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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
CHICAGO HAS A CHINESE
MEMBER OF FOOTBALL TEAM
Wah Kai Chang May Attain Fame a.
University Star.

Harold Ualfbacll, the speedy ILL
nois runner, shot around Chcagos
right end There came roar from The
Illinois stands. Halfbaek had a clear
field. He was off for q touchdown!
No. Look there, A yellow skinned
Chicago player sped after the flying
Illiui. The race was pretty one, but
the maroon clad man was too fast. He
came up from behind tlived through
the air and brought the runner to the
ground. A thunderous cheer went up
from the Chicago rooters. Wah Kai
Chang bad saved the gamer'
This is prophecy within the pale of
possibility. for Wah Kai Chang, a Chi
nese student, has been awarded his
numerals" for brilliant work upon
Coach Stages University of Chicago
freshman football team. The forego-
ing is what may be read in the news
papers next fall, when Chang will be
candidate for the varsity team.
SO far as is known he is the first
Chinaman to play football at any
American college or university. Along
with eighteen other first year students,
numerals IBIS upon a maroon color
ed sweater. There is no higher atblet-
ic honor obtainable at the university
| for freshmen.
Wah Kai Chang never heard OF foot
| ball. or at least he never entertained
| thoughts of being himself 81 football
| player, until one day early last Octo-
| Der. He visited Stagg field to watch
| the football candidates at work. Some
| how or other one of the numerous foot
| balls eluded the squad throwing it
about. and it rolled over toward Wah
| kai Chang, He picked it mp and Kick
| eel it back TO the players.
| Evidently the football bacillus ran
| up and lit him on the knee, for that
evening he applied to Johnnie, the
| trainer, for a suit. He became al
! earnest worker, 50 earnest, in fact
that he had no trouble in making tn,
freshman team. When the numerals
were awarded by Assistant Coach Pa
Page his name was we'll up in the list,
Wah Kai Changes home Is in Hawaii
His father is a native of China.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23

gardner Of -. Louis Browns the -J.-
ees-ur Of tag~ Raymond ;aa Rub
NadtIcH ns i..s chief nut = i .ro.a-
lied ha>eltii. lie doe-n L want = Pull
main Fett.- 70 mess up us sg3t -
masking D., the berth, because he SAYS
nc want to sleep in the sea-. IT,
sings ea the street corners AMI b;;li,es
"hertnls thercfrom and contribute
ais services free for the movies in
in49r@ 'mt and Juggling, q a~iar
rom hopping engines in railrOs,f
yards, be like - be T;.id If IN ou"
iollar oils. I'm addition ho gets hi>
.aec masSageJ every 3ar. Geolgc las
Il least passed the preliminary exam
nation fer the factor.
The renting Of minor league irau
chiscs may become fashionable ti. -es,.
son. This AN depends on Bill ssiu~ki'
success la Northampton. >liusii has
offered 10 lease his New Britain haer
| bail franchise IN the Eastern assoeis-
tion 10 tine Northampton baseball assoc
| citation for one wear. providing nr raH
get the franchise back - the end oa
the year without a lone. session iu th-
icourts. Club owners ui iha Eastrra as.
ISOLATION ANA the New Eu.las8 ira.ur
are watching developments eI Srla-
sEi : business coup. ThcN thins ~eiu-si
/ Is making q wise move under The pres
| cut conditions Should the Hast ef-
forts 10 bring about u MERGE nf fha
New England icgIuc anS fhc f. ftr3
association 20 10 >ua~h 5.td climbs 3D.
compelled 20 play nith the same a1ti
Ise,dy circuits. then There may be- 81
great rush of maguate- 60 towns tn
Whom they would want 10 lease trar
lelul,S 4 remarkably lean wear +. .ar
leagues. unless the merge. s-L-.-y -g..
Through. j. looked for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
CCAKLEY MAKES A PROPOSAL.
VIII Sit in Stands While Columbia
Plays if Rival Coaches Will

