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The Washington times., 1917-03-31
MOTORCYCLE NOW Is.
MILITARY FEATURE.
Porder Experience of the Guard
Shows Its High
Value.

The next time you see a motorcy-
clist chuggin serenely along the
road, look him over carefully and
speculate as. to whether he may be az
fIicted with flat feet, defective organ
ism, or any other flaws which might
bar him from military service. That
is what Uncle Sam is doing, for the
motorcycle has risen to so promi-
nent, a place in military affairs that
the event of a Sc. is war would
mean the immediate employment Ct
thousands of motorcyclists for army
service.
The Importance the motorcycle has
at. ned in the army is little realized
by the general public, whose atteD
tion has been centered on the devel-
opment of machine ms, field artill-
cry, and the army's enlisted personeL
Nevertheless the motorcycle, though
heralded by no controversies and dis
cussions in the public press, has been
coming to the front by leaps and
bounds. Already hundreds of the ma
chimes are in service along the border,
and more are being added continually.
Illustrative of its present prominence
is a letter recently sent by an army
officer, stationed on the border, to
the Hendee Manufacturing Company.
First Was Instruction School.
The letter states in part: sour
present company was organized on
May "a, 1915, with a nucleus of two
officers and forty-eight enlisted men,
with twenty-five motorcycles, twelve
being solo machines and ten with side
cars. At present the company has de-
veloped into an organization of three
officers, 100 enlisted men, forty-three
motorcycles with side cars, fourteen
motorcycle machine guns.
"The company was originally or
ganized and planned as school of
instruction for enlisted men in the
care and handling Of motorcycles,
but hardly had the company been
first assembled when the general COM
manding the district saw the urgent
necessity of constant patrolling along
the border from Sierra Blanca nine
. ty-two miles east of the Headquarters
station, to Mt. Riley, forty-six miles
vest. and patrol work was started.
To master the heavy roads while
carrying a passenger, with rifles and
equipment OF the soldiers, the neces-
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

sity Of side cars for all machines was
seen, and the cars were secured.
while the solo machine is ideal for
messenger work in the city and about
the camps on good roads, the side car
has numerous advantages in travel.
ing the country roads, and the per
centage of accidents toe the motor
cycles was reduced to q minimum by
the use of the side car.
THE motorcycle with side car has
proved itself indispensable in this
district for distant and rapid patrol
ing, to fe-enforce a threatened point
quickly, and the rapid placing of sup
ports in a given zone. As an example.
l might cite one instance in which
the motorcycle and side car impressed
us SO favorably as an indispensable
military adjunct
Requires Daily Care.
Experience has taught US that mo-
torcycIes must not be left entirely to
the care of their enlisted drivers IL
the best OF service is to be obtained
from them. As the cavalryman daily
grooms his horse, and as the officer
inspects to see that the grooming is
properly performed, so must the
driver daily care for his machine, and
t must be thoroughly inspected by a
competent officer to see that II Is
properly cared for and fit to be taken
out on a run. When the cavalry
horse becomes slightly i'll, he is i'm
rnediately placed on the sick report
and is given the attention of a vcteri
marian until such time as the mount
is again able to perform his duties
properly. When the motorcycle be-
comes partially disabled, even though
il will yet run and do its work, 1t
should not be allowed to leave the
garage unless every part is working
properly. and 1t should have the at
tention of an experienced mechanic
until such time as it is again ready
to go out"
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

own invitation. Visits to the different
show rooms will be made on the self
starting basis, because everybody Is
invited.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03

I creedS, cults, isms and Osophies Of
peace have really done to bring about
the brotherhood of man.
When the first arguments for pre-
paredness were advanced, I said to
Labor: This is YOUR opportunity,
and explained how and why. Now
that we face WAR, say to Labor:
This is YOUR opportunity, for
MANHOOD will be at a premium,
and the velvet-tOngUed heroes OF
peace will have to turn to knitting
socks for soldiers.
The news every day now is won
derfuL We have a Council for Ma
hOnal Defense. Capital and Labor
are working together to organize the
industry of the country. Doctors are
organizing the medical resources of
the country. Scientific farmers are
organizing our agricultural resources
our, food supply Engineers, in
ventOrs, scientists, manufacturers,
transportation experts, captains of
finance and industry, captains of
labOr-al classes are organizing for
a common purpose. With the or
ganizatiOn Of the parts of our social
and industrial system will come the
organization of the whole.
The great mass of labor will be
with the president and the country.
And the president and the country
will be with labor A regeneration
of the real manhood of this republic
is on.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03

