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The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30
Building Up Your Game
BY JAMES NJ BARNES
Former Open Golf Champion of the u. S.
Copyright 1922 New York Tribune Incl
Copyright. 1922. New York Tribune Inc)

player whose game stays well above
100 and refuse to come down.
He isn't going to- make all these cor
rections in a few days or few weeks
don't mean to say that each duffer
has all these faults. Some have. But
many have only ten or twelve of them,
quite enough to wreck any game.
How is the duffer going to work his
way down the line with all these
handcaps to face?
He must work his way along, and
believe the best thing he can do is to
start building on his short game. This
stand Certainly, if he has no idea
how to hit putt he will have no
idea how to make a drive.
He might start three or four feet
from the cup. Here he can first get
the idea of a comfortable grip, of body
balance. of keeping the head still. He
will learn nothing of pIvoting, nothing
of the swing from this, but he will get
a start that is needed in golf.
On the short putt he will learn at
least the first touch of control. Let
him begin by taking a stance and a
grip that are natural, I believe in
keeping most of the weight on the left
foot, of keeping the body still and of
letting the right hand do most of the
work. The left merely helps to steady
the club. 1t may help to start the
club back, but the right hand is in
charge.
Here, too, one learns the first prin-
ciple of not swinging back too far, of
hitting with decision and firmness.
You can learn a lot of golf from the
putt alone. You can learn here that
you must first make up your mind
what to do and then hit the ball. You
can learn here the cost Of indecision,
of lifting your head on the downstroke.
Get the right line, make up your mind
| how hard to hit the ball, keep your
body still and then go for the hole.
That is nine-tenths of putting. But
one must practice this to get the feel
| ing of the putt, the confidence that is
| needed to hit with firmness and not
| with a jerky stab or push. It is sur
| prising how many golfers there are
who have no idea of how to hit a putt,
| and this applies especially to the
| longer approach puts, where they
think nothing of taking from to 4
strokes when they are more than
twenty-five feet away. They are ten
| feet short one time and ten feet over
the next, because with them it is a
! haphazard stab that has no definite
direction and no definite force. They
are just trusting to luck that the ball
will stop somewhere fairly near the
hole. 1t never occurs to them to see
that the weight is balanced on the left
or right foot, that the body is kept
still or that the wrists must be used
in the right way, with the blade of the
putter coming back on a line running
thru the ball to the hole.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30

New York, Sept. 3O.-With the ap-
proach of a grave national fuel emer-
gency this winter, comes the assurance
today from w. H. Driscoll, director
of the American Society of Heating
and Ventilating Engineers, that nearly
every householder in the nation can
have at least 80 per cent of his coal
by making few simple changes in
his house and his heating plant.
This assurance from one of Amer
ica's most distinguished heating en-
gineers, whose jobs include installation
in the worlds two largest skyscrapers
the Woolworth and the Equitable
buildings of New York City-carries
with it probably the most practical
suggestions yet advanced for solving
the critical problem of fuel shortage
as the result of the coal strike.
Stating the case negatively" says
Mr.. DriscoIl. in an article in the Octo-
ber Popular Science Monthly, "of the
260, 100000 or more tons of coal
burned annually in this country for
heating homes, at least 80 per cent is
lost in preventable waste"
All Heating Systems Can Economize.
In his article, Mr.. Driscoll describes
numerous methods of eliminating this
waste by simple and inexpensive i'm
ErOVemenIS IN various types OF not
air, steam and hot water heating sys-
TENS, and by maintaining healthful
humidity in the home, thus reducing
the amount of heat required for bodily
| comfort.
THE matter of humidity" he de-
clares. ''is of prime Importance in
domestic heating, and it is the most
| thoroly neglected of all the questions
| involved. The human body like a
house. is constantly losing heat, and
most of the loss is due to evaporation
of body moisture. When the air is
humid. evaporation is slower, hence
the loss of body heat is less than when
the air is dry; and, therefore, we can
| be comfortable in the heated house at
comparatively low temperatures if the
air is sufficiently humid.
application of this principle re-
i fleets directly on the coal pile, for a
| saving of only a few degrees in heat
| means large saving in fuel. Expendi-
lures with the classrooms at the Uni
versity of Illinois. showed a saving OF
| IT per cent in fuel consumption in a
temperature reduction from rs de-
grees to 10 degrees. AS a matter OF
| fact, some health authorities urge a
house temperature of 6S degrees. and
/ it has been demonstrated in extensive
tests that it is possible to be perfectly
| comfortable at 63 degrees if the hu-
midity of the air is sufficiently main
! tanned.
Investigations have conclusively
demonstrated that the increase IN sick
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
RANKS ARE BEING Trimmed
Out of Over a Million Only 75,066
Confederate Soldiers Living Today.

