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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
BASEBALL IN OLD DAYS
Connie Mack'S Trick Befuddled
EMPIRES and Players. =
Small Piece of Webbing, Fastened to
Cstcher's Glove, Made Noise Like
Foul Tip--How 1t Fooled
Tom Lynch.

When a ball player has been with
Connie Mack two years or more lie gen
orally becomes Il smart fellow-wiser
i'm the tricks OF tie game than the usual
run of battlers There are few angles
MaC!; does not know from the ground
up.
Several changes in rules were due 10
the hcady work of bah players and at
least one change can be laid directly
To Comics door This was making a
foul tip out on the third strike, writes
Malcolm Mclean in Chicago Evening
Post. Years ago batter was out if
the catcher caught Il foul tip on the
first bail delivered.
Connie Mack was catching for the
Pirates in 1893 and he roomed with
George Moreland when the team was
on tie road. George had various Offices
with the Pittsburgh club, being scout,
chief assistant, etc.
one night Moreland entered their no.
tel room before Mack and dug up the
latter's best catching mitt. He started
~ NAl Il lNlf III TIT NNhltl VI IL anu
was still engaged at this task when
Mack came in.
Hey, George, what are you do
ing?' asked Mack. This was a most
natural query for catcher to spring
when seeing his best glove being treat.
ed in this fashion.
''Ncver mind, just watch" replied
MOreland,, digging away.
In n few minutes he took a piece OF
webbing out of his pocket. He trimmed
this 10 a certain measure and beCaI
sewing ii over the hole.
"Come on, George; what's the
gamef' again asked Mack.
Just a minute" answered Moreland
without even looking up.
Suddenly, as Mack gazed at the GU
rious proceeding, Moreland caught holt
of the web and let it flip back. /
sounded like the crack Of a small whip
Mack needed no explanation. He wa
on his feet in an instant. shouting
Give me that glove"
Ad Gumbert was pitching for the ri
rates the next day and Tom Lynch
later president OF the National league
was umpiring.
ON the first ball pitched the bate
scarcely lifted the bat from his shoul
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

The Ladies Industrial society met
with Mrs. Hamilton Wednesday after
noon.
At the business meeting of the teach
ers and officers Of the Congregational
Sunda5 school Monday evening a Vote
was taken to give Sunday school en-
tcrtainment Friday evening, Jan. &c,
the entertainment to be furnished By
the various classes of the school. Each
class is to be responsible for the 10 OF
20 minutes of the program, and no class
is TO tell what its part of the program
is TO be. Thus the whole evenings en-
tcrtainment will be surprise.
Topics for the Sunday sermons at
the Congregational church are as fol
lows: Regular sermon, The Lasting
Power of Good Work; children s ser
mon, A Boy Who Was a Minister The
boy choir will sing Under His Wings
After the children : sermon Donald
Harrington will sing Jesus Wants Nc
for a Sunbeam. The Christian En-
deavor meeting next Sunday evening
is a pledge meeting; leader, Mrs. J. +
Soper. a girl S choir has been organ
lied TO sing at these meetings, aud
viii sing for the first time next Sun
day evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
Study Seed Catalogs.

Most of the seed concerns have IS
sued or are about to issue their an
nual seed catalogs. These should be
obtained from the large reliable seed
houses and carefully studied at this
time Of year There are undoubtedly
some new varieties of vegetables which
would warrant being tested III small
way. Every seed house comes out
nearly every years with rather ex-
tended list of new varieties, great
share of which do not warrant being
tried on. a commercial scale. There
are some seed houses which specialize
in certain vegetable seeds and these
should be patronized for these particu-
lar seeds rather than purchasing
through other seed houses that buy
Indirectly largely of the needs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
Team !
Sporting Notes.

