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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
PUTNEY.

\. K. Bromley has returned from
his vacation.
Miss Lucy Clemmons of Greenfield
IS visiting Miss Adine Farnum.
Miss Ruth Wright of Woodstock is
a guest of her aunt, Mrs. l.. II. Bug
bee.
Ira Whitman of Bellows Falls was
IN town recently calling upon old
neighbors.
Miss Gladys Howe returned to her
work at Mortified, Mass, last week
after a vacation at home.
Mrs. Joseph c. Baldwin and the
Misses Fanny and Cynthia Baldwin of
Mt. kisco, n. Y, are guests Of Mrs
John White
The arrangements for the Old Home
day at East Putney Aug. - are pro-
crossing and much enthusiasm is felt
and expressed over the prospect. Make
your plans to be present.
Mrs. Kittie Whitney Smith. who had
been i'll with diphtheria, is well over
the attack, but the quarantine has not
been raised on the children, who were
exposed by their mother 5 illness.
Mrs. Clifford L. Booth of White
Plains, \. Y, is again a guest of Miss
Katherine Booth while her husband is
i'll Washington, d. c., on duty outside
his own district as postoffiee inspector
W, f. Pierce 5 home is open while
the having and other farm work is
being done. Mrs. Pierce, with the
children, Robert and Milton Pember,
are there. Robert has as his guest
/ Clement Minor of Bellows Falls.
There was Socialist lecture in the
/ street Saturday evening, when Mr..
/ Squires, organizer, was sent here by
/ the national committee to speak. A
! tair-sized audience was attracted by
| him, but little advertising was done
/ to announce his coming.
/ The Putney baseball team went Sat
urday to Westminster West and de-
/ feated the team there so. Washburn
and Campbell We're the battery. This
| is the second game played between
/ these teams, Westminster winning the
+ first one 80. The third game, it is
hoped, will be played in Putney at
some near date.
The Fortnightlv club are having re
| hearsals for two plays to be given
at the Town hall Wednesday evening
/ Aug. -. A Game of Cards and A
/ Troublesome Family will be presented
by the strong cast. The proceeds il
part Will be used to purchase mark
er for the site of the old fort in Put
nev Great Meadows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
The Bird Catcher.

This is good fun for children. and
even those of larger growth have been
known TO take part in it
You must first decide which one is to
be the bird catcher The others each
choose the name of a bird. but no
one must choose the owl as IL is for
hidden. All of the players then sit in
a circle with their hands on their
knees except the bird catcher. who
stands in the center and tells a tale
about birds. taking care to mention
the ones he knows have been chosen
by the company.
As each birds name is spoken the
owner must initiate its note as well as
he can, but when the owl is named all
hands must be put behind the chairs
in silence and remain there until the
next birds name is mentioned
When the bird catcher cries "sIl
the birds" the players must altogether
give their limitations of the various
birds they have chosen. Should any
player fail to give the cry when his
bird is named or forget to put his
hands behind his chair when the owl
is mentioned he has to change places
with the bird catcher.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Twin State Notes.

Brattleboro loafs Friday.
Dug Smith, who could not stop the
original Brattleboro team this year,
pitched a winning game for Merlden
yesterday.
Briggs, the Bellows Falls outfelder
who finally went to New London, made
two errors in three chances in right
field yesterday.
The two home games this week
this afternoon and Saturday-are both
with Northampton. The Islanders have
beaten the Champs once and propose
to do it some more. -
With three games with Northamp-
ton and one with Bellows Falls this
week the Islanders are in a position
towards shaking down the league
standing quite considerable.
Umpire Ready quit umpiripg Satur-
day on his own hook. He got in wrong
with the fans at the game when he re-
fused TO get behind the catcher. One
can hardly blam him though. In the
second inning he was hit in the neck
by a foul tip and should be given cred
it for his nerve i'll going right on with
the game. He did give us few bad
| ball and strike decisions but he gave
us as much as he took from us. Me
| Guire was out by a yard in the ninth
| inning, according to many fair minded
| spectators Northampton Gazette
! Bellows Falls is talking about pro
| testing the game Brattleboro won
| Saturday because OH the fact that
Paddy Green pitched for the win
ners Bellows Falls claims that an
| agreement was adopted at the direc-
tors meeting week ago Sunday that
player under control Of any team in
the National agreement cannot play
in the Twin State league. This Is
denied by the Brattleboro directors
who said that this was discussed but
not vote taken on it at the meeting
even If it had been so voted arrange
meuts had been made for the return
of Green to the Brattleboro team be
fore the meeting was held.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Lawn Bubble Party,