If Andy Coakley had his way, an
ei2ht-club intercollegiate baseball
league #ould be formed and the coaches
of these teams would sit in the grand
stand during the contests with no more
to say about the game than the mcckest
spectator. The Columbia coach, while
working out his battery candidates in
the Morningside Heights gNmuasinm
the other day. said that the first part
Of the scheme cannot take root this
year, but he is going to make IN agree
nent if possible with every team that
plays OF South Field this spring to
have the coaches become part of the
gallery the minute play is started.
When | proposed that coaches
should be kept or the sidehncs aud
benches several Years ago, everybody
| bought [ was talking through my
hat, said the former big league twiri
cr. g Now that Yale, Harvard and
Princeton have seen fit to let the bal
| players do their own thinking, many
others are beginning to believe that
perhaps ! lad the right idea. Ii tht
movement had met with approval When
It was presented, such reports us that
Of President Iibbeu Of Princetol
ffo"ning on professional seoachinJ
would be unnecessary.
80 most certainly think | can teacl
my candidates enough SO that they ca,
go into the game unpromptrd and win
We viii have Il heavy schedule Of :;
games, intending every big college i
the East but Princeton. The team vii
be thrown on its own mcttlc in ever.
one al those games if I can get the o.
lposin@ coach to sit in the grandstan
with inc. -.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
BECK Is A UNION MAN.
ST Louis Cardinal Wanted Label on
Fraternity PRINTING.

Iiun Beck, the st. Louis Cardinal
bird bazemau, who, before turning TO
baseball for livelihood, was mem
Der of the glass blowers union, and
who still is n member III good stand
ing of his local, recently Joined the
bail players fraternity. . ....-
On receipt of his membership card
Beck gave it the double o. and was
almost hoOred with surprise when
ue found that the printing had been
done by i firm which didn't stamp its
work with the union label
Being perfectly good union man,
Beck couldn't understand why 4 ball
players union could enjoy the repu-
tatiop Of being a real union when its
printing was done by r nonunion firm.
Beck didn't hesitate to write President
Dave Fultz. of tbe players union.
about The matter
lie received a reply. from Fultz. in
which The players union president
admitted that Beck was right; that
the matter had not been given a
thought until Beck had called his at
teHtion to il and that hereafter the
membership cards would bear tht
uHiou label .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
Sporting Notes.

Although fhr winter football prar-
tice M Yale has hcen declared ended
it Is not to- be taken as d sign that
winter is Through.
The report tbat Bob Stcror. Har-
ward : star center, 4 year ago. was to
c"#ch the EowGoiu tenn i denied "a,
Manager Garland of that team. who
coldIy saws dat 1torer has not even
been considered.
William Harlow. for three wears IS.
Si~tant football coach ut Penn State
college. mas been made head coach.
Lawrence f. Whitney, captain IL
year Of the Dartmouth team. viii bc
assistant coach.
Fred ostergren, former Twin Slater
who was with the Boston Americans
and Fitchburg and Manchester in the
New England league last season. has
been sold TO Providence. He immedi-
ateIy signed contract.
r Lawrence Sherman is one OF the
track squad at Dartmouth working out
under the direction OF Coach Harry
Hillman. Shcrm1n Is entered not only
in his favorite distances of the spirits
but III the 440-yard dash.
Charley Wagner. former regular
shortstop Of the Red Sox, is in Boston
and declares that his SALARY whip is
III as good shape as it ever was. Ii
this proves true Wagner will be a
mighty valu'lblo man to have around
/ toF utility worA i'm the indeld.
/ For - years the Phillies have faiTet
in their annual fight for the Nationa
league Pennant. In this time 10 man
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23

together with cement especially pre-
pared to ada to their airholding quail
ity
From this sheet rubber skilled work.
men with sharp knives cut bevcledgcd
pieces OF rubber shaped like the peel
from the quarter OF an orange. These
pieces are accurately weighed ana four
% them are used to makc-thc body of
the. bah; the boyelcd edges are firmly
attached to each other with Il special
grade Of Para cement, having first
been venccred on the inner side, ANA
the insertion plug, a small block eli
pure rubber, is attached.
Through this insertion plug hollow
rccdlc i thrust and air is forced into
the BAH until II is partially Inflated.
When tie needle is removed the soft
rubber Genes together, closing the hole.
Then the ball Is. yulcanized or baked
by steam heat in Il heavy iron pan
with an equally heavy lid. (which to-
gcthcr form Il series of round cups
which lust lit the bail, and. in the
| process Of vuicanizing also unitics the
| assembled pieces of rubber into q sin
| Gle piece and changes its character
| Again the needle is inserted and air is
| forced in until the bali is exactly the
/ right size and the hole is carefully
plugged with cement. The ban, after
! being tested rs to size, weight, re-
| bound and robustness, is allowed to
stand fer time, a coating Of cement
is applied, and the ball is ready for
| the cover.
Heavy, thick felt. costing between
81 and 50 pound. is used in covering
the balls. The felt is cut to exact siza
and shape 10y steel dies; this is the
only bit OF work perhaps in the entire
process that is not strictly hand work
a coating of cement Is applied to the
inside OF the cover pieces also. and
they are firmly attached to the ''ceu
ter, or rubber body cf the ball
The bali has been washed and baked
and it is now ironcd and sewcd NJ
seamstrcsS uses more care in doing he
finest work, aud her skill IS the result
OF years OF th's careful work. aud cv
cry stitch is placed right. She uses
high grade Cf linen thread. Gale,
gilling. for this sewing. and sIt
takes In" stitches 81 quarter 81 an incl
apart and the same distance from tn.
edge Of the ball. In the sewing of ;
single ball She takes l72 stitches.
Nov comes the last and most care
ful inspection. The bali is ,lroupe,
from Il height Of 100 inches, and i
must rebound ru more than GO DC
cent. nor less than 80 1t must no
weigh more thar two nor less than
l@.1G ounces. /; must be perfect,
scwtd, exactly spheric1l and may 40
he less than 81. inches nor more thai
> 9-lG inches in diameter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
Cort $3.50 20 Cross Continent.