Announcement was made last evening
at mass meeting at Hanover, y. H.,
that Dartmouth had withdrawn per
manently from participation in the New
England intercollegiate meet. The
Green team has won this meet annually
for a quarter of century with the ex
ception of four years.
In recognition of almost 20 years OF
uninterrupted service as trainer for the
athletic teams AZ Williams, the athletic
council yesterday afternoon presented
" Charlie Barrett with gold football
watch charm engraved with his name
and the words, " Williams 26-Amherst
0-l9l6.' Charlie, or Doe, as he is
known, is as familiar a name to viii
liams athletes as Connie Mack is to a
baseball fan.
There should be plenty of excitement
in bowling circles in Manchester, y. H.,
and in Boston tonight, when Paul
Poehlcr of Charlestown, Mass. and
Harold Mute Of Manchester, meet for
their second and final half Of the 90
string candlepin match for the cham
pionship of New England. The first
half rolled in Charlestown Tuesday
night resulted IN Poehler having a lead
of only IL pins. The total scores We're
l,04S and 1884. Poehler's high string
was 1875 and his low So. Mute made q
high mark OF l2l and SO was his low.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
SOUTH VERNON.

Representative Robert c. Allen was
at home over Sunday from Montpelier.
Miss Florence Weatherhead has taken
position with Wilson Bros. of Green
field, Mass.
Mrs. w. D. Johnson is i'll and her
daughter, Ionia, has come home to as
slst in caring for her
About 10000 eggs of brook trout
have been planted at the Vernon hatch
cry. and are doing we'll
Mrs. Fred Jackson. and daughter.
Miss Ethel, of Springfield, Mass. were
guests recently at Mrs. Martha Jack
sons.
A horse owned by C. f. Fairman was
badly injured by kick from another
morse last week. DIR. Richie of Brat
tleboro was called and it was necessary
TO take number of stitches.
The schools in town will SOM be
equipped with covered sanitary recep-
tacles for drinking water. They have
been ordered in compliance with the
rules Of the state board of health. ia
replace the obsolete open pals now in
use.
Many people in this place have been
III with grip, but most of them are on
the road to recovery. Among the later
victims are: Mrs. Forrest Streeter, Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Collier, c.. +. Fairman
Mrs. Merton Fairman and Mr.. and Mrs,
Herbert Jillson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

The schools opened Monday, Jan. s,
after two-weeks vacation.
a large number are or have been con-
fined to their homes with, what seems
to be an epidemic of grip colds.
Miss Nellie Butterfeld, trained
nurse, returned home Saturday from
Brattleboro, where she has had a bad
ease of grip.
Mrs Walter Curtis returned home
last week from Jersey City, \. j.,
where she has been visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bacon.
Conrad Baker, who came from Tole-
do, Ohio. to spend the Christmas holt
days with his family here, returned to
Toledo Saturday.
school in South Wardsboro last week
and Miss Olive Hall returned to her
school in Mount Holly.
Deputy State Master and Mrs. Henry
Stoddard Of Rockingham, who came
Thursday to install the officers of
Maple Grove Grange, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Minard. They
returned home Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs Calvin Reed were
called to Grafton last week Tuesday
by the serious illness of Mrs. Reed s
mother. Mrs. Maria (Reed) Woollev.
who died early Wednesday morning
at IS years of age. The funeral was
held Friday afternoon and Mr.. and
Mrs. Reed returned home Saturday
night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
COLRAIN, MASS.
The Late Frank E. Davis.

rank h. Davis. son of Freedom G.
ana Lora (Brown) Davis, was born IL
Nottingham May %, 1917, on the farm
owned by three generations of ances-
tors. lie attended the common schools,
Leland anu GRAY seminary in Town
shend and Burnham s business college
II Springfield, Mass. He spent his life
In active business WAYS, farmer, mer-
chant, station agent and general bag
rage agent for the Hoosac Tunnel 4
wilmington railroad Il wears. He held
many important offices in town, includ-
ing those of selectman and school di-
rector, for many years. also Justice of
the peace and postmaster. He was a
regular attendant at church. in early
years became a member of the Metho-
dlst church in Wilmington and later
became member of the Nottingham
baptist church, of which he was an
active member, being superintendent
OF the Sunday school, church clerk and
deacon
On August 81, 1873, he married Ida
NJ Bullard. They had two sons and
one daughter, all of whom survive
socially he formerly was member of
Deerheld River lodge, l. O. O. F., later
Joining the Masonic lodge in Jackson
vile. When the Power company
bought the farms along Deerfeld river.
ne sold the ancestral homestead and
moved to Elm Grove, in Colrain, where
ne had since lived. rounding out a life
OF usefulness and honor His death oc-
cured Dec. 20, 1916. The funeral was
held at the house, Dec "a. Rev. Harvey
Eastman officiating. He was laiI to
rest IN the family lot in Whitiasf an
| cemetery with Masonic honors conSuct
led by Unity lodge, NO. SO, F. and A. NJ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

