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Monuments!

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.wIzard Of the North"

1.-THE Wizard of the North" was
sobriquet bestowed upon Sir Walter
Scott (1T71-1S32), the author Of the
celebrated "Waverly Novels" In al.
fusion to the magical influence OF his
works. BY several authorities 1t Is
stated that The name wizard of the
North" was given to Sir Walter by
prof. John Wilson, better known by
his pen name Of Christopher North, In
1917. Scott and Wilson were intimate
friends and contributors TO the cele-
bratGq Blackwood's Magazine, 10
which It Is said that tile sObrlquet flrst
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WHY
Minute, and Hours Came to Be
Computed at Sixty

sixty seconds make minute, 60
minutes make an hour" You used
to say that us often us you did ''IU
mills make Il cent, 10 cents make u
dime and 10 dimes make dollar"
II is believed, In fact, certain learned
men have said it has been proved that
the scheme Of dividing the hour into
GO parts and the minute into 60 parts
was invented or devised by rhe ancient
Babyonians long centuries before the
Christian era. 1t is one Of the ways
Of counting time which has gone I'M
changed during the past 5000 or TO-
600 years.
Along with the decimal system In an
cient Babylon there was the seXagesl-
nal system based upon the count by
sixties and originating in the discovery
that there is no number which has so
many divisions as 60, for It can be
divided without a remainder by ,, 8,
4, 3, 6, 10, l., 10, 20 and 80.
Babylonians divided the suns path
into Il parasanrG, parasang being
about four AID a half-mlles. The as
tronomers of that time In Babylon
compared the progress of the sun dur
ing one hour to the progress that
would be made by good walker In
the same length Of time, each going
about one parasang, or four and one
half miles. Thus the whole course
of the sun, so the wise astronomers
of Babylon thought, was "A parasangs
or 800 degrees or "a hours, and each
parasang or hour was divided into GO
parts, which we call minutes.
The story is that Hlpparchus, the
Greek philosopher, who lived century
and a half before Christ, introduced
the Babylonlap hour into Europe and
we have counted the time of day in
seconds, minutes and hours ever since
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difficult to pick out any one spot and
say that 1t is superior to all others.
Different people lock at nature
through different eyes and viii not
absolutely agree.
Here are a few notable Vermont
beauty spots but the list is by ne
means complete. There may be other
equal and possibly superior: Skyboro
in the town Of Pownal. less than two
miles from the turn at the state line,
but never seen by half tie people OF
Bennington. half hours drive dis
tant; Dover Hill, about six miles
north of Wilmington. the view west
from the Mt Horrid pass, on the road
from Rochester TO Brandon; the
shores and islands of Lake Cham
plain from pont near re village of
Nolth. Hero; Lake Memnlremagog
from Shattuck h!ll in the town of
Derby; the many views from the
summit of Mt Mansfield, now acces.
sible by auto the view from Dauyile
Green; the outlook over the Con.
nectcut valley and the MoosUlalke
group of mountains in New Hump
Nire, as seen from the home or lIar-
yey w Eaton in the town OF Brad
ford tie yeiw up the Connecticut
va ley from a high point in the road
in the town OF Pueney: the Jay Peak
section and pass. as seen from sever.
al points in the town of Montgomery;
Lake C'lamplain and the Adiron-
dacks, as seen from high points In
the city of Burlington the mountains
and forests from near the Briggs
place in Searsburg, and Smugglers
Notch in stowe.
For auto trips to be remembered
there are scores but four that the
writer considers little lit superior
to the rest. These four are: from
Mal'ets Bay nor through the is.
lands to Is'e la Motto or Swanton
from West Burke north over the hill
and down the east shore OF Willough.
I by lake, through Sherburne gorge
from West Bridgewater to SherDurne
Westinghouse and beyond, by The
east road and not taking the turn
toward Rut and, the Stamford valley
as seen on the ride from Heartwell
vile, VT, to North Adams, Mass.
There are others almost as good
Williamstown Gulf from Newbury
village to Faree through Manchest
err street to Dorset and thence down
tive Mettowee valley; from Dandy tC
East Dorset; from Morrisville
through Stowe to Waterbury Center;
over Peru turnpike, going east; the
West river valley from Newfane t.
Jamaica; from pomfret hill through
Woodstock to South Woodstock, over
Wipdham hill from Townshend tc
[ Grafton Cto be undertaken only in q
ear that will Climb almost anything
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mouth Union; through Sudbury and
past Lake Hortor1a;a over the Bristol
ard slarksboro she from South
Lincoln to Jonesboro, through HINT.
ington south from st, Adams throusl
Georgia; from Johnson through Cam.
bridge to Bakersfield and but why
attempt to name them all for there is
NJ one who tours Vermont who can.
not add to the list.
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Hurt by Education.

