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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

Victory will depend upon the pitch
ers, and with all Difference TO the vel
known power Of the Boston Red SoX
in this all important department, there
is uniformity OF strength IN the
Yankee hurleIs which is bound 90 make
itself felt. Nick CullOp, who came from
the Federal League, has put the scof-
ers TO blush, Is a sensation, and has
yet 70 lose his first game in the Amer
lean League. Cliff Merkle, the young
stcr from the Waco team of the Texas
League, : another hurler who is
ranked high in mis- league. Bob Shaw
key is pitching the best ball OF his
career, and George Mogridge, the left
handler, while he cannot be used as
frequently as the others, is capable Of
first class baseball.
Another caus. for jubilation by the
Yankee fans is the return of Sim Cald-
well to form. Caldwell got off to q
slow start this year, but the hot
weather has worked a change for the
better in him, and he is moving right
along as the fans have been accus-
toned 20 seeing him go. Heating is
improving under hard work, and Fish
er. good and bad in spots, Is valuable
as a finishing pitcher. Slim Love has
shown flashes of ability, and will be of
service.
Possessed of such wealth in pitch
ers. Donovan has not been forced 70
work his stars as frequently as other
managers have. The fact that Cullop
did not pitch between June %, when
he defeated the Senators. and July 8.
when he stopped the White Sox for
the third time. was a cause for COM
ment But Nick proved that all pitch
ers must not be worked every third or
fourth day to retain their effective
ness. The men who required the work
more often, Caldwell. Heating and
Fisher, the three Rays, got it. All
three worked in three games in the last
couple of weeks. Shasxey was called
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RESULTS.

Minneapolis 8 Louisville,
second game. - Is in. rainl
Columbus Kansas city.
Indianapolis. g. s. Paul.
Milwaukee 10. Toledo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
Drawn Cricket Battle

A drawn battle resulted when %. %,
lvl tried conclusions with a'e..,,,
Fast Side Park. Paterson leSsl
The home eleven batted nTsN .sSs;
Jackson made an excellent "A 8
with the bat His score was -. =
out when Paterson declared .a' 40
ings closed with eight wieheL. "A y
for total Of III. Brooklyh n ).
than an hour 70 make the IT,, .
succeeded in keeping IFS wies =. q,
when the stumps were drawn l, ~. ~
was As for the loss OF SIX wi'A. D.
V. II. Cockeran high figure "'
contribution OF Il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
Highlanders Keep Coming
Along with a Rush
Touch Wood.
Ry FRANK O'NEILL.

The American League pennant race
is sweeping along toward the high
water mark. The Glorious Fourth has
come and gone, and during the ncN-
month the ultimate winner Of the pen
nant should discover itself, Of uut
honored precedent Is to be followed
The Yankees are IN the lead. and hold
their position through no luke OF fort
une. As a matter of fact. Donovan $
men have risen superior 90 number
of msfortunes, and 10 would seem that
they are the strongest team IN the
league.
But Just as there are a number OF
slips between the cup and the lip, there
are a number of breaks between torrld
July and the end of the season. Last
wear at this time the Chicago White
Sox were out in front, leading the
Boston Red Sox, the ultimate winners,
by eleven points. They were thirty
one points ahead of the Tigers, who
finished bang up second, and led the
pale-hosed crew By thirty-iive points.
The Yankees were fourth, leading the
Senators, but they finished tfth, one
position behind the Senators. II IS OF
passing interest TO note that the
cleveland Indians, who are now IN sec
ond place, were last this time last
year.
Six of the American League clubs
are punched. One hundred points, APP
proximately, separate the Yankees and
the Tigers, who at this writing are
bobbing along, ilirting with the 800
mark. Any of the six clubs are IN q
position 20 make a drive down the
stretch. just as the Boston Braves did
in 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

Plan Football Early.

The following schedule Of games has
been arranged for Stuyvesant High
School football team: September so,
Manual Training II. S. Cancelled and
now open) October 7, Commercial H..
S: October Il, Newark Academy; Octo-
Der q. II. S. of Commerce; October %.
Bushwick H. S; November 4. Clinton
II. s., November II, Morris II. S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
Outdoor Championships
Draw Many Entries
from All Districts.

