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New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

, But why the statement that there are only two games on earth? Evers, pin ned down to the question by his inter- viewer, said:
 "The baseball player typifies the na- tional game. He is out there working for the entertainment and enjoyment of thousands of people. If his heart and his head are on the game he is getting lot of enjoyment out of him. self, but primarily he is getting a liv- ing out of it. It is his work, the day of labor which, if he is wise, will make him comfortable in days to come
 Player Needs Diversion.
 There are scores of ways that a base ball player finds diversion when he is off the ball field. You see that, al- though he gets pleasure out of his work he requires play aside from that, just as any worker in any field of en- deavor.
 About 25 per cent of the major league ball players today turn to golf for a diversion. The number is grow ing every season. I used to look upon golf as an old woman's game, but I get more satisfaction sending away a good tee shot than hitting the horsehide where they ain't.'"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

big show who can be waited out. espe-
 cially if they get the percentage or the
 first strike. Then where on earth is
 the sense of standing statue-like and
 letting the first pitch cut through? If a man is known to possess a keen | lamp and a sharp swing and is also famed as a first ball hitter the burden, the weight of trouble. all shift upon the pitcher. If he puts it over the bat
 ter will lean upon it. And even if he
 misses the swing does 1t count any more in the way of strikes than if he had stood like a hitching post for a called one? If the ball goes wide 1t will be called a ball, anyway. Whats more, there will be bigger chance for call- ed ball than if the man were known to lay off all first pitches. The worried hurler will try to sneak it over cor ner, not over the center, and will be mighty lucky to get any kind of a strike out of the delivery.
 More first ball hitting would mate rially improve the chances of many a club, and the team that could show couple of them, judiciously alternated with good swaiters,r ought to harass the pitchers to distraction,
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Limiting the Golf Field

NOT yet has a satisfactory solution
 of the problem of limiting the na- tional amateur golf championship en- try been put to the test. Handicapping the weddings out of it appears to have drawbacks. It seems almost impossi- ble to accommodate more than 16S en- tries. whereas over 300 would like to have a try at it.
 It remained for Expert Leighton Calkins to bring out a point that must have occurred to many before. but which has not yet been publicly ex- pressed, namely:
 To establish a list of players of known ability who shall be exempted from the elimination round.
 Here's the Idea.
 Calkins writes:
 "Why should players who have com peted more or less regularly for years and who have qualified for the select thirty two in match play rounds be required to compete with an unwieldy field in the elimination round?
 'T suggest that the field be limited to 16S players, to compete on Monday, one round stroke play for sixty-four places. Further, that 100 places be re- served for men of tried and proved
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
MOAKLEY, CORNELL'S GREAT TRAINER

the same, and no graduate ever loved his college with a greater love than Jack Moakley loves Cornell.
 No coach in the annals of athletics ever has established as remarkable a record as Jack Moakley has with the Cornell cross country teams. Since Moakley has had charge of the hill and dalers at Ithaca, a period of sev- enteen years, Cornell has lost the in tercollegiate cross country champion ship only three times. Think of 1t, fourteen victories out of seventeen! Some record, fellow athletic fans, some record!
 Yale won the intercollegiate cross country team championship in 1901, Harvard captured the laurels in 1912 and the stout hearted and strong lunged hill and dalers from the Uni versity of Maine won last years col legiate chase. But in 1899, 1900 1902, 1903, 1904, 19O5 1906. 1907. 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 and 1914 Moakley coached harriers from the shores of Lake Cayuga carried the silks of Cor nell to a glorious victory.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Putts by Evers Take Place of Base Swat

WHERE are only two sports on the
 face of this fair, green earth ac- cording to Johnny Evers, second base man extraordinary. These are base ball and golf
 But the tribute to golf is significant, coming, as it does, from such a base ball enthusiast. Not long ago the cap- tain of the Boston Braves was confined to a hospital with charley horse" in the foot-or was it merely a sore foot made sorer through his indulgence in the royal and ancient game? In any event, the glowing tribute to golf came in the course of an interview in which he declared that if more pitchers would play the links game they would rarely be in trouble with glass arms and the like.
 Good For Pitchers.
 "I believe that it is a good thing for pitchers to play golf, except of course the day after they have worked on the diamond" Evers is quoted as saying "You know. Mathewson is a f1end for golf and I have heard that he arises as early as 5: 30 a. m. to get out on the links even on the days when he is scheduled to pitch. He will play eight cen holes and be back in the city in time for luncheon"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Pinch Hitter Should Warm Up

