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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
Sporting Notes.

The Braves must now keep an eye
open or they will be displaced in the
standing by the Giants.
Cullop, the star twirler of Donovan s
pitching staff, is i'll i'll Chicago and will
be unable to work in the series there.
BY defeating Philadelphia yesterday
while Cleveland was losing to Boston
st. Louis moved into fifth place in the
American league standing.
1t is not infantile paralysis that has
caused Oherlin college to cancel the
first football game on the schedule, but
expulsion. Several of the players have
been dismissed from college for insist
ing upon the privilege Of being mem
hers of college fraternities.
Because Miss Claire Cassell earns
her living as a professional skater she
has been declared ineligible to compete
in amateur lawn tennis contests open
to women. The lawn tennis ruling on
amateurs is being construed quite gen
orally to include no one but the idle
rich.
Ferdinand Schupp, who has been with
The Giants since the spring of 1913 but
| so unostentatlously as to make little
noise in the sporting columns, has sud
denly blossomed forth as a real pitcher
| He has allowed only II hits and two
earned runs in his last four games
which is some pitching in any league.
The world s series is close at hand
all right. Hugh Fullerton has begur
| his annual task of doping out tho
world S series. He proves daily frol
now until the series starts that one team
or the other is sure to win. 1t is ex
pected that he will pick the Brooklyn
and Red SoX teams to do his darndes
with.
Jess Willard, whose contract with ;
circus expires Nov. ], has announced
that he is ready to enter the rins
against any heavyweight boxer in tht
world. Willard is said to weigh nov
about 300 pounds which will force an,
known boxer to give away many pounds
for the privilege of meeting him for thu
championship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
PRIMARY SIDELIGHTS.
Interesting Figures Shown by Official
Canvass of State Vote

MONTPELIER, Sept 23-The re-
suits of the primary election canvassed
by the official board, while purely a
formal matter, produced some interest
ing sidelights. TIE size of the Page
vote, nearly to | over his adversaries,
was no surprise and bore out the earii-
er unofficial reports.
In the contest for lieutenant COVER
nor Weeks carried foEr counties, Add
son, Rutland. Windham and Windsor
and Hulhurd the 10 Others
The prediction report that if
Weeks was defeated it would be by
the votes of Washington and Orange
counties, does net appear to be borne
out by the results. rs Hulbutd s lead
in Washington county was All and in
Orange county 40, total of ISL
which did not wholly account for HUI
burd S lead of 92l.
The two counties of Caledonia anJ
Orleans gave Haibmd a lead of 1924
which was much greater than Wash
ington AMI Orange.
| In the contest fer auditor of ac
counts in the comfy outside of Mont
pelier and Barre Gates had 9s3 votes
and Cave S73. Counting the two cities
Cave led Gates in the county lSS votes
! Gates carried IA towns and Cave 6 il
/. this county. Cave carried Barre town
Barre city, Berlin, East Montpelier
/ Plainfeld and Worcester. In the state
Gates carried Burlington, ST. Adams
st. .Johnsbury, Brattleboro Cave CARRIE
| Bennington by large majority.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
A Hay Fever If.

with apologies to Mr.. Kipling.)
If you can face ragweed without
sneezing
And walk undaunted past a stack of
hay;
If you can find field OF daisies pleas
ing,
And not require ten handkerchiefs a
day;
If you can stroll in meadowland and
orchard
And greet the goldenrod with gay sur
prise,
And not be most abominably tortured
By swollen nose and bloodshot, fam
ing eyes;
If you can go on sneezing like a geyser
And never utter one unmeasured
curse;
If you can squeeze the useless atomizer
Nor look with envy on each passing
hearse;
IF you can still be merry in September,
And not lay plans to drown yourself
in drink,
Then your career is something to re
member,
And you deserve an Iron Cross,
think!
-asa5.s~as. ~---------New-Yefk Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