a trip across the continent, attend
cd by many exciting experiences, has
just been completed in Los Angeles 10y
9. W. and J, W. Logan or Tiftiu, o.,
who drove a small car through To- the
coast IN the Face Of the worst weather
and road conditions Of the year. The
entire expenditure by the Logaus ON
their trip was SIS 60 This amount es-
tablished - precedent ia economy that
viii dpuutiess bold aa ~ record for
some time No repairs OF any Kind
were required alous The road. aud as
tho chr was left ~, the open each night
The garage expense was negligible
Quantity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23

YOUNG OLIVER TOOK
MEASURE OF BROWN
Speed and Variety of Blows Too Much
for Brattleboro Boy-McCauIey
Lasted but Five Rounds.

80.
III Dung OIlNe' OF Htfi'Eheio' MISS
Pal Brown OF BTattlcboTo met man
in Il boXiug match ia the Armorv last
might who not only forced Brown to
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the tight to Brown 50 fast that the bell
saved the local boy in both OF those
lrounds. Like the TWO prpIi,nInario. #
va. - ha,o,oa,. and 4opas ae.;,. with a
.,.,
niue 100 i'ocp oI'Hchin7 To make IL
! 1aat, but the crowd present mad no Iea-
son to OBJECT to the exhibitions.
Two youngsters. - ma CIune ana
/ Bugs Adams, opened the festivities
+ "l5h an eAhloltion OF tour rounds, the.
feature OF winch was the expression OF
tiuhe lace when he ram against
stiff faeer aud sat down. Albums had
caught HIM gust oil has balance, and It
was that rather than the power behind
the blow that sent the youhgstcr TO the
mat. y more surprised youth did not
i've IN BrattleboTo ut the time.
- Young Trahan and Young Me
Cauley. both OF Fort Drummer, the lat
ter substitute Tor the boy scheduled
to appear and who was making his first
ring appearance, were due TO 20 SIX
rounds, but McCauley' : seconds showed
good Judgment III having their boy
quit at the end of the fifth. lie had the
longer reach and was taller than Ira
nan, but did not have the experience
OF his opponent. lie did very well un-
til lfahan caught hlm stomach bio"
early IN the fifth aud McCaulcX was
lucky to last the round out.
When OllNer and Brown took the
tlnS Tor the principal bout Oliver look
a cd to be III the pink OF condition and
: as hard as nalis- brown had the adEan-
= rage OF height anu reach The boy
: wasted no TIME III mixing things aud
each was Wiling TO take punch II
lorder TO lahd one. once or twice Oh
t yer appeared to be perfectly wiling tt
Y use head and elbows II close quarters
n aud Reterec Dave Murphy warned
l. hm. .--. ... ......-
: The boys fought on folriy even terms
, for four rounds although Brown 90
through TO Oliver ; chin with har,
straight left IN the third aud If Ia
could have successfully followed M
the blow the bout might not have gon
n the lull distance. But Oliver covered
up and got into cllneh IN time 10 say
Il himself. He recovered quickly.
:, In the fifth, early III the round, Oh
: Yer landed solar PieXus blow tina
;, took the wind out of Brown. He wa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
MAKING OF a TENNIS BALL.
Many Processes, Beginning with Gath
cring Of Hevea Tree Sap.

