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The Washington times., 1915-10-08

That golf should hold its lure for the
Door player IL one Of the mysteries OF
golf. Custom and usage and tradition
and fine regard for the measurement
Of human endurance In this especial
pastime have combined to fix law that
an eighteen-hole course shall run be-
tween 5000 and $500 yards in length /:
while tho average arrangements andval-
uation Of the hazards on "regula-
tionH course. IN tho par as. between. "
and Is. Departures from these figures
are occasional and unimportant.
OF a given 800 members Of any one
club Of standard dimensions. 80 will
play golf. day after day and season
after season, from 30 upward against
fifty who will run from 30 downward
to par. or a stroke or two less than
par. The persistency Of the $50. and
especially OF those whose scores al
ways are in excess of 100 is mex
plicable. not only to players who range
from 30 down to par. but also to those
who know nothing Of the game, save
as they see 1t played and as they study
scores. The eternal question OF the
good golfer and the outsider alike
"why does the dub persist"
Tho writer knows two men who.
within the week played a round OF golf
and pulled up respective scores OF 1ls
and LIS. One Of them had two seasons
Of steady playing behind him: the other
the game. Both were rather blue when
they finished the course-not the most
difficult Course In the Chicago district,
BY any means. They mixed not at all
The Washington times., 1915-10-08

PRINCETON. Oct. 8.-Princeton at
last is on its way out Of the football
wilderness. At least, that's what the
Tigers say, and they have no hesitancy
about telling 1t in loud tones. Not since
the halcyon days OF Bill Roper has the
jungle bubbled over with SO much OPP
timism as is evidenced there this year.
and all because Old Nassau has SO
much faith In its men and the new sys-
tenn as personified by Speedy Rush, Its
new coach.
For several years Princeton has been
doundering about with a fixed aim. but
with no fixed plan Of getting there or
Boards Of coaches. advisory commit
tees. men who came down from New
York every once In while to spoil all
the FOOD work work accomplished by hard
how to heat Yale and Harvard. The
extent of their knowledge was well
demonstrated last season.
It was only when. with the score 10
to 0 against them, and the Tigers
we're given permission to go out on
ths. tS, heGk and try to stem the
football. II any evidence that the
system was all wrong was needed, the
enough. with the result that now
Princeton has Speedy Rush. He's the
drst real head coach Princeton has
ever had. they say. and he's the only
man responsible for everything-de-
feat or victory.
II Rush is three quarters of what
the Tigers say he is, then this looks
like q big year for Princeton. Its
chances appear fully as good as those
of Yale and almost as bright as Har-
wards. Last year, In addition to the
muddle In the coaching system,
Princston had a lot of inexperienced
men; Most Of the veterans, benefited
by the baptism Of battle. are back in
college. and their ranks have been
streng thened by men who played on
the freshman eleven OF 1915.
The strongest part OF the line--Bal-
lin, ehenk and Eddie and Fred Trenk-
nan--has been lost by graduation. but
their places will be filled efficiently.
Even Ballin's absence will be forgot
ten when Rush molds his team into
shape, as he seems to have the proper
sort Of clay to work with. A glance
at the Princeton roster impels the i'm
The Washington times., 1915-10-08

ANNAPOLIS. Oct. Sail of the
coaches Of the Naval Academy football
team this year are capable Of getting
right into the game at any time. and
do not hesitate to do 30. Lieut.. Jonas
II. Ingram, the head coach. has been
in the heat Of the game himself at a
date sufficiently recent to enable him to
make a clear demonstration Of any
phase Of football work he wishes to
impart to his charges, while all OF his
assistants are young and hearty fellows
who not only are able to. but who
actually do get into the game. and ask
no favors from the members Of the
squad Of this year. young and powerful
- they are.
There are two catches. however. who
are pre-eminently Of the 'show-em''
kind, 'Tacks" Hardwick. Harvard's end
and all-around player last season. and
field coach Of the Navy team this year.
and Babe Brown. the best llneman
who ever played for an Academy team.
and who has few superiors In his line
Of work anywhere. Either Of these are
ready in an instant to get into the play
and rough 1t up with midshipman
who does not apear to be putting all
ne had into his work. and needs little
driving, or they can give practical
demonstration OF what they mean when
they tell candidate how he should
handle an opposing player in any situa-
ton.
II is something OF an experience to
have Brown come at a player and show
him how ne Is to break through the
line. Struggle as the pupil will. Brown
keeps coming whether somebody Is in
his way or not. There Is nothing
rough or harsh about the way he does
Il. but he uses every ounce Of his great
weight-something along 200 pounds
every bit Of 1t solid bone and muscle,
The Washington times., 1915-10-08
Navy Tutors Showing
Hon to Turn Stunts
Ingram, Hardwick, Logan, and Babe Brown Delight
In Entering Daily Scrimmages With Middies
Seeking Regular Berths on Eleven.

