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Use Finger Grip

lively insensitive. Then, too, the palm
allows n great deal Of play to the grip OF
the club, while the firm grasp Of the fingers
holds II in control.
Avoid Tightness of Muscles
The golfer must avoid all tightness Of
muscles, for with tghtncss rhythm flies
away Perhaps | should say that he should
try to acquire sort of relaxed firmness.
Aside from this there are other practical
reasons in favor OF the finger grip. Those
terrible callouses on the golfers hands are
largely the result Of the palm grip Further
more, there are shots for which the palm
grip cannot be used and 1t requires the
maximum OF practice to keep several grips
in working order.
For a number OF years now l have used
but two grips In my gamc--one for all the
shots through the green and another for
putting The latter stroke stands by itself
and has nothing in common with any other
golf stroke
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-25
RUTGERS FOOTBALL MEN
WILL TRAIN ON THE FARM

Rutgers College football players win
probably hold a fall training camp this
year before college opens, but it will not
be to practice football The gridiron war
riors all of whom are under military age,
every other man on the squad having
volunteered, will get their football training
this year by helping New Jersey farmers
get in their harvests. Coach Sanford be-
iieves this will be good conditioning work
as we'll as a patriotic move.
Couch Sanford is heartily in favor of
going on with football this year provides
men needed in the army are not used He
also wants to get practically every under
graduate into the practice as a prepared
ness measure.
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UMPIRE SUFFERS BROKEN
RIBS IN LOCAL CONTEST

william Clark was hit with baseball bat
Saturday afternoon while he was umpiring
a game at Frankford, between St. Marks
and the Kearney team. Physicians at the
Trrankford Hospital said that three of
Clarks ribs are fractured
Clark refused to tell the police who hit
him. Clark lives at f732 Foulkrod street
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MN

Games. II; won. 49, lost, 2; tie. H., l..
sJost to sack Coomh- nt Ehhetl- Field hy
s,orc pf 2 10 u. Srhupp pitched the first
seven Innings. tic Robins scoring g run IN
the fourth on I'ttcher's error. nndcrton
replaced him aNd the Robins scored the Other
%pitchcd y li-nnlng tie game against
Grounds -, a,
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FRANKFORT CLUB TO HOLD
RACE MEET JULY FOURTH
Jay Patch and Mary Coastman to Meet
in Championship
Event

The Frankford Driving Club will hold q
race meeting over it's half-mile track at
Bristol pike and Deveraux street July 1.
Five events for trotting and pacing horses
are scheduled.
Jay Patch and Mary Coastman, two Of
the fastest PAGERS Of this section, will meet
in a special race for the championship Of
Frankford Both sidewheelers have beaten
2:15 over the twice-around track
Lew Mcdowell has been picked to off,
ciate as starting judge Of the Independence
Day sport.
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. a INV NV -
fairgreen; the long
irons for something
short Of the brassie
shot ; the different
loftcd iron clubs for
shorter distances, and
the niblick for ex-
tracing oneself from
hazards of all kinds,
The moment, how
ever. the beginner
golfer takes one of
these clubs in his
hand he Is confronted
with his first i'm
portantp tproblem: How
shall he grip It? Can
one grip be used for
every club, or must 1t
vary with the use to
which the club is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-25
BEN TINCUP PITCHES
ONE-HIT BALL GAME

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. June 25.-Ben
lineup. the Indian twirler on the stan Of
the Little Rock team, defeated Chattanooga
in a Southern Association game, 8 to 4, let
ting the local boys down with one hit.
Three errors accounted for the runs scored
against him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-25