A tennis net is desirable for this
amusement The net may be decorat-
ed with flags or ribbons or colored pa
per. just to add to its gay appearance.
Girls range themselves on one side of
the net. boys on the other. or they may
play as partners.
The hostess provides q bowl of soapy
water, to which tablespoonful OF
glycerin is added to contribute to the
beauty of the prismatic colors. and
clay pipes tied with ribbons, the color
determining the sides.
The girls blow the bubbles. and the
boys blow them over the net from
their side to prevent the airy balls
from floating into their domain. Each
bubble that succeeds in floating over
the net counts fifteen points for the
side from which it came.
Competition may take other forms.
as the largest bubble. the one retaining
its form the longest or the longest
chain of bubbles winning n prize. Or
namental pipes, fancy soap boxes filed
with bonlpllSs and SIMILAR trifies are
suitable for prizes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
WESTMINSTER.

Charles Bundv of Orange. Mass. is
visiting his sister, Mrs. j. r. Miller.
Misses Martha and Margaret Wright
are attending conference in Mortified,
Mass.
Rev. and Mrs Ward left Monday
for Revere Beach, where they will
spend their summer vacation.
Miss Helen and Miss Adele Joslin
of Mt Carmel Conn. were guests of
Mrs. F. l. Lane from Friday until
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs John Russell and
daughters of Maiden, Mass, are spend
ing two weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. D.
II. Jennson.
c. F. Eddy of Stowe has recently
installed n new combined Simplex
chmn and butter worker in his
creamery in this village.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Pierce and son
Harold, are visiting their other son
Edward, and wife, in Hartford Conn.
making the trip by automobile.
! Charles Wright, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Wright, went to Bellows
Falls hospital Friday for an operation
Very favorable reports have been re
ceived from him.
| Mrs Lynn Fullam went Friday tC
/ Westfeld Mass, to be present at the
marriage of Miss Emma Nelson an'
! DIR. Pendleton. Miss Nelson was ;
college graduate with Mrs. Fullam.
r. r. Harris of Palmer, Mass, spen
/ Sunday with his family here. Mrs
/ Harris and the little folks did no
return with Mr. Harris as intended
on account of typhoid fever in Pal
mer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

much as limp. He is wearing a shoe
with the leather cut away where the in
Jured toe Joint is. The operation per-
formed IN ST. Louis on the now famous
bunlon has been entirely successful and
Zelder says that he expects to put on
uniform in about a week. He will
remain home while the New Yorks are
away on the next Western trip. When
Zelder is able to play it will be inter
estlng to see what Chance will do with
him. One thing is certain, however.
Mckechnie, who has been the team )
extra infielder all season, will be turn
ed adrift
The career of few ball PLAYERS has
been more meteoric than that of Little
/ ritz Masel, whose sale to the New
DIRK Americans by the Baltimore Ori-
oies has made baseball history. Pick
ed up from the sand lots of Baltimore
IN 1910, he has become one Of the best
lnfieldefs Eyer tieteloped in the Inter
national League, and few PLAYERS about
the circuit have any doubt that he will
prove sensation in the American
League. As fast as creased LIGHTNING
on the bases, small Fritz has been !
terror Of the catchers of the Barrow or
ganization for the last two wears. and
they heaved n sigh of relief when they
read in the papers of his sale to New
York
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SPORTING DATES.
Many important Contests Are Yet to
Be Decided