WHY shouldn't pinch hitters warm ur
 before going to work just do relief pitchers?
 Right at first glance the idea may appear strange; but, when you come to think of it, there seems to be some rea- son to it, after all Any golfer will tell you that man who intends to hit a ball ought to have few practice swings, and a devotee of the Scotch game wouldn't think of advancing to the tee and taking a wallop at the pill without first loosening up and focusing his eye with a flock of preliminary sWipes.
 Very careful golfers not only take their practice swings before beginning the days play. but indulge in them before almost every shot. They firmly believe that it helps to coordinate the mus cles and the eyes and insures greater accuracy in meeting the ball. Even the most slovenly players do a little prac- ticing just after they leave the dress ing room, and the man who dashed out and swatted the ball without first get ting his eye on it by lamming imagi- nary objects would be thought cratic to the last degree
 Must Sit on Bench.
 The pinch hitter, on the other hand, has to sit on the bench all afternoon gazing out across the glare of the field at the game and maybe getting his eyes all out of kilter. Then when the critical moment comes he must grab a bat and go up to the plate without any chance to loosen up or adjust his sights Probably he had his batting practice With the other members of the squad before the game, but that may have been two hours before the time he is called on to dash up and bust one in an emergency.
 The suggestion to give the pinch ers'' a chance to adjust themselves comes from Fred Patterson, who is both a.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

day. And with his thousands of Cor nell friends we unite in wishing him as many more of them. May his shadow never grow less!
 Still at Old Stand.
 Out of the thirty-five years spent in the realm of the track and field, first as runner-and none of the old timers are ever going to forget that old Massachusetts hose company team that Jack, together with Mike Murphy, Keane Fitzpatrick. Johnny Mack and M1cky Finn. if our memory serves us right, were members of-and later as a coach. seventeen years have been spent in the capacity which he now fills as dean of Cornell athletics.
 Seventeen years at the same old stand! And it's hard to tell which is the richer for it, Cornell or Moakley!
 They certainly have appreciated Jack in Ithaca, and Jack certainly has ap- preciated Cornell Appreciated, per haps, is too mild word. Loved would be better one. Jack boasts no sheep skin and never won an academic de- gree. but Cornell is his alma mater, all
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
One Must Stick to Grind to Succeed In
 Long Distance Running Says Gianakopuos

may desire to train for he should get himself in good physical condition. An athlete who desires to take up distance running should be twenty years old and should weigh 135 pounds. When I started I weighed 193 pounds and was nineteen years old. I did my first run ming when I was schoolboy. I com- peted in races of about three and four miles in Sparta, Greece. When I came to this country I was eighteen years old, and after I was here about year I took up athletics again.
 I did not know many of the athletes, and on account of my size (weighing nearly 200 pounds) I was ashamed to run with the other fellows, thinking they would be kidding me. I did my training in Van Cortlandt park, New Y York city, and my only companion was little dog that used to run over the
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

worth. to be set aside In the order of their application. The program woule require all other competitors to play an eighteen hole stroke play round on Saturday before the regular tourney opens. the sixty-eig high to be elisi' ble.
 "The contestants in the Saturday round could comprise all other candi- dates not included in the selected 100 In this way a total of 300 golfers could be handled. Monday the tourney coulo proceed along the usual lines. with nc congestion of the links or hardship on the officials.
 This is by all odds the fairest system that could be arranged. Certainly mer of tried merit ought not to be conn pelled to take issue in eliminaticn matches along with unknowns and others with no records to fall baca lIDOn.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

