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The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
Popular Local Cue Wizard
Wins Championship in
1901 and 1909.
By ). G. RANSOM.
In Bnliarda Magazine.

Frank Sherman, well known to all local
billiard fans, has held the worlds cham
pionship in pocket billiards twice. This
fact is known 10 but few OF the Wizard 5
many friends. and admirers.
This was in 1901 and in 1909. and each
time he yielded II to his veteran COM
petito- and friend. Alfredo De Oro IN
! like most professional billiard players,
Mr. Sherman does not and never has
devoted his time exclusively to the game.
He has always been the busy manager
of billiard room. and the pursuit OF
the game has been In the nature OF
recreation and a side issue.
Mr.. Sherman is a strong consistent
and skillful player. De Orc once said
Of him TO the writer that he would rather
play any other man. because he has no
nerves, Is never ratified, and plays q
game that only the best men In the world
can equal or excel Mr.. Sherman plays
caroms almost as well as he does pocket
billiards, and is a. master at baIk line
as weil as the three-cushion game. but
he has never entered for honors in them.
Mr.. Sherman uses a cue specially made
for him, weighing EOS ounces He Is a
short man. slim OF frame. with muscles
OF wire and an energy that tires his op-
opponent with its force and pertinacity.
He is a player who generally puts his
opPofiCut the ueLtISlNe
him hustle TO win.
Started Playing Young.
In a sense Mr.. Sherman was born 10
the cue. His father was proprietor Of a
hotel at Athens, Pa. in which he MAIN
tained two pocket billiard tables, and
the boy Frank, in the late SOS. began
to learn the game and to acquire con-
siderable proficiency. He had attained
local celebrity and gained confidence in
himself when he entered the tournament
of 1881 at Syracuse. y. Y, and came Off
with fourth honors. Powers. Clearwater
and De Oro finished as named ahead OF
him. He was then new in the national
field but he entered the Syracuse tournS-
ment with greater experience and ability
and captured second honors in 1903. In
this match he tied for first place with
De Oro and Stewart, the Cuban winning
the playof. !
This brought Sherman into the lime
light as a contender for national honors.
and he was engaged in several note !
worthy matches during the next nine !
years, always giving good account OF
himself.
In 1901 he entered the tournament at |
Boston for the international champion |
ship. There he met De Orc, Clearwater, |
Eby. Stofft,, Stubbs and Long, all OF them |
of matches, and among the best |
players Of that period. The games were |
played at the Hub billiard parlors and |
was in great form He did not lose a |
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

FRANK SHERMAN, TWICE WINNER
WORLDS POCKET BILLIARD TITLE
Has Beaten De Oro, Clear.
water, and All the Other
Cracks at Game.

took fourth honors After this match he
challenged De oro. who in the meantime
had beaten Ralph. and the match was
y ayed in New York. November L, with
De Orc the winner.
Mr, Sherman Is now past forty. and his
days are possibly over. but
he remains one OF the foremost players OF
his Bcueration. and he Is always willing
to meet and try his skill with any OF the
crack biIliardists who come to the Capital.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
PIRATES WIN, 8 TO l.
;eiAI to The Washington HcaIr

special to The Washington HcraH
Pittsburgh, July 1.-THE Pirates de-
feated Philadelphia today by a score
OF 3 to l. Clarke tried out his youngest
pitcher, Al Mammaux. who held the Qua
kers down to three hits and one run, which
was scored in the first on Byrne's double
and two outs at first. After that the
Quakers were helpless before the young
pitcher. XIII.
Pittsburgh scored in the third on hits
by Wagner and Konetchy, while in the
fourth they tailed again on Mammaux's
single, a wild pitch, and Viox's double.
Their third run came In the sixth inning
on two errors and Mensors single. Score:
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

Rms-EVsns. Gor'lon. First base by erTors-Sher-
wood. l. Lsft on hasr~-SherEocd. 6; Waverly, ;
Pirst hase on haIls-On McMahAn, !; od C4ntWeiI,
g. Stuck By MrNIHhan, 4: by CantNell. 10.
Home run 'iorion. TEo-bsse mis-NOone, Smith
Stolen bascs-C. O'NCiil C2l, Shoemaker. Charlton.
Evans, Mc''ormAck. GOrdOn. Double plsys-Gordon
70 spalding N McGhsn: Mccarthy 10 Heck 10
EysnS UmTire-Mr. Dawson. Time Of sameI
hour and D minutes.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

