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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
SOME PITCHING RECORDS.
Matty Averaged 20 Victories Annually
for IL Years-Other Notables.


Christy Mathewson : stock needs nc
boosting, but it takes further iumr
when the past performance sheets
from 1905 to 1914 are consulted, these
showing that annually Matty has turned
sive boss, john j. McGraw. ''Big
Six did not wait until the earlier
named year to acquire the habit Of
getting by the one-score mark in wins
but the figures from 1905 on were TAX.
en- for the reason that q 10-year result
could be obtained. Matty now has
won 90 or more games for II consecu-
tive years, and when he fails to pro
duce a score of triumphs in cam
paign that fact will be as widely
chronicled and commented on as Hans
Wagner s recent fall out of the SO.
.ciety of the three hundred.
In 10 seasons in the American and
National leagues and one in the Fed
eral league, - pitchers have managed
to win 20 or more games during one or
more campaigns. Three men-Walter
Perry Johnson, Mordacai Peter Cen,
tennial Brown and George Joseph Null,
lin-turned the trick FIVE times, and
the frst-named may possibly equal
Mathewson s wonderful record Vie
w HIS, AuNIe sJOSSs Ldult 1d0k anu
Ed Walsh, between 1905 and 1914, fg-
ured on the pitchers honor list four
times, while men who have been on
it thrice are Larry Cheney, Howard
Camnitz, CRUDE" Marduard, Grover
Cleveland Alexander, Vean Gregg.
Frank Smith, Russell Ford snd Jack
I Coombe
On the honor list of the IS success
/ full slabmen are 10 left Flanders, those
still in major league captivity being
Marquard, Gregg, Packard, Rue ker,
Hess, Covaleski, Russell and Collins.
| In the last 10 years the greatest mum
Fber of triumphs registered by port
slider in a season is 81. Rube" Wal
dell got this mark in 1905, when the
White Elephants won their second
banner, and Guy Harris White of the
White Sox equaled it two years later
Records of the last 10 years SHOW
that Mathewson, in the National, and
Walsh, johnson, Ceombs and Wood, in
1.-THE American, are the only men VINO
have succeeded in winning 80 or more
games in q year.
The Giants, in the National, and the
White Sox, in the Americans, have had
the greatest number of consistent slab
winners. In 10 seasons 20 of MeGraw 4
Imoundmen have won 90 or more games
for him, while in Chicago "Old Ro
man" Comiskey has paid salaries t.
IA athletes who have done similarly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
HAN1P SEES cHANCHEs FADE.
Only Two Teams Represented at Meet
ing in Meadow City.

The conference between representa-
tives of Springfield, Holyoke, Green
field and Northampton, at Northamp-
ton last night, concerning the pro
Jeet Of organizing league to be com
posed of those cities, resolved itself
into consultation between Northamp-
ton men and Fl. A. Haggerty OF Hell
yoke. The other places were not repre-
scented. 1t was not possible to ma Se
any progress under tho circumstances,
and the situation remains where it was,
except that the chances for league
grow less as time advances.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12