Many important Contests Are Yet to
Be Decided.
Many important championship events
In the world OF sport will be decided
in August anG September. Among
them are the following:
The New Yorl: Yacht club will cruise
the fourth international sender yacht
contest with the Germans will be sail
ed off Marblehcad
There will be a golf championship
for the national. open title at the Brook
line (Mass) Country club in mid-Sep-
TENDER and two grand circuit meets
for harness horses. The senior polo
Championship wiz occur at Narragan-
sett Pier, followed by the junior and
open events.
The national lawn tennis champion
ships ut Newport will commence Aug.
IS. 1t is hoped that this meeting viii
be something of a welcome gathering
for the American team, consisting Of
Mclaughlin. Hackett. Williams and
Johnson. who are confidently expected
to be bacl, by that time with the Da-
Wis cup. There is a chance, too, that
some of the foreigners may be tempted
to come over for revenge for their de-
feat in the All-England championship
tournament and in the Davis cup
matches.
American sender elimination races
at Marblehead Aug. Is will be follow
ed two weeks later by the information
al contests for cups for which Presi-
dent Wilson and Governor Foss stand
as sponsors.
The principal event in the golf year
will be the open championship at
Brookline Sept Il and IS, for which
Vardon. Ray and Reid Of England and
Massey and Teller of France are ex-
pected to make the trip across the At
lantic. In this years tournament in
| England and France the American
players. both amateur and profession
| al, made q very poor showing. Per-
! haps on their native heath our home
| bred golfers may meet with better luck
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
MATTY GREATEST EVER.
Has Pitched for IS Years With an
Average of .672.

That Mathewson is the greatest
pitcher of the game few will deny.
Some men have had greater speed
johnson, Meekin, King and Baldwin.
Rusie had a greater curve. Keefe and
Griffith had better slow balls But.
all in all, fielding. playing the game,
managing runners on all the bases. no
man ever egualed Mathewson. The
manner in which he caught Yerkes off
third base when Speaker started TO
steal second in the last game of the
world championship. and the way in
which he nailed McGee at second
when he intercepted Murray 5 throw
to stop Higgins at third recently, is
testimony to the wonderful strategic
ability that Mathewson displays out
side of the pitchers position. He
keeps himself and his team wonderfuI-
~ in these ways. Had he not out
guessed Magee he might have lost his
game.
The greatest pitchers may be rank
ed after this manner: Most speed,
Walter Johnson; best curve, Amos Ru-
sic; hardest to hit, George Edward
Waddell; best slow ball. Tim Keefe F.;
greatest all-rouud pitcher, Christopher
Mathewson In 1911, due no doubt to
living rather more easily than an ath-
ete should, Mathewson seemed to have
lost some of his cunning. He was in
flesh. his skin was dull, his eve heavy.
None of these ominous signs are visi-
bic now He looks 10 years younger
than he did two years ago, and il
seems viii 90 on forever.
To pitch at a .672 gait for Ii years
is some performance. This is Matty 5
record in the National league, and he
has won BPS games with only 100 de
feats Matty ; complete record fol
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Chance After Wallace,

Manager Frank Chance of the New
York Americans is ready to purchase
Roderick Wallace. the Browns vet
eran shortstop and former manager, If
he cannot be obtained in exchange fol-
talent of the New York team.
Manager Stovall. however, is insist
ing that Chance raise his present OF.
fer before he will consent to talk
business. Wallace outcasses all the
Browns young shortstops. but Stoval
is said to want to build up a team OF
youngsters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

the team but are not in Brattleboro
this summer, have written that they
are doing work that will get them in
condition and will report here for
training of a week or more before the
big meet. The benefit day at Island
park provided nearly enough funds to
take the entire team to Rutland and
pay all expenses, even including the
necessary two nights at a hotel there,
and most of the members of the team
feel that it is incumbent upon them
to meet the obligation by training
faithfully for their several events.
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FOR FOREIGN GAMES.
Rosenberger and Baker to Represent
Us Abroad.

Rosenberger and Baker to Represent
Us Abroad.
jim RoSenberger of the 1rishAmeri-
can A. G. and Homer Baker of the
New York 4. G. have been selected to
represent the east on the All-American
team of five that is to make the long
trip to Australia this fall for the pur-
pose of taking part In the Australian
and New Zealand athletic champion
ships.
The other side of the world has heard
so much about the prowess of Amerl-
can athletes, particularly since the
Olympic games at Stockholm, that Il
Is anxious to see some of the best o.
them perform.
James L. Sullivan, secretary of the
A. A. u, was recently asked if he'd
select two men to represent this Sec
ton on the team that was to be sent
to the antipodeS. He originally chose
Platt Adams and Abel Kiviat, but nei
Their will be able to spare the tina
from business.
Rosenberger Is q crack Splinter an6
| also can do we'll in any distance up &c
! the quarter of Il mile. He is also 4
| fair shot putter. Baker is the Ameri
can champion at $50 yards and also
| can run q fast mile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Sporting Notes.

