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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Success"

From the London Chronicle.
The recurrence Of the word success in
the English translation OF the German
note would not necessarily have sug-
cested to our Tudor forehears that the
Germans alluded TO victories. For sue
cess in its original sense was merely
termination" This is shown in Milton
expression bad success" and in the
mention Of the good success of his
hands" by Solomon. and the meaning
survives in the modern expression ill
success" stanton and other Shakes
pearean editors think that the word means
! sequel" in Macbeth's wish that the as
sassination might rcatch with his sur
cease success" At any rate. as in Latin,
victory is only it's secondary and fig
urative sense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Recent Traffic Census.

That the highway is even more
important factor in transportation than
the railway is being shown day by
day with increasing emphasis. Recent
" a traffic census of a highway lead
ing out from Akron. Ohio. showed that
it carried considerably more tonnage
than any of the main lines of railway
leading out from the same point.
The Post Office Department will serve
the interests of the country to the very
highest degree by developing policy
of through mail routes on highways as
rapidly and as thoroughly 1t is
possible in these abnormal times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Kumagae Cancels American Trip.

s. Kashio, representative Japanese
lawn tennis player. has recently arrived
in San Francisco on his way to play
in patriotic tournaments in the east
According to Kashio. the great Japa
nese star. Kumagae. who was one of
the sensations of the American 1916
season. will not come to America this
year. 1t was only recently announced
that Kumagae would return to repeat
his successes OF last season. Evident
" he has changed his plans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
CHURCH CUTS TENNIS.
Net Star Goes to Dayton as Govern
ment's Aviation Instructor.

George NJ. Church-Sergt Church Of
the Aviation Corps-will play no more
tennis matches this year. Sergt. Church
recently was appointed an instructor in
the governments aviation school near
Dayton, Ohio, and he left Immediately
for his new post. After a month or
two there he expects to get sailing or
! ders for France
Church. who was ranked No. on
last seasons tennis work and was quite
an all round athlete at Princeton, en-
listed in the Aviation Corps last spring
and spent about two and A half months
at Mineola. l.. l.. He has made very
rapid progress in the art of flying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Worlds Record for Homers
in Organized Base Ball

MUSkOGEE, Okla. August B
What Is said to be world record
for home runs in organized base
bail was made here yesterday by
f. f. Calbert. left fielder of the
local Western Association club.
when he hit twice for n circuit of
the bases, giving him total of
fhirty-flye home runs for the sea-
son. The previous record Is said
to have been held by Beese. for
merly with McAIester. in the same
circuit. with thirty-fOur home
runs. CnIbert Is one of the league
leaders in batting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
HOW FAST DOES BALL TRAVEL?
NEW LIGHT ON LIVE PROBLEM
Reasonably Fast Pitcher Throws Sphere
to Batter at Rate of 210 Feet per Sec
ond-Excuse for Weak Hitting.

breth. He took a good pitcher. catcher
and second baseman. He found that
including the pitchers wind-up, II re-
Guired 400 seconds for the pitcher to
deliver the ball and for the catcher II
deliver il 10 the second haseman. That
is important to remember.
The distance from first to second is
ninety feet or thirty yards. Prcsum-
ing the runner has a lead of two yards
off first. he would have almost u
seconds in which to cover twenty eight
yards. Hans Lobert is credited with
having circled the bases in l3 AS sec
onds at a field day in Cincinnati, on
October 9, 1910 many did the
circuit in sixteen seconds would be do
ing we'll. That would be allowing four
seconds from base to base.
The above figures presume a full
wind-up with a man on first. Leaving
out the wind-up il was found that the
actual time taken for the ball to leave
the hand Of the pitcher, reach the
catcher and from him reach the second
baseman was 1897 secondhand there $
the rub.
The base runner does not get the
fun benefit Of the pitchers wind up.
because the pitcher does not take a
healthy wind-up and allow the base
runner four seconds to get to second.
The pitcher doesn't wind up with men
on bases. IL he did the low life thieves
would steal his shirt He keeps the
runner guessing. and it is safe 10 say
thar the real time at the disposal Of the
wouldte thief is not over three seconds
and frequently less than that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
BURNS GREAT TRIO;
THREEF|NE STARS
George Of Giants. George Of
Tigers and Eddie of Phil
lies All Good.

