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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
Brandt TO Box Moore.

The Broadway Sporting Club. Of
BROOKLYN. will have Dutch Brandt. Of
Tlstbush, and Pal Moore. Of Memphis,
in the ring Saturday night. The semi
windup will be between Willie Kohler,
Of The Bronx, and Chick Mccormick,
of Brooklyn
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Trotting Meet POSTPONED

Poughkeepsie, ". T., Aug. 2S. The
Grand Circuit opening dsy programme
az the Hudson River Driving Park here
was officially postponed because OF
rain. The three events will be run to-
morrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29

Govern will oppose Ray Rivers. Sim.
Ter and Regain are lghtweights, and
both arc on the trail of the leaders in
their division. Rivers and McGoyern
are featherweights of the smuggling
type.
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Bouts al Pioneer Tonight

The Pioneer Sporting Club. on West
Forty fourth Street, will conduct its
regular weekly boxing bouts tonight.
In the feature contests Chick Simler
will meet Jimmy Regsn. and Artie Nc
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Never Has an Abb.

for Whitney would be we'll received the where he
we'll well liked He
in
Of his golf played the National
the right
Whitney championship experience
of will
cntre I'm the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
STRUNK MAKES TWO OF
ATHLETICS THREE HITS

Philadelphia, Aug. %. Chicago de-
feated Philadelphia to-day, to 0. The
visitors got the only run OF the game
in the sixth inning, when Benz, who
singled, was forced by Weaver. who
scored on l.. Collins's single. Benz
held Philadelphia to three hits. two
Of which were made by Strunk, and did
not give 4 base on balls or hit bats
man.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
Cardinals Buy Two PLAYERS.

g. Louis. No, Aug. % Announce
ment was made to-day that the St.
Louis Nationals had bought pitcher
Niehsus and third basemsn Smith from
the St. Paul American Association
team.
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The SOufh'S Chance.

The South has produced Cbb Iris Speakers acksons and
baseball but has golfer far the
national championship
the direction that 1916 will Whitney
further There
next he
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McLoughHn's Oldtin1e
Speed Wins Net Match
Point by Point.

MAURICE z. SLoUeHLis vs.. :,
FIRST SET.
Point scors
nslegshlis ....,.... 81
MoCisys ............l "a /, rs
stoss trsyrl,.
MoLoushIis ..... 10
Mcclays. ..... 0
SECOND SET.
MeLegshlin"..... : -
Stroke tnsIcb.
49,. Plses- Serb. p,,.
sen. ouc. msno. ,ss 49,.
sseisS. 0'...... Z +: /,
THIRD SET.
moIooahIin. : ~
stTos. Analysts.
Place. ssol.. Oh.
sst. Out. msnu. ses,. issI.
s ss5sSshI'' .. : 3 = :
REcIPirUltrios.
s.h. Outs. nsnn ae... ,,sis
s s:5sSsS' .'..... g I; 4: = (:
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Two base hits-iuderus. Nillisns Three base
hits -Crs,Ath. Alexander stolen hsse Nhued.
SarriHc. T. Wmtted Double plays Bancroft 20
Nieho~ 10 Inderiis. knsbe 90 SAFER LEFT on bases
-pbiisdelphis IS: Chicago e. first base on errors
Philadelphia %. Iirsl ha.s o. balls Or tIst-
and earned run. O~ Alexander. hits and runs
Inn . innings. ~ HsndrA. hts and : runs in
+. . ? ipninrs. n Mcconnell. hits and no runs
boz % innings struck out-B, Alexander. o.. hY
Hsndrl 4 Ump.rcs-B,ron and QuisIC. Time
%
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SENATORS SHUT OUT
CLEVELAND INDlANS

Washington, Aug. % -Wsshlngi',
won the first game of Cleyeland's mn,
series here to-day by score Of to Z
CLEVELAND "A. LDlWASHTNGT y al
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Leaders on the Links
MEL SON WHITNEY AND REUBEN BUSH
By BRIGGS
Southern Stars.
By GRAN'TLAND RICE

Tbi, the eighth for the
icketC Tub irons 9, inclusive
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BROOKLYN .............0 0 -
Two base hits Homsby, J. Miller ~. Merke.
Three base hit-Long stolen bsse-Honshy. sac
rlhcs ny. Miller Double plsy-Merkle 10 Mo"rey
10 Merkle Left Oh bases Brooklyn 9; s. Louis.
Z First base on errors-S St Louis. O. First base
ON bslls-Or Meadows . Hits and earned runs
on Pferer hits and . runs IN Z innings; o-
Meadows 3 hits and 10 in innings. on
Dell . hits and run IN innins stuck out -
By PETER : by Dell. by Meadows. 9. Ump!r.s
-RiEler and Eason. Time 81.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
GAMES TO-DAY.

