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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
BUGS FOR UNIVERSITY.

Some notable additions have been
made to the biological collections Of
the University lhis summer through
the kindness of Capt. Herman Davis of
Rawhide Nevada The collections
have always lacked material represent
ing the peculiar insect life of the des-
ert and Capt. Davis has supplied
this deficiency by sending speci-
mems of unusual interest among them
being a number of viregerones some
giant scorpions and a tarantula hawk.
Some OF the vinegerones and scor-
pions were so rare that they were con-
sidered too valuable for a local collec-
ton and part OF them were placed in
the Smithsonian Institute at Wash
ington ID. c.
Capt Davis recently sent the Uni
versity perfect specimen of the tar
al tula-hawk" This is one of the most
curious and unusual forms OF insect
life to be found anywhere in the world.
1t is a very large blue black wasp with
powerful wings OF a rusty red color.
1t flies low over the desert in search
of its prey the giant spider or taran-
tula. When the wasp locates the tar
antula a battle between the two fol
lows, the wasp always being victori-
GUS 1t stings the tarantula and then
deposits an egg in its victims body.
A maggot matches from the egg and
devours the paralyzed spider, the mag
got transforming the following year
into a tarantula-hawk.
The specimen presented by Capt.
Davis will be mounted for permanent
preservation in the University entomo-
logical collection.-Gazette.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18

Hon. Patsy Bowler, the well-known
Tonopah lawyer and long time resi-
dent of Hawthorne who has hosts of
warm friends and admirers throughout
Nevada, was welcome visitor to Yer
ington Thursday. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr. Bowler successfully de-
Tended and secured the acquittal of a
number of young men charged with
cattle stealing in Lyon county last
February.
The county Jail has been entirely
renovated by painting the cells and
calcimining the walls and ceilings of
the cell rooms The work has been
done by Ed. (brother-in-law of Clark
Guild) The Sheriff hereafter will
rigidiy enforce by confinement to the
cells of all prisoners who mar or in
any way deface the walls.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
NATIVE SINGER HOME.

Vivian Kingston, famous in Italy
and Germany as an operate singer, is
really Vivian Hickey, Nevada girl
of whom the people of this section
have every reason to be proud. Her
family name was Hickey, but she
adopted the name of her maternal
grandmother for stage usage.
She was born at Empire between
Carson City and Virginia City and
was student at the University of
Nevada. Her sister is the wife of
George A. V. Hughes, assistant post
master of Reno.
Eight years ago, after several years
OF earnest study in San Francisco, the
singer went abroad and worked with
the foremost masters of Europe, in
cluding Frau Nickolaus- Kempner, of
Berlin, and Juliani and Frank King
Clark.
She made her debut at Turin, Italy,
as Marguerite in Faust" and so great
was llSl SuICcSS tlldt SIG WdS ODllSCu
to repeat the performance eleven
times within two weeks
After singing a number of times at
the Italian opera houses, she determ-
ined to devote some months to the
study of the dramatic side of her pro-
fession, so she went to Paris and stud
led dramatic art under Francesca Mot
tino, one of the most famous masters
in Europe So successful in her
dramatic work was Miss Kingston
that when she returned to Italy and
re-entered her career, the critics hail
ed her as the singing actress"
Like many other great artists, Miss
Kingston's work was practically stop
ped by the terrible war, so she de-
termined to visit home until things
righted themselves in Europe.
She gave a successful concert in
Reno last Wednesday night, largely
attended from all over the State
Gazette.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
Civil Engineers
in inArmyService