hills with me. was training for about a month and ran in practice about three times a week. l ran five miles on one day, four miles on the next and on a day later ran a fast mile to work up my speed. On Sundays I would take a long walk of ten or fifteen miles along the country roads. I wore wool en socks. heavy shoes and heavy un- derwear. When I got back I would take a good bath and rub myself down with liniment. My friend, the dog, would always be my companion.
 sAfter awhile I joined club to get more experience I joined the Mer- cury A. c. of Yonkers, N. Y. When competed in open competition in five mile race held in Yonkers, which was scratch, l thought I was still running with my dog and went into the lead at the start before had gone mile. l was over 100 yards in the lead, and not knowing anything about pace, I ran myself into the ground, and at two miles quit. I did this for quite awhile and nobody every told me to change my style or run differently. While un- able to read English, all the books on how to train were of no use to me, and as l possessed very little knowledge of English l never asked questions. just kept plugging along and watched the other fellows train. I left the Yon- kers club to go to New York city to work and join a club. I went to work in a big store in 1918, and after got acquainted with the boys, whom I found to be very friendly, I joined the Millrose club.
 After I was training with the boys a short time I hapan to how to run. I ran my first race against Han nes Kolehmainen in the ten mile A. A. U. National championship 1913. I fin ished fourth about three quarters mile , behind. The following year I finished third about one-quarter mile behind. I made the mistake this time of setting the pace and running the first two miles in the fast time of minutes 50 | seconds. This took all the speed out of my legs, and Kyronen beat me out for second place, Kolehmainen winning again.
 Here's tho Dope.
 The following year, 1915, the race was held in New Brunswick, N J., and I made up my mind to run different race and not to go into the lead and set the pace. I stayed in about third place until the last lap and sprinted the last quarter mile with Koly. The last 220 yards I was about fifteen yards ahead. Fifty yards from the tape we were even. He beat me three yards at the finish.
 By making up my mind not to get discouraged and quit. have improved over 100 per cent, and anybody who has any ambition to be an athlete must stick to it and not get discouraged when he Is beaten. I have often been beaten by athletes and came right back and beat them the next time. I have seen a good many young fellows who would be good runners if they would only stick to 1t and train hard. When I lose I don't worry about it and get angry The only time I ever got angry was at Madison Square Garden. I got third in a race that I wanted to win"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
. ~ -
TACK MOAKLEY and Ornell. one
 and inseparable!

TACK MoAKLEY and O'rnell. one and inseparable!
 It looks that way, doesn't it?
 Whenever one thinks of Cornell he thinks of Jack Moakley, and whenever one thinks of Jack Moakley he imme- diately thinks of Cornell. John Fran cis Moakley in fact, is one of Cornell s most sacred institutions. Any Cornell man will tell you that. And it's worth little bet that when oP Jack breasts the tape in the race of life Cornell university will erect a monument to his memory. Hang it all. he deserves one, anyway!
 But, after all, the tnnumerable tro- phies the red and white have won on track and field and over hill and dale perhaps are the best monument to his memory. They can't erase from the college records the athletic feats per- formed by the athletes of the red and white under the Moakley regime. Those records forever will keep Jack Moak- ley's name in CornelPs hall of fame.
 Some time ago John Francis Moak- ley celebrated his fifty-second birth
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Hawaii May Send Polo Team

pionshfp tournament of the Polo Assos citation at Narragansett Pier in July and August.
 1t will be recalled that an All Ha- waiian team took part in the southern California polo tournament in 1913 and, among other successes, won the Pacific coast junior championship cup. This was the only prior visit ever made by the Hawaiians, and the outfit received many favorable comments for skill and the excellence of mounts. It is expect ed the team will arrive fin Californis In February. p
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

Fl AWA1I, unless present plans mis-
 carry, will send. polo team to the eastern section of the United States to compete in the big polo tournament. John B. Miller of Los Angeles, chair man of the Pacific coast polo commit tee, and the Hawaiians plan an inva- sion of the eastern circuit
 According to the present schedule, the islanders will play in the annual tournament at Lakewood. N. J., next April and then swing through the cir cult up to and inclusive of the cham
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Winter Sposn and Their Favote Pasnes Now Occupying Liei


THE recent cold weather has
 ! given the winter sportsman an opportunity to enjoy his fa- vorite pastime. Ice hockey, skat- ing, tobogganing, skiing and ice yachting are now occupying the limelight in the sporting world. At Lake Placid, N. Y., they have a baseball game every day on ice. Recently a full nine inning game was played at Lake Placid when it registered 10 below zero.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
Trap Shootinq Is Popular.

According to the annual records of ths Interstate Trap Shooting association, 333 tournaments were registered dur ing the 1915 season. In these competi- tions 8,146 shooters participated and 4,814,260 targets were trapped.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02
By NICK GIANAkoPULos

Gxn. trained for various kinds of sports. The ancient Greeks
 carried training to a very high degree of perfection, and some of the performances attributed to their Olym- pic winners can hardly be believed.
 Their methods of training were very good, for physical beauty was carried with them almost to perfection, but in modern times-it has only been within the last thirty years-the regular train ing of athletes for athletic events has been studied and carefully considered. Now almost every college, school, church and athletic club has a trainer or coach who teaches the young men athletics.
 Distance Running.
 No matter for what event an athlete
New Britain herald., 1916-02-02

trained for various kinds of
 sports. The ancient Greeks
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-29
CROSS SHOE COMPANY
SUES FOURQUREAN FIRM
Snys Closing OF Division Wall lin. In
Jured business Conducted on
F1fth street.

