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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03

Chicago, Jan. 31.-Albert H. Scher-
zer, president Of the Scherzer Rolling
Lift Bridge company, consulting en-
gineer and member of many clubs,
committed suicide by jumping 16 floors
in the Monadnock block.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03
Johnson.WiIIard EIIms Barred

Boston, Mass, Jan. 31.-The moving
picture films of the Jack Johnson.
Jess Willard prize fight at Havana
are excluded from the United States
on decision handed down by the
United States circuit court of appeals.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build In The System

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03

A girl may not care to be every
thing to an eligible young man; she's
usually satisfied to become his better
half.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03

1t is better to hit the bulls-eye in
short sermon than 70 tire the sin
ner into repentance with long one.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03

Deep cuts should be healed by Han,
ford's Balsam. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03
Contrasts,

What's meaner than to peach?"
"Or lovelier than to be one!"-Al-
bany Argus.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03

Piles Cured In 6, to IA Dave
Druggists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT fails
70 cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or PrOtruding
Piles. Birst application gives relief. Soc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03

A small boy says the road to knOwA
edge has too many branches.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03
TO DEMAND RAISE
10 TO 20 PER CENT WAGE IN.
CREASE TO BE ASKED BY
MINERS At INDIANAPOLIS.
SEEK TWo-YEAR CONTRACT

Uniform Day and Wage for All
Glasses Of Labor-coal Must Be
Weighed Before Being Screened and
Paid For on MIne-Run Basis.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-03
In the Same cIaas.

Tale bearers, as | said before, are
Just as bad as tale makers. sheridan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
Had Poor Control.

| Matty pitched one full game and parts
command not then being his long suit.
The records show that he passed twenty
! men, hit five and exuded one wild pitch.
Only one club, despite his lack of control
was able to make him quit. That club
was Boston. The Beaneaters dubbed him
off the mound September 81. :
| In 1900 the new Red leader just went
the route once. He pitched against the
| Cubs September 10 and was beaten, to
| is identified with the typewriter industry
in Cincinnati, opposing him on the rubber
| Many are the tales told Of Mathew
sons wonderful pitching down in Norfolk
before he became a Giant. 1t is hard to
tell how true these are. for the Virginia
League never got out any averages. the
base ball papers printed none of it's scores
and the Norfolk correspondents seldom
mentioned MathewSon, and when they did
| mention him they alluded to him as Mat
thews.
Here are a couple of items from a Nor
folk correspondent about the old master
Matthews and Flanagan are good
men. too. They have worked so little
here that the local enthusiasts have been
unable to form an opinion as yet as to
| their efficiency in the box. But they
both have regulations as topnetchers."
| 'Dannehower is pushing Matthews as
| to who is the best pitcher"
| One thing is certain. the Norfolk club
| of which Matty was member. won the
championship with a percentage of $50
Portsmouth finishing second with 527
fourth with 1888. Richmond and Peters
burg did not finish at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
HORACE MILAN.

country boasts of the leading contingent
of feminine players for with the metro
politan champion. Mrs. Quentin F. Felt
ner, and.the eastern woman's champion
Mrs. w. A. Gavin. nothing the west can
produce can beat the game these play
ers put up. Washington has some fine
woman golfers in all of the clubs, with
Chevy Chase leading in the number OF
good players. The District championship
was won by Chevy Chase woman. Mrs.
c. l.. Frailey.
The professional best ball match to
be played this afternoon over the
course of the Washington Suburban
Club is the first of series of these
contests. The paid men have been
visiting one another at their clubs for
the past four months, but todays
match is the first in which the public
Is invited to watch. Opinion is some
what divided as to the winner of the
match. Many favor the Spencer-Mc-
Leod combination on account of the
fact that Spencer is on his own course
and because of McLeod's knowledge OF
the four-ball game. while others favor
have played together very often and
on account of the known ability OF
the brothers on the putting greens
Jack is great putter, but in a match
in which both participated recently
Dave showed the gallery that he is
as good near the hole as his better
known brother He is sure to be dead
to the hole on the long ones and very
rarely misses the short ones under
any conditions.
The way in which a player finishes
his drive is sometimes a revelation
to the player himself. Many times a
perfect ball is driven in bad form and
Of course the next time the form fault
is remedied. An instantaneous pic
ture of Oswald Kirkby. the New Jer-
sey state. champion, taken as he was
driving off the tenth tee in that soggy
championship shows that all his weight
is on the right foot when all the
teachers of the game insist that at the
finish the weight be on the left foot
The explanation probably lies in the
fact that when a player is confronted
with final match he forgets such rela-
lively minor considerations as form
and concentrates all his attention and
will power on getting the ball away
as straight and as far as possible
Chick Evans. whose foot work is i'm
peccable and is the model for many
aspiring players. seems to forget such
academic questions as perfect form
when he is engaged in a hard match
He simply focuses all his thoughts
on getting the ball away.
The critic may rise here and state that
perfect golf cannot be played without
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
LOCAL MAN PLAYS
IN CHESS TOURNEY
C. H. Stephenson Stands Sec
0nd in Fourth Round of
New York Event.
SEVERAL SKITTLE GAMES
ARE TAKEN BY whitaker
Washington Master Has Advantage
Of Informal Meeting With
New Orleans Expert.