A movement has oecn started. and
is now well under way, for .he organ
ization of reserve ,orps of civilian
engineers, to be available for use II
the country's defense in case of war.
This movement, which is indorsed by
Major-G General Leonard A. Wood,
has been taken up Systematically by
the large engineering societies or the
country including til. civil. meclan-
ical, electrical, chem cal and mining
engineers. AL lof these organization
working in harmony have appointed
members to joint committee now in
touch with the War College at Wash
ington, which is formulating plan
whereby the services of the various
engineers. All of these organizations
to the greatest advantages to the Gov
ernment in case of need.
The United States at the present
time has in its entire army 212 en-
gineer officers, most of whom are en-
gagged on purely civiler gineering
work in connection with river and har-
Dor improvements. A number are too
old, and still others are too young, to
undertake some of the difficult prob
lens presented by the necessities of
the country's defense, and this work
will necessarily fall largely to the
civilian engineers who will enter the
service when the time comes.
To no group of engineers do the
military engineering problems appeal
more than to the mining engineers,
who are accustomed to working under
trying frontier conditions and who are
called upon to execute at short notice
and in very great haste many difficult
engineering feats. In addition, the
mining engineers daily familiarity
with explosives makes him valuable
adjunct to the engineers force of the
army.
Civilian engineers, however, must
necessarily have some military train
ing in order to be efficient at the start
in their new work.
In case of sudden necessity for mo-
blizing an army in the United States,
100000 men would be required and
10000 officers would have to be COM
missioned. AT present it is utterly inn
possible to pick 10000 men from our
entire list of States who are ade-
quately equipped to accept those COM
missions.
The opportunity which this offers
to the mining engineer, both for work
congenial to himself and valuable to
the country, is entirely unappreciated
by the engineer himself. The joint
committee of the national engineering
societies will, on plan approved or
laid out by the War College and now
under consideration, take the cad in
preparing the engineers of our caun-
try for military training.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
SILVER CITY GIRL DIES

Miss Mabel Lauritzen resident of
Silver City for many years passed away
in Berkeley recently as the result of a
sudden attack of heart failure firm
which she had been a sufferer for a
long time. She left her home in Silver
City some time ago, going to the
coast where she hoped to regain her
health, She was only 20 years of age,
Interment will be made in the Car
son cemetery
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
body with a windlass.
Ross & Hart

Northeast of the Taubert and asso-
ciates ground lies the lease secured
and developed by shaft by this firm
After reaching the 25-foot level they
encountered ore of good character
which they proceeded to open up.
Their work has disclosed vein about
10 feet in width from which they have
taken good values. They have al
ready made a shipment and within
the next week will ship carload
which assays % to Is per cent copper.
Fabre Block
Joe Fabre, who secured a lease on
this property mol thwest from the
ground being developed by Penning-
ton, Mullin, Tully & Gallagher, has
also been rewarded for his industry
and enterprise. He has encountered
a good vein of ore from which he has
taken thirty tons of high-grade To
this amount he will, within the next
few days, add sufficient to make car
load shipment.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18

settled condition and the presence OF a
large number of cootes and other wild
animals. Rabies for that reason will
be much more difficult to control than
in thickly settled communities. How
ever, vigorous campaign against
animals with the control of dogs above
outlined, should naturally reduce the
disease in question.
To summarize briefly. the County
Commissioners should pass ordinances
and enforce them vigorously for the
control of dogs and should encourage
in every possible way the the destruc-
ton of coyotes.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK

The Turks have resumed the ex-
termination of the Armenians. Fright
full scenes are reported. The women
are being outraged or enslaved and
the men massacred. Two hundred
thousand villagers in Asia Minor have
abandoned their homes and are flee
ing to the mountains. Bands are pur-
suing, shooting the stragglers.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
REDUCED RATES
State Fair, Fallon, September 20 to
rs. Inclusive.

For the above occasion, the Nevada
Copper Belt Railroad Company will
sell round trip tickets from all sta
tons to Wabuska and return, Sep
tember Is to 25, inclusive, with final
return limit September p at one fare
for the round trip. Fare, Wabuska to
Fallon and return, $375,
p. H. COOK,
Traffic Manager.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
LEASERS ARE MAKING GOOD

adjoining Duffy & Adams, Oberg &
Mcleod are stoping on their exten-
sive ore chute which is twelve to six
teen feet in width They have made
several shipments of carload lots
from which they have secured a good
profit They have another carload
ready which they expect to send to the
smelter next week.
Dexheimer & Dickey Brothers
Next to the Oberg lease this firm
are working on good ore at the sew
enty-fve foot level They recently
shipped car from the returns of
which they netted good profit and
are taking out ore that is worth send
ing to the reduction works as we'll as
some that runs 20 per cent and bet
ter AT the level mentioned they have
encountered a twenty-foot ledge all
Of which can be handled to advan-
tage. Next week car of 20 per cent
ore will be shipped to the Salt Lake
smelter, while lower grade will be
sent to Hazen. Some of the ore will
be disposed of to the Thompson smell
ter where, we understand, it will be
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
used for teaching tests.
Pennington, Mullin, Tully & Gallagher