and there are mighty few that he ever
threw II against that did not give way
before II. The candidates that have to
tussle with Brown have the satisfaction
of knowing that In all their football
career they will never meet tougher
Hardwick is always ready to subject
himself to even more severe tryouts
He does not hesitate to take the part
Of the tackling dummy. and allow mid.
:nH%n 1sHsnnr upwsrd atssr of 20 pounds 'G
all strong and we'll trained. to- dash
into him 80 that he may be able to
know Just how hard they are Tsaiiy ~
hstns tse Same sss% sort as rsn, sSs,srs wssn
blocking and putting their men out
Of the plays. The particular wonder
Il y s: n nas sss fact russea
tact with him know that he 70 30 well
muscled, and has such good use OF
himseh that only an n,,,, unusual ~ .nv n Eind
One OF Hsrdwick's stunts is to have
the backfield candidates and ends 30
after him one after ancther IN the nst- sf-
ing the present week. !iardwick has
had a dozen or more Of them each take
turns in throwing themselves at him,
and the general result was that s tns
midshipman was spun around and
pushed to earth. During a series OF
these plays, Hardwick was taken off
his feet but once. and that was by one
Of the lightest men on the squad
Miles, the captain and quarterback.
The coaching staff Is made Up OF
young and active men -ho do not
spare thcmseles or anyone else IN the
effort to carry out the work that has
haar 0iven them In spite OF a some
what inauspicious start, the Navy folks
are still confident that a winning team,
will be developed from the excellent
material that is available.
The Washington times., 1915-10-08
Less Than a Fifth OF
Golf Fiends Play Well
That Game Should Hold Lure For Poor Players One
Of Mysteries of Spor-Great Hosts of
"Dubs" Persis in Pastime.

with the 6 p. m. crowd in the taproom.
TO cheerful inquiries Of their clubmetes
as "How's the game" they reePiied,
hadn't. as a matter OF truth. been very
good the dav before. or the day before
An hour later. after the shower and
as they sat down to dinner. they made
an appointment to play the next day.
Both admitted that they had played
pretty bad golf. but each had discovered
hope ig. .suErep:tious. Apd furtive ex,
a difficult four hole In par. the other
had achieved a birdie on the testiest
five hole Of the links. They were by
then as cheerful as the six or seven
members who had done the course that
day In par.
"Just as we got to the seventeenth" :"
said one. 81 got onto what's wrong With
my driving. I got at least 80 yards
but too late to help my score"
That's funny" said the other. 1T
was on the seventeenth ! found out
why I've been getting no distance with
my midiron. I got back my form there
clean to the pin"
Their little post-mortem duet told the
whole story Of why the dub persists.
Each had played one hole In par or
better; each had made one shot Of
been proud. One good hole apiece in
eighteen: one good shot apiece In moro
than a hundred. Why, on the morrow.
not eighteen holes In par? And why on
the morrow. not so many good shnts
that there will be not more than seventy
In all?
That's golf! That is. that's the rea-
son for COLTS growth. and spread and
charm.
The Washington times., 1915-10-08

their friends. the latest venture being
a dansr ,t and ball. the event being
scheduled for that time Of the year
when the teams have given up bowling
for the Christmas holidays. Prelimi-
nary arrangements for holding this
ball. the first ever given here by a
bowling organization. were made last
night at a meeting held at Pete Ma
The proceeds Of this bali, which IL
to be held on the evening OF December
n at Old Masonic Temple will nav Tor
the entrance Of the ten Southeast
League teams In the A. C.. n. A..
tournament to be held here next Aprii.
The Washington times., 1915-10-08
Eastern Star Will Hold
Bazaar in Hyattsville

