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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-31

Die TO state, say officials, how MANY
summons will be necessary to bring
out the proper number of "nerfect"
reglsCrants, although the government
generally allows fifty per cent. for
reJectlons through examination.
No Provision.
Although the mass of government
regulations covering every possible
angle of registration, examination.
exemption and other points. is ex-
ceedlngly minute and detailed, there
Is one instance in which as vet the
government has made no provision
for exemption.
The case briefly stated is: A Young
man appears before the board for ex-
emption. Says his sister, who mar
ried and had three children. was
abandoned by her husband. She died
later. Husband living in neighboring
city, incapable of supporting children,
not having done so for years, is suf-
fering from incurable disease. Claims
ne is sole support of his dead sisters
children. There is nothing in the gov
eminent regulations to meet the
claim for exemption based on the
grounds of being the sole support for
nephews and nieces. A ruling will
probably be asked from the govern
ment to cover this particular in
stance, this being the only case where
the government has failed so far to
make provision for such contin-
gency.
Decisions.
Concerning the decisions of the
local board member of the Terrell
county board today stated: eff regis
trant is not satisfied with the de-
clslon of the local board, he NAV ap
peal to the district board. If not sat
isfied with this decision he has the
privilege of personal appeal to the
president"
Unethical.
Lawyers may be interested in the
announcement from a certain law So
ciety, which has held that it would
be unethical for any of its members
to represent a registrant in the pres
ent draft law. Whether local attor-
neys will consider it unethical to rep
resent registrants who appeal from
the decision of the local and district
boards, is not known, but several
have stated from patriotic principles
the lowyers should refrain from rep
resenting registrants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-31
MORGAN LADY KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
Thrown Through Windshield, Their
Run Over By Another Car.

Mrs. A. l. Moore, of Morgan, was
killed in an automobile wreck in Col
quit county Monday. She was on
a visit to her daughter, Mrs. E. F.
Lumley, of Morven, and was riding
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lumley when
their car collided with a roadster
driven by John Lennox, of Sale City
Mrs. Monroe was thrown through the
windshield to the ground and hei
head was run over by the car coming
from the opposite direction. Mrs
Monroe's husband was for years or.
binary of Calhoun county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-31
WOULD CREATE FAT JOB FOR
FORMER GOVERNOR HARRIS
Senate Bill Would Authorize Pay
ment of So, 500 to Travel On.

A bill creating a position with a
salary of $4,000 year for ex-Gov-
ernor Nat E. Harris has been passed
by the senate. The bill is entitled
can act to authorize the trustees of
the Georgia School of Technology to
dispose of the lands bequeathed to
said institution by the late Julius L.
Brown"
After comforting this authority
upon the trustees, the bill provides
that the chairman of trustees, who
is Ex-Governor Harris, shall be en-
gagged by the trustees to travel in the
interest of the school, soliciting en-
dowments throughout the country,
and shall be paid salary of $4,000
a year and travelling expenses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-31
ALBANY MASONS MAKE
VISIT TO DAWSON LODGE
Team From NeighbOring City Exem-
plify Recently Adopted Work.

DIR. Hugo Robinson, Masonic Gus
todian for the second and third Ma.
sonic districts of Georgia, came over
to Dawson Tuesday afternoon ac.
companied by Messrs. E. B. Davis
M. M. Reames, L. N. Sterne, NJ. R.
Greenberg, Harry Myers and c. w
Johnson of Albany to put on some
special degree work at a meeting of
the P. 7. Schley lodge of Dawson.
Masons from PARROT, Brentwood,
Cuthbert and Shellman were present.
The custodian and team exempliied
the new work as recently adopted for
the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-31
\ READY TO PICK
IN FOR THE FRONT
pFCIN MAKING SELEC-
,,c FROM FIRST DRAWN
M JULY THE 10Th.
m Of APPEAL FOR
he WHO ARE DISSATISFIED