MOST persons know in a general way the
lN uses Of the various clubs. They know
the driver is for shots from the tee-in
other words for the longest shots of the
rn1nn. the hrnssle for long shots off the
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~NE reason why the RED SoN are sun
[ favored by so many for winners IN tne
Smerican is their proven ability throusn
~ 1,rotcb In 1915 and in 1916 they gave
oIt needed evidence that when II came 10
'ho dusty highway near the last turn
,be,, had the stuff needed to continue the
hard grind.
white sox and Tigers have yet to prove
,bie stretch ability. Both had soft chances
last September. with long nome stay 70
worl, on while the crippled Red Sox were
w ,ha road Yet neither could get out In
front, with every advantage working their
way
The Tiger Handicap
From, eight to ten games back around
tho last of June. the Tiger case isn't hope
Loss hut the handicap is a heavy one.
Jennings stln has a irst-class hall club.
,,.ftb greater attaching power than any in
the game. An outfeld that carries Cobb
Veach and Holman is enough to iead any
gffcnslve and il is almost q certainty that
by the end Of the season Detroit VIII nave
a greater number Of hits and runs packed
away than any other club in the major
leagues.
But the Tiger defense is still we'll below
that of the Red Sox, White Sox and yam
kees--and defense Is just as important IN
baseball as the attack Detroit is pretty
st,re 70 he IN I'm the race again by late July
or August. But unless the Tiger defense
improves any Detroit pennant is still quite
a distance away.
with the New York Yanks it is still
matter Of outfield hitting strength. The CLUB
has all the stuff needed in other depart
ments and with more batting power among
the pickets would be leading CONTENDER
If Tim Hendryx continues to display the
punch and Gilhooley gets back soon, this
weakness may be covered up or filled. But
eI,l harn FNafNTo M
winning will be beyond any great hope.
The N. l.. Race
The National League race has settled con-
clusively among two clubs-the Giants
and Phillies.
Neither Cubs nor Cardinals had the
power to oust either, while the Braves and
Dodgers have lost any chance they might
have had through the handicap of ragged,
rickety start
Both Giants and Phillies have the stamina
and the machinery to keep going, and while
the odds favor the Giants, the Phillles
should not be underestimated They have
three potent factors-the pitching, the
punch and the pep-and for the last two
years they have been better through the
stretch than at any other time.
The Phlllies have the knack Of hanging
on. They haven't power enough for any
extended spurt, but on the other side OF
IL. they have the ability to rally quickly
after any setbacks They refuse to be-
come discouraged and this is vital fac
tor in any pennant race. More than one
good ball club has been wrecked by break
ing badly after few defeats.
The Giant Pace
In spite of the Phillies' tenacity, 1t is
| hard to see how they can overhaul and
| outfnish the Giants.
In Schupp, McGraw has winner who
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LONG VACATION AND 1T MAY LOSE AMERICAN
Ferd Schupp Sets Great
Record in Box of Thirteen
Wins in Fifteen Games

,.-5,. sob,,, tbe brilliant ieft-handed
,t,cber of tho New York Giants, must st"r'
n new strng Of ylctnrieS III. u.,,os tbis
,o,r and Thirteen out Of the last nI'e""
nttcbed he came "a crupper here SaturuN'
Following IL his brilliant Tccotu'
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EDDIE MAHAN, ATHLETE,
JOINS MARINE CORPS

BOSTON, Mass, June 25.-Eddie Mahsn,
former Harvard football and baseball star,
has enlisted in the marines
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GIANTS MUST ELIMINATE THE PILLS
IN TWO-CLUB CHASE FOR NATIONAL
LEAGUE PENNANT- AND VICE VERSA
Visitors Had Edge, But Saturdays Victory and
Dethronement of Schupp Give the Moranmen
Needed Encouragement to Win Present Series


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Amateur Baseball Notes

The Twentieth Century Club Of Germantown,
is without a. game for July 4 a. m. and p; m.
and would Ike 70 near from Logan a, q, stsn, e5s
West Hansberry street.
The Twentieth Ward A, c., a fast travelling
team, would like 70 book games with strong
teams giving a fair guarantee. The manage
ment would like TO hear from Cheltenham, Port
Richmond Giants and arrange return game
with the Forty-fourth Ward or the haywood
A. c. r. Block, Sixth street and Columbia
avenue,
Locust Field Club has July Ia. m. and p.
nj TO Il open for any hrBt-class home clubs.
W. Madden. S3s Armat street, Germantown,
Rensington A.. A.. has reorganised under the
10 book games with all semipTofessonal teams
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. G. Rum, Jr.,
259 East Cambria street.
Argo A. A., a semiprofessionAl team, has
from Delanco. Pitman, Delair and Norwood. ].
Daily, 11o Belgrade st. .
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Giant PLAYERS Hare Ehoesome Respect for the PhiAes