c. II. Stephenson. one of the strong
est of the local amateurs and a ma
tionai figure in correspondence chess,
is entered in the class A tournament
Of the New York Chess Association.
now being played at Buffalo. At the
end of the fourth round Mr.. Stephen
son was in second place with a score
of to /. Victor Guenther, former
Cornell star, led the field with four
straight wins. The Genessee cup con-
test was won by the team from Mon
roe county. 51a to IL. with Erie a close
second, to 3.
A number of most interesting skit-
tie games have been played recently
at the Washington Chess and Whist
Club between Mr.. Whitaker and Mr..
Connor. one of the strongest players
of the celebrated New Orleans Chess.
Checker and Whist Club. While the
local master has had the better of
these encounters, Mr.. Connor is an OPP
ponent worthy of any masters steel.
being particularly accurate and re-
sourceful in the end game.
The publication of the famous COL
lection of Geographic and correspond
ence games, richly annotated. con-
Quoted by the tournament committee
of the Riga Chess Club of Riga, Rus
STA, has been undertaken by the Amer
lean Chess Bulletin. This great work
was planned by members of the Riga
Club as testimonial to the masters
who had made the club famous
throughout the world but the war
forced them to abandon the project.
1t is, therefore, with sorrow as well
as pride that the announcement is
made that an American firm will pre-
sent these examples of Russian bril-
liancy to tho chess world.
A young master well worth watch
ing is ]. H. Taft, jr.. of Brooklyn. On
the heels of his splendid victory over
F. X. Perkins. Mr.. Taft has accepted
a challenge from the well known New
York master, A. c. Cass, and display
ing the same fine form which gave
him the verdict over Perkins. has
started the match with an exception
ally clever win: The score of this game
follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

