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BASKETBALL RULES EXPLAINED
H-H-----~--
Pennsylvania Colleges and Schools
Learn About New Code.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. about seventy
five representatives of tho various col
leses high schools OF the State Of
Pennsylvania met tilis morning at the
Houston club Of the University of Penn
sylyanla for the Interpretation Of the
new rules by the basketball rules COM
,nittee, br. Godspeed, presldeu, of the
Pennsylvania Association. and Ralph
Morgan, sccrctary-treasurcr Of the bas-
iictball committee Of the National COL
legiato Association, interpreted the new
rules,
A general discussion of the rules was
then held in which Dr. Raycroft, physi-
cal director, answered all questions. For
the benefit of tho representatives 1t was
decided To have a practice game played
in the Penn gymnasium some time next
week with two OF the Intercollegiate
Leagues best referees in charge. All
fouls that the officials call will he cx-
plained thoroughly 10 the oniookers.
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the rating of Johnston Al the top of tn,
list the committee III its report says
The committee has found Il eX-
c""dinG'y difficult To distinguish be-
tween tie records Of Mcssrs. Johnston.
William. Mclaughlin and Behr.
Even under tho rulc requiring tina
greater weight he given to the results
az tournaments held at tn" n.igu u
the season than to early season per
formarCrs the records Of these four
players are very nearly on \ par and
their respective abilities appear 10 Ice
nearly 'qual. During the past season.
loweve'. TIE Rational championship
was the outstanding and all important
event. IN that tournament MIR. John
ston'H path To the championship
pitted h'in in turn against each OF
the other three players IN question.
The committee recalls TO instance
when III" draw ias put 4 player TO =
severcr ths' n IL has given full credit
FOR the performance Of winning under
thos" circumstances. On these facts
il bell .",s that Mr.. Johnston Is en-
.i,led % TIE first position. In any
event u COMPARISON Of the champions
record N.tl those % the other three
reveals q; least a REASONABLE. doubt as
10 the relative merits OF such recoris.
and. therefore,, under The rule adon; ed
at tn" LIST annual meeting ne must
hc Awarded tho highest ranking,
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NAVY MAY MEET GEORGETOWN
Warrington and Lee Also Prob
able Football Oppon-nt.

AN">po'Is. Nd. Dec. A CONSUL
tatIon was held hero to-day between
Lieut.. .. Il. Smith. who has charge OF
athletics ud the Naval Academy, and
Graduate Manager Cox of the George
town football team relative to "A game
W the W cams which the latter
hopes to have played IN Washington
next season. No conclusion has beer
reached.
TIL" midshipmen will not play the Unl-
v~ersity of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
next season. as they did In 1914. They
will probably play Georgetown either In
Washington or Annapolis, and expect
Ia have Washington and Lee and Penn.
sylvania state on the 1916 schedule.
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rational association announced th't tine
d~iffcul;" IN collecting the data this year
~ been greater than ever aud made
recommendations t."t u rule be adopted
nv ia" mex meeting of the national
a~Sso'ihtlon requiring ia. Organization
"hp'1irg a sanctioned tournament 10
supply the ranking committee ali rec
ords OF the players under pain Of losing
III" fixture IN IN" event ~ failure 20
d" -. The usual method of sending out
ranking blanks to PLAYERS In both Gin
giles aud dodales with ;he request that
tho data ~ lrturI"u prior 10 October
! WAS followed and other notices were
printed In the press.
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ON" of the really important things done
was the passing OF n resolution adopt
.ne An official measurement for the
width o; h tan" on the top Of the
tern's nets. In the past the tapes %
the nets lave varied IN width from An
inch 10 a,N or seven inches. The now
,iiciai MEASUREMENT provides that the
tape must measure not less than two
and not more tnsn two and IL hal.
inches III width All manufacturers are
To 10 not tied vi the new regulation. The
report OF the bail committee wa. pre-
srnt-d br- George T. Adec and accepted,
application OF I'll" Utica Golf and
Country club for membership uas re-
ce:v"d ard acted upon ~favorahly.
The president who has foresccn the
a~dvisapIliJy ot promoting in. gain.
among younge- players and has donc a
great deal toward bringing ont tho
youngsters. appointed u rpinnIt.". to
consider ways and means foi de-
vclop.ng Interest in tennis throughout
the country among both juniors and sen.
Tors. The committee consists Of talmrr
T., iies,rcy of BOSTON. Richard Stevens
Of Hoooken, ana George =. Adec Of
New York.
craig Biddle OF Philadelphia presented
a memoir on Anthony L. WildiLg's
death IN be spread on the records ri
the association. \ copy l. 10 Lee for
wardcd to the Australasian Tennis AS
sociaiion.
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Tho repUrt Of h West side TENNIS
QUO committee on the national cham
n!onship tournament was presented by
~ftnssrt ~. Wrcnn and showed that the
ret receipts were about S16."oo. This
shows a small gain over tine net ~
""lpts OF It." tournament when held ~
Newport. The average net from the
Newport events averaged around sl5.-
900. Tho gain, however. II really "A
great deal moro than what IS shown bY
the bar" figures, considering the eN-
pcrs" IN ,u~r.d by running the tourra-
men; az Forest Hills for the firs- time.
The cost of building thn lands vas
about the grcates: Individual expense.
ana in tho event ~ the tournament being
played hare again next year this would
be dom away with. az the lumber Is
owned II stored away FOR future Use.
W'"rn said ~ his office yesterday
that should tho tournament 40 Ia Phils
delphia next wear tn" stand used At
the West Side club las, season prob
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HAWoRTH CLUB HOLDS DINNER
over 100 Members Dine aud Listen
Il ~Sreeches.

