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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-03
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest From Various Parts
OF the State.

Nine cases of diphtheria are under
quarantine in St Johnsbry.
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ince for general proficiency.

About three weeks ago a Winooski
machine shop proprietor shipped a
casting to the ancient city of Yer
gennes, where it was much needed at
the pumphonse of the water depart
ment After a weeks delay it was
traced to a backwoods town in New
Jersey 20 niles OF the railroad, where
the casting was taken FOR heather
idol II was released and Is expected
in Vergennes very soon.
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( Friday, January 3, 1919.

II is now G ,ernor Albert E. Smith
OF New York. He should expect
many an Office seeker around with the
You Know me, Az line OF talk.
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Eleven in the family of William Cor
don of Milton are i'll with the iniiu-
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Subscription Rates.
xpnsNn az xssocrArnD Press

The Associated Press Is exclusiv ely
entitled to the use for publication of
all news dispatches credited to It or
not otherwise credited In that paper
aud also the local news published
tr--Atn .t EM
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DIZZINESS, CONSTIPATION

bad taste IN the mouth. dcspondency
or the blues and other miserable
ailments call attention to the liver. II
is torpid. Take Hoods Pnls-they
rouse the liver and relieve all liver ills.
They are the old and favorite family
cuthartic. Purely vegetable. Gentle
ana thorough. 25c. All druggists.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
RIFLE MATCHES ID
 BEGIN JANUARY 31 B. A. c. Will Have Strong Team Entered-Tackhole le
 Lee a Crack Shot

The National Rifle Associations an Eusl indoor series of matches will be- gin February II. Entries close January Sl. The entry list this year will ex- ceed 500 teams of 10 men, which means that more than 5,o0O competitors will line up for the ten-weeks struggle for supremacy.
 The Brmingham Athletic Club team, of course, will be entered, as has been their custom since the inauguration of these matches by the association. All of the more prominent cities of the coun- try have teams entered and some have several. Birmingham is always a close contender for team honors but has never captured tho indoor series although it won the outdoor series in 1915.
 No team in the country is better known, however, than the E. AfC. az gregation on account of Capt. T. K. Lee being a shooting member of it. he hav- ing captured every series average since he began shooting in 1912 on the local team. Many worlds records are chalked door shooting. In the shooting world he has kept the old Athletic sCiub in the limelight continuously.
 The team this year is composed Of the folowing: Mrs o. l.. Carl. O. l., Carl, A. r. deFuniak, Carl deFunak. Person Moore, Henry Jones, Lieut. ]. O. Moore, Paul McCartn, Capt. r. Finn, Dr. Percy Reid and Capt. T. K. Lee.
 Shooting is done at a distance of 75 feet. No artificial support is allowed for the rifle, hand or forearm. Only 9 caliber arms permitted. twenty official shots each match 10 matches for
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series. Ten ring measures about two thirds the size of dime The ''possi- hle' means 20 consecutive shots mast go through the 10 ring. The associa- tion at Washington furnishes officiaf supervision over the shooting to see that all rules are enforced in each city where a club competes.
 The B, A. C. has now equipment this year. nearly ever% member having pur- chased new rifles of tho latest modes Lee is betting new one just received from English makers, who specialize q, small bores. The B. A. C. has donates 10 medals, a gold, silver and eight bronze, for the highest scores on the local team Other trophies are given by the association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
|IAJOR LEAGUES ID
 PLAY 1920 SEASON ! ON NORMAL BASIS
|eams Will Be Allowed Six
 Weeks Training Time. Schedule Calls For 154 Games

