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New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
SWEET CIDER BROUGHT
 HIS PITCHING ABILITY

ONE might say. and we believe there
 are many who would say it. that love for cider brought Miles Main into professional baseball ranks.
 If the Detroit pitcher had liked some- thing little stronger than cider, somh- what better than cider, Main probably never would have pitched baseball AS 1t was. cider made a hit with him and he and sweet cider became great chums. Main has brother. The broth or and the cider are the other players in the sketch. The scene is a farm out side Flint, Mich. The farm is owned by the Main family, and the two brothers were chief tillers of the soil.
 Farm work comes hard to nearly ev- cry boy, and the Main brothers were not exceptions to the rule. If any thing, though, the brothers were origi- nal, so when the work became difficult and tiresome they decided on entering the irksomc parts of their toll into con- tests which they invented. One of these contests cropped out of corn cutting. It was up to the broth CTS to cut the stalks of corn in the fall They did this by throwing a corn cut ter at the stalks. There was nothing parIlcuiarly interesting aDOut the 1OD, but Miles decided it could be made so. Both brothers are passionately fond of cider, and since cider was to be had at cutting time the Main brothers agreed that each morning they would take a jug of it to the cornfield. Each of them also carried a corn cutter. The con- test was built on cutting stalks of corn. The brother who cut the most stalks in a given number of throws won drink of cider, while the loser had to watch the winner drink it.
 Miles became proficient in throwing the corn cutter. He says he could easi- ly take off six stalks with one pitch. He became so successful that he decid- ed it would be no more difficult to throw a baseball. His work with the corn cutter had given him speed, he de- veloped a curve. and here he is. gen. tleman, asking for an opportunity In the big show, all because he developed pitching ability through his love for sweet cider
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
Travers' case in England was an old

Travers' case in England was an old sporting example. He had gone up against England twice before in cham pionships and had been checked quick ly and eliminated. which didn't help him, as game player as he is.
 It is this memory of tradition which makes Pittsburgh break before New York; It is this same cause which rem ders Cleveland helpless before Wash fngton. It is this same cause in the box fight potpourri which prevents a beaten champion from coming back and mauling his conqueror. Subconscious- ly there is remembrance of what hap pened before. and 1t is rarely dislodged.
 Travers' defeat recalls the fact that American golfing champs have always drawn a sudden upset on English sod. Travers had been eliminated twice in the first round. Jack McDermott, one of Americas greatest pros, went to England after he had won two open American championships. He was a great golfer and a game one-a golfer always bulging with confidence as well as the required skill. In the first
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
KID WILLIAMS RISE TO FAME.

BOXERS nowadays. as a rule, were
 formerly coal miners, chauffeurs blacksmiths. bakers. sailors. Tn fact they were all sorts of things before they took up the good old game of fisti- cuffs.
 Kid Williams was once a wrestler who became a great master of the catch-as-catch-can game. He follow ed the most ancient of athletic sports. which afforded him every opportunity for the chance to uncover that he now yearns for-that of disporting his strength and stamina.
 The Baltimore Tiger is said to be as crafty wrestler as he is fighter, and if such is the case he could easily hold two titles.
 The kid is without doubt the most perfectly built youngster. of his size and weight in this country for an ath- lete. From the tip of his toes to the crown of his head he stands a mass of muscles and sinews that are second to none, cy
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

Walking-One mile, held by George Goulding, Canada; two. three, four. five six. seven. eight, nine and ten miles, all held by G. B. Larner. England; {; fifteen. twenty and twenty-five miles held respectively by H. V. Ross. T. Griff1ths and S. c. A. Schof1eld, all of England: one hour, held by Larner; two hours, Ross, England.
 Relay races. four runners. 880 yards, not indicated, as no track record ex- ists: one mile, two miles and four miles (where all the competitors ran the same distance), held by Americans: hop. step and jump. sixteen pound hammer throw. sixteen pound shot, fif- ty-six pound weight, discus (seven foot circle). all held by Americans.
 Throwing the javelin. held by Lem- ming. Sweden
 No records made since the beginning
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