wOmanhOOd But the argument fell
on ears stuffed with the cotton of ig-
nOrant greed. If war will open their
eyes and ears so they will know that
a nation must conserve its. men,
women and children, then war will
be worth while.
Billy Sunday has gone about the
country for years preaching the old
fashioned hell and damnatiOn gospel,
telling the poor that if they meekly
take what their masters give them
here on earth then they shall inherit
the kingdom of heaven. And if they
don't, then they'll go to a regular
st-tO-gOOdness hell and be tor
tured by heIlsfre through all eter-
nifty. And it is because Billy
breaches this Yes-Obey-yOUT-mas-
tiers rot that the masters pour the
shekels into Billy's OUtstTetched hat
That's one of the curses of ignorance
that has come with a piffIng peace.
But with war staring them in the
face, the masters don't want a ma
ton of supeTstitiOUs slaves, afraid of
the mythical fires of he'll. What they
want now is real men, red-blOoded
men, fearless, heroic, fighting men,
who are not afraid Of the devil or Of
any hostile foreigner who invades
our country with a bayOneted gun in
his hands. And if war puts the Billy
Sundays out of business, then war
will be worth while
When you look at England's won
derful transformation in less than
three years Of war - when you see
how the stupid nobility of that old
country has discovered and recog-
nized the nobility of labor - when
you see what wonderful strides have
been made in cooperation and in the
of industry and even
of social life itself-when you see
the truly wonderful progress toward
self-gOvernment of labor and the
benefit to the nation as a !
you may compare the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03

During the last ten years the gross
revenue of the Bell telephone system
has increased from $128,5OO,0OO to
$27O,OOO,OOO.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TUESDAY

Dr.. C. o. Schneider lectures on
Yosemite Valley and San Diego" at
Stanford park, Union av. and 18th
pl., 8 p. m.
Miscellaneous Hotel and Restau-
rant Employees union, local 874,
meets at l15 w. Madison, 8 p. NJ.
18th Ward Branch Girls First Aid
class at John Marshall high school,
2:3O p. NJ.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02

salaries. In short, I doubt If you
can make a major-league by Iegisla-
ton.
Perhaps the creation Of a merg-
ed league, with a class AAA rating,
with possibility of future expansion.
would be an answer to the enigma"
In Re Transforming.
Tener does no think the National
Commission will take any action
against the players who recently par
ticipated in a game played in Kansas
City between teams calling themselves
All Americans and All Nationals. Wal
ter johnson pitched on the Americans
and Grover Alexander on, the Nation
ais. "The commissions ruling
against transforming was taken to
curb abuses" said Tenor. "and I do
not think 1t would interfere with play
ers participating in only one game.
For instance, we wanted to protect
clubs against a pitcher pitching six
or eight games after the season. or
kindred abuses"
However, 1t is difficult to see how a
commission ruling, If properly enforc-
ed, would not apply to one game as
much as to six
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02
BROWN READY FOR
SYRACUSE ELEVEN

Providence, r. L, Nov. 2s- The
Brown Bear is now pretty well primed
for the Syracuse team, which travels
to Providence today. Playing all
around the second team yesterday, the
Brown varsity scored two touch
downs against the scrubs and gener-
ally made themselves look like FOOT
ball players. A couple Of graduates,
Barry, captain of the 1908 team, and
Sisson, centre Of the 1910 team which
the coaches and instilled some more
five men reported in all, and one Of
the most profitable afternoons of the
autumn practice was spent.
Albright, who sustained g. broken
rib, Is declared fit to play on Saturday,
but Shaw, the other member of the
damaged pair, Is still out of commits
sion. Sinclair Is the newest arrival
in Browns hospital list, and will not
play at his regular berth at tackle
Sinclair strained the Igaments of
one foot badly against Colgate and
has not yet recovered. Armstrong,
who suffered a sDrained wrist last
Saturday. will probably not be in this
weeks game for more than a short
time.
In spite of the injuries, Coach Rob
inson Is confident that his men will
put up a good argument in the game
with the Orange. Whether the Bears
football laure1s will remain unsullied
remains to be seen. Both teams are
ready and a good battle is expected
by the local men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02
EI.KS' BOWLING
LEAGUE FORMED

