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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-28

the civilization brought about by Uncle Sam among the natives of Alaska. The work was started by the missionaries shortly after we took possession of the territory. A decade later the govern ment came to the aid of the mission aries; and later still it took up the job as an independent undertaking. The advance has been steady, and now uncle Sam is really the great father of his copper-skinned children of the far north. He has already spent more than million dollars upon their schools and he is now laying out something ike $200,000 year in educating and civllizing them. He is watching over their health. He is promoting their in- dustrteS. He is teaching them self-gov- ernment and making them American citizens. He is. in short, upbuilding them in every possible way.
 This work is being done by the bu- reau of education at Washington. That bureau has an Alaska division, with Headquarters at Seattle. and it has it's superintendents, travelling over the country and studying methods for the upbuilding of the natives. The chief of the Alaska division Is William T. Lopp, who came to Boring strait as & missionary teacher to the Eskimos. He began his work there when Benjamin Harrison was President and he has since held different positions as school teacher and school superintendent in the far northern parts of our territory. He has travelled over the entire arctic coast with reindeer and has visited most of the interior with sleds drawn oy dogs. He now makes annual trips of thousands of miles visiting the schools. have seen much of him since came to Alaska and a great part of the information in this letter comes from him.
 According to Mir Lopp, Alaska is about the largest school division on the face of the globe. The territory is di- vided into five school districts, each of which has its own superintendent The districts are so large that if you could lift up Alaska and drop it down upon the main body of our country, the pub lie schools for natives would fall in 21 different states.
 One of the districts is twice as big as Illinois, and each of the four others is, on the average, larger than Mis- souri. The school here at Nome, for in- stance, is more than 5000 miles from Seattle, and that at Point Barrow, on the Arctic ocean, is as far from Puget sound, where Superintendent Lopp has his headquarters, as is the city of Osaka in cenral Japan. The school at Teller is 5000 miles from Juneau, the capital of Alaska, and that at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian islands is 500 miles from Sitka. as the boat runs.
 There are now about IT public schools devoted to the natives of Alaska, and each has its own school building. The buildings are seldom of more than one story. They are made of frame or logs, and are equipped with school desks, blackboards and other educational machinery. They are most ly heated by wood, and are lighted during the dark days of the arctic win ter with coal oil or gasoline distributed through a hollow wire-tubing. In most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-28

In the search for source of sup ply of potash it has been said that q ton of banana stalks will make five pounds of pure potash.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
EVIDENCE is LACKING
in,estigatinG Committee Advised Addt-
tIoHni Study Of Injurious Effects Of
Long Distnnce Rowing.

The committee on student affairs at
cornell University. which recently ma lie
an investigation OF the effects OF long
Instance rowing upon the PARTICIPANTS
~ the request of the faculty. has made
the following report:
me criticism that four-mile race
Is injurious to oarsmen holds equally
true. OF course. for long distance run
ninS or any sport where violent cX-
c!cisc is required for a protracted
period The investigation. however,
was confined 10 rowing since this re-
sport was most in question. and be-
cause more data bearing on,lhiS snort
seemed Ia be available.
THE committee found great ditIicul-
~, however. in obtaining accurate in
formation regarding this controversy.
The opinion is widely held by laymcn
that long distance rowing and rum
Ming. are very injurious to health: this
opinion or course. being based on
casual observation of participants i'm
such snorts al the finish of competi-
ton. The opinions Of participants In
such competitions and statistics made
by experts from the life histories OF
participants after graduation do not
appear to bear out tho opinion that
such sports are harmful. There is not
enough accurate evidence on either
side. however, to Justify the committee
In making recommendations regarding
that more study should be given TO
this question. especially in view OF the
fact that common experience would
indicate that any prolonged and violent
exercise is harmful ann that the sta
tistirs opposing this view are as vet
based upon the experience Of r. com
paratively small number OF persons"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
HAVANA RESULTS