Detroit At New York (2).
Chicago at Philadelphia.
81. Louis At Boston (2).
Cleveland At Washington.
RESULTS or GAMES ESTERDAY.
New York ~. Detroit (wet grounds).
chicago. !: Philadelphia. q.
Boston -. -. Louis (rain).
Washington. ,; Cleveland. o.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
". l.. Pc. W. l.. PC.
Boston. 20 80 SIS ST. luis SIS 81 .s37
Detroit 81 SO .54I Cleveld IS IS .S32
Chicago 81 IS .545 Wash'n. IS 81 49,
y. York 65 Sc .527 Phils IS 81 POI
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BASEBALL TO-DAY. > games. hrs' gam.
$50 T. NJ New York Americans ~
Detroit Polo GroundA Admission see
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Results of Games in Two Leagues
And Standing of Battling Teams
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
GAMES TO-DAY.

GAMES TO-DAY.
New York at Cincinnati.
BROOKLYN at 81. Louis.
Boston al Pittsburgh UNo).
Philadelphia At Chicago.
RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY.
Cincinnati, ): New York. ..
ST. Louis. 4: Brooklyn. 0.
Philadelphia. S; Chicago, ..
Pittsburgh. ;; Boston. I.
Boston. S; Pittsburgh. & in. dknS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
W. T.. PC. ". l.. pc.
Bklyn. 20 - .6i7 Pittsb'h - 81 1855
Boston. 66 - 500 ST. Luis So 65 ass
Phils SIS - $40 Chicago 50 81 .i42
y. York 81 IS ASP Cin'nati IS rs .377
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NEW FIELDING RECORD
FOR SHERWOOD MAGEE

Boston. Aug. IS. A record for flaw
,css fielding was claimed by sporting
writer's here to-day for Sherwood
Magee. left fielder of the Braves. With
odt an error in scventy-cight games,
Nsgee mas accepted 40 chances per
fcctly.
The best previous fielding record
available here showed that in 1908
schultz. Of the Chicago Cubs, made
oaly one error in i2j chances.
STATE LEAGUE
Harrisburg rs Syracuse wet grounds
scranton. 4 Binghsrnton. o.
WILKES Barre = E'mirs g.
Reading " luea tVct Froundsl
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Sarrac. ht.-T collins, Terry. sch,n. Pi~s
S.rIrk out Rem D.. Myers Double plsys--ffrs.
Iaarg aud MrIunis Haley and Wit. Ieft IN bases
chicago {. Philadelphia First h4s- on errors
chicago o. Philadelphia. T. Flrs' hsse on balls
~ Nycff o. Famed rurs-O1 Mter. l. I'm
pifcs-thul and Connolly. Tine. %
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Totais....27 8s..s1sli Total,....2s l
.c,bl. on, IN ,lshth. M BY bati,d bail

cable ous IN eighth: hit by batt.d ball
Buffalo .............S ! I 3 3 -
Famed runs-By Buffalo. .: BY Newark. !.
struck out-By Bsder. Q: BY Nikinson. = Two
bsse hIts-Jackson. KOpp. Mcdonald GU. sscrl-
ne lts-Durgln. Hummel. Gable. STAFFORD. ons
INV RAIDER Channel FIRST base on errors hy
Bufslo. by Newark. /, Left on bsses-Bura,o.
RAIDER / Umpires-Carpenier and Cle4ry. Time
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als...sIot24l22 Totals 40 q

'Bstted for Pfcfcr In eighth inning
Bstted for Meyers an ninth inning
tBatied for Dell In ninth innlng.
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Totals. .ss,leT1:o Toials...:o25e7l3

