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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
BAG PUNCHING STUDY
Fight Fans Study Use Of Inflated
Sack as Developer.
Modern Boxers Appear to Direct Most
Of Attack Toward Opponents
Hesd-7ody Blows by Long
odds Are Most Effective.

The usefulness or the modern In
nRted punching bag as a means OF
developing power is being seriously
questioned by some of the leading
boxers with brains enough to try to
get at the bottom of things concern
Ing their trade. The objection is that
the bag. swinging on level with the
strikers head, Is of no use in devel-
oping body blows. 1t Is noticeable
that body punching is becoming lost
art, most modern boxers directing all
their attention to swinging for the
head.
Those versatile enough to direct
blows wherever an opening can be
found put far more force in those for
the jaw than those for the region Of
the belt line. Yet the body blow Is
by long odds the most damaging. Its
effect Is lasting, while blow to the
jaw, unless 1t dazes badly, does no
harm.
Formerly a large portion OF knock
outs were scored by clean cut body
blows. Nowadays the proportion is
extremely small. In all probability
therein lies the reason that modern
glove men are inferior to those of a
decade ago and accounts for the fact
that white hopes Rre so slow in de-
veloping.
Even those who favor the body blow
are far from being capable opponents
Of its use. They employ the same
swinging motion that they use In
blows for the head This Is necessa-
r1ly awkward and does not produce
effective results. A half arm jolt or
uppercut such as Fitzsimmons used
against Corbett and Sharkey is the
most effective style, but this blow
cannot be developed by swinging at
bag hung on a level with the head.
A directly opposite set of muscles are
required in delivering 1t, and as the
average boxer neglects to develop
them he has to depend on head blows.
When a modern boxer scores heav-
lily with a body blow 1t is usually a
straight right for the heart-a punch
that can be practiced on the bag.
Johnny Coulon. Jack Britton, Leach
| Grass, Eddie McGoorty and Gunboat
Smith all use this blow well but none
OF them ever score a knockout with
a half arm jolt delivered at close quar-
ters.
Before the air inflated sphere be-
came 80 popular a heavy, slow swing.
ing bag filled with sand was used.
Even now the old school managers
have one of these in their training
quarters. This offers good practice
for body blows. but it is most neglect
ed altogether. The air bag is more
spectacular and its use affords more
amusement. For this reason the heavy
bag does not find favor with modern
boxers, but they lost by not taking
advantage of its good features.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
Dumb.

my DEAR" said Mr.. Closefist's bet
ter half, 81 think had better see the
doctor about my hearing"
Nonsense" retorted the tight one,
your hearing is as acute as ever.
What put that idea into your head?"
well" was the response, they
say that money talks, but l haven't
heard it say thing for months"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
Another Waiter Johnson.

Jim Shaw. Grifith's young twirler.
is being touted as having the making
Of another Walter Johnson, and Grit.
fifth is on record as saying that Shaw
is the best young pitcher he ever saN
break into fast company.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07

my breath was
short and l had
chills and back
ache. l took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return of the
Dalpitations. Am
now SO years old.
able to do lots Of
manual labor, am
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
Horns BRINGS $4,000.

Uncle. sire of several horses that
have added fame to the Ramapo Stud
of the late Charles Kohler. has been
sold to Price Headiy for tss.60o.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
chauffeur,s Sympathy.

Motorist (after Academy I'm
afraid one of my lungs is punctureda
Dobson.
Chauffeur (hopelessly)-Lord only
knows where the tire kit is, SIR
Puck.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
Extremes Meeting.

There is one thing in the way Of
extremes l certainly cannot under
stand"
What is that?"
why there should be so much head
work In football"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
AOImer Beats BrIton.

Hans Homer. the American profess
sional one-miler. won the British one
mile championship at Edinburgh, Scot
land, beating F. Kanaly by 20 yards.
His time was 4:25 2-6.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07

One thing this groaning old country
needs is a union suit guaranteed not TO
skid.-Columbu Journal.
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Perfect KnowIedoe.

Daisy-Do you understand base
ball?
Kitty-Perfectly; but why does
the man run SO hard with nobody aft
er him?
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
Donald Aitworth, Who ls More Than
Making Good at Left End for the
Minnesota University Team.
cIaaaIest outdeId.