Tte Naworth Country Club held It's
annual dinner last evening in the Rose
Room Of Hotel Aston. over 100 men-
l-rs were present. Berrleu Walker pre-
sided and Claude s. Hedges WAS toast
master, Among the speakers were ~.
q. Barnes. retiring president. w. =.
Cowie, u former president Newman
iE,mlink, NIco-president, AMI Lew r..
Bridges.
The members were entertained and en-
lightened on tho subject OF golf by A.
+. Vale. His talk was supplemented
with blackboard demonstrations and in
tcrestins illustrations Of notable cx-
amples % golf architecture tskon from,
various well known links.
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Four More Gnin Prominence.

The players vino gained places in the
inst ton ..iat wcrr not there last year
are Thrrjore Roosevelt r-.l ~ New
YORK. 'Ii."ucc J. Griffin of san Fran
.iscu. Nathaniel W. Niles of Boston anl
Walter Merrill Hal. oil New York.
The n'N; ninety players VINO complete
the honorrd -" ar" grouped In classes
"a ranked accordingly. IN each of N"
classes ne Players Put in the groups arr
consider! ny the ranking committee -
he about equal In playing ability and
therefore are ran';erl alphabetically in
stead OF numerically. The players from
II 20 l1h:
Glass 1 - so eo>.
j@s.pH !. Ar,2s'rIns' ,r..srd Beshma3'
Malta J. johnson. Robert IeRoy, Dean
ara :. vosh"''. Irving c. Wright.
Class : go to ga.
C-s!g Dddle. Ward Dawson, W. r.
william $. McEliroy, Clarence c. Pell. Il.
9 S"av"r, VANDERBILT Il. Ward Douglass
Glass 3 81 20 co..
-. coke. Gamer. AIRED :. Dsbn-y, Jr.
7. T. Hunter. g J. Johnston, Jr.. Il. y.
IArred. Arthur Lovibond, Cedric A, Major,
William IavI 81, William ~Ho-"neauin,
CLASS 81 to 5c,.
'FAF'N' "''""'
fr4nois W. cole. O.. \. L. Dionne.. Charles
:. Garland, Louis Graves, Fred II. Har-
RI, K;ns SMITH. Seitord. s~tehlwagcn.
George ". Wightnan.
CLASS : fbi to sol.
Frederick { BaEgs, Ralph II Burdick.
L.. Y. Garter, Ir., 7, Mex. CnnlininS. Al
fred II. HsIuluett, \. 7 Lindauer, Walter
j. ra:c, Hugh rallant. Nat Thornton,
Jerry Weber.
CLASS : ,6i 20 ia.
J. H. .tiorc. I-.: Charles .. chambers,
\ II. Cor"N. Wyiie =. Grant, Albert l..
Green. Jr.. Henry :. Parker, Stanley ".
Pearson. y. N. Sw6yE". sidney Thayer,
Jr.; ". r. 1iIien, JE
CLASS : CTl 90 s0,.
ralph J.. Basy4. y. A. Ferguson. II. L.
lance, A.. VI, Kilder. d ". Lloyd, Rem
isInin VI Phillips. j. H.. Steinkampf John
- Thomas, a. j. Neysey. W. Hais"y Wood
CLASS 81 TO oO,
Walter =. Anderson. F"nimore Cady.
A. :. Cragin. Laurence Curtis "a. trcder-
irk r. Frelinghuysen, II. &, clifford, lingo
r. Hartman, VI. q. ketchum. George King.
Edmund ". Peas.ee.
lass . (9I to los).
Anirew II. Allen. +. E. Bas,tsn. ". MoT.
BAR. ". n. Forster. a. ware Merriam.
I.ub,rt Il. Mc'rave. Walter u. Newell,
\, j. Os'epiorf, Philip Roberts. Paul l."
Treanor.
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Tome star WIN Enter Penn.

