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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Another Narrow Squeak

In 1914 at Ekwanok, Ouimet, who
had beaten Vardon and Ray the fall
before, became amateur champion for
the first time.
But he came within an ace Of fading
out in his first round He drew Max
Marston for starter and Marston was
at the top of his game. The two were
having nip and tuck time of it until
the middle of the last round-either
the thirteenth or fourteenth hole.
Ouimet topped his tee shot into a ra-
vine forty feet deep, while Marston
raped clean drive down the course.
In nine cases out of ten the lie in this
ravlne would have been unplayable. AS
it was Ouimet had fair wallop at the
ball, took a full swing and let fly The
bali not only came safely out, but car
ried another trap ITO yards away and
dropped within 6 feet of the cup. In
place Of losing this hole Ouimet won
it with against par 4, and finally
won the match l up. Those who recall
that yawning chasm full of rocks, sand
and underbrush will understand what
it means to even play out safely and
finally nail with a 5. With that close
turn behind him Ouimet sailed ON
through the field, overthrowing Jerry
Travers in the final round. Ouimet's
first and only. amateur championship
hung upon that one shot, despite the
wonderful golf he played the rest of
the distance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Horses Take War Names

Horsemen are beginning to use
names made famous in France by our
troops for their horses. Sam B. Hast
ings, of Boston, has practically de-
cided on yankee Division" as a mon
ECKER for one of his Echo Todd colts.
and II. l.. Handy, the local horse lover,
deciding Hastings has used good judg-
ment, claims Rainbow DivisionS for
one Of his youngsters by Royal Watts,
2:181s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Tennis Doubles
Postponed for a W eek

The final round match in the mems
doubles at the University Heights
Tennis Club, scheduled to be played
this afternoon, with Vincent Richards
and Allen Behr facing Ichiya Kumagae
and Harold l.. Taylor, has been post
poned until next Sunday afternoon at
2:3o o'clock. Richards and Kumagae
have an engagement to play in Phila-
delphia this afternoon, which accounts
for the change in plans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
st. Peters Triumphs
Over Cadets by Ill TO z

ST. Peters Prep swamped the New
York Military Academy nine by a score
of II to in their annual baseball
game at Cornwall, n. Y, yesterday.
O'Keefe was complete enigma 70 the
cadets, who collected only three hits
after the first inning. O'Keefe had
fourteen strike-outs and collected three
of the fourteen of st. Peters hits.
The score by Innings:
T.. HI
st. Peters. 6 Q oo2 Oil - 0
New York;. 2 0 0 G. I z
Batteries-St. Peters. O'Eeefe and Cal.
houn; New York. Rogers. Olson and Gsne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
The Allotment From Fate

A few years ago Oswald Kirkby,
twice metropolitan champion, was a
contender in the Jersey championship
at Englcwood.
In the first round he drew a club
mate, Fl. V. Seggcrman. In this round
Seggerman played remarkable golf,
finishing with 70 despite a bad last
hole. Kirkby had also been playing
fine golf, but coming to the final green
he was still one down. This hole is 100
yards in length. Kirkby, who had the
honor, hooked to the rough, we'll to the
left, and when Seggerman hit fino,
high shot, strnight for the pin, the
match looked to be over. But the ball,
after landing on the green, tricklcd
over into n trap beyond. Even then
the odds were all with Seggerman, who
only needed half. Kirkby got his a.,
and Seggerman, who played out safely,
ran his approach putt up to within 2
feet of tho cup. The putt for half
that would have eliminated Kirkby in
the first round hit the back of the cup
and then hoped out, quiverng upon
tho lip. but never dropping in again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
O'Dowd Would Return

Mike ODowd, the St, Paul middle
Ygeight claimant Of the sDS- pound
fHamplonsbip, Is anxious TO return TO
ne United afates for "a number of ring
battles. o'Dowd advised hia mother
mat ne expected ~ be back about July
]. lie IL attached IN the 18Th Engi-
paris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Tales of O. Wayside Tee
By GRANTLAND RICE

BY that margin Kirkby, who won the
extra mole bagged the championship,
beating Max Marston in the final round
on the fortyfrst hole in one of the
greatest contests Of the year. All Of
which goes to show what narrow
span there frequently is between fame
and failure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