Dave Burgess and Richard Beattie
of the Bannockburn Golf Club will
play a return match at the Washington
Golf and Country Club week from
today. On the previous occasion. when
the round was played at Bannockburn.
Howard Beckett was paired with T.
]. w. Brown of the same club and
Burgess and Beattie defeated them.
This time Beckett will be paired with
one of the players from his own club.
From the north and middle west
come reports that all the golf courses
in these parts of the country are
burning up for lack of water. This
is surely not the case here. There
have been few summers in this section
which have had such sustained period
of wet weather. and 1T is not bad
thing for the golf courses and a fine
thing for the players. as they are not
forced to go back to the long shots
with run on them in preference to the
pitch. which they always have to do
in dry season.
President Wilson's round of golf over
the course of the Washington Golf
and Country Club Tuesday resulted in
Wilson. They had gotten out on the
third hole, where there Is no shelter
of any kind, when the storm broke, but.
DOMINIC raincoats and water proof
hats. they proceeded on their round.
Mr.. Wilson's iron shots are the best
part of his game. as he is not long
driver. However, he is very sure with
midiron of getting on the green from
at least $50 yards away
A Bannockburn golfer attempted a
most difficult shot last week in a des-
perate effort to save match. After
driving into the rough he found him
self confronted with direct stymie in
the form of a large tree directly be-
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perfect form, but where do the unortho-
dox methods of Edward Ray land him
At the top of the British golfing heap.
1t IS such peculiar game that no hard
ana fast rule can be laid down for the
execution .of certain stroke and at the
same time one fault may not be the cause
OF a missed stroke. 1t is about this time
OF year that the fatal disease of stale
ness attacks those who play great deal,
and this is only the result of a little
daily relaxation, in the method of swing
ing which. daily increasing, becomes an
enemy to be reckoned with. The only
complete cure for this is week off, far
from the call of the brasse which will
permit the erring stroke to forget its
bad habits.
Bannockburn golfers have completed
the third round in the competition for
the Henry-Wiiliams cup, reducing the
number of competitors from "a to 16.
During the coming week the following
matches are scheduled in the upper half
OF the draw: Hugo Hesselbach VS.. D.
Z. Stewart, John Fales VS.. T. j. w
Brown, E. w. Burton VS.. j. Martin
Scranage, and John T. Harris VS.. G. Y.
Worthington.
Lower half-Lee Crandall vs. J. VIM
ton Birch or w. C.. Worthington, B. l.
Taylor VS.. Herman Stabler, James A
Emery VS.. William Mackie and A. ]
Whitaker VS.. John l.. Warren.
The way to overcome the difficulty OF
the ground layout has not yet been
devised at Bannockburn. and in con-
sequence nothing has been done toward
opening the new holes. Mackie and
Beattie, who both have had a good
deal of experience in planning courses
have been going over the ground for
the past few weeks, and it is expected
that they will submit their plans to
the greens committee soon.
When lightning burst near the club
house at the Cabin John Club recently
many OF. the members who were in
the structure thought the building had
been hit, as the flash was very intense
and, in fact, it knocked a kitchen in
strument out of the hands of one of the
persons in the kitchen
President Daniel L. Hazard of Ban
nockburn leaves this week for Nara
gansett Pier, where he spends part OF
his annual vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
T E N N S
BY MOLLA BJURSTEOT
National Woman Tennis Champion Of ths
United s:a.ss.
No. 8-The Best Service for a
Woman


Many players act as though tennis
was mostly service. 1 rotice Ameri-
cans highly value an unreturnable serv-
ice.
A man may develop a service which
will win many aces, a strong man is
able to put great speed into a single
stroke and maintain the speed through
out the match. / have never known a
woman who could serve so hard that a
good player could not return the ball
The hard service unduly exhausts To
my mind, 1t does not pay. l would
rather devote myself to the strokes
after the service.
| put a reasona BILE amount of speed
into my service, but 1 do not make a
supreme effort. / hit the ball hard to
a definite point in the court. If my
first ball is a fault, | serve the second
ball more easily. I think il more i'm
portant 10 take my chance Of winning
the point in the rally rather than TO
risk II in another hard service which
probably will not score an ace anyway
I think my service is the best service
for most girls. l stand back of the
middle point of the base line. There
Is no advantage in standing far at one
side in AN effort to send the service at
an inconyenient angle
! rest my weight on the right foot
the balls are in my left hand and the
racquet swinging at my side. | notice
the position Of my opponent and locate
the best spot to send the ball. Then /
toss the bali into the air we'll above
my head. although not SO high as many
players. and swinging my racquet back
over my head, hit down hard on the
ball, at the same time going forward
with my body, SO that l end the stroke
resting on my lett foot. thus adding
the weight of the body to the strength
OF the arm.
when the racquet comes in contact
with the ball. the face is inclined down
ward. | continue my stroke entirely
through and my racquet finishes in
almost the same position that it start
ed. This is the follow through" which
is so important to pace and direction.
/ never serve until / am entirely
ready and properly balanced At the
finish ] am still balanced, although on
the left foot; 1t is mistake to hit SO
hard that one is taken off balance at
the finish.
This service is very simple and 1t
answers all my needs. l find no use
for an elaborate cut" or other fancy
service. depend on reasonable speed
and good direction
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| tween him and the hole. His oppo-
nent got into the green with his second
shot, so 1T was up to the stymied man
to overcome the small difficulty of the
tree. Having played billiards, the man
looked the situation over carefully.
Back of the ball and slightly to the
left was another large tree. Taking out
! his brassie, he attempted attempted.
remember), to hit against the forward
tree at an angle that would carom his
ball back from the rear tree and then
bounce it forward for distance of
probably thirty or forty yards. AS 1t
happened the player escaped perma-
nent injury and his caddie also was I'M
hurt.
Chick Evans writes that Bob Gardner,
the national champion, is playing in fine
form this year. Exams has played with
him on several occasions, and says his
magnificent driving. which won him
the title at Detroit last year, Is bet
ter than ever. and that his putting is
good, but that his iron shots are bit
uncertain at times.
Bob Gardner was married Hast May and
naturally has not had the time to prac-
tice that he has enjoyed in past years, but
there is no doubt that he will be in the
best of shape to defend his title. Bob
won the Chicago District Golf Association
title early in the year, leading such ma
tionally known players as Warren K.
Wood who was second, and Paul Hunter,
third.
Great reports are being received in the
east concerning the quality of the game
of Elaine Rosenthal, the woman's western
champion. 1t Is reported that she is driv-
| ing farther than ever before and is play
| ing her iron shots, which always have
been her best point. better than ever. She
is easily the finest young player in
| the west today. although she Is
! being given a hard battle by great
| many fine woman golfers. It seems that
| on the whole, the eastern section of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
His First Big Game.