1, that the metric system will by that
 time have been adopted exclusively for athletics throughout the world. | The following special regulations were adopted by the committee: First.-Each country shall enter a
 maximum of twelve for individual
 events. six to start: in team events, one team.
 Second.-The minimum age of com petitors shall be seventeen years. sub ject to exceptions. Third.-Athletic contests shall be confined exclusively to men. Fourth.-An international jury of five shall settle all questions not settled by the rules.
 Fifth.-In all field events six men shall be allowed in the final, and in all track contests up to and including the 400 meters the first two shall be al- lowed to compete in the next round, and in longer races at least two shall be allowed to compete.
 Sixth.-In scoring in all track and field events the first six shall be count ed, the winner scoring z. second man and the others 4. 3. 2 and l. respec- lively.
 Seventh.-The winning nation in each group of sports, athletic, swimming. fencing. etc. shall be awarded a trophy.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
PAT DIVER TO COACH PENN
 ATHLETES.

DAT DIVER, center on the 1906
 and 1907 football teams at Penn. has been selected as trainer of the Red and Blue eleven for next fall.
 The official announcement that Dwy- CT had been selected for the position left vacant by the death of Mike Mur- phy came as quite a surprise to the undergraduates and other followers of the Red and Blue, most of whom be- lieved that Lawson Robertson. the fa- nous Irish American club trainer, would be chosen. Bobby was the strong favorite of the students and prominent athletes at Penn, such stars as Meredith. Lippincott. Journeay and Seelbach all wanting to see the Irish American club trainer come to Penn.
 Dwyer has been signed up under one year contract and will begin his duties when the football practice starts.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

of 1914 have been considered by the committee. Thus. among American performers. the recent record made by Howard Drew at San Francisco in the 100 yards, that made by E. J. Beeson in the high jump and "Chink" Bonds rec ord of 220 will be included in the list next year if upheld by the federation. The list will be revised once yearly.
 A similar list also has been compiled of records in the metric system. They include the 100, 200, 3o0 400, 500, 600. 1000, 1,500, 5000, 5000 and 10000 me- ters; walking. 5000. 5000 and 10000 meters; hurdles, no, 200 and 400 me- ters, with respectively the same height of hurdles as the Anglo-American games.
 The committee expressed the opinion that within five years there will be only one single list of records. as it believes
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

BASEBALL IS A FUNNY GAME,
 SAYS JENNINGS.

GONE of the funniest things about
 this game of baseball is that one can never anticipate anything that is going to happen" said Hughey Jen- nings recently. There was a time. remember. when the old Baltimore team started out on the road. Catcher Robinson was sick. So was Pitcher McMahon. So. too, indeed. were Second Baseman Reitz Outf1elders Kelley and Brodie and First Baseman Carey. When we went tumbling into Cleveland the advance tip was to bet three to one that we wouldn't win one of the four games in the Forest City Indeed. it
 did not look as if we had a chance to score, so many of our men were i'll.
 we put in a team of substitutes, and. say. you should have seen that team of substitutes play! There was never be- fore and there never will be again any such exhibitions of speed. Such hit ting! Such fielding! Such base run ming! Nothing like it will ever be looked at again. We won the open ing game 6 to l. the second game to and the third game. as I remember it, 12 to 10. And all the time we had only four regular players on the job, while Young, Cuppy and Clarkson were going at their best licks for Cleveland; Trimmer and O'Connor were in great form. and the whole Cleveland team Tebeau, McKean. Childs, Wallace. Mo- Aleer, Burkett and Blake-was intact.
 T remember. too. a series we played in New York that season. As I recall it, the only man on our team in his reg ular position was Joe Kelley, out in center. The crowd at the old Polo grounds gave us a great 'hoot' as we walked out on the f1eld-new men in every corner-for the opening game. but we beat the home team { to l in the first frolic and gave it a sound the next day. No. sir. base ball Is something that no man and no combination of men can understand. When an unknown boy like George Rohe bobs up as George Rohe bobbed up in 1906 and bats his team into the championship. what Is there we may not expect?"
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

round he required a 96 and failed even to qualify. His round was one of the worst of the day. He went back the year after and again failed to rank with the leaders.
 Speaking of tradition, about the only people able to make much golfing head way against Great Britain are the Massachusetts entries. They evidently recall the old Boston tea party and so go to it with eclat. The best showing ever made against England at golf has been established by Heinie Schmidt and Francis Ouimet. and in each case the showing was unexpected.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
CACTUS" CRAvATH. THE MAN
 WHO STARTED LATE.