Members Of Ruth CHAPTER. No. T.
Order of the Eastern Star. will hold
a bazaar In the Masonic Temple At
Hyattsvilie October 10 and 20 to raise
funds for furnishinG the chapter room
there. The room II used BY all the
Masonic bodies In Hyattsviiis. and
each will be well represented at the
bazaar.
The Washington times., 1915-10-08

Many unique dances are scheduled for
the Southeast ball. principal among
them being the "duckpin giide." crea-
ton Of J. 2ernard Carrolis. Prof
Carroll will lead all Of the feature
dances on that evening.
A morning bowling league has been
organized by the Terminal y M. c. A..
with the following officers: President.
L. A. McAieer: vice president, J. Nc
Cue; secretary, w. w. Tcnny; treas
urer. o. J. Rider.
II Is expected that these teams will
entered In the league. Trainmen
shopf. Car Foremen. Car inspectors,
Baggage Rom. Pennsylvania Railroad
The Washington times., 1915-10-08
PrincetOn'S Football
Prospect Is Roseate

preston that II Rush cannot make
good with the bunch Of players at his
disposal. then he might as well quit
before another year rolls around. It
will be many a day before Princeton
can muster a combination such as 10
now working out In the Jungle.
oackheld. Among its twenty seven
wearers Of the "P" who are candidates
It has nine backs who loom up about
as fast and husky as any varsity
bunch. and there Is little to choose
city. Dickerman. Captain Click. Bo-
land. Law. Ames. Tibbott and Eber.
att dt
The Washington times., 1915-10-08
Cube Goes to Giants.

NEW YORK. Oct. s.-Joe Rodriguex.
rated as the best first baseman in the
Cuban National League. has been signed
by Manager Mc0raw Of the Giants.
been playing professional ball for only
year. He was the star Of the Fe
Browns last season. having gone to that
team last winter from . Havana anna.
teur team.
The Washington times., 1915-10-08

day, when another meeting will be held
TO register teams and draw for place
on the schedule.
The Washington times., 1915-10-08
TEN TEAMS PLAN TO
ENTER A. c. B. A. EVENT

Members OF the Southeast Bowling
League have undertaken something
quite new In the way Of attracting
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01
Auto Lights at Night.

1t is going the rounds of the papers
that autoists travelling at night can
avoid the bright glare of the head
lights of approaching autos by the
simple process of tipping the wind
shield backward at an angle of about
As degrees. This causes the intense
glare of the oncoming headlights to
be thrown upward and still allows
the driver to see his own side of the
road. The experiment is worth trying.
and little experimenting will show
that the trick really works.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01
TOWNSHIP MEETING PLACES.
Townships May Erect Halls for Meet
ings Of all Kinds.

A good many farmers of Iowa may
not know it, but there is law per-
mitting townships to tax themselves
for the erection and maintenance of
a township hall for township meet
ings of all kinds. The object is to
make these halls kind of commu-
nifty center. The people of the coun-
try are surely entitled to something
of this kind. Where consolidated
schools have been provided these may
serve the purpose but even then
township structure centrally located
is one of the modern ideas of making
rural life more attractive to old and
young alike. Farmers will flock to
public sales by the hundreds, not that
they want to buy anything but simp-
ly because it affords opportunity for
meeting other farmers from different
neighborhoods. 1t is the social in
stinct that attracts. Why not provide
a place where farmers and their fam
lilies may mingle in social converse
occasionally and at stated times have
debates, literary exercises, spelling
matches and the like.
The law permitting the construc-
tion of township halls authorizes
"The trustees on petition of ma
jority of the resident fee holders of
any civil township submit the ques-
ton of building public hall to the
electors thereof, by posting notices
of such election in four conspicuous
places in the township, thirty days
before the election, and the forms or
the proposition shall be: Shall the
proposition to levy tax for the erec-
ton of a public hall be adopted?
If the proposition carries, the trus-
tees certify the necessary tax to the
county board.
The trustees select the site to ac-
commodate the most people and not
more than one hundred dollars may
be paid therefor.
The trustees have charge of the
building, receive bids, etc.
The township clerk under direction
OF the trustees, is custodian of the
building, and is clothed with the au-
thority and powers of constable.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