Eight clubs win start in the EIks'
bowling league which opens at the
club house on State street Monday
evening, Nov. IL. On the opening
night a banquet VIII be served the
bowlers in the club grill room. Sey-
eral prizes have been offered for var
ious records. The makeup of the
teams follows:
Americans. Paythen, T. Fasanellas
Herman, Osborne. Campbell, Capt.
Auth
Yankees: Kelley, Downs, Irwin,
Loewith, DIR. Schulz, Capt. Bowman
Actors: Smith, Starr. Mathieson,
Lyon, DIR. Keith. Capt. Jewett.
BattleFs: McDonough. Dr., Davis,
Bellew, Cleary, Grindiod, Capt. Nc
Coy.
Bakers: Elliott, Chadwick, Hous-
ton, Winton, Benedict, Capt. Saul
II Plumbers: Cox. 3. F'asanella, Sui
zIiyan, Prendergast.S Rose. Capt. Mon
gran.
Aviators: Barnes, Karlstron, Nc
Guinness, Cowan, Ivers, Capt. O'Don-
nell.
Trench Diggers: J. Musante. Lynch.
Carr, Fitzpatrick. Finnegan, Capt.
McGau1ey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02

Then the Informa1s took the ball
and started their attack. With Hor-
ween and Blanchard doing most of the
work, the Crimson players worked the
ball from their own 30-yard line to the
Nays 40-yard mark. A couple OF
penalties on the sailors for offside,
play put the ball +. on the. 25-yard'
mark, but here the Harvard backs
could gain no more, for the husky
Navy forwards broke through and
smeared plays before they got under
way. Hoffman then dropped back to
try for a held goal. but the kick did
not carry through.
Here there was an exchange of
punts between Enwright and Hor-
ween. With the ball near midfield,
the Navy started another drive Con-
nell opened up with a 20-yard run
and was downed on Harvard's 58-yard
line. A couple of line plays gained,
little, go
On the next play Murray shot the
ball to Casey on a. pretty forward
pass. Casey nailed the ball on the,
run. and straight-armed his way for
the remaining 20 yards and the sec
goal.
Coach LeaFy then sent in his sub
stitute team and the Harvard eleven
Immediately picked up speed and
scored two toHei7downs. Lowney~ was
forced to kick from: behind his own
goal line. In the attempt Woods
broke through, blocked the kick and
fell on the ball behind the Nays
goal. In the. last few minutes of
scrimmage Horween, Hoffman and
Works rlI11oad the line and s3ir,zaed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02

CHAIN co. TEAM
FOR TITLE CANT

Though followers of the game in
the injury to Flanagan and Gormley
Of the American Chain Co. team,
Manager Kearney remains serenely
confident with regard to the outcome
Of Sundays battle with the Wanderers
of Neponset, Mass, for the champion
ship OF New England.
He stated this morning that it was
more than possible that Flanagan
would be in shape to play Sunday, in
which case he would have only CORN
ley to replace. However, to be doubly
certain that there will be no point of
weakness in his lineup, he will bring
two new men here. He was not in a
position to announce who they will
be, but assured that they would lend
strength to the eleven. It is possible
that Pjura and Flynn may be put
into the line. but Of this also, Man
ager Kearney would state nothing
definitely.
Gormley is in rather bad shape, and
it is doubtful If he will be able to play
again for a few weeks. His knee has
gone back on him. and a. complete
rest is essential. His loss will be
keenly felt by the fans, with whom
he is a general favorite.
In selecting the Wanderers as the
attraction at Newfeld park Sunday,
Manager Kearney is bringing to
Bridgeport thes trongest aggregation
he can End in New England. AS be-
fore mentioned in these columns, the
only defeat sustained by the Neponset
eleven In two years, was q TO reverse
at the hands Of the Steam Rollers of
Providence. The Wanderers, in turn,
defeated the Orient Heights team de-
cisfvely, which aggregation had pre-
viously taken the measure of the
Steam Rollers, IA to 7. The team Is
not well known here, but is rather
banking on cleaning up in Connecti-
cut during the balance Of the season.
Among its star players are Bauch,
left tackle, who is also captain and a
former Tufts man; Davis. guard, a
regular at Lehigh for three seasons;
Murphy, a former Dartmouth end,
and the two Mou1ton brothers who
play at quarterback and ful1back.
Both have. starred at Colby in the
past. p Other prominent college play
ers have been added to their roster
in special effort to lift it up to a
strength to insure victory Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02