The story Of the making of Il tennis
ball begins with the jungle Of the
Amazon, where the natives gather the
milk sap cf the heavea tree and coa8u-
late it into crude rubber in the smoke
OF oily palm nuts. This rubber is sent
to Para or Manaos, and from there 10
the factory, where it goes through va
rious processes of softening, washing
and milling COR mixiugl by running
between large steel rollers over and
over. until at last it comes cut III thin
sheets. Two layers OF tfIs thu tubi)e, ,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23

would be a mistake not to use 1t in the
game the father had followed all his
life The youngster saw it in that
light and began playing seriously and
earnestly.
Young Schaefer is not yet star, but
he shows much promise. Though only
eighteen years of age, he has shown
->hc requisite nerve for a champion.
He is thoroughly in earnest in his dc
termination to be n credit to his name.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
Geltla J0lnnV.

\ teacher trying 10 impress on lar
scholars thc benefit OF Kindness torari
ali animals took them for a walk L.
bring the lesson home 10 thcH
Hearing scream frem littlc John
ny, she asked.
- W hat 5 the mattcr .Iulnn,
Il We been sitting ON hornet.
was the fearful response. and ~
afraid | We hurt the poor thing. DE
liHeator.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
- Y y y II ' Y Y Y Y = Y Y Y Y ' Y ~
BOWLER HAS TEN STRIKES;
HIS SCORE IS ONLY 1ag.

A bowler by the name of Won
dra out in St. Paul has achieved {
, the freabicst score ever recorded
in tenpin annals.
! This bowler made ten strikes,
! and yet bis total score was only
/ l9S. When il is considered that
twelve consecutive strikes yield
perfect score, 300, it is difficult ,
!. TO imagine how two strikes less
" should make a difference Of 102
!. pins.
Wondra started with three
!. straight strikes. In his fourth
:. frame he made one pin with his
!, first ball aud three with his sec
. ond. giving him a count OF SIX
: ty-nme in the fourth frame. Then
!. he had tGree more strikes, break
!. ing in the eighth frame, in which
:. he obtained one pin with his first
z bah and three with his second.
Z. He struck out from the ninth
!: frame. Another peculiarly Of
:, Wondras game is that he made
:, one or more pins with every ball
9 he rolled.
:, The largest score that can be
(. made with ten strikes is 2S9.
@e@@% 9:>. @:~e@3.@:% 80.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
MlYAKE AFTER a MATCH.
Japanese Jiujitsu Expert viii WrestIe
Anybody.

Tarro Miyake, who calls himself the
jiuiitsu champion Of the world, is i'll
New York and has challenged anybody
10 a contest, aud he offers to make a
side net Of any sum that the other fell
low wants to wager As MIiyake is
said to have brought about $4,000
from England with him, he has the
money to hack his challenge.
Miyale besides being Il jiuiitsu c1-
pert has "a knowledge Of catch-as-catch-
can wrestling, aud he Includes that
form of endcavor in his challenge. He
recently took OF George Bothncr,
agreeing to throw the middlcwcight
champion three times in IN hour,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
Experienced

Returned Tourist - The lombard
ments are simply terrible You have
40 idea how church can Ne 80 com
pletcIv wrecked
Friend-Yes. ] have. WAS iu e.
choir fight oncc.-PucL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23
INHERITED HIS ABILITY.
Young Jake Schsefer Follows In Fa-
Tiers Eootateps.

J0coD &chacfer one or the members
Of the Champion billiard Players
league, is son Of "Wizrd' SChaefer,
The OLD time star. The sou did not take
any great interest in billiards until
Just before his fathers death, The
wizard then explained to the boy that
bis name was q valuable asset that ii
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23

was Oliver 5 chief second, in behalf
Of Young Bouley OF Springfield
challenged Trahan at ll6 pounds and
Trahan accepted the challenge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-23

Score, freshmen 10, Junior ID J.
Goals from floor Stearns ;. Gallup .
Chase ;. Referee, Stoltc. Time, Il
minute periods.
Williams news., 1915-08-26
FIRST YEAR OF WAR
 IN THE EAST