Photo by American Press Association.
WALTER JOHNSON, wAsHINGToN's STAR
TwIRLER.
real pitching star. Matty kept that
club In the fight for ten years and more.
lie was the mainstay.
when he went into the box the old
gang behind was so confident of his
powers that they played behind him
with a we can't lose spirit, and they
rarely did lose with Matty at work.
Whenever McGraw wanted to win an
important game he called upon Matty.
He knew that Matty could deliver If
any man could.
"The Washington team has been a
factor in the American league races
for the last three or four years. Why?
The real answer is Walter Johnson.
Look where the Dodgers are this
year. What's the answer? Great all
round playing, yes. That is part of it.
But the real reason is that Jeff Pfeffer.
The big fellow is whistling along this
year at an amazing clip. The Dodgers
''They have worlds of confidence in
him. They feel he cannot lose. And
by winning with Pfeffer in it gives
them a higher notch in the average
column. That increases their natural
confidence and makes them strive all
the harder for the pennant honors.
Early in 1914 the Braves were in
the rut, but the players had confidence
In Big Bill James. They figured that
he would round into winning shape
soon and sweep them on toward the
goal.
big Bill did come around, and
when he swung he carried Rudolph
and Tyler with him. Instead of having
but one star to depend upon, the
Braves had three. And so they shot
up from the cellar to the top, remained
| there until the race was over and then
I beat the Athletics in record time
And so it has been all along. The
team with star pitcher has been the
/ team that wins
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
Sporting Notes.

Brooklyn -, st. Louis :, is the sea
son 5 record of games between those
clubs.
Honus Wagner has at last got to
playing first base, a position he has
wanted to play for some time.
As if to prove that there is no mis-
take about it iris Speaker cinched his
batting championship off Walter john
SON
The Braves have the consolation that
the Phillies lost, too, but that does not
better the general situation when
Brooklyn continues to win.
Fred Fulton and Frank Moran are
booked for a lo-round match in New
York Oct. -. 1t is the first heavy
weight match of the season.
Edward Moran was in line for the
election Of captain CT the high school
football team and the boys made no
mistake in choosing him to lead them.
just at present we cannot see that it
will make any difference to us if Brook
lyn does boost the ante for the world 5
| series games TO be played on Ebbetts 5
field.
Mrs A. II. Chaplin of Springfield,
Mass. who played exhibition tennis
matches at the recent Vermont state ten
mis- championship. has won again the city
championship for women of her home
city.
The Giants have tied their record
made earlier i'll the season, of IL
straight wins. Slim Sallee, who had
been i'll several weeks, returned to work
III good enough condition to shut out the
| Cubs.
Having insisted all along that Meth
er of the Boston teams would play il
the world S series we are satisfied thai
we have been half indicated Som,
! bigoted persons still insist that the
Red SoX will come through.
Boston papers and other supporters
of the Red SoX team are united in de
claring that the American league nm
pires are in league against the Red Sox
Yet we read in the Boston Globe yes
terday that Henricksen took Carrioan I
place at bat "with the count three an(
three, and made the hit that won th,
game. That looks little as if tn,
jumps were leaning towards the Red Sox
Men who know say that considering
that Henry Lee Meadows the st
Louis pitcher who is a marked man be
cause he wears spectacles, has WORKED
so far in u games, it is no wonder tina
he is losing his ''stuff. > He weigh
only about l10 pounds in his best con
dition and has been 10 pounds unde
weight for some time The record o
balls pitched by him this season woul,
undoubtedly equal the total numbe
thrown by Chesbro in 1904 or Walsh i
1908. Manager Miller Higgins ha
worked Meadows to a fragile withou
} his team having any chance of finish
ing better than in the second division.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
PERSONAL.

Mrs. s. p Car,nan returned last night
from a visit in Boston.
Mrs. Robert Mitchell of Chicopee,
Mass, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W. &.
Mitchell.
Mrs. Robert Mitchell of Chicopee,
Mass, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. w. G..
Mitchell
Mrs. Bascom of Ticonderoga, n Y,
is guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest j.
Waterman.
Mrs. Bascom Of Ticonderoga, \. Y,
is a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest J.
Waterman.
Raymond Brown went yesterday to
Burlington to resume his studies at the
University Of Vermont.
Mrs. Murray NJ. Tucker and daugh-
ter, Jane, have returned from Ames hill !,
where they spent the summer at Ben
casson cabin.
William r. Tweed is home on a pass
from Fort Ethan Allen. He expects
that the recruits will be mustered out
| in two weeks.
Mrs. Murray NJ Tucker and dauoh-
| ter, Jane, have returned from Newfane
| hill, where they spent the summer at
| Bencassol cabin.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Smith and son,
| Holland, returned yesterday from
| WardsborO, where they had been spend
ing vacation at the Green Mountain
! House.
Miss Elizabeth White, who has been
spending the summer vacation at her
home on Putney road, will return to-
morrow to Plainfeld, n j., to resume
teaching in . kindergarten.
Mrs. Bass of Bethel, who has been
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Goode-
nough ii West Brattleboro, went to-
day to South Deerfield, Mass, to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Hackley
Mrs. C. A. Miles accompanied her
so1, Appleton Miles, to New York yes
terday. Mr.. Miles viii sail from New
York today on the Lafayette to join
the Richard Norton ambulance corps al
Verdun, France.
Rev. Nelson kellogg, who resigned
recently as rector Of St. Michael
| Episcopal church to accept the rector
ship of st. John 5 church of Ports
mouth, n. H., and his mother, Mrs. d
5. Kellogg, are visiting in Burlington
Charles r. Crosby left this mornin!
for Baltimore to attend the annual con
vention of the Grain Dealers Nationa
association, which begins Monday. H
will 90 from Boston to New York b.
boat in company with a delegation o
Boston grain men.
Miss Faith L. Yeaw, who spent
month with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
5. H. 1eaw, went yesterday afternoo
to Boston to stay over Sunday. Fro1
there she will 90 to Washington to It
sumo her position as clerk i'll the offic
of the department of agriculture. Sh
has been employed in the department
two years. Mr.. Yeaw went TO Bosto
with her to stay few days.
Rev Dr. George B. Lawson has bee
elected professor of Education an
Philosophy in the Pennsylvania Co
lege for Women at Pittsburgh, Pa, an
entered upon his duties with the oper
ing of the college year. The Watchma
and Examiner of sept. IA says: H
is greatly grieved in the death, on Sep
3 at Saxtons River, of his believe
r wife, Kitty Parshall Lewis, eldes
: daughter of the late John j. Levi
| professor of literature in Colgate un
) versity. The burial was in Hamilton
, her native place, on Sept. 6. The Sc
vices were conducted by his father, d
Albert G. Lawson. Rev Dr. Lawso
lived in Brattleboro from 1902 to 1916
and was pastor of the First Bapti,
church, going from here to Saxto1
: River to be principal of Vermont acat
envy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
STARTED AS AN EXTRA"
Blanche Sweet One of First Players In
Feature Pictures.

The story of Blanche Sweets life In
motion pictures is practically the story
Of the motion picture industry. for she
is one of the few stars of the screen
who has played continually since the
making of feature pictures. 1t was
after Miss Sweet had finished her
vaudeville dancing engagement that
she and a friend went to one of the
earliest motion picture studios seeking
a position as an extra" The two
We're accepted, and if the film was
still shown today they would be seen
IN the background. Other extras in
those days We're Mary Pickford, Mary
Fuller and Mack Sennett.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
AN ALL STAR CAST.
Blanche Sweet Surrounded by Clever
Players.

In THE Thousand Dollar Husband
the latest Lasky picture on the Par
amount program, Blanche Sweet, who
plays the leading part, is surrounded
by an all star cast. The clever young
actor Tom Forman is seen as the pur-
chased bridegroom Theodore Roberts,
the distinguished character actor. is
assigned prominent part, as are also
James NELL, Horace B. Carpenter. Lu-
cile La Verney and James Wolff and
others.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

zone great pitcher can make any sort
Of ball club perform miracles" said
Joe Tinker recently. THE history of
baseball shows that moundsman who
can win from 60 to 20 per cent Of his
games can lift any ball club TO or near
the top Of any league.
Miner Brown was such man. His
wonderful work back in the cid days
was the one big reason for the success
of the old Cub machine. If we hadn't
been possessed of Brown the chances
are we never would have been In the
fight for so many years.
When Brown faded you know what
happened to the Cubs. They no longer
had star Of first magnitude to depend
upon. They didn't have n man they
could shoot in and be reasonably sure
at the outset that the game was won.
Msthewson a Mainstay.
"The reason the Giants of 1914. 1915
and 1916 haven't achieved anything re-
markable is because they haven't a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
Central Vermont Ry.
Corrected to September 20, 1915.
Trains leave Brattleboro

Trains leave Brattleboro
600 a. m. Except Sunday. For New
London.
700 a. IN. Except Sunday For South
Londonderry.
go a. m. Except Sunday. For New
York via Springfield.
9.45 n. IN. Daily. For South London
derry.
1925 a. m. Except Sunday. For Milleri
FallA
40 p. m. Except Sunday. For Keene,
New London and New York
via New London.
600 p. m. Except Sunday. Local for
South Londonderry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
Built Around the Star.

The Paramount picture. THE Thou
sand Dollar Husband" in which
Blanche Sweet, the Lasky star. is fea-
tured, was written especially for her
by Margaret Turnbull, the noted dram
atist, who has written and collaborated
with Hector Turnbull in many of the
greatest scenarios that have been used
for Paramount pictures
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
MAKE LONG TRIPS TO ROW.
Washington and Princeton Crews to
Travel Across Country.

The appearance of the University Of
Washington crew at the Poughkeepsie
regatta and the Princeton eight at
Seattle next spring, as outlined by pre-
liminary arrangements, will prove a
boon to college rowing on both coasts.
Both the Washington and Princeton
combinations made enviable records
during the rowing season just closed,
and with the majority of the oarsmen
eligible for seats in the shells in 1917
should be able to hold their own in
dual or regatta races both at home and
on foreign courses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
Family Chews 100000 Times.

The 200 members of the Fletcher fam
lily enjoyed a four-course dinner at
their family reunion. Fletcherism
teaches that each mouthful of food
should be chewed so times before
swallowing. There are, according to the
best hotel chefs, about 20 mouthfuls to
a course. If the Fletcher family fol
lowed the precepts of Horace Fletcher
they chewed 100000 times during their
dinner.
There were 200 at dinner, -four
courses, 20 mouthfuls in each course
and each mouthful was chewed go times
The dinner lasted an hour, or 5000 see
onds, so there were 267 distinct chewS
per second.
And after dinner, many of the family
were seen to chew gum!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
National League.
National League Games Today.

Pittsburg at Boston double header. .
St. Louis at New York double head
err.
Chicago at Brooklyn double header).
Cincinnati at Philadelphia double
header.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
Duean to Ride In Russia

Eddie Dugan, well known American
jockey, sailed recently for Russia to
ride for Countess Eugene Lazaroff.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
Sporting NeUs
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League .
American League Games Today.

Boston at Cleveland.
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Washington at Detroit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

The Braves have passed from the pale
of possibilities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

Barroms are closed ON Saturdays
in Sweden because it is payday, and the
savings banks are open until midnight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
National League.

At Brooklyn
Brooklyn, IL 10 0
st. Louis, ,
Marquard and Meyers, Wheat; Mea-
dows, Yarmouth and Gonzales, Brot-
tenn.
At Philadelphia
Philadelphia, 10 0
Pittsburg, 10 ,
Mayer and Killifer; Evans, Harmon,
Jacobs and Fischer.
At Boston
Cincinnati, Is ,
Boston, , . )
Knetzer and HUM; Nehf and Black
burn.
| At New York
! New York, ; 10
Chicago,
Sallee and Rariden, Kocher; Perry,
Prendergast and Wilson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
CLUB DEPENDENT
ON star PITCHER
This Is Well Illustrated In the
Major Leagues.
TINKER CITES JOHNSON

Chicago Leader Says Great Pitcher
Has Kept Washington Up-Brown
Did Same For Cubs; James For
Braves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
American League.

Cleveland, >
Shore and Cady; Ragby and DeBarry,
O'Neill.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

MITCHELL, BoIand, Cunningham and
Stanage; Thomas, Ayers and Henry.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-17
HAD GATHERED IN TREASURE
Lecturer Evidently Was Not in Glass That Lets Good Things" Get
 Away From Them.

After addressing a wOman's cooking club, a famous lecturer was besieged by the members, who questioned him about his own household and about his kitchen in particular.
 Are you satisfied with your cooki- someone asked him.
 'Yes. indeed" was the reply.
 ''1s she economically
 "Very."
 Gan she make pies and prepare all sorts of soupsT'
 'The best in the land"
 ''Is sine neat about her workT'
 "As tidy as a pin and as attractive in appearance as one would care to see"
 How about her dispositionT
 'I think IL Is perfect"
 Huh" exclaimed one of the ma irons, who had been having trouble with her cook. Its a wonder you don't marry the girl"
 With a satisfied smile the lecturer replied:
 That's exactly what l did-
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-17
WHEN LIGHTS bALk
COMMON TROUBLE AUTO pRlv.
 FRS HAVE IN WINTER.
Fact Is That When Much Running Is Done at Night, and the Speed Laws Observed, Battery Does Not Get
 Sufficient Current

During the shorter days a frequent complaint to garage man or battery and electric system expert has to do with the battery, though in nine times out of ten the man with the kick does not know that it is the battery. He will talk about the lights failing every once in a while, or the horn refusing to honk on demand. But in the ma jOrity of cases 1t is the battery which is at fault.
 Tt is more difficult to keep the bat tery charged at this time of the year than 1t Is in summer" according to an expert. The reason he gives for the trouble Is that the sun sets earlier, and just as our electric light and gas bills mount at home, because we light the lamps earlier. so it Is with the auto. The driver who obeys the law uses Iore current.
 "A complaint came in the other day from an owner who was experiencing trouble with his electric plant. The lights would not work right when he was running. Starting out there was light, but after running a short time there was trouble. The lamps were fitted with dinners, and these would not work at all times; sometimes one would light and the other fail. He went to the garage man, and then the dinners would not work at all. He went to an expert electrician, who looked over the battery and declared 1t to be all right; but on the ground that he was battery expert and not a wiring expert, he could not say why the lights would not shine, and the owner had visions of stern policemen and the possibility of having to say {: Good morning. judge, your honor,' and he sought advice somewhere.
 His trouble was that he did most of his running at night, and as he care fully observed the speed laws the gen. orator did not generate very much extra current, and the battery was be- ing recharged at a rather low rate, while being discharged at a rather high rate. In other words, he was chopping of both ends-burning both ends of his candle. He was using an excessive amount of current and gene rating less than usual, because of run ming at night, starting often and run ming slow to observe the speed laws. Up to a certain point the amount of current which goes into the battery Is increased in proportion to the speed of the car.
 ''Generators are constructed SO that they will deliver a normal charge to the battery for normal running; they must not be constructed so they will send out an excessive current, or they will overcharge the battery, and that Is harmful. The sun sets much ear Her now and the cool weather makes 1t necessary to use the starter more. In warm weather one little kick will start the car off; in cold weather 1t takes often from half a minute to . minute.'
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-17
lacking up Car to Save Tires.

Tires should only be jacked clear of the floor when there Is a reasonable likelihood that they may become de fiated and remain so for any great length of time, for instance, in the case of car that is laid up for the winter and which will not be inspect ed at short intervals. There can be no doubt that the weight of car act ing for long periods on fiat castings and defiated tubes is injurious to them, but there Is no reason to SUD- pose that a properly inflated tire suf- fers perceptible deterioration merely from supporting It's load.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-17
Other Names for Automobiles.

A Berliner, who had long been prom inent in local transportation interests, established a motor cab service, the pleasing German name of his vehicles being automobile texameterdrosch- ken" Despite the preposterous title under which they ran, the cabs were remarkably handsome and graceful
 If there be anything in a name, the motor cars that formerly fiourished in some parts of Belgium should have instantly become sway-backed and top heavy. The Flemish word for auto mobile is 'snelpaardelooszoo spoorwegpetroolrijui
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-17
sorts of soupsT
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love Skinners MaearcnI and Spaghetti because of it's delicious taste. It is good for them and you can give them all they want. It is great builder of bone and muscle, and does not make them nervous and fri table like meat. The most economical and nutritious food known. Made from the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin her Mfg. O., Omaha, Nebr., for beat tiful cook book. It is sent free to mOthers.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-17
PreparednesA

Mamma, wish l had a crutch.' complained Johnnie.
 What in the world does a boy with two good straight legs want with a crutch;"
 Well, mamma. it's good thing to practice on In case you get hurt and have to use 1t some time"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-17
CLAIM PUNcTURE-PRo0F TIRE
Casing and an Outer Hard-Rubber Tire is the Latest.

A resilient wheel, in which a pneu- matic tube is combined with a steel casing and an outer hard-rubber tire. has been patented, reports Popular Mechanics Magazine. The inner tube
 rests on steel band that encircles the felly. Three steel bands inclose the tube, one at either side and one core spending to an outer rim. The side bands are fastened to each other by bolts, so fiGttened as not to interfere