Earned uns-Pstworth. l.; FSirmOnts l. Left on
hasss-Pet~orth, s; Fainnont, 6 Bsse on balls-
on Dyer. 2; OF Buck. . Struck out-By Dyer, %;
By Buck, 10. Stolen hases-Butler ~. Wine6srSer.
JunghanS ]. Statz Herr. Norris, Zachary.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

EFT, Smith ~. Mulroe %, Naples Mcdaniel O.
Dissts. First hase on halh-Of Nsplss. / Of NoTs
/; of smith, l. Innings pitched-By Naples 5: by
StrUCk oUt-By Naples ?; BY Nous. 4. by smith 5
Three-base hits-Potter. Naples. Two-hase hits
MuToe. Ssay ". Weidman. Sacrifice ny-O'Lone
stolen hasss-McDHniel. Urhan, Gebicke. Smith.
Donble plsy-PotteT tu Gsbicke. Hit by pitcher
By Napses. tSsay!. Fsssed baIl-Demma
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

Up to Sunday. June IS, Umpire Klein,
IL Is said, hasn't chased player off the
neld, Last Sunday he happened TO be
umpirine in a game in which Heinle
zimmerman was playins.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

RunE-Wagner. Coleman, MammauI, Byrne- Two
base hits-Niox, ByrneS. Sacrifice hit-Lobert-
Stolen basss-wagner, Konetchy. Becker. First
base on balloon MsmnGux. 3; Cd Rixey. stHck
out-By Mammaux. /: By RiIey. }. Left on bases-
Pittsburgh 9; Philadelphia, 5 First base errors
-PittsburEh. q PHILADELPHIA. !. Hits made-Of
Rixey. I in I innings; OF ocschser, none in / m
ming. Umpires-Messu. KLEIN and Emslie. Time Of
same] hour and % minutes.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
GAME TO FAIRMoNTs.

The Fairmont Athletic Club defeated
the Petworth Club in a well-played game,
, TO 2. Frank Dyer. on the mound for
the winners. was in great form, tanning
twenty batters. Score:
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
DARKNESS ENDS GAME.

Darkness ended the Holy Name-Colur1-
bts game, of the Rosedale League. the
battle going nine innings to an to =
draw. Nops relieved Naples in the Las
part Of the game and pitched great ba
tanning the side in the ninth. MuIros
batting featured Scnre.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
INSULAR BUREAU WINS.

RuuT-Stanclih. LnnS g. Sanders o. skidmore
49, &. Beckett ~. NIckGeE ~. H. Beckett CO.
haTsNIs. Las PinA~ Frs base BY erTurS-Inu1lar
BuFpau. ). First hare on balls-Oh Beckett 4; od
Panszhn. T. Innings riteheIl-By Las Pinas s: b
PanEahn. Z. Hits msde-ON Las Pinas. 5; OF Pan
Ealin. 6 Struck Out-By Beckett, H; BY Las Pinas
. TWO-hass hts-Sanders Wheeler. g. Beckett
Sacrifice hits-skdmore. n. Beckett. Stolen bases
Sanders e. SkidmoTe ~, McKneW Marines %,
UmTi-c--McsSrs. Austin and NoFaro Time u
game hour and IS minutes
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
AMRnICAN AssooIATIoN.

Milxaukee. S; indianapolis. II.
Minneapolis. 2; Columbus. a.
Kansas CITY. IS: Cleveland. 3
ST. Paul, .; LOuiSViiie. ..
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

The Pittsburgh club has given GoodIow
II. Rodgers. the Michigan University
catcher. his unconditional release. He
was a promising youngster, bun too in
experienced for major league duty.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
TRI-srATE LEAGUE.

.AlleLtoun. /; Wilmington. Is.
BEADING. 2: Harrisburg. 5.
TEpnton. g; Lancaster. !.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12

Manager Branch Hickey. Of the St
Louis Browns, has released Pitcher
Ernest Manning.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS,
INrERNaTIoNAL LEAGUE.

Pr, Vidence o; Jersey City, L
Tcsonto. S; Rochester. s
Montreal. >; Buffalo, l.
Mcutreal, q Buffalo. q
Newark 0; BAltimore,
The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE.

Binehsmton. .; Utica, ]. D..
Elmira. 3; Syracuse. l.
Trcy. 9; Scranton, |.
Albany. J; wilkssbarre. ..
Albany. 5: HflkesbarTe, 9.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
CHlNA'S MOST ANCIENT CITY
Slanfu Believed to Have Seen
Metropolis Two Thousand Years
Before Rome.