Washington. Sept. 30.-Only 1906
Confederate veterans out of the more
than a million who fought for the
south during the Civil war are now
living, according to statistics COM
piled by Col. Francis NJ. Burrows of
the staff of Gen. Julian S. Carr. COM
mander-in-chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans.
OF this number, 65,707 are drawing
pensions, 1859 are in soldiers homes,
and $500 are unknown. The statis-
tics show that 57,9S7 widows of Con-
federate soldiers are receiving pen
sions and 667 negro veterans are in
homes
Texas leads in the number of sur
viving veterans with 14,969 on the
pension rolls and 256 in homes
Georgia and Arkansas stand next with
5000 pensioners and los and 100 re-
spectively in homes.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30
New Method of
Reducing Fat

newp item from abroad informs us
that the American method Of producing
ing success. This system, which haS made
such a wonderful Impression over thsre.
must be the Marmola Prescription Tablet
that We have nothing better for this pur-
pose In this country. Anything that viii
reduce the excess flesh steadily and easily
without injury to the stomach, the causing
of wrinkles, the help Of exercising or
dieting, or Interference with ones meals
is q mighty important and useful addition
to Civilizations necessities. Just such a
catalogue of good results follow the use
of the pleasant, harmless and economical
because Narmola Prescription Tablets
(made in accordance with the famous
any druggist tho world over or from the
Marmola Company, 1912 woodward Ave.
Detroit, Mich, for one dollar a care.
which is a-decidedly economical price, corr
sidering the number OF tablets each case
contains. They are harmless.--Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30
7. H. S. TEAM TO WAMEGO
Two Members of Local Squad VIII
Be Out of Game Today.

A light signal practice Friday eve
ming concluded the three weeks
training period of the Topeka high
school squad before the opening game
of the season TO be prayed with Wa
mego high school at Wamego this aft
ernoon- The squad was in good con-
dition for the game and ready to
fight all the way when they left here
this noon under the supervision of
Coach Victor Hurt
The team will be handicapped in
the game this afternoon due to the
inability of Carmain. center, and Jol-
ley, guard. to play. Carmain has an
injured hand and Jolley has been
having trouble with one kneecap.
The entrance of BOYD, captain, into
the game after it was doubtful
whether or not he could play due to
lack of practice. will add spirit to the
team, tho.
The Topeka team Will play its first
home game OF the season next Satur-
day against Manhattan high school,
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ness that always occurs in winter is
due, not so much to lack of ventila-
ton. as to a lack of humidity in our
houses, offices, schools, and work.
shops
''The first step in remedying this
condition in your houses. with view
to saving on the fuel bill. as well as
improving comfort and health, is to
purchase a hygrometer, an instrument
to register relative humidity. There
are two general types of this instru
ment. The more accurate type has two
thermometers, the bulb of one being
inclosed in water saturated wick.
The difference in degrees registered
by the two Thermometers when com
pared with an accompanying scale,
shows the humidity. The other type is
direct reading and operates by the
contraction or expansion of a hair
under the influence of moisture in the
air.
THE next step is to devise some
method for supplying humidity to the
air. In order to maintain a humidity
of about so per cent at 10 degrees in
the average seven or efght-room
house, we must evaporate into the air
from II to 20 gallons OF water a day.
1.-The best of the modern hot air
furnaces has a cast iron evaporating
pan on top of the fire pot. inside the
furnace shell. This pan is connected
the furnace in which the water level
is the same as in the pan inside. A
| water valve controlled by a float, of
the type used in toilet tanks, keeps
the tank constantly filled with water.
THE problem of humidity is most
easily solved in a steam system, for
which there can be purchased a small
noiseless and adjustable valve that
allows some of the steam to escape
directly into the air of the rooms. For
the hot water heating system no SIM
pie method of obtaining the desired
| humidity has been suggested"
Houses Not Properly Insulated.
| Fully 40 per cent of the heat losses
| in the average Eouse can be attributed
| to neglect of the proper insulation OF
| the house against outside weather, Mr..
Driscol1 points out.
while the householder cannot very
well tear down a wall to correct these
defects, he can. at least, take the fol-
lowing precautions:
| 'tSee to it that there are no holes
at the top or bottom Of the walls
| by which air can circulate from the
/ cellar to the attic. If there are such
/ holes, cover them with building paper
or wallboard. 1t is a common thing
to find that the Insulation of a house
has been applied effectively except to
the ceilings of the top floor. where
only one thickness of plaster separates
a warm room from the cold attic In
! this case. tack building paper over tbs
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30