 HE was born at San Diego. Cal. March g. 1882. His name is Clifford Clarence Ora vath.
 He goes by the nickname "Gravvy' or Cactus"
 He Is five feet ten inches tall and weighs 1s6 pounds. He spent most of his early life a, Santa Ana. Cal.
 He played baseball as a catcher on the local high school team.
 He first played semipro ball at San Diego.
 He began his professional baseball career at Los Angeles as a catcher.
 He was shifted to the outfield be- cause of lack of good outfield material and has played there ever since.
 He played for five years at Los An geles before he gained admittance to the major leagues.
 He was the property of three Ameri- can league clubs in succession-the Red Sox. White Sox and Washington-fail- . ing to make good in every case.
 He was taken to Minneapolis of the American association by Joseph Can tillon in 1909. where he remained three years
 During these three years he made a great reputation and was annually drafted by major league clubs.
 His experience was a glaring arraign- ment of tho draft rule which allows a star to be smothered indefinitely in the minors.
 He was finally accorded to Pitts burgh by draft. only to. have the claim annulled in favor of . prior purchase by Horace Fogel
 He went to Philadelphia in 1s12 for $4.0o0. .=.s
 He claims that he began his big league career in earnest on his thirti- eth birthday.
 His greatest year was the season of 1913, when he batted for .341. led the league in number of hits and total bases and drove in . record number of runs.
 He claims that he is not . comeback, but. rather. started late.
 He is a slow runner. a mediocre fielder and an unknown quantity on inside baseball. But he is one of the greatest slugging hitters who ever lived.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
RECRUIT PITCHER HAD LOAD TO
 TOTE.

DEL HOWARD. ex-president of the
 Gentlemen's club of Kenny. H.. was watching his San Francisco team in training at Boyes Springs. The day was raw and chilly. and one of the pitchers essayed to work with hls sweater on. His unnatural motions attracted Dels attention.
 Here" called Del after the inning ended. what are you wearing?" He lifted the sweater. Under it was a jersey. under that flannel shirt. under that couple of undershfrts and a rub Der shirt
 You can quit and run to the hotel now." remarked Del.
 'T haven't worked enough" com plained the pitcher.
 ''It isn't that" said Del. "l want you to start now 70 you can get un- dEsssed !n tms tQ go to bed at 22:aos-
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
AUSTRALIANS ARE THE ~ :. TENNIS TEAM TO BEAT

MAURICE F. M'LOUGHLIN, the
 American tennis champion. re- gards the-Australian team as "the one to beat" in this years Davis cup com petition for the international team championship.
 Tn Anthony Wildlng, whose game ia now at its zenith. Brooks. Doust and Dunlop the Australians have the strongest team they have ever placed on the courts and one of the most for midable combinations that have ever represented any country" said the champion. "The team that defeats Australia should take the trophy
 Mclaughlin said a large number of tennis enthusiasts in this country did
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
CATCHER JIMMY ARCHER
 MAY QUIT THE GAME

JIMMY ARCHER may give up base ball for good, according to the lat est reports from the Cub camp. AL
 though still in his prime, Archer has grown tired of battling with the condi-
 tions in Chicago, and the added blow of g broken arm has taken the heart out of him. He is acknowledged to be the greatest backstop in the game. but with the changing management and green pitching staff of the Cubs he is unable to do himself justice. A satis-
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

THE study of golflng nerves" frames an interesting segment %of psychol- ogy. About a week before he sailed to England Jerome Travers. amateur champion. said: T have heard golfers boast that they were never nervous in match: that at times they were bad ly off their games. but it wasn't a mat ter of nerves. This Is worse than fool ishness. No golfer ever lived who at one time or another wasn't afflicted with a case of nerves I know on my own hook that l have been so nervous that was helpless before a two foot putt.
 "A crack professional" he continued, ''once told me that he had never been nervous in his life. l saw him at Brookline last fall after his score had run high. What was the trouble?' I asked. Every time 1 reached the green he replied. my knees shook so that couldn't stand still enough to make a putt. was afraid even to walk up to my ball
 At one time or another nervousness has beaten Vardon. Ray. Braid. Taylor. Hilton and all the rest. It has beaten Evans often. If had to pick out one man with the finest or safest golfing temperament the answer would be Ouimet. He has a nervous system. but 1t is buried deep. It doesn't bother him to any extent. s ,ga :.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
OLD MIKE DONLtN WOULD
 LEADER BE.