der. Just before it reached Mack's
hands he Tipped the piece of webbing
in his glove.
You're out - yelled Lynch.
The batter turned around in amaze
ment. out? Say, didn't even offer
at the ball"
Cant help that: it's foul tip"
snapped Lynch. II heard it," And
the batter, puzzled and angry, had to
stalk back TO his bench.
Eight men bit the dust that day be-
fore Gumbert and Mack. Every once
in while Connie would Flip that web
and the batter would be out. Connie
watched the batters closely and would
finally work his trick when he saw the
man was going to swing.
1t was impossible for the umpire to
tell whether the batter struck the ball
or not, but he heard the tip all right.
Mack never gave that secret away
and he went along quite time until
finally discovered. After that time
nothing was allowed to be placed in
the glove like webbing or rubber.
Then Connie learned how to snap
his finger to make it sound like foul
tip. 1t wound up by having the rule
changed so that the batter wasn't out
except on the third strike, when it was
II foul tip. This didn't occur until the
following year, and Mack had a whole
season in which TO befuddle umpires
and hattcrs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
WHEN YOU WAKE
UP DRINK GLASS
OF HOT WATER
Wash the poisons and toxins from
system before putting more
food into stomach.
says lnslde-bathing makes any.
one look and feel clean,
sWeet and refreshed.

wash yourself on the inside befos,
breakfast llgc Won do on the outside.
This is vastly more important because
the skin pores do not ahsorb impuri-
tics into the blood causing illness,
while the bowel pores do.
For every ounce cf food and drink
takcn into the stomach, nearly an
ounce of waste material must be
carried out of the body. If this waste
material IL not eliminated day by day
IL quickly fcrmeuts and generates
roisons, gases and toxins which are
absorbed or sucked into the blood
stream, through the lymph duets which
should suck ouly uourishmcut to sus-
tain tho body.
4 splendid health measure is to
drink, before hrcakfas, each day, Il
glass OF real hot water with tea
spoonful Of limestone phosphate in il:
which is 81 harmless way TO wash
these pCieous, goscs aud toxins from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels; thus cleansing, swceteuing
and freshcniug The entire alimeutary
canal before putting more food into
the stomach
A quarter pound of limestone phos-
phatc costs bat very little at the drug
store but is sufficient 70 make anyone
Az enthusiast ON inside-bathins. Men
and women who are accustomed to
wake up with duh, aching head or
have furred tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, sallow complexion. others who
have bilious attacks, ucid stomach or
constipation are assured Of pro-
nourced improvement in both health
and appearance shortly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Church Dinner and Annual Meeting.

The ANIMAL church dinner was served
Saturday, Jan. 6, to g. in the church
vestry and after a social hour the an
nual meeting was held in the church,
at which the various reports for the
past year were read, and the following
officers elected: Clerk, Deacon Alfred
Ranney; treasurer, Deacon Walter Bux.
ton; deacons, Alfred Ranney, Ransom
Carpenter, Walter Buxton and Rollin
Ranney; ushers, Wayne Houghton and
Hilary McElroy.
Then the reports of the Church asso-
citation were read and the following
officers elected Clerk and treasurer
Deacon Alfred Ranney; assistant,
Deacon Rollin Ranney; auditor, Roland
Chapman; trustees, the four deacons
and Roland Chapman.
| The committee in charge of the din
ner this year was Mrs. Bert Houghton
Mrs. Florence Edison and Wayne
Houghton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

Pansv Oliver. who had been caring for
her, returned to her home Sunday.
Mrs. Alice johnson has hard cold
and was unable to teach school last
Thursday and Friday. She taught
Monday, but was not SO well Tuesday.
Representative L. c. Pike came back
from Montpelier Friday night and was
unable to return the first Of the week
on account Of the illness of Mrs. Pike,
who has the prevailing affection.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
Interest Here in $1,000 Cow

The sale of Holstein cows in Bellows
Falls last Friday was of much interest
locally, as Aaggie Cornucopia Twisls
Cd was sold for $4,000, the highest
price ever paid for a cow in Vermont.
She has a record of 31.40 pounds of
butter fat in seven days.
This COW was owned a few years
ago by Hugh Goodell of this place, who
still OWNS her sister. A short time ago
half sister was sold in Brattleboro
for $500 Mr.. Goodell sold her to
Seymour Minard, who now owns her
daughter, Aaggie Dummerston Cornu.
copia.
The cow was sold to f. H. Metcalf
of Holvoke, Mass, who also at the
same sale paid $500 for yearling son
of this COW. He also bought her hall
sister in Brattleboro for $500.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
STRATTON.

Vera Nose has gone to Townshend
to work.
Forrest Vose is able to be out work
ing his team again.
Will Styles and Henry Payne of West
Wardsboro worked a few days last week
cutting wood for f. c. Pike.
Mrs. c. j. Allen is able to 10 her
work alone. Her granddaughter, Mrs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
DEFER BILLIARDS IN LONDON
England During Winter-War
Is Given as Reason.

There viii not be championship
contest at English billiards In London
during the coming winter. The Bill
lizards Control club, which has juris-
diction over professional billiard
championships in England. has an
mounced that Melbourne Inman will be.
permitted to retain the title of cham
pion indefinitely.
One reason given for the decision is
that some of the championship eligibles
may be called TO the colors before the
competition can be arranged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
Sporting NeUs
ODD FELLOWS TEAM E WINS.
Beats Team C 1852 to 1920, Trout
Making High Mark.

Team f of the Odd Fellows bowling
league defeated team G last night by
score Of 1,262 to 1920. Barrie and Z.
Harris had 81 each for high single hon
ors, while Trout with go captured the
three string honors. The scores:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
Masonic Team F Has Easy Time De-
feating Team B.

Rolling over the 300 mark, team +
of the Masonic bowling league had an
easy time last night in defeating team
b by a score Of ,3O2 to 1,lS7. Thomp-
son, with los, had high single, and
Tracy carried off three-string honors
with a total of POS. The scores:
Too,,,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

Since the temporary closing of the
Panama canal it is 10 uncommon sight
TO see train OF % tank cars, contain
ing 100000 gallons of oil, in shipment
from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

New Zealand has an island nearly
three miles in circumference which is
almost entirely composed of sulphur
mixed with gypsum.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

Experiments are under way in Eng
land on a method of thawing frozen
meat without bursting its tissues so
that it will compare favorably with
fresh killed meat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

TT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE DAILY REToRMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
4O3 431 42S-l,262
ROLLED OVER 1900 MARK.

3S5 AS Ill 900
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11
JAMAICA.

The Ladies Industrial society met
with Mrs. Hamilton Wednesday after
mann
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-11

der. Just before it reached Mack's
hands he Tipped the piece of webbing
in his glove.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-23
Sian, Declares
War on Kuiser
and Chief Any

London. July 2e.--Siam has declared
that state of war exists with Ger
many and Austria. according to .
Reuter- dispatch from Bangkok. Nina
steamers. aggregating 10000 tons. have
been seized.
The object of slams declarati tion n
TO uphold the sanctity Of international
rights against nations showing con.
tempt for the principles Of humanity
and respect for small states"
All Germans and Austrinns, tha dis.
patch adds. have been placed undse
arrest and their b,lslncsses closed.
Siam. tho land of tho free, Q kim.
dom OF southeastern Asia. has Q pepu.
Iation Of probably 1bmethiaea more thaa
100000. Universal liAhillty 20 NM.
tary service on the European meal
now Is In force in al tho provlnoso ee
Siam. The peace strength ot tha as1ny
IL about $4,000 men. while tn ,naSy
consists nomtnally Of n vesssla ~ =
small size.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-23
Observer Tells How Alneri-
can Forces in Europe
Will Be Disposed.
WILL DIVIDE WORK
UNDER THREE HEADS
Supplies, Transportation and
Police to Be Directed /
Separately.
Copyright. 1917. by the Newspaper