IN Government Regulations
kI.st Claim For Exemption on
.,uds of Being Sole Support
Nephews and Nieces.
HTprell countians who have
ratching with interest the pro-
Becessary for the drawing of
h. the United States forces for
Aversea, and many of whom are
to the recent draft, announce
las been made of the procedure
Eamination of registrants.
His county there are 1927 reg
| enrolled for service under
kent war act of congress, while
sst quota for the county has
snnounced as 1877, which num-
HI be sent after the physical
kemption process has been COM
boards, according to orders
hi. will summon twice the num-
men necessary in order that
sllOwance may be made for
who fail to pass the physical
kation and who have claims for
lion. So 254 men will be call
the local board.
les of the Photographic master
\ been sent from Washington
/ governor at Atlanta. Each
is furnished with two copies.
lese copies, in red ink, will be
ID off the numbers which are in
Of the highest number on the
Eation list of that board.
High Numbers.
en high numbers, which do not
to Terrell county have been
ID off, the boards will prepare
b which will be given the num-
Hnd names of men in order of
liability. From this list. count
erially, will be taken the first
b of men needed for physical
nation and inspection of ex-
Dn claims.
RngementS will be made at the
house for the headquarters of
bard. Scales and other para
l LA will be placed there so that
hysical examination of regis
can be conducted with eff
Process.
sn the local board summons the
Dr. the summons will be divided
Pc appearances; one set will
ene day, another the following
ID the third on the following
lhe days will be divided into
Hg and afternoon, some being
lned to morning appearance
IherS to afternoon appearance.
Examined Physically.
u registrants will be examined
ally. If they fail to pass the
rds imposed by the govern
they will be rejected. If, how
they pass the physical require
they will be asked if they
my claim for exemption, and if
what grounds. Their claim
Z placed on a proper blank Civ
that purpose.
lstrants are given seven days
lch to file their exemption
and ten days in which to pro-
proof of exemption. Those in
Of the registration announce
nlted States government re-
lentS as to proof are exceed
strict.
Try Again.
ne required number of men is
0alned by the first summons,
ne board shall summons twice
ny men as needed to complete
luota, and go through the elm
| process again until the requi-
lmOer is secured. 1t is impossi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
ARRANCE
POWER BOAT REGATTA

Minneapolis, Feb. io.--Activs prsp'
ration for the Mississippi Valley fo'a
Boat Association regatta IN Ainnespe
lis July s, 4 and s will be in tina hsnD
OF a series Of committees. This s~a'
is the first Of a series Of big squs"'
contests on the river next summer, -
the organization and preparatory ~,
involves a large amount OF I,e'a
Those back of the regatta though
best 10 divide the work among Sc
OF committees rather than 70 49,"
TO allow one central conimi'ses
worry with all OF the detail.
Chairmen Of these committees ~,
appointed at q meeting oe."ss.
Miss Minneapolis Power Boat AS; rt
ton and representatives OF nv I'm.
and Commerce Association. Ihs
mittee chairmen will be ssked " -.
the associate members OF the conl
tees within q short time. IL
Meeting Of the chairmen viii u@
csIied. and Il is thought that ths 80
can be carried out without . h'~A
any sort. a.. .,uuisssss
named are: Finance, W. IA Il
race course, DR.. Francis SsefGn,
yertisiug. L. F. Blyler; entercss s
Frank Warren; transport uen, lsn:
Ramaley; commissary, j. {; saT;ss,.
programme, n. K. Nyman; MISS
apolis, George A. Mowry; prizes
Uallowell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
Kraenslein's Broad Jump Only Mark
TO Withstand Assault of Long Years

The only record that has withstood
the assault of hundreds of athletes is
Kraenzlein's broad jump mark of "a feet
AZ inches made in 1899. Harry Worth
ington, of Dartmouth, may equal it. He
has shown wonderful ability, and If
anything, is more consistent IN his work
than was Kraenzlein.
Some of the records established by
the college athletes do not come up to
the standard set in open competition.
Notable among such performances, OF
course is the world record for the half
mile of 1:52 is, established by TED
Meredith in the Olympic games at
Stockholm. Eddie Beeson, Of the
Olympic Club of San Francisco, leaped
higher than any Of our college men
have been able TO, and this list might
he extended. For the moment, how
ever. the performances of the athletic
club men or college men representing
clubs arc overlooked.
Three New Records
In the forty-first annual lntercolle.
riate championships, held on Soldiers
Field on Nav 26 and 81, 1915, three
records were established. Ted Mere
dith won the quarter-mile dash IN
A72-5 seconds, which shattered the IN
tercollegiate record Of as seconds, held
bv C. D. ReidpAth, Of Syracuse, and
Meredith. 1t also knocked the props
from under Maxey Longs worlds rec
erd of AZ As seconds. Meredith raced
the half mile in 1853, which was two
6fths of a second faster than the mark
beld nv Dave Caldwell, of Cornell.
FTed Murray, Of Leland Stanford,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
All Records, Save One,
Broken or Equalled
Since 1912
BY FRANK O'NElLL