Frank Chance believes he will have
one Of the classiest outhelds in the
country next year.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
JUDGE CURED. HEART TROUBLE

took about 8 boxes of Dodds Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which had suffered for years. l
had dizzy spells, my eyes pulled.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07

GOVERNMENT LAND in San simon Valley,
where there 10 an abundance OF ARTESIAN
WATER. A $500 well will irrigate so a Write
70 Ebsen a Company, San simon, Arizona
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
PerS

Secretary William Jennings Bryan
and Speaker Champ Clark, strangers
since the Baltimore convention, broke
bread together, shook hands and
patched up their differences at a lunch
con in Washington.
A road leading to President Wilson's
Intended summer home at Cornish,
n H., has been named the Wilson
Road" by the State Legislature. An
appropriation of $4,000 was made to
improve the highway.
Senator Elihu Root, in Princeton
lecture, warned the nation against the
dangers of absolutism under system
Of recall of judges and decisions.
Secretary Bryan is receiving con-
gratulations upon the birth of his fifth
grandchild Reginald Bryan Owen, at
Elphan, Kent, England. He is a son
Of Lieutenant Reginald Owen of the
Royal Engineers, and Mrs. Owen, form
erly Ruth Bryan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
Congo Problem BEING Solved.

The problem of communications lie
the most vital in the Congo, Africa.
There are 5000 miles of navigable riv-
ers in the Upper Congo and 80 miles
in the Lower. Between Matadi and
Leopoldville dangerous cataracts rem
der navigation impossible and the con-
Meeting link is the Matadi-Leopoldville
railway, constructed in 1894 at cost,
it is said, of 100000. This railway,
which might well be called the artery
of Congo commerce, Is probably the
richest line in the world, all things
considered. The dividends have been
enormous and the original shares have
increased many hundredfold in value.
The total length of the line Is 246
miles and the cost of a first-class pass
age, which takes two days, is $3.50,
with freight rates high in proportion.
1t costs 5000 to transport one ton of
cloth from Matadi to Leopoldville The
total receipts since the beginning of
operation In 1898 have been $685.
769.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
RAILROADS OPENING UP CHINA
Lines Being Built Will Develop the
Resources of the Great Territory
of the East.

Railroads are China's greatest need.
Some have already been built. but
these tap only very small part of
the vast territory suffering from in
sufficient transportation facilities.
One of the first efforts of the provi-
sional government after the first in
stalment of the six-power loan has
been received will be to construct
more lines. A new track has just
been opened. 1t is short cut from
the entry port Of Shanghai, on the sea,
to Pekin, far in the interior. Early
in December through traffic was
opened from Pukow, on the Yang-tze
river Opposite Nanking) to Tientsin,
and a journey is now possible
from Shanghai to Picking in forty
hours, as against five days by the
previous shortest route. The only 9TH
er line from the Yahg-tze to Picking is
that from Hankow, distance of 1855
miles. The newly-opened line from
Pukow to Tientsin is 626 miles, and
to that has to be added the seventy
three miles from Tientsin to Picking,
making the total rail distance from
Shanghai to Peking some S92 miles
which is broken only by the Yang-tze
river at Marking. The flrst-class fare
from Pukow to Tientsin is $42.10. The
trains are provided with dining cars
and comfortable sleeping cars.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
Sporting
Observation-Disclosures

Already rumors are afioat that men
with money are trying to interest
leaders in the Baseball Players Fra
ternity in plan to organize a big re-
volt in 1914. But the MAJOR league
club owners refuse to be frightened
into submission. They are paying
nearly $1,000,000 in salaries to the
players at the present time.
Danny Maher, the American jockey,
performed remarkable feat at New
market, England Maher had six en-
gagements during an afternoon and
rode four winners.
Maurice Provost, a French aviator,
won the Schneider Cup for hydro
eeroplanes, and a prize of $4,000 at
the Monte Carlo meet.
Among those who didn't put on
Grape after st. Louis had drubbed the
Cubs was James T. Sheckard, just
grated on the Cardinal tree.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
Events That Made a Stir Con.
densed to a Paragraph.
WHAT WASHINGTON IS DOING
News Of Interest That Triekles From
the White House and the Various
Observation-Disclosures Of
Crimes and Casualties.
WASHINGTON

