Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-06-15

RATE OF FIRE SYNcHRoNlZED
WITH REVOLUTIONS OF THE
TRACTOR PROPELLER.
BASEBALL CAPTURES LONDON

American Army and Navy Team
Draw Big crowds-6ritish Officer
in v. S. Give instruction in Ga
Defense.
The Browning machine gun has sue
cessfuily undergone a test to deter
mine its value for use with aircraft
This is one Of three types of machine
guns with which the rate of fire car
De 50 synchronized with the rev0lu
lions of the propeller of a tractor air
plane that the gun can be fired by the
pilot of a combat plane through the
revolving blades.
Airplane propellers revOlve at from
900 to 1000 revolutions per minute
The machine gun is connected VITA
the airplane engine by a mechanical
or hydraulic device, and impulses from
the crank shaft are transmitted to the
machine gun. The rate of fire Of the
machine gun is constant and it's fire is
synchrOnized with. the revolving pro-
peller blades by wasting" certain
percentage of the impulses it receives
from the airplane engine and by hav-
ing the remaining impulses trip or pull
the trigger so that the gun fires just
at the fraction of the second when
the propeller blades are clear of the
line of fire.
The pilot operates the gun by means
Of lever which controls the circuit
and allows the impulses to trip the
trigger.
"As the latest wonder of the world
London has taken to baseball" says
q committee on public information
representative in London. "The Eng
fish never before had much use for
our great game They called it an ex-
eggeratcd form of FOUNDERS and Won
de:ed what the noise was all about.
but the American and Canadian sol
d;ers in England have been educating
them.
"A regular league Of eight teams has
started summer schedule, and the
English public is learning what it has
missed. Big crowds witness the game
which is played every Saturday, and
the sport bids fair to become widely
popular. Here is the way Thomas
Burke, the slort-stOry writer, reports
game III the London Star OF May
Y.
"Last week l discovered baseball.
Tao E,a:ch between the Army and
Navy teams was my first glimpse of
laS;.:ic that has captivated Il CONT
ncnt. aAJ can well understand its APP
w>:i to Il modern temperament. Be
Iiave Elr. its good goods. And the
cva,ti, had heard and read much of
baseball fans and their method Of root
in; !,;i: my conceptions were nothing
L"::," Tie real thing. The grandstands,
cruvt.cI with army and navy fans.
i,r:s:ling with mcgaphOnes and tossing
hats and demcniac faces, would have
L:"t!c Il superb subject for Autograph
l:y 81 Frank Bragwyn.
) The g:.lle got hold of me before
The fist pitched ball. The players in
:ln.ir hybrid costumes and huge gloves.
the catcher in his gas mask, and the
movements of the teams as they prac-
ticed runs shook me with excitement.
Then the game began and the roofing
began. In past years have attended
various football matches in mining dis
tricis where the players came in for Il
certain amount of Raging, but they
were church services compared with
the furious abuse and hazing handed
to any unfortunate who failed to play
ball.
"'There was, for example, an explO-
sive, rcverberating "A-h-h-h-h-h" Which
have been practicing in my back yard
ever since, but without once catchin.
its true quality. You should have
heard Admiral Sims. as college yell
lc:hcr. when the Navy made a home
run Lit, with his Alta boy; oh, alta
way to play ball." and when they got
ati error he sure handed the Navy
theirs
"Ycs; I've got it. From now on I'm
fan. Pm going to see every baseball
match played anywhere near London.
SEaH never be able to watch with ex-
citc,n"nt Il cricket or football match
.ficr this; it'd he like IL tortoise race.
Come along with me to the Eext match
and join me in roofing and in killing
the umpire"
In March and April the secretary Of
agriculture, on recommendation Of the
office of public roads and rural engi-
nccring. approved 212 state road-bui!d-
ing projects involving more than $500
miles Of highways under the federal
aid road act. The estimated cost of
these improvements to the states is
about y1j,OOOOOO. The federal aid al
lowed is more than $5,OOO,OOO.
BOttIers of soft drinks in the United
States may save approximately $4,000