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The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
ONLY ATHLETE
CAN WELD CUE
WITH REAL SKILL

There has been time when bill
liards was frowned upon as a de-
vice OF his Satanic majesty TO lure
youths into evil ways. In view
OF that fact. il is interesting to
note recent statement of j. ferdi-
nand Poggenburg. who holds the
American emblem for the interns
uonal amateur championship at
1872 balk line. This crack was dis
cussing the manner of player VINO
might have a chance to wrest Willie
Hopes crown from him. Poggen-
burg said:
"First-We will have TO fnd an IN
telliRent young man who is in love
with billiards and comprehcnds the
principles involved in the science or
the game.
"Second-Such young man must
he industrious and practice diligent-
ly.
"Third-He must acquire execution
corresponding to that of Hoppe.
"Fourth-He must have good
physique and keep himself In perfect
physical condition, as Hoppe does.
"Finally-He must be az temperate
In every respect as Hoppe Is
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
Picks Pipp and Mullen
AS Coming
Stars

Johnny Evers, who always has a
good word for the youngsters, does
not think that Col. Rupert and
Cappie Huston, OF the Yanks. will
have 10 scour the country to find
some stars for their club. Evers
processes to see embryo stars in two
OF the young Yankees. Says the
Trojan:
Walter Pipp and Charley Mullen
are two OF the best youngsters
have seen in year or two, or /
will be greatly disappointed"
II watched those lads on the trip
around the country with the all-star
teams. and they were wonders. Pipp
is the most natural first baseman
| have seen in long time. He is
a slugger born and bred, and there
was scarcely a ground on which we
played that Willie didn't ride one
over the fence.
Mullen is another star. The more
| watched his work the more
wondered just why he was ever kept
on the bench by the Yankees. Boone
must be a bear to keep that boy
down. But watch hint next year"
continued Evers. He will be In ev-
cry game unless, of course, he meets
with some injury. He is learning all
the time, and has the greatest gift
of all-real base ball sense.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
Chicago Tips Local
Pin-Spillers to Lay
Off This Guy

CHICAGO. Dec. 17.---Wno was he?
He was what the best seller writ
ers call debonair: he admitted he
was count: Chicago bowlers ad-
nit he was some bowler: and he
admitted he made money In Chi
cago.
Where did he go?
To Detroit say the reports around
the alleys Certainly not TO Mil
waukee, for that's where he came
from a few months ago. Gossip has
Il that he beat the police 10 the
train for Chicago by one jump.
Suffice TO say he was slicker.
Arriving In Chicago he began to
frequent the bowling alleys and bill
lizard halls. He carried cane,
flashed a cow-choking roll and al
ways insisted on buying for every
body in the place. Some boy, him!
These foreigners certainly know
how TO be polite,
Then. remarking on his own abil-
ity in the pin toppling game, he
would chance TO make few wagers
for. well. say, 800 n bali. He
would lose once or twice and then
win and when the town boy com
menced to check up the profit was
on the wrong side Of the ledger.
At Blouin's Blue Island alleys
several OF our best bowlers, includ-
ing Pop Blouin and Bob Rolfe.
rolled against the count AS gossip
around the city tournament a few
days ago had it. they quit plenty
behind.
The count" made the rounds or
the bowling centers In a big auto.
and kidded the stars into bowling.
lie lost until the bets got big. and
then on strange alleys, with
strange ball. managed 10 win from
the best kindling topplers this city
can boast He also picked UP a roll
by his billiard playing and won one
bet Of 800 In a shooting gallery that
is known Of. II is asserted that the
mysterious one cleaned up $1,000
here In a few evenings of sport.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
NOVEL cAMPAIoM y
WAoED ron CO

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. Az
big faction OF the students g
University OF Pennsylvanis
demanding Bill Hollsnbsck = q
bead football coach next
They have been urging ths1s q
paign by means OF posters
which the following II printed s. 4
reasons why the vsu1u< {
football regime does not 49,
Bill HollenhAck for head eoAan
/. Bill Hollenbeck viii net
dictated TO on the football 49,
2. Bill Hollenbeck makes ~
team up from players, not De-
friends. Il
2. Pennsylvania first soei6I
privileges second. 4
4. Bill Hollenbeck would n
too busy coaching . winntnG
team to ofaciate at othoC
games. -
8. Bill stands on merit--noc
tradition. What do you stan1
on?
C. Bill Hcllenback for the ~
generation Of athletics at Penn
sylvania.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
Evers Says Yanks Have
Some Stars on Roster Now
Is He Here? Then Mysterious
Bowling Demon Is on His Way
Jim COrbett Says He Was First to
Use the Left Hook, Now Famous Jab