Mrs. William Cunning Story, of
New York, was elected president-gen.
eral OF the Daughters OF the American
Revolution on the third ballot. She
has been a candidate three times.
DR.. Friedmanns cure" caused de.
bate in the Senate, in which opposi.
ton was expressed to a bill granting
him a Federal license to practise in
Washington.
The House Democratic caucus de-
Llared for free wool by a vote of 1870
to AZ.
Count Chinda, the japanese Ambas-
sador, visited President Wilson armed
with a demand from Japan that the
United States take steps to prevent
the California Legislature from pass
Ing the anti-alien law.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
LOCOMOTIVE HAS A RECORD
New York RsiIroaders Point With
Pride TO the Exploits Of Their
"Frisky Old Maid"

No. 9ss. the locomotive which be-,
gan making herself famous back in
1892 by hauling the express in a way
that clipped on seconds In the speed
records. has been cutting up high
links again. The other day she
pranced into WATERFOWL, jumped the
track and cavorted across the sta
ton platform. She did no more dam
age than to cut her mark into the
platform and raise the advertising
Potentially OF the station. Railroad
folks now point to the lines In the
platform and say: No 9e9 did it,"
They pause a minute to let you gloat,
and then they go on to tell of some
OF the things which the old engine has
been through
She's a risky old maid" said one
OF the railroad men. She was born
in 1S92-that is to say. that is when
she was constructed. So you see she
became old enough to vote this year.
Her age shows how remarkably well
she was put together. According TO
the reports made by the officials of
the motive power department of the
railroad to the public service commits
sion. the average life OF locomotive is
1866 years. So you see she has shown
that she had three lives, and she
promises to equal the record of any
cat you ever heard Of / suppose it
would be hard to find many pieces of
original iron in her, for her boiler,
wheels and lot of other filings which
go to make up a proper locomotive
have changed time and again. She's
two jumps ahead of those Rockefeller
doctors who are planning to give you
a new leg, or a new artery, or a
new heart when the old ones are worn
out
No. s99 amt particular what work
you put her to. She's on the Great
Windy branch of the R., w. & o., be-
tween Cape Vincent and Carthage,
and she will labor ahead of lumber
ing freight train or sneak across the
pine plains with a passenger train
with equal will.'-New York Tribune.
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General

Clifford l.. Snow was expelled from
the New Hampshire House of Repre-
Bentatives for offering to sell his vote.
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., was elected
q director of the New York Central
Railroad, to succeed his father.
The Adirondack League Clubs prop
erty at Little Moose Lake, N. Y, was
destroyed by fire at loss of 100000.
The battleships Minnesota and Ida
he left Philadelphia for Mexican wa
ters to relieve the five battleships sta
toned there.
Michael Sellers, prisoner in White
side county (lll.) Jail, committed sui
eide by setting fire to the Jail, and
endangered the lives Of the other
prisoners.
Governor Moorhead of Nebraska We
toed the bill providing for the steril-
lzation of confirmed criminals and
mentally incompetents,\
Six persons of pittsburgh, Pa, were
poisoned after eating candy sent from
Harrisburg to Postmaster AItland Of
pittsburgh.
The Rev. DR.. H. c. Jennings, head of
the Methodist Book Concern of Gin
cinnau, was elected general publishing
agent.
Following the death of Bill Allen,
who was killed in a boxing match,
Governor Ferris of Michigan has or
dered the sheriffs of every copnty to
enforce the laws against professional
boxing.
Parcel post was used to transport
the ashes of David r. Stewart to his
parents at Summit, N. ].
The wages of the New York State
canal laborers have been advanced
from $1.76 to So a day.
James NJ Gibson, of Pittsfield, Mass,
committed suicide by placing his head
before shotgun and pressing the
trigger with stick.
San Quentin, Cal, penitaniary Off
cials discovered 100 sticks Of dyna-
mite, 200 feet of fuse, and 600 full.
minating caps, near the wall of the
prison. The explosive had been stolen
by prisoners.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25