"Cap any man In the audience truth.
fully say that education has hurt his
business?" challenged the educator ~
can" answered small nun In the
rear row. "And might ask what your
business Isl" asked the educator. Ger.
tainly," answered the other. II used
to make a good living peddllng The
book, What Every Girl Should Know /;
but there's 40 demand for Il any
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The Things Worth While.

EdIcatlSn Is the calling forth of all
those qualities by which man Is dis
tingulshed-.it Is proficiency In liv.
Ing. What mlnlStered satisfaction Ia
the man OF seventy, eighty, ninety In
recalling his past life? Only the
recollection OF how fur he had dis.
played In intercourse with his fellow.
men those qualities with which true
education Is concernt'E--love Of love
hate OF hatred, fellowship. service to
the communIty.-The Friend O.on.
don).
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Chicago Marvel so Yards
in Front of Blake; Miss
Riggin Wins $780, Title

Johnny Weissmuller, eighteen-year-
old swimming marvel of the Illinois
A.. c., of Chicago, scored an over
wheIming victory in the National "A. A.
y. 440-yard free-style championship at
the Brighton Beach Baths Yesterday
afternoon.
Swimming in beautiful form, he COW
cred the distance over 110-yard open
water course in 6:16 1-1o and defeated
by fifty yards his closest rival, Tom
Blake, of the Los Angeles A. c., Pacific
A. A. U. champion at one mile.
Lee Jarvis, of Dallas, leading water
man Of Texas; James w. HALF, Of the
Brooklyn Central Y M. C. A., former
ten-mile title holder, and Tony Karac-
zewski, of the Olympic Club, of San
Francisco, junior national one-mile
champion, were the other starters, and
finished as named
Weissmuller set out at terrific pace,
Immediately drawing away from the
field, and he had a lead of several
yards when he struck the 110-yard turn
in 1:os 2-5. Blake tried to go after
him on the second lap, and left the
others, but Johnny continued to open
the gap and reached 220 yards in
2:29 1-5, more than ten yards to the
good.
On the third lap Karaczewski, in
third position until then, was passed
by Jarvis and Hall, while the leaders
kept on increasing. their advantage.
Weissmuller sprinted on the way
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
I Are Winners Over Herd Taylor Match at Arcoa Jn
johnny Weissmuller Easily Wins National
44O-Yard Swim ming Title at Brighton

home after, passing $50 yards in
1856 2-5, and romped in fresh and
strong. Blake defeated Jarvis by
twenty yards. while Hall and Karac-
zewski were four and twenty-five yards,
respectively, behind the latter.
Weismuller's time for the quarter
mille is the fastest ever made outdoors
IN this country, and within As sec
onds OF the worlds record he set In
Honolulu recently. Considering that
a slight ground swell swept the course,
IL is open to question which Is the
oetter performance actually.
Following the mems title event three
lassies of the New York Women's
>. A-the Misses Aileen Riggin, Doris
o'Mara and Lillian toddard-compete
Tor the Metropolitan A. A. U. Ss0-yard
championship over the same course
and finished in the order named.
Miss Riggin took the lead at the
start and held it to the end. She won
by twenty yards in 1895 2-5. Miss
O'Mara, who is thirteen years old, and
Miss Stoddard, fifteen, swan the entire
distance neck asld neck. The former
was second by inches only.
Later in the afternoon Weissmuller
took part in water carnival in the 75-
foot pool Of the Brighton Baths and
won two invitation races. At 15O yards
free style he defeated by wide mar
gin Lee Jarvis, turning the distance in
l:27 3-5, or within 1-5 of a second Of
his own worlds record. At 150 yards
back stroke he outclassed Karaczewski
in 1:4S As and passed 100 meters on
the way in 1:17 fiat, claimed as new
international standard for a pool.
Other interesting features of the
meet were match swim at 500 yards
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