Suit FOR $4,000 damages was in
stitutcd Yesterday IN tho Law and
EQUITY Court by the &. +. Cross Shoe
Co. Inc. against Robert s. Gray. !. l..
fouraurcau and i. y. Dcvinc. partners
trading under tn" nrm name OF Four
uurcan. Temple Il Co. and the :. :.
kresgc Co, Inc.
1t is claimed l.: the plaintiff com :
pauy that i, had II contract with Four
uurcau. Temple X Co for tn" lcaS" az
the promises -: 2oG North Fifth street.
entrance IL wIiCn WAS had throu.h
doors leading FROM the defendant com
panyS premises at i21 and 40 I.a
Broad street. For some time prior to
April ID. 1919. it is stated. Cross and
Four0urcan. Temple x Go. conducted
tho shoe business together. under ;hc
firm name % tho &. T.. Cross Shoe Com
pany. ON April l., 1918. Cross b"urh,
the others out. but maintained the shoe
business on the same premises and as
an adjunct to the mercantile business
.! the defendants lie leased the prop
ertN for fourteen months at y rental
OF 81 @"". aud later exercised his pow
CT of election in leasing the premises
on Firth Street for a tcrm Of three
years.
om Sentember i. 1915. it is alleged
Fouruurcan. Temple X Co. without, mo-
ticc to the plaintiff. assigned it's lease
TO tho premises At A., and i"g East
BROAD street 10 the &. :. krcsgc Com
panN. cut the shoe store off from the
Broad Street promises 10y dividing,
walls. and conseuUcutiy. il is claimed
the Cross shoe business is without a
direct entrance on Broad Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-29
FOR UPTOWN BRIDGE.


\ mas meeting will he held to-mor-
70" hlShi in the Episcopal school. at
for'! first street and Forest Hiil Ave-
hne' South Richmond. TO adopt rcsoiu-
TONS requesting the City Council -
appropriate funds for tho construction
OF bridge across the James River in
the West End. The meeting viii hn
presided over hy Augustine RoyaU.
Several men arc scheduled 10 sneak,
and the candidates have been invited
10 he present.
Councilman Edgar T. English las
pendin: before the Finamc. Committee
q resolution To appropriate $4,000 for
the construction Of the proposed bridge.
IN" project mot with instant approve |
on tho part OF West End and Southsidc
cltl"cns. and a. = recent meeting. tho
CITY Council was pctitioncd To max .
the necessary appropriation II Was
pointed out that the West End is with
out facilities for croSsin. the river.
and that the demand for a viaducl viii
increase when the proposed union sta
'on is erected ny the Richmond. Fred
crickShurc and Potomac and the Allan
tie Coast Line Railroad Companies
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-29