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, Era in Baseball Has Returned After Long Absence


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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-28

salute returned, he executed an about
face and strobe into the adobe build
ing.
b After him went Kato.
For an hour he sat in the Office OF
the commander in chief. industriously,
methodically putting in order all his
affairs, official as well as personal.
When there was no more to do, he
rose without hesitation, and strobe in
to the adjoining room, which had been
his sleeping quarters.
Here Kato was awaiting him-Kato
translated from the trim and soldierly
aide In the field uniform of the Japa-
nese army into a figure that might
have been conjured from some Japa-
nese print, a servile, fawning, obse-
quious figure in the robes Of his race
and humble caste.
Upon the plain canvas cot which
had been HurOki's bed were laid u
the m~agnifcently embroidered robes
Of a Samurai.
Beside the cot stood the steel trunk
which had contained these robes. n
which for many years had formed an
essential adjunct TO Huroki's travel
ing gear.
Assisted deity by Kato. Baron HUI
roEi Invested himself of his soldiers
clothing. bathed and dressed in the
robes of his nobility.
ThroueSout neither uttered a single
word.
And in silence HurOki turned and
entered the room beyond. leaving his
footwear at the threshold.
The door closed behind him. On its
other side Kato. the imperturbable
knelt and ground his forehead into
the dust Of the floor.
In one stride Baron Huroki had
passed from Mexico to Nippon. Paper
screens masked the earthen walls anC
the matched roof Of the room. Th'
floor was covered with a clean WHIT
/ cloth. In the middle Of il rested
small rug Of glowing, s~anguinary scar
let. At the edge of this small rui
1 was a low stand on which rested
jeweled dagger in a jeweled sheath.
2 Kneeling on the rug, Baron Huros
: swiftly denuded his body TO the waist
t Then taking up the dagger and draw
{ ing it from its sheath he tested II
edge and point upon the t~humbnail.
y Satisfied, he held the dagger b.
:, fore him on his two hands, outstretcf
: ed. open palms uppermost and in thi
: posture remained m~otiOnless for man
: minutes. his grave. intelligent eye
fixed in meditation upon a point. q
e scene. or memory. thousands Of mile
! removed beyond 1rrow connnt
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the grimest determination on both
sides. But wherever the tanks
moved-and nothing served to swerve
n Of these from whatever ourse 1t
chose to take-the ranks Of the enemy
melted into d~isorderly rabble Of panic
stricken fugitives.
A shell from the hOwitzer found the
Claiming hacienda and laid it in
flaming, smoking ruins about the ears
Of HurOki and his staff.
Thirty minutes after the tanks had
%inaugurated the offensive, the inva-
sion had been turned into a rOut. Tine
roads beyond the border were choked
with fugitives. Huroki and his per-
sonal aides forced their armOred motor
car through the milling mob upon the
bridge at the border and regained
Mexican soil a bare minute before an
other hOwitzer shell destroyed the
bridge utterly. and with it hundreds of
fleeing Mexicans and japanese.
The last action of the battle was an
engagement between American rough
riders and Mexican cavalry, in which
the latter, attempting TO cover the rear
Of the defeated army. were vanquished,
dissipated. sent scurrying into the
south in disorder as great as that Of
their comrades and allies whom they
had sought to save.
But in this engagement ROdman
Pillsbury fell, killed instantly in ac-
ton.
Ordering her batteries up to the
boundary line, Patria INSTRUCTED them
to shell the fugitives merci1essly. Fur
Their than this line she would not per-
NIT them to move. Nor would she per
nit n Of her decimated little army
to carry the war into Mexico.
In defending her own property
against aggression she had acted with
in her rights as a private citizen. II
reprisals were to be visited upon tbs
aggressors, hat was the prerogativs
of the government of her country-no'
her prerogative.
Thus the invading army Of Baror
Huroki and his dupes and allies melt
ed away into those s%un-baked plaini
and arid hills of Mexico, and was M
more-like the army of a dream.
SAMURAl.
In the heat of that breathless after
, noon the armored mOtorcar, a grin
gray unit of mechanism rendered onl,
the more grim and gray by its heav,
t coating of dust and the evidences o
hard usage it wore, lunged heay
lily around the wide curves of tn
military road penetrating the score
: heart of those Mexican mountains, de
= bouched on q ~downgrade with tn
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-28
At the WEDDING Feast.

