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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
COLLAPSE of Sage Fatal to Columbia
When Cornell Race Vas All but non

me. however, he recovered his seat ana
his oar simultaneously, and the drive
Of the boat was not badly checked. j.
p. Gardiner, the stroke, at once started
q sprint, lie had done little but sprint
from the starting gun-and IN thrice
the Red and Blue crew was Tapped on
the shell of the Badgers. Another
sprint placed the bows almost even,
with about half q mile to go.
Screaming coxswains urged the firing
oaIsmen into q final effort. All energy
was hurled into the stroke. The boats
moved as one. There is a divinity that
shapes our ends, and the same divinity
probably guides nomadic berry crates.
Il guided one such crate directly in the
path of the Wisconsin boat, and the
coxswain had to alter his course to
avoid a collision which might have
wrecked the she'll. The detour was not
wide. but it was enough. A straight
line is the shortest distance between
two points. Penn rowed the straight
line and won the race.
Praise for Stanford
Cornell's great crew Of 1915 expert
enced the stern joy that warriors feel
in foemen worthy of their steel in the
oarsmen. The Cornell cheer was flung
10 the heavens by the Ithaca under
graduates after the Fights flashed over
the line, but the name of Stanford lin
gered on the lips of all other spectators
on the long observation train. The
native sons were termed "the Western
experiment" before the race. Later
they were crowned heroes Of the strug-
Ola evpu il thpv did mt win
When the race started the Western
crs went away at a madcap pace. They
lashed the stroke up around the forty
to-the-minute mark, and for half mile
or so held it there. They stayed right
along with Cornell. and the critics on
the train smiled. Those westerns"
couldn't stand up with the polished
Fights of the East. One or two slight
breaks in the boat were pointed out by
critical eyes. and the fall of the Goliaths
was awaited with eager anticipation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Tales of a Wayside Tee
By GRANTLAND RICE

championships, Stuart Maiden. the At
lanta professional, who brought for.
ward Bobby Jones, Perry Adair and
Alexa Stirling, is also q fine golfer
along the short, chunky lines.
1t might be noted, however, that
there is no surplus flesh upon any OF
the so-called Big Four Of American
golf--Travers, Travis, 0uimet and
Evans. They are all inclined toward
the lank or lean type, while John
Graham, the finest shot maker in Eng
land, was excessively lean. Jesse Gull
ford is built along powerful lines, but
there is nothing particularly chunky
about him. Ned Sawyer and Max
marston, while by no means alike In
build. are both fairly slender.
The Leans Have II
So, summing up both classes from
among the champions and other lead
ing players, the leans or tanks un-
doubleday have II upon tho chunks or
rounds.
The one fine thing about golf, how
ever, is that build and age are not i'm
portant. We have as stars Guilford,
weighing 200 pounds, built like q siege
gun; Maxwell, slight and slender,
weighing 1870; kirkby and Marston, tall
and willowy; Jones, low and chunky;
Travers and Evans, neither small nor
large, but Of medium physical array.
1t has been said that big wrists and
big hands are essential. Travers proves
the fsllacy Of this argument And the
hands and wrists Of Walter j. Travis
are merely average in size.
Freddie Mcleod was good enough to
win at least two championships, yet
Freddie weighed less than l25 ut the
time. But despite his lack Of bulk few
men could play longer Irons. Few can
play longer driving iron or q driv-
ing iron longer than Travers, who can
count upon 230 or 240 yards with this
club. He won three amateur champion
ships using it from the tee.
Phil Carter Is about the same build
as Jerry Travers, while Gardner White
is a trfe huskier, but BY no means a
1870 FOUNDER. One OF the heaviest Of
the leading American golfers is Fred
Herreshotf, who was at his best around
2l0 and 2l5. Herreshof was both tall
and heavy set.
Taking the general average, there is
no question, therefore, that golfers
built upon the slender side have the
best of it. 1t has been proved that
other types can play first class golf,
even championship golf. but most of
the star players carry very little ex-
cess flesh. In the main, they are either
raw boned or inclined to be slender OF
slight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
BUTCH" SCHMIDT NAY
RETURN TO STALLINGS

Baltimore, Feb. 3.-"Buteh" Schmidt,
who was first baseman for the Boston
Braves until last spring, when he de-
cided to retire from the diamond, is be-
coming restless. He wants 70 return to
his old berth and threatens TO join
the Braves at their training camp in
March. II he shows any sort Of form
during the practice games Of the spring
I'd Konetchy may be sent TO the out
field.
Schmidt is proprietor OF several
butcher shops In Baltimore. and when
he retired was reported TO be well
fixed in this worlds goods. Old X. C.
Of J.. may have hit him between the
eyes, though, II he now wants to quit
cutting steaks and chops 70 take up
the task Of swinging on the little old
apple.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
PITTSBURGH FIVE WILL
PLAY EASTERN TEAMS

Pittsburgh, Feb. 3.-Flushed with
victories registered over the fastest
college teams in Western Pennsylvania,
the University Of Pittsburgh's basket
ball five is preparing for its annual in
vasion Of the East, which Is scheduled
to begin Wednesday of next week.
Rutgers will be met at New Bruins
wick Wednesday night, and then the
team will come back to Pennsylvania for
two games, one on Thursday night with
Lafayette and the other with Swarth-
more the following night. The final
game OF the trip will take place AT
West Point. Later In the. season trip
will be taken north into New York
State, where the University of Buffalo
and Syracuse will be met.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
TEN BALL GAMES ON
hONTCLAIR SCHEDULE

Montclsir. N. j., Feb. 3.--0ver thirty
candidates, seven of which are from
last years team. will start indoor base
ball practice at Montclair Academy
next week. The 1917 schedule COM
prises ten games, viz:
April 10. CAdusl Mn scho, Al Montcisir:
g. Carton losdSnny. At A0lUaan
Nay 3. Mansion HehDol a. hon,Glsir. "a
ft'iHf Seiooi. al Tsrryiowp TO- DieE~sfr Hirh
y bod. Al Hfntcish. 10. BDns sebool Al Mont
r.sf, p. kstark Academy. 81 SVNArs. no. Alumni.
a. Hort'nr
Juno 2 norfsntgTn rntiry fb,uiu,s al Borden
Uyani 3. KlnEsSy sahcDi al Essen kslA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
ARMY FOUR TOO MUCH
FOR MEADOW LARkS

West Point, N. Y, Feb. 3.-Ths
Army's polo team won an indoor match
in the riding hall to-day from Dur
lands Meadow Lsrks by a score Of 6h
to 8. The cadets outrode their oppo-
nents by q goodly margin. The Dur
lands team. which was mounted on
army ponies, received q handicap Of
three goals at the start, but in spite
OF this they could not overhaul the
cadets, whose hitting was clean and
timely. Cadets Kittrell and Henvey did
the best work in the CANA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

Miss Elizabeth Becker, the sensation
al fourteen-year-old water sprite of the
Philadelphia Turgemeinde, won 40
yard dash in the home pool last week in
the wonderful time Of FL seconds, the
fastest performance ever made by one
OF her sex at the distance, and actually
worlds record for women, though un-
acceptable as such, because the race
was not open to outsiders.
The feat Is fully vouched for. how
ever, and 1t begins to look as if this
amazing little maid will soon be wear
ing national championship laurels.
Within the last two months she has
covered the century in minute 10 Sec
onds, or dangerously close to standard
hgures, and also turned the furlone
in 3 minutes 10 seconds. in the same
pool in which Miss Galligan won the
national A. A. U. title last spring in
3 minutes 10 30 seconds.
On February II Miss Becker is sched-
uled TO meet her team mate, Miss Olga
Dorfner, the American recordist. in the
Middle Atlantic 50-yard swimming
championship, and unless the latter
shows greater speed than she ever has
her young rival is expected to win. II
VIII DO interesting to watch results.
Russell Dean, Of Boston and Yale
University. has been challenged 70 a
l50-yard back stroke match bv Hollis
Fergus, of the Detroit Young Mems
Christian Association, and If he ac-
cepts the issue, as expected. the
contest will take place in the pool of
the New York Athletic Club. II should
be rafting good race. for Dean has
to his credit the l00-yard worlds
record for this style OF natation, and
is equally fast at the longer distance,
while Fergus has been travelling both
courses around standard figures in
practice.
The leading high school watermen of
the East are entered for the fl th an
nual interscholastic swimming cham
pionships under tho supervision of
Princeton University on Saturday.
This meet has always been featured
by record breaking performances and
this year there should be no exception
to tho rule. for several of the promised
starters have recently indicated ability
TO beat the existing marks.
Tho New York Athletic Club water
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

What could stop Columbia now?
Nothing. it seemed. The long cheer
from the Columbia cars rang over the
river. Columbia men had waited since
1895 for this chance to shout VIC
tory was theirs. Not yet. As Sage the
bowman. swung forward on his siide'
his head jerked back. lie tried con
vulsiyelv 20 strengthen up, but pitcheH
forward against the back of the man
before him. Where but moment be-
fore had been the rhythm of machinery,
the ultimate in rowing form, chaos
reicned. The run of the boat was
checked. The mad efforts Of the great
Downing 70 hurl the crippled crew over
the line were unavsiling. Cornell came
on and won.
Fatal TO Victory
Sage's difficulties were transitory, but
they were fatal 20 the crew. He re-
covered shortly after the she'll drifted
over the line, and was able 10 row PACK
70 the clubhouse. His moment OF weak
ness robbed one of the greatest strokes
of one Of the best crews in the history
OF Columbia of victory that was more
than deserved.
"Won by 2 berry crate" is the way
oarsmen talk Of the regatta of 1900,
when Pennsylvania defeated Wisconsin
BY two seconds in time. and half a
length or more of the shell. A tiercer
race never had been rowed at Pough-
keepsie, and none greater has thrilled
the crowd since. Smashing down the
course, prov 10 prov, with the stroke
keyed TO the same notch, the Quakers
and Badgers fought their battle. The
other crews, Columbia, Cornell and
Georgetown offered no great resistance.
Passing under the bridge, man in
the Penn crew caught crab that lifted
him clear of his slide and dropped him
on the runners. By some freak OF fort
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Cricket Player Dies

Word was received in metropolis
cricket circles yesterday Of the death
of c. Percy Hurditch from typhoid
fever at Madras. East Indies, on 1snu.
airy 80. Hurditch, although sbssn!
from this country for some time, he'd
been one Of the leading figures on the
creazes of New York and Philadelphia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Winning Moulds

Braid. Vardon and Taylor are all big
men. But Braid 10 over six feet, where
as Taylor Is not nearly SO tall, being
stockiiy built. Vardon is slightly un.
der ak feet, weighing around l75
pounds. Ray is over six feet, weighing
we'll over 200 pounds.
Then we might come TO leading golf
ers who have won fame In this country.
Chick Evans is just average build,
neither thin nor fat, weighing around
$50 pounds.
Jerry Trsvers is built along slender
lines, with small wrists and small, deli
cate hands. He weighs not over 40
pounds, and yet, despite his lack Of
bulk, his small wrists and his small
hands. gets tremendous distance with
the driving iron, the one club that is
supposed to call for power.
Oswald Kirkby anG Bob Gardner are
both of the type referred TO above.
Both are built along the tall and rangy
lines, while Francis Ouimet is cast
something in the same mould.
But Jack McDermott was not big
man nor a tall man, and Bobby Jones,
the Boy Wonder, is heavy-set and
chunky, Of exactly opposite type.
Then there is Norman Maxwell, one Of
the best Of the younger crowd. Max
we'll weighs less than 100 pounds, being
very slight. Yet he has no trouble at
oil In getting fine distance from the
tee, proving again that strength Is only
a small part OF golf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Girl Water Sprite Sets
a World Mark in Dash

carnival Of February Ia will offer a.
attractive programme consisting OF
22O-yard swimming and fancy tiviss
contests for the metropolitan Amateur
Athletic Union championship, a scrsra
plunge for distance, expected 70 dry
several OF the foremost gllders In u;
country; a l00-yard handicap swim sra
water polo under international rules
Arrangements have been made 1
the National Women's Life SAYING
League to hold In the pool Of the reg.
Plies Palace, Jersey City, the try,ouu
decided upon to select local candidsn,
for the /womens inter-city swimmInf
meet in Philadelphia. The fixture WI.
also be featured by a race Tor s.'
metropolitan l00-yard chsmpionsn,r
the first district title event ever eS 60,
Quoted for fair natators. No date H'
yet been set.
Although Norman Ross, the @
Francisco swimmer, who recently nu.s
up a worlds 220-yard record, saileo ~.
Honolulu a few days ago, there
take part in the mid-winter W.
carnival Of the Hawaiian A. A. Y. ~
February 20, California experts gre'sG; u,
fear that ne will be unable TO snow a.
best speed. He dislocated an snHs
week before his departure ana ""
very lame when he boarded ship
The New York A. c. will super,,
set OF national interschoin
aquatic championships in its own P'''
on March 3.
The local women's Life SAW
League is holding four events TOT
lsdy-fsh on Wednesday: lou ~
handicap swim. 40 yard breast su,
race, plunge for distance ana
Of soccer water polo.
The condition OF Herbert .on
tho star swimmer OF the New fen,s
c. and Columbia University, Is s'Ep,s
his handlers 8 good deal OF wo,Iy n.
seems TO be in the best Of health, ~
he has been quite unable to rssa' -
wonderful speed he displayed inp
and the time for the title evenw 4
fast approaching. II IL siEnins.S
vollmeps lack Of form that
beaten in the Metropolitan eensSSsia
81 as seconds, while IN Jsnns,y, -
he more than once covered W"
tanos under b6 sscondA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Fat Men and Lean

So far as We know. no fat man ever
won golf championship-in this
country, at least. But a man can be
heavy set and chunky without being
fat. Alex Smith is stockily set up, far
removed from the tall and rangy type,
but Alex has won his share of open
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

Two or three heavy-set golfers, IN
clined toward stockiness or rotundity'
were discussing a certain other golfer
a few days ago.
"Well," one of them said, why
shouldn't he be good? He has big ad-
vantage over US in build. These TALL
rangy fellows have decided margin
over the others"
This statement might be worth look
ing into. We know that the tall, long
reaching prizefghter or first baseman
has an advantage. We know in tennis
that the height and reach have certain
qualities not TO be scorned.
But is golf inclined to favor any sort
of build7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Automatically Made Pro
r take another case. Supposin

"0r take another case. Surprising a
players father had been engaged In
tho manufacture Of sporting goods for
many years, even before the son was
born. and had built up a great bust
ness. Would il not be perfectly nat
ural and perfectly legitimate for that
son to enter his fathers businessf But
even II he never played set Of tennis
in his life, the amendments proposed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

The local womens Life sav
League is holding four events tor ~
lsdy-ish on Wednesday: lou ~
handicap swim. 40 yard breast s,
race, plunge for distance and
Of snrccr water nolo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

The New York A. c. will superb,
a set OF national interschoin
aquatic championships in its own P''
On March &
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-07
Why Swaqqer Sticks Are Used.

The use of "swagger stick" much
in evidence lately among the boys In
khaki, has been misunderstood in the
United States. In Canada recruits at
any time during the last three years
have, in certain stages of their train
ing, almost invariably carried these lit
tie canes when off duty, not through
affection or vanity, but simply because
the use of them prevented the yosng
soldiers from slipping their right
hands into their trousers pockets. The
finished soldier would not think of put
ting his hand in his pockets, but the
soldier in the making is likely, unless
constantly on his guard, to be guilty of
this breach of the rules. The Cana
dian youths who jauntily and gayly
swung swagger sticks at Valcartfer,
Quebec and Aldershot, Nova Scotia,
even one short year ago, have since
become the heroes Of Vimy Ridge and
Fill No. 70.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-07
WE'D, COURT LATER
Armenians Choose Girl First,
Take Chance on Love.
American Principal of School in Tur-
key Receives Letter Requesting
Any One of Three.