MIKE DoNLiN; @ 1ormer oaptsin oi ed the diamond for the footlights and is now back in the game as official pinch hitter for the McGrawites, yearns to become a real. honest to goodness manager.
 Mike has tired of squatting on the bench most of the time and has ap- piled to McGraw for his release. If the Giant chief can frame up a satisfac- tory trade whereby Donlin can land the ieadership of some good minor league club he will surely be glad to kelp out his old time star. ~
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
A. F. WELDING.

not realize how expert the leading play sfs of continental Europe had become hnd predicted that this years Davis up matches would prove surprising in 1s regard. Freoitzheim of Germany considers in the first flight of the 'a's best players.
 years championships are not o be merely a battle between
 speaking countries with the
 here" he prophesied.
 lon Mclaughlin has begun dai- kfce. but says his work is ragged 4ent. He will not get any turf ractice until he goes east early
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

WSIefS. Craig, Kelly and
 10ott; 440 yardss Long: 600 yards
 ppard: Ss0 yards. Meredith: 1000 rds. Sheppard. 1920 yards. Conneff: mo mile. Jones-all American records -and 300 yards. held by W. Halswell @of England.
 Two. three. four. five, six. seven. eight, nine and ten miles, all held by Shrubb. England; fifteen miles. Apple by. England; twenty miles, G. Cross land. England. and twenty-five miles. H. Green. England
 Ono hour, Jean Bouin, France: two hours, H. Green. England.
 One hundred and twenty yard hur- dies (3h feet) and 220 yard hurdles (2h feet). held by Americans: 44o yard hurdles @ feet). G. R. L. Ander- son, England.
 Standing and running high jump and standing broad jump. held by Ameri- cans; running broad jump. held by P. O'Connor. Ireland.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
7 .METEORIC CAREER OF JOCKEY WILLIE ALLEN

>gf Is a far cry from a little country
 lad born and raised on . farm, whose duties consisted of riding the horses to water and driving the cows to pasture, to the premier steeplechase se rider of America. Jockey Willie Allen has brtdged this chasm. Although only twenty-five years old, he has won races worth nearly $66,00o since he be- gan riding steeplechasers in 1s0S.. He has ridden 371 races, winning u4-the greatest average of winners that a steeplechase rider has ever had in this country. -'-.
 Sitting in tho Aqueduct paddock. he told some of tho incidents of his career as,a jockey.
 T was born in McLeansboro, H.. twenty-five years ago." said Allen. T did the usual work of country lad on b farm. It was then that became fond of horses. Tn 1905 I was appren- ticed to T. F. Hayes and began to work for him at the St. Louis track rode three years on the flat. In 1908 took up tho steeplechase ganuosa Gwynne Tompkins taught me tha a7elS mentary parts of that game.
 Tt was during my first year cross country rider that accomplt 60I00Iu1u8 IQdC O0 IOI IHluk d0XS4 CT rider has achieved in the laa teen years. I rode two winnersg day, ono on tho flat and one ov jumps. won with Royal Onyx
 fiat and with Lizzie Flat over tn plechase course. have tried t6 that performance several time but failed.
 s"9everal times finished seq race on the flat and won a chaser. In other attempts n Aave been just the rever1 on the nat and second in ers believe that 'Dai
 patrick has ridden winners and over the jumps in ono have no record of 1t. Anyho Fttz was my only rival in tn
 ' 'T've had my share of succS turf. won the Haverhill st1 1908 on Belle. won the Grand trbnal on Ross Fenton in 1910. I tho Grand Canadian on Ringmastefe have ridden to victory such horses The wellzin. Ticket of Leave. Post Bo5 Jimmy Lane. Bally Bay. Skibberee1 and Shannon River. Tho welkin wal probably tho best horse I ever rode. until she broke down she could beat any horse at the weight for her age"
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
CLUB BATS FOR .s44.

Ef1rst twenty-tWo days since Sason opened the Cadillac le Michigan State league had Biting average of .344. kure is believed to set new AClass D. if not for all class nized baseball.
 the thirteen men on the
 batted over 300. Manager
 unk with .zs2rHyAA
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

made at Celtic park in 1912-146 feet Sh inches. A.
 One of the features of the sitting was the elimination of innumerabie records for special distances, and also of all records except those made on a track. The record for 400 yards, straightaway, of 421-5 seconds. made by M. w. Long at Guttenberg in 1900. has therefore been discarded.
 The committee decided to eliminate all records above twenty five miles, or forty kilometers, and also all records above two hours. on the ground that
New Britain herald., 1914-07-02
FEDERAL TRADE.

MANAGER BILL BRADLEY of the
 Brookfeds has announced that he has traded Chouinard. one of his extra outfielders. to Otto Knabe's Baltimore Terrapins for Joe Finneran. a young pitcher. who was with Red Dooins Phillies last season. Finneran was signed by the Phillies this season. but failed to report to the club and affixed his signature to the Fed contract
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-04-21
NOW Her FRIENDS
HARDLY KNOW HER
But This Does Not Bother Mrs.
Burton, Under the
Circumstances.

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-04-21

work fired into group OF threee men
seated in the mayors au omobile on
Park Row at ,he east side of City Hall
park. The bullet entered the jaw OF
Frank l.. Polk. corporation counsel,
who was sitting next to the mayor.
With blood squirting from his mouth
Mr.. Polk was taken into the city hall
and afterward to a hospital, where
it was said the wound would not prove
fatal
Maao"ey shot at the mayor, he de-
cared .2night, because he felt ag-
grieved a. the city executives "eX-
trayagant expenditures and because
he was incensed at being refused an
audience with the mayor on TWO &C
casions this week when he came to
apply for a municipal job.
Before Mahoney could fire a second
shot, he was overpowered by Detec-
tive Neun, who, in the capacity OF
chauffeur, was adjusting robes about
the men in the automobile. The
mayer sat in the middle of the back
seat with Mr.. Polk on his right and
George V. Mullan, the mayors former
law partner, on his left. The bullet
passed so close to Mayor Mitchell that
the left side of his face was scorched.
Standing within a few feet Of Mahoney
was Police Commissioner Arthur H.
woods, who was waiting for the
chauffeur to get into the car, intend
ing 10 sit beside the driver.
Saw Assassin DOwned.
Bystanders turned at the sound Of
the revolver shot and the sight Of
the aged man who did the shooting
sprawled on the pavement as he was
borne down by Detective Neun, seem
ed almost simultaneous. The sight
OF Mayor Mitchell steadying the stag
gering figure of Mr.. Polk then detach-
ed itself from the picture. Within
short time the city hall plaza and
Park Row were flooded with a surg
ing crowd and police reserves were
called out.
AS soon as he had seen that Mr..
Polk received medical attention,
Mayor Mitchell went to the police sta
iioa and questioned Mahoney.
"Why did you shoot at me?' he
asked.
The prisoners answer was incoher-
ent and to the effect that he had moth
ingt say. Covering before ois ques-
toners, he seemed hardly to know
wha. he had done. He wore ragged
fringe Of white beard and was clad in
an i'll fitting suit.
While the police were trying to
learn the mans lame, which he per-
sistently refused to give, a jostling
crowd packed the plaza.
Called For His Blood.
where's the assassin?'' Lynch
him. some Of them cried
1t was thought al the time that the
corporation counsel had lost most Of
his lower teeth and that the jawbone
had been peirced in two place by the
bullet, bu. later report from the
hospital said only one tooth had
been knocked out, and that unless
blood poisoning set in the wound
would not prove serious.
Mahoney underwent a searching ex-
animation at police headquarters at