*Everybody interested in baseball is biiant over the fact that the National hague club owners at their annual tceting in New York freeu themselves Ion wartime policies. They have de-
 fed to allow the players six weeks in #liich to get into shape at the training Earters instead of four weeks, as was kc case last spring. A schedule of l54 |FSaIes instead of 1f0 will be played. The Es league races will start on or about |pril IA.
 Hn making our last years schedules the Eisnates iabored under the impression Eat the fans were not prepared for Esebsslf on it's normal basis and the |neral unrest that existed throughout 2 country prompted them to limit the Easoq to 10 contests. After the sched- les had been adopted, however, Sun lay baseball in New York was legalized kid lefcre the season was half over the |ub owners in each circuit realized that mistake was made when it was de- Iced to curtail the races. Fans were |lngry for the game, but it was impos- Ebc to stretch the races.
 Next season the game will be oper-
 yg. on it's normal basis. Each club will
 hMf Y home games and the same num- En cf battles will be decided on foreign ]. Wnonds. The races will come to a
 f | about October 3.
 U Ioelng the team six weeks in which lo,llt the players in shape means that Hans will receive news from the |uoSslern training camps about MarcI l. En spring several clubs did not begin f,lr southward journey until late in fst month The short period in which Be smanasers had to get the players in Ipe. for the pcnnant races was han Eafp. and several of them, especially le veterans who are slow in rounding |to(. shape, came north without having E88the sufficient amount of prelimi- bFy work under southern sunshine. The ste start also prevented the managers Honl devoting as much time as they
 enerally do to the rockies. The time of nost of the leaders was taken up whip
 ing the regulars into shape. Future IIeats were neglected. This spring, with ix weeks to spend at the camps, the hama gers will have time for regulars
 md rockies, and the clubs will return or the opening games in better con ition.-From Commercial Appeal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
Colleges May Include Physical Education
 In Entrance Exams
By Associated Press

New York. December 29.-Physical edrcation and hygiene as entrance re- quirements for college will be reported on by a special committee ordered ap- pointed today by the Society of Direc- tors of Physical Education in colleges in convention here. Chairman Dr. Ed win Fauver of the University of Rochester, also was asked to appoint committees to draft physical education and hygiene propaganda and to outline "standard' course of physical in struction to continue from early school days to college graduation.
 At the conference here today of physical training and hygiene. teach CTS of state normal schools Floyd E. Rowe. director of physical education of Michigan, advocated application of intelligence tests in selecting physical training instructors.
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Club Team Practicing for Rifle Meet
h, t.s.z.t> sy.sny,

his men. who. he faszeHtf x.., ',f were still overweights V .s.,...ss 4
 On the other hand, CoHHh \; q ington of the Oregon sauad HAk V ss' cided after observing the eaStef9 CTS that his team will require usblsf poundaEe, and is putting the med through only light practice daily.
 Harvard is regarded ms slight favorite among followers o9 the game. though supporters of the westerners continue to express con- fidence.
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UNJUST TO MERKLE

Easel on the present system Of com putting fielder's worth, 1konetchy, with mark of .99i, was a far more valuable player than Merkle, with 9s5 But a study of the figures shows that in the same number of games Merkle either put out or assisted in the retirement of 1850 bats men, while Konetchy was killing off only 1877.
 Merkle, it will be seen, retired 173 more of the enemy than did Konetchy, yet Mer lxle is rated far below 1Ionetchy.
 Isnt the players real mission to put out or assist in the putting out of bats men? And shouldn't the highest ranking go to the man who kills off the most?
 Comparing Ho)ke's record with that or Konercny shows even a greater seeming injustice in the present scoring scheme For wbile Kenetchy was aiding in the retirement Sf only 1877 batters in 132 games. Holke killed off 1569-or nearly 200 more. That woul1 seem to make Holke of greater value to a team wouldn't it? But because Holke made two more errors than Konetchy, he is rated below the Brooklyn first sacker
 Shifting to second base in the National
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chances Total accept

| Ana that's the condition that one finds almost all the way through the tables of fielding percentages.
 It has been argued-and justly, too that the preesnt scoring system causes players to shirk hard hit drives. A fielder who has some pride in his league stand ing, tries to avoid errors, Knowing that each one he makes tears down his aver age. So, naturally, he doesn't take any more chances than possible and because of that many a ball is permitted to get through the iniield which fielder con- sistently could try for and possibly get But the fear of being charged with an error holds him back.
 How different it would be if the fielders were rated by the chances accepted and no attention paid in the records to errors. Then you'd see the boys covering acres of ground trying to grab everything in sight, because they'd know that each new chance accepted would go that much far ther ia lifting them toward top ranking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
WEATHER IS FINE !. FOR HARVARD TEAM Trainer Donovan States His
 Men Are Over
 Weight

Pnsadenn. Cal. December 2o.-- Weather conditions here were de- scribed ns ideal by Trainer Dono- van, who has charge of condition ing the Harvard football team for it's game on New Years Day with the University of Oregon. Dono- van snid tho weather was just warm enough to suit the needs of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
By JAMES J. coRHErr

''Is tLe present system of computing the worth of a fielder really fair one?"
 Should fielder be ranked according to total chances accepted per game or should he be rated by the number of er- TOTS per total chances?"
 Those questions bob up again with the publication of the 1919 fielding averages.
 Lets look at the argument squarely, taking the first passing situation in the National as starter. Here are the rec ords-as issued by the league-covering the topnoteh five in that circuit
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There one finds Terry ranking tine league, although in 127 games he accepte1 onl "a few more chances than did Ban croft in SS and Iavan in 99. And far dow in the ruck one discovers Maranville. who killed off s4S men-against 602 by Terry although he figured in oily four mora games. Yet the averages say that Terry, with c02 killinga, but with percentage of .95o was a more valuable player to his team than Maranville, with S49 putouts or assisss hnd percentage of .s41.
 If feidihg ratings were based on the
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Present System Of Computing
 Fielder's Worth Is Unfair
Merkle Is Rated Below Konetchy Yet He Made Many
 More Put-outs Same With Hoke-Injustice to Rath

number of chances accepted per game how different would be the 1919 lineup of National league shortstops. For Terry, now at the top, would be at the bottom and Maranfille would be the league leader. This is how the short felders would rank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
Jim Scott Announces His Retirement From Baseball

San F'ranctsco. December 20.--,IiIu Scott. uitchcr for the san Francisco Baseball club last season. and for merIy with the Chicago NVhite sox, announced his retirement from baseball today in letter to the local club. Scott wrote that his business interests would prevent his playing baIi next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
SAYS TT IS THE BEST IN WORLD

There is one remedy that those who
 now depend upon for relief from oushs that hang on" after the grip.
 oley's Honey and Tar clears the pasz ages, sooths raw. inflamed membranes nd banishes irritation and tickling in ie throat A. H. McDaniel, Box 51, :ndside, W. Va. writes: T am glad } tell you that Foley's Honey and Tar ]. the best medicine in this world. l ave had a severe cough and before l sed half a bottle. I was better. Flu i.ne Tacphs Drug Store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
RATH LOW

The Pirate keystone guardian is ratel six points beyond Rath, vet he achieved onl 736 killings. while Rath Gin one game lessl accomplished 7a7 putouts and as sists. Doesn't that show that Rath did more to help his team roll back the at tack of the opposition than did Cutshawe .
 The shortstop statistics are even more peculiar. This is how the men are ranked in keeping with the present system
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-30
SPORTS
Bananas Thrown Overheard
 By Aesoeisfsd pr.-.

VI "F NssuoIaIcn Frtsa
 Mobile, December 2o-Going ashors ssff Havana bar. the United Fruit com steamer Vera. which arrived iAerr teday' was forced to discharge 3sisRaf " sesk cargo of bananas to get ffee A2sessf,s. 15.OO0 punches were thfaRp lp .silsA sea
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was a pastmiStross in the art of throw
ing hand grcnadcs at old ladies.
apparently Miss Lowell belongs to
the one and only union of literary
hand grenade throwcrs in the country
and objects to any infringement of her
patent.
Miss Lowell did not go to bed until
} o'clock this morning and therefore
could not be disturbed to tell of the
meeting at the club.
Miss Lowell is not awake yet" n
woman friend who accompanied Miss
Iowol to this city said At the Bellevue.
Stratford
Turns Night Into Day
"Nou know. she never goes to bed
until about ) o'clock in the morning.
the friend explained. "Shc turns night
into day and rarely can be seen earlier
thou . o'clock in the afternoon
RuSScl Duane presided last night. In
the brief remarks preceding his actual
introduction of Miss Lowell. he made
some reference to two of her poems and
said he would like to have her explain
something about them in the course of
her remarks.
Miss Lowell preceded her address
with brief cclaircISsCmcnts of the two
poems mentioned by Mr. Duane. She
then adjusted folding standing lamp
to her satisfaction, explaining that the
adjustment was ncCcSSary-us it seemed
to be, not because of any artistic
temperament but because of the
physical requirements of the operation
of reading she read most of her re-
marks.
Miss Lowell then delivered Il scholar
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~ consideration of Walt Whitman ns a
poet aud aS II prophet and as a man
with message.
She declared that Whitman was not
the so-callcd verso librc nor Il prac
titioncr of it,. She even doubted if
he ever read any of it or knew
what it was. She told why she felt as
She did.
She recognized Whitman as a great
and powerful man. sometimes an artist
but she believed most of the time he
was an unconscious artist aud much of
il he was no artist nt all.
Professor Spacth followed. agreeing
substantially with Miss Lowell.
Mir. Morris Opens Fire
Harrison Morris now began an at
tack on the now poetry. lie severely
criticized Harriet Monroe, editor Of
Poetry" indicating that while he was
ono Of its financial supporters. he was
frequently disgu>tod with I.
Mr. Morris eulogiHcd Walt Whitman
and ridcuIcd Carl Sandburg and III e.
y. =" whom Miss Lowell greatly ad-
mrod.
When Mr.. Morris was at the height
of his regrets for the ridiculC whitman
lnU DaSSNN llloUEH '''''' way SO
mock anguish and tears, cried ~
What am going through now
Mr.. Morris said he hoped she was going
through reformation. -,
After the laughter at Miss, Lowell S
assumption of the role of the. persc-
cutcd had subsidcd. Nr. Morris pro-
cccdcd. Among other sccrcts; he re-
vcalcd was that he occasionally wrote
to Harriet Monroe the following query :;
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See how teeth glisten
when the film is gone.
It is film that makes
teeth look dirty. It is
film that is the source
Of most tooth troubles.
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"For God,s soke wbv do {ou nublish
., y,,,. ,t,a,, wig '
Sucil SHY thlngs'
When Mr.. Morris had reached the
height of his assault on the moderns iu
poetry Miss Lowell interrupted, rising
and saying with tears in her eyes:
81 want you to understand that |
refused absolutely TO come here tonight
and take any part in discussion or
to answer any questions except those
from the floor. But have had to face
an organized opposition. ! am not
thc rnuntry sncohinc for This cause,
You got me here. 1t was not fair.
A. n . A.. y..o
'"a"e =" '"o 'os'"o
Mr.. Morris had retired during TINS
and Mr. Duane now attempted to re,
par the damaged amenities. re sniu
ne had supposed 1t was uhdcrstood lna'
there would be more or less expression
OF divergent opinions ana INSISTED tha'
no debate was going on;
am always Wiling TO answer
questions IRON the moor MISS Lower
S,ald. stipulated mat there should
be not discussion or the status OF vers
Iiprc ms an art am rcadN TO answer
questions. l made 1t UNDERSTOOD tnat
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Lowell had read, declaring, by indirec- :
tion at least that the essential part of
it was dragged from antiquity.
Miss Lowell interrupted to say that
particular line was taken from Edgar
Allan Poe and appeared quoted in the
poem.
Professor Scheling was the bright
particular hero of the evening in In
tellect. tact and savoir fnire. He was
n living, breathing poultice on the
wounded intellectual and spiritual
anatomies of the participants in the
acrimony.
Gravely. yet with emphasis, he stated
he was literary catholic. He recog-
nized beauty wherever he saw it, no
matter in what form. and loved IL all
and recognized Miss Lowcll-with q
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courtly bow--as an exponent OF one
great art form.
The last event before adjournment
was the viva voce passage of motion
by Professor Schelling that the club
disavow any discourtesy to the guest
of honor.
Miss Lowell was asked after the
meeting why she did not debate. She
said:
1--WE had the fight out five years ago.
They fought us and we beat them. We
are recognized and established. IL is
futile to argue with our opponents.
They cannot be convinced. They will
not be convinced. My God, I couldn't
tell those little men the truth about
them. It wouldn't be nice and II
wouldn't do any good"
She laughed
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Miss LotCeTs AnstUer
TO These Little Men"

1T is futile to argue with your
opponents.
They will not be convinced.
II couldn't tell these little men
the truth about them. 1t wouldn't
be nice.
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London, Nov. .-Shipbuilding
work on the Clyde. Tyne and the Tees
was virtually stopped today by heavy
snowfall which seriously affected also
the mining districts of Wales. north
England and Yorkshire. The storm cv-
tended as far south as the Isle of Wight.
london was slightly sprinkled by the
fall.
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Rome, IL novcmbre. .-Narii disordni
sono avvenuti nelli'ltalia scttcntrionalc
causa della campagna clctto-alc. |
socialist impcdirono che ron. Giuseppe
Bevione, gia' Comnissario ltaliano per
fAereonautica in America. parlassc in
un comizio Chiari la sua carrozza
fu presa Il sasSatc.
A Montebello ! socialist 81 abban-
donarono SassaiOlC. fcrcndO eli ry
deputati Tcso Dalmolin mcntrc sta e.
yano discutCndO.
DopO un pubhlico dibattimcntc a
Bertinoro ira Comandini. candidate
repubblicano. g Carati socialiStu.
sostenitori del due candidate vcnncro n
confiitto. Una battaglin avvcnnc n
sassate. Passionate revolvcratc, g
parecchic persone rimascro feritC. due
dele quail Sono moribondc.
Roma. II novcmbcr Critardatol. II
Comitato Cattolco ha prcscntato al
Procuratore del Re un'acrusa contro il
giornaIc III PO0olo d'ltalia.' cdito dal
Prof. Benitc Mussolini rnpo Socialista,
adducendo che in i'm artico'o ycritto dial
sig Resiati 81 ContCncvnno INSULT coutro
il Papa.
IL OnlJalO ma uOnluuuHlO tnP u
giornale Sia proCCsSato Sccondo In lcggr
ydelle guarentgie.
Parigi. IL novcmbrc-la Delegation"
Americana preSso In CoufcrCnHn della
Pace ha infornato il supreme tOncilio
della sia intcnZionc iii lasCiarc la
Francia per print di diccmbre.
Anche la Dclcga@ionc lnglcSc ha
espresso 10 stcsSo dcSidcriO g 81 erode
percio' che la Confcrcnza coucludcra
suoi lavori per la fine del corrcntc
mese.
7 membri della DeIcgazonc Amcri
cana prohabilmentp SalpcranpO da
Brest con il papore America, ma Ia
data della loro partenza non e stnta
defnitiymentp iSsata.
BerlinO, IL novcmbrc .--Gli Allcati
hanno preso cnprgiche insure per riSol-
we're la stuazione poltica dell Tn
gheria, secondo rapport da budapest
al Lokal Anzeigcr. Sir George Clark,
cmissario dcgli Alleati. ha inviato Il
nome del Supreme Conclio un ulti-
matum al Primo NTinistro Friedrich,
notifcandolo che un Gabinctto di coali
zione bisogna sia formato eutro Is ore
cd altrimenti dovra' abbandonarc la
presidenza del consiGlio del ministri.
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LOUeU Poor
Sport, Say Hearers
Continued From Page One

Continued From Page One
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n'""c 'h' request '"'re p' II" "'o"''
at the meeting.
Professor SChelling holds the chair
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Invited Argument
"Of course | should br very glad to
hoyc anybody else sny ANYTHING they
want. nlwnys like to have pcoplc
speak after my talks, but anything APP
uronching an Organized controversy to
which must again reply, think is n
mistake.
"Now. please do not take this to
mean that wish to stihr contrary
opinion on the subject. | shall be quite
delighted to hear any one who wishes
to sneak. if they have any questions to
ask or anything they want to say. bat
that is quite different from an organized
and acknowledged debate
Mr.. Weston. in reply. wrote. There
is no intention Of turning the meeting
into Il debate. You may be asked some
thcm "' 'u umt 70 voU ''''"7 " Ut" "
Mr.. Watts, referring to what he
termed "tho very amusing contrc-
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'D|SORD|N| PER LE
ElEz|ON| IN ITALIA
LOnorevoIe Giuseppe Bevione
Preso a Sassate dai So
cialisti a Chiari

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT NO. 3ll.
Authorized by the act OF October o.
1911. on file at the Postonice Of Phila-
dolphin, Pa.
A. S. RURLESON
Postma Ster General
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"Grotesque." Says Mr.. Watts

This is grotcsQuc. For the Con-
temporary Club people. if they have
any memories. must be aware that Miss
Lowell is the same woman who. writ
ing of her prospective advent among
them last year. said if she came she
would wake up all the old ladies who
slept during che meeting. since she