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Evening star., 1923-07-19
MIDWEST OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Somebody British and lyrical-She ell
ley, Wordsworth, or perhaps 1t wds
Kipling-once soliloquized In meter:
What knows a man of England, who
only England knows?" or words to
that effect. What knows an >Ameri-
can of the United States. who knows
only the Atlantic seaboard, or the
stretch of country that lies between
the Alleghanies and the Mississippi? ?
Such an American knows precious
little of the '1and" he glorifies In the
only line of "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" that he can sing by heart. This
observer deserted his eastern habitat
at the beginning of July, to follow
terval. Horace Greeley's' immortal ad-
vice to young men. 1t has been a
voyage of discovery and inspiration.
The midwest and the midcontinent
regions are still virile and vigorous,
despite the temporary blight of eco
nomic depression. Their air is ener-
! gizing. though heavily laden with
gasoline, and they are still as differ
ent in their outlook upon life, judged
by eastern standards. as their golden
sunsets from the smoke of Pittsburgh,
Many Washington statesmen are
bailiwicks this summer for the first
time since the war. Borah is riding
the political circuits in Idaho Sena-
tor Warren, Pershing's father-in-law,
is at Cheyenne, supervising the vast
affairs of his sheep herds. Lawrence
C.. Phipps. whom some Coloradans
consider more Of a Pittsburgher than
Denverite. is renewing home ties
in the Rocky mountains-there's an
election in 1924. Arthur Capper is
the busiest man in Kansas, fiivvering
from county to county in anticipation
of next years reelection campaign
and personally attending, after long
absence, to- the business of his great
publishing house at Topeka. Jim
Reed was in Missouri so much last
summer, during primary and election
campaigns. that he has torn himself
away for the long congressional re-
cess. and is touring the country in
connection with his big case against
the Standard Oil. Reed lost his old
time law partner. "Jim" Harvey, at
Kansas City recently. The senator is
now bent upon rebuilding single
handed the business of once pros
porous firm.
Statesmen who come back to little
gray homes in the west find that too
prolonged absenteeism is bad politics
The folks in the constituencies resent
it. They're afraid the glamour of life
at Washington too easily blinds the
average senator or representative
who once was content with the minor
diversions and less distinguished So
ciety of Main street. Owing to war
work in Congress. hundreds of mem-
bers of both houses this summer are
making their first protracted visits
TO local regions since 1917. They are
finding to their sorrow. in many cases.
that their popularity and prestige
have waned. In one or two instances
defeats for reelection in 1922 are di-
rectly chargeable TO the failure of
certain eminent men to keep in closer
touch with their home people BY
these something more than franked
Evening star., 1923-07-19
The Navy Yard.

The Washington navy yard can do
little work in scrapping the Ameri.
can warships that are to pass under
the terms of the international agree
ment on armament limitation. There
was once a belief that a fair share of
this work would fall to the lot Of the
Washington yard, but the fates and
other things are against us. The
home yard lacks facilities for doing
the work. There is no dry dock, and
without this the heavy giant hulls
cannot be taken apart and cheaply
salvaged as old iron. Some of the
ships to be scrapped are still on the
ways and will be junked in the yards
where they are building. !.
IT is regrettable that there has not
Evening star., 1923-07-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Great EXAMPLE

The Great Example.
If men cannot reform the earth,
With all its discontents,
Let's heed suggestions of much wortl
That this old world presents
1t bids the blossom greet the sun
And through the stress of storm,
In patience waits the blessings won
When skies are mild and warm.
1t tolerates the insect brood,
Yet struggles to produce
The pleasures Of a gentle mood
And things for honest use.
Let the example great remove
Our prejudices blind.
If men this earth cannot improve
Let earth improve mankind.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Balloon and Plane.
To the Editor Of The Star:


/ was glad to see your, editorial of
the 9th instant on balloon and plane.
You are quite right as to the utility
of these events:I they areein the in
tcrest of sport absolutely and as at
present conducted are without the least
scientific value. 1t is idle to credit
them as being of interest to meteorol-
ogists as writer in Tuesdays Star
undertook TO do. The pity Of it all Is
that the federal ra1s,goyernment should
countenance Its officers. participating
In them. 4. J. HENRY.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Hasa;in