NEW YORK S Corbe's opinion that he the
hook before thought of it, I'll tell
fighting Choynski
will tell that all bouts the hardest
knuckles left
Joes hard head taller than he and left b landed
knuckles
hadto a
like the
OF
him inside
In to
carefully
the that could the
that / the beginning of the left hook
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-The Fed
eral league magnate, will not sur
render their property without REIN
bursement. even though they intend
to get out OF the game. II was re-
liably reported today. Those Feds
who are TO link Interests with o. b.
forces In today's doveDte meeting
will stake their business integrity
on getting square deal for their
comrades in arms.
One OF the most impornnt reports
today before the American league
owners arrived concerned the sale
of the Cardinals to Phil Ball. owner
of the st. Louis Feds. Rails rep
resentatives were said TO have ten
tntively accepted Britton's demand
fer $500 900 for the Cardital club.
should Ball buy the Cardinals. how
ever, II was learned. President
Hedges, OF the Browns, aho will
have TO donate for the Cause or
peace on the ground that his patron
age Is being relieved OF a heavy
drain In the removal OF the Feds.
In Pittsburgh, II was undentood.
the International league would take
the Rebels franchise and operate a
club In Forbes field 10 alternate with
the Pirates.
Charlie weeghman was the
strongest bidder for the Cubs tooay.
but Charlie Comiskey, OF the White
Sox. was expected TO do his part In
caring for the whales wartime con
tracts and equalizing the expense "
peace
Trade talk diminished to whis
per and then died out, as peace re
ports became more definite. To date
no manager has admitted he Is dick
ering for another clubs men.
President Barney Dreyfuss, the
Henry Ford Of the baseball war,
dropped of his Oscar II at Pitts
burgh, returned here from Chicago
70 announce that Jimmy Callahan
will succeed Fred Clarke "a man.
eger OF the Pirates. Dreyfuss then
continued his journey.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
There's No One Else
Left for Them to
Fight

Everybody laughs when. every few
weeks. Sam McVey and Sam Lang
ford are matched. but there is
good reason why these two Negro
fighters keep pummeling one anoth-
er. There is nobody else for them
TO fight.
Langford and Mcvey are the last
notable survivors OF race that pro-
duced some mighty clever perform
ers-Joe Cans. Peter Jackson.
George Dixon, Joe jeanette. Young
Peter Jackson, Joe Walcott, Jack
Blackburn, Bob Armstrong and 9th
ers.
Harry Wills. a New Orleans heavy.
is still In the game, but he came too
late to gain prominence. Jack John
son, jeanette and all the others, ex-
cept a few smaller fellows. are
through.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
TWO BIG GAMES
CONFLICT IN '16

Il looks now as II there would be
great conflict In football next
Fall. BY the Army-Navy agreement
il Is said their annual game will
be played in Philadelphia on Nov.
25. That is also the date OF the
,Harvard-Yale game In the Yale
Bowl. II is too bad, and the con.
flict may be avoided. but, II IL is
not, the Yale Bowl will be full just
the same. and so. probably. will the
great stands at Franklin field in
Philadelphia.
Those who have established the
habit OF taking in both games each
Fall. will be the losers. and which
ever game they elect TO go TO. their
places win be filled at the other.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
MUSHROOM SEES
CENTRAL BERTH

MUSKEGON. Mich. Dec. 17--Rep-
resentatives OF the Central league
have visited Muskegon. and have -e-
ported themselves convinced that
this city. despite It's comparative
small population. will splendidly sur
port Class B baseball this summer
Muskegon is an applicant for fran
chise. This city would cut down the
mileage OF the circuit by big mar
gin. and now seems likely to be In
cludec In the 1916 lineup.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
DENVER MAY GET
TITLE BOUT YET
BY UNITED PRESS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Denver
promoters. with an offer Of s12,500
and $500 travelling expenses, for
Freddie Welsh, and $4,000 for Char
lie White. today were favored to
get the lightweight championship
bout for the western city. Accept
ance must be made within a week.
Jan. 10 is the only date on which the
Denver promoters want the bout.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
OLD SPIKE KELLY
TALKS COMEBACK

CHICAGO. Dec. 17.-"Spike" Kel-
ly. who once cut swath In pugilistic
circles. but who has been driving
milk wagon Tor a year or so, has
gone on the warpath again. He
wants TO get back in the welter-
weight game and has challenged
Willie Schaeifer.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
Hedges and COmiskey
Must Chip in to Elim-
mate Feds
OUTLAWS WANT
TO SELL PROPERTY
David Harum Yarns
Killed BY Peace
Chatter

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-head-
ed by Ban johnson, the Ameri.
can league maonates arrived
here shortly after 10 o'clock to-
day for the peace conference
which 10 expected to end the
war betweea organized baseball
and tho FeoeraIs.
johnson was all smiles. Pres
ident Comiskey, Of the White
eox, and other American mo-
guIs beamed with optimism.
Johnson said 4 peace statement
might be issued this afternoon.
President Johnson announced
the National Association OF
Baseball clubs will hold a meet
ing early this afternoon at the
Waldorf. The National asso-
citation include, all minor
leagues, so that II is certain
the little fellows will be taken
care OF In the conference. The
general, peace meeting will fol-
low.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
The Fall OF Little.

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.--George Lit
tie. once known as the Diamond
King" who WIS the first manager OF
Jack Johnson. is broke. Once worth
5000. 900. he In today tending bar In
south side saloon.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17

NEW YORK. Dec. l7.-Tom Cow
Ter. OF England. protege of Corbett.
and Porky Flynn, Of Boston, have
signed for n bout at the American
Sporting club here, Wednesday
night, Dec. %.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17

CLARK Grffnth says Washington and
View York will he IN the hr-t division
of the American league. However.
Grtf u one Of the puakesf prophets
Ne have.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-17

Besides Oscar Egg IN the rscias
xoae. theee's Hss Hyett In bssebsit
pogky F1kDa n the ring and HoGe
snnenan - she Pr1neesoa eleven. y
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
CITY MANAGER PLAN GROWS
The Commission Form Of City Govern
ment Being Carried a step
Forward.

Though the so-called commission
form of municipal government had its
origin in Galveston, Iowa has done
much to popularize the idea. The Des
Moines plan of commission rule, which
is a modification of the Galveston plan,
has been much advertised. Several
other cities of Iowa have the same sys-
ten in operation.
The city manager plan, which is
simply the commission plan carried a
step further, is believed by many to
represent the best thought on the sub
ject of city government. Under this
plan the commission chooses an execu-
tive officer to carry out its policies and
holds him responsible for results OBJ
tanned, whereas under the simple com
mission plan the commissioners divide
the administrative responsibility
among themselves, each commissioner
taking the headship of a department of
municipal service.
Iowa has shown it's progressiveness
by making it possible for cities of that
state to add the city manager feature
to the commission plan. An enactment
of the legislature at its recent sessions
permits cities governed by commits
sions to adopt the city manager feature
by popular vote.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
But Il Didn't Work.

An elderly woman, living on the
north side, met with an odd mishap
yesterday when she tried to get
weighed in the terminal station. The
woman has been thinking for a long
time that she was too heavy and has
been doing everything in her power to
reduce her weight. It was an every
day occurrence with her to get
weighed for every n counted with
her. She stepped in the station at her
usual time and hoped on the scales
with a light heart. for she was sure
that she had lost some weight. She
reached in her purse and seized a
small coin that felt like a penny. In
her hurry she put the coin in the slot
and just as 1t was going down she no
ticed that it was a dime. The lady is
now preaching about the ingratitude
of mechanical devices, for the dime,
although almost the same size and
weight as a penny, refused to work
the machine .--Indianapolis News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