Three great players In the glare of
the spotlight in the majors are sprouts
from the family tree of Burns. Two
members of the Scotch or Irish clan.
whatever they may be, are earning
their livelihood in the National League.
while the other member is affiliated
with Ban Johnson's American League.
The most renowned of the trio is
George Burns of the Giants. who has
often been rated the greatest all
around outfielder in the National
League. OF the three he is without a
doubt the most valuable performer.
George has been going like a house
afire this season
His fielding and throwing have been
superb. and he is keeping in the race
for batting honors. 1t was only re-
Gently that Hughey Jennings of the
Detroit Tigers paid Burns marked
compliment. Hughey has been quoted
a saying that of all the stars in the
Giants constellation Burns stands out
as the brightest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Brown Loses Fritz Pollard.

Browns foot ball team will have to
worry along without Fritz Pollard. The
negro got himself into scholastic diff
fculties last spring. and until recently
it was a question whether he would re-
turn this fall. In addition to attending
to his scholastic work and playing
most of Browns foot ball last season.
Pollard ran a clothes pressing and
cleaning outfit. He will continue every
thing but foot ball at the old stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Eddie Plank Hangs en- Well.

Those who figured Eddie Plank
through should count the games he has
won and the excellent pitching per-
formances the veteran has turned in,
Plank. although past forty. is still very
effective He's good for fine 1917 sea-
son and probably 1918. Counting Plank
out is like hanging time Knockout
on Hans Wagner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Colonel Shows Up Gowdy
and Hank Signs Him

Hank Gowdy. captain of the 18th
Regiment ball team. has signed
his colonel ms a first bnseman.
The 4th'a team went to Della
ware and met the Delaware City
nine in a Red Cross benefit game.
Col. HOuRh wanted to play with
the regimental team. Hank was
dubious, but finally said he would
give him n trial.
The colonel slammed out fve
hits in five times up and Outshone
the famous Hank himself. Now
GOwdy says the colonel is reg
uIar. The rcEimental team won.
20 TO II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Barred on Unique Technically.

The record of 5.31 made by ]. Fan
der. a Swedish runner In the 1000
meter race recently. will not be record
ed by the a. A. L., IT is said, because
the distance is not recognized 1t is
thirteen yards short of mile and a
quarter. Just why the .. 000-rneter race
should not be recognized is.not quite
clear. as records are on the books for
900 meters. SOC meters and 1000
meters. as well as for shorter and long
er distances measured by the metric
system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05

export to our allies must move over
the country highways. Great zones of
suburban population are now extend
ing out of our cities by reason of high
way development. The millions OF
dollars formerly spent by tourists in
European countries is now being spent
by Americans in seeing America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Is the Small Car
an Economy When You
Have to Sacrifice So Much?

NT1ExT to buying home ,;2 car is perhaps the
largest purchase you'll ever make. 1t involves
1 \ real money. 1t ought to be conSpondingly
considered.
Certainly $3.50 to $3.50 is too big to spend
Just on some friends recommendation some sales
mans talk. Look at it investment. Think of
next week, next month, next year.
Think whether you going climb out of the
week from tired and cramped because it small for
touring whether you going be able to take friends
trip and have them comfortable whether the will
stand up years of hard and ALWAYS be ready for
and If you should desire resell trade Will hive the
least possible depreciation from Its original price
Think of the think of the way you would buy
your homehow you wouldn't let few dollars stand between
you and perfect satisfaction then decide whether is
economy buy that you will find lacks the
tails of motoring satisfaction
When you buy such you may little money
the original price, but you make sacrifices.
In Sudebakercar enough for any hill
that will pull you thou the deepest mud and sand comfort
speed roomness that small do nothave and high quality
and Workmanship combined with the
bly and adustab that actually make upkeep and operation
charges for period of three years less than oe naNe
Think Then the that built give aNthe
necessary essentials the lowest possible price, the with
twelve months guarantee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Natural-Born Player.