The national A. A. U. outdoor aquatic
CHAMPIONSHIPS will be unusually inter-
csting this season, for the leaders Of
all districts will have a chance TO try
conclusions in them. II is unlikely that
Western and coast candidates Will come
TO this city for the 440-yard contest,
but Herbert Vollmer and Teddy Cam.
the New York A. c. champion, are
booked to compete in the SS0-yard race
in st. Louis, where they Will meet the
foremost stars Of the Central states,
and in the One-mile title event, IN Los
Angeles. where they will face the top
uotchers of the Pacific and Northwest
crn sections. so that results should
give a clear idea Of the relative ability
Of the country's middle-distance swim
mcrs.
There is also good prospect l'r the
entry Of the local high divers AID ten
milers in these events, coming OF IN
Chicago and 81. Louis. respectively.
thus making all the championships &C
tual tests of national supremacy.
Charles Duborow. of Philadelphia,
who announced his retirement directly
after his successful swim across Chesa-
peake Bay on June "a, viii return 70
activity next summer If the European
war is decided by then.
Like every great long-distance swim
mer. he is eager TO try the English
Channel before finally resting on his
laurels, and he has determined TO go
abroad for the attempt in 1917 unless
the continuation of hostilities makes 1t
impossible.
Raymond Boyle. of Pittsburgh, is
anxious to undertake the long paddle
from the Battery TO Sandy Hook and
back. which has never been accom-
plished. and is now endeavoring to
arrange a match race over the course
with Robert Bowling, of this city, who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
Pat Mcdonald Wins.

Pat Mcdonald. the Irish-Am.rr
policeman, won The all around vss
throwing contest w..h little trouble +
was in rare form. He threw tie 3
pound weight for a height u Is ~
and sent the 16-pound shot a d.sz.,
of ~ feet 2 inch.
In the 56-pourd event. for dis1,s
Mcdonald was second. only i've int,,
behind the winner. His total e=cr
netled him winning count Of
points.
Matt NcGrath, a club mate, was g.
ond. his victory in the 56-pound veg,
event giving him the place over Johi
Cahill. Of the Miiirose Athletic Assc,l
ton, who gained 7 points.
Il appeared throughout the nee, 1
though the Handicapped had done ..,
ried job in melting out the allowsral
Scratch competitors had Little or q
chance 10 win.
A. W. Feher, Of the Hunzsrr
American Athletic Club. practical
made a runaway race Of the thrse.r.
run. with Horace Holden and Chssi
Pores vainly trying 20 ovcrtake hin
the One-mi.e run Willie Gordon, b
New York Athletic Club champion, "a
himself into the earth In taking thr
place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
FINNISH ACTIVITIES UNCHECKEDb WAR Celebrate Anniversary of Birth of Famous
 Composer

Helsingfors, England, January 29.-Civil- iZation is marching on in Finland un- checked by war. Three art exhibitions are being held at the same time, and sane, wholesome and vigorous work Is shown.
 But the great event in Finnish society this winter was the festival in commem- oration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the composer. Jean Sibelius, known and admired in the United States. Sibelius is at the height of his produc- tive power in the opinion of Finnish music lovers He is also in his prime as a man and a citizen and his rleighbors had the very sound idea that it was better tu show their appreciation while he is fully able to enjoy their testimonial of admiration and friendship than to wait for his old age.
 Sibeius was born In Tavastehus De- cember 8, 1865. He pursued musical studies in Helsingfors, Berlin, Vienna and other European centers. Recognition came at an early age and has been continuous in his own country and abroad. He is a member of the Academy of Music of Stockholm a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and has been the recipient of doc torates from Yale and Helsingfors uni versailles. In 1914 he visited the United States at the invitation of a well-known music lover. His work has a wide range, and he Is still devoting himself to all the fields in which he has found recognition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