,li. si ,"r'Gnss aud "t, ,- 70,
ana , 10 : second: DsIo- 100 'Winrneld, ;.
a2e. ~, 70 9 ,nr% ia I Jme li' r; I;a
S""oit-siE 'urlonrs Bora: 10. Bal
- e. 10 ana OUT. first; Falls city. li3
tbreycr'. 10 10 !, To !. and to !. second
san JON. 0N GRAY. 10 ! i "a :, -rd
Mars Bia,t Wood Lux" VamSand, Copp,r.
town. Royal Meteor. Charlie Niece also
ran.
Third-nyc fprionp--Clyu -. 10: wing
n.id' even. 10 :. "t' nr-, Moncri-f ict
,kieSg"r, Z" I" ana t" :; sr"ond
/ L. Z. thirn Time ., , seconds LORD
Hyrpu. iIa'uenrS tn'tra Marie @ Brier aler
ran
,rgur,h---sls 'ur!ou@s-kGs Tuscan. u,
loo ,preycr,.; j" 70. 20 ] ana % !.
% to ,hird. Time l:i- Radiant
iloN'r. tlarr. Marianne. Ambrose also ran.
fhlh--mile an" sixteenth Jerry. ~
'W'nsheld! :" - = "nh out nra,
aun ou, second. s"villian. 10? ,Raln. 10
TO e., and out. third. Time, !b 80.
si1,h--rllic amt nf,y. yards-r.n Money
mrs,, fro;,y Wee. ~ nprcysI,, 70 /; :
oWtnEnciaD. q" 3. tn :, out. thrd Time.
ia I-j. supreme. Autumn HedT" Rose
Scvcn,h--ouc mile Thc,iree loS Ming
iii. li7 ,MeEwen,. 70 j, 70 ]. eni
oven. Eu,srro. III 'knisht. 10 |; 10 :.
Sandal, Louise St"u. also
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
HAS FURNISHED
SOME ENCELLENT FIGHTERS

If Lester Darcy proves TO be all
that is claimed for him lie Will he the
fourth great fighter Australia has
sent To the u. 5. a. Looking back over
the invasions OF Antipodenn ringstcrs
we find the names of Bob Fttzsinmons.
Peter Jackson aud Young Critic. three
OF the greatest boxers the world has
ever known. All three came from the
land OF tho Kangaroo. and each OF the
trio made ring history.
\ short time ago the writer hap
pened TO be conversing with Darcy at
his hotel when Il squat little man. care
lcssiy dressed and showing tho marks
of hard knocks. approached Lester and
stuck out his mitt
~ guess you would never know me,
Darcy" he said, but just wanted TO
say hello I'm Young Grilfo. who used
to he somewhat OF a card In the fightip'
game. and couldn't rest till I'd
passed the greetin's to you. It's been
several years since amounted to any
thing is the ring. but they'll all tell
YOU around here that was good.
hope you'll have luck in this country.
I'd like to see one more Australian hit
the high place in tn grand old game"
And there was just the suggestion
OF a tear in the old boys eyes as Darcy
Crippcd his hand in a hearty shake.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
0UTPOINTS OLD POP TIME
Frank kramer, Champion Bike tidcr,
Is Aging. hut Still Possesses stun
Tint Beats Youngsters.

+NH. ttHiclc VINO put points tDlI Inp
Time has Cobs of credit coming to
him And an unusual example cf such
an athlete is TO be found ia Frank
kramer. the champion bicycle rider.
old Frank passed his thirty-sixth mile
stone recently. Yet he Is still capa bic Of
winning. from the sturdicst and long,
est Winded youngsters in the game.
Frank wears EN- down in "A long grind.
and he is one of the pace makiucsl
riders the game has ever known At
sixteen years Of age he began his cycle
career. At the age Of twenty he was
the american champion. and he has
won II every year since. clinchiuG his
sixteenth American professional title
last summer.
lie ha. competed in Europe for
worlds titles four times and on two
occasions the president Of France dec
Grated him with the medal cInblc,natic
Of the cycling title Of the universe.
Frank lives AT East Orange. y. j., and
no matter whether not the racing
season is on. he can be seen taking
daily spins on his trusty bicycle. bur
ing his professional career he has laid
by Eoodlv pile of the nccdful ma
yuma and has succeeded in Keeping
most Of it for the idle days when he
will Quit the tracks for Il more pence
full life
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
BEST FIELDING RECORD
American League Defense .. Stronger
rhnn ThRt OF American Association.
Rawlings Did Good work.

