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-
pants anc this newspaper. There Is
no entry fee; no person Is obliged 10
purchase anything to entitle him or
her to become recognized in the
stood.
TwBNTY-sr1 FSCrUREs. Each
day In the regular issues of the Daily
Telegram, beginning Monday, June
ISL, and continuing for a month,
there VIII be published a rebus pic
ture which can be solved as the name
Of a recognized baseball player in the
Natlonal, American or Federal
Leagues, or in any club in the Ma
donal Association OF Professional
55aeball Leagues on the rosters for
Fasttmc. Example: an Illustrator,
OF a man mending kettles and pans
DC interpreted as ARCHER, or that
OF A man mendlng kettles and pan s
as IlNkER, these being recognized
parnes OF baseball players. All parts
OF each picture should he carefully
studied. Only one name is logically
ana properly applicable TO a picture.
put IN some instances, to avoid am
blguity 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
aaTrS -FOUR professional players named
Alahn, Boye, Parent and Workman
put to avoid the possibility of con-
fusion in solving the numerous pic
lures. these four names are cxclud-
ca from use. The participant is rec
commended to keep either the Answer
torm which Is published under Illus
uation or on a numbered slip of pa
per the same size-clther plan Is
equally allowable.
LONGEST NAME. When the 26
names have been solved, the next
step in the Summer PaStime is to
select the surname of a player which
has the largest number of letters in
y. The surname of person Is his
last name, such MS Mathewson. His
hrSt 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 MATHEW is
found TO be the longest; It allows OF
making such words as mat, at, the,
mcrous others.
WORD BUILDING. In the maxi
ing Of words, no proper names Cor
proper nouns) will be allowed, such
as the names Of cities. persons, etc.
plurals or authorizations. No letter
Gun be used in any one word moresof-
ten than that letter appears in the
correct longest name. These are ar
ranged in alphabetical order TO sim
pity the work of the examiners.
There can be no two words alike: all
must be correctly-spelled English
words and in event of the need of re-
terring 20 a dictionary, Webster's
Revised Unabridged. latest edition,
VIII be used as 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.
RHWARDS.-A first prize of 500
in gold will he given to the person
VINO sends IN the largest combined
words. A second prize of $50 in
gold Will be given to the sender of
the next longest combined correct
list: a third prize of SIS in gold
VIII be given to the sender of the
third longest combined correct list
The fourth prize win be SIS in gold
the NTH prize $40 in gold and the
sixth to fifteenth PRICES IS In gold
SPECIAL RULEs. Pen. pencil or
typewriter may be used in any part of
the Summer Pastime. Only one name
may be written on a 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 Will 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 n total of &c correct
ones can be credited; and II, to-
Sether with 26 correct picture names,
he submits list of, say. Sc allow
able words built from the selected
name he will be credited with SO
units; and II nobody else sends as
many, he becomes entitled to the first
prize. But. If two or more persons
send the same total number of cor
rect baseball players names and OF
built words, then each eligible COM
petitor viii receive a prize of the
same value in the same class. Every
person participating in the Daily
Telegram Summer Pastime is under
stood 10 have read and accepted the
rules and to recognize that the de-
cision OF the Summers Pastime Com
mittee will be final.