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BY II. c. BYRD.

The success of the Western High School
basket ball team is the natural result Of
consistent development. Back in 1913
Bryan Morse, coach Of the athletics at the
school, started to build up a quint out
of green material. The two stars and
main dependencies Of the squad now.
Raymond Peck and Lester Peine, were
members of the Ave then, and the capa-
bilites~~they are showing In the games
this season are due to nothing other than
long practice and assiduous work.
Western went through its season in
1913 with very little success. winning only
of Jack Adams, Edwin Giblin. John
Mackall, Peck and Peine. In 1914-1s15
the results of the hard practice of the
previous year began to show. and West
ern won the championship of the Inter-
scholastic League. The title was not
captured, though. until after tie with
Business. The record for the year was
twenty-five victories and five defeats.
There was a period in the circuit when
fourteen straight wins were recorded. A
total OF 1927 points as scored, against
335 for opponents Western also scored
more points than any other team in the
league in one game-45. This quint
was made up of Peck and Peine, for
wards; Gibln and Fuller. guards Leetch.
center. Stuart Smith, Richard Sergeant
and John Whelchel were the best of the
second string players developed.
This season, with Peck and Peine
playing the stellar roles and with three
of the subs developed last year-Whel-
chel. Smith and Sergeant-doing good
work. 1t seems fairly certain that West
ern again is going to finish in front
in the race for the championship of
the 1nterscholastic League, and that by
big margin. Peck is playing center.
Smith and Peine are forwards and
Whelchel and Sergeant are the guards.
The team is leading the league with a
clean record, having won five games
and lost none. Besides the contests 1t
has won in the league, Western has
captured two or three outside and has
yet to bow to any quint. Besides top
ping the other teams in the race, West
ern holds the record for the season for
the greatest number of points scored in
a single game, having defeated ST. AL
bans by S. to 8. All the members of
the team are to be graduated in June.
Several members of the team have
done good work in other branches of
sport. too. Peine is one of the best
scholastic third basemen in the city;
Peck pitches for the base ball team
and plays fullback on the eleven; Ser
geant holds down left field in base ball
and halfback in foot ball; Whelchel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
BY J. ED GR1LLo.

| In the affidavit Joe Gedeon filed
with Ban Johnson he says he was not
of age when he signed with Washing
| ton, and that for this reason his con-
! tract with Manager Griffith was not
legal. Gedeon is believed now to be
twenty-five years old. and, according
to this reckoning, he was not of age
when Grith picked him up.
Just where Gedeon got the advice
that he was at liberty to sign with the
Feds and file an affidavit to the erect
that he was not of age is not known,
but it is a safe guess it was not his
own idea.
Although the chances are that there
will be no new owners for the CleVe-
land Indans-and there apparently
are none in sight-the training plans
for the coming spring are going mer-
rily on. Vice President Barnard mas
practically completed his arrangemen 8
for the training trip. He has list or
thirty players who are slated to leave
some time late in February. Manager
Lee Foil already has arranged to take
the pitchers and catcherS to New Or
leans February 10 in order to give
them good start and have them ready
by the time the regular players get
there. Charley Somers is not taking
any part in the teams training plans.
He has not been notified that he is to
be retained as head of the club, but
that undoubtedly is what is going to
happen within A few weeks. for there
is not possibility in view of any one
paying the price the bankers commit
tee demands for the club.
What does the Cincinnati club want
with Bill Louden. former member of
the Detroit team. who jumped the
Providence team for the Feds and
failed to make good there. Reports
are to the effect that Louden has been
signed by the Cincinnati club and that
he is figured on as being one of the
teams regular infielders. Louden is
not Nof major league caliber, and never
has been. and just who tipped off Man
ager HerZog that he had a chance to
make good with his team is not known.
but whoever it was must have been
kidding the Hermann team leader.
Joe Jackson of the Detroit News has
this to say of the report that Balti-
more is blocking the withdrawal of the
| Feds suit against organized base ball:
Baltimore. always the dog in the
manger. is living up to its reputation
as suggested by a statement issued by
President Johnson of the American
when he said that the peace pact is not
actually completed. and cannot be until
the Federal League suits are with
drawn.
He gave it as his opinion that Balti-
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AFTER BROOKLYN CLUB.
Gaffney, Davis. Fields and Cowan
MAY Buy dodgers.