In some parts Of the country it Is
the custom TO send congratulatory tele-
grams TO friends at a distance who are
being married. That is. the message
is timed TO arrive just after the ere
mony. and during the feast which us
ually follows.
Now, a certain man, a large farmer,
was about TO be married, and shortly
before the time he heard that u OF
his cattle had strayed. II being a
valuable animal, he told his bailin TO
let him know at once when it was
found. The baiif. being an econom-
zeal man. combined the two affairs.
and the happy bridegroom received the
following message just as they all sat
down to dinner:
CONGRATULATIONS. The beast is
caught. :"
L. is fair TO conclude that the tele-
gram afforded at least as much grau-
fcation 10 the assembled guests as to
the actual recipient himself.-Tit-Bits
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-28

swiftness of an angel of death into
the great valley devoted TO the allied
encampment, and drew up sharply, as
if checked by some invisible but i'm
movable barrier, before the adobe
building dedicated to the uses of the
commander in chief and his staff.
Half a dozen men, worn. haggard, ST.
lent. in uniforms stiff with sweat and
dust. alighted from the car and weari-
IL threw themselves, rather than
walked. up the steps to the veranda
in front Of the headquarters building.
Deepest d-iscOnsOlation was the key
note of their common demeanor.
In the lines that furrowed their dust
masked faces. in those red-rimmed
eyes which stared out of them. despair
was written plainly-the despair Of
gamblers Who have staked all on a
single throw and have lost.
Foremost in their number was Baron
Huroki. that arch-conspirator, that
gambler incurable-a presence of COM
handing distinction eve in the shad-
ow of defeat. disgrace. and death.
Al his heels moved his shadow. that
one whose devotion and loyalty to his
master passed even that devotion and
loyalty which was the due Of his EN-
peror-Huroki's aid de camp Of today
his body servant of yesterday. his IA
miliar spirit of all days, that japanese
who answered 10 the name Of Kato.
Their four companions were officer;
Of high rank. subordinate only 10 th'
? commander in chief of the army which
.Japan had thrown into Mexico TO co
operate with the native troops in tina.
great drive designed TO split tn
, United States asunder by invading tn
Mississippi valley via the Southwest
ern states. leaving the Pacific slope de
i, fenseless against invasion by way o
, Lower California and the sea.
As Huroki moved toward the door o
the adobe building. a japanese orderl
came out. paused, saluted stifiy. Wit
:, a countenance expressionless. an
proffered a folded paper.
Huroki recognized the form o
which incoming ~telegraphic dispatche
> we're transcribed. He could hav
bazarded a shrewd guess at the M
= ture of this communication -n pt
!, to IT. could have foretold it almo'
= word for word.
None the less he extended a stead
hand to accept it. unfolded the pape
read 1t without permitting the Sigh
=. est phase of his emotions to be r
Elected in his face. and deliberately r
folded it.
a- At pause before the doorway
~ rounded smartly on his heels and col
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-28
FIFTEENTH EPISODE
The Sting of Victory.
DARK HOURS.