The intricacies Of Fate and Fame
are shown again in Jerry Travers's
close call at Garden City in 1913. He
was playing none too we'll in the last
round, having developed the tendency
to heel his irons, one of the most
wrecking Of all faults.
AS it was on the homeward journey
he dropped several long puts, one or
two for twenty or thirty feet.
At the short home hole he was badly
trapped and in the ensuing struggle to
recover finally needed an eight-foot
putt to get seven and thereby tie for
last place in the qualifying round
If one of those long puts had failed
to drop, or if that last one had stayed
out, Travers, after winning the cham
pionship the year before, would have
been completely out of it. AS it was he
barely slipped through with eleven
others when Heinie Schmidt, in the
playoff, took seven on drive and
pitch hole. Once safely inside by q
margin as thin as the segment of n
toy balloon Travers proceeded to elimi-
nate Francis Ouimet eand finally win
for the fourth time.
The gap between rank failure and q
great triumph in this case was the
matter of a surn of the coin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Pitcher Fans Seventeen

Michigan has a pitching sensation in
Parks, who, twirling against Indiann
University recently allowed one hit
had ten strike-outs in four innings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

'O1e out when winning run was scored
Toronto o 3 0 ! 0 0 0 0 0 0 o.
J. CITY a 0 0 2 0 @ 0 0 o If

Two base hltB--Gonzalcs, Schweitzer
Stolen aseg--Iscnnnn, Onsiaw Sacrinco
hits--Gonzalcs. Whitman. Putcil, Biemillcr
Double piays--Sch wcitzer. De Neville
ieN on bases--~Jorsey City, 13. Toronto
- First basc on crrors-~Jersey City Q
toronto, 3. Base on bals--Or Peterson
q; on Justin, !; OFF Schacht. 4. Hits--
on Pstereon. In Ia innings. Struck
ont--'ty peterson. 4; by Jusiin, 3: by
Scha@hs, ]. Winning pitcher--Schncf1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Southern Association

Atlanta. 3. New Orleans, 8.
Birmingham. 4 Mobile. ..
Little Rock, 2. Chattanooga, 0,
Memphis. !; Nashville. 3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
At OakInont

This status will exist with more
complications than ever at Oakmont
for the next amateur championship
With Travers and Ouimet back in
tournament play, the Big Four-Trav-
ers, Ouimet, Evans and Gardner-will
find rough battle at almost every
turn from field composing Kirby,
Jones, Marston, Anderson Sawyer,
Fownes, Adair Guilford. White, Max
we'll, tho two Edwards and a crop Of
youngsters who have quietly went
along in the last two years.
There will be few chances to rest
along this trail, where q one day lapse
may drop title aspirant at any turn.
There is good bit of luck one way
or another in this, for leading favor
lite may now bump again an outsider at
any moment riding for the day at the
top of his game playing his head Off
just long enough to remove cham
pion.
This means the heavy strain of care
full, consistent golf all the way-where
not only fine golf but exceptional phys
ical condition is needed to meet the
test.
In this respect the 1919 champion
ship will be the hardest test Of all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

Copyright. 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
Championship glory in Scotia's emf
nent pastime often hangs by a slender
thread.
Just a little turn one way or an
other may upset the entire arrange
ment of future results.
In one of the last Of the British
championships j. Fl. Taylor had to sink
a twelve-footer on the home green to
even qualify. Sinking q twelve-footer
under these conditions is no light as
signment. The ball barely fluttered
into the cup. If Taylor had missed that
putt we would have had many stories
Of Taylor's lapse from old form, Of
his drop from the old heights AS it
was, he then went forth and won the
British open.
The wide gap in his case between
not even qualifying and winning the
championship swung upon lone and
difficult putt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
CLINTON
ZAR<oEH
International League

GAMES TO-DAY
Buffalo at Newark (two).
Toronto at Jersey City (two).
Rochester at Reading.
Binghamton at Baltimore.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Jersey City, S; Toronto, a Us in).
Newark, S; Buffalo, 4; az in.
Reading, 2; Rochester, 0.
Reading, 8; Rochester, O.
Binghamton, 8; Baltimore, S,
Baltimore, 16; Binghamton, S.
STANDING OF TEAs1S
w. l.. Pct w. l. Pet
Reading 1000 Buffalo.... l 2 1888
Jer. City / .667| Toronto.... 2 .333
Newark. .667 Roch't'r... l 6 $50
bltim're 500 Bing't'n... l 3 $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

in the On
the Harvard Stadium Below
men at the emile tn East
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
GOLF