I tops of the rafters to inclose air spaces
over the ceiling"
On the subject of heat insulation,
Mr.. Drisco1l emphasizes the impor-
tance of recent tests in a novel skele-
ton house erected within the great
mechanical engineering laboratories of
the University of Illinois. Results of
these tests revealed unmistakably that
the common practice of covering all
exposed warm air ducts of a heating
plant with a single coating of asbestos
paper, instead of conserving heat, act
ually increases heat radiation from the
pipes as much as one third!
This series of experiments" says
Mr.. DriScol1, indicates a general rule
for insulation against heat or cold
that the amateur heating engineer will
| find constantly useful. When insulat-
air pipes, the heat or cold of outdoors,
etc.), the best insulation is closed air
| spaces; but in insulating against high
temperatures (furnace walls. steam
pipes, etc.), use solid insulator such
as asbestos or magnesia~"
Warm Cellar Indicates Coal Waste.
The most reliable indication, that a
heating plant is wasting coal, he says,
| is a warm cellar.
THE usual cause of a too-warm
cellar from a warm air furnace is Door
| circulation of air within the furnace,
| WHICH III turn may De Que TO TWO
things-wrong layout of the warm air
pipes. overhead, or, more likely, wrong
construction of the cold air duct
bringing air to the furnace.
| Nearly every furnace user has
| found it difficult to get an even dis
! tribution of warm air to the registers
This condition is almost always due to
! the small size of the cold intake pipe,
and if it is remedied, many of the
| common furnace troubles will be elm
| mated. The intake pipe ought to have
an area in cross section practically
equal to the combined area of all OF
! the warm air pipes.
| First aid for most furnace troubles
| consists in enlarging the cold air duct
In doing this, we ought to avoid the
old, old mistake of taking all the cold
air from outdoors. 1t is a mistaken
idea that it is unhealthful to recircu-
late the air in the house. One investi-
gator estimates that e,00o cubic fee
| of air an hour is Leeded to heat the
average house of eight rooms and
bath. If 10 persons constantly occu.
4 pied this building their maximum re.
| quirement for fresh air would be 1S,,
900 cubic feet 2n hour. AS matter
windows and doors would bring II
about that quantity of fresh air and
it is simply waste of fuel t. heat tn,
total quantity :: air passing thru tht
Il furnace from outside temperature. in.
stead of reheating the already warmed
i air in the rooms
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Faults From 1so to so.