High water mark in intercollegiate
track and field athletics has been
reached in the past five years. Every
record except one for the thirteen cham
pionship events sanctioned by the In
tercollegiate Association of Amateur
Athletes of America has either been
broken or eQualled since 1912.
Perhaps some men of the future will
clip seconds or fractions thereof from
the times hung up in the various races
by the present generation. IL may De
that new giants will learn the knack
of applying their power to better ad-
vantage and shatter the standards In
the weight competitions or sail over
the stick in the jumping events. But
college coaches believe that it VIII re-
ouire a race of super-men.
The task of the weight throwers, II
would seem, will be easier than that OF
the runners. The standard set in the
shotput BY Russell l.. Beatty, of Colum-
bia, Of 4S feet 1914 inches may be beat
en-. and II. P. Bailey's mark in the ham
mer throw may be wiped out. The
Maine lad hesved the ball 165 feet and
three-quarters Of an inch in the cham
pionships in 1915. This is only a record
for the championships.
Lee Talbot Holds Record
The collegiate record is held by Lee
p. Talbot, of Penn State. His best per
Torrance was 173 feet inches. The
limit in the running high jump and the
pole vault has not been reached, or so
declare critics. Alvin C.. Kranzlein's
record Of "a feet Az inches in the run
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11

Bernie Wefers, who Is one OF the
mint holders of the 1OO-yard dash rec
ord. shares the record of Fl 1-5 seconds
for the 22O-yard distance with Ralph
crei0 Of Michigan, and Don Lippincott'
80 pennsvlvania. Wefers hung up the
record in 1896, and it stood until 1910
when the flying Wolverine equalled It.
The critics said, "This is the ultimate
in sneed." but along came Lippincott IN
1918. Billy Moore, Of Princeton, VINO
won the event last year, was only Two,
6ftks OF a second behind tho standaro
set nv the aforementioned athletes.
The 6rst championship ut this distance
was won BY H. II. Lee, Of PennsyfVanis'
in 231-5 seconds, back in 1877. Ine
first man 10 better % seconds was l.. H.
cary. of Princeton, who did Il 40 sec
onds in 1891.
Jones Best Miller
John Paul Jones, the famous Cornell
runner. holds the collegiate record at
one mile, of 4:142 -5. Norman TAPER
reduced this time to 4:12 3-6, which
stands as the world record, but Taber
was not representing a college at the
time. In 1911 the world gasped its
establishment when Jones ran the mlle
IN 4:15 2-5 and hung up q new record.
Two years later il said: "The limit has
been reached" Then came Taber. II
would seem, however, that as far as
college men are concerned the limit
has been reached.
The development Of one-mile runners
in college circles is interesting. The
6rst championship was won by Z. {.
St;mson. Of Dartmouth, in 4:5sh. That
was in 1876. Miles in more than five
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11

won the high hurdle race in Is seconds,
which clipped A. B. Shaw's mark by
two-ffths Of q second. Murray's time
has been surpassed by that greyhound
Of the cinder path, Bob Simpson, or
the University Of Missouri, who holds
the worlds record Of IA 3-5 seconds for
100 yards over the hurdles. Critics
who have watched Simpson in action
declare that he will race in still faster
time.
Limit Reached in Century
The limit of human speed has beer
reached in the 100-ysrd dash, it would
seem. Four men hold jointly the col
legiate record OF As seconds. Bernie
Wefers was first TO travel the distance
in that time, and he did it back in 1896.
Fifteen years later Ralph Craig, the
Michigan express, tied the mark. and
in 1915 Jimmie Patterson, of Pennsyl-
vania, tore down the course in the
same time. W. A. Schick, jr., of Har-
ward, has run the distance in the same
time. Two men, Howard Drew and
Dan Kelly, have been credited with
93-5 seconds for the century.
From 1913. when Patterson won in
94-5 seconds, down to last summer,
when II. L. Smith, of Michigan, won the
championship, no time slower than 10
seconds fiat has been recorded in the
final heat. The first championship was
won by H. W. Stevens, Of Williams, in
IL seconds, and the first 10-second per-
Torrance in the championships is cred
tied to L. H. Carr, CT Princeton, in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
ATHLETIC HOST
OF PITT STRUCK
BY WANDERLUS1