NEW YORK. January 31.-James e.
Gaffney, former owner of the Boston
Braves, is reported as organizing a
syndicate to purchase the controlling
interest in the Brooklyn base ball club.
Associated with Gaffney, according TO
the report, is Bob Davis of horseracing
fame; Jake Fields. well known oper-
ator in Wall street, and Bill Cowan.
once noted operator on the race
tracks.
The syndicate if it can obtain control
in Brooklyn. plans to corral number
OF former Fed stars and organize
pennant- winning team. Charles H. Eb-
bets will be asked to name a selling
price today, il is said.
Charles II. Ebbets, jr., one of the Of
ficials of the Brooklyn club, WAS the
only person in authority that could be
located last night. He denied that the
Dodgers were for sale. He said he
couldn't speak for the Mckeever broth
ers. who are largely interested in the
club, but he never heard them say that
they wanted to retire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
BRIEF TRIP FOR WHITE SOX.
Players Will Not Leave for South
Until March IL.

CHICAGO, January 31.-Brief but
lasting right up to the opening OF the
league season is the spring training
trip arranged for the White Sox this
year by Secretary Gardiner. Starting
later than ever before, Rowland's play
ers will play not more than fifteen ex-
hibition games per team. spending the
rest of the time conditioning them
selves in the highlands of Texas and
bathing in the pools of Mineral Wells.
The main squad of White Sox will be
asked to be on hand to board the spe-
cial train March IL and the railroad
will be asked to land the players safely
In camp in ample time to start work
March II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
ZOE GIDEON WAS NOT OF AGE
WHEN HE SIGNED WITH LOCALS
Player, in Sworn Statement to Ban John
son, Says He Was Minor When
Griffith Picked Him Up.

more. which is a party to all such
actions, is blocking the withdrawal
OF the case before Judge Lands, in
its effort to force payment of indem-
nifty for its losses or the transfer
to the city of some major league fran
chise.
Most towns, after it had been sc
clearly set forth that neither major
league wished them, and that nc
major league club owner would con-
sent to operate in their city, would
back away, rather than to draw fur
Their attention to the regard in which
they might be held as sporting prop
ositions Not Baltimore. 1t lost some
money, and it cannot take it's losses
gamely. President Johnson, by his
stand. places the matter squarely up
to the Federal League. That body must
attend to the Maryland situation, and
must force the Baltimore stockholders
into line in some way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
CHAJES IN SECOND PLACE.
Retains Position in Rice Memorial
Chess Match Yesterday

NEW YORK, January s1.-Adiourn.
ments from the eighth and tenth
rounds Of the Rice memorial chess
masters tournament were played off
yesterday. At the close of play Oscar
Chajes still held second place, with a
score of TX to 2h He first obtained
the resignation of Fox of Washington,
in their unfinished game from the
eighth round. Bernstein. however. held
Chajes to a draw in fifty-one moves by
resorting to a perpetual check.
Janowski of Paris defeated Rosenthal
after fifty-sever moves. and Hodges
forced Banks to resign after fifty
seven moves in contests adjourned Sat-
urday. Capablanca. who leads b the
tournament, did not play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
ERWIN BAKER BREAKS
MOTOR CYCLE RECORD

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jnnu-
airy 31.-Erwin Baker. American
motor cyclist, covered 1,027 miles
in t,yenty.one and One-haIf hours,
thereby making new world
road record.
1t was announced January II
that Baker Ind covered at Mel
bourne $50 miles in twenty-fOur
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
Inventory
SALE
Why You Should
Attend 1t

Those men who have at.
tended similar sales to this
at this store know what to
expect-to others we would
say, the greatest tailoring
values of the season await
you. Thousands of yards of
the most desirable fabrics
are here to select from.
Plenty medium-weight fab.
RIGS, just the thing for
spring wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
Keep Glass Players Together.