The first twelvemonth of fighting between the Russians on one side and the Austrians and Germans on the other is story of great changes of fortune, both combatants being re- peatedly driven back only to show the greatest resiliency in defeat and soon to resume the offensive in a most surprising manner
 The end of the year, however, finds the pendulum swinging strongly against the czar. He may recover and take again the roads to Cracow, Vienna and Berlin, but just at pres ent he is on the whole in worse plight than in any hour since the war started.
 Russia's losses in the first year of the war are not approached by those of any nation in any war of history. According to reliable estimates, she has had between 2,500,000 and 4,000,- 900 men killed, injured and captured Despite these horrible gaps made in her ranks, she still has millions fn the field, and her great reservoir of personnel does not show signs of ex- haustion. It is not men she lacks, but guns, shells and brains.
 Slow to Mobilize.
 On August l, 1914, Germany de- clared war on Russia. Almost imme- diately the Germans crossed the iron tier at Thorn and the Austrians south of Lublin. They were practically un- opposed because of the slowness of mobilization in Russia. The Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch was forced to gather his main armies well to the rear of the line of great fort resses running through Kovno, Grod- no. Ossowetz, Novo Georgievsk, War saw and Ivangorod.
 On account of his desire to do all he could to relieve the French, who were being driven from northern
Williams news., 1915-08-26

Flanders. Whether these should be accounted successes for the allies is doubtful. The British suffered enor- nous losses and at Neuve Chapelle bungled affairs to the extent of she'll ing their own men who had taken Ger man trenches. In other cases they left gallant little parties lodged in enemy's trenches without supports to be annihilated.
 The next development was the un- expected use of poisonous gas fumes by the Germans in attacks just north of Ypres. With this novel weapon they succeeded in taking several small villages and more than compensating for the British gains south of Ypres. The losses of the French, Canadians and British were severe, but they suc- ceeded in stemming the German on slaught effectively few miles back from their former position
 Begin Series of Attacks.
 The German line makes a salient at Soissons, though not such pro- nounced one as at St. Mihiel. The French now began a series of at tacks on the upper side of this salient, to the north of Arras. Expending hun dreds of thousands of shells, they time and again blasted away the barbed wire entanglements and concrete trenches, held by Grown Prince Rup- precht of Bavaria's men, and then charged across the desolate ground for slight gains.
 The fighting centered about the su- gar refinery of Souchez and the great German work called the Labyrinth. Fighting went on in cellars and tun- nels below the earth and the casual ties were heavy. The French bent the German line and captured the Laby- rinth, but whether the gains justified their sacrifice in human life is ques- tionable
 In July, Crown Prince Frederick Williams army attacked in the Ar. | gonne forest, west of Verdun, and succeeded in gaining several hundred yards of shattered woodland and cap- | turing several thousand Frenchmen. There were rumors that the Ger mans were re-enforcing for another great drive toward Calais or Paris, but the Teutonic campaign in the West continued to wait upon the crushing of the much weaker enemy l in Poland.
Williams news., 1915-08-26

May s-Gernan submarine sinks the Lusitania. more than 1,1bO lost. Rus .ians in full retreat from Carpa- May @Germans capture Libau Baltic May 11-Fre,ch c.ptur. Ceremony. May. 1l-American first submarine note May s4EIt.i1 declare. war on Aus May ae-Italians invade Austria.
 check Germans at Sienawa.
 rfne reaches Washington. Zeppelins drop bombs in London. June 8-PrEemysl falls to Austro-Ger- June 1O-Germans capture Stanislau. June 11-Second U. .. submarine note
 to-, to Gernany made public. Italians June 12-ltalians take Gradisca. June 1s-Austro-Germans occupy Tor June 22-French take Met.eral. June 23-French announce occupation of the "Labyrfnth," north of Arras. June 24-Austro-Germans capture Lem- June 2s-Austrians cro.s the D,ie.ter
 at Halic..
 June 20-Halicx falls. July 2-Russians defeat German at
 tempt to land at Windau. July aIRusso-German naval battle of July 4TItalians take Tolmino. July b-Berlin announces gains In the
 Argonne forest.
 July 16-Germans take Prxasnysx, 50
 miles north of Warsaw. July 19-Germans advance at many
 points in Russia, taking Windau, Tu-
 kun. Blonde and Grobec. July 2O-Russians report sinking of 69
 Turkish sailing vessels. German
 guns reach outer forts of Warsaw
 and damage the Lublin-Cholm rail-
 way.
 July 21-Third U. s. submarine note
 goes to Germany. July Z21Turkish-German expedition
 landed in TripOH.
 July Alderman take two forts near
 Warsaw.
 July 26-Russians repulse Austrians in
 GaIicia.