McKonna privus and Rrassicx ervxssI Md,
j. J. MckENNA
BElI-ECLAIRE GOLF and COUNTRY cf.uB.
RSsAnE. l. L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

Totals .45 10 t83 10 q Totals IA 10 SO IL 2
sBatted for Rose in eighth.
'None out IN twelfth when winning run
scored.
Newark .......1 2 0 0 1--5
Twobase hits-McCarron, Strait ca,
Sergeant. Harris, Bruggy Three base hits
Letter, Harris, Miller Stolen base
Miller Sacrifice hit-Shay.. Double plays
-Bruggy and Miller; Sergeant. Miller and
Bruggy. Left on bases-Newark, u; Buff
falo, 8. First base on errors-Newarl1, 3
Buffalo. l. Base on balls-Off Henson
off Rose, 2; off Witse, l. Hlts-Off Rose
In innings off Wiltse, e in innings
I5it by pitcher-By Rose (Letter) by
Wiltse Getter); by Jensen (StraiD
Struck out-By Jensen. s; by Rose l.
Winning pitcher--Jensen. Losing pitcher
MNtse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
AUTOMOBILES ron SALE

tho bodies, f@te model: driver,
rHaer. O. H., iss Trihune ofies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
The score

Totals BOA 81 II Of Totals so1aaAya
n. \. university.... o 0 o Oil
Crescent A. C...... x-4
Two-b base hit-Heath. Double play
Griffin to Lowe. Bases on bails-Off Brv-
ant, l; off Delaney, 1. Struck out-By
Bryant. 4; by Delaney. Q. Umpire-Cari
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

Several athletics who have returned
from the war in Europe are preparing
themselves for the senior Metropolitan
cross country championship run over
the Van Cortiandt Park course on May
II. The Paulist Athletic Club hopes to
turn out the winning team With the &C
QUESTION Of Pat Flynn, Harry McGinn
and Frank Guns, the A. E. f. champion,
all three Of whom are former distance
champions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

Close to 200 runners will start in the
six and half mile open handicap road
run Of the Morningside Athletic Club
this afternoon. The contest will start
and finish at Manhattan Casino, 154th
Street and Eighth Avenue, and will act
as a good trial for The Bronx to City
Hall race next Saturday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
MOTHERS BIBLE SAVED LIFE
Waukeean Soldier Says Book Defect.
ed Bullet That Hit
Him.

Waukegan, nl.-A little green Bible,
which was given him by his mother,
Mrs. Enoch Palm, when he went to
war, and which he carried in the
right-hand pocket Of his vest, saved
the life Of Corporal William Palm of
this city, who returned home from
overseas with two wound stripes and
a series of stories about his adven-
lures In the Argonne woods.
1.-THE shells were coming over real
lively" declared Corporal Palm, In re-
lating his narrow escape, land I was
hunting for a nice comfortable shell
hole. | spied one and saw a dead
soldier In 1t. 1t is regarded al bad
luck to refuge In a shell hole where
there are dead, so / looked further.
Just as l leaned over to peep into an
other one, a bullet struck me. It
plowed through the book and explod-
ed. While 1t wounded me, the book
had DETECTED 1t so IL did not pene-
trate far. The fact that / leaned over
just at the right moment and the
presence of the book saved me from
getting a place beneath the daisies"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
Criterion of Civilization.

1t Is impossible to contemplate WIN
out interest the struggle made by
different nations, as they emerge from
barbarism, to supply themselves with
some visible symbol Of thought
that agency by which the mind Of
the individual may be put in commu-
nication with the minds of g whole
community. The want of such a SYM
Dol Is itself the greatest impeachment
to the progress Of civilization. For
what is 1t but to imprison the thought
within the bosom of Its author,
or Of the small circle who come in
contact with him, instead of sending
1t abroad to give light TO thousands
and to generations yet unborn Not
only Is such a symbol an essential ele.
ment Of civilization, but it may be
assumed as the very criterion Of civ.
illzation, for the intellectual advance
ment Of a people will keep pace pretty
nearly with its faculties for intellectual
cOmmunication.-William Prescott In
''The Conquest Of Peru"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
BULGARIA's WAR DEBT HUGE
Total Indebtedness Nearly Equal to
Entire Wealth Soaked" by
Germany.