Kommers. who was hailed a few
weeks as a wonderful outtielder by the
Pirates, has been released to Column
bus
Maisel, the $4,000 infelder purchas
ed by the Yankees, played his first
game with them yesterday and made Il
fair impression.
International League men say they
will be very much mistaken if the New
Works DO not take Pitcher McHale
from the jersey City team before Au-
gust 20.
Rube Schauer, a pitcher for
whom McGraw paid $4,000 to the
Superior team of the Northern league,
pitched his last game there yesterday
and lost, to 0.
The Yankees have purchased for So
600 from Jersey City Marty McHale
whom the Red Sox tried two years ago
and let out He reported to Manager
Chance today. Chance has purchased
two other minor league pitchers.
Smell, once of Brown and of Brattle
boro, having made good twice in the
four times he has been sent up as an
emergency hitter holds first place, for
the time being, among the Red SoX
hitters with a percentage of 500.
The Braves celebrated their home
coming with a double-header against
the Chicago Cubs this afternoon. Most
of the Boston players arrived from
pittsburg Sunday and many of these
were spectators at Fenway Park yes
terday afternoon.
Rollie Zeider has thrown away his
crutches and now walks without ST
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

With the return of the summer sun
the various beaches in the vicinity of
New York are thronged with young
and old enjoying dip in the surf
After Coney Island. Rockaway Beach
is the most popular seaside resort
Here any day during the summer may
be seen hundreds of little ones playing
in the sand. Trainloads of the poor
children from the east side are taken
daily to Rockaway. where they are
provided with lunches. Some Of them
are kept for a weeks outing. there
being several large charitable institu
tons at the beach that provide ac
commodations. The youngster in the
picture is making the most Of his OPP
portunity and. if expression counts for
anything. is having a good time. The
photo man caught him just as he came
out Of the water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
WEST CHESTERFIELD, N. H

Miss Mary Streeter is working in p.
A. Richardson s family.
The rear of the log drive went past
this place Sunday evening.
Louis W. Ford of Springfield, Mass,
a former resident. called on old friends
here the first of the week.
Edgar Davenport sustained serious
injuries by falling from load of hay
Friday. One rib was broken and he
was badly bruised.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Great Shadows.

From the summit of Mount Diablo,
In California, may be seen a curious
phenomenon. Four times a year-once
every three months-the sun rises at
such an angle that a shadow over ten
miles long is thrown on the plain be-
meath. The peak of Tenerife projects
huge shadow. stretching upward OF
fifty miles across the deep and partly
eclipsing the adjoining isles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
SPORTING NEWS
BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGES

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
DRIVE OF 290 YARDS; BALL
SINKS OUT OF SIGHT.

At Homevood. H., E. +. Allis
Sd of Milwaukee, Wis. golf
champion, recently established
a new course record in the quail
flying round of the amateur golf
championship on the country
club course here when he made
the first hole, a distance of 290
yards in one stroke. Par on
the hole is four.
Allis had strong wind at his
back that undoubtedly aided the
drive. but Professional Tom Ben
delow, III charge of the tourna-
ment. declared Allis made the
prettiest and longest drive he
ever saw
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
How Waaner Started Out

Hans Wagner says that home run
with the bases full gave him his start
in baseball. 1t was in a game be-
tween the Mansfield Pa9 and Canton
O) teams. said TO be somewhere back
in the middle ages, and the rap which
turned defeat into victory came in
the ninth inning. Hans WAS a mem.
Der of the Mansfield club.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Two outficlders For Detroit Club.

An option has been secured by
representative of the Detroit American
league club on Outfiehlers Williams
and Smith of Regina. Canada. They
will report to Detroit at the end of the
season
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
SCHCOLBOYS TRAINING.
Members of Track Team Preparing for
Rutland Trip.