up lot of envy until his friends
learned his job was that of watch
man in a cemetery.
One more famous athlete has an
swered his last call in this world be
cause of the war. Anthony T. Wilding
one of the famous tennis players OF the
world, has been killed in battle. He
had been a member of several Davis
cup teams.
Greenfield baseball enthusiasts must
have given up hope of a league team
for they were not even represented al
night, where it was hoped to start
some sort of league including Hol-
yoke, Greenfield, Northampton and
Springfield.
The Greenfield baseball directors
feel that the minstrel show, the first
of two performances of which was
given last night, deserved a larger at,
dience and that capacity house to.
night will be necessary to make u
showing towards the balancing of the
account of last season.
The eastern and western teams in
the American league split even in the
opening games of their new series, De
tFulb ana CteN Gldlu OF ire " est dHu
Washington and Philadelphia Of the
East winning. In the National LEAGUE
however, Philadelphia was the only
team of the East to score victory.
At last Springfield appears TO be in
the way of having league ball. The
Feds have announced positively they
will open May 20 with q class A
league team. The Colonial league pur-
poses to enlarge its circuit and plant
a league team in Springfield, too. The
new Fed league is to be called the
Tip Top in honor of the bread made
by R. B. Ward, financial hacker of
much of the real Fed baseball circuit.
With Baker of Bellows Falls high
running the mile in 4.55 rs, as he was
timed Monday at the interelass meet
at Bellows Falls, Capt. Harlow and the
j other distance men of the local high
school track team will have to step q
little to take first place in that event.
Last year at the local track meet
| Smith of Keene won in 500 with Har
low second and at the Burlington meet
| Harlow won in sos 3-5. AS Harlow Is
running better than he did last year
this ought to be one great race Satur
| day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
B0EHLlNG AGAIN IN FORM.

Washington Fans Figuring on Young
ster Helping Nationals Pennantward.
Washington fans figure that the
chances Of their team in the American
league pennant race have improved
with the rounding to of Pitcher Boeh-
ling. In Il recent game against the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
MAGE A DISCIPLINARlAN.
Tptop Leader Unbending In Enforcing
His Rules.

Artie Holman was the first member
of the Brookfed team to feel the force
Of Lee Magee's discipline, and the ex-
ample set III his case viii probably
cause any other member Of the CLUB
who considers setting the managers
rule at nought t@stop and think awhile
Hoffman is now waiting at his home
for word from the clubs owners to re
turn to the team, as a result of having
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
FINES EN-, BUT GIVES 1T BACK.
Rowland Has Always Been Ready to
Pay For Good Efforts,

Boss Rowland of the Chicago White
SoX IS stickler for discipline. Yet
he Is strongly opposed to fines.
When l have felt compelled to fine
a player" says Rowland. Il have plas-
tered the fine on him, but as soon as
he showed me he was trying to act all
right he got has money back again
Vincent Campbell who starred with
the Feds last season was one of the
players ! once fined. 1t was for loaf
ing on the bases. l fined him $50.
That season he stole ninety
bases, when the best he ever had done
previously was seventeen. Of course
r.mitted the fine"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
Pitcher WaIsh,s Arm Coming Back.

Pitcher Marty Walsh, brother of the
famous Ed Walsh. worked so hard in a
game with the Brooklyn Feds recently
that he broke a ligament in his arm.
Since then he has been going easy, and
the arm is reported coming back into
shape finely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
LEE MAGEE, MANAGER OF THE BROOKLYN
FEDS.

FEDS
smoked a cigarette in direct disobe.
dience of the managers wishes. Magee
says that Holman will have to report
Of his own yolition and pay the fine i'm
posed upon him for his offense or he
will not play this season.
As the Wards have given Magee
carte blanche in the guidance of the
teams destinies, it is likely that Ma
gees action in the Hoffman case will
DE upheld. Magee predicts a great
season for the Tiptops, and he is SUI
premely confident that they will carry
off the pennant with little or no oppo-
sition
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12

Pa-"Johnny, what is this go on your
report card?"
Johnny-'I think that's the temperature
of the schoolroom.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
College Games Tomorrow.

Dartmouth Wesleyan at Middletown
Tufts Bowdoin at Medford Cornell
Columbia at Ithaca, Syracuse Roches-
ter at Syracuse.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12

Europe now has six great labora-
tories in as many nations devoted to
the investigation of aviation prob
lens.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
Nationa, League

National League Games Today.
St. Louis at Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
Sporting NelUs
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American. LeagGc.
American League Games Today,

Boston at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
Washington at Chicago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12

To err is Humankind the divine part is
to keep from being found out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
THIS Jump" WANTED FAN
TO RID ROOM OF HOT AIR.