Sofia, Observation-Disclosures Is facing
a financial crisis, 1t Is asserted. The
war cost the country more than ST.
5OO,OO0,0O0. while Its estimated wealth
Is only $4,000, 900, 900. The national
debt before the war was $16O, OOO,O OO.
OF the national debt as 1t now
stands Bulgaria owes to Germany
$660,OOO,0OO, which was advanced In
$10,O0O.0OO installments, but last win
ter Germany discontinued this prac-
tice and demanded payment for NUM-
tons in cash. Germany, evidently,
wigs not In the business Of helping Its
allies for nothing. as the prices clear
ly indicate. For each mask 1t charged
SIG and a sheepskin. as compared
with the cost of a similar article for
the United States army in England of
$3.50.
Financial experts agree that the
solvency Of the country can only be
preserved by the presentation of cOun-
ter-claims against Germany.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
SENTENCE HUN LIQUOR MEN
coblenx Merchants Get Heavy Fine In
First Yank Military Com
mission Case.

Coblenz.-Sentences of six months
Imprisonment and fines of 100, O0O
marks each have been imposed on
Matthias Scheid and Jacob Ring, Ger
man wholesale liquor dealers charged
with bringing brandy into the Ameri-
"a occupied area by misrepresenta-
tons. 1t was announced at Third army
headquarters.
The cases were on trial before a
military commission headed by Brig,
Gen. Harry Bishop. The findings We're
approved by Major General Dickman.
The sale of cognac is prohibited.
Scheid and Ring are wealthy. They
have been In business in Coblenz for
years. This was the first military
commission case tried In the occupied
area.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
Has Biblical Sanction.

The American Humane Education
society thinks it has made a point by
showing that "Spare the rod and
spoil the child" cannot be found in
the Bible, but was written by Samuel
Butler In 1863. Butler probably got
the alliterative spare and spoil from
Ralph Venning, who used 1t in 1649,
but the idea goes back to Proverbs
Is "a: "He that spareth his rod
hateth his son but ne hat loveth him
chasteneth him be. mes" We are
with the Humane society (and the
chastening) in questioning the dOmt-
nance of unselfish love in the average
Christening" but caLnot approve of
its ~quibbling as to the quotation, so far
as substantial sanction goes.
But most people wo<ld be surprised
to learn that the ex.ct words were
not scriptural, just AZ they would he
to learn that there IL no direct state
ment about the lion and the lamb ly-
ing down together. Many still think
GOD tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" Is from the Bible, although
Sterne quoted 1t, without credit.
from Henry Estienne. Wesley's vague
quotation Of an ancient Hebrews
Cleanliness is mex to goodness"
sounds like Bible. Numerous pas.
ages from hymns are also erroneously
ascribed to scripture.-New York
Times.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
SHORT OF CLOTHES
Derby Hats and Uniforms Often Seen
on Streets Of British
Metropolis.

London.-The cost and the shortage
Of civilian clothing combined with the
rapid rehabilitation of the army
have resulted In the appearance on
the streets Of London OF many make
shift combinations Of clothes.
The other morning in the Strand a
recently demobilized soldier strolled
along wearing a derby hat, a lounge
coat and khaki riding breeches and
puttees.
Norfolk jackets and khaki Stacks
are quite common wear. Several men
can be seen using service tunics as
sports coats. gray buttons having been
substituted for the brass ones. Uni
forms are now regarded as personal
property and the war Office does not
desire their return, so. apart from
throwing them away, It IL dificult to
know what use to make Of them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25

- - " 10 WO1xA IN K@Uz8U II C31E08&M8
Dom miss THIS. Tut GU this Slip N Mrs.. Efaw, Boz 81, Bennett, Wis,
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Sheffield Ave, Chicago. Ill.,, writing Honey an Far for colds an find it
urname IN address cearly You will great h children all III for 1t when
receive in return a trial package con-they see h bottle nd ask for more"
tanning Foley's Honey m Tar Com Containsn o opiates, safe ant harmless
pound for coughs cold and Group: Fo-but gives prompt relief to coughs colds
ley, Kidney Pills an Foley athartccrou and whooping cough. Sold EVERY
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
need GIRL L|NGWSTS
Are Very Much in Demand at
Peace Meeting.
Women Who Know Several Languages
Can Demand Their Own
Terms.

