considered hit when
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fielder misses ball while in motion fast.
6. Most people would score hit, but
opinions differ. T. All the difference In
the world. s. The National League lets
the runners advance at their peril with
out retouching bases after muff. The
American League treats it as technical
catch and governs base runners accord
ingly. 8. Depends on the nature OF the
interference. Sometimes the runner is
set back to third and sometimes he
scores
Sporting Editor Star:
In order to settle a bet, please let me
know if Jerry Downs ever played on the
MIKE ICE.
Downs was drafted by Washington sew
eral years ago, but was not asked to re-
port.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly answer the following questions
in the Sundays sporting sheet.
a. How long has Frank Laporte been
in the American League?
b. With what clubs has he pla EsS
I.aporte went from Buffalo to New York
Americans in 1905. He played with New
York, Boston and st. Louis.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish the answers to the fol-
"a When did Morgan and Walker join
the local team?
(0 How old is Hoffman Of the Pirates
and Leifeld of the Cubs?
CD Who were the Washington pitchers
in the games at Cleveland Saturday OF
the recent western invasion?
az How old are Hughes, Petty, Nc
Bride, Roach and Gagnier, the shortstop
tried out by Washington this spring?
p. n.
% Both Joined Nationals in fall OF
ca Hoffman, twenty-six; Leifeld,
twenty-eight
CD Blandlng and Cashion, Krause and
Baskette. Groom.
"a Hughes. thirty-two: Petty, thirty;
Mcbride. twenty-eight; Roach. twenty
seven; Gagnier, Twenty-Five.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer in your pink sheet the
following:
| A bets 3 that the published account OF
the deal between Rochester and Wash
ington ball clubs was $4,000 zen thou
sand dollars B bets that 1t was not that
| much money. FAN
There were several accounts Of the
deal published. which all named different
! figures
Sporting Editor Star:
To decide a bet on the base ball game
| between the Chicago and Washing ton
teams Of August II. please state in your
| pink sheet who wins
A bets IS. giving him 3 to and choice
of either of the above teams. B. accepts
and selects the Washington team as the
winner. with the understanding that in
case "tie game" is played the bet is
off. Does 3 win? DANIEL BAASTAD.
| Washington won game to 3, on date
1 named.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| To settle a controversy will you please
state in the Sunday pink sheet il Pratt
| now playing second base for the ST.
Louis BroWns) was ever offered in ex-
| change for Musser and Clarence Walker?
| +. p. ".
| Certainly not.
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obtained by taking the average Of
players best three scores.
2. Reply postal cards should be sent
to club members, asking them to state
their five best scores in competition and
in practice rounds during the past sea-
son. This is necessary if the club records
have not been preserved, and even If
they have these records would not show
the practice rounds scores. The United
States Golf Association suggests this
desiring U. S. G. A. ratings will please
report promptly on the reply card their
five best scores during the past season.
stating whether the scores were made
in competition or during practice
rounds Having the five best scores.
the average of the three best should be
taken, except in case of an exceptional
one. which should be disregarded
3. If no information can be obtained
about players record for the past year,
but if something is known of his game
of previous seasons. the Handicapped is
perhaps justified in calculating his best
score average from his general knowl-
edge of the players game. though 1t is
well to cut off a few strokes in order to
be on the safe side. Unusual caution
should be used in such a case.
4. If nothing is known about PLAYER
he should not be given a handicap. NO
one has any inherent right to a handicap.
theoretically. all players should start at
ing with the player to show that he IS
entitled to a handicap. The chief cause
Of bad and unfair handicapping is the
very general custom Of starting new
member with high handicap-often the
limit-and allowing him to come down at
his own convenience. picking up rev
prizes on the way. 1t Is much better to
leave such players off the list; If they
want ratings they can furnish the data
from which to compute them.
5. A Handicapped is sometimes justi-
fed in taking other things into considera-
ton. such as mans age. with a young
player who has been coming on fast it Is
sometimes we'll to reduce his best score
average arbitrarily a stroke or two below
that which is produced by the average of
his three best scores. In the case of
man beyond middle age who long ago at
tanned a degree of skill which he has
never been able to improve upon it is
fair, after calculating his best average.
to add a stroke or more on the ground
that he has little or no chance to i'm
prove"
G. Having made, on separate sheets,
an alphabetical list of the members to
whom handicaps are to be allotted. and
having written after each players name
his best score average as calculated
from ali available records and other
data. in accordance with the directions
given above, a glance at the handicap
table published in these columns last
Sunday Will show in every case the
proper handicap for any of the local
courses.
The annual fall tournament OF the CO.
lumbia Country Club will be held the lat
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The explanation of the "Calkins sys-
tenn for calculating handicaps based on
par, which was made in these columns
last Sunday. seems to have attracted no
little attention. and the fact that this
system will likely be adopted for the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association clubs in
the near future has interested the chair
men of the green's committee of all of the
local clubs.
1t is learned that this system is already
being used at Chevy Chase, and that 1t
will soon be taken up at Bannockburn.
Columbia and the Washington Country
Clubs are still thinking it over. In ap-
plying the system the following direc-
tions should be followed:
l. The first thing to do Is to ascer-
tain each players best average score.
This does not mean his average game.
but his average best game, as no player
should have any chance to win handi-
cap event except when playing In his
best form. For example. a scratch man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

is sometimes of his game. playing per-
haps six or eight strokes above his true
form. But 1t is evident that a handicap
list will be worse than useless If it at
tempts to make any allowance for the
tendency-common to all players-to fall
off. at one time or another, from true
form. If such an allowance were to be
made. it would be imperative to provide
machinery for the automatic reduction Of
the handicap Of a player upon his sudden
and unexpected arrival at his real form.