st. Louis critics. who; are panntng
Fielder Jones because the Browns
finished in the American League cell
lar, have nominated George Sisler for
the management of the team. Sisler
Is one of the greatest players In base
ball. He has made wonderful pro-
gress at the bat, covering first base
and in the fine points of the game.
He is college graduate and extreme
ly popular with players and fans. The
Mound City scribes argue that the
Browns will play better ball for Sisler
than for Jones, and that Owner Ball
should appoint the former at once. In
the opinion of many smart baseball
men Jones never will put the Browns
in the running, for the reason that
the players do not like him, and his
methods are behind the times.
Considering past performances, the
player manager is not a success. There
are many more failures than in
stances Of where teams under the
leadership Of man in the game have
played anything like championship
ball. There are a few exceptions
such as that of Frank Chance and
Bill Carrigan, but in the main the
greatest ball players, and those con.
sidered the brainiest on the field.
have failed t omake good when the
managerial reins have been placed in
their hands. Whether this is the fault
of the system, or is merely an accident
cannot be said. Still the fact re-
mains-most great stars placed in the
position that. Mound City scribes
would give. to Sisler, have not only
failed to bring. their team within
fighting distance of the flag, but have
also fallen off greatly in their indi-
vidual play.
Sisler Is a great player. There are
few on the diamond who excel him.
He may yet become a second Ty Cobb.
Why not give him a chance to de-
yelop?
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02
NAVY TEAM BEATS
HARVARD IS TO IL

Boaeeus NOV, z-Ihs attraction at
kEoIn3srH Field yesterday afternoon
twas . serimmaee. lasting an hour. be-
fHssu Leo, Leaxy,s First Naval District
IeIsvsn ,and the Harvard varsity in
If0nnzm1R.
The powerful and experienced Navy
Zine o. forwards and the clever rum
ming baelufield proved too tough 8
scoH1b1nation for the Harvard eleven
land the Navy won. 1912. Harvard
made both OF her scores when Coach
lLeary had removed his first string
ielevon from tina field,
Before rs minutes OF play had
te1apssd, the Navy had scored two
;kDual1dewns. Starting with the bali
on as own 40-yard line, the Navy
team REsesedsd to do things without
delay, GonnAH ronped around right
6nd Con 30 yards and placed the ball
ION HaFvard's 20-yard mark. On this
play tia Navy players disclosed some
tbeautifui interference and the speedy
Dartmouth star, Cornell, did the rest.
A forward pass, Murray to Casey,
lHstted five more yards, and an effside
tpenalty on Harvard advanced the
bail to the 10-Eard line. Tom En-
wright hit the lne three times, and
.ons The last drlSU went over for the
3zsRFH frst sampm- EnwFight failed to
ktnk M goal
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02
.ROAMER BEATS
FIELD IN FIRST
PIMLIC0 STAKE
Andrew Miller's q Noted
Gelding Gallops !. Home
Victor of So, coo Arlington
Handicap Defeats Sun
Bonnet, Ed Roche and
Others.