London.-The woman who knows
other languages besides her own is
reaplng. q rich harvest now and she
is likely to become more valuable as
time goes on, not only TO herself, but
to her country.
For months before the peace confer
ence in Paris, the British government
searched through the thousands Of
women and girls employed In different
departments, finding out those who
could speak and write French fluent
ly, those who were able to translate
N tongue into the other ~idiomatical-
ly, using the words which have come
into currency In the last few years
in both. AS the English are not a ma
ton of Linguistic there vas not a great
harvest, but those who had tongues in
their heads are receiving their reward
in generous proportion.
The chief members Of the British
and American delegations have conf
Dental woman secretaries, who have
been chosen as individuals because
they had special qualifications; those
who are able to speak three or four
languages-English, French, Italian,
German and Russian-are so much In
demand that they can command their
own terms. Incidentally they stand to
be killed with overwork during the
next six months.
But Of course, just being a linguist
is not enough In these days of delicate
international relations. In order to be
of any use to their chiefs these wom-
en- have got to be Anglo-Saxon bred,
and must be right up to the minute In
questions of the day in their w coun-
tries. And they must have me other
gift which every day Is proving more
and more valuable; they have got to
possess political instinct, which 1t has
lately been proved a great many wom-
en- do possess In even larger proper
ton than men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
DROWN SO SERBS
IN CHURCH WELL
FrightfuI Tale Of Bulgarian Fe-
rocity Comes to Light
From Serbia.
MANY TORTURED and KILLED
Citixens Of Leskovatz Are Bound Hand
and Foot and Cast to Their Death
Valuable Machinery is
Damaged.

Leskovatz, Serbia. - In Leskovatz
there Is a church.
Under the church a well.
In the well the bodies of fifty citi-
zens of Leskovatz were found
drowned.
Their arms and legs had been tied
and they had been thrown into the
water by the Bulgarians when they
swept over Serbia, a citizen of the
town Of Leskovatz told me.
He also said that a good many of
the leading citizens of L~eskovatz,
priests, school teachers and such, had
been deported-as those left behind
understood-into Bulgaria. But that
just lately they had been finding in
the foothills of the mountains over
which the road went, graves in which
thirty, forty and fifty of these citizens
had been buried, after having been tor
tured and killed.
Large Factory There.
In Leskovatz before the wal stood
one of the few large factories in Ser
bia.
1t had been making wooden cloth for
army uniforms and also linen cloth.
The buildings had been filled with
expensive machinery imported from
Austria and Germany.
When the B~ulgarians came they put
up the machinery at auction to enter
prising citizens of Bulgaria, and many
of the machines carry tags or are
chalk-marked with the names of the
successful bidders.
They had not been able to transport
all the machines before the Serbians
came back, though a great many had
been moved, but all those which could
not be removed had been cleverly dam
aged, almost beyond possibility of re
pair.
All Machinery Damaged.
All the engines, all the various ma
chimes for the manifold operations re-
quired In the manufacture of cloths
had been damaged at some vital spot.
All the leather belts and even the
leather attached to rollers had been
cut away. The boilers had been made
useless.
1t is an open question whether the
machines can be repaired, and If re-
pair were possible, as to whether II
would not cost more than to take a
fresh start.
The owner, one of the few capital
lists of Serbia, seemed to take an al.
most melancholy satisfaction in hav-
ing us see how his life work had been
destroyed. He seemed too old, too
broken and too discouraged to take
a fresh start.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
Characteristfc.

A Kansas City street car motOrman,
newly married, took his bride out on
his run with him. He drove for two
blocks, and then she took the con-
troller. That's about the distance
most bridegrooms get before the con-
troll is taken away from them, and
then all they do the rest of their lives
is to oren and close the front door,
Kansas City Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
HAD $500 PENNIES ON BACK
Customer Brought Money to Bank In
Feed Sack Over shoulder.

A man carrying a half-flled feed
sack over his shoulder stepped into 6
bank In Seymour, Ind, and took his
place In the waiting line before the
teller's window. When 1t wns his turn
the man emptied the sack on the our
ter. He had $500 pennies.
The customer operates a chain Of
weighing machines and had just made
. collecting trip.