" L III .
American Magazine remarks, railroad
mileage in this country has increased
only u per cent, but the number of
locomotives has mounted up by 81 per
cent; the number OF tons carried one
mile, % per cent, and the number OF
passengers carried one mile, 50 per
cent
In 1902 the heaviest locomotive on
one of the greatest railroad system
weighed 10000 pounds. Last winter
the same company had locomotives
which tipped the scales at 3O0,5oo
pounds, an increase OF 81 per cent.
But there are now being built loco
motives which will weigh $4,000
pounds, machines SO vast that photo
graphs have lately been taken which
show an ordinary switching engine
safely ensconced, with room to spare
in the fire box Of one of them. Per-
haps you will say these are extreme
cases. But, in general, locomotives
have increased in weight 33 per cent.
in 10 or 20 years, and in a great
number Of cases the increase has far
exceeded that figure Cars, too, have
grown as much
But assume for a moment that the
weight on each wheel is no greater
than it used to be, because there are
more wheels; the track IS battered
just so much longer it has just so
much less chance to recuperate Put
ten drivers, If you will, on each side
of the huge engine. OF course the
weight is distributed over great
length, say 125 feet. But the track is
battered for longer period of time.
But there has been no decrease even
in wheels loads. On the contrary,
there has been a slow increase in
wheel loads in addition to the ire
mendous increase in the number of
such loads. You may put 20 drivers
on great machine, but when the ma
chine weighs 100000 or 700, 900 pounds,
you still have a weight per driver far
in excess of those in existence some
years ago.
nc luCiedoe III IOCOlUOJlFSS las
taken place in both freight and pas
senger service. On one railway the
increase from the heaviest freight To-
comotives in 1902 to 1911 was 81 per
cent; in passenger engines it was 65
per cent. In 1911 the engines which
carried the 1S-hour flyers between
New York and Chicago weighed TO-
600 pounds more than even the heavi-
est freight locomotives in 1902, and
10000 pounds more than the heaviest
passenger locomotives in 1901. Look
at the mounting strain from still an
other point of view. In the last ten
years the average freight train load
has increased at least 80 per cent,
and perhaps 40 per cent. There has
also been fairly steady increase in
the number of loads passing over each
line. Density of traffic has enormous
ly increased. SO that with a roadway
little heavier than it was at the time
when far lighter rolling stock was
used, there is continually a greater
volume of traffic being carried over
the rails in a given period of time
Upon the tracks fall more blows than
formerly, and harder ones at that.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
East Time on Early Lines.

Some high speeds were attained by
the early English railroad trains. The
Illustrated London News of August 10,
1874, records that four days previously
1.-The journey from Slough to Padding
ton was accomplished in less time than
the distance had ever been traversed.
The eighteen miles and a quarter only
occupied fifteen minutes and ten sec
onds." So early as 1841 1t was an
nounced that Brunei, for wager of
$4,000 was about to run train from
Bristol to London within two hours.
This feat does not appear to have been
accomplished Five years later, how
ever, between Exeter and Starcross,
Brunei accomplished the journey at a
speed of 70 miles an hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
KINGS SECRETARY SOON TO RETIRE

There" said journalist, indieat.
Ing Lord Knollys, calm, suave and i'm
perturbable, at the time when the
coronation of the late King Edward
had been postponed owing to his i'll.
ness and rumors Of probable abdica-
ton and other things were flying
about, Stands the secret history
What a wealth OF good paragraphs
there would be If we could only get
him to talk"
1t was a tribute to the man behind
the throne who, after forty-fve years
of royal service as private secretary
and friend to three monarchs-Queen
Victoria, King Edward and King
Georges about to retire. says Lon.
don Tit-Bits. What an absorbing
story of the inner side of court life
Lord Knollys could unfold! King Ed.
ward trusted him implicitly, regard
ing him as an intimate friend and
companion, as well as secretary and
adviser, invariably relying on his
Judgment and having no secrets from
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
FOREIGN