Sianfu is probably the most vener-
able city In China, and perhaps has
had longer continuous existence
than Athens and Luxor The Chinese
themselves believe with some warranty
that it was f1ourishing 1000 years be-
fore Rome was founded On the one
hand, Its story touches the first ap-
pearance Of the Chinese race; on the
other, 1t was again brought into a fore
front Of Chinese history when the
late Empress Dowager TZuhsi sought
within Its wall a refuge from the
troops Of the allies 1t has been the
stronghold Of many monarchs, the bull
wark against many revolts and inva-
sions and the shelter of many reli-
gions.
Sianfu became great city because
it stood In the province Of Shensi and,
therefore, on the borders of the illm-
liable deserts and rolling uplands
whence came successive hordes Of
barbarians to threaten the peace Of
the F1owery Land. 1t has never lost
its protective character, and 40 years
ago the great Mohammedan rebellion
vainly spent it's strength against it.
Nor has its strength entirely van
ished. It's mighty walls, though use
less against modern artillery, are far
more formidable, and now in better re-
pair, than these of Peking. Its popu-
lation is variously estimated. but is
numbered by the hundred thousand.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
NO ROOM FOR THE wilmer
World Has Ltttle Use for Man Who
Looks HabitualIy Through Eyes
Of Gloom.

He who thinks the world il full OF
good people and kindly blessings Is
much richer than he who thinks the
contrary. Each mans imagination
largely peoples the world for himself.
Some live In a world peOpled with
princes OF the royal blood; some in
world of paupers and privation. You
have your choice.
This is big, busy world. 1t cares
precious little what you think OF it.
or what faults or troubles you find In
1t. 1t Is choice that concerns your.
whether you crouch in the gloom, the
companion Of hateful goblins. or stride
In the sunshine, seeing smiles and
catching shreds Of song.
Men and women In Gods image we're
not made as whining. groveling beings.
They were made to stand erect. men.
tally as we'll as physically; to labor
we'll and joyously; to take the gifts OF
Providence. whether they be joy or sor'
row. and bear them cheerfully and
with courage; to add ever something to
the worlds store Of happiness. II It be
only smile.
Look up! See how flooded with sun.
shine this beautiful world IL when
faced with smiling eyes.
IF you would win anything. do any.
thing. be anything, don't WHINE
Christian Herald.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30

The tendency of the voters to
either scratch all the questions
on the constitutional amendment
ballot or ignore them altogether
because they do not care to ia
miliarize themselves with the
import of the propositions. is to
a considerable degree dangerous
to their own interests. The peo-
pie will be asked at the coming
election to render the final deci-
sion upon several acts of the leg
islature which unquestionably
had public approval at the time
they were passed, aud their op'
GRAFTON has only been withheld
because interests that have been
affected by them have had these
laws held up by calling for a ref
erendun to the people. The vo-
ters, by throwing their votes
away on these questions can de-
feat them as readily as they could
by voting against them, for un-
less they receive majority OF
all the votes cast they will be
nulIitied. The initiative and ref
erendum law itself is in danger
from the carelessness of the vot-
ers; and there is the county unit
law. the home rule laws for ST..
Louis, the womans' suffrage a.
mendment sharing this danger.
Why not, then. familiarize your
self with these questions upon
which you have the deciding
voice and vote upon them intelli-
gently, either yes Or no. Cast
your constitutional amendment
ballot with the same intelligence
that you cast the general election
ballot.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
Editors Cannot Always
Tell the Truth.

A friend was asking US the
other day how long a newspaper
could live and tell all the facts
exactly as they are in every case.
Well really, we can't tell. 1t is
not pleasant and profitable al
ways to tell the truth in the col
umns of newspaper, men who
have tried this heretofore always
came to grief. Only a few days
ago, the editor of paper in Indi-
ana grew tired Of being called a
liar and announced he would tell
the truth in the future: and the
next issue of the paper contained
the following.
John BONN, the LATEST mer-
chant in town, made a trip to
Belleville yesterday.
John Coyle, our groceryman,
is doing a poor business. His
store is dirty and dusty. How
could he do much?
Rev. Styx on last Sunday night
preached on "Charity.' The ser
mon was punk.
Dave Sonky died at his home
at this place. The doctor gave it
out as heart failure. The pre-.
scription killed him.
Pat Bailey, one of the richest
and best known farmers of the
county died. He was a wicked
old man, cruel to his family, un
kind to his neighbors, a Crouch
and tightwad.
Married-Miss Sylvan Sinew
and James Conlon, last Saturday
at the Baptist parsonage. The
bride is very ordinary towr
girl, who does not know any
more about cooking than a jack
rabbit and never helped hel
mother three days in her life
She is not a beauty by any means
and has a gait like a duck. The
groom is an up to date loafer He
has been living off the old folk.
all his life, and is not worth
shucks. It will be a hard life
-Ex.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30

Congressman Serene Payne of
New York the other day eharg-
ed the Democrats with throwing
away revenue under the new ia
riff law without cheapening the
cost of the necessities of life to
the consumer. And what Mr..
Payne said was undou btedly the
the truth, based upon the opera
ton of his own tariff law, which
was repealed by the present tar
if act. The framer of the Payne
law places hides on the the free
list on the assumption that it
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
Feeding Value Of Wheat.