gfan people, no one will forget the oays when countesses worked harder than peasants and when the wives of mllllona1res learned the hearts of the poor at first hand. As nation Bel g1um was perhaps in need of just such lesson in democracy, in spite of it's relatively equal distribution of wealth Today hundreds of Belgians, from every stage in the social scale say they are grateful for this aspect of the discipline that comes from disaster In Antwerp the wife of one titled mil llona1re, set as far apart from toll as her inherited millions could place her. has for year raked from the inn poverished city material for her ouvoir under difficulties that would have amazed very extraordinary business man. The wife of another has super intended the daily work and health of 5000 people on the roll call of the same ouvoir. Both of these women are at their desks at s:30 in the morning and leave at 6. Their pay is, of course. nothing. And in Brussels, Namur, Ghent and Malines the bearers of his- toric names have come to know the meaning of work as the poor under stand 1t.
 Incidentally the number of citizens men and women-who are now serv- ing without pay in Belgium and north ern France Is, all told, between 30,OoD and 10000. Theoretically they come from the well to do" classes and can afford to make gift of their services. But actually the only well-to- do people left are a handful of the very rich in each city who have refused to join the general exodus of their class to Eng land and France. Most of the volun- teer helpers come from those who are barely able to keep out of that utterly dependent one-third of the nation which Is in the bread line.
 Yet all that these unpaid helpers ask is that the food distribution and the ouvoirs be continued.
 In northern France, that rich indus trial slice of the larger nation occu- pied by the Germans, the work of the commission for relief is newer and the need is stark. For weeks during the current cloth famine the ouvoirs in Lille, Valenciennes and St. Quentin have been turning the flour bags In which the early supplies from Amer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
BELG|ANS REVEL IN FANTASTIC HUE OF 1 AMERICAN CLOTHS The Crowds Put on Ancient
 Yankee Garb in the ess Greatest Glee
NEED NOW IS FOR
 UNWORKED CLOTH
Three Million People Are in Need of Clothing in Climate That Is Noted for Its Winter
 Rigor

London, February 3.-(Special Cor respondence. )-America eyes would have been held by a certain comedy on the~ streets of Liege this fall-Liege, the first city in the world war to re- sist and the first to fall, and where there has been precious little comedy for IS months.
 I was there during the early chill Of the autumn, when the war had already passed into it's second year. It was 8 cold day-the first-and the poor had made a rush on Americas stocks of old clothes. These cast-offs were stored in an improvised warehouse. once Belgian armory. A long line of idle workers stood at the door, nipped by the frost while they waited. The people looked cowed No one talked. Their clothing was small protection against the advancing cold. Slowly the big structure swallowed them up. Steadily what was left inside of the great terminal moraine of American charity melted away, garment by gar ment.
 Then people with bundles began to emerge from a side door, and the change came. Suddenly the streets were full of sound; you could hear the noise in the next street. dumb, in s ert mass had gone in, but living in- dividuals came out--flushed with ex- citement, talking human again. ' The uproar came from old people gathered about a bundle they had just opened on the sidewalk, from a big man who was measuring himself with a small coat, from women enchanted by the vision of flannel petticoats, from small boys with new mufflers.
 Ca, c'est magnifique-mais droll!' "Voila! Je suis maintenant une petite Americaine"' "Et le weston! Cest &C., tuellement de 1aine!' "Vive PAmer- tque!"
 There were humor and joy and ! amazement-perhaps more humor than anything else. Not alone the clothes caused it all; it was partly the kind of clothes, which were spacious as only Yankee workshops make them, and of . design new and wonderful to Euro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
POINTS OUT FAULTS 'OF ENGLISH SYSTEM
British Education Has Been Left to Initiative of
 the Individuals