It was shortly after sunrise when the
first shots signaled the attempt of
Patria Channing's little handful Of pa
triotic adventures to stem the inva-
sion Of American soil by the allied
force Of Mexicans and Japanese COM
manded by Baron Huroki.
Patria's first move, then, was to dis
patch kilograms to the nearest post of
the United States army as well as to
Washington, giving notice of the inva-
sion and asking for help.
Within an hour, japanese field bat
teries, Smelling with shrapnel the ad-
vanced trenches which commanded the
international boundary line, had rem
dered them untenable and japanese
infantry had swarmed over them in
pursuit of the retreating defenders.
At the same time Baron Hurok and
his staff, taking possession of Patrta's
hacienda, had converted 1t into field
headquarters. From its patio Huroki
directed the efforts of his troops to
overcome the resistance Of the de
tenders.
The latter had meanwhile occupied
their main Entertainments, a far strong
er position f%urrowing the ridge of
range of low hills lying back of the
hacienda and something slightly less
than a mile north of the border line
Here they took root s%tubbornly. De
spite the disparity between their mum
bers and those Of the invaders, the.
threw back charge after charge o
Japanese and Mexican infantry. with
ering and blasting them with the ms
chine-gun fire which sprayed the tel
rain with death as a garden hos
sprays a lawn with life; while thei
batteries, cunningly secreted back q
the hills and directed in mastery fast
ion. kept the guns of the invaders to
busily on the move to permit their d.
ing much damage to the trenches.
But if the defenders fought with III
shakable determination and fearless
ness. they fought with despair in The.
hearts. For their commanding elevi
ton permitted them to overlook a
the land between them and the boun'
ary. and they could hardly help beir
appalled, by the flood of allied trooI
which was sweeping across the DO
der and ~arraying against them.
Again urgent prayers for aid we
dispatched to the authorities.
AS before, they gained no acknoV
edgment of any sort.
Failing to take the main Ill
trenches by assault, Hurokt order
his forces to fall back and dig thel
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manded the wandering interest Of his
tagged staff with a single glance, MS
pose gestureless. With a single Inn
pulse they stifened 10 attention.
After a he addressed then
10 a level and toneless voice, with
the manner Of one imparting informa-
ton concerning a person Of particular
unimpOrtance.
Gentlemen" said Baron Huroki, 1T
becomes my duty to impart TO you GER
tain advices. / have here a message
from his majesty, the emperor
He paused to make obeisance to the
efigy symbolized by that name.
81 need hardly remind you that, up
on the untimely death, day before yes
terday, Of the late commander in chief
Count NOgi, l. acting on authority
vested in me by his imperial majesty,
assumed the functions Of commander
in chief, and in my supreme discretion
initiated that invasion Of the United
States which was the ultimate pur-
pose Of our presence in Mexico. Fol
this action / assumed. prOfessed, and
accept full responsibility.
"That my action vas ill-advised Is
beside the point. 1 alone was, n am
liable for its consequences. The onus
Of failure rests upon a single head
my own.
by my lack Of sound judgment my
haste and rashness, 1 have brought
down defeat upon our forces, l have
needlessly sacrificed unnumbered Eel
low servants of his majesty, the EN-
peror. I have wrought confusion witt
his imperial designs, l have set a
naught his ends.
$50 be II. / explain without attemp
to %extenuate the consequences OF m.
madness. l accept without protes
the penalty Of failure.
I "The command of our scattered AM
: shattered forces 1 resign to you
2 capable hands. You are instructeI
to reorganize them as quickly a
possible and withdraw from thi
j part Of Mexico, marching westward
: to effect a junction with the army en-
s camped at Magdalena Bay. This 20
will do not only with all possible ez
petition, but with all feasible secrecy
81 have n request to make of you
: pity; if it be within your power,
q would like my dishonored body to b
conveyed to Nippon for burial.
y Gentlemen, 1 go to join my for
Z fathers, in full confidence that IN
? honorable fashion of my death wi
e secure for me the freedom Of the
t company"
: Huroki ceased to speak, drew hin
e self up and saluted his staff. TIL