am going to try to show the main
faults that hit the different classes of
golfers from 120 on down to so, with
certain suggestions that may be of
some help in correcting these mis-
takes.
For example, the golfer playing
around 85 might have only one or two
mistakes to work with, where the
golfer playing around 120 would have
dozen or more
must say that any golfer playing
steadily around 120 is doing few things
in the right way, possibly none at all.
This doesn't mean that his game is
helpless. But it does mean that he
must build up new foundation and
get fresh start all along the line.
Main Mistakes.
What are the main mistakes that
bother the golfer who ranges from
lis to 1870? ?
1. Lack of ease and comfort in grip,
stance, wrists and body.
2. No knowledge of pivoting-of
letting the body turn in a natural way.
3. No idea of balance-of being in
position to hit firmly frcm the top of
the swing.
straight left arm that must be guide
and control for the swing.
5. A jerky swing that has no even
rhythm to it, usually caused by lifting
the club up with the right hand in
place of starting it back with the left.
6. Moving the head in place of
keeping it-as an anc,--r to the swing.
z. No control over the short game
no idea of the chip shLa or putting,
always big score reducers when prop
erly handled.
8. Not thinking on thru. Thinking
of too many things while the swing
is under way in place of thinking only
about hitting the ball, once the swing
! has started.
8. Swinging too far back and then
quitting on nearly all approach shots
that are not full strokes.
10. Lifting the shoulders at the top
of the swing and then dropping them
as the ball is being hit.
IL. A feeling of too much tenseness
at the start of the swing.
II: Over-using some favoring club
using it out of place because one has
| confidence in it-and no confidence
in anything else in the bag.
f3. Lack of decision before the
| swing is started that breaks up all con-
centration when the swing is under
way.
IA. Trying too hard in place of TAX
ing natural rap at the ball.
15. Incorrect grip and stance.
Not Discouraging, But
I don't want to be discouraging, but
this is only a partial list. Now this
| isn't supposed to be a memory test and
yet these are all faults that affect the
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30
GRIDIRON PARAGRAPHS
By
GRLOS E.HOBBS
Tel.353O.

double header. 1t will be close con-
test, We believe. Sweet music it will
be for the Paramount eleven if to see
Coach j. @. Banbury's warriors get
trimmed by the Bethany team, for
Friends and Fairmount have been
rivals for long time.
More than one game is won because
of the spirit of the rooters on the
sidelines. That is why more games
are won by teams which play at home
than when visiting. The psychological
effect of knowing that the students
are on the sidelines and roofing for
the home team fills athletes with an
inspiration to win, and they can more
easily give of their best efforts. Just
as the outcome of a baseball game
depends lot on the coaching from
the coaching lines, and the support
given by the club and rooters, so is
it with football.
Colleges and universities are be-
ginning to realize this and are or
tended to fill the gridders with pep,
fight and inspiration. And there is
no doubt that these yelling machines
have an effect. Just how pronounced
the effect is depends in a large meas
ure on the kind of an organization,
on the size if it and on the note of
sincerity the Individual members of
the organization show.
1t always is easily detected whether
yelling is assumed or whether it is
for effect. The Washburn yell ma
chine gives advance proof of being
sincere this year. The students be-
lieve in the team, believe in the coach,
and in the school. Nothing can be
properly sold by anyone unless he
believes in it. A man cannot be a
salesman unless he believes in his
goods.
Washburn college students this year
believe in what they have to sell, their
football teams ability to win, and
their belief in their school. So when
1000 voices turn loose in pande-
monium this afternoon it will mean
that Washburn sons and daughters
are supporting their team because
: they think it will win.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30
HI How to Keep Warm This Winter with 3O% Less Coal
Dozen Important Rules for Preventing Waste of Fuel

All flue. fire, and ashpit doors
should be filled and fitted to make
tight joints.
4. Heating surfaces should be
kept clean and free from SCOT and
ash accumulation, and the entire
ashpit should be cleared at least
once a day.
5. Crates should be kept in good
condition so that they will shake
easily and have no broken places
for coal to drop thru. Unburned or
partly burned coal should not ap-
pear in the ashes at any time.
6. Steam heaters and hot water
piping should be completely COW
cred with a good grade of insula-
ton of ample thickness to prevent
heat losses.
Z. The firepot should be kept
filled at all times. 1t is a mistaken
notion to assume that a low fire
effects economy. On the contrary,
it is wasteful and extravagant. Do
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30

not shake your fires too often, too
long, or too violently, especially in
mild weather.
s. Regular attention to the fire
by one member of the family is
desirable.
9. The firepot should have suf-
ficient coal capacity to require at
tention not more than once in
eight hours.
10. Keep your house tempera-
ture lowered. SiXty-six degrees
should be sufficient for comfort.
IL. Shorten the heating season
as much as possible. Do not start
your heater with the first sign of
cold weather. An open fireplace or
a gas heater will provide all the
heat needed.
IL. Heat as few rooms as the
comfort of your family will permit
"A tremendous waste is caused by
the heating of unoccupied rooms.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30
RACE IS NOT SETTLED YET
Yanks, in Hitting Slump, Lose Again
While Browns Win.
(By the Associated Press.)