London, January 29-(Correspondence of the Associated Press )-Neglect of in tellectual things, satisfaction with mere book knowledge, inattention to facts, concentration on physical prowess, wide spread ignorance of science and conse-
 ouent contempt for investigation and ex- pert knowledge are the basic faults of the English educational system, said Sir
 Oliver Lodge in his address before the annual conference of educational asso-
 citations held In London.
 War, he continued, had opened the eyes
 of the nation to certain perils which dur ing long era of peace had been over- i looked War had now made apparent the ignorance of the governing classes.
 English education led to widely diffused
 knowledge Initiative was lacking, and only the personal character and courage of the men-and women-of all classes had saved the coutry. The people as we'll as their leaders were now learning | from the enemy.
 Sir Oliver condemned the educational ideals of modern Germany as a heavy | pedagogical grind and a souless prepa- ration for business, in which purely ma l teral objects had been elevated to the region of worship and sentiment. The l old, delightful, sentimental Germany ] with it's message to the soul of the | human race, he said, had been slain But this did not justify English failure to I teach the elemental facts of science and | to train students to make the best use l of their brains.
 | The speaker blamed the government fol neglecting early in the war to make use of the experts in trade an dmanufacture /, who had been eager to offer their serv- l ices. He put this failure to ignorance rather than viciousness, Experts were l not called in, because they were not trusted Only gradually did the need fol 1 their services loom up before those in charge of the empires destinies. This l kind of ignorance was not confined tc
 politicians alone. but even to manufac- | turers, who had long refrained from call l ing in expert advisers.
 ] Forcible feeding in knowledge did not appeal to Sir Oliver, who thought the primary change should be in cultivatin the faculties of observation, the spirit o | independent investigation and the habit
 of going direct to nature for facts. Bet ] ter scientific instruction, particularly ir physiology and hygiene, was thought
 necessary. Ability ought to be encour l aged among the pupils and the brains o. I the working class boys utilized as they
 are not sufficiently now.
 l France had added to her wealth, accord ing to the speaker, by encouraging ant honoring agricultural life, and England | should do the same But this was only
 one way in which science could be uset l to increase national prosperity
 | Infant mortality could be greatly re
 duced, Sir Oliver concluded, by teaching
 girls hygiene, housekeeping and the car, of infants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

for that alone is economical, and econ omy, with 3,0OO,OOO dependents to look after, is essential. Yet the Belgians alone can import nothing Once they were a weaving nation, importing their raw material, but not loom has turned within their borders since the war began. The little country is hermeti- cally sealed from the world by a dou- ble blockade, the Germans on land and the English on the sea- The neutral commission for relief, which has ob- tained permission from both of the warning giants to import minimum ration of grain, are the only possible saviors. And along with the necessary figures on the clothing situation the Belglans have communicated to their American friends their desperate mood for as the winter lengthens the mor- tality rate among the under clad mem .bers of the population has risen as it might in g. typhus camp.
 Most of the supply of cheer in Bel giam nowadays is generated, however in these very ouvoirs whose existence is threatened from week to week. They arc only huge sewing circles of course. and from propinquity and warmth and work and chatter somehow comfort comes. In the Brussels ouvoir I5,OOO people report for work regularly. a few taking their sewing home but the bulk of them stitching side by side daily. The discipline is not rigorous, the spirit of voluntary partnership in a common undertaking is kept up, there are no restrictions of class or religion, all but children of school age may at- tend, while the pay-from to francs week, which is from SO cents to $1.6O in our money-suffices for exist ence when 1t is eked out by any of the various sorts of help offered elsewhere by the authorities
 In Antwerp ouvoir, which is a model in the quality of its output and in it's social organization, not only looks like titanic sewing circle. but sounds like one. What you hear as you enter the great hall seems to be the buzz of loud conversation. Then you perceive 1t is a song, coming from more than 1000 bent heads in view on the main floor. Regularly, with admirable mel ody and rhythm, it rises and falls all day. They are chanting the folk songs of old Flanders, which are legion, and which have been rehearsed oftener in Flanders this year than ever since the time of the present singers ancestors, who invented them. A famous Belgian choir master has complied a book of them for this particular ouvoir and each worker has copy. Once a week the mastor cviAes to l-au the singing
 As to the effect of it all on the Bel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

To c. E. C., who writes: "In the city of Middletown, Orange county N. Y., there are at present people bearing the name Grams" This name is angli- cised from the German name, Krantz, l believe. I have it, from a genera tion ago, that the family here residing are descended from Hessian soldiers, three brothers, remaining after the hiring was ended. Will you kindly give information of the names Krantz, Krants and Crans?"
 Will some of our readers throw light on this family history, of which have been unable to find record in this country? I find that there Is an an- cient family of the Barons Crantz in Austria. Krans and Grams Is a usual family name in Holland and the spell ing Crantz and Krantz is found fre- quently in Cologne, and other parts of the German empire.
 To H. E. w.. who asks for informa tion of the Eshbaugh or Eschenbach familf:
 Again we ask for the help of our readers for as yet no family records of this name have been published. There is an old family of the Barons Eschen- bach of Zurich and one of the same spelling located in Hesse. The coat-of- in the armories of the continent: 'Dargent, la bande ondee de sable, un panche de plumes de coq se sable.'' find record of a Rev. Edmund R. Eschbach of German origin who was installed as pastor of the Evangelical Reformed church of Frederick, MT, in 1874
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

NSopyrlSht I9l6, by the Mcclure News paper Syndicate)
 Why the Flemings are Ion the square" Their motto means May the King Live Forever" but it is written in Flemish and for that reason Is unique. Information wanted of two American families of German origin. The Crans or Krantz family and the family of Eschbaugh or Eschenbach both claim connection with continen- tai nobility.
 That the Flemings are Ion the square none of the many admirers or that illustrious family ever doubt. but that there is a reason for this to be found in the coat of arms of the family few people realize. To begin with, the coat -of-arms of the Flem- ing or Fleming connection is blazoned thus: "Vair, a chief chequey, or and goules." The crest is, a mortar piece casting out a bomb with flames all proper, chains and rings of gold Now if you take time to translate this her. aldic language you will see that the coat-ofarms shows main portion covered with design that represents kind of fur called "vair' which is the skin of a sort of weasel called a varus. Above the main portion of the shield Is an oblong section, or chief, marked "chequey." Looking at the illustration you will see that chequey merely means Gin squares" There is a very old tradition that this particu- lar kind of heraldic decoration was given as symbol of honesty and in tegrity. So the saying lon the square came into existence, through its refer ence to those who bore this armorial bearing.
 Itis interesting, too, to note that the fur called "vair" was used to line mili- tary cloaks in the middle ages and that on a certain occasion-perhaps more than once--a distinguished warrior rallied his retreating army to victory by bearing aloft his coat, fur side out. Or, which is simply another way of saying gold, means generosity, and gules, meaning red, indicates military distinction. Those who bore the sym bol of the mortar had gained special distinction in sieges. The greyhound as a part of coat-o of arms meant 1oy- atty So, taken all in all, the early Flemings must have been a decidedly illustrious people to deserve so glow ing a coat-of-arms
 But probably the most remarka a ble thing about this coat of arms is the fact that it bears the only motto in English heraldry that is still given in Flemish. It is written ''Bhear ma Righ S'ii' "iiiSi iiiSe'iiS' AheAy IiO INih 6 III . Forever" The fact that this motto is written in the language of William the Conqueror is proof of the great an tiquity of the name, and it is espe- cially appropriate since the name means simply "A Native of Flanders" The first who bore the name were na- tives of that country, and in the Doomsday book we find a Winemar and a Walterus Flandrensis, which Is simply the Latin form of the name
 Just by way of being original the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

Flemings of New York state have taken the motto, Peace, Virtue and Wisdom" which Is decidedly more ap- propriate to an American family than the time honored motto of, May the King Live Forever"
 The Fleming family of Virginia trace descent to Sir Thomas Fleming, grandson of the first Earl of Wigton. The Flemings family of New Jersey as well as many of the name in New York state trace their European home to Cooktown, Ulster province, in the par ish of Derryloren, County Tyrone. Ire land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
By FRANCES cowLEs. THE FLEMING FAMILY

Copyright, 1916, by the Mcclure News
 paper SYndicata
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
SEARCH FOR MATERIAL

For months past, with practically no more gift clothes to make over and with what new clothes existed in Bel gium at the outbreak of the war ex- hausted, the search of the Belgium committees for material to keep the ouvoirs open has had an air of des- peration. New cloth only is wanted,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
Pats Reply
From Tit-Bits.

Dan Molloy. in many respects a good soldier. had not the virtue of tidiness. Appearing on parade one morning with his boots uncleaned, the sergeant at once dropped on him.
 Private Molloy, fall out!' he roared. "Phwat dye mane by comin here wid yur boots in a mess loike that?"
 "Arrah. now sargint, be aisys' replied the imperturbable Dan. Sure, ye niver saw good soldier showin' clane pair O heels'