The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-09
Start In Today
and Win!
For the Benefit of Those Starting
Late The Rules of The Summer
Pastime are Published Today
Read These And Keep Them Handy For Reference

OPEN TO ALL. The Daily Tele-
gram summer Pastime Is open and
free to all of either sex, any age,
subject to the simple rules which are
issued in mutual fairness to partic-
ipants and this newspaper. There Is
no entry fee; no person Is obliged to
purchase anything to entitle him or
ner TO become recognized in the
Pastime. Let this be clearly under
TwENTY-sIx H2CTuREs. Each
diay In the regular Issues Of the Daily
telegram, beginning Monday, June
there Win be published d. a rebus so Bic.
ture which can be solved as tile name
OF y recognized baseball player in the
National, American or Federal
Leagues, or in any club in the Ma
Pa Leagues on the rosters for
Inne twelve months preceding this
lSstime. Example: an illustration
OF man mending kettles and pans
ps interpreted as ARCHER. or that
as TINKER, these being recognized
names of baseball players. All parts
OF each picture should be carefully
studied Only one name Is logically
ana properly applicable to a picture,
Dlguity and guide the solver in the
right direction, the Initials or nick
name are worked into the picture.
however, the participant need only
record the last or surname. There
are four professional players named
Mann. Boye. Parent and Workman
put TO avoid the possibility of con
fusion IN solving the numerous pic
lures, these four names are eXclud-
ed from use. The participant Is rec
commended to keep either the Answer
Form which is published under illus
tration or on numbered slip of pa
per the same size-elther plan is
equally allowable.
LONGEST MAMIE. When the 90
names have been solved, the next
Step in the Summer Pastime is to
select the surname of player which
mas the largest number of letters in
II, The surname of person is his
nrst name or initials, or nickname
would not count. Then, taking this
name. the second part of the Pas
time Is in working out as many shor-
letters, of that name. Suppose. for
example, that MATHEWSON Is
found to be the longest; It allows of
making such words as mat, at. the,
new, son, those, tone, meat and nu-
merous others,
WORD Ru11D1Ne. In the max
Ing of words, no proper names FOR
proper nouns) viii be allowed, such
as the names Of cities. persons. etc.
nor can there be any foreign words
plurals or abbrevIations. No letter
can be used in any one word more Of
ten than that letter appears in the
correct longest, name. These are ar
ranged In alphabetical order to sim
plify the work of the examiners.
must be correctly-spelled English
words and In event Of the need of re-
ferring to a dictionary. Webster's
Revtsed Unabridged, latest edition,
VIII be used as a standard for decis-
ion. The list must be made out on
sheets of paper, the writing to be on
one Side only ana the name and ad-
dress OF the participant to be on the
back of every sheet.
RBwARDs.-A hrst prize of 500
in gold will be given to the person
who sends In the largest combined
list OF correct players names and
words. second prize of $50 in
the next longest sS combined Bin de" Correct CT
list. A third prize of S25 In gold
Will be given to the sender of the
third longest combined correct list.
The fourth prize viii be SIS in gold.
The NTH prize so In gold and the
each.
.5FGC1AL RULES. Pen. pencil or
typewriter may be used in any part Of
the Summer Pastime. Only one name
may be written on slip or Answer
Form or Coupon. A participant may
send In as many as four suggested
names to each rebus picture and the
correct one WIN be counted But only
one list Of words( made from the
longest correct name. can be sent In.
Thus person may, IL desired send
In four Answer Forms for each pic
ture, but only a total of IS correct
ones can be credited; and II, to-
gether with &c correct picture names,
he submits a list of, say, SIS allow
able words built from the selected
name ,he viii be credited with SO
units; and II nobody else sends as
many, he becomes entitled to the first
prize. But II two or more persons
send the same total number of cor
rect baseball players names and of
built words. then each eligible COM
petitor will receive a prize OF the
same value in the same class. Every
person participating in the Daily
Telegram Summer Pastime Is under
stood to have read and accented the
rules and TO recognize that the de-
cision of the Summer Pastlme Com
mlttee VIII be final.