Rnns-Van Haltrcn t2), Doyle Smith. Davis
Grady. Hickman. Jones t2). Sheckard 49,. De
mont (2). Kelley t2), Cross. DAILY and McGin
man. Sheckard. Demont, Farrell and McGinnity.
First base errors--Brooklyn. 2; New York,
Two-base hits-Smith (21, Doyle, Demont and
Van Haltren. Sacrifice hits-Demont, 2. Stoler
| bases-Selbach. Grady, Rowerman, Cross, Kelley
| and Demont. Left on bases-Brooklyn s; New
York. I. Double plays-Dnhbn to DAILY. Bases
on balls-oT Doheny, 4 off Mathewson, 2; OF
McGinnity, .. Struck out-By McGinnity, 4: by
Mathewson. 1. Hit by pitchers-By Doheny, 1
by Mathewson, 81 by McGinnity, 3. Wild pitch
Doheny. Passed balls-Bowerman (2). Umpire
MIR. swartwood. Time Of game hours and 81
minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Dave ROBERTSON OF the Giants was the
first National League player to get 100
hits. He reached the century mark
July is.
Another one of the so-called stars
of the old Whales went from the Cubs
when President Weeghman sent Out
fielder Ed Zwilling to indianapolis. He
was transferred as part payment for
Joe Kelly.
Tom Knowlson's debut with Chatta-
nooga was somewhat spectacular. 1t
was in a seven-inning game against
Memphis, and the former member of
the Athletics. coming back from a class
D league. did not allow a hit nor
run.
The good old southern climate has
landed Manager George Morarty OF
Memphis. He was compelled to take
to his bed while his team was in Little
Rock. with an attack of malaria fever,
and he'll probably be out for a month
or more.
Rube Marshalrs trouble, which ne
cessitated an operation that will keep
him out of the game for some time, is
due to strain in the groin, received
last year, according to the club state
ment. It may mean the end of his
chances to get back with the Detroit
Tigers. Such strains usually destroy
3 pitchers effectiveness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30

President Joe Lannin of the Boston
Red Sox announced that the Boston
clubs share Of the proceeds of the game
Of July II would go to the fund to help
needy families of Massachusetts soldiers.
1t rained and cut down the attendance
at the ball yard and the Boston share of
the receipts amounted to only S427.32.
SO Mr.. Lannin kept that money-and
wrote out his check for an even thousand
dollars. No wonder they like Lannin in
Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
QUEENS GAMRIr DECLINED.