George Burns. first baseman of the
Tigers. is a natural-born ball player.
Although only twenty four years old,
he has had four years experience.
While not considered the equal of Hal
Chase or lake Daubert. he is an initial
sacker many Of the big league teams
would like to have on their pay roll.
Each year his work with the Tigers
shows marked improvement. for his
fielding becomes more polished and he
can hammer the ball around at Il $50
clip season in and season out.
Eddie Burns, second catcher with
the Phillies. is now in his fourth full
season. as a member of the Quaker
town club. and although injury
early in the season kept him back he
is considered one of the most valuable
assets on Pat Moran's aggregation. The
harder Eddie is worked. the better he
likes it. II it weren't for the fact that
Moran has a star in Bill killifer.
Eddie would get all and perhaps more
work than he could handle.
He demonstrated that he is a glut-
ton for labor by the able manner he
performed last season while killifer
was on the ailing list. The Philly
backstop is not as heavy sticker as
the other two representatives of the
Burns family. for they have done their
bit in an endeavor to make history
Tor the grand old national game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Boon to Small Cities and Towns.

~ - :,
~ II; 1850 iius p small cities anG
~i.S when nave ohiy Iocal train serF-
the quith ana regular delFefS of
mans rom Gls'rlnntlhs point by
ihotor truck VIII prove real boon,
WINE AZ me same time, IN all abll-
lty. enecting q genuine economy to the
Post Office Department in the opera
ton OF its mail service Parcel post for
the transportation Of perishable prod
ucts and for bringing the producer and
the consumer in close touch can be
tremendously developed by this trunk
line service. thus promoting the vel
fare of the producer bv deveIonine a
market for him, lowering the cost TO
the consumer by the practical elimjna
ton of the middleman, and increasing
the food supply by making accessible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
MAY USE MOTOR TRUCKS
TO TRANSPORT MAILS
Trade Paper Discusses Highway
Traffic as Supplementary to
Railway Train Service.

According to the American Motorist
the Post Office Department recognizes
the possibilities of improved highways
as trunk lines for the transportation of
mails between distant points. This is
indicated by the fact that it is INSTALL
ing motor trucks and operating parcel
post and mail service over distances
which formerly Were considered prac-
ticable only for railroads
With more than $4,000. 900 annually
expended for rural mail delivery. with
tens of millions of parcel post pack
ages 10 be delivered quickly and safely
within a limited period of time, and
with the manifest handicap on the part
of the railroads incident 10 hauling
parcels to the railroad stations load
ing them on the cars and repeating
these operations at the termini. il must
be evident that the motor truck and
the improved highway are destined 70
assume an Importance in mail trans
portation comparable with that of the
railway mail service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05

Speaker, Roth and Chapman of the
Cleveland club make great trio of
base stealers. They have stolen more
than eighty bases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Runners Chance Slim.

Mr.. Gilbreth's catcher required o.S17
seconds to recover and throw. The ac-
tual time consumed by the throw from
the catcher to the second baseman-
1e9 feet-was 0.796 seconds A catcher
like Otto Miller of Brooklyn would re-
qure less time than that to recover.
and his throw would be faster than
Mr.. Gilbreth's subject.
All of which is strictly in line with
the story in the Eagle of July on the
the base stealer in league such as
the National. IN which the pitchers are
allowed to get away with what are
really balk motions. Men like Sherrod
Smith and Eppa Rixey. left handlers.
can really have the ball almost on the
way TO the plate before the man on
first knows their intention.
When that is the case the only lee
way the runner has is the II seconds
roughly required for the ball to leave
the pitchers hands and be returned
to second. Presuming the runner gets
the advantage of three-tenthS of a
second more by his keenness in not
ing the pitchers motion. he would
have only two seconds in which to
cover twenty-eight yards.
With a right handler in the box he
might have % seconds. which would
require a man in base ball toes to
travel from a poor start at almost the
rate of trained sprinter doing the
100 yards in 10 seconds or 10 Is.
Even Jimmy Hickman. the speedy
outfielder of the Brooklyn Superbas.
who is thoroughly trained semi-pro-
fessional Splinter, cannot undertake to
do the 100 yards in even time in base
ball shoes and clothes. He would be
doing well If he did 1t In IL seconds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
How It Was Done.