O. How .many miles from Paris
were the 0'ermans on their ciosest
approach ?--aF. l.. d.
A. The point in the otse province
where the Germans were turned DacA
was 2O.4s miles from Paris -
@. Why is TIA. Black sea SO cailedF F.
A. The name was given TO this
body of water Cpl account OF the 1act
that in winter lheavy fogs -ooscure -o.t
the sunlight and lend a black aspect
TO the waters. a'he ancient Greek
name was "InhoslN table sea.
Q. What is the name given to
poker when the joln,r is lett In the
pack w. 7.
A 1t is called joker. poker or mis-
tigris-
@. What kind of moutx is the small
est?-I. L. d.
A. The harvest mouse e'f the SOUTH
ern states is probably tlie SfnaIies.'
It's entire length is only tour inches'
and half of this is tail.
Q. How are fielding ave RACES oi
ball players determined?-B. McD'
A. To determine fielding ;JVerages,
divide the total of put-outs.' assists
and errors into the total OF ISut-outs
and assists.
O. How many gallons of gas' were
used in the tranScontinental hiEslil OF
the T-2?-C II. d.
A. Seven hundred and twenty SaI-
Ions of gasoline were used.
Q. Before railroads used standau1i
time, what time was used?-O. NJ.
A 1t was formerly customary for
road to use throughout large sec
a. % ha a.
OF one of the principal cities through
which 1t passed. On October Is. 1889,
a convention was called by w. r.
Allen. secretary of the general rail-
way time convention, which decided
on the Introduction of standard time,
to take effect at noon November u,
1853, and the change was made with
out difficulty.
Q. Why was the Plimsoll act
passed?-D. K.
A. Mr. PlimsoH had at heart the
good OF sailors when he urged this
bill upon the parliament of England.
Unseaworthy ships were overloaded.
sent to sea and sunk for the coli
lection of insurance so often that IT
did not seem a coincidence. The
Plimsou act was' passed prohibiting
vessels loading 10 subnergence
over their load-liHe mark. which was
painted on the side of the ship and
soil line. This law reached beyond
Great Britain because it was ap
piled by that government to all ships
entering the British ports. While
willing to protect her own sailors in
such q fashion. she was not willing
to give her ships unfair competition
by allowing ships of other nations
to overload.
G. Is cannibalism still pra cticed -
j. ]. l..
A. Martin Johnson. who makes
movies of savages, says that he Sc
cured some pictures on his last trip
to the South Sea Islands which prove
conclusively that long pig is still
a delicacy eaten occasionally by
some tribes.
(Hdre you q question you tCdnt al
sicered' address yota- inquiry to The
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Hdsktn, director, 1920 North CapitoG
street. Be sure 10 give your full name
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Evening star., 1923-07-19

An impression on the part of AM
bassador Geddes that prohibition
works successfully only in the small
towns brings up another angle of the
relativity proposition. No town big
enough to have>a mayor and a con-
stable is willing to admit itself to
classification as a small town.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

The prize of one hundred thousand
offered by Mr.. Box cannot fail to be
appreciated by countries who think
the L. S. A. ought TO enter the league
of nations, although a few Of the
smaller ones no doubt would rather
have the hundred thousand.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

Printing presses turning out unse-
cured paper currency abroad have to
work long and fast in order to turn
out enough to pay the wages of the
press men.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

Diverse comment in all parts of the
country is aiming to make the presi-
Dental visit to Alaska as instructive
as possible.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

The art impulse in America will not
fail to note the efforts of Minnesota
to make some contributions in pic
turesque politics.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
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Evening star., 1923-07-19

In addition to the interviewers who
will greet Senators I.add and King on
their return from Europe. Mr.. Samuel
Gompers may be on hand with a ques-
uonnaire of his own
Evening star., 1923-07-19

America is noted as a liberal pur-
chaser of diamonds. The farmer has
for long time insisted that 1t is his
turn to wear some of them.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

Savings to Pennsylvania announced
by Gov. Pinchot may arouse ambition
in other states to borrow him as a
business doctor
Evening star., 1923-07-19

Uncle Sam preserves the attitude of
q good listener while Europe makes
the diplomatic conversation as inter-
esting as possible.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
A Fisherman's Wall.