The theory of the league directors is
that much greater number of players
would participate in tournaments if
the chance of winning were somewhat
evened up, and following this idea
handicap club tournaments have been
held, which. however, have not been
wholly successful in their object of
easing the interest in tennis. In
such tournaments superior players
must meet men of much less ability,
and while greater effort Is necessary
to overcome the handicaps, the interest
has been less rather than greater, the
poorer players getting more than their
share of the benefit from the matches.
The ranking in a sectional tourna-
ment, it is planned, will be left to the
judgment of a committee for the first
year, after which the results of the
matches of one year may be made to
govern the section of the tournament
the next annual event. The use of gov
eminent courts will make it possible
to place the entrance fees at figure
which will be attractive to all.
| Plans also are being made to bring
a team representing the whole Depart
mental League into competition with
teams representing Chevy Chase,
Columbia and Dumbarton clubs, in a
series of matches covering sew
eral weeks of the spring and summer.
Those reaching the final and semi
final rounds in the class A tournament
of the departmental will likely have
the call in representing the league in
the first of the interclub contests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
DEPARTMENTAL TENNIS
LEAGUE SPREADS OUT
Organization Will Enlarge Its Ac.
tivities if Proposed Plans
Go Through.

President Sisler of the Departmental
Tennis League has issued a callifor the
second annual meeting of the directors
of the league, to be held Wednesday,
February 9, at 1870 PM, at the Inter-
state building, to make plans for 1916.
This organization, which probably is
the largest of the kind in the world,
will greatly enlarge it's activities for
the coming season, if the plans which
are proposed are carried out. In addi-
ton to the regular series of matches
between teams representing the several
departmental tennis organizations,
with post-season series as an added
attraction, plans are under way for a
departmental tournament in singles
and doubles, to be held at the earliest
practicable date. The use of govern
ment courts, the number of which will
be increased this year, will make it
possible to hold a tournament which
will be novelty.
In an organization of the size of the
Departmental League, four or more
tournaments with goodly number of
entries, and separate prizes, can be
held. BY dividing the players into sew
eral classes. determined by their ex-
perience and skill, the entrants in the
several sections will compete with
others of approximately equal playing
strength. Good results will be accom-
p1ished by thus assuring to each player
an opponent worthy of his best ef-
forts. the result being the same as by
the use of handicaps. without the I'M
pleasant features of the latter plan.
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14
Able to Defy BURGLARS.

The story OF the strong room is moth.
ing more than one long fight between
the shoemaker and the burglar. But
at last the vault maker would appear
TO have won. and it is the boast OF
experts that many OF the strong rooms
found in the more up-to-dats safe de-
posits. banks and other institutions
are not only burglar.proof, but proof
against attack by armed mobs and
also from earthquake shocks. Their
great steel walls are absolutely un-
drillable on account OF the hardness Of
the metal employed. while by welding
the plates together it is virtually i'm
possible to burn through them.
Then. By means OF time and COM
blnation locks. it is impossible TO open
the doors without a key and knowl
edge OF the combination, once they
are closed. AS further precaution,
many or these strong rooms are so
designed that an electrical alarm Is
sounded should attack be made upon
them. OF the basement IN which they
are s.t.ated is Nooded with water the
moment their mechanism Is tampered
with
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14
RED ALWAYS DANGER SIGNAL
excellent Reasons Why That Color
Should Have Been Selected for
the Purpose.