used for teaching tests.
Pennington, Mullin, Tully & Gallagher
Dan Pennngto ad his associates are
still sinking their double compartment
shaft in which they have reached the
l00-foot level At the depth of ninety
five feet they encountered body of
ore which assay returns show carries
l8 to Is per cent copper However,
the firm will sink their shaft to the
water level before taking out ore to
ship. AS this block of ground has
been explored by prospecting drill the
work being done is for development
rather than exploration.
Walter Taubert and Partners
With his partners, Messrs. Clegg
and Anderson, Walter Taubert at the
bottom of their shaft have encounter
ed good body of high-grade ore from
which they have taken forty-five tons,
which amount they will double and ex-
pect to ship next week. These leasers
are all three young husky rustlers.
They have a good equipment of ma
chinery, which they installed after
developing their ore by sinking to the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
New Yerington

o. B. Grose and John Wetzel have
combined and are working on good
ore on their lease on the New Yering-
ton. Mr.. Grose and his former asso-
ciates recently made shipment from
this property and the new firm expect
to make another of still better ore
in the near future
Empire Nevada Estate
Adams & Duffy comprised of Jim
Adams and Frank Duffy, well known
and among the first of the new leas-
ers on this property, have just shipped
a carload of rich cuprite ore to the
Salt Lake smelter. They have not
received smelter returns yet, but the
ore sampled Is per cent. This is the
lease which is being worked through a
tunnel in which a tweleve-foot ore
chute was encountered on which a
drift is being run. The firm expect
to follow with further shipments as il
looks as if the deposit was extensive
as well as rich.
Oberg & Mcleod
At the fifty-foot level on the ground
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-09-18
)berg & Mcleod

AT the fifty-foot level on the ground
The Washington times., 1915-09-27

Leading off in the procession will be
three duckpin leagues which have
given valiant service on the battie-
grounds of bowls. These will gather
at their various headquarters early
In the evening and will march direct
" to their old stamping grounds. The
First Arcade Regiment will convene
at Fourteenth street and Park road
where two companies, Mt. Pleasants
and Gandils. will go through all the
motions OF a am-battle, initiating as
nearly as possible the acti<ns Of the
teams when the bowlers were in their
prime, years ago, .a .. ,. ~, =.
Other companies of the same de-
partment Of the bowling army will
adopt the same tactics each evening
during the week. Goldbergs and Ar
gy1es being scheduled to occupy the
limelight tomorrow night. wednes-
day night Bankers and Nationals, two
divisions of the Arcadians which have
been principals in many battles, will
line up In almost the exact formation
al of years ago. Some OF the regulars
OF these ancient detachments have
dropped off. during the Intervening
years. but the old guard will be pre-
served as far as possible.
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
BY KIRK C. MILLER.

Today is truly day for veterans;
patriotically and otherwise. Even in
tho sporting hemisphere the 81 spirit
has filled the veins of our little bowling
community and tonight has been chosen
for the Inauguration of three Of the
LEAGUES.
1t Is the signal for all Of the COM
rades to don the soft soled shoe and
low.necked blouse and venture. not
cautiously. as half a century ago. but
boldly out upon their own little battie-
fields. where the natural finished duck
pins are the most formidable and con-
spicuous enemies. Inanimate as the
little kindlings appear some sixty feet
from the firing line. the fight is not
nearly SO one-sided as the first glance
may indicate. for when 1t comes to
dodging the mineralite bullets. those
same duckpins are possessed of the
rarest AGILITY, usually revealed at the
mos, critical point in the battle, as will
testify any one Of thS huge army Of
enlisted bowlers and officers.
SO. altogether in keeping with the
sentiment which now quite possesses
Washington, the veterans are to be in
evidence in many manners this week.
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
Hugh S. Fullerton Explains His
Famous System of "Doping" the
Greatest Series of the Diamond