While Browns Win.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago, Sept. 0.-Mathematical
uncertainty in the American league
pennant race existed today with but
two games left on the schedule OF
each of the contenders, New York
and st. Louis.
Inability of the Yankees for the sec
ond straight day to hit the offerings
of former teammate-this time
Jack Quinn-cost them another re-
verse yesterday at the hands of the
Red Sox, 1 to 0, and chance to
clinch the championship.
The Browns, meanwhile, chung to
the possibility that they may tie the
leaders, and thus necessitate a play
off series, by defeating the Chicago
White Sox, to 2.
One victory for the Yankees or a
defeat for the Browns will settle the
race. In order to obtain a tie the
Browns must win today and tomor-
row from the White Sox, while the
Yankees lose to Boston today and to
Washington tomorrow. Altho favored
by all odds to emerge the victors, the
Yankees have caused something bor-
dering on apprehension among their
followers by a sudden slump in hit
ting, with the pennant goal in sight.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30

The following instructions for
fuel saving, offered by w. H. Dris-
coil, noted heating engineer, in his
article in the October Popular
Science Monthly, may be safely fol-
lowed, he says, in the operation
of any heating system.
/. A good draft is essential to
proper combustion. Therefore, the
chimney should be absolutely tight
and the smoke connection as short
and straight as possible.
2. A hand damper should be in
stalled in the smoke pipe to reg
uIate the intensity of the draft,
This should be installed in addition
to any other mechanically oper-
ated dampers that may be in use.
g. The heater base should be
tight. and grouted to the floor to
prevent air leakage into the ashpit.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30
FIND MURDERER is INSANE.
William r. Bolen Killed Mrs. Clara
Burres at Ottawa, Jury Says.

Ottawa, Kan, Sept. 30.-William
H. Bolen, until few months ago a
resident of Oklahoma, was found
criminally insane ana guilty of the
murder of Mrs. Clara Burres, at her
lonely home west of Norwood on June
% last, by a jury in district court
here. The verdict was based wholly
on circumstantial evidence. Mr..
Burres, who had been working away
from the house during the day, re-
turned at night and found the body
of his wife in a pool of blood on the
floor of a room in the house. A
bloody axe indicated how she met her
death. Bolen for a time was an in
mate of the Old Folks home here
and was seen in the Burres neighbor-
hood on the day of the murder.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30

..
ita.
Friends vs.. Bethany, at Wichita.
Three conference schools which
were due to win in Fridays gridiron
clashes lived up to expectations. The
final score was somewhat different
than was expected, however. Most of
the fans believed Southwestern would
win by a larger score over Sterling
than was the case. The 2S to de-
feat of the Presbyterian school at the
hands of the Moundbuilders last year
made Coach w. S. Bates eleven de-
cidedly the favorite.
College of Emporia was picked to
win by a larger score over Kansas
Wesleyan than 1t did. The Wesleyans
season. Coach A. B. Mackie said he
was well satisfied with the game, and
that the best team won.
Baker, which won over the William
Jewell eleven. 81 to last year, was
reported to be weaker this season, and
it was somewhat of a surprise to see
the Coach z. S. Liston eleven come
back after the defeat at Mcpherson
last week and take the Friday clash
from the Liberty. Mo, eleven by a
large score, altho it had been picked
a winner.
Interest today centers in the Wash.
burn Ottawa clash at Topeka, the
Pittsburg Manual Training Normal of
Pittsburg, and the Haskell Indians
contest at Lawrence, and in the dou-
Bile header at Wichita between
Friends-Bethany and Mcpherson
FairmouHt battle.
Previous engagements make Nc
Pherson and Bethany the pick of the
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TO STUDY BIBLE.
School of Religious Education
VIII Open Monday Evening.
Most Complete Curriculum of
Any School in Kansas.
STAFF OF 10 INSTRUCTORS
Training Course for Leaders
and Teachers of Sunday School.
Dean p. S. Zampiere of WASH
burn VIII Direct. the Course.

The third annual session of the To-
peka Community School of Religious
Education will open with registration
at 1880 o'clock Monday evening at
the Sunday School temple of the First
Methodist church, southwest corner
of Sixth avenue and Harrison streets.
The most complete curriculum of any
school of its type in Kansas will be
offered. There will be eighteen in
SfrrIcforc