Comparisons Of fielding records nf
the American League with those OF
tho American Association leave little
room for doubt that the quality of
defensive play is considerably faster
in the majors than in the next high
est grade of baseball.
In all except one of the seven in
field and ouitield positions the Amcri-
can Leagues hest fielders did more
work this year than the leaders of the
corresponding positions in the assoCi-
alton. The one exception is At short
stop. where Rawlings. of Toledo, had
a phenomenal record for chances ac-
ccptcd.
Rawlings had i.ol5 chances III l6s
games, or an average Of G.00i per
game. PcckinpauSh VIII" led the
American League At short Gin amoun,
Of work done), accepted .33 chances
in IT, games, or an average of $3.50
per game, nearly one fun chance pei
game less than the Toled" boy.
lay kirke had the largest amount
Of work to his credit among associ-
alton first -bascmen lie grabbed 1866
chances. including ciEhty-tivc assists.
in 100 games. Gandil led the American
League with 1867 chances. Of which
1913 were assists So chic had bet
ter average per game than lay by
I a considerable margin. as well as TWEEN
~ more assists.
Al second. Craudall. Of indianapolis.
was tho associations hardest worker
lie handled 905 chances in les games
Pratt. N the American League beat
this. with go chances in l5S games
Witt had 593 chances at third in l5l
games. while Bronliic. of indianapolis
grabbed only $40 in l62 contests
Gilbert. of Kansas city. was the
most active association outficlder ~,
had 36l putouts and ten assists in les
games. Clyde Milan had 81 putouts
and twcnty-scven assists in 1i9 games
| The ratchers' fielding ability prob
ably can he best measured by tho
number "f assists. Berry, Of kansa.
city. had so assists in IL games.
IL good record. but not quite az good
as Schalks i6G assists i'm ia games.
Regain. OF Kansas City. had l3i as
sists in the ffty-two games he pitch
ed all or part OF. which beats Carl
Mays. OF BOSTON, by ono. But Car!
was in only forty four games and
worked hut 245 innings. against 40
for ReGan. so the Hub underhand- ball
artist was more active in neldins his
position.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
FRED MITCHELL CLOSE
STUDENT OF BASEBALL
Was Power HchInd Managerial Throne
In Boston-f:A to Develop
Players for Cub Machine.

NEW YORK. January 2I.-"r two
listed. iron jawcd student of baseball"
Is old Noah Webster should have
been asked TO put Fred Mitchclrs name
in tho dictionary. with tho proper deli
milton, he would probably have writ
ton II down this Wa. Tor Mitchell ~
all Of that. and then some more.
The newly made manager OF tho Chi
cago cubs will take the rcins Of the
Weeghman entry with "a real task on
his hands. but he viii have the good
wishes of the many accompanying him.
AS baseball men go. Fred is ono Of
the best liked and most praise worthy
in tho game to-day.
Successes scored by the Boston Rraves
have been greatly boosted along by
Mitchell. lie was the man behind the
managerial throne in Boston. and with
all due respect to George StalliuSs aud
his achievements s; can he said that
without Mitchcils services the Miracle
Man" would have found his task OF put
ting the Boston Hravcs to tho fore
at least 30 per cent more difficult.
Stalings himself says that Mitchell
is QUO or tho Smartcst baseball mon
in the business to-day. ana this. com
ing from the BOSTON manager. is ono
Of tho biggest boosts tho new Eruin
leader could have.
Mitchell is student Of the game.
lie is rather inclined Ia he uuic, and
unaSsuI>nc. hut his steely blue eye.
his broad shoulders and his lantern
jaw denote power. determination and
the stick-to it-ivcncsS that every base
ball manager who succeeds must have.
Tho Chicago club can congratulate
itself on securing Mitcnclls services.
not that there arc others who might
not succeed with the cubs. but that
in Mitchell they have man who. hpd
Stallings been wcaned away from tho
Braves. would undoubtedly have he
como tho Eoston manager And If he
is considered plcnt, good enough for
Boston. why not for Chicago?
Mitchell realizes that hc viii have
Ia build his ball riuh around a few
players ~ consistent ability. lie said
after being named as manager:
- am mighty glad "a have this
chance to handle club. Know that
the Cubs need rebuilding. but ! think
! have the nucleus of good team
The outncld is the strongest part &C
tho club as 1t stands now, hut !; also
has" some good pitchers
Chicago fans, hope. viii have
patience. for II is not likely there
Will be great opportunity in the line
Of trades. SO shall probably bc obliged
ia develop players. r. We are up
around tho top within u year and Il
half snail consider that havo done
as Ncll as could he expected"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
MANY ATHLETES KILLED
stars OF EnEinnd and France Listed
Among Victims of Western
Battle Line,