Everywhere you turn. red is used to
signify danger
As tailIamps to motors and trains,
at toru-up streets. red lights universal.
ly announce "Danger,"
Why is red used in preference to any
other color? There is a very good and
sufficient reason for this. Red, no mat.
ter how distant. never ceases to ap.
pear red. II retains it's color better
than any other. and plays no illusion.
AIRY tricks with your eyesight
Enjoying normal weather conditions.
the ranges OF colored lights in use on
the railways are recognized as fol.
lows
Red BIZ miles; green. 21a to 3
miles lunar white. to 2ie miles It
Will be seen that red is far ahead of
its fellows Green. it's nearest rival,
is. OF course, the color OF which ma.
tu"e makes such extensive use. Conse-
gUcntly green is much more liable to
become absorbed in any background
than red.
That is why red takes pride OF
plaCe.-Answers
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14
MORS UPHGAvALS MAY COME
A5undsn. Proof That Natures Resist
iess Forces Have Not Been For
ever Quieted.

The WasstCh mountains. once .
levei plain and formed through some
gigantic upheavsl OF nature, are still
restless. showing that the process Of
nature which carved the peaks and
canyons Is still in progress. During
the long period OF slow earth move
meut which made these mountains,
tat-iyiug parallel beds OF rock were To-
caliy turned on edges. crumpled and
folded in wonderfully intricate man.
nsr.
These upturned and crumpled rocks
are we'll shown in Ogden canyon The
weS. face OF the Wasatch range is be.
lieved 20 mark the plane OF normal
EARTH fault at nearly vertical crack
IN the carth's crust, the rocks on the
east side or which went up or those
ou the west side ~ent down A mum
ber OF parallel faults were developed
close together and the broken pieces
o, the earth 5 crust between them were
pushed up. the rocks on one side OF
Zach crack riding up over those on
the other side until the great noun,
ta.c range was formed
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14

why not come back tomorrow and
start all over again. Come back 10
life. Go back home. There is hope
for every one of you in Christi
The man on the back seat chuck
led. He had heard just such stuff
in a hundred mission halls in a hun
dred different cities. And he had
never come back to life. All he
cared for was a bed, and something
to eat He did wish they would get
through singing and praying. But
what was this?
Before we go tonight" continued
the man on the platform, "I want
to ask that you will assist me in
finding a man. He is one of these
dead men. Five years ago he left
his home. He was cashier Of the
First National bank of this city. His
accounts were found short He was
convicted of embezzlement. and sent
| to the penitentiary. From there he
| escaped, and has been at large ever
since. No" and he cast quiet
glance over the crowd, II don't want
you TO peach on him, for it has just
come to light that he did not en-
beZzle the money. a friend OF his
! took 1t, and he has made a confes-
sion. We want to find this man,
bring him back to life again, and
f.,,- l., h-r IL 70 hi 70 mil tG
name is a"s*-."
The man on the back seat held
his breath. There was the young
girl who had found him in the sa-
loon. How familiar she looked. And
| that older woman over there in the
choir with the tears on her cheeks
why. why, no. il could not be true.
That had been his name once. but
| now he was known from New Yorl;
| to Frisco as Drunken Dick He rose
to his feet. Benches. men and wo-
men, the man on the platform, reeled
about him. He staggered forward
"Richardn
It was the woman in the choir
| She too. had gotten to her feet.
Father"
The clear young voice of the gir'
of the saloon rang.
The man stumbled forward. The
one OH the platform took him by the
hand \ stiffness fell on the crowd
Richard Rice has come TO lif'
again" he announced.
And gray haired woman muir
mered softly
"This. my son. was dead. and is
| alive again; he was lost and Is
found"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14
GOING TO CHURCH