II fished all day and only caught
one fish,
How do you account for that?'
"Only on the theory that the fish
had hydrophobia and was ready to
bite anything"
"A man dat really values his opin-
ion." said Uncle Eben, "is liable to
take a little care of it an not let it
git mussed up in permiscuous conver-
sation.''
Evening star., 1923-07-19

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Evening star., 1923-07-19
Among the Animals.

Were you bear or a bull in the
market"
II was one of those wise old foxes
who kept out of it,
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Educational Test.

To reading and writing 1 shall not
direct
My thought. I'll be happy at last
If my 'rithmetic shows I have been
quite correct
In counting the votes to be cast.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

After boy learns what to do with
a saxaphone, the next thing is to find
out what to do with the boy.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Effort Demanded. .

THE world owes me living re-
marked the socialist.
Yes" replied the willing worker.
But you've got to make some kind
Of q demonstration to convince it
you're entitled to collect
Evening star., 1923-07-19

Business Once. 11th st. and Penn.yfvanta Ave.
New York Office: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European ONCE: 16 Regent ST.. London. England.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

(Hare you q question you lCdnt Qh
siceredf address your inquiry to Tho
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
HdsktH, director, 1920 North CapitoE
street. Be sure TO qipe your full name
and address aud incl0se cents in
SfdmpS for return noStaac }
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Ins and Outs.

II am told that you know all the ms
and outs of politics"
II don't pay so much attention to
the outs" replied Senator Sorghum.
"The ins are usually the fellows who
have most of the real influence, -.
Jud Tunkins says it's kind Of deli
cate matter to be smart enough in a
horse trade to protect yourself with
out bein' So smart folks'll be scared
to do business with you.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

hut also by birth. and during the
greater part OF her LONG Afe-sths
Evening star., 1923-07-19

G. Is cannibalism still pra cticed -
j. ]. l..
A. Martin Johnson. who makes
movies of savages, says that he Sc
cured some pictures on his last trip
to the South Sea Islands which prove
conclusively that long pig is still
a delicacy eaten occasionally by
some tribes.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

Certainly the modernist movement
in art tends to exalt ignorance and
discount the value of intellectually;
the trend is toward the brutishness
of primitive man-all that civiliza-
ton has brought is to be cast aside.
the cry is that of the forces of ma
ture in rebellion against the power
OF the spirit. 1t is q symptom OF the
times, a. real and Q grave danger.
Not too soon have thinkers taken
note and resolved to- organise.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07

weapon against the batter. Only
ire real veterans stuck to the fast
ball. high and inside, as their big
threat. Cy Young held to 1t TO the
very end, although late in his career
Cy developed pretty fair curve
that he used to advantage by cross
ing the boys up.
The spit ball was the forerunner
Of an era of freak deliveries In an
effort to retain supremacy over the
batsman. pitchers began TO doctor
the ball to get an unusual break.
Vogue of Freak Deliveries.
One OF the discoveries made by
the ever alert pitchers was that by
roughening the ball 1t was possible
TO make the ball sail or break down,
according to where the purchase was
placed on the ball. Freak deliveries
to a certain extent brought back the
fast ball. high and inside, although
the low ball was used as much If not
more.
So great an advantage did the freak
deliveries give the pitchers that they
were legislated out of baseball, 1nclud-
ing the splitter 1t was the belief that
more hitting was desired, and that
of freak deliveries would
bring 1t about.
Likewise in the desire to supply
more hitting the ball was made more
lively. A lively ball and no freak de-
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
liveries made for more hitting,