forced to substract SO points from ms
total worth In q season because he
kicks himself out of that proportion OF
games. Now. Evers. according to my
figures. is worth s52 as a player In
offensive play. and his value to his
team in a 154-Rame series IL 731. How
much. more or less. is he worth In
| a worlds series?
To find this you must study the op-
posing pitchers Because OF his scrappy'
age and brains. Evers is worth more In
a worlds series than in a regular sea-
son game. He Is on edge. Besides. he
has had experien0 In four worlds
you must study the pitchers that are
to oppose him. Suppose. for illustration.
Evers were batting against Dauss. Du-
buc. and Coveleskie In five games.
"Covey" pitching two. His offensive
cause Coveleskis and Dauss would make
trouble for him. Suppose he should bat
four games against Alexander. which Is
impossible. His batting strength would
be reduced to about 925.
To dope" a worlds series properly.
one must know all about the players.
players just what condition of body
and nerve they are in. There are some
players who are at their best when
under the heaviest strain. Herzog.
for instance, gave the greatest ex-
hibition OF third base play ever seen
points above what We figured. and at
that we gave him credit for being one
OF the gamest money players' in the
business. In another series. Sheck-
ard. OF Chicago, was so unnerved by
excitement ana anxiety and the mis-
guided attentions Of friends" that he
was little better than a busher in the
series.
We must add to. or deduct from. the
seasons value Of each player in pro-
mind his experience in series. his
likelihood Of breaking under the
strain or improving on his regular
work by rising to the emergency.
and one must study most carefully
Of all the condition tI, % Of ,, the pitchers;
of doping a worlds series is the study
OF tho Kind of pitching each batter
| hits. Evers is a $50 hitter against
| Mayer. for instance. and $50 hitter
water water Johnson freely. 0' and is ma a
Sucker" against many worse pitch
ers.
We cannot tell from the statistica
! at hand how the batters Of these teams
will hit the pitchers Of the opposing z
out American League pitchers who
resemble in methods the National
| League pitchers who are cngyged in
the series. and then see how the
| American League batters hit against
that type, Of pitching In their own
| the batting value of each man in the
| series. Secondly. we must study the
, catchers and calculate how much
their work is likely to affect the at
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
"Mud Ball" Is Dangerous

Pacific Coast League players and
fans have recently been interested in
the controversy as to whether the use
Of the mud BALI should be allowed in
the pitching repertoire OF the West
Coas: pitchers. According to those IA
miliar with this form Of delivery, II is
the most dangerous pitch yet discover
ed to battle the batsman. 1t Is easier
to CONTROL than either the emery or
moist ball, and can be thrown with
much greater velocity. Owing to the
speed and break OF the ball II Is said
that this delivery endangers the batter
to an extent that makes II imperative
that the pitchers be prohibited from
using It.
The Washington times., 1915-09-27

The basis OF all dope Is comparison.
Let us start with the presumption
that 1000 Is perfect. II any baseoali
player were perfect. there would DC
no interest in the game. Cobb Is the
nearest perfection. and I rate him wv.
deducting by comparing speed. hitting
power, quick thinking. throwing. base
running. etc. l rate Speaker at u.s.
Milan at SS5, and so on.
Cobb's total value to his team In
a season ! figure at $50. Now. 1t makes
no difference whether we say Cobb Is
$50 or 800 or go. 1t Is an arbitrary
figure assumed for purposes Of com
parison. But. II Cobb, batting $40
stealing 100 bases. scoring 15o runs,
making plays all the time, worrying
pitchers, drawing bases on balls, field
ing. throwing, covering lots Of ground
and getting into the team play every
minute, is rated $50. we can compare
his figures with those Of others. and
discover exactly what the other man
is worth in ratio to Cobb's $50 As all
we desire to discover Is comparative
figures, we may assume him worth
anything we desire.
we will first take every player or
the two teams that are to fight fol
the championship. and study the sta
The Washington times., 1915-09-27

Tomorrow's Games.
Newark at Pittsburgh.
Yesterday's Results.
st. Louis, Z: Buffalo, L
St. Louis. 8: Buffalo, O.
Kansas City. 9: Baltimore, o.
Baltimore. S: Kansas City, :.
Newark Chicago, rain.
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
League Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Standing Of the Clubs.

Today's GsmsA
Detroit at Washington.
Chicago at PhiiadelphIa.
Cleveland at New York.
st. Louis at Boston.
Tomorrow Games.
Cleveland at New York.
Chicago At Philadelphia.
Detroit at Washington.
Yesterdays Results.
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
lacking strength Of the opposing

Then we must calculate what affect
the physical characteristics Of the
grounds themselves may have. for each
sSSpnds ssop, eas as' It's for The
stance. handicap some teams and help
others. But there is another element.
In Philadelphia and in some other
places. the background from which the
In PhiIadeiphia there is q section Of
the field seats on a line with the pitch
ers that usually is crowded. When the
fans In that section take off their
coats, II Is almost Impossible for the
grounds the pitchers practice pitching
SO that the ball seems to be coming at
the batter out Of a sign. :
Having finally reached the value Of
figure his value in this series in his
position. Ty Cobb. for instance. may
be much greater player than is Hub
Perdue: but In q ball game where Per-
du,, que is pt pitching and, and Cobb PLAYING out
/ have. after many years OF caicuia-
ton. made up table Of relative values
Of positions regardless Of men. A CEN
qr,h ter fielder; on q, de defensive play is only
is worth 3s In 100 The table Is based
upon the chances to do good or harm.
Putting down all these figures, we
reduce them to the value Of the man as
an offensive player, as a defensive
player. his value to his team in the
regular season, and. finally. to his value
In this series. After calculating the
value OF each man, we simply add and
divide until we reach the relative
After that we have only reached tho
conclusion that one team or the other
is the better and, therefore, should win
the series. But I'm going to carry you
further. am going to take each
pitcher and calculate how many hits
and runs the opposing team should
make against him. Then II we can
guess which pitchers the managers will
use In each game. we'll have the ap-
proximate scores Of each game, won't
we?
That is what I have done with these
two teams. In fact, have figured four
teams Boston Red Sox against Boston
and Philadelphia Nationals. Detroit
against Braves and Phillies. Phillies
against Red Sox and Detroit, and
Braves against Red sox and Detroit:
and at one stage ! got scared and
started to figur, Brooklyn into tho
mess. Some work? Well. yes. so I'm
letting you fellows Off easily. Don't
come around after II Is over and tell
mo how wrong was or how right
Just take your little pencil and we'll
start figuring the first basemen. and see
whether or not our statistics agree
Wen start tomorrow with the frst
tasemen.
Copyright. 1915. by tho Wheeler Syn
iicate. Ipc.)
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
COMPARISON BASIS OF ALL "DOPE."

tistics. We will find out what each
man bats against right and left-handed
pitchers. against speed pitching. and
against slow pitching. We will figure
his speed. aggressiveness. condition,
and disposition.
I never rely upon my own judgment
for these things. l figure them all out
in advance. take the figures. and go
over them with members Of the player s
own team. with players of opposing
teams. with men who know him better
than I do. I find out whether he is
wirking with his team. whether the
strain Of the season has hurt his work.
and an l can about him. When l get
down these figures in each department
Of the game, l know and can represent
in figures almost exactly what that
player Is worth in a regular season.
At that point we merely have the basis
Of calculating a mans worth-in the
worlds series.
player may be worth 800 in a reg
| ular season by this swstem of scoring,
! and may be worth only 100 in a worlds
series. Let me illustrate.
Evers hits, roughly, .2S5, he runs
bases effectively. but does not steal
many. He advances the limit Of the
hit on each play. He ranks first as
a fielder in his own league. 1 am
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
of Approaching Contests-Take Your Little Pen
Gil and Join Him in His Fascinating Study.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON.

slopes horse claim
system doping" evolved through years study
game could advance what pitchers any
game you which would win series games
number Of hits.
may which pitcher will a game Managers
habit Of doing that Also trying to "dope" series be-
med by false Of condition Last fall almost
picked the Athletics win had done picking before
Athletics badly dsoganized and broken
Even then dope figures showed stangy the
played that had
double the second the
would have been almost exactly dope them
n advance
going You won't believe
cold figures forgetting that have
explain how reach the results
You take right with think
any figures, them TO suit yourself.
The Washington times., 1915-09-27
TomorroN's Games,
Yesterdays Results.
No games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEACUk
Standing OF the Cluba.

Today's G1mes.
Cincinnati at Chicago
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati At Chicago.
Yesterdays Results.
St. Louis. 3; New Yorits T.
Cincinnati. 4: Brooklyn, J.
Philadelphia. Chicago, rain