We go to church to worship and,
if that purpose is lost sight or all
the social betterment ideas and lee
lures aiming at the improvement OF
the mind are beside the point. IT
would be interesting to compare the
attendance at churches In which the
idea of making the service border
ON the character of entertainment
has been followed with what 1t used
to be in the days when worship .ud
Worship only was the service attrac-
| tive: but, II the service element tends
to disappear, then the change Is like
lly to do more harm than good. Ii Is
not social enjoyment that people
ought to seek in church; the ideal
of the minister should not merely be
that of getting people away from the
| temptation Of the streets. Recita-
tions from the parts and beautiful
music will be of little avail. If they
do not form part of a direct and un-
mistakable preaching OF the gospel.
1t is not by alluring people with the
bait of enjoyment that their souls
are to be won: It is by appealing to
, their sense OF duty. To inveigle
people into church under specious
pretexts is not likely to win them
to prayer and. unless they pray, they
might Just as we'll stay at home. In
deed man OF character may very
reasonably resent the trick-for such
| he is likely to esteem it of getting
| him into church with a promise OF
some entertainment. But the minis
ter with high ideal of the response
bility. who bids him to come and
hear the word OF Coo. will command
respect and stands better chance
of winning the man for a church
goer. We have had too much OF the
meretricious and the ad captandum
! i'm our churches; why not try the
/ sound and substantial fare which
won the hearts and minds OF gem
Grafton ago.. The Bible explained
by minister in sloemn earnest, is
! infinitely more interesting than talk
about magic lantern slides. ]. we
want men to come TO church Sor
their souls good, why not appeal to
conscience? ?-The Rochester Post
Express.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14

And the name. Trinity? Trinity?
why, why" he stammered II was
-" He stopped and gazed blank
ly at her.
What do you want me at Trinity
Mission for, eh? he sneered. I'm
no goody, goody. You church peo-
ple---' But something in her
face stopped him.
Please" she entreated. I'VE
want to help you" She patted him
again on the shoulder. "Oh," she
said, "how wet you are. Where are
you going to sleep tonight"
Say, pard," broke in the bar keep
ell" "better go along with the young
lady. They've got the lid on tight
in this town now. and after twelve
I'll have to fling you out"
But the other made no reply. In
stead he placed the tumbler to his
lips and began TO sip the fiery stuff
slowly. The girl looked first at him
and then 1T the publican. She hes
itated for a moment.
You better go on back. miss, =
the barkeeper said. When / close
at twelve Ill see if can get him to
come around"
From the door of the public house
as the last stroke of twelve the man
lurched He was drunk horribly So
But the last drink had braced him
up. Everything seemed strangely
familiar. He knew this corner well
That saloon had always stood there
And he knew where Trinity Mission
was Why not go there and spend
the night? He could get away early
in the morning and no one need be
come back here? And why had that
face so troubled him? He would go
anyway.
Into the door of the little mission
the last seat AT least. he could
dose. He need not listen. But what
was all this? He almost laughed
out The usual crowd was there
Men on their uppers. women with
pastS carefully concea led, the young
plunger. the old hand at the busi-
ness And what was this the ma
on the platform was telling that
crowd? Why. that tomorrow wa.
Easter. And that Easter meant tho
resurrection of Christ There was
nothing to laugh at in that. But
this was the funny part.
You men and women" he said
ARE dead Dead to your families
to society. to usefulness in the world
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14
Reducing tuberculosis Mortality.

Lord Rossbery. in a London address
on tuberculosis. said that preventive
measures had reduced the mortality
from consumption In London by 33
PEI cent between 1901 and 1911. and
by IA per cent in England and wales
for the same period
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14
APRIL

Now is high-tide of the year
And whatever OF life hath ebbed
away
Comes flooding back with a ripping
sheer
Into every bare inlet aud creek
and bay.
--James Russess Lowell.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-14
Piles Cured in 8 to IA Days.

Your druggist will refund money IL PAZC
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itchins
Blind Bleeding or ProtrIding Piles in 6tol day
The 6rS. application gives Ease and Rest. S.Jc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-24

50 fhey Will not hang below the nav
cloth. Place the uaw cl1.A al fop
end i1 ail stick without anything 10
heL. Il