1t is the opinion of all classes in
Mexico that the Huerta Government
will soon be overthrown.
Gustav Hamel, an aviator, flew from
Dover to Cologne, with passenger in
four hours.
Alegree, King Alfonso's would-be as
sassin. will be tried by an ordinary
tribunal instead of court-martial.
The Turkish Sultan has agreed to
send a Mahommedan professor to the
Philippines to instruct the Moros that
it is wrong to kill Christians.
Louis Gaudart, a French aviator,
was drowned when his hydro-aero-
plane, capsized and fell into the water
near Nice.
Exports from Germany totalled
$211, 945,O 900 for February, against
$178,330,000 during the same period
last year.
Suffragettes burned the country
house of Arthur Philip Du Cros, a
Unionist Member of Parliament, at
St. Leonards-on-Sea, England.
ahhOulSSu IAoe
the Spanish Government proposes to
repeal the law giving the government
jurisdiction over the administration of
local associations.
The French military balloon Zodiac
collapsed at an altitude of $50 feet
and five army aeronauts were killed.
Government forces of Nicaragua
captured Masso PARA, revolutionist,
who, with band Of SO men, has been
attacking outlying towns.
Signor Galetti, an Italian engineer,
is laying plans to communicate by a
wireless apparatus without masts
from CRANBERRY, France. to New York
The German Kaiser has placed illu'
minated signs on his automobiles at
night so that the police may recognize
his cars. They bear the words GOD
Is with u.s."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
ADMITS HE'S A '"LlTTLE GREEN"

Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall are not en-
thusiastic over their new honors and
surroundings at Washington. They
are trying hard to settle, so that they
can be as happy and comfortable as
they were at Columbia City before
they went to Indianapolis to take pos
session OF the executive mansion.
Il hope to like 1t here after l get
onto the ropes" said Mr. Marshall
the other day. 81 am little green,
and I know that everybody in Wash
ington knows it, but really think
III like 1t after get the hang OF
things.
my life has been made a little
burdensome by job hunters who think
that l am a real pie counter man.
Nine-tenths Of my letters are applica-
tons for positions.
But 1t is all right, and in time
will be on the earth again. Back in
Indiana l was sentenced. Here will
be. AS st. Paul says, Not that |
speak in respect of want; for have
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
Educational Bureau Works Well.

One of Americas great railroads
has an educational bureau which virtu-
ally conducts complete correspon-
dence school for employees. The in
struction is offered to any worker
whose desire to better himself Is
strong enough to make him willing to
study. The lessons carefully corrected
and graded by officials Of the railroad
and returned to the men. Record
sheets are also furnished in order
that the men may keep an account OF
the work done and the percentages
received. The lessons are practical
in subject matter and method Writ
ing, spelling, grammar and punctua-
ton are not taken into consideration
in assigning per cents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
WALTER H. PAGE, ENVOY TO LONDON

Walter II. Page OF Garden City.
L. l., editor of the Worlds Work and
member OF Doubleday, Page & Co.,
publishers, has accepted President
Wilson's offer to be ambassador to
Great Britain.
The selection Of Mr. Page estab-
fishes that President Wilson has not
abandoned his announced policy OF
choosing men for his important
diplomatic posts without regard to
their wealth. Indeed 1t can be stated
that Mr.. Page is another Of the list
OF comparatively poor men to whom
President Wilson has offered ambas-
Scholarships
Although he has been a successful
publisher. as well as a Literary man
OF attainment. Mr.. Pages means are
moderate Mr. Page demurred at
accepting the appointment on the
grounds that he did not have the for
tune to maintain the American en-
bassy in the style which has been
customary in the past The president
l. 4 s~lx O.,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25
NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF NAVY

For the second time New YORK
state furnishes Roosevelt as assist
ant secretary of the navy. The Illus
trious Theodore served in that capa-
city under Mckinley, and now his
cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but
sturdy Democrat, has been appointed
to the same post.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is fighter.
too, but In manner different from
that of our ex-president. The spring
box and the deceitful dik-dik need not
fear him, and 1t is unlikely that he
will ever lead charge up San Juan
hill or any other hill. The biggest
game that Franklin D. Roosevelt has
ever attacked was the Tammany
tiger and the striped cat got by far
the worst Of the encounter. Roose-
welt in 1910 was elected state senator
from Duchess Columbia and Putnam
counties and at once led a bolt
against the party leaders at Albany,
who were committed to the candidacy
of William Sheehan for United States
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-25

opponent a nigh
ty blow which
reels the man
over like a child.
He lies in a cor
ner, helpless for a
time, and then
just as the count
is about to come,
groggily arts e 8
and continues the
fight. perh a p S
winning it. But
suppose, instead
of one knockdown
blow, there were
were a series, a
dozen, a score, a
hundred or more,
Since 1902, a
W writer in [ h q