Pimlico, Nd, Nov. ANDREW Mill
er's true running little gelding Roam
.er accounted for the Arlington Fan
dicap at one mile and sixteenth, the
feature event of the opening day card
at the >Pfmlico track yesterday. The
track was soft and slow from the re-
cent rains and this caused seven of the
original fourteen entrants to be with
drawn. But it was, not muddy
enough to check Roaner's speed. He
waited on Naturalist to the home
stretch. where Jockey Schuttinger
gave him his head and he won easily
by two lengths. "A. K. Macomber's
noted flly Sunbonnet was second, a
length in front of the Brighton Sta
ble's Ed Roche. The race was
worth $1,000 net to the winner.
Sea Farer started the form players
off on the right road .byys leading all
the way in the first race. Silver Dart,
an excellent jumper, led all the way in
the steeplechase and won by two
lengths from Pussy Willow! w. r.
Goes Bet slipped and fell when she
landed over the jump in front OF the
would have won had she remained on
1101 4CSI DIS Sll0 was IuSEOly Sdl1OpluS
when she came to grief.
A killing was made on EyeId in
the sixth race when the daughter of
Eyebrow won in gallop after lead
ing the way from the start to the fin
ish. Eyelid. a homebred FLY, is
owned by A. L. Aste; of New York.
She was backed all over the country
Algernon Daingerfeld, assistant sec
rotary of the Jockey Club, said the
ban against two-year-olds that raced
before April / was still in force, and
that they would not be permitted to
race on Jockey Club tracks before
January 1.
Mrs. William Manley, widow of the
late president of the Maryland Jockey
Club, will donate a gold cup worth
$1,000 to the Manley Memorial Stee-s
rslechase, worth 10000, which will be.
raced for next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02
CORNELL HAS 3 ON
HOSPITAL ROSTER

ithaca, N. Y, Nov. 2-Three OF
Corneils first string men were unable
to participate in yesterdays Anal
scrfmmage of the week, the largest
number of men out with injuries since
the season began, c. F. Ackerknecht,
left tackle; Neithercott, quarterback.
and Pendleton, fullback. are all suffer
from inor ailments. The coaches arc
hopeful that the players will get back
into harness by Saturday.
Thomas. a light youngster, ran the
team while Schmidt substituted for
left tackle and q. MINER was at full.
back. The team practised great
many forward passes, and it looks as
if DR.. Sharpe will use aerial football
to a greater extent than usual frssn
now on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-02
ARMY=NOTRE DAME GAME !.
WILL FEATURE TOMORROW
Esterners' Have Developed Powerful Attack at Slight
Expense of Defensive Play-cr1tics Make Service
Eleven Slight Favorite- Penn State and Colgate
Clash on Gridiron for First Tme-Brown- Colgate and
Cornell Carnegie Tech. Battles Promise Interest.

This same combination, in possession
of the ball, is likely to be a hard one.
to stop and for that reason it is
thought that the Army Will have a
slight edge on the visitors in the final
analysis.
Brown F'avorite.
Browns victory over Colgate last
week naturally tends to make the
Providence team slight favorite
over Syracuse but there appears to be
little choice in the playing ability of
the two teams. Although defeated by
Pittsburgh, the New York State coll
legians have won impressive victories
from both Rutgers and Tufts and
there Is no question as to the power
and drive of the Orange line and
backdeld. 1t is unlikely that Brown
can lift her game for the second week
in succession, to the point shown
against Colgate and the final outcome
OF the play at Providence tomorrow
Is likely to hinge upon the so-called
breaks Of the contest.
The play of West Virginia against
Navy, Pittsburgh and Dartmouth
stamps the Morgantown team as one
of unusual all-round strength and the
meeting with Rutgers is certain to de-
velop an exceedingly hard fought
sridiron battle. Both Dartmouth and
Pittsburgh were able to defeat the
Southerners by the margin of a. few
points but it required the hardest
kind OF attack and q defense that held
firm at all times to accomplish this
result Rutgers must play better
football than she has shown in at
least two of this seasons contests If
West Virginia Is to be added to the
list Of opponents defeated
Back Cornell to Win.
In the other more important games
Of the day Cornell should win from
Carnegie Tech and Dartmouth from
Penn State but only by using the
fun power Of the elevens and holding
the opposing teams in check through
out the play. This viii be, the first
time that Penn State has ever met
Dartmouth on the gridiron and the
Pennsy1vanians are anxious to make
a strong showing against the Hanover
eleven andw will require the closest
kind of watching If they are to be de-
feated- >
On the basis Of their play against
Pittsburgh, the University Of Penn
syivania combination should win from
Lafayette by a moderate score and the
same can be said 20 be the logical out
come OF the Colgate Rochester game.
Navy Is not expected to be forced to
display her full strength to win from
Western Reserve and Pittsburgh
should triumph over Westminster
without much difficulty.
The leading games OF the day in the
East, together with the scores OF last
seasons matches where the same
1evens met, are as follows: