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Evening star., 1921-07-17

wrong man in my life. You won ths
scales, and I'll tell you why. fouIe
going against tho cleverest ooxer IN
the business, and he's got all his plans
laid to tire you out over nfteen
rounds, knowing that you're weak a.
:he weight, and all he has to 90 10
to keep away and outlook you: but
we know, Harlem, that it's going to
be a four-round hght-the fasteet
four rounds that any lightweiehts
ever travelled"
Potter raised his head from the
pillow. Four
-Four" confirmed the lrishman;
maybe less. You're going to knock
him out. Now, you listen: vesper 1s
part Mexican and part Indian. and
that means he's a front-runner and
, he can't stand the gam. This is
what we're going to do"
His voice trailed of into conhden-
tial humble, and the Kid listened In
tently. An hour passed and then
Griffin pulled his trump card. From
an inside, pocket he produced two
railroad tickets and held them up TOT
Potter's inspection.
I'VE leave at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing for San Rosario" he said. ''and
I'm going to help you pick out that
ranch. Take another swig OF tea and
go to Sleep"
One hour before ring-time Griffin
saw to It that the Kid was awakened
Evening star., 1921-07-17

the skirmish line which had been
thrown out from Fort Stevens and
from adjacent fortif1cations were
popping away at each other, a num-
Der of Confederates climbed this tree
and continued firing on the Union
skirmishers.
Not far away and on one of tho
busy streets of the National Capital
now called Georgia avenue, and then
the 7th street pike. there is a ceme-
terry called Battle cemetery. The
story Is that number of the men
whose bones rest there were killed
by shots fired from this tree, which
is preserved In the grounds of Walter
Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1921-07-17

you look at the clubs in this league.
you will half to own up that 1t takes
genius to be worse than the other Z,
and believe me we got genius"
"Listen," he says, "why don't you
come out and set on our bench some
day and get an education? They's 2
Of the new boys that was overseas
together in the war and after they
got back to America they didn't see
each other till this spring when they
both Joined our club. So one of them
asked the other where he played last
season and he says he didn't play
only a couple months. He says he
was laid up with a long sledge of
sickness.
''Then one day one of the boys was
talking about a pitcher on another
club and we hadn't seen this pitcher
yet, but this boy had been in the same
ieaR with him last season. So we
asked this boy what this here pitcher
had and he says he has got a great
Evening star., 1921-07-17
''Hard Days for Base Ball
Catchers, ''SaysRingLardner
TO the editor: I got a letter the
other day asking why didn't i
Il write about baseball no more

ITO the editor: got letter the
other day asking why didn't l
i write about baseball no more
as usen't to write about moth
Ing else. you might say. Well friends.
I may as we'll admit that I have kind
Of lose interest in the old game, or
rather it amt the old game which 1
have lose interest in it, but 1t is the
game which the magnates has fixed
usual good judgment.
A cople yrs. ago ball player named
Baby Ruth that was a pitcher by
birth was made into an outflelder on
acct. OF how he could bust them and
he begin breaking records for long
distants hits and etc. and he become
q big drawing card and the master
minds that controls baseball says to
themselfs that IL 1t is home runs that
the public wants to see, why leave us
give them home runs. SO they fixed up
q ball that il you don't miss it en-
tirely It will clear the fence and the
result Is that ball players which use
to specialize in hump back liners to
the pitcher is now amongst our lead
Ing sluggers when by rights they
couldn't take a ball in their hands
and knock 1t past the base umpire.
and read book.
But statistics shows that about
people out Of every 100 is " cuckoo
SO they's still some that is still in
terested in the national pastime so
for their benefit I will write little
ch O Il
set through a game of it to get the
material.
w little vile ago and run acrost a
friend of mine that is a big league
ball player which I won't say which
club he is on. but he made the remark
that now days when his club comes
to the Polo Grounds in N. Y. he don't
never see me setting in the press coop
no more. and I says I was working
pretty hard and he says:
You would be surprised the num-
her e5 Of p People that hiatt is sSG busy to
So 1 said it wasn't only his club
that didn't have no time for but it
was all the clubs and / couldn't get
steamed up over them no more and
maybe 1t was because l was getting
old.
Well" he says. "they's lot of
others getting old. too, and If they
keep on ageing like they have so far
this season. why pretty soon we viii
De haveing secret practice at $3.50
pm"
+ Well. I finely got UP nerve to ask
him where his club stood in the race.
I'VE are a good eighth" he says.
"and we are proud of it. A club that is
out in front in this race hasn't got
nothing to brag about as you can't
see how they can help it. But when
Evening star., 1921-07-17

all right. why he is just as libel as
not to be kidding and the catcher has
got to guess what he is going to
throw and most of the time. when il
comes it's big surprise.
|, "A little uncertainty like that is
what Keeps us from going to sleep
out there, as they's never no uncer-
tainty in regards to who Is going to
win the game.
But we have other excitement, like
for inst. they's a big thrill every time
we are in the field and somebody on
the other club hits fly ball. We
know or 8 Of the boys is going to
have a collision but we don't know
which ones or whether they are going
to get hurt or killed. So far they
amt none Of them been killed. put
the season Amt only about II over
end this is no time to give up hope"
RING w. LARDNER.
Great Neck. July Is.
Copyright, 1871
Evening star., 1921-07-17

Copyright. 1921. }
Evening star., 1921-07-17

N 1NDER the circumstances 1t was
to be expected that the Harlem
Kid and Cliff Rainey's star show-giri
should tall In love. They were both
Evening star., 1921-07-17

THE Turk was wide awake on the
1 instant. The question was q
challenge to all his ability as q trainer
and handler Of human flesh. He
circled the room barefooted, eyes
studying the frame Of his friend.
noting particularly the thighs and
waist line and hips. for IT Ia from
these portions Of the body alone q
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15

adjunct to it's battle fleet, and air plane factory at Kasumigaura to equip the Japanese naval air service is near compile tloTl-
 According to figures compiled by the Manufacturers Aircraft Association, pas senger planes in the United States carried 115,163 persons 3,136,550 miles last year. These figures based only on the 425 air planes that were reported to the association Much Of the mileage" says the report, miles, for which an average fee of s12.50 charged.
 The all metal machines which rank one of GernlaEy's most remarkable accomplish ments in postwar airplane construction. are made out of a durable. secret process alum solidity.
 The recent purchase by the War Depart nlent of the Roma from the Italian Govern nent gives the United States the second largest seIni-rigid airship in the world. The Roma is 40 feet long and has cruising was S200,000. It Is estima ted that the cost s1,250.000.
 The French airp1ane patrols instituted in Morocco by Gen. Lyautey are reported to be exertirg tremendous civilizing effect. At tacks by bandits and other deeds of outlawry said to have decreased 90 per cent. It is figured that 800. 900 troops would be Qured to maintain the same effective sur veillance that ten air squadrons give.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15
Marvellous Progress Aviation Being Displayed Abroad

carried for the passengers. It is estimated the craft would fly at a rate of 500 to 500 meters an hour.
 Charting the air in arcs for the guidance O. aViators has been undertaken by aviation map makers in France. The purpose is to avoid loss of time the earth's curvature. The aviator would follow orthodron1ic arcs, drawn to represent the eartt's surface, just as navigators take sailing directions from projection chart rather than from flat leaves Paris for Shanghai. instead cf pass ing central Europe he will save time by going northeast toward Petrograd and travelling diagonally across China
 Great Britain has mapped out proposed aerial service to link all divisions of the Empire. The programme would make Egypt the hub of world aviation. England already Is connected with many continental centres by regular air service routes-
 In 1919 French commercial airplanes cov- cred in all distance of 21.SOO miles; in 1920 they covered more than 93,000 miles, and it is predicted that they will reach the 621,o00 mile mark this year. The planes carried fourteen tons in 1919, while in 1920 they carried 10S tons, and it is expected the latter figure will be quadrupled in the next twelve months.
 England's latest factors in commercial aeronautics include the twin passenger air ships R-S6 and R-37. The R-36 is built to carry fifty passengers. The cargo capacity depends upon the length of the flight On a 600 mile trip the airship could carry 17.43 tons. while the maximum a 16.oOo mile
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15

their predictions that such a service will De established in the not distant future. They pin great hope to a 1O8,00O cubic meter airship.
 The many safety devices in use at Wad- con, England, one of the worlds reatest flying centres. have led aeronautical author iries there to assert that the day of Eff weather permits" is virtually gone. Wire less direction-dnd apparatus with wireless telesraphy anG telephony makes it com paratively easy for the aviator to keep his course in thick weather and receive infor- mation that will enable him to dodge storms.
 The Dominion Government Is considering a plan for the use of seaplanes and air planes in further exploration of the North western oil bearing country and in carrying Royal Canadian Mounted Police work. There is also proposition to use naval sea planes next summer in the forest patrol service.
 Gigantic seaplanes and torpedo launching planes claiming a measure. Of attention from the British Air Ministry. which prom ises remarkable developments in these fac tors of national defence.
 The Imperial Japanese navy Is reported to have engaged some of the best obtainable British aviation experts to Czrect tie up- building of the Japanese naval air service The British experts thus engaged h. Wever do not institute an official mission. The British Air Ministry refused JGpans request for such a mission.
 Japan Is building an aircraft carrier ca pable of carrying thirty to forty planes as
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15

Journey would be 1o.75 tons. The ship has fcGr $50 horse power engines. The normal rate of speed Is 62.s and the maximum 66 ri1les an hour. The dimensions are: Length, 672 feet: gas capacity. 21o,ooo cubic feet; gas lift 6s.S tons: useful lift, 22.5 tons
 The Breguet Company of France is build ing a gigantic airpla1le, constructed entirely Of steel It will be veritable aerial ship, power. It Is constructed with engine room in the nose of the machine and com fortable saloon for passengers in the fuse- 1age.
 New types of aerial lighthouse equipment recently produced in England include an apparatus having acetylene burners giving 500 candle power beam, visible at dis tance of ten miles from altitude of 10 900 feet. Another Is a revolving light, a cluster of acetylene burners giving maximum in tensity of 2,645 candle power, visible for nineteen or twenty miles from a 10000 foot altitude.
 Aerial lighthouses and flares for the gut5 snce of night flying aviators are among the innovations which mark the London-Paris route and other European air lines.
 Germany's most momentous experiment since the war is the building of 1000 horse power metal passenger monoplane in the Zeppelin factory at Staaken. The plane was promptly forbidden by the Allies being utilizable in war.
 German aeronautical engineers devot- ing much time and study to problems of transatlantic Zeppelin service, and persist in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15

~ |ARRYING one hundred passengers, Capronf's great triple tripiane,' ''
 named the Epocha. soon will at tempt a transatlantic flight. Though it was reported recently that the giant air craft-the largest heavier than air machine ever built. even outclassfng the monster Russian plane of 1916-haG been severIy damaged by a storm. it recorded at the same time that she would be repaired and partly rebuilt.
 Sigror Gianni Caproni's masterpiece cost 100000 lire. It was constructed on Lake Maggiore and is a novelty in airplane con- struction in that it is tai1less. There are three sets of triplanes, making nine dis tinct lifting surfaces. The wing spread is 1OS feet and there are eight Liberty motors developing upward of 3.OOG horsepower. The height of the air monster is thirtS-two feet and it's estimated speed, fully loaded, is ninety miles an hour.
 The motors are placed four abreasr on the middle plane of the front trio and ia the same relative positions the middle plane of the rearmost trio of planes The three planes in between are there solely for additional lifting power. The total weight of the Epocha is twenty-four and a half tons and the carrying surface of the planes is 7,15o square feet.
 Swung below the three ts'iplanes Is the passenger boat proper, something much like a Pullman car. It is sixty-six feet long and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15

has full accommoda ton for ? hundred pas sengers Also for their baggage. There are glass windows on each side and the upholstery is of the most luxurious kind. The headroom is seven feet and the cabins width eight feet.
 On ordinary flights the Epocha will carry two pilots and one engineer for each gine-efght in all. For the more extended journeys there will be an additional pilot to provide three full shifts and two sets of engineers.
 The nearest approach iE size to this monster Capronf machine is a giant air plane being built by the Breguet Company for France. This will have motors develop ing 1000 horsepower (Iess than one-tbird of the Epocha's). and the machine is en- tirely of steel, with wings of a brand new design. A saloon for passengers is provided in the fuselage
 Caproni. who designed and built the great seaplane, is known the world over fer his work in aeronautics. His first venture was in 1910, when he turned out a monoplane that weighed half ton and had a forty horsepower engine. He is best known to Americans because of his visit to this coun- try in the fall of 1917. He brought along a big hfplane and made many flights around New York.
 In May. 1918. Capt. Antocio SiIvio Res nati, the Italian army aviator who flew the Caproni machines here, was killed near Nfneola when a new Caproni triplane crashed only fifty feet from the ground.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15

HEREWITH are given items gath 4 cred from many sources. primer
 pally abroad, showing some Of the most striking developments in aviation since the world war ceased. IT long hag been apparent that the great Powers or the Old World prchted more from the lessons taught by the war than did tho United States, not only in the military useS of the airplaue but in what now taken preen7iuence, its commercial possibilities, H ECENT tests of a 1000 horsepower Tx aeronautical motor in England dis ~ closed such high merits in the en- zine that experts are predicting one day aerial service, making the round trip in twenty-four hours, either direct by changing aircraft at the Azores Islands The new motor, called the Cub, has eighteen cylinders, weighs nearly a ton and cost about f5.00O.
 Marquis Pateras Pescara- French born subject of Spain, has perfected a device which by means of helices rotating at ter rife speed he asserts will enable an airpiane to hover in the air well travel at a great pace Recent tests at Barcelona lndi- cated such success that experts expressed possible an eight hour Paris to New York flight
 French airplane experts are discussing an over-airship with the possibility of mak- ing a flight from Paris to Buenos Aires in twenty-four hours. The over-airsaip would travel above the earth's atmosphere. a feat which recent studies by scientists have sug- gested Oxygen. of course. would have to be
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-15
WORLDS LARGEST FLYING BOAT MAY GO OVERSEAS

thar a i from f be n om rnonth egr Q e a tLia lip
, 1921-01-25

C'A' "a l. NlOCISSCO
the reprlsals and his letter to the acting
Lord Mayor explaining that he expected
AID from the citizens in the shape Of a
vigilance committee of some kind to sup
ply information to the military. He did
not allude to lis report on the Cork
hreS. Among the interesting statements
made by GerI Strickland was one that
women carried weapons concealed in
their skirts to the ambushing parties.
tie declared he @g pot expect immediate
results from martial law, but even be-
fore 1t was imposed the murder gang
was finding it impossible TO live at home
n had begun to form flying columns
In the MacroOm District and parts of Zip,
perary and Kilkenny. The first result of
martial law was to make these columns
more active. He said, the definite thing
we are accomplishing is the breaking up
OF the organization Of the Republican
army. UnJil martial law was declared,
thai organization was remarkably eff
Gent. Its formations were almost as
we'll organized as those of the Brit
lsh army. 1t nigh be taken
as 700 optimistic today to say that
present operations or the Republican
army are it's dying kicks, but | believe
hat to be a fact. How long they can
keep going is a matter Of conjecture, but
1t IS only a question OF time. In reply. to
a question as to what results had been
obtained up to the present by he procla-
nation demanding the ~surrendering OF
arms Genl. Strickland admitted it prob
ably Was true hat the number of arms
personally surrendered could be counted
on the fingers OF one hand, but added in
one way or another arms are coming IN.
General Strickland spoke bitterly of the
part he alleged women were taking as
arms bearers. The military are not
making war on women or interfering
with them In any way. He said the dif-
tcully In getting the arms in the posses
SIOn OF the women may be imagined.
Concerning the suggestion that the peo-
pie of Cork form a vigilance committee,
the General remarked Sixteen months
ago when | first came TO Ireland, County
Clare was a hot bed Of Republican activi-
tyr.
Dublin, Jan. 21st-Eight men, seven
Of whom were constables, were shot
and killed in engagements with Sim
Felners near this c ty yesterday, Six OF
the officers met death when their motor
car ran into an ambuscade, Will the
body OF another was found near the
barracks OF his squad yesterday morn
ing, The civilian slain was shot in
cold bl sod by several men who entered
his home Announcement has been
made that in future all motor cars
, 1921-01-25

taken OF now circumstances. France
Will mo- intervene in the internal affairs
OF Russia, but cannot admit that the So
wet armies shall cross the Russian from
tiers to attack the Allies Of france. Con-
fldence was expressed that Great Britain
VIII ala all she can to arrive at an agree
ment and the settlement of all questions
concern G peace now in suspense. Pro
misses an early renovation of the fnan-
cIal administrator and intensified recon
struction Of devasted regions, made up
the remainder of the programme and
which Judged by the applause, satisfied
the great majority of members OF Par
lament
Cork, Jan. 18th. The first official des-
%tructlon for attacks on crown forces in
Cork City, since martial law was %enforc-
ed IN this area, was carried out this
morning when tW0 houses in Washing
ton Street, where two members of he
Royal Irish ConStabuIary were attach
on Saturday last, were destroyed by
military forces. The military authori-
ties assert that crown forces were fired
on on Saturday from six houses in Wash
lngton Street and that ''the two worst
were selected for destruction. In the
Official destruction today of the houses
large forces Of military arrived on the
scene at eleven O'Clock and drew a cor
don around several blocks and no one
was per lifted to enter or leave the area.
Dryers wholesale draDery, the larg-
est Ia Southern Ireland, Systematically
searched, the raid lasting several hours.
he work of blowing up the designated
houses was gone about carefully, in or
der to prevent damage to adjoining pro-
, 1921-01-25

parties OF corstabIes. Itccurse to The
hostage system lHt Vile martial law
has rot been cecIaled CslsSo general
surprise.
NEW YORK, January END 1871.
Flour, Blended Clea1sS st. Lawrence brand
pr. brl. $8.75.
Meal, Kindred Per 100 TBS $500
New Seasons Pork PER brl. $500
Heavy Mess Pork per Dbl. $500
SuRar--Crystals maxim I'M Ier 100 lbs,
MoJasses Sugar $50 test, mo- no quotation.
Cotton, Middling Upland, at Liverpool
per h.. 9 $4,000.
Exchange, New York and London y 60,
days sight $3.75
Exchange New York and London, sight
So. 7z4-3 ITS
LONDON. Jan. 22nd 1921.
Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. controll-
ed price, duty aid 1885. Cd.
Demerala Crystals free of con-
troll, duty paid, 63s. CTS.
MoscoVado Govt. CO trolled price,
duty paid, 124s. Cd.
free Of control duty paid
38s. SOS.
fine 75s.
German Beet $50 fob. no sales
White Java sugar elf United Kingdom
nominal AIS. Cd.
Denerara Rum, per gal. nominal.
Trinidad Cocoa, Good MiddIing Red no
mInal PEI cwt Cts, 70s.
C0ttCr Medium Fine Sea Island, at LiI-
erpOol per Id. nominal
Bank OF England rate OF Discount per
cent. T.
Consols 474.
Three per cent n in Paris Fcs. 57.55.
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Who is Who in Ladysmith
or How Well Do You
Know Your Home Town

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prietOr of the
Same

Time and again we have heard the
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