1t is not likely that any great
amount of wheat will be fed tc
live stock this fall or winter. II
is worth too much at the elevator
But there may be other seasons
when it will be more profitable
to feed portion of the wheat
crop than to sell all of it.
The results of a mum Der of ex-
periments shows that a hundred
pounds of wheat fed to steers
will make 1868 pounds of beef.
Fed to hogs, hundred pounds
of wheat will make 21I pounds
of gain. If the beef brings eight
cents the wheat is worth 6Ocents
a bushel. When pork brings s
cents the wheat is worth 81 a
bushel. On the basis of these
gains, and the market price for
beef or pork, it is possible to de-
eide at any time whether it will
pay best to feed the wheat or
sell it.
Itwas found in these expert
ments that a hundred pounds of
corn would make 2O.19 pounds of
beef or Il pounds of pork. With
beef and pork at eight cents
pound that gives corn a value of
81 cents bushel for making
beef and 81 bushel for making
pork. So when corn is worth
less than wheat it would seem
profitable to sell the wheat and
buy corn.
Wheat is not looked upon with
much favor as a feeding grain
generally. Most men prefer
corn even when it is higher in
price. From the view point of
acre production corn certainly
is the most astronomical feed. An
acre of land that will produce -
bushels of wheat should produce
not less than 45 bushels of corn.
Granting that pound for pound
wheat has a feeding valve equal
to corn, acre for acres, wheat
isn't in it.-Journal of Agri-
culture.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
THE BEST PROOF.
Given by a Potosi Citizen.

Doan's Kidney Pills were used
they brought relief.
The story was told by a Poto>i
resident
Time has strengthened the ev-
idence.
Has proven the results lasting.
The testimony is home tes-
timony.
The proof convincing.
1t can be investigated by Poto-
81 residents.
W. B. Compton, Main ST, Po.
tosi, says; L had pains in the
small of my back. | knew that
my kidneys needed toning up
and when a friend told ne to
take Doan's Kidney Pills, | got
a box at the City Drug Store. It
didn't take them long to rid me
of the trouble. The statement |
gave recommending Doan's Kid
ney Pills some years ago hold
good, as the cure has been per.
manent."
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don'1
simply ask for kidney remedy-ge'
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Compton had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
A high-Handed Blunder.

Democratic statesmen at
Washington are offering still fur
ther hostages to the political for
tunes of their party by their
views on the subject of war tax
and more particularly by the
manner in which they are seek
ing to force that unpopular mea-
sure upon the country. If the
Democrats have remaining to
them single distinctive princi-
pie which is not upheld with equal
consistency by statesman of 9th
er parties, upon which to make
an appeal for national support, it
is that taxes of special charac-
ter should be avoided.
Nothing is palmer than that
the war in Europe is automati-
cally imposing tax upon all OF
IS, and that it is achieving this
in a way which bears with equal
force upon all.
This hardship cannot be less.
ened by the imposition of the pro
posed war tax. The latter can
only be counted as an additional
burden, imposed at time when
such a burden should be spared
US, if those who have control Of
the ship of state were as resource
full and capable as they are act
i've.
Ours is. theoretically, not only
a government of the people, but
for the people; and nothing bet
ter than politicians sophistrie:
can be cited to show that gooG
government is that which gov
erns for the people by imposing
a direct burden, and excusinl
such an unstatesmanlike cours,
by explaining that it has beer
rendered necessary because O
the reduction Of . burden (th'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30

We notice in several of our
Democratic exchanges, canned
editorial making a plaintive and
pitiful appeal to the people not
to discredit the great apd good
man now occupying the presi-
Dental chair by voting against
the Democratic party next Nov
ember. The Presidents person
ality should cut no figure in de
termining the action of the vot-
ers at the polls, it is what he
stands for in the way of party
policies that should count most.
The prosperity and well-being of
the people is of much greater
moment than an endorsement of
Mr.. Wilson's fine personal qua,.-
tiles.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30