For the same reason club handicpper
should never raise a players handicap
until he proves by constant competition
through the whole or greater part OF
season that his play is permanently in
feriOr to what it was, and not that he is
only temporarily of his game. The hest
score average means a players best
average game. If. for example. the par
Of your links is p. and player made
last season a Is. a &c or ~. his best
average score would be IS. The same
would be true If he also made - once.
since an exceptionally low score, not
duplicated. may be disregarded. In gem
eral. however, this best score average is
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lnquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
VIII you please answer the following
queries in next Sundays pink sheet?
Was j. J. McGraw present manager
nected with the American League? II So
please state when, where. how long and In
what capacity. PERCY AND DICK.
McGraw was manager of the Baltimore
American League team in 1901 and part
of 1902.
Sporting Editor Star:
Did Chick Gandil play with Shreveport
(TexaS Ieague) in 1910 under the name OF
Arnold? Please answer in Sundays pink
sheet. c. NJ. G..
No.
Sporting Editor Star:
In order to settle a dispute please
answer the following in Sundays pink
sheet:
AT the end OF the eighth inning of a
game between two teams, A and b. the
score stands ? tc ) in favor OF the home
team, h. The visiting team scores ten
runs In its half OF the ninth inning
After two batters have been to bat fol
the home team. with none out, the umpire
calls the game Sn account Of darkness
What ! want to know is, does the score
not still stand o to 3. as the home team
had not had its time at bat in the
ninth? | said the game should go back
to even innings. and l want to know II
am rISHt AN ANXIOUS FAN.
The game reverts to even innings
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer In your pink sheet" to-
morrow the following:
l. A bets that Baltimore beats
Rochester. They play a double-header.
Rochester wins the first game and loses
the second. Who wins?
p How many games has johnson won
since August 8?
3. Who is married on the Washington
team?
4. How old is Morgan?
PLAINS, VA
1. The first game is the regular schedule
game. and wager gues on it.
2. Five
8. Groom. Gandil, Hughes and Williams.
4. Twenty-Five.
Sporting Editor Star:
L is on first. knocks foul fly.
Catcher fields II, but muffs it. Does the
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tickled had he handed Cross a dose or
two of his own medicine.
Cross continues to dodge the better
class of lightweights and the managers
of Willie Richie and Jack Britton have
pleaded in vain. Leach is still 'clamOr-
ing for match with Wolgast. and be-
tween you and me. reader. i would like
to see such bout arranged. 1t would be
great fun to watch Cross try TO pull that
rough work on the lightweight champion
WolgaSt is a past master at that inside
stuff himself. Some say he wrote it. AID
would make Leach forget about the dirty
work and have him appealing to the re-
fierce for protection before the first round
was over. or / am no Judge
AS for Young Jack O'Brien he lived up
to all the boosts friendly experts have
been handing him. His really clever work
with the gloves indicates a brilliant fu-
ture in the ring He is only seventeen
years of age and for that reason 1t be-
hooves Philadelphia Jack to go slow with
his promising relative. Little Jack is
starting out at a very early age, and q
number of good youngsters have hao
their careers blighted by too much OF the
gafY at the outset, notably Eddie Hanlon
who might have been lightweight cham,
pion had he been properly handled and
advised.
In the encounter with Cross the other
night O'Brien took quite a beating
The fact that he fought fairly and
serious handicap against an adversary
who resorted TO all the questionable
tricks of the craft. A kiddie should have
plenty time to recuperate after haro
battle, otherwise his career Is likely tC
be terminated before II might be said
to have fairly begun. Philadelphia Jack
the original / mean. will do well to prof,
by the experience of others in handling
the affairs OF his clever brother.
Now that Tommy Burns has made good
in his first start after the long lay-on We
may expect to get many an earful OF
news of the plans Of the one-time cham
pion Tommy was always a good press
agent and hard to beat at the promotion
game.
The reports OF his victory over Joe
Ricards suggest that Burns may have
recovered his old form. and / sincerely
hope so. With Thomas back on the jot
the heavyweight game will perk up some
He was always ready and willing tc
days; that is. before the championship
thing began to bring in the ducats SC
abundantly. The only man he ever avoid.
| ed at all. and that only until he got his
price. was the present champion, Jack
Johnson.
II is not generally known Johnson had
to spend several days in the hospital
after boxing Burns three years ago.
had Ii direct from Hugh Mcintosh, the
promoter of the battle, and William F.
Australia. when those gentlemen were ir
| this country TO witness the Johnson
Jenries contest, that Jack was In bac
shape after Burns had finished with him
loser he was none the worse for the affail
| the next day. while johnson was q badly
mussed colored person.
Burns is q wonderfully clever fighter
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for one of his build. Only feet inches
in height, he was ,lways handicapped
every time he started in the heavyweight
division. Marvin Hart was the first really
big man of prominence he tackled, and
Tommy entered the ring anything bit a
favorite in the betting. In fact. the
match was regarded SO One-sided that the
attendance was very slim. Burns SUR
prised the fans by the easy manner he
outpointed his much heavier antagonist.
and following this up shortly afterward
with a victory over Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien, then ight-heavywe,ght cham
pion, his reputation as fighter Of class
was established.
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BRITISH TO MAKE BID
For the International Motor Boat
Trophy This Year.

NEW YORK, August 1.-THE British
will make a strong bid for the interna-
tionaI trophy for motor boats this year.
This series of races Will be the only in
ternational event in this locality this
season. and great preparations are being
made on both sides of the Atlantic. Lord
Charles Beresford. who is commodore or
the Royal Motor Yacht Club. is much
interested in the outcome of the races.
and the triple defeat the British have
suffered has not blunted their enthu-
SiaSm