LONDON. January 2l.-1he names OF
several wcll-known athletes are in
GUIDED IN the latest casualty list issued.
r,sSuit,ns from the activities OF the
, tenant IT, j. BoytOn, Grenadicr Guards.
hliien IN action, was tho we'll known
MhSs an outstanding figure on the
Thames at 1utney and Henley. lie was
nc only son Of James Boyton. member
or parliament for East Marylebornc.
captain II. T.. Rudman. who was
previously reported as missing. hut is
now stated TO have been killed was an
ton College at 3slcy in tho cadet pa ir
IN "a nN9' and in the shooting Fights Of
1900 and 1901.
Lieutenant T.. NJ S,orcr Bowen killed,
made his name. famous al Brentwood
SGmo"l; where he won The champion
f n rha ynG cIE a, athletic sports,
Lieutenant T.. Fisher In 1915 he won
III" public schools championship, at
Wndsworth. while in 1914. in the south
London schools competition. he cap
tured the long jump. doing nineteen
icr' hihc and II half inches.
Lieutenant L.. l.. Jones. who also
we'll known Welsh athlete. having rep.
Wales Ahcrystwyth. at rowing and
hockey. j. Il. Stoncr who has died of
wounds. was the famous Easibourne
action is l.. r. Dye
Two wcll-knOwn French athletes
have also given their lives recently.
NJ. George Gault, the prominent lawn
tennis player is reported killed by a
shell on the western front, while Ray
mOnd de GaudcrcuX has heen killed
near Arras. DE Gaudereux won the
ii0-meter hurdle championship of
championship In 1910. and carried off
the PriX Blanchct both In 1912 and
1918. He also was an excellent Rugby
player.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
BAlDRIDGE LEAVES MAT
iHlc'n heavyweight Champion Il linn
dtcHppcd by Injur!-Iarry Fox
Showing Tn We'll.

NEW HAVEN. CONN, January IL.
Howard NJ Baldridge. OF Yale New
ENGLAND heavyweight champion. an
tournaments Of the team this winter
because Of an injury; Baldridge was
able to Play Play football safely, but the
wrestling campaign are Il more serious
proposition. He has retired from tho
ling out all the heavyweight material
Of the university 10 make good the loss
OF the champion.
gloomy las, week. Winters was de-
lighted to-day at the preliminary show
nn f mads hy Larry fGS the 1arSman
him last winter, matched against
Fox was the unique character OF tho
recent football season. He was one OF
iale,s best varsity oarsmen last spring.
but had not played football I'll after
the recent season. opened. His won
dcrful physical ability. however, was all
asset which ineXperience did not cloud
by HeHelhnger, Glass. Martlns and
Brides. Yale's board coaches. which de-
yeloped HIM remarkably the last month
OF the season.
Fox stands six feet hvc inches tall
ana weighs 70 pounds Ills reach and
inent figure Of the wrestling season.
Fox has already defeated nearly
every rival in the preliminary matches
matches, which begins with Yalc's
bouts with Columbia in New, York next
mouth is s awai,ed GfH o
to-day announced as follows:
February 1o-Columba, at New York.
:, February l7-Fcnnsylvania. at New
February 24-Annapolis, at Annapo>
March a-New England intorconc-
Eiate championships, Al Boston.
March 10-Princeton, AT Princeton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
INDICATIONS POINT TO
MANY BIG FlSTIC BOUTS
Experts Predict imactiyI. az 1915 viii
lie Forgot In Frequent Fights OF
i0iS-I.ong Matches In Cuba

NEW YORK. Janulry 2i.--'rhc >car
1917 has all the carmarks OF Il success
rul twelvcmonth OF boxing Here's
hoping.
Last year was not banner year
for tho game of jahs and uppcrcuts,
for there were but two matches of
recognized championship culibcr They
We're the bouts between Welsh aud
White. at Colorado Springs. aud xii.
banc and CLANCY, at Cedar Point
NO championships changed hands
aud no new champions were actuanv
made, although there were claimant.
i'll the wclter and iuiddlewciSht dtyi-
sions
But 1917 ought to bring about some
real hStic dishes. II is practicallv
certain that jess willard will be cali
cal upon to defend his crown before
another year rolls around lie will
probably nc imberiug up for action
along about May or June. Tho pro-
motors will dig up somebody for him
and there is chance that his next
battle viii bc a winner AZ tho box
office. for tho public is ready to take
another look at him
Freddie Welsh. generally a busv
boxer. will no doubt continue his coin
collecting campaign. He is practically
sure to meet johnny kilbanc between
nov and the first Of Juno. aud meet
ing between these two boys, will be q
card worth while.
The promoters in New York and
sewhere arc looking forward to more
action among tic middlewciShts siuce
Lester Darcy Is in this country, and
If the Australian proves TO be az good
AS he Is claimed TO he long list pt
opponents Will he trottcd out for him.
The fight fans OF the country arc
eager to get line OIL Darcy. They
want to soc what sort OF stuff lie is
made Of. and now that Georges Car
pcntcrs coming TO Ancric;, has been
indefinitely delayed. the time is ripe
for Darcy to get busy.
In the batamwciEht division. with
the title in dispute between Johnny
crop OF bantams being sroomed for
championship efforts. there may be
revival
Before the new year is many months
old strong effort to lcSaliZc boxing In
several states will be In order. Illi-
nois. Pennsylvania. Nebraska and IN
diana followers of tho fstic game arc
living in hopes that bills can he put
through their State Legislatures which
will make boxing permissible, and it
new fields arc opened up the game will
enjoy its best year since the long
route scraps were driven from Cali
fornia.
Cuba promises to become the haven
for all battles over the marathon
route. Havana promoters arc now
building monster arena and race
course in tho island capital, and any
championship bouts staged there viii,
be over the Foreground distance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
PICKING OF MANAGERS
CONSIDERED HARD TASK
Many star Players Frequently Fail
tnmplctciy Mnnngers--klinE.
tNcrs aud Tinker All Exnmplcs.