Frank Newhouse, who former
ly umpired in the Pacific Coast
league, is the only judge of dia-
mond plays that ever made a
league purchase an electric fam
Newhouse was offered a berth
in the Texas league President
Allen of the circuit was anxious
to get him. Newhouse refused to
sign up with the league unless
they purchased a fan for him.
In explaining TO Allen why he
wanted the fan Newhouse said
he would set it going at night
time, so as to keep the air in the
room cool in order that lie could
get enough sleep.
To get Newhouse the league di-
rectOrs finally had to purchase
the electric fan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12
PITCHER BoEHLING ABOUT TO SEND ONE
OVER.

Athletics he allowed but two of this
once hard hitting aggregation to reach
third base. When Boehling is in good
form he is one of the best pitchers in
the American league
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-12

Never tell middle-aged woman that
size reminds you of an old friend.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
JITNEY BUS PROFITS
SAID TO BE SMALL
Circular Details Cost of Upkeep
Which May Give Companies
No Financial Returns.

Profits from jitney bus lines are very
little, If. indeed. there is a profit in this
new transportation business. This con-
clusion is stated in an article appearing
in the latest issue of Nelson. Cook 4
Cos. financial circular. 1t says:
There is a notorious that runs from
Baltimore to Washington. charging "a
cents, which is the same fare as is
charged by the Baltimore. Washington
and Annapolis Electric Line. We very
much doubt whether any notorious can
afford to carry a passenger forty miles
for 20 cents.
I'VE estimate that these small cars
cover at the maximum 100 miles per
diem, and that they make twenty round
trips, carrying ten passengers each
round trip, which would produce a reve-
nue. of SO.
1T is estimated that it costs for up
keep and operating expenses at least
cents mile. This would mean IS per
diem. To this are added the wages of
the driver and assistant which would
amount to $50 per diem. We estimate
depreciations at certainly as much as
$500 per anum, which would be 50 cents
day. In placing the expenses for a
garage or any shelter which may be
used at s. month. or 16 cents a day
interest on the original cost of. say. $500.
or SEA a year, equivalent to Z cents per
diem-these items aggregate Ss.25 per
diem. If we are correct in these calcu-
lations, 1t must be admitted that the jit-
ney bus system, even as at present con-
Quoted without enforced contribution to
the city in the shape of taxes or any
other requirements, cannot long exist,
and that the buses will gradually disap-
pear from the streets of the city.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
drink MODERATELY IS
SALOON MEMS WARNING
Big Liquor Interests Start Campaign
to Check Prohibition
Propaganda.
(Copyrisht. 1915, BY r. L. c

The big liquor interests Of the country
have started a campaign against intern
perance in the hope of raising the saloon
above the reproach of the anti-saloon
forces. 1t is a campaign to wipe from
the public mind the impression that a
saloon is howell of crime The United
States Brewers Association has prepared
placards, to be placed in every saloon
in the country, that read in part like
this:
The Temperate Tavern League
Stands for
Regulation. Moderation. Cleanliness,
Order.
We Sell All Kinds of Beverages;
Drink Moderately.
This matter was first brought to the
attention of the retail trade" says a
recent report of the association, "at the
last annual meeting of the Massachu-
sets Liquor League. with the idea OF
making the saloon itself an instrument
for true temperance
The United States Brewers Association
is placing its plan before the retail
liquor organizations in all parts of the
country. and many places have entered
upon the campaign. 1t Is the belief of
the United States Brewers Associat ton
that if the anti-liquor forces can be con-
WINGED the business Is a legitimate one
when properly conducted. much of the
opposition that now exists will be with
drawn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
6be Gown Grter

Hunter H. Moss, 4 member OF Con-
gress, will deliver a lecture at Z
o'clock tonight at Calvary Baptist
Church. in Columbia road, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
The board OF directors of the Emer-
gency Hospital and Central Dispen-
sary announce the new institution on
New York avenue, between. Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets. op-
posite the Corcoran Art Gallery, will
be open for inspection today and to-
Horrow between IL a. m. and 5 p. m.
They trust that the Washington public
will visit the institution on these days
The management contemplate opening
the Institution for the reception of
patients and emergency work on or
about July 10.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
bigger TAX Yield ON
INDIVIDUAL incomes
At Same Time Collections Under Cor.
poration Levy Show Sub
stantial Decrease.

People in the District, the States of
Maryland and Delaware and the two
counties of Accomac and Northampton
in Virginia have paid into the Treasury
during the past fiscal year $52s.1T4 in
corporation and Individual income taxes.
of which amount 316.364.74 was the cor
poration income tax. Secretary McAdoo
yesterday said the figures are subject to
revision upon the analysis Of complete
returns from the internal revenue dis
tricts.
Substantial decreases In the corporation
income tax and increases in the indi-
vidual income taxes as compared with
last years collections are the features
in Secretary McAdoo's report. The rela-
tive changes were prevalent throughout
the larger internal revenue districts with
the exception of the Second New York.
The total corporation tax collected
amounted to only SIS. S17. 900 for the fiscal
year 1915, whereas on June 80, 1914, when
the income tax law had been in opera
ton only ten months. s43. 07s. 900 had been
collected from this source. On the other
hand. there was jump Of from SIS. $685.
600 to 81. OIL. 900 in the income tax collec-
lions.
Many officials are at a loss to explain
these changes. It Is evident that during
the last twelve months the corporations
Of the country sustained considerable
loss Of earning power. and that the fall
ing of in the corporation tax can be at
tributed to this fact alone. but the In
crease in the individual income tax is not
SO easily explained. This increase GER
tainly is due in part to the exerttons OF
Internal revenue agents in ferreting out
persons having taxable incomes who
failed to make returns last year. Doubt
exists, however. as to whether the main
part Of the increased taxes should be
attributed to these efforts. Omcials be-
lieve that despite the falling on of cor
poration earnings there was a larger
gross Individual income.
One factor in the increase Is believed
to have been the tremendous profits
reaped by farmers of the wheat-srowing
districts after the outbreak of the Eu-
ropean war.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
HOT WEATHER HINTS
FOR USERS OF HORSES
Use Light Harness. Allow Rest in
Shade. Give Plenty of Air in
Barn, and Don't Underfeed.

Timely advice is given in a leafiet en-
titled Hot Weather Hints for Horse
I, Users" issued yesterday by the Ameri-
can Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals. Here are some of the
hints which we'll be posted in the hat
of every driver:
Don't overload the wagon.
Don't speed your horse.
Use well fitting. light weight harness,
loose fitting collars and open brides.
On long hsuls allow periods of rest in
the shade.
At the first sign of exhaustion stop
and battle the animals head and neck
with cold water.
Allow a liberal quantity of clean wa
ter to drink. provided the horse is
worked or exercised Immediately after
drink ing.
Carry a pail and sponge to frequently
wash or swab the animals nose. mouth
and face.
Give a warm bran mash on Wednes-
day nights in addition to the one given
on Saturday nights.
Avoid all grades whenever possible.
Relieve harness pressure from sores.
Remove collar and shoulder pads from
harness every night. wash pressure sur
face with warm water and soap and
hang out in the sun to dry before put
ting them on the animal. Supply two
sets of pads for use on alternate days.
If this is done sore conditions will be
entirely prevented. Feed properly. study
the individual horse and determine just
how much nourishment is required to
keep 1t in serviceable condition and
health.
Don't underfeed or save on bedding,
blankets. shoeing, or employ fncompe-
tent help in order to save money.
tro 70 vxyhY rh
invariably results in weak, lame, sore
or enfeebled animals.
Plenty of light, fresh air. good food.
pure water and proper housing are as
necessary to the horse as they are to
the human being.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
MONARCHS OF EUROPE
SICKLY LOT Of men
The Bed of Royalty Is at Best but a
Thorny Couch" Says Medical
Journal Editorial.

In an editorial on the poor health
OF the rulers of Europe the current
issue of the New York Medical Journal
comments on the fact that the hea5
that wears a crown lies no easier than
that which carries a basket of ba-
nanas.
The bed of royalty is at best but
a thorny couch" says the editorial.
The physical aspirations Of kings can
soar to no greater heights than those
of their subjects. Poets delight to tell
how death and disease beat with equal
force at the doors of the cottage and
the palace. Just at this time il would
seem that the rulers of Europe are
below the average of health which
prevails among their belligerent sub
jects.
That there is rife in Europe form
of monarchical neurasthenia induced
by the great world struggle admits of
little doubt.
The winter was one of unusual
Severity, and the contending armies
suffered greatly from such diseases as
pneumonia, rheumatic fever, lumbago,
diphtheria. and meningitis. In certain
districts restricted diet also has ex-
ercised a certain influence on the we'll
being of the people. But royalty has
escaped the rigors of the winter, and
it is beyond belief that the crowned
heads have suffered from a sparse
diet
Despite this. the fact remains that
royalty in Europe is physically below
par Ths German Emperor is suffer-
ing from a severe laryngeal trouble;
the President of France has been un-
der medical surveillance and forbidden
to engage in arduous military reviews
as was his wont; King George of Eng
land abandoned the use of alcohol as
much on the advice of his physician
as that of LloydGeorge, his doughty
social rcformer and chancellor of the
exchequer; Albions ruler is rheu-
matte.
The survivor Of the fallen fortunes
of Portugal has become equity and
spends a great deal of his time taking
the waters Alfonso of Spain is forced
to live out of doors on account of be-
ing strumous. The young heir to all
the Russias, as a result of Nihilistic
attack. is a confirmed invalid. The
Czarina is known as the saddeneo
woman of Europe she is decidedly
melancholic in temperament
The King of Greece is reported to
be fast breaking; he recently suffered
from an attack of influenza; this has
been followed by pleurisy and daily
rise in temperature.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The center Of q disturbance Of considerable in
tensty has moved to the region Of the Great
Lakes from the Northwest Canadian Provinces. and
A belt Of low pressure extends southward over the
great central valleys to the Gulf States. This
disturbance has produced general showers and thun-
deraorms in the region Of the Great Lakes, the
central valleys and the Plains States. Widespread
Temperatures have fallen in the Mississippi VSSley
and the upper Lake region. and cool weather pre-
walls In the Plains States and the northern Rocky
Mountain region, with the lowest Temperatures OF
record for July, with frusts in Nebraska and Wyom-
ing.
The indications are that the weather will be
overcast with showers Monday and fair Tuesday
in the Middle Atlantic and New England States
Showery weather will continue in the South At
hLtir and east Gulf States. while in the west
Gulf States. the Ohio Valley. and the region OF
the Great Lakes. the weather will be far Monoay
and Tuesday.
Temperature. will be lower in the upper Ohio
Valley and the Middle Atlantic States: elsewhere
cas-, Of the Mississippi changes VIII be unimportant
For the District Of Columbia and Maryland,
showers Monday. Tuesday fair with somewhat
lower temperature fresh south, shifting to west
winds with s.ualla
J For yirsinia. showers 'Mooday. Tuesday fair;
somewhat lower Temperature; fresh southeriy winds
with squalls.
Midnight, 10; .. m, G; q. m. s.; q. m.
s.; a m, II; 10 .. m, 70; u noon. 81; 2 p m.
d; p. m, &c; s p. m. 20; p m, ~ ~ p. m. ID
HIGHEST "a: lowest. q.
Relative Humidity-S q. m. s.; p. N. u.
Rainfall Is r. m to .. nj Hours OF sunshine.
IL Per cent Of possible sunshine. ..
Temperature same date Last yar-Hishest. y: low
est. g.