One farmer has it figured out that
hard-surfaced roads in combination
with the self-starting automobile
will work out to the ruination Of the
farmer. He can't keep his women
folks at home except when it rains
and the roads are too muddy, and,
with hard-surfaced roads, they would
go in the rain. When he had the old
car the women couldn't crank it, and
SO couldn't leave the place without
him or the hired man-didn't seem
to matter which-but now, with the
new 1916 model nothing could check
them but the roads.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

No one loves a knocker.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

ever, is to prepare its graduates for
entrance at Luther seminary. If we
count all who have taken up the study
of theology at all, regardless of
whether they have completed the the
illogical course and entered the min
istry or not, we find the total to be
at least 3S4 (instead of 33O), or
59.4 per cent. Practically three
fifths, then, of the graduates of Lu-
ther college have taken up the study
of theology.
Ex.students in Ministry.
"But person does not necessarily
have to graduate from Luther college
in order to enter the ministry. have
found record of It's students of Luz
ther college who have entered the
without graduation from
the college. (The number 144 in the
last catalog of Luther college is an
error. Add to this number the $50
college graduate theologians previ-
ously referred to, and the II former
Luther college students in the practi-
cal department at the seminary now,
and you have a total Of SIC Luther
college boys who have either enter
ed the ministry or have died as the
illogical students or are students Of
theology now. Complete investiga-
tion would undoubtedly increase this
but using this number as y
basis for the present, we find that out
of 2,S11 students ever registered at
Luther college and not in attendance
during the past year, Is 1-3 per cent
have either entered the ministry or
are studying theology now. At least
one boy out of every six who has
ever registered at Luther college has
become a theologian in the sense
above indicated, and this peycc.tage
has remained fairly constant for the
last 80 years or more. 1t will be
very difficult to find any institution
that can equal the above record
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

"Well, suppose that the corn crop
in this state is not up to the standard
of former years, there will be no dis
tress in the state" says the Carroll
Herald. 1.-The small grain is unus-
ually heavy, the hay crop is large,
PASTURES have been good all season.
There is an excess in other crops
more than enough to compensate fol
any possible shortage in corn"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01
WEATHER LOST IT'S WAY.
People Wondering If CannOnading in
Europe Has Shaken AtmOs-
phere.