liveries made for more hitting.
Already the lively ball has revolu-
t!onized the art of pitching \ twirl-
or who depends almost exclusively on
speed, hasn't a chance in the majors
today. A change of pace is most cs-
sential.
Now It's the knuckIc Ball.
In order to cope with the batsnan,
pitchers have found 1t necessary to
be able to slow up. There can be no
steady diet of any particular style.
the pitcher must resort to every stock
In trade.
The present season is destined to
see majority of pitchers using the
knuckle ball. The knuckle ball is de-
livered with ordinary speed, just
enough to throw the batter off his
stride after looking at fast one.
Aside from supplying the much
desired change of pace the knuckle
ball fairly shim1lies UP to the plate
and is exceedingly difficult to hit
any great distance.
In all the games ! have worked
so far this year I have seen only two
pitchers who failed to at least exper-
iment with the knuckle ball.
In baseball it's survival of the
fittest with the pitcher and batsman
constantly fighting for supremacy.
At present the batsmen have the
edge
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
CUBS DEFEAT Columbus
Score in Annual Contest is : To A.
Winners Play in Berlin This Week
Are Out For More Games

The Cubs and Columbus FLASHED
Saturday afternoon. the former win
ming : to 4. Kacey twirled well for
the Cubs. allowing but five bingles
while his teammates collected Is from
Cohen and Politis, though they were
fairly we'll scattered. Gordon and De-
cora shut off rallies with shoestring
catches in the field. Levine got a
couple of three baggers. This was
the annual clash between the two
teams.
The Cubs are to meet the Berlin
A. C. In Berlin next Saturday.
The Cubs, averages 1917 years, are
anxious for games with teams in the
same class. Games after supper or
Sundays may be arranged by calling
the manager at telephone 522-5.
The score of Saturdays game:
Columbus o 0 061 o Il o. 5 3
Cubs 80. 3 o 0 OF $50 0 1-T151
Batteries: kaccy and Levine; CO.
hen, Politis and Molsowski.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
SOUTHINGTON A. c. PLANS
ANOTHER BOXING SHOW
Gitlitz, Yale Star, Will be in One of
The Bouts TO be Held This
Friday Evening.

The Southington A. c., has arrang-
ed one of the best amateur boxing
shows that has been held in this sec
| ton of the state in some time.
The tournament will take place in
the southington town hall on Friday
evening, May II and the card as ar
ranged brings the following boys to-
gether.
John Turner, amateur feather
weight champion will fight Bill
Cunningham of Southington. These
boys have fought two battles, the first
being a draw while the second bout
resulted in the judges awarding the
decision to Turner.
Gitlitz. Yale star athlete and cham
pion of the light heavyweight class
will box Joe ktltonic Of Southington.
This promises to be bout full of ac-
ton.
John Pilkington. brother of Charlie.
of AIeriden, will fight Kid Vincent of
New Haven. Both these boys are well
up In, their class and will give n good
account of themselves.
Noah KapIan. brother of the Kid,
OF Mcriden. will go three rounds with
"Tommie" McI{eon of New Haven.
Jimmie Mastriani of Southington,
who has yet to meet defeat in the 10i
pound class. will fight Winifred Pratt
OF Bristol. Buddy Rodney of New
Haven, a lightweight, will fight Kid
Moran OF Bristol. Davy Joy Of
Southington is booked TO fight Kid
Clancy Of Meriden in the welter-
weight class and Jiggy Edido of
will fight Sebastian Gullo
of Meriden.
Honest John" Willis OF New Brit
ain will act as third man in the ring
and arrangements arc being made to
present two bouts among the Boy
Scouts
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
ATHLETES FROM u s. HOLD
EDGE OVER WORLD RIVALS
IN WZERNA 77ONAL GAMES
CORBIN COMES FROM
Behind, Wins GAME
Open Season With 10 10 0 Victory
Over Milldale Ball IosseEs

After Jerry Griffen was pounded
from the mound. and with the Mill
dale team leading the corbin nine 8
TO 2. Tommy Blanchard went In 10
pitch and cut down further scoring
In the opening game OF the corbin's
season yesterday. which the locals
won 10 to 8.
Hard. consistent and extra base hit
ting accounted for New Britain's win,
Captain corbin, Budniek, Wojak,
Barnett and T. Blanchard all hit well.
Linstrom. the Milldale pitcher,
twirled nice game until he was hit
by n pitched