Previous experiments in base ball
speed have been conducted along the
line of electric controls Mr.. Gilbreth
devised something entirely new and IT
is probable that his work will be great
ly extended.
Behind the catcher he had black
board measured off in squares There
was also a clock with one hand which
made six revolutions per second Nov
ing pictures of the various stunts were
then taken and the position of the
clock hand on the blackboard enabled
him TO count the time required by not
ing the differences in the position OF
the hand.
1t is to be hoped Mr.. Gilbreth will
continue his work and furnish data on
the speed with which a hit travels
the time required for the throw and
return on the double steal. and the
speed required for the throws from the
different positions to first base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Why Drop Is Effective.

AS It would be practically impossible
for the batter to change the plane in
which his swing Is started. it can be
seen what tremendous advantage the
pitcher of a ball like Mathewson's
fade-away drop had when he was in
good form. On the other hand
pitcher with a rise ball. such as that
which made Joe McGinnity famous
would have almost an equal advantage
When the mathematics of pitching
are brought home in such a forcible
manner, the wonder is not that there is
50 little hitting, but that there is so
much.
The present writer once tried to get
the ordnance officials of the War De-
partment at Washington to conduct ex-
periments similar to those OF Mr.. Gill
breth. but nothing ever came of it,
The machines used for determining the
speed of guns of all sorts are so finely
adjusted that they could not register
the comparatively dead slow motion
of a thrown base ball. That was found
to be the case when Nap Rucker and
Walter Johnson We're invited by a GER
tain arms manufacturing company to
test their speed at its plant. The re-
sultS,were almost certainly inaccurate.
Throwing to Second.
One of the questions which the ord
nance experts were asked was: How
fast does a ball travel from a catcher
to second base?"
This has been answered by Mr.. Gill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05

There will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
Surprising Point.

Mr. Gilhreth found some EXCEPTIONAL
ly fast pitchers who delivered a ball
at the rate OF 2ss miles per minute. In
that case the batter occupied o0i2
seconds in swinging at the ball, but the
most surprising point is that the photo
graphic machine showed that the batter
began to swing on that fast one when
II was 9-e4 feet away from him.
How many hatters have figured
that in going after a fast one they
have frequently started the swing when
the ball was three yards or more in
front of them?
Then. again. the revelation of how
far the ball is in front OF the batter
when he starts 10 swing will help both
the player and the fan to understand
how much opportunity the ball has TO
break Since the batter would ordinari-
" not swing more than two feet in
front of him, and some Tate" hitters
not that far, the ball has about seven
feet in which to take an unexpected
jump up. down or sidewise between
the time the batter starts his swing
and the time il is concluded
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03

'there is no current is operated by
means of an alcohol motor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03

from an attack Of acute ihdig estion
He had been member OF the home
since June l, 1907. coming from Canton.
Mo. Mr.. Lewis was born in Shelby
willie, NO., Sept. %, 1874 aand enlisted
in Co. l, Sixtieth Regiment OF u. s.
Colored Troops Oct. 8, 1853 at Keokuk.
He was discharged Oct. 15, 1865 at
Davenport Mr.. Lewis was a widow
err and Is survived by brother, Mason
Lewis and a sister Mrs. Samantha
Garrett, of Ottumwa.
CASTOR NJ. Fox. who has been a
member of the home since Jan. 5, 1892,
entering from Marshall county where
he had been employed as a farm labor
err died at 3: 10 Sunday evening at the
home hospital of valvular disease of
the heart He was born in Morristown,
Ohio, Oct. %, 1s44 and enlisted in
Company r. Forty third Ohio infan-
try Dec. l6. 1861 at st. Clairsville, Ohio.
He veteranized with his regiment and
was finally discharged July 13. 1866 at
Louisville, KY Mr., Fox never married
and is survived by brother, Prof. A..
H. Fox, of GAINESVILLE. O.. and nep-
hew. Joseph O'Donnell of the same
place; also a niece, Mrs. Gussie Rhodes.
of st. Louis, Mo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03
PIONEER RESIDENT DEAD.
Mrs. j. c. Shelton Dies at Home, Six
Miles East, Of City


Mrs. Eliza Jane Shelton, wife Of ].
c. Shelton. who had been a resident OF
this county since she was two years
old, died Sunday morning at Z O'clock
at her home, six miles east of the city
Mrs. Shelton had suffered with chronic
asthma for several years and for few
days before her death she suffered sew
eral bronchial hemorrhages but the di
rect cause Of her death was due to an
uremic condition which set in.
Mrs. Shelton was born Waltz in
Madiso county, Indiana, July 90, 1856.
and came with her parents to this
county when she was a small child.
Sept. II, 1881, she was married to Mr.
Shelton and to them were born seven
children. One son died in infancy and
the remainder survive their mother.
They are Ralph Shelton, of LeGrand !;
Ben Shelton, Of State Center; Mrs.
Charles specht and Mrs. Tory Lang
land, Of this city; Mrs Lee Boswell of
Green Mountain. and Miss Leila Shell
ton. who lives lat home Three sisters
also survive Mrs. shelton in the per-
suns oI MRS. MARY hv.v:., . :.,.'1i ems i,
Mrs. w. L. Hollenbeck; city; and Mrs
Alice Lowery Webster Kan. Mrs.
Shelton was member Of the Friends
church at LeGrand.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:3o from the Iowa VAL
ley church, which will be open at
o'clock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03
ELMER &. MULLiNEAux DEAD.
Father Of Mrs. Cassie Muilineaux
Richards Dies at Daughters Home.

Elmer Z Mullineaux, aged SO, OF 81
mon, N D.. died at the home Of his
daughter. Mrs Cassie Mullineaux
Richards. at State Center, at o'clock
this morning, of paralysis. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mullineaux had been visiting al
their daughters home for ten days
Mr.. Mullineaux was very sick when he
| arrived and he failed rapidly.
Mr.. Mullineaux was an Iowa man
| and a veteran Of an Iowa regiment OF
the civil war. He was born in Clay
ton county in lS4s. and served as a
| drummer boy in Company e. Ninth
Iowa infantry He reached the front
| in time to take part in Sherman's
| march to the sea He had three
brothers in the army and when Il
years old he ran away from home to
enlist. He married Miss Adelia Clock
at Cedar Falls in 1871. She one SON.
Chase, who Is living in North Dakota
and three daughters survive him. The
latter, in addition to Mrs. Richards
are Mrs. Erma Mullineaux,. OF North
Dakota: and Mrs. Harry Bradley. oil
Estes Park, Colo. One sister, Mrs
Louisa f. Richards, lives in State
! Center
| Mr.. Mullineaux was a connosseur oil
the violin and his pet diversion was
| the making of violins which were high
ly priced. He was a genius in fashion
ing violins and his greatest regret was
when his health compelled him to lay
the work aside.
The funeral viii he beld Wednesday
afternoon at the home of his daugh-
ter in State Center. Burial will be in
Hillside.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03

Justice u for ~ the supreme 4.
Il II the inviolable yafdstick OF al. M,
man actions, Justice Is the central
star which governs societies, the pola
Ground which the political world -,
wolves, the principle and rule Of IN
transactions. Nothing is.done amonG
men which II not In the name OF right,
nothing without Invoking justice. Jus.
tice Is not the work Of the law. On
the contrary, the law IL never anything
but q declaration and application OF
what Is just. Suppose society whers
Justice is outranked, however little. BY
another principle, say religion; or In
which some individuals are regarded
more highly, by however little, than
others; ! say that Justice being virtu-
ally annulled, It is inevitable that the
society will perish sooner or later
'Prudhon's Teaching.