.Bascd FOR Elliott in seventh inning
tbirsso ........O 0 q o o. @
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Two base hi,s-Boehllns. speaker sois ~ n
Milan 2. smith Shanks. Sscr1ce w n
Rrine Double play-Moeller 10 Chapni,
on bases-Cleyelsnd A. Washington g.,
halls-O~ johnson. o Earned rlns-.l ~,
p struck out-By johnson. 3 hy boeh"s
Mid pitches-Boehling lmpirea-NAna
Dlneen. Time. los.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09

rush up to hold 1t every fourth man
leads away four horses quickly out of
gun fire. certain proportion of the
men must drop at the crest. you know;
they are supposed to be shot. 1t is tao
tics. An inspector calls up the officers
and explains if it is done well. He
gives them a practical instruction of
what they have been trying to do.
The officers ask any questions they
please. They want to know. They talk
half an hour. The next day they'll take
a different kind of hill. The inspector
is a professional and tells them how
they should retreat, If overwhelmed
everything
Under fire would it be the sameo"
They all have the old spirit of Nor
garten. where the farmers of three
cantons beat 10000 Austrian regulars
in the year 1915. I think that if the
enemy got into certain strategic ra =
vines half the mountain might fall on
them. A lot of them are surely mined.
The Swiss have ammunition for three
years. They have been putting aside
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Lawyers Again.

I AMES B. DUKE. the tobacco king,
~ apropos of one of his multi-million-
aire dinners in his mansion on 5th
avenue, said
1T was purely social dinner, but
nobody believes it. Dinners of that
sort are as suspiciously regarded az
the legal profession.
We see how the legal profession is
regarded every day. Thus, last week.
famous lawyer said to a witness in
cross-examination:
Now, come, come. friend, isn't
everything you have told Us a tissue
of lies
THE witness frowned. and the judge
said to him with a smile:
Now what have you got to say to
that?'
Your honor the witness answered,
what l say to that Is that my business
isn't one where you have to lie to make
living"
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August . the entire army was in place,
ready to repel invaders.
So says an American private citizen
whom the Swiss general staff permits
to order special trains for himself
requisition military autos and travel
with their officers as a peculiar expert
1t is Frederic Birmingham, the film
man. They are having him make NOV
ing pictures of their war footing. for
the instruction of Swiss boys and old
men who are not yet called out. but
may be. AS fast as made. the films are
used in classes, all over the land.
We knew Birmingham in Paris. For
years he was one of us, newspaper and
magazine man. Going into the films, he
made a great stir Birmingham forsook
the muse twelve hundred feet inside
Vesuvius. Pathe bought the world
rights of his ascent of Mont Blanc
where he had the luck to catch an ava
lanche. The Transatlantic Universal
Films have his ascent of the Jungfrau.
and Gaumont does his printing. Many
call him professor 1t was on account
of his reputation that the Swiss gen.
eral stam selected him. He has seen all
In the Swiss system says Burling
ham, every citizen must fire forty
shots each year with his army rifle,
which he keeps always in the house,
ready for war. He is not allowed to
FIRE eighty shots in two years, or 100
shots in three years. but must fire
forty shots each year; and if he is not
up to a certain average of hits, he must
go into a practice squad to bring his
average UP. So they are all wonderful
shots You cannot turn. anywhere,
without seeing their targets and rifle
clubs"
Birmingham was making films of rife
practice.
A peasant got in the way, digging
pots&oes, and officer stopped the
men firing. Get out or the way" he
cried to the farmland. Don't mind
me-" replied the latter. digging tran
gully between the target and the
shooters-so sure he was of their skill.
So the officer ordered: Continue fir
ing. but don't hit him..
They shot all around the Reuben.
says Birmingham. who continued his
work as if nothing were happening.
They are all William Tells
The farmland was William. too.
He was digging potatoes. but he had
fired his forty shots that year. done
maneuvers the year previously and
might be called out to fight any day.
Such is the Swiss system
Just now. 800, 900 Swiss are out on
war footing
Vet, in peace times, they have no
great standing army. Young Swiss
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Would the Swiss system fit u.s."
asked again.
The Swiss are very democratic,' he
replied again. "A real Swiss will not
go into a big hotel. 1t is not his
domain. What an American might not
like and what a Swiss does willingly is
to travel all night in a train and march
off to maneuvers, without sleep. 1t is
in their habits. 1 saw a man worth
sl.0o0.o00, after night in the train,
eeat breakfast of white wine. sausage,
bread and cheese. That breakfast was
his supper. They don't care much for
material comforts"
'Is the Swiss officer efficient?"
Not as efficient, perhaps, as pro-
fessional French or German officer"
said Birmingham. but there is not
much that he does not know. He has
the same control over his men. He has
learned the kind Of war adapted to his
mountain country Even the suboff1cers
have clear idea of the military topog
raphy of all Switzerland. They have
Unanswered everywhere"
when Jaures wanted France to try
the system, two objections were made
to it, 1 said. "G) that the Swiss sys-
tenn is really more annoying, because
instead of getting over the service in
mans, the Swiss citizen must go out
annually, for short periods. during the
ten best years of his life, and (2) that
it does not result in as good a soldier
as continuous service-that the Swiss
army is made up of men not really
militarized.''
Swiss soldiers make me think of
the minute men," replied Birmingham.
land they were not such bad fighters.
The Swiss cavalryman has an interest
to keep his horse in first-class shape.
because it is his horse. They say it
but I was surprised by the Swiss !
had imagined their cavalry to be like
their navy Why, all the horses have
been trained to war! At st. Leger
cavalry charge was not going right
for the cinema. An officer rode up and
asked: What do YOU want?' I tried
to explain, and they said: oh. you
command I practically took over the
regiments. They had started in mill
tary order, six yards apart. 1t was
too scattered for the cinema. l had
them come in serried ranks. 1t was
not really military, but to see them
take that stone wall was marvellous;
they came in waves and pillows"
In another film they show how to
charge q wooded hill to it's crest and
get the horses out of gun range.
Here is the HILL he explained. "Ob-
stacles are nothing. If you fall you fall.
leg. Just before they reached the crest
they pulled up and dismounted, and
while three men out of every four
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09

00 0HEN one of the ten million
MAN. housewives throughout the
T\v United States buys an article
of food neatly and securely
put up in a package stamped with the
name of the manufacturer or packer
the chances are ter 10 one that it's con-
stituency and quality are accurately
known to one busy New York woman.
Mrs. Edward W. Hooke. president of
the International Pure Milk and Food
League, for the last ten years has been
devoting The greater part of her time
TO teaching women food values and in
srigating them 10 greater activity in
the matter of demanding better prod
acts. and herself examining foodstuffs
and encouraging the sale OF only pure
food In the latter respect she stands
unique. for she is known to almost all
The large food producers in the United
States. and with the majority she is on
the best Of terms
In a recent interview. given at her
attractive home on Riverside drive.
New York Mrs. Hooke said:
Il am glad TO be able to state that
there has been great Improvement
in food supplies within the past ten or
hfreen years, since women started their
crusade against poor and adulterated
products. When we commenced our in
designations it was considered some
thing of an impertinence when We
ASKED to be permitted to visit factory
to view the conditions under which the
1000 we bought was prepared; also, at
the same time, 10 note the surroundings
amid which the employees worked.
we are now invited to visit most Of
the large food factories. and my inves-
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seeaed and cleaned before being sealed
in the little packages which went di-
rectiy from producer to retailer.
and this brings me to part Of the
subject which I would like to impress
upon the housewife who has not given
real consideration to the subject Of
what she is buying. | would advise her
to purchase goods packed in the fac
tory which makes them. AS is readily
understood. this insures a maximum
of cleanliness. 1t also is more or less
of guarantee of purity. The manu-
facturer cannot hide behind any one II
the goods are not what they ought to
be- The middleman who puts his name
on the package hides behind the manu-
facturer if the product is lacking.
Il would repeat to all housewives.
the name of the wholesale grocer or
jobber upon the label: get that bearing
the name of the manufactures or pack
er. SO that responsibility for it's quail
ity may be fixed if necessary.
THE housekeeper can 10 a large part
In helping matters alonf, toward d gen
eral Improvement in foodstrls II she
will take her part in remedying the
sale grocer or jobber should have no
authority to pass his wares on to the
consumer under his own label only. for
the reason that he does not to any ap-
preciable extent, pack or manufacture
the goods which he vends. but must
depend upon some packer or manufac-
turer for his supply
Naturally, he endeavors to make the
best terms possible in signing con-
tract for foodstuffs. Take for in
stance, tomatoes. peas. corn, olives. and,
in fact. all canned goods. He may give
the consumer this year a very fine
product. put up and packed at reliable
plants, living absolutely up to the let
ter of the law regards quality, guam
tity and sanitary conditions.
Some one comes along next year and
offers him similar commodities, claim
ing they are just as good at smaller
cost. This means big item on the
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tain maneuvers, Inspections and extra
instructions
The system requires instant readiness
from all.
mot only their guns and uniforms. but
their army boots, shoes, socks, shirts,
horses"
"Horses?" I interrupted
THE Swiss government furnishes the
cavalry their horses, the men paying
part their cost. in easy installments.
and they take the horses home and
work them, but must keep them in
condition. because the horse is always
at the disposition of the army. 1t may
be called out with the man on war foot
ing and day. and in peace times it must
do rehearsals. After each maneuver it
is examined. and If anything is wrong
with the horse, the man is responsible
to pay an indemnify"
us the Swiss system efficient? I
asked. with its short periods spread
over nine or ten years."
The Swiss soldier is as fine as any,
replied the film man. LAS a fact, they
say that when the kaiser visited the
vately to his generals: No, not through
Switzerland, through Belgium
But much of the Swiss success. Bur-
bingham warns us, is due to the mems
individual fitness, which is racial and
individual. and their willingness to
submit to discipline without needing
to have it trained into them by three
years routine.
They are so ft." he says. You see
a Swiss business man going to lunch.
Instead of seeking a fiat, easy route,
he seeks a hill for training. 1t is all
] can do to keep up With them (and
Birmingham is an Alpinist). The dis
cipline is voluntary. but as hard as in
Germany. Should an officer come in
here, a soldier would jump up, crack
his heels, rectify, salute and stand
rigid, although the soldier be a rich
merchant and the officer peasant.
Would Americans stand that?"
DO the officers hold themselves aloof
from the men, as they do in Germany
l asked.
They are officers, he answered.
They eat in one room. and the men in
another. Yet it often happens that the
officer is the paid employee of the
private. Most of the year the officers
are business men. I know fine type
of captain who Is manager of the
Hotel Schwitzerhof at Bern. The per-
manent officers are called instructors"
The army is completely democratic.
We sawa soldier picking up empty
shells after practice firing of cannon.
An officer came by. The man stopped,
Strengthened and saluted. Where are
you from" asked the officer. From
Basel" said the soldier What do you
do in Basel?" Il am director of the
Cantonal Bank" The officer was prob
ably a little farmers son. Good" he
replied. "continue nicLing up shells"
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the writer is acquainted with Swiss
lieutenant of railroads. He knows
every railroad, electric tram. trolley
and funicular in the little land, with
all their resources for shifting troops.
artillery. food and fodder.
America is big" says Birmingham.
land it makes the organization more
complicated. Take the mere detail of
sanitary trains. If you go outside
Bern, the capital of Switzerland, you
will see long rows of Red Cross trains,
all ready, In case of need. Even France
fell down on the care of the wounded,
in the first months of the war. The
French mobilization was ready, tho
railroad organization was wonderful.
but the sanitary service was PRACTICAL
ly unprepared. 1t is all right in Swift
Zerland. They have their field kitch-
/, ems. and everything"
THE Swiss are worried" said.
Birmingham would not answer. He
is very discreet.
I told him of the unjust rumor in
France, that the Swiss general stan.
supposedly dominated by German SYM
pathies, might. in case of simulated
invasion of Switzerland by Germany,
withdraw their men from the first line
of defense near Basel, which would
leave a narrow space free for the Ger
mans to turn Belfort-and fall on
France.
The French trust Switzerland" said
Birmingham. Il was at the French
frontier"
l asked him to tell about it.
I'VE were in a staff auto. We sim
ply rushed" he said. LAS we passed
groups of Swiss soldiers. each group
yelled out their regiment and what
they were doing, SO that any officer go
ing through was oriented, without
stopping to ask questions. We came to
this village on the French frontier. The
sentry pulled his bell and the troops
piled out to salute. The exact frontier
was marked with a blue chalk line"
What did you do?" ! asked.
II said. Where are the French SOL
diers" and they answered, There are
only two. one for the day. one for the
night 1t shows how the French
trusted the Swiss to keep their neu-
trality. They refused to let me take
photographs We must not risk the
slightest incident. they said. 1 said.
I'm going to put one leg into France"
You may they answered, but Swiss
officer would not dare to-"
STERLING HELLO.
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They pass their time instructing the
"eIite'-ie. all able bodied men from
twenty to thirty-two years of age.
who must do seven annual "rehearsals''
of eleven days each-and. in particular,
each years batch of $4,000 young con-
scripts twenty years of age, who must
do first training of from sixty-five TO
ninety days. In the cavalry they all
have eight annual rehearsals of four
teen days each, after their first period
of ninety days. They also train the
elite officers-i.e.. the mass of officers,
who must do rehearsals annually up to
their thirty eighth year when iieuten
ants or captains. and to their forty
eighth year when above captains In
the reserve" officers go to their fifty
second year.
This reserve" is only of officers.
Rank and file Swiss from thirty three
to forty years belong to the "landwehr,
and owe at least one service period of
eleven to eighteen days. besides their
annual target practice. From forty-one
to forty-eight, they belong to the