this fix. 1t is great thing to pick
each club in the knowledge that it is
one of your close friends. At least it
must be a great feeling to the very
few who are in this fortunate sector
Of the big field
1t would be hard to say just what
golfer could play greater variety of
strokes properly than any other. Jock
Hutchison undoubtedly is the greatest
man in the game on a pitch to the
green. There is no one who can touch
him here for consistent turn. For
control from the tee in the way of di-
rection there is no none who can sur
pass "Chick" Evans. Evans is equal
ly straight through the fairway, al
though lacking the power of some Of
the longer hitters. Kirkwood can cer-
tainly play as great variety of
strokes as any contender now inhab-
iting this bunkered globe. But in tour
nament play there are probably none
who have greater variety of shots at
Abe Mitchell is another who is mas
ter of almost every club up to the
green's edge. Combining all varieties
and including putting, it would be hard
to find any one who could beat Hagen,
day III and day out, in the way Of mas
terry over both wood and iron.
There is a world Of luck in golf, but
when few men consistently lead big
fields there must be certain reason for
their superior play. And this reason
isn't to be found in expertness with
any one club. Jock Hutchison, q wiz
ard with the mashie and mashie nib
lick, is a fine golfer outside of his
main specially. If he wasn't, those
record-breaking rounds would rarely
come off.
There never has been a golfer who
was surer with every club in the bag
between tee and green than Harry VAR
don. This included driving, the long
iron, the half iron, the mashie pitch
and the chip. But Vardons day is
now over and the present generation
must seek out new heroes. Bobby
Jones is fine example Of all-round
play wherein direction Is combined
with power and wherein one stroke
works about as we'll as another. Jones
and Evans leads the amateurs in this
respect, with Hagen, Hutchison and
Barnes on this side Of the water ahead
of the flock.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Hinkle Negotiates
For the Ownership
Of Cleveland Club

CINCINNATI, July 22.-Negotiations
have reached stage where It may be
regarded as highly probable that con-
troll of the Indians, the Cleveland base
ball team in the American League, will
soon pass into the hands of Edgar s.
Freiberg, of Cincinnati, and Mat
Hinkel, of Cleveland. it was annasraa1
here to-cay.
Freiberg said he had telephone cod
versation with Hinkel, who is handiink
the deal, and that the outlook Tor 8
transfer of the stock is very bright,
~ am not at liberty TO 60 into ae-
tails now" said Freiberg. SIN case
the deal goes Through Hinkel and will
own the club"
CLEVELAND, July 22.-When asked
regarding report from Cincinnati
that he was negotiating for the pur-
chase of the Cleveland American
League ball club, Matt Hinkel, Cleve-
land sport promoter, denied that he was
trying to secure control of the club.
Hinkel said he had been approached
on the subject, but had done nothing
in the matter up to the present time.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Heating Leads i'm
Unfinished ace
O Ten-Mile Swim

Nine of the twenty-eight starters
completed the course in the ten-mile
ocean swimming marathon of the Park
Inn Baths at Rockaway yesterday af-
ternoon. Nearly six hours of steady
padding enabled the leader to cover
only seven miles. Then a change of
tide, made it impossible to go any
further and the survivors had to be
picked UP by the referees boat.
Edward Heating, of the Boys Club,
second to finish in the national long
distance championship in Philadelphia
one week ago. had a big lead when
taken from the water at $3.50 p. m. He
was over one mile ahead of William
Sadlo, of the New York Swimming
Association, in runner-up position,
while H. E. Whittle, of the Sea Gate
Life Saving Corps, and Ewald Wild
forster, of the New York Athletic Club,
were about one-quarter and one-half
mile respectively behind Sadlo.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Getting the Swing Crooved

l have been asked frequently why it
is that SO many promising young golf
ers come along who never seem to get
much further, and why it is that so
many golfers, leading amateurs and
professionals, are able to shoot a 72
one round and then need an 81 for the
next start.
In other words, why it is that so
many good golfers are so erratic?
In my opinion this is not matter of
nerve, as SO many seem to think. 1t is
mainly matter of getting the swing
grooved or fixed, knack that very few
have.
There are hundreds of golfers who
have fine swings to look at and who
on many rounds are swinging just as
well as any one living.
On these days they are playing al
most unbeatable golf, but perhaps two
days later. while their swings look to
be the same, they are six or eight or
ten strokes higher.
One Example
Their swings may look the same, but
they are not the same. They may be
coming back just an inch off line or
they may be swinging down just a
half-inch off line.
Take the case of "Chick" Evans.
When Evans first started golf he made
study of correct swinging. He then
practiced more than any other man.,
amateur or pro, / have ever known.
/ understand that he used to come
out late in the afternoons and practice
FOR at least an hour or two, and then
sarly in the morning play three or
four holes over and over again by him
self, getting his golf swing fixed in
the right place.
The result is that to-day "Chick"
Evans has the best grooved swing in
the country mean by that that his
swing changes less, that each swing is
more like each other swing, than with
almost any golfer in the world.
Chicks" back swing will come back in
exactly the same plane or orbit for al
most every stroke. In this way he can
play round after round and not be off
the course. He hasn't the power of
some hitters, but for direction and con-
troll there is no one who can beat him.
Travers at Putting
The same thing applies to Jerry
Travers in putting. Trayers never
varies his stance, his grip or the line
of the back swing. They are all ex-
actly alike. And Travers, like Evans,
earned this perfect uniformity with
the putter by long hours of practice
when other friends were playing four
bali matches.
In both cases you might remember
that Evans and rravers did not mere
ly pick up any perfect stroke. They
earned it by hard work, by close con-
centration on the right way. by hard,
long practice, that went on for sew
eraI years, when they were much
younger than they are to-day.
Harry Vardon, believe, came nearer
to having Axed or grooved swing than
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Tiffany Is Defeated
By Alex Armour i'm
ShennecOssett Coli

