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The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Prizes
nv Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1918. by Frank Craney

foaming radical.
No good work was ever done for q
prize, especially no good creative work.
A prize may have its place when offered
to the contestant who can run fastest,
the drinker who can hold the most bear,
or the pupil who can spell down the class;
but the poem, picture. statue, play, or
book that is created for q prize contest
is invariably poor
The reason is inherent in the nature of
the case.
Competition is one of the worlds dear
est delusions. II seems to bring out the
best work. AS a matter of fact, It fosters
mediocrity.
The great, constructive works Of hu-
man progress, as David Starr Jordan has
so conclusively demonstrated, are due 10
the cooperation of men, not to their COM
petitions.
War, for instance, never did any good
that could not have been better attained
some other way.
War is necessary only because Of the
ignorance, stupidity, egotism, and blind
passions of men. With little patience,
with cooperation and intelligence every
earthly conflict might have been settled
at infinitely less pains and expense than
by war. If the two parties in our Revolu-
ton or our Civil war or in our Spanish
war could have calmly and decently met
together they could have achieved the
same results without the terrific cost.
Frank, courteous, sensible discussion
and debate might have saved Europe her
present destruction.
To revert to our subject, no man can
do his best work when he il trying to
Guido another.
| will, therefore, enter no contest. /
viii not compete with any other workman.
| do not want to beat anybody at any
thing.
! want TO do my work well. And my
JOY and reward lie in the perfection Of 1t.
If any one can do il better let him go TO Il.
The law Of the struggle to survive
which exists among the lower orders Of
creation properly ceases when we come to
man. The principle of evolution takes q
new turn. Animals produce the best by
contention. Man produces the best by CO
working.
The desire for pre-eminence, to excel,
to surpass. is low. II is natural, of course,
as anger, lust, and selfshness are natu-
raj; II is a part of our inheritance from
the beast.
But mans glory is not in conquest nor
dominance. 1t is in service. II is in doing
well his work, and in helping, not hurting.
others.
Civilization means getting together.
Competition is the lingering spirit of bar
barism.
LET dogs delight to bark and bite, for
It's their nature TO-" runs the old rhyme.
And let all dog-natured people, all fevered,
welt-macht oder niedergang people, claw
and scratch and kill and destroy. II Ia
simply a reversion to type, lapse into
the animal plane, and is mighty expen-
sive and mad experiment.
Let us pursue excellence "some other
way"
For we gain nothing by competition
that we could not gain much more effec-
lively if we had sense enough 10 coop
crate
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
REVERSE ENGLISH

Weutodo and influential citizen--i consider
u my solemn duty 20 contribute most literally
whenever there 70 '1nd raised TO support the
widow OF fireman who loses his life In the ser.
wee.
A resident Of the North End reports
the first robin. Just the same, here's
hoping red breast is carrying alcohol in
his radiator.
The length Of time required by a camel
70 cross the desert Phyllis depends a
great deal upon whether ne gets a hump
on himself
Col. Roosevelt has assured President
Wilson that he viii support him Other
wise the plans of the administration seem
10 be going along as originally outlined.
j. a. Pigg, Portland. Ore, has peti-
toned the courts to change his name.
How would it do for him TO take the name
of the man whom some claim wrote
Shakespeare?
The birth list credits Alexander Or
chard with a little daughter Peach
Seems like old times. back in pennant
days. The Tigers won game yesterday.
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YES. you's 10 smith I know who you's for.
all right. You's 20 Sale: dsts who yous TO-
She had presented white feathers TO eonsump.
tive Young men in civilian clothes she had
bothered wounded soldiers with her enervescent
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amiabIIltyi she hAu burpcOtcu
every soldiers wife she met OF
secret drinking she had prted
into the private affairs OF NUM-
ton workers. and now she
was busy teaching young moth
ers how TO bring up their chill
Idren.
one morning she saw a small
boy standing ~ a street corner,
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Laugh With Us

Two huge colored men lived IN q precinct 81
Evansville during a campaign In which q certain
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The Keep Well
Column
ARMY LIFEI

Disease killed two and half
times as many men as wounds In
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The modern soldier has learned
that vaccine against smallpox and
typhoid and protection against tet-
anus are OF greater value than
kOmb-proor caps and gas helmets.
Il Is better TO dght verInin than II
ir 10 run The risk OF contracting
come OF the disease spread 0y these
rests
One round Of vaccine against
smallpox. three rounds OF anti.ty.
Phoid vaccine. one dozen rounds OF
insect powder and a round Of tet-
anus Anti-toxin arc part Of Cne
present LAY soldiers armament
against bugs and baciln.
During the Franco-Rrusslan war
the total loss 10 Germany was a..
1872 oficers and men. while during
the same period l2e.i2s persons died
from small pox Ia Prussia alone
These figures now appear startling.
In the Spanish American war
there were BOLTS cases OF typhoid
fever. with 1880 Deaths Among
the $4,000 men In army OF Gen. Oko
during the RussoJapanese war
there we're but 65 cases OF typnoid.
and this was before the vaccine
came into use
The common infectious diseases OF
childhood are most likely To break
out in a military camp. especially
among troops recruited from coun-
try districts
Feet defects arc common source
Of trouble among new recruits. Dis
ability from poorly hitting shoes
forms a large part u those who fall
out during the FIRST days of man.
euvers or on the march
In hot weather forced marches
are likely 10 lead IN heat prostra.
tons or even sun stroke when the
militia was mObillzed or the Mexi.
can border last summer ecorc3 we're
overcome by heat during the hrst
few days % maneuyers.
Improper rations In some foreign
armies have led 10 beriberI and
@curyy. bur trouble CO this kind is
not likely TO be encountered in the
American army even II large force
Is put into the field on short notice.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

T. K-"whaf Is quinsy and how
n II prevented"
Quinsy ls m abscess In md
around the tonsils caused BIS pu.
germs getting fro.u - surfncc ~
The tnn8il INTO ~ substance Keep
our threat and tOnsils clean and
~ urblcct 10 attacks. have the ton
ellie removed
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politician ran for mayor.
Who r. you To-. anyhow"
asked one OF them one morn
ing when he met the other.
"How's you goin' TO vote in de
lection ?"
why, rs 10 smith; that's
who rs fo'-and you already
knowed II. Why 20 Ak me
dat p
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all wars up TO the
X q SIS oJspanese
conflict.
Now the death
rate from disease
In warning armies
Is not much great-
er than among
the civil popula-
tatinn
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The birth list credits Alexander Or
hard with little daughter. Peach
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
Standing of the Teams
Miscellaneous
{ (Fi0kes' Alleys)
Lennoyne
Joe Welsh Is Given
Decision Over Krouse

Reading, Pa, Oct. 31.-Being the
aggressor throughout, jabbing with
both hands at will, earned Joe Welsh,
of Philadelphia, the popular decision
over Johnny Krouse, also of Phila-
delphia, at the windup at the Watson
A. c., last night Welsh opened
Krouse's left eve in the fourth round
and with a right hook to the jaw
sent the Nicetown fighter to the mat
for the count of five in the fifth
round. In the ninth round Welsh
rocked his opponents head with
hooks to the jaw, but lacked the
punch to put Krouse away.
Zip Haage, of Reading, sent
Johnny Miller, of Manayunk, via the
K. o. route with right hook to the
jaw after one minute and forty sec
onds of fierce fighting, in the semi
wipdup. Battling Leonard, of Phila-
delphia, outclassed Joe Dillon, of
New York Referee Crimson stopping
the bout in the fourth round, saving
the New Yorker from a severe beat
ing. Mickey Devlin, of Reading, put
Joe Corbett, of Philadelphia, asleep
with left uppercut to the jaw after
forty seconds of fast milling, while
Battling Manton, of Manayunk, earn
ed a good draw with Joe McCarron,
of Allentown, after six hard fought
rounds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
FORMER CHAMP
IS OPTIMISTIC
Writes Harrisburg Telegraph
That He Will Come Back;
Is Making Good

Fred Welsh, former lightweight
champion intends to be a comeback
with Benny Leonard. He is not
bluffing. In a letter to the sporting
editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph,
write nyesterday at the Fred Welsh
Healthfarm, Long Hill Summit, N. j.,
the former champion says:
Will Swim Out
Gilbert Hubbard taught me that
AN optimist is a man who when he
falls in the soup thinks of himself
as being in the swim The world
knows 1 fell in the soup when I
competed with Benny Leonard in my
last match, and my optimism tells
me that the world will see me swim
out on top soon. I have been prom
ised q match with Leonard because
/ am entitled to a chance to regain
my laurels.
MY health farm is progressing
wonderfully, and L have succeeded
in working up waiting list for en-
try to the Home. The mild boxing
with my patients and the numerous
exhibitions at military training
camps for the past six months have
been most beneficial, and am
confident of making a successful
comeback"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
Reading PAGER Winner
in Free-For-All Event

Fayetteville, N. c., Oct. 31.-Sell-
ers D., by Laranat, owned by William
B. Eckert, of Reading, being cam
paigned over the North Carolina Fair
Circuit, won the classic Fayetteville
Board of Trade free-for-all, purse
$500, the special feature of the Fay
etteville Fair light harness. races
here. The veteran Pennsylvania
"side-wheeler" won the race, a split
heat affair, losing the third heat to
the Canadian entry. Hal B., Jr., by
to Hal b., Jr., over a half-mile track
most exciting blanket finishes ever
witnessed in the old North State. In
winning, Sellers D., driven by Albert
w. Kline, of Reading, is credited
with administering the first defeat
to Hal B., Jr. over q half-mile track
in three seasons. The judges an
nounced the time for the free-for-all
as 2.O9 IA. 2.091h. 2.10 and 2.09 "a.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31

quarterback for Ohio. was set at
work in the strategic position by the
coach, and will be developed into a
third first-string man, Murphy ana
Jack Dunn being the other two main
dependencies in team management.
Cubbage. whose leg has kept him
out of the game since the clash with
Penn State, has returned, and May
field who was also on the injured
list, is again in action. With Tuffle
Conn and Clarence Beck again in the
fore. the Usaacs squad for the first
time since the early part of the sea-
son finds itself without a man on the
disabled list. The schedule for the
remainder of the season was an
nounced as follows:
November 3, Ewing A. c., at Allen
town; November 10. Marine Corps, at
Philadelphia; November IT. First
Heavy Main Artillery, at Allentown;
November "a, Camp Meade. at Allen
town, and on Thanksgiving Day.
Georgetown University, at Washing
ten, d. c. There may also be post
season game with Lehigh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
Football Too Must
Stand For War Tax

College football must pay its
war tax, or better, those who en-
joy college football must pay 10
per cent extra on the price of tick
cts, to help Uncle Sam pay his
growing war bills,
1t was thought at first that the
following clause in the War Rev
enue Bill would exclude football
from the tax, 1t read as followsi
mo tax shall be levied on any
admissions all the proceeds of
which inure exclusively to the
bnefit of religious, educational and
charitable institutions"
A ruling on this question has
been Just made in Washington,
however and college football ooes
not come under the meaning of
this clause,
After November /, then, those
who pay to see their favorite fall
game must add an extra 10 per
cent, to the price of their tickets.
Opinions at local high schools
differ as to the tax affecting the
game here, According to scholas-
tic dope in other cities. high
school games are exempted,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31

TECH HIGH WORKS HARD
FOR GREENSBURG CONTEST;
CHEER LEADERS ALSO BUSY

Technical High schools gridiron
warriors held another gruelling
scrimmage yesterday afternoon in
preparation for the Greensburg con-
test that will be played on the Island
Saturday afternoon. 1t will be the
fourth game between the two teams
for intersectional honors of the state.
Last week Greensburg won out over
Kish Academy by 13 to z score.
1t was hard-fought game for the
Greensburg team as they were great
ly outweighed by the academy eleven.
"Buddie" Lingle won quite bit of
praise for his clever playing on Sat
urday. His line plunging was the
best seen from a Tech lad in a long
time. Going in as a substitute, he has
earned recognition as a regular. 1t
would not be surprising to see Coach
Ryan start this lad in the Green's
burg contest.
Positions in Doubt
Several positions on the line are
still in doubt and candidates will be
working hard during the next few
weeks trying to land a regular posi-
ton on the Maroon eleven. Faculty
Director Grubb has arranged for a
practice contest with the Academy
eleven on the uptown gridiron to-
morrow evening. AS the Academy
boys play Central Saturday, it will be
advantageous to both Tech and the
Academy. Rain last week caused the
game scheduled between the two
teams to be postponed.
Central board officials will likely
be used again, and 1t Is probable that
Referee Lynn and Umpire Bruce will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31

again be in charge. They will be ap-
pointed by the Central board. There
will be no second team contest and
this will give the first team an op-
portunity to start the game earlier.
New Songs For Students
Head Cheer Leader Huston held a
mass meeting this morning before
school and has called another meet
ing for tomorrow morning, when
new songs and cheers will be re-
hearsed for future contests.
A mass meeting was held yesterday
morning to rehearse new songs and
yells, and another will be held to-
morrow morning for the same pur-
pose. The gatherings are held prior
to the opening of school. RED" Hus-
ton has several new songs that the
students are practising. One is to the
tune, Where Do We Go From
Here?" The words are:
We're from old Tech High, boys,
were six hundred strong,
We're going to beat Central, and 1t
won't take us long.
We've got the football team out there
that doesn't know defeat
TECH, she surely can't be beat.
Another parody is written to the
tune of "Over There" 1t reads:
Dear old Tech, dear old Tech, make
old Central High feel like q wreck.
Show that old Tech spirit
And get right in it,
For we are with you all the time,
Make the score, upward soar,
And that cup will be ours eVermore,
Score O touchdown and then another,
And don't let up till we wallop Cen
trail High.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
Clarence Beck Back,
Usaacs Hope to Win;
Play Marines Saturday

Allentown, Oct. S1.-will Eddie"
Mahan make so powerful change
in the u. S. Marine Corps football
squad that it will be able to retrieve
its maiden disaster of Saturday at
Allentown, and will this change, If
it does come about at all, be effected
in time to carry weight by November
10. when the second battle royal for
the championship of the enlisted
service is to be fought out between
those two teams at Philadelphia?
The Usaacs again set to work yes
terday with a vim and determination
that were very satisfactory to Lieu
tenant Clarke. their coach. On Sat-
urday the Usaacs are to. meet the
powerful Ewing A. c., and they are
going to test out several new bits of
strategy.
Scheule, who was last year all-star
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
Dickinson Starts to
Train For Future Game

Carlisle, Oct. 31.-With no game
scheduled until November 10, Dick
inson yesterday began the novel ex-
pertinent of beginning the training
season over again. A call was sent
out for candidates, and several new
men came out. The candidates ana
regular and second-string men were
then put through a regular early
season fundamental workout, with
tackling the dummy, receiving punts'
.tackling, place-kicking and the ike
featuring. The coach has adopted
this plan in order that the men may
not go stale. Goldstein's injured
arm is better and he was out Tor
time this evening, assisting in the
drilling of the new Ren. The pro-
gram is to work up gradually again,
scrimmage for the Franklin and
Marshall game to be postponed un-
til next week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31

Chicago, Oct. 31.-The question of
a shorter playing schedule for the
major leagues and the possibility or
a third major league as a war meas
ure. was revived with the return of
b. B. Johnson, president of the
ever be opposition to the proposed
14O-game schedule, as Charles Com
iskey owner of the White SoX, has
already expressed his disapproval of
any shorter schedule than 154 games.
1t is said that two other clubowners
in the American League also, will
oppose short schedule.
"A new league might benefit the
game during the war and it should
be considered a war measure eXclu-
sively" said Mr.. Johnson. 1T is a
certainty that the minor leagues will
have to make some adjustments next
season in order to get by. They can
not go on as they have in the past"
He did not indicate what cities
might be grouped into a new league.
Ebbets Wants Short Season
New York, Oct. 31.-Charles II. Eb-
bets, president of the Brooklyn cluD,
is an advocate of a shorter schedule.
He suggests that the championship
season in the major leagues stare
about April 25 and end about Sep
would make fewer rainy days possi
BILE to spell games in the spring, and
the earlier closing date would pre-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
MIFFLIN COURT SENTENCES

Lewistown, Pa, Oct. 31.-The trial
of Eli Lukas, for murder, goes over
to January term of court. Albert
Culbertson plead guilty to the
charge of larceny and was given a
fine of So and four months in the
county jail Steve Caveck plead guilty
to a serious charge and was SEN
fenced to pay cost of prosecution, a
$50 fine and serve eight months in
the county Jail. John Hoff, convicted
of adultery, was sentenced to pay
the costs of prosecution, a fine of
$500 and to serve one-year in the
county jail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31

again cutting some figures. They
were individual honor men in last,
nights contests.
Evidently baseball magnates are
not all of the opinion that the game
will be cut out next season. A dis
patch from Chicago says: Charles
A. Comiskey. president of the Chica,-
go American League ball club, an
nounced that the club would train
next spring in Texas, either in Min
eral Wells, or San Antonio, with a
probability of spending some time in
each place."
Tomorrow opens the season when
1T is lawful to shoot rabbits and from
then until December 15 many sports
men who otherwise would keep
close to their firesides during the
open season for game, will shoulder
their guns and hike off for a days
sport What makes the rabbit sea-
son so popular is that a rabbit is
som ething that most anyone familiar
with a gun can hit, and are also SO
numerous that it is a poor hunter
who does not get at least four in a
day. The majority return with the
limit, which is ten.
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Indians Are Working
Hard Behind Closed Gates

Carlisle, Oct. 31.-In preparation
for a practice game to-day behind
closed gates on Indian Field, when
the Indians will play a strong rival
from this section, Coach Harris yes
terday worked his men with the
same care as would be taken before
a big game. Coach Warner, former
chieftain for the Redskins, was a
stop-og visitor at Carlisle, leaving
In time for this afternoons work
at Pittsburgh. Warner hunts In the
Cumberland Valley each season after
the Penn game. The Redskins in
juries have all healed. though
charley horses are a bit painful.
Carlisle expects q hard game against
Bucknell, at Lewisburg Saturday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
MONS ON SHORTER SEASON RANECS NEXT GAME WITH
.MELLYS = CORNER

Scholastic officials have no reason
to get excited over the proposed rev.
enue tax. 1t does not include schol-
astic games, according to an an
nouncement from Washington. Col
lege football will be taxed. This
means that the cost for admission to
the Bucknelf-Gettysbu game will
be increased. One thing is certain,
Those who must pay will not be over
looked and lit is time to get busy
when the collector gives notice.
Where Tech will come in for in
creased expenses or SNtu"""-' ---''' 40
in the guarantee due Greensburg.
Carfare on raliroaus tahv., u :. =,
tomorrow, and it will mean an addi-
ton eight per cent. for the local man.
agement to hand out There will be
no shirking of duty on the part OF
the local officials.
There will be some football games
in harrisburg that come under the
tax rule. Independent teams where
admission is charged must pay. This
will include basketball outside OF
scholastic circles.
Those Huber boys in the Mt
Pleasant Press Bowling League are
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
LEONARD HAS BAD HAND

New York. Oct. 31.-World's
Lightweight Champion Benny Leon
ard yesterday cancelled several i'm
portant engagements because of an
injury to his left hand. Leonard was
matched to box at the Manhattan
A. c., tomorrow night, and was to
meet frankie Callahan Friday at the
Harlem Sporting Club. The injury
will prevent Leonard assuming his
boxing duties at Camp Upton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
FUNERAL OF EDITOR

Waynesboro, Pa, Oct. 31.-On ac-
count of the funeral services of
Charles w. Cremer, for eighteen
years editor of the Waynesboro Daily
Record, to be held tomorrow, there
will be no issue of the paper on that
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
BOXER DIES FROM INJURIES

Dayton, o., Oct. S1.-"Young"
Epstein, of Hamilton, o., died early
to-day from injuries he suffered
when he fell in the ring during the
first minute of 10-round contest
with Battling" Hess, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, at the Dayton Gymnastic Club,
last night, When Epstein went down,
some of those who were at the ring
side say his head struck on the plat
form, causing concussion of tho
hrain
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-31
OLD HIJNTER GETs LICENSE

Waynesboro, Pa, Oct. BID. r.
Fisher, of Chambersburg, aged SO
years, the oldest licensed hunter in
Franklin county has taken out Ii
cense to hunt this season.
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CHILD HAS PARALYSIS

Waynesboro, Pa, Oct. 31.-There
is another case of infantile paralysis
reported here. The victim is the g.
year-old son of Levi Cordell
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THE LEADING BACKFIELD


America
of leading
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is o a
Henie badly crowded
The will be Allies 8
the bye holes will be played