People are wondering what is the
matter with the weather, says Walla-
ce's Farmer. We are almost daily
asked if the cannonading in Europe
has shaken up the atmosphere all the
world around and sent the moisture
slithering down, upsetting the calcu-
lations of the farmer. The Irish
Homestead wonders if the weather
has lost it's way, as appears from the
following literary gem. With the
change of few words, this fits Iowa
as we'll as Ireland this year. Note the
reference to farm labor and to town
bred farm help:
THE weather must have lost it's
way. That is the only plausible ex-
planation for the appearance it has
put upon the outer world these times.
Such high swelling winds are we hav-
ing; such binding showers of white
rain sweeping across the countryside
as are scarcely decent in August
One associates them rather with SIM
pie, crude April days. Beautiful it all
is to be sure; the constantly changing
cloud-scapes alone are feast to the
eye, and the tossing masses of foliage
give know not what effect of luXuri-
ance, of glorious life to the scene.
What is more lovely than the motion
of wind over meadow? 1t becomes
a visible thing as it passes across the
plumy purple and brown thraneens,
joyous, exulting. Nothing, except
maybe wind over oats while it is still
of that most rare and delicate silvery-
green that is it's popularity and it's
charm. Such crop and moved by
wind watched last week. 1t lay at
the lower end of the hayfeld, where
men were working heartily trying to
get the precious fodder as safe as
might be, before the threatening rain
began to fall again. They did it, too,
with a cheerful disregard of such tri-
files as dinner-hours or such triviali-
ties. Among them was little lad OF
twelve. As he piled his rake round
the headlands, / found myself admir-
ing the manner of his procedure; the
deft handling of his tool; the appar-
ent leisureliness Of the movements
that yet got over the ground very
well. This same leisureliness is a
characteristic of agricultural labor.
1t provokes criticism often. Let these
observers who carp at our easy-going
plowing and hay-making and ditch
ing and hedging just take hand
themselves, and see whether they will
hold out at such heavy labor unless
they do likewise. And let them also
take notice that what looks such SIM
ple work needs an amount of skill
that l sometimes verify believe must
be largely an inherited power, born
of long generations of toilers. The
suggestion that town-bred folk
should turn out in the present crisis
and help in the fields is we'll meant
but However, it is we'll meant, sc
let it be received as part of the same
kindly spirit of helpfulness that |:
one of the hopeful by-products of the
times"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01
AVIATOR FALLS.
Never Can Tell Anything About Fly
ing Machines. The Best Meet
With Disaster.

When 1t comes to flying machines,
one can. never tell whether they are
going up, or going to fall to the
ground. The aviator at the Winnie
shiek county fair this year was a
flyer who enjoyed a good reputation
in the Aeroplane world. Nevertheless
he was unfortunate enough to have
trouble here with his machine. 1t
was naturally disappointing to the
fair attendance, and no fault Of the
fair management. The aviation busi-
ness is a ticklish one. At Des Moines
last Friday at the State Fair, Art
Smith, one of the worlds greatest
ayiators fell with his machine and
wrecked it. We take the following
from the Des Moines Register:
Art Smith, the boy aviator furnish
ed thrill for 10000 persons at the
state fair Friday afternoon that was
not on the programme when he fell
thirty feet to the ground in making
his second flight of the day.
It was said that Smith was not In
jured. After having been released
from the machine Smith limping
somewhat hurried to his wife who
had tainted in front of the judges
stand by the amphitheater. They has
tened to an automobile and departed
for downtown.
To the great throng which wit
messed Smiths accident it was plain
that something about his machine
was not working properly. He had
made two circles perhaps 400 feet
above the race track when his bi-
plane suddenly tipped to one side and
then to the other. Some spectators
thought he was coing one of his dare
devil stunts, but those acquainted
with aviation realized there was
something wrong.
Smith appeared to know 1t. He
first started to drop onto the race
track. After another circle he steer.
ed for vacant space outside the
track on the west side of the grounds
He drove the biplane into the ground
The momentum caused the machine
Ito start a somersault. with the result
that Smith was on the ground but al
instant
Mrs. Smith called the attention o.
la newspaperman that her husband,
machine was "going wrong" after n
had been up less than two minutes
She did not become greatly alarmed
until the machine darted downward
|She buried her face in her hand'
when it struck the ground and thei
TAINTED.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

September 1 has been set aside as
"sr;ed chicken day" and will be OBJ
served in every Missouri town where
an organization affiliated with the
state poultry association fourishes.
By that time the state association
Which is already the largest in the
union expects to have membership
of $500. pH
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

In a recent issue of the Lutheran
Herald there appears very interest
ing article concerning the activity Of
Luther graduates to service in the
church. 1t is from an address by
Prof. o. A. Tingelstad, of Luther, be-
fore the Albert Lea Luther College
Club:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

ANY man who says BRYAN is not
criticizing President Wilson is a liar.
Bryan criticizes President Wilson ev-
cry time he makes a speech" says
the Manson Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

thereafter" says an exchange
fashions are to originate in Washing
ton. Likewise. as has been the case
heretofore. some of our fashions VIII
originate on the prairie farms and IN
the dairy barns of Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-01

The common people are uncom-
lmonly popular along election time.