Tho job which faces owners Of ball
clubs OF picking out successful men as
mama gers has many queer anglo. For
instance. an athletes reputation as a
player can rarely lie taken as fair
indication rs TO what his success will
he as "A pilot. McIir8w and Jennings
were real stars in their playing prime.
lark griffith was good. HugGins was
better player than his record has
shown him t. be as manager But
several of the others who are handling
big league clubs have achieved rcla :
lively greater fame as pilots than as
players
And the same goes for players who
worked under successful regimes. The
old Baltimore Orioles turned out quite
a school Of successful pilots. But on
tho otncr hand, the cubs of the halcyon
days have failed to yield anything like
an average crop of successful leaders
In fact, Fat Moran is the only member
OF that once celebrated elan Ia reach
any notable heights in a managerial
role And Pat was never a highly ac-
tlN" member Of the club in a playing
role.
Johnny King was always conceded
"a smart ball player. Yet as Il manager
John failed. johnny E,vers had 2
thorough trial at the head of the club
which as player he helped to max e
lannon's. Yet the Trojan was consid-
cred disappointment. Joe Tinker
drew tho most thorough tryout of the
entire bunch. First at Cincinnati. then
AT Chicago with the Fcderals and later
with the Cubs. Joseph was intrustcd
WIN leadership. He was sad failure
~ Cincinnati He succeeded in win
ming one pcnnant for the Feds al Chi
caSo. but his 1915 administration of
the cubs was sad.
Mordccai Brown was another to
"A al 81 nrn "a in,
least claimed 10 be a major league.
but like majority Of his mates. the
old Miner fel! fiat on the job as maui
aEer of the 81. Louis Feds. Jimmy
Shcckard was tried out in the Amcri-
can Association. and he likewise proved
n disappointment
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
JOHN L. SULLIVAN HAS ALL
MEDALS EVER AWARDED HIM
Dcnirs Stor! Attributed TO JnrIt Shec-
hun Concerning Metropolitan Ath-
lrtIc Trophy Found In rnWn.

WEST AHINGTON. MASS. Januar,
@l.-"rurc bunk" declare! john J..
sullivan, the former worlds champion
priZciiEhtcr. to-day. when shown a
story from II New York newspaper
saying that Jack Shcchan. the Bos-
ton referee, was 10 return TO Sullivan
a gold medal presented to the great
prizcfighicr by the metropolitan Ath
lctic Club OF Columbus, ohio. on Jan
uary 10, 1898
II have not seen my friend Shcehail
for many months and the last time
met him was on the streets Of Bos :
ton. Shechan is Il good fellow. but he
likes publicity.
81 have every medal tina. was ever
presented me and have never pawned
nor sold one OF them. That story Is
an interesting yarn. all but the facts.
They're missing.
John was out feeding the chickens
when seen. Asked II he had hit the
"Bill!" sunday trail. John l.. replied
lie had hit the trail year; before, and
lie added:
but didn't need any evangelist or
:awdust to do it when a man has
wiil-power enough TO ru, out tho booze
OF his own free will he viii mover
drink again. Unless he has that will
power, hitting the trail and other me
thods Of stopping his drinking arc a
waste Of time"
The metropolitan club was made up
OF Columbus citizens. who put on
glove contests. according To advices
from the Columbus bureau Of the In
tcrnatlonal News Service
The presentation Of the medal in
question took place in tho old Hen
rictta Theatcr. since destroyed by fire
sullivan. who had previously announced
his intention Of quitting tho prize ring.
was starring in three-niGht stand in
"A four-act drama entitled 1.-THE Man
FROM Boston, Playing the part Of
captain Harcourt,' he put on a mimic
nsht III the last act with his sDarrinS
partner. Dan Dwyer.
The club staged fight between two
ON" puBilists while Sullivan was
playing in Columbus. and announced
as one Of the drawing cards, that
Sullivan would attend. hut the cham
pion was "indisposed" and failed to
appear.
Shcehan says he bought tho media
in AN old-gold shop and would return
Ii 10 the exchampion.