Pittsburgh, Feb. 1o.--This week the
University Of Pittsburgh's basketball
team, with a record Of having met and
defeated all the strong college fives Of
Western Pennsylvania, is making its
annual trip through the East. On
Thursday Of next week IL is scheduled
20 play Lehigh University, and on Sat
urdsy night the Red and Black tossers
Of ". and J.
Athletic events at home this week
were not exciting.
The freshman FIVE and the wrest-
ling team are both taking trips. The
matmen line up against the strong
Penn State team next Friday night at
State College, and the following night
journey 20 South Bethlehem, where the
Lehigh team will be their opponents.
The Blue and Gold grspplers are also
slated 20 appear at Annapolis against
Cnele Sans future admirals. How
ever, although no notice has been re-
ceiyed. IL would not be surprising 70
hear shat due 20 the present interns-
t;onsl crisis this bout is TO be
called Of.
The freshman basketball team, that
has been sweeping everything before
II. appears at Kiski next Friday night
ard a. Indiana Normal Saturday night.
Both these schools have exceptionally
strong teams and promise 70 make the
going hard for the younger Pantherites.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
PENN PLANS BIG
BASEBALL YEAR;
PLAYS Is GAMES

Philadelphia, Feb. 10-Twenty-f
games have been arranged for the Penn
varsity baseball team this year. The
varsity schedule contains the same
number of games as last season, with
several changes. The cold weather last
year forced Penn to cancel two Of the
early games. This season later start
will be made, the first game being
scheduled for Wednesday, April 4, with
Holy Cross at Franklin Field. Last
season Penn opened up with the Navy
At Annapolis on March 25, and lost by
a score Of 2 to 0.
Three new teams appear on thin years
schedule, Dartmouth, Lehigh and Get
tysburg being the newcomers. Annap-
oils is the only team dropped from the
list. Three games will be played with
Swsrthmore College this year. Two
contests will be at Franklin Field and
the other at Swarthmore. Lafayette APP
pears on the schedule but once, while
Cornell is met three times, twice at
home and once at Ithaca.
Pennsylvania will take q short south
ern trip lasting two days, in which time
Dartmouth and Yale will be met. Eleven
OF the twenty-five games will be on
foreign soil Nine OF the battles will
be played in April, eleven in May and
the remaining FIVE in June. The first
five games will be played NJ home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
Wefers Shares 22O Yards HonorS
ayith Craig and Don LbbincOtt

minutes were not uncommon. c. o.
Wells, Of Amherst, was the first man
to better 4:30 for the 1850 yards. In
1889 he went over the distance in
4:29 40, and his record stood until
1894. when G.. o. Jarvis, of Wesleyan,
ran in 1925 4-5. Guy Haskins. of Penn,
was the first college champion to step
the mile in better than 4:21. He bet
tered that time by three-fifths of sec
ond in 1907. Two years later W. c..
PAUL, of Penn, ran in the champion
ships in 4:17 4-6, which record stood
until Jones broke it, in 1911.
Foss Champion Vaulter
When Frank K. Foss, of Cornell, won
the intercollegiate championship last
year with vault of II feet s inches
the critics smiled and said: mot near
the record. An ordinary performance"
True enough, it was not near the rec
ord of Is feet inch hung up by Bob
Gardner, of Yale, in 1912, but it was a
creditable performance for all that. As
matter of fact, it has been equalled
only three times. c. T. Bucholtz, of
Penn, was the first college boy to vault
higher than IL feet. In 1895 he cleared
IL feet 3A inches. II. S. Babcock, Of
Columbia, vaulted ~ feet 8ss inches In
1911. In 1912 Gardner made his record
One year later T. Fiske, of Princeton,
did II feet inches.
J. Y. Pryor, of Columbia, captured
the first championship with a vault of
7 feet 4 inches. That was back in
1877. The following year C. Fabrogou,
of the College of the City Of New York,
won with leap of feet. F. w. Dial
rymple, Of Lehigh, won the event in
1881 with a vault of feet inches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
7@ SPQ :? E{!,!;,!;! 6!
Ranking Teams

Yos doesn't believe in the present system Of ranking
teams and of selecting al-star ne-ups.
Football teams" he says, SHOULD only be ranked IN
the groups to which they belong And by this mean the
rule, under which they play 1t hardly fair to rank one
eleven that doesn't play freshmen, that has three year
limit tina. has strict scholarship requirements with team
that works under Of these restrictions Why shouldn't
Brown Colgate and West Point, for example, have hne
eevsns? Look at the long experience that olphan Nc
Evan and Vidal had drawn before they ever saw west
Point You'll find that great football players are
not stars until their third year at the Yet ophan
has already had FIVE years and McEwan almost as many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
SEASON
INTERLEAGUE
GAMES POPULAR
Major Leagues Arrange Heavi-
est Spring Schedules That
Have Been Seen

Although considerable opposition de-
vsloped last spring among certain Of
the big league magnates against the
playing of ante-season interleague
games, the agitation appears to have
had little effect, for more contests Of
this class have been scheduled for the
next two months than was the case in
1916. A year ago the various clubs Of
the two major leagues met in more than
thirty of these training season games,
while close to fifty have already been
announced for the coming campaign,
with several clubs yet to make public
their plans in this direction.
AS preliminary to the pennant races
Of last year the big circuit teams met
in thirty-nine games, either interleague
or interclub, with the result that the
National League clubs won twenty-four
and the American League combinations
fifteen. The senior organization piled
up a total of 309 hits and 154 runs to
the juniors 200 hits and 125 runs. In
errors the American League players
made slightly better showing, the
final analysis crediting 81 to the Ma
tionals and So TO the Americans.
This year forty-nine interleague
games have been scheduled 20 date,
with Brooklyn in the National and Bos-
ton and New York in the American
League playing with the greatest num-
Der of contests.
The complete list Of interleague
games scheduled to date Is as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
College Athletics
At High Water Mark

ming bread jump, however, has stood
since 1899. and may stand for years to
come. Gutterson has beaten these ng-
ures, but not in intercollegiate competi-
ton.
Those who affect that the brave days
Of old were far superior to the present,
that a sturdier breed of men trod the
cinder path, slight the facts. The stars
Of Yesterday would be eclipsed com
pletely by the planets of to-day. A
glance through the record book will
show that the greatest performances IN
amateur circles have been made within
the past five years. Running through
the list in order from the l00-yard dash
to the shotput is to discover this fact;
James c. Patterson, of Penn, equalled
the 10O-yard record of As seconds IN
1918: Don Lippincott, also of Penn,
tied the mark for the furlong dash IN
1918. Continuing along, it is discovered
that Ted Meredith hung up new ngures
in both the 440-yard dash and the oSo-
ward run in 1916. His quarter-mile In
AZ 30 seconds on a circular track Is
worlds record, while the half-mile IN
1:53 is a collegiate standard. Corneii
athletes accounted for the records at
one and two miles. John Paul Jones ran
the mile In ala 20 IN 1910, "hilo
mire won the two-mile race In s:Zo 40
in 1914. Tel Berna, of Cornell, holds
the collegiate record at two miles oil
9:17 As.
Mark for Fred Murray
Fred Murray, of Leland Stanford,
hung up new record in the 120-yard
high hurdles race last year, running the
distance in 10 seconds. j. |. Wendell,
of Wesleyan. shares the record for the
220-yard low hurdles with A. c. Krarz-
lein. The Wesleyan lad topped the tim
bers in % 3-5 seconds in 1918. Wesley
Oler, Of Yale, lesped 6 feet Az inches
in the running high jump last year;
Gardner, also of Yale, made his record
of 1871 in the pole vault in 1912. Russ
Beatty, of Columbia, heaved the shot AZ
feet 1O% inches in 1912, and II. 7.
Bailey, of Maine, tossed the hammer
165 feet g. inch in 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
RUTGERS ANNOUNCES
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

New Brunswick, N. j.. Feb. TO-
Rutgers will play at least two football
games in New York next fall, one with
Fordham, on October 27, and one with
an opponent not yet named, at the Polo
Grounds on November %. The SEIZED.
ule was announced to-day.
1t is one of the hardest Rutgers has
ever had. Sy racuse, Fcrdham and
Trinity all appeal in such order that
Rutgers should have an opportunity TO
establish direct basis OF competition
with all the Eastern leaders. The No.
gember 20 date has been left open. in
the hope that if Rutgers is in line FOR
the championship game with the
chief contender can be played in New
York. Oregon and Michigan are out
of the question. and Princeton has de-
clined to play, on the ground that Rut-
gers is too strong.
The schedule follows:
September 7a-Urlnus. at New Brun,ulck
Ocioosr 6--Alleghsny. at New BrinsuIck
Ostooer lS-Syracu,c. az Syracuse
O1obsr 20-Lafsvsitr 20 Esston Penn
October 2l-Fordhari. ~ New York
November S-Nest Nir.lria a. Newark
November l0-SprnglVld az New DrIrswick
November ll-rrniy. a. New Bfunswick
November .9-opea. a. the Polo Grounds,