Mr. Claiborne Watkins az south
Ear"lina. is the cues, ~ Nrv walter
Watkins. tu thi. ci,1
Miss Nell rot,s i spending so,,c
I'm" with her sister, Mrs Hubbard. m
Cincinnati.
Mrs. W. =. condi,. Of mis- city. is
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. w.
+. Williams. i'm Norfolk
Miss Mar Told has returned 70
Richmond. after H stay Of ;w" weeks
In Bowling Green.
Mrs. rhiI!p -. George Cooke. q, Yves,
franklin street, is tn" guest Of Mrs.
VI. 7. Withers in suffolk
Mss octayia Arlington viii leav" 20.
day for Ealtimog" Ia attend the chris.
ttan-Sims wedding ON Thursday
Mrs Lewis Pitcher has been tho ro-
cent gus, OF h"i father. g W. Jones.
AZ his home in Frcdcricksbur-
Miss Maria Adkins has returned n
Sweethriar College. after a short visi,
Adkins. on Park Avenue.
Mrs y Reiruo Blair has returned
from Atlantic CITY. after a short stay
IN that place.
Charleston. : g. where sh" viii b.. the
cues, Of Miss Elizabeth Lyon
Mrs Rober, g C;,b"ll has returned 20
Richmond. after trip To bermuda
Mrs. James Leo shelton. Or Wash
!ncton. is so"ndinv this week with
relatives in Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Whitehead and
their small daughter. az Richmond. are
guests az relatives in Frederick sburr.
Mrs Z. &. Brown. daushtcr OF Mr..
and Mrs ~ w Stampcr, viii return
TO her HON" this week after several
weeks visit Ia her brother, T. NJ
Stampcr. in Philadelphia.
Miss Mar Helc Hopkins. 81 Fred
cricksburs, who mas been visiting rcla-
rivcs mere for TWO weeks. has returned
10 her home.
Mrs Joseph Ceilings, of Portsmouth,
lis the guest of her parents, Ny. and
Mrs. l.. II. C"ttrell. In this city for
two weeks.
Peasants Tyler. Of richmond, has
been spending several DAYS with Cor
ncius Bull. in Norfoll
Miss Saliie Casey. Of Richmond. is
the guest Of Mrs. John Ryan ut her
home in Frederick sburC.
Mrs r. T.. Eoatwright. who has been
visiting in this city. loft Saturday for
her home in Portsmouth.
Mrs. James Powers. Or Gintcr Park.
and Mrs. y. u. Wright and her dauCh-
ter. also Of this city, arc guests Of Mrs.
NJ @. Willis. Ir.. In fredericksburg.
Professor !. \. Eurrus has returned
TO HarrisonburG. after a brief stay in
this city
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-29
ASKS REHEARlNG
~. &. btiahrrtN Asks Supreme CURT
Ia RrNirw It's Hrcrnt Decision
Ia Dumnrc suit.

ATTORNEY y. .. o't'lahcrty has pc
tilioucd the State Supreme Court az
App"als for rohcarinc ot tho case in
which that court decided recently tina,
d." was ~ fault in refusing t. comply
with tho Virginia Railway and Power
Company's rul" requiring q passenger
ON q prepayment ear to deposit his fare
in tho ticket-hox in person
Nj. o'flahcrtv was arrested ny tho
conductor wien h" refused To dcpoSi,
his fare or leave the car. Tho iawycr
brought suit FOR Si5,0oo FOR false ar
rest. and til" Law and Equity Court
allowed him damages IN tn" sum a.,
$500 From this judrncn, tho .,rco,
railway company appealed The Su-
rrcrc Court sustained tn" company
and reversed the decision nj the lower
court
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-29

have charge and to accomplish that
result IL possible.
"Honored as have been by the peo-
pie of this state through their rep
resS.tatives. by being placed In charE.
or one OF their most important offices
certainly the Office upon which is
placed very large and responsible pow
ers. the proper exercise OF which is
so Important to the people OF the State.
financial remuneration should be- and
IS with me, minor considerations
take this opportunity to EXPRESS
TO the press and TO the people OF Viz
Sin!a who have communicated with
me personally and by wire and by let =
ter. my hearticst gratitude for the
interest taken, and in recognition and
appreciation OF their desire for me TO
remain In this Office. and nv purpo,c
20 serve the state being always first
win me-, ! confidently expect 10 do
so at least until the converting Of the
next General Assembly,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-29
of Lingerie

nj ANY Of tho most popu-
" lar ideas i'm these new
Waists are worked out
with dainty color effects to
lend contrast.
Considering the great beau,
ty Of these models, the
prices are very little in.
deed. For example:
y Waist with scalloped en-
bro derry, handkerchief
ruffle finished with picot
cdging and the collar and
cuffs TO match. has a yoke
back and all seams with
hemstitching. Embroidery
coral or Copenhagen. Only
Sl.9S.
Another effective model has
smart figured stripes.
knife pleated collar and
cuffs; scalloped overlap in
front. Yoke back and
hemstitched seams, S1.9S.
IMPORTED MODELS, 1898
Some OF the makers have
produce remarkably
beautiful things in copy Of.
the higher priced ideas
originally imported. /.
y waist of very fine wolfe
has Il smart sailor collar,
with broad edging Of filct,
lace set in With colorcd
linen piping. This dainty
combination Of lace and
color forms vcstee in
front. Embroidered in
flowers and dots, i'm open
eyclette effect. Elizabethan
cuffs to match collar. EN-
broidery and piping in
coral or blue. $3.50.
Another stunning Wolfe
Waist is made in fancy
bolero effect of contrast
ing color with white. Col
lars. cuffs and shoulders
set in Of broad panels Of
color. Richly trimmed
with filet lace edge and
insertion. Hand embroid-
cred sprays. Seams with
ncmstitchlng. eciaI
$3.50. ,,o,e