Some of the members Of the Brat
tleboro high track team, which is TO
90 to Rutland on Labor day to com
pete in the interscholastic track and
field meet, are training daily at the
fairgrounds under Coach Diedrich
Stolte. Others, who are members of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Games Today.

Northampton at Brattleboro.
keene at Bellows Falls.
Greenfield at Newport.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Mother Goose Riddle.

Black we are. but much admired:
Men seek for us till they are tired.
We tire the horse. but comfort man
Tell me this riddle If you can.
Answer-Coais.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

Java produced 10000, 600 pounds of
tapioca in 1911 and the production Is
increasing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Games Tomorrow.

Brattleboro at Northampton.
Greenfield at keene.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

The aggregate foreign trade of the
United Kingdom in 1912 was 1920
3S4 ,634 more than in 1902.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

mr.. II. y. GREENE. Physician sr1 Surgeon.
~ Office, Bank block. Hours, 8 bo a. M,
l TO 3, and to 8 p. m. Residence, 81 Green
s. Telephone connections.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

nR. w. II. LANE, Office and residence 80 N.
AZ Main st. Office hours: Mornings until T.;
fternoOns until 2.3O: evenings until 5. TelA3O
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Professional Cards

nR. HENRY TUCKER. Residence s
- Grove street. telephone. 25s. o.
fee. Leonard block Hours $50 to 3 and
z to s. Telephone 29-1.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

I{N. H. o'CoNNoR, NJ. D., Surgeon and Gyne-
n cologist. Hours, l to 2.30. and to D.
n. Sundays by appointment. Office and resi-
aence, 10 North Main st. Telephone, POI.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

~. II. ALDRICH, M. D.. Office hours 80 to
~ 2.30 to s. Office phone 1851; house 1852
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

pR g. B. HUNTER. Williston block, over
~ Scott's grocery. Office hours 1 to 3 d
a, $50 30 D. IN. Residence, West Brattle
boro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

TH0MAS RICE, NJ. D. ONCE and residence
over Vermont Savings Bank. Hours. 8 &c
q. III, to 3. and to 8 D. IN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

GEORGE r. ANDERSON. Surgeon and Physi-
- clan. Surgery a specially. Office and resi-
dence. Brooks House, IS Main St. Hours until 10
m: TO % and to D. m. Telephone 246. As
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

nR. h. r. LYNCH, Surgeon. Office. Park Bldg.
~ Rooms and 8. Brattleboro. Vt. Tel. $40. Hrs.
appointment only Residence. 65 Canal St. Tel
ephone III. 4l.2t
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-14

cinct ieutenants, smooth-faced, we'll
dressed and trigly-belted, famed
themselves with their panama hats.
On the crowded sidewalks women,
languid with exhaustion, waved palm
leaf fans over naked little. ones lying
in qUerulous unrest on vibrating
baby buggies.
But the canyOn-like street echoed
with a gay clamOr of childish voices,
for the asphalt was a-wash from curb
: to curb. At every hydrant white
wings with giant hoses sent silver
geysers into the air and little girls
with petticoats demureIy tucked up
and raggedy small boy with suspen-
ders showing on their bare shoulders
shriIIed appreciation as they waded
in the ripping tide the while, a
municipal band making concert mu-
sic for twenty thousand overweight
workers.
well, must be going, announced
the district. leader, Upending his
empty glass politely.
viii you come and see what New
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The Heat That Kills Has Come Upon New York.


BY Mary Boyle O'ReiIIy.
New York, July 14.-The heat that
kills has come upon New York and
yet we live. For the city, like a
mighty mother, strives to shield her
step-children. Hours after the sun is
set, the CEff-like East Side tenements
Tadiate heat, while the people whom
they should shelter seek refuge on
the swarming pavements. Yet care
and fOrethought render life endUr-
able.
Patrick Ahern, district leader of
the Bloody Sixth Ward, mopped his
flushed brow YEARLY as he sat on the
stoop.
We're ready for the work." he
gasped, ''but this will be a hard night
on the women and children. Ten
o'clock, with the thermometer still
at 98p'
A tinkling. glass at his elbow claim
ed his silent attention. Five discreet
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