Copyright. 1917. by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
The "Pershing Zone" will soon be a
fact. A "littlc strip of the United
States Is going to extend across
France from the American base on the
French coast to the front line Amer.
lean trenches.
After detailed investigation Of the
system established by the British and
French. General Pershing has decided
to establish a complete American con :
trolied line Of communications.
The business of maintaining an army
at the front Is like running small ma :
tion. continually subjected to a series
OF earthquakes. devastating fires.
floods. famine. plague and sudden
death. II Is a carefully planned effort
to meet the unexpected.
Fighting Only Business.
General Pcrshing's army at the front
must spend It's entire time and atten-
ton on tho business Of fighting the
enemy. But behind tho army at the
front Is another army whose business
II Il to. keep the army at the front In
condition to fight.
And the commander OFFS this "army
behind the atIny"--whose name prob
ably will never be mentioned in dis
patchcs--is. next to General Pershing
himself, the most important man on
French soil today. His modest title Is
Commander of the Line OF Comntuni- :
cations" The zone which ne COM
mands embraces strip OF territory
from and including tho base, to tho
point where contact Is made with the
trains Of the combatant forces on the
front.
10 cireulatory System.
This is the circulatory system of
Pershtng's army. It's railroad. "ar.
terics" pump forward the food. cloth.
ing. ammunition. tools and equipment
needed ut the front land its "veins'
Of steel rail- carry back to the 'heart"
atsthc base the sick and wounded, the
woen out guns for refitting. the wag-
ons that must be repaired, and the
empty vehicles which must be refilled
and sent pulsing forward again.
Before n single one Of Pershing's
fighters landed In France. groups of
staff corps men from every technical
branch of the army went with Persh-
ing ahead to make all arrangements
for receiving. supplying and forward
ing the troops. The result Is the
"Pershing Zone In France"
How docs this Zone work?
Tho commander Of the line OF COM
nuntcetions will organize II into three
administrative units: (aD supply, sani-
tary and telegraph service" III, "serv-
ice Of military railways" (cs service
OF military police
To administer and control the sup
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-23

spondents is expected to arrive tomor.
row and Join the representatives of
press associations already installed
mere. Their first duty will be to un :
dergo vaccination for typhoid. These
correspondents. Of whom there are IL.
Will be quartered In a chateau near
headquarters.
The first real baseball game which
the camp has had since its establish
ment took place this afternoon, thanks
largely to the efforts of the YOUNG
Mems Christian association, which has
organized regular company league OF
SIX teams and plans to extend Its worl,
considerably. The first troops had
hardly reached here when the repre- /.
sentatives OF the Y. NJ. G. A. were on
hand. and their hut" was one Of the
first buildings In operation.
Notwithstanding the small amount
OF material which It has to work with
the organization has already cstab-
hsh"d small circulating library
which ts In tremendous demand. and
is supplying the men with most of tho
paper on which they are writing home
1t has been able to open a small can.
teen. with English tobacco in lieu @,
american cigarettes. which have not
Yet arrived in sufficient abundance
Inc camp Y. NJ. e. A. Is In touch will,
headquarters In Paris, from which 1,
expects soon to draw materials for an
extensive cantecn and a large library
or books and magazines. Eventual,
there will be hut" at each encamp-
ment. where at stated periods the men
Will have an opportunity of enjoying
moving picture shows,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-23
Drafted MEN ENABLED
TO JOIN VOLUNTARILY

Voluntary enlistment of all regis
tered men. including those who have
been drawn among the first numbers
for service. will be permitted, accord :
Ing to orders received in Missouia
from Washington yesterday. The
Registered mon will be allowed to en-
Hst until they are ordered to report
for physical examination by the local
boa rls. Men who were not required
to registered will be accepted as usual.
Tho order Is especially important to
the Second Montana. Since the dra W :
Ing many men have applied for ad-
mission into the Montana regiment,
but no action was taken until word
was received from Washington. 1t il
expected that the regiment will soon
be filled when the new order becomes
known.
That many men prefer the thought
Of volunteer service to draft service 1,
indicated by the message of one MAR
who wired into the recruiting office,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-23
WAR GARDENING
ADDS MILLIONS

Washington, July 22.-The garden.
ing campaign has resulted In the plant
ing of more than three times the usual
number Of gardens in the United
States. with the prospect that their
products will reach the total value of
$3.50, 100000. according to an estimate
made tonight by Charles I.athrop
Pack. president of the National
Emergency Food Garden commission.
Among the states listed as having
failed to double their gardens Is Mon
tana.