(a) Not generally recommended. it handi-
caps Black with somewhat cramped position.
(b) This results in undesirable forma tion
and ultimately turns out to be a bad place
for the queen. Blacks design, Of course. is
shaped wholly against Whites center pawn.
(c) Threa tening II P-k5, followed by IS
B-Kt4. at the time preventing Kt-KKt5.
td) Giving up the exchange, no doubt in the
hope !, % Of 81 lib ps his No, forces re- II 10.
% PIP ok, RxP; % Q-P, P-K4; "a BxRP and
Blacks position is untenable. If 21..... P-B4:
% P-KKt4 breaking the position wide open
and leaving Black no leg to stand on.
te) Blocking of the queen and threatening
"a PIKE, which would have the effect Of de-
stroying the defenses Of the king. Also, there
is the menace Of R-R to be taken into con-
slderation.
~ This move is forced to prevent check
mate.
(g) Very neat and decisive, because II 34..
RxQ; IS PxR(Q) ok, kxQ; SO B-Bs mats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
BIG SKIS CAREER
Christy MatheWson Joined
Giants Sixteen Years Ago.
CAME FROM NORFOLK, VA.
Club Had to Sue New York to Col
lect Purchase Money-Pitched
First Game Against Brooklyn.
CAME FROM NORFOLK, VA.
BY ERNEST J. LANIGAN.

Christy Mathewson's career with the
Giants lasted a trifie over sixteen years.
for he pitched his first game for them
only man who can tell just when Big
Six" Joined the New Workers is the man
who has possession of the account
books of the club. The Virginia
League, in which the Reds new man
ager played before he advanced to fast
company, blew up on July IA, but be-
fore that time the Norfolk club had
sold Matty to the Giants. Afterward
the Norfolk people had to go to law to
collect the money.
The first day Mathewson, whose
pioneer major league boss was George
Stacey Davis, faced major league hit
tiers was, as before told, Tuesday, July
IT. 1900. The scene of his debut was old
Washington Park, Brooklyn, home of
Robert B. Wards Brookfeds in 1914 and
1915
Mathewson was not given the oppor-
tunity to start the game against the
Superbas, being showed into action in
the fifth round, when Ed Doheny, who
was later a Pirate. had allowed the
Gowanus club to equal the Gotham
teams total of runs.
big Six" took command with the
score tied at to 5, with none out and
with two men on the paths Before he
got the side out those two men had
scored, and before the game ended six
more Hanlonites had wended their
way from plate to plate.
First Man to Face Matty.
Base ball is full of condolences, and
it is a striking coincidence that the
first man who batted against the new
Cincinnati commander should have
been an old Red pilot-Joseph J. Kelly,
now one of the New York American
League clubs ivory hunters. Sir
Joseph walked, filing the bases
Bill Dahlen lifted fly to the out
field that scored a man and Lave Cross,
third batter to face Matty got an in
field single. Tom DAILY made a carbon
copy Of Dahlen's performance with the
willow and Brooklyn got It's fifty run
of the inning. Duke" Farrell. the man
who dug up Allen Russell for the
Yanks, then got stung in the ribs with
a pitched ball and Joe McGinnity ended
the inning by striking out.
So the first man to get pass from
Matty was Joe Kelley. the first man
to touch him for g hit was Lave Cross,
the first man to be hit by him was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30

Charley Farrell. and the first man to be
struck out by him was Joe McGinnity.
This is the first major league box score
in which Matty's name appeared:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30

Save Money on Your
Safety Razor Blades.
Don't throw your dull ones away. Bring them
10 10 We sharpen them with an electric
machine, giving them new. lasting edges CaarEs.
sery low.
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Sporting Editor of The Star:
runner on third; batter hits ball to
pitcher, who fields it perfectly, but tries
to bluff the runner on third, and the
batter beats the ball to first, while the
runner on third stays there. What
credit would the batter get? B. M J.
1t is usual to score a base hit in such
cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30

Sporting Editor Star:
VIII you kindly publish in the sport
section of next Sundays Star the ages
of Joe. Judge and Walter johnson and
also the names and heights of the
tallest and of the shortest men be-
longing to the Washington Base Ball
Club? A. R. NJ.
Judge is %, Johnson %. Johnson
is tallest, 6 feet 1 inch. Foster and
Morgan are tied for being the smallest
on the team.
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Sporting Editor Star:
1. State when Plank, Mathewson,
Coombs and Bender started to pitch in
major leagues. 2. Who in your opinion
will lead the major leagues in batting
this year? W. NJ
!. Plank began in 1901 with the Ath-
letics. Mathewson began in 1900 with
the Giants. Coombs in 1906 with Ath-
letics. Bender in 1903 with Athletics
2 Can't answer; don't figure batting
averages in advance