coast artillery problem the distant ship of the
foe is at the remote tip of the imaginary triangle.
and the known base is the span between two OBJ
serving or range-fnding stations. This interval
may be a mile or more and, within some limits,
the longer the better for accuracy.
Many have seen from afar at our coast defense
stations what seemed to be big bird boxes
mounted upon towering tubular supports or web
work of steel. There are always two of them.
and officially they are known as the primary and
secondary range stations. In each of them, in
time of service, there are at least two men. One
turns by means of a delicately graduated
mechanism a powerful telescope from right to
left, and his function is to keep the moving tar
get continually at the point of intersection Of
two cross hairs in the field of his instrument.
His companion reads off at prescribed intervals
the angle made by the telescope with the per-
manent base and the far-away foe.
The same thing is being done at the other
range station at the opposite end of the base. A
time bell rings at each of these stations every
20 seconds, and at the third stroke the man read.
ing the angular scale telephones that measure
ment to the plotting room located where the
enemy cannot see it and itself in telephone
communication with each gun or mortar division.
In the plotting room a group of men make use
of the coming to them intermittently
from the range-fnding towers and by a graphic
process determine with great nicely the distance
of of the steaming foe. The plotting table or
board where the information from the observers
is applied is a big semicircular affair-the curved
edge being graduated to fractions of a degree,
while the straight edge or diameter represents
on a definite scale the length of the base line
between the two spotter towers. At each end
of this base line is a pivoted ruler. One is called
the primary and the other the secondary-corre-
spending to the rangefinding station with which
its operator is in touch by telephone. Here is
what follows:
The soldiers at the primary and secondary
pivoted rulers or arms bring the free ends to-
ward one another in accordance with the sepa-
rate angles telephoned to them. A third man
operates another ruler called the gun arm, which
measures the distance or range of the axis of
this triangle. At the word of command from the
range officer the observers at the two telescopes
bring these powerful instruments to bear in
unison upon a chosen part of the remote ship.
At the order Take" the scale readers telephone
the figures to the operators at the plotting board.
In a few seconds the man in charge there has
placed on a large sheet of paper a dot at the
point where the two straight edges meet and
has marked this pencilled point No l..
Again. 20 seconds later, another dot is made
where the shifting straight edges meet, and this
is numbered 2. Similarly positions are thus re-
corded for No. 3 and No. 4. and If the distance
between these dots is uniform the plotters know
that the target is moving at a steady speed and
the path dots gives a visible trace of the direc.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
f1OME@DO
10 HELPS
PRUNE TREES IN SUMMER
Farmers Trim In Foliage Season In
Order to Check Wood
Growth.

Summer pruning, as contrasted with
the regular practice, is the pruning Of
trees while in foliage. It's influence
upon the tree in many respects is oppo-
site to winter pruning. The latter
stimulates wood growth, while the for
mer tends to lessen wood growth.
As a rule, any practice that checks
wood growth tends to induce fruitful
ness. Growers have taken advantage
Of this fact for many years. In Eng
land the result is attained by root
pruning. The method consists in dig
ging a trench around the tree at some
considerable distance and severing
some of the roots. This interferes
with the food supply and necessarily
reduces growth.
In the famous Ozark apple region
of Missouri and Arkansas the same
result is attained by ringing or cir
ding the trunk or main branches of
the tree, thus checking the downward
flow of sap. The roots in this way are
partially starved and are, therefore, IN
able to induce a strong wood growth
the following season. The work is
done during the growing cas- and,
as a result, the wound soon heals over.
A complete or partial defoliation by
insects, disease, or spraying injury dur
ing the early summer seems to have
the anne effect.-Farm and Home.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

1901 enlisted men. This is a shortage of sol
diers of 1,420 agreeably to the force authorized
by law, and this is an intimation of the extreme,
ly heavy work that the men would have to face
in case of hostilities, because we are minus a
vitality necessary reserve.
The average layman has but the slightest
knowledge of the eXtremely technical character
of the Coast Artillery corps, and to be proficient
these soldiers receive a many-sided education.
Theirs is the task of getting the advantage of the
enemy before the foe can locate the position of
our guns and mortars, and the whole system of
defense is the exact opposite of the way in
which a hostile squadron would approach its ag-
gressive task.
From the very beginning of the planning of our
existing seaboard batteries the idea of conceal
ment was the first concern. The mortars were
designed to be hidden away in pits-each of
them holding four of these weapons. The heavy
rifles were not to be in plain sight, with their
threatening muzzles peering over the crests OF
p%arapets. Instead, the disappearing carriage was
invented for a mount. These gave the rifles the
power to crouch while loading or awaiting serv-
ice, and then. when the moment for action ar
rived, to spring up suddenly from behind their
embrasures, to fire directly at the foe, and by
the force of their own recoil to sink from view
and into position for reloading.
How is it possible for weapons of this sort to
be aimed at their targets? 1t is commonly known
that in naval service the guns are held upon
their quarry by means of electrically operated
mechanisms that swing and elevate the rifles
SO that the cross hairs of the telescope sights
can be kept right on a moving target even though
the sea be rough and the vessel roll. The gun
pointers are undisturbed by this motion, and at
10000 yards and more are able to do some won
derful shooting. But the gun pointers and train
ers in the mortar pits and the em%placements of
the big rifles do not, themselves, see the enemy.
Yet despite this seeming handicap still they are
able to do some extraordinarily effective work.
The army gun pointers near New York, with
10inch disappearing rifles, have been able to fire
four shots in a total elapsed time of less than
one minute, and these were concentrated upon a
target four miles away being towed at the rate
Of something over five miles an hour. All four
shots struck the target and actually passed
through a rectangle "a feet high by SO feet long.
At 1900 yards the same caliber guns at Fortress
Monroe scored six hits out of six shots at a NOV
ing target. The total elapsed time of the firing
was slightly over two minutes, the batteries scor-
ing Ia hits per gun per minute,
The science of surveying has made these
achievements possible. even though, as has been
said, the guns and mortars must be trained and
elevated by men who cannot see their targets.
1t is a wellknown theorem in plane geometry
that the length Of the two sides OF a triangle may
be found II the length of the base and the degree
OF the two angles formed by the sides in question
with this base are known. In the case Of the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

decisively, "or we shall return the
money to you"
Cyril Warner hesitated. Then ii
seemed as II he allowed Marcia to lead
him to a rustic bench. With averted
eyes he told her that his grandfather
had died twenty-four hours before her
own, and David Mack, through mis-
taken fidelity to the family, had con
cealed the fact and had impersonated
the dead man when the bank messen
ger came.
The ready, practical mind of Marcia
devised a way Of keeping this secret
There must be a division of the money,
To this Cyril would not consent.
But love united the knot, separated
the confused strands, only to bring
those two together in closer bonds, and
husband and wife alone knew the real
merits of the settlement of the Mutual
Tontine fund.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

Madam" he spoke, lifting his cap
oourteously, 81 wish to suggest"
But Mrs. Newell, still bitter over her
great money loss, gave him an icy
stare that drove him back dismayed.
my mother is not feeling herself.
SIR Marcia spoke, and IN the accom-
panying glance of regret the embar-
raised young man traced a note of
apology that drew him towards this
possessor of the fairest face he had
yer seen.
Village gossip now had 1t that the
Novels were going to remove to the
city, where mother and daughter might
find more profitable work. 1t was also
rumored that young Cyril Warner was
negotiating to buy his release from
naval service, preparatory to going in
to business with the capital he had in
herited.
There was a knock at the door of the
Newell home two evenings later. Mrs.
Newell glanced through the open win
dow to make out the visitor.
The ideal" she crimsoned, confront
ms hSi uduButeI.
Who is it, mamma?" inquired Mar
cia.
That ~audacious Warner! Dou't n
swer."
But it may be a matter of BUSINESS.
Come, mamma, do not let an
able prejudice influence you against
this young man, whom people tell me
is a fair-minded person." and she pro-
ceeded to the door and quite pleasant
ly invited the caller into the parlor.
you will pardon my presumption in
calling" Cyril Warner addressed Mrs.
Newell, his face very pale, his COM
pressed lips telling of a vast internal
struggle, but l am compelled to come.
The other day l wished to suggest to
you that we divide the fund money. To
day." and he placed a black stout wal
let on a table, sit is yours-all of it."
"Ours!" cried the astounded lady.
Eyes, madam, by all the rights Of JUS
tice. Not one penny belongs to me.
Good day, madam. You will find sixty
five thousand dollars in that wallet"
He was at the door, down the steps,
striding away along the graveled path
Mrs. Newell was too overcome to fol
low. Not so Marcia. She reached him
placed a OBTAINING hand upon his arm
you must tell us more she said
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Aurora RoreaIls.

~ Many people believe that the aurora
borealis is a phenomenon peculiar to
modern times. But this is not true,
The ancients used to call it chasmata,
bolides and TRADES, names which ex'
pressed the different colors of the
lights. The scarlet aurora was looked
on by the superstitious barbarians
as an omen OF direful slaughter; SO il
is not unusual for descriptions OF
bloody battles to contain illusions to
northern lights. In the annals oil
Cloon-mac-noise it is recorded that in
68S A. D.. accompanying a terrible bat
tie between Leinster and Munster. Ire
land. a purple aurora lit the northern
skies. foretelling the slaughter.