PORT DEposlT. Md. De.
understood that Leonard Erlu..
Tome Schools fulib.pcN, WI
University OF Pennsylvania rrS' ?
With fourteen t0Ichiow! >, 'v,l' -"r.
goals from t~ouchd9wns ava '"' 'l'
goals 10 his credit, Brunur~ s. d.
share IN tho brilliant success ~ rr.
football season. He scored - 'v
more than half III" tctrl's tutea p.
He IS 20 years old. weighs ~ r' d
and is d feet \ inches tai.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05
ARMY FIVE WINS IN
SEASONS FIRST GAME
Defeats st. Johns College in
Fast Contest by Score
Of % to 81.

West p,IST. Dec. <.-Thc Army
made its start on the basketball
court this afternoon, defeating 81.
JOHNS college of Brooklyn IN a fast
game. ~ to II. superior physical con
dition of the Army lads. which wore
down tho visitors. along with some accu-
ratio shooting by Kllburn. Cusack and
,;erhardt during tho last half. put the
Army out in front too far for the col
legians 10 overhaul them In u sudden
hurst Of speed just before the game
ended.
The first half ended with tho score u
20 10 In st. Johns favor. Clarke. with
a spectacular goal from far down the
court. featured IN 81, Johns play. The
liueuu.
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Ms Mary i;roDr" Of california, last
yeaI's champion. ami Mrs. May sutton
Runiy. another Californian. one OF the
worlds greatest women players. are
among tNpS" who did not; play In ;our-
nHInents often enough TO he rated. The
list Of the prominent players unranks-i {.
Nrs. y T. Hrigss, Miss Mary Browne.
NJ. n. q. Rruc". Mrs.. L, g Bundy, Mrs.
George chapman. Mrs. stewart Green.
Mrs. 4. q. Miles. Mrs. =. II. Moore. Mrs.
william II poIri. Miss Evelyn Sears, Miss
Edna WILDLY and Mr.. Louise Williams,
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C. Mise Marie Wagner.
Miss Anita Myer.
Miss Sara Iiying~Ci
3 Miss are 'aS.el.

C. Mise Marie Wagner.
Miss Anita Myers.
Mis- Sara Iiving~ou.
= Miss care Cas.el.
l"- Mis- E.carora Scar.
IN classes ore and two. the players
are held 70 be about equal IN ability uc-
coriins 10 th-ir groups and are placed
Automatically. TIL" first and second
classes
CLASS CiI-:o).
NJ. Cnarlc- y. Hoard. Mr.. Harry
b!rk!", Miss Martha Guthrie. MIS- iSdith
HANDY. M-s. u. \. Nirincycr, Miss Carrie
Il. N"e.y. Mis-, EARN Ru;"h. Miss Ann
Sh"sf". Miss Mary n. Voorhees, and Mira,
Ilai;. W!Idnw su:.
Glass . t.i-30).
- Flprcuc" BALM. Miss Ina kissei.
Miss Eeauo- iAndisy. Mrs. I,ooe-t Le Itoy,
N!s- Mayu" Mcdonald, Miss Irving
Nurpht, Miss lane Rowsor, Miss Florence
sheldon. Mis- Marian Nande.hocr and Mrs.
". ~. Iigc-.
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Ii had s-enled as If the men mus;
meet Il couple of times more during the
season. At Seabrighi. however. Kari
Behr. who drops into fourth plsc. on
the list, upset the calculations by out
playing Mclaughlin In ;fc final round
Of the Achclis challenge cup tourua-
ment. This kept the Californian from
meeting Williams. the defender. IN the
challenge round. and Williams disposed
of Beh". Axa!n in The national tourna-
ment il looked a. IL Williams and Nc
loughlin would be the conteuders, even
after Johnston had disposed ~ Behr
and made an otherwise brilliant show
iug. Johnston. however. beat Williams
and treated Mclaughlin 20 the same.
medicine.
Although the same ranking committee
established a precedent last year by
relegatins the winner Il the national
title 70 second place and h.li that the
national tournament would not be used
80 tho sole basis for ranking a player.
II was on Johnston's work In the ma
rional championship alone that the com
mittee rlnked him first. Johnston faced
probably .hs hardest draw In las, years
titular tournament hat a winner ever
was forced TO meet. His record clearly
entitled him 20 first place, for IL proved
that he had arrived.
The champion started by defeating lie
redouhtanle Harold II. Hack.tt, veteran
of many "A hard campaign. in three
etraigft sets AZ I'll, G. I0-s in tn.
first round. In the secord round
Clarence {. PEI. tho national rackots
champion. fell before the young CALI
iornian at s--s, Ct. 6--4. Douglas
Waters. he young southern star, took
only five gamcs from Johnston IN the
third round and IN the fourth round the
champion eliminated the FIRST OF the ten
mis- trinmv'rate. Karl H.. Beiir, at So,
d-S. g.. ID. Clarence Y. Griffin.
teamnlate OF John ION, carried tn" title
holder 10 five sets IN the round before
the ssmi-Hnal and was beaten at g.
81. s-s, -. 6-I. ana Williams
went the route in the semi-fnsl before
losing at 81. ca, 81, g, g.
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William NJ Johnston, Youngest Champion IN History, Is Rated
Officially as Greatest Layn Tennis Player in the Country
Williams in Second Place.
Mclaughlin Third and
Behr Fourth.
MISS BJURSTEDT Is
BEST WOMAN PLAYER
THE FIRST TEN.
No. 1. William M. Johnston. San

No. l.. William M. Johnston, San
Francisco.
No. 2. Richard Norris Williams
I'd, Philadelphia.
No. 3. Maurice F.. Mclaughlin.
San Francisco.
No. 4. Karl H. Behr, New York.
No. 5. Theodore Roosevelt Pell,
New York.
No. q. Nathaniel W. Niles, Bos-
ton.
No. Z. Clarence J. Griffin, San
Francisco.
No. g. Watson NJ. Washburn.
New York.
No. Q. George NJ. Church, New
York.
No. 10. Walter Merrill Hall, New
York.
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some stars Not Ranked.

\ number OF the most prominent
pla yers In the country failed 10 be
classified with any Of the groups In
the official ranking because the com
mlttee had insufficient data on which
70 base the ratings. Frederick II. Alex
ander, who made n fine comeback last
year and roentered the first ten after
an absence from the select circle since
1908. failed to get In the first ten
this year despite his brilliant finish be-
cause no had not played often enough
William j. Clothier OF Philadelphia.
former national champion and ranked
fifth last year, Robert Iindley MUIR
ruy of Palo Alto, ranked fourth last
year, and Ella F. Fottrell Of san Fran
cisco. ranked tenth In 1914. We're others
not rated for tho same reason. MUIR
ray was too busy working to get out
on the courts at all. while Fottrell did
little playing In the West and none at
all In the East. Clothier intended maxi
ing "A try for the title. but got away
to a bad start when he was beateu
easily bv Karl Bchr In tho Nassau
Country Cub invitation tournament and
retired from competition for tho re-
mainder OF the season. The list OF
the better know players unranked fol-
lows:
j. y Adams. r.. Fred rick y; A::exan-
colston. Il. n. Dana, Willis Davis, g. -.
Doyle, IAndsay. Dunh Am. Rowland Evane,
Ella j., l%ro,rroll, g. Peabody Gardner. Jr..
b. NJ. Grant, IL. ". GUERNSEY, lila rold ".
Hackott, Richard ~Iiarte, Ro.and ". Hocrr,
II. 4. Holden, ,Jr.,. William I. uorrell, H..
q. johnson. j. u. t.. Jones'. Harry A. Koch,
bernard q. Law, C.. J, L~ockhcrn. Harold 4,
mckinney. Lyle Il. Mahan, II. Lindley
Murray. Hawor'd \. PluIniner. Il. s.. Prem
tice, q. Carlton Snafer. Alexander SQuair,
Richard stevens, John Strerhan. Y. J. Rui.
loway. Dix Teachenor. a. ID. Thaycr Jr..
and Il. II. Whitney.
Tho oommittss In ~ report to the
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KNOTS AND SPICES.

Francis NJ. Wilson. former conuno.
dore OF the Crescent Athletic Club and
vice-commodore at the Atlantic Yacht
club and later at Larchinont. has soil
his 90 foot motor yacht Sumida 10 W
&. Biddlc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05

P~HILApElpHIA, Dee, AT the cross-
country banquet last night Clayton r.
McMichael was elected captain Of Penn
~sylvania's 1915 team. He also wan
elected president Of the Cross Country
Club for the coming year.
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Great Comet Fails Too.

1t 0 Johnston only four sets To .lc-
count ior the marvellous Mclaughlin AT
ii, 90, TIL. los, IN one of the
greatest exhibitions of strategic tennis
ever seen OF any court. III reference 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05

Maxwell Wyeth. who recently puv-
chased the steam yacht Emrose, a Gard
ner designed vessel. has sold the 10
foot motor yacht Taniwha to Eugene
{. Clark.
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Arthur T.. Luke. who az one time
owned and raced tho schooner Corona.
Is TO race n OF the new 10 footers now
being built at Herroshuffs for members
OF the New York Yacht Club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05

Walden W. Shaw OF Chicago has sold
the household Peggy, formerly Mar.
gold, to J. W, Mintern Of Syosset, L. L.
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TIGER CUBS ONE POINT AHEAD.
Defeat I.awrencev1iIe In Close
RaskcthaN Game.

LAwRESCEvIILE y. j.. Dec. LAW
rencevillc lost IA hard fought basketball
game Ia tho Princeton freshmen this
afternoon. % to 26. IL was the first game
Of the season. but nevertheless good
team work was displayed throughout the
game The first half ended with the
score II TO . IN favor of Lawrenceville.
Tn. freshmen came back in the second
half II By fast work scored the win
ming baskets. McGraw and Parmelee
were the stars for the freshmen. Cueva
and Hlidebrandt played we'll for the
home team. Tho lineup:
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Highest honors in American lawn ter
mis- Were bestowed Oh William ". John
ston OF san Francisco by tho ranking
committee Of the United states National
lawn Tennis Association yesterday
when the three members of the cOn-
mittee-Frederick G. lnman. Walter J..
Pate and Walter Merrill Hall-rated
Of tho country. This position had been
held for three years by the famous cal
iforn!a Comet. Maurice Evans McLough-
lin. and before las season began Il
looked as II he had Il finc chance Of
holding the position.
AZ q matter of fact even UP 70 the
last minute therc was considerable
doubt tina. Johnston would get :lc ru-
%sition. in spite OF the fact that lie won
the national championship and became
Americas youngest tennis champion.
TIL. ~youngster had performed IL rather
mediocre style right w to the big touriia-
ment n in view of the 1914 ranking.
whom Mclaughlin was placed above the
champion. Richard Norris Williams I'd
of Philadelphia. many believed that
Williams woul prcccdc Johnston this
year
The second on the end Of Will.ams's
name seems to ave an evil inhu..r. on
his tennis fortunes. however, ard ioi
the fourth c~onsecutiv" time ne has been
rated In second place. He never has been
rated any higher and never any lower.
There was 10 question abou McI.ough-
lin going above Williams. although ON
their meetings Mcl-ourhliu had the
edge. The California Comet boat Will
Jams on asphalt IN the East-W-st
matches al sax Francisco and on grass
at. Longwood. The latter match Wa
PLAYED under poor conditions during a
drizzle. Later Williams won a decisive
victory from n"i.oughlin ut NcwI..T in
the invitation tournament.
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BRITISH SOCCER RESULTS.
EnRIish Leagues.

NORTHERN SECTION.
Sisckpool, ., southport Central, q.
9uTy, o; Everton, J.
liverpool, J: Bolton Wanderers. 3.
4ai'hestsr United, 2: Oldham Athletic, o
Preston North End. .; stoke. Q.
Sochdale. .; Burnley, 0.
O~sockpory County, I: Manchester City. I.
MIDLAND SECTION.
Sarnsley. :. Huadersheld Town. I.
bradford, !. Sheffield Wednesday, ..
AuIl CITY, 3. Notts County, ..
Leeds City. 4. DERBY County, I.
colchester Fos-e, .; Bradford CITY, l.,
Eotts Forest, 2: Gr'n.so" Tow n. ..
1nsfheld United 4 Lincoln city. /.
LONDON SECTION.
1Tent'ord, I; Queens Park Rangers, 0
Nesthan Cni,sd, 3, crystal Palace. /.
H"aeh. . Tot'enham iIo;"pur, /.
AFhTnal' .; flll1iI. J.,
go d"n cor mon, .; caption Orient ?.
N"Nt.h /, Watfu.u, o.
scottish L~ssu~.
U"tr.', a.; Aa"r,.rca. q.
NJ. Iglpu.au-. I. clyde, g.
lu'kirh, /; M ruiteq. o..
,."iI". IF 'tgoeu's nRrl. 2.
nun"hTt"0. :. haiiu l~;oycrs, o.
.ipuI on ! -, :. ii,r,Sn.ans. ,
-, M.'"cn. 2; Kimurnock, o.
Mortol. :; Hangers. u. :
'hird 'AnArk, !; Mothorwc,l, Q.
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scorc--,rmy. -, 50, Johns, 81. Goals
from ne,d-Klburn. :; Cusack, ,. Gerhard.
; Bay,er. :; cole, Murphy, .; Nicholas,
Weiss, :; C'arhe, ,. Goct.- Goals from
foul-Cussck , d; Nicholas, r. Sut,stltutions
fate Tor Bayler. Collins fnr Weiss. cur
| ran for Gocttc. Rrfer~.- Tom Thorps. co
iunbla. Umpire-Koch. Noukers, Time OF
/ ha vcs--ld minutes,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-06-04
Famous Feats of Archery.

In the days when the buffalo was
found in vast herds on the western
plains there were Indians who, while
riding at a gallop, could send an ar
row through buffalo's body. he
markable as this archery was, it did
not equal that reached by the archers
of ancient times. 1t is of record that
the MacReas of Gairlock, Scotland,
were such skilled archers that they
could hit a man at the distance OF
500 wards. In 1894 the Turkish am
bassador at London shot an arrow IN
field near that capital 4l5 yaros
against the wind. The secretary OF
the ambassador on hearing the ex
pressions of surprise from the Eng
lish gentlemen present, said the sui
tan had shot 500 yards. This was the
greatest performance of modern days
but a pillar standing on plain nea
| Constantinople recorded shots rangin
,lap to 800 yards. Sir Robert Ainsh@
Y British ambassador to the suoilm
Porte, recorded that in 1898 he wa
present when the sultan shot an arro'
972 yards.-Washington Star.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-06-04
DRIVER WAS BUSINESS MAN
Saw More Profit in Hauling Stranded
Automobiles Than in Selling Him
Gasoline.

Mack Sennett was going to the san
Diego fair in his car. About three
o'clock in the morning, and twenty
miles from nowhere, Mack found that
his supply of gasoline had given out.
There was nothing to do but sit py
the side of the road and wait for some
thing to come along, which Mack pro-
ceeded to do. He had waited but a
few minutes when he heard the souno
of wheels on the road and soon a
wagon was distinguishable In the
dark
There's a ten spot in it if you haul
me to town." hailed Mack
The driver readily consented ana
Mack settled down for three-houf
ride They were drawing into a little
burg when Mack remarked that IL
was rather early for the driver TO oe
on the road
Yes" he replied. bat have te
start early to get around to all III!
customers"
And as Mack handed him the tel
spot for his work, the man continued
You see, peddle gasoline TO th'
stores in the small towns arouhe
here. "-Photoplay Magazine.