Everything goes against the
Democratic party since it as
sumed the reins of government
It's tariff Legislation has proven
a costly failure; it's policy in
dealing with Mexico is failure
it's promise to reduce the high
cost of living is a failure; its pro
mise of economy is a failure, and
it is compelled to levy extra tax
es to raise the money to carry on
the government In the light of
this succession of shortcomings,
the people can arrive at only one
cOnclusiOn-that the Democratic
rule has again proven complete
failure.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30

There was a good deal of talk
at the annual meeting Of the Mis-
souri, State Bar Association held
in St. Louis last week about re-
form of court procedure and a
general speeding up of the
wheels of Justice. 1t is not like
ly, however, that there will be
speedy reform along this line.
Court procedure is business for
the lawyers as much as raising
crops is business for the farm
ers, and we can hardly expect
lawyers to change the rules OF
their business when it will affect
their incomes. The affairs of the
world are conducted for profit,
and not from sentiment.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
Tax System Not Perfection.

That there could be an improve
ment in the system of taxation
now in force in Missouri most
persons will agree. For this rea-
son we are opposed to the adop-
ton of amendment No. l, which
will be voted upon in November.
This amendment which is osten-
sibly for the purpose of forever
preventing the adoption of single
tax in Missouri goes farther. 1t
provides that never (by eonstitu-
tional amendment or otherwise
shall any change in the taxing
system of Missouri be made by
the people of Missouri. There
is no probability that single tax
will ever be adopted in this state.
The vote in 1912 was more than
sos, 900 against it to sc, 6,647 for the
amendment, so why should we
vote to perpetuate system that
lacks much of being perfect in
order to kill som ething that there
is no likelihood will ever prove a
menace?
We believe the time has come
when there should be serious
consideration of a change in the
method of taxation in Missouri.
Instead of voting to continue the
present system forever we
should be asking the governor to
appoint a commission and inves-
tigate the systems of other
states.-Missouri Ruralist.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
SHOCKED BY HER GRAMMAR
Little Wendell Holmes Emerson Re-
sented Criticism From One Evi-
IDENTIFY So Uninformed.

Little Wendell Holmes Emerson Of
Boston was resting sedately with his
book In a park shortly after a picnic
dinner. He had eaten too much He
knew perfectly well he had eaten too
much and he was very much surprised
and shocked at himself. He prayed
fervently that no one would notice his
condition.
Just then kindly old lady appeared
and sat down beside him. "Ah.'
thought Wendell. Il have sadly injured
her esthetic sensibilities.'
BY this time the kind old lady wai
firmly settled. My little boy" said
she, ARE YOU over eight?"
It was wonderful to see how the
young Mr.. Emerson recovered his dig
nifty. That a woman with such out
landish grammar should dare TO criti
cize him was unbelievable. No
madam said he, proudly. Il have
ten."-NationaI Monthly.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30
Sl.OO Per Annum.

All the countries involved ir
the European war are getting
stomachful of fighting.
1t seems the belligerants ir
Europe are acquiring greater
respect for each others fighting
qualities.
Virginia has gone dry, which
may be taken as another word in
the hand writing on the wall for
the liquor traffic to read.
Watchful waiting will not win
after all, and so another Demo
cratic policy has proven it's mad
equacy to meet the situation.
The Republican county ticket
is composed of good, clean men,
and there is no reason why any
of them should be scratched. Put
the whole ticket over.
the Kansas wheat crop this
year, at present prices, is worth
about $50, 100000. No wonder
the Kansas farmer rides around
in expensive touring cars.
The Democratic campaign ora
tors will now put up a big bluff
about the War in Europe being
the cause of the party's Difficult
ties. Will the people swallow
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30

Germany says, God is with
US in our tight.' England, Rus
sia, France, all say that God is
with them also. Are any of them
right? If God is what he is rep
resented to be, how can he coun-
tenance warfare at all, let alone
taking sides with either of the
com batants. To our way of look
ing at it, it's the devil, not God
who is encouraging the strife
now going on in Europe. Bring
ing God into it at all is but
shameful attempt to bolster up a
crime against humanity by Civ
ing it a spiritual aspect.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-30

Even that prominent and wor-
thy organization known as the
Business Mems League of st.
Louis is not averse to working
the free advertising graft on the
country printer. 1t offers us
seven columns of matter adver-
tising the fall festivities in st.
Louis if we will print it for moth
ing. There are a lot of people
who seem to think the country
printer is nourished on the fresh
country air alone.