Armenian marriages are always ar
ranged, the question of love not en-
tering, writes Hester Donaldson Jenk-
ms in World Outlook. remember
when the principal of an American
school said to one of her teachers
who was contemplating matrimony
81 hate to have you go, but l should
not mind so much if you loved him.
that the Armenian drew herself up
Indignantly; she would not be so I'M
maidenly as to love man before mar
riage.
An Armenian man generally picks
out his own wife, one whom he has
seen and approved But he does not
court her; instead he goes to her pa
rents and makes very careful inquiries
as to her health, disposition and
housewifery, after which he bargains
keenly for her dot. Without a dot
an Armenian girl may scarcely marry.
The American principal of school
for Armenian girls in Turkey received
a great many applications for wives
from the Armenian men of the neigh
borhood. Once she received a letter
which read something like this:
"Your Nobleness.
"Mademoiselle: l wish to marry
one of the girls in your school. VIII
you get me little Aznif, her of the
curly braids and strong eyebrows? Or
If you cannot obtain her for me, then
I will take Marian, with the big, black
eyes and the shining teeth; or ii l
cannot have her, l wish Zarroohee,
with the straight features and white
skin. But do not offer me any other,
for l love only these three"
In the same school occurred the
unique experience of Schnorrig. DIX
ran had come to her father and bar
gained for her. When she was told
of her impending marriage she was
suky and sad, for she had read Eng
lish books and did not wish to be
sold to husband like bale OF rugs.
But she left school and let her mother
prepare her trousseau. At the formal
DetrOtnal she anu l)lhtu ihcI III wv
first time. When the priest put the
question whether she was willing to
be betrothed to this man she shocked
all the relatives assembled in festive
array by bold "No."
The priest argued with her, and the
irate father would probably have
forced her by pushing her head for
ward had not Dikan declared that he
liked her spirit and would not have
her forced to take him. So the party
broke up in tears and lamentations.
But the two young people met each
other a good deal that winter, natu-
rally taking an interest in each other,
so the story ends with happy mar
rage after q real American cOurtship.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-07
Victims Of Conscience.

John Dewey, writing In the New
Republic about conscientious object
ors, says:
zone pities suffering, and the suf-
fering of a perplexed and resentful
overridden conscience is really suffer-
ing. One pities victims. But the fact
that the merely good, the merely con-
scientious, are the victims in every So
cial crisis should lead us to inquire
whether they are not the victims Of
moral futility. II at critical juno
ture the moving force of events is al
ways too much for conscience, the
remedy is not to deplore the wicked
ness of those who manipulate events.
Such a conscience is largely self-con-
ceit. The remedy Is to connect con-
science with the forces that are NOV.
ing in another direction. Then will
conscience itself have compulsive pow.
err instead of being forever the martyr
ed and the coerced."
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-07

Gerald was much depressed on
bringing his monthly report card home
from school at being scolded severely
by his parents because it showed his
department had only been so per cent
out of a possible 100, and thinking she
had punished him enough the mother,
to cheer him, asked:
"Well, what did you learn this month
in school, Gerald? Something nice,
I'm sure"
didn't learn nothin'," he pouted.
ooh, you surely must have learned
something" the mother insisted.
"Well, nothin', only just how to be
good" he Observation-Disclosures
News.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-07

! traps hSve been hung in cotton fields by
many FARMERS. but only occasional
stragglers are caught in this way, the
specialists learn.
Machines Are Injurious.
Machines employing suction and jar
ring devices, designed to pick weevils
and infested squares or to shake the
weevils to the ground, have proved i'm
furious to the plants and are not suffi-
GENTLY attractive to pay for the cost
of operation. Mechanical ingenuity is
needed, however. the specialists point
out, especially in developing effective
machinery for aiding in the destruction
of weevils in the fall and also for a
better cultivation of the crop.
1t is estimated that boil weevils now
cause to the cotton industry loss of
100000 bales of cotton annually. AL
though farmers In older regions, in
many cases, are increasing their pro-
ductiOn, there is loss In the newly in
tested regions which offsets that gain.
A conservative estimate shows that
since the weevil has invaded this cOun-
try it has caused loss of 4,550,O0O
bales of cotton, with a value of about
$250,00000O.
The figures which have been cited
show clearly the enormous reduction
In cotton production which the boil
weevil causes.
In order to make the picture COM
plete, however it is necessary to call
attention to the effect the weevil has
on the production of crops other than
cotton. Wherever the insect invades
a region, Investigation of crops and
animal husbandry receive powerful
impetus. This is shown, for instance,
in the state of Mississippi. For many
years preceding the advent of the boil
weevil, namely 1904-190S. the average
value of all crops was S116.7S3 1O4.
For the boil weevil years, 1909-1913,
the average was $132,031 800. The
loss in cotton production was more
than. offset by the increased planting
of corn. forage and other crops.
General Account of Problem.
The bulletin mentioned above, which
VIII be sent to anyone on request. con-
tains q general account of the boil
Weevil problem. 1t deals with the his
tory of the insect In the United
States, the damage it has done in diff
ferent regions, the reasons for local
variations in damage. the indications
for the future, the habits of the weevil
as far as they are related to control
measures, and ways of reducing the
injury it causes by methods which
have been tested in many experimental
fields and by large numbers of practi-
cal planters.