NEW LONDON, Conn, July o.
Alex Armour, of Westchest ster- Biltmore,
holder of the Scotch golf championship,
won the amateur invitation tournament
on the Shennecossett links here day.
Armour won the thirty-six hole final
from Gil Tiffany, of Mohawk, up and
to play, after being 8 up at the end
of the morning round. At one time in
the morning Armour was 5 up on the
homeward path, but Tiffany was fight
ing back and reduced this lead by two
holes before the second round. Going
out in the afternoon Armour played
the first seven holes in par, becoming
up.
Armour messed up a little mashie
shot on the eighth as a spectator moved
and got to Tiffany's 4. This
spoiled an exact par on every hole 60
ing out, as he got nice on the diff
cult ninth and practically cinched the
match, being 6 up and only to go.
Tiffany came back strong and won
the next two holes. Armour wasted
one in bad trap on the eleventh and
was again in deep one on the twelfth,
but Tiffany took three puts and lost
his chance when the hole was halved
in 6. Two par 5s halved the long thir-
teenth and Armour's lead of a looked
too big for Tiffany. Armour got a
birdie 3 on the fourteenth, which de-
cided the issue, as Tiffany required
two puts. IL
Dividing the honors with the title
match was the play-off for the medal
between Tommy Armour, of Westches-
ter-Biltmore, and Max Marston, of the
Merton Cricket. Club. Both had 72s on
Thursday and this morning they
matched up with. even 75s, as each re-
Quired 40 out and 80 in. This re-
quired new eighteen holes this after
noon, and Marston finally got the deci-
was out in 81, while Marstons poor Z
on the ninth left him a stroke behind.
Coming in Marston was under par,
with 35, lucky bound off the club
house saving him stroke on the home
hole. Armour took a 38, wasting two
shots on the short fifteenfh
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Tales of a Wayside Tee
BY GRANTLAND RICE
Copyright. 1893. Neac York Tribune Ino.

"Why is It," asked a golfer who had
been following Abe Mitchell through
the qualifying rounds, "that nearly all
great golfers are erratic putters ?"
Harry Vardon was the first to start
this train of thought, for Vardon, the
greatest Of golfers up to the green,
was one of the poorest putters in any
flrst-class field.
In the same way "Chick" Evans has
lost more strokes upon the green than
anywhere else, "Chick's" magnificent
golf frequently going to waste through
lapses on the green.
George Duncan, while by no means
poor putter, is not among the elect
around the cup, while in other respects
he is one Of the greatest of them all.
The Case of Hagen
About this time Stewart Maiden, the
famous Atlanta pro" came up.
do you know" he asked, zone Of
the greatest features of Hagen's game :?
1t is the fact that, in addition to being
a great golfer, he is also a great put
ter. This rarely happens in golf.
There are and there have been great
golfers who are good putters on
certain days, but rarely consistently
80. Hagen Is undoubtedly the greatest
putter among the great golfers. His
play up to the green is always i'm
green he keeps going. I mean by that
his greatness doesn't quit at the edge
Of the green. This is the reason that
he has won so many titles
y have seen any number Of fine
golfers" Maiden continued, "who were
confident enough up to the green. But
at this point their confidence wasn't
quite so marked. In fact, few Of the
great golfers are confident around the
green. But Hagen's confidence starts
at the tee and then continues until
the ball has dropped into the cup. He
doesn't have his confidence broken at
so many points the way others do
others who are never quite sure whether
not"
The Matter Of Confidence
Jim Barnes is among the fine golfers
who are also fine putters. Barnes, as
rule, is steady in sight of the cup,
and, while he may have his off days at
putting here and there, his lapses are
never extended. There are any num-
ber of golfers who are confident with
certain clubs.
1t may be the tee shot, the spoon ap-
proach, the long iron, the pitch or the
putt.
But most of them, having conf
dence with one or two clubs. or even
more, lack confidence with others.
We have seen golfers unable to beat
30 who were better putters and more
confident within short range of the
cup, from three to forty feet away, than
stars who were consistently around 75.
One Of the main sources of strength
Of Hagen's game has been his conf
dence with every club in the bag.
He isn't afraid of tee shot on a
narrow course. of long iron, short
pitch or putt of any length. This
doesn't mean that he expects to hole
all the long ones. But he keeps plug
ging for the cup in the belief that the
ball will stop reasonably close, even if
it doesn't drop in. Hagen starts his
round feeling fairly confident that ne
can use any club in the bag for what
ever stroke he may happen to need.
Few golfers, even among the elect,
have this same happy feeling. The best
of them are not quite as sure of one
club as they are Of another. At least,
the majority Of leading players are In
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Ouer The Nearby Links

oppose F. Paul Anderson. Donahue in
second round won from R. N. Inglis
by default and Buchanan defeated R. S.
Davis, T. and 5.
Vice Presidents Cup, semi-fnals-
E. S. Jarvis defeated Edward Meeker,
up; Arthur D. Tuttle defeated Frank
Weiss, and 8.
FOREST HILL
74-8~es;D D Richard ". Erler, e SIT 81ml7
IS; (Class B)-Philip Conlon, 80
19--61; A. C. Blackeman, 94-22-72.
SOUTH ORANGE
Sweepstakes (Class Avon by Al
Linen, 86-14--72. (Class B)-Won by
Preston P. Edmonston, S7-18--69.
(Class C)-Won by. W. G. McCutcheon.
WOODWAY
Club championship senfi-inals first
efght)-Sam Pierson defeated E. Cole,
| up; W. D. Macdonald defeated NJ. R.
Pitt jr., 2 up. Second eight ohm Con-
nors defeated R. Bishop, 2 and / Har-
vey Ridsbeck defeated J. J. Cloonan, 2
and 1. Third eight-P. N. Knapp de-
feated w. F. Keone, and s; George
Woodward defeated Arthur w. Stark,
up. Fourth eighth. Wildman defeat
ed G. P White, and 3; H. S. Miller
defeated r. A. Gillespie, up.
SUBURBAN
sweepstakes-F. N. S. Brewster,
se-16--7o; M. A. shangle, o2--11-71;
G.. E. Grundy, 8S-15-79; R. A. Water
IA; j. H. P. Conover, 94-20-74; M. w.
Buchanan, 8S-14-74; C. D. Doctor,
92-1S-74; Frank Scott, 102-27--75;
G. D. Wrightson, 86-10-76.
ESSEX FELLS
Governors Cup, fnal-R. C. McCord
defeated E. H. Callahan, and /.
Sweepstakes (Class AT. L. Stewart,
s5-18-67; R. w. McCord, s1--11-70;
M. G. Garettson, 93-27-66; ]. A. Sui
livan, 92-22-70; j. S. Baxter, 93-21
-72.
GLEN RIDGE
Midsummer Tourney, first round--R.
/ up; Samuel Gibson defeated S. P.
Hayward, / up; E. D. Dodd defeated S.
B. Mclean, 8 and 2; Russell Bickford
won from r. M. Hillas by default; c.
P. Leach defeated R. M. Scheffey, and
9; H. H. Burdick defeated J. E. Lam
caster, and 3; E. E. White defeated
Fred Connell, and 8.
SIWANOY
Eighteen-hole medal play handicap
w. Garrison, s4-14-70; H. E. Taylor,
84-13-71; F. G. Stevens, 85-14-71.
HUDSON RIVER.
Ball sweepstakes-Wo by e. Fl.
Henders, 93-20-73.
DEAL.
Match play against par-Class A,
won by G. T. Ferguson: Class B, won
WEE BURN
Club championship, first round
Charles H. Seeley, former Metropolitan
champion, defeated w. J. Funk, 3 and
/: P. H. Adams defeated J. F. Patter-
son, up (19 holes); j. R. Mum de-
feated E. Evans, up; A. Johnson won
from G.. Watson by default.
Second sixteen, first round-F. Firth
defeated E. Pentrost, 9 up; E. r.
Loundsbury defeated A. Witherspoon,
2 up; j. Douglas won from H. Hayes by
default, D. E. Breinig defeated 3. @
Wilson, 2 and / A. Johnson won from
w. Ziegler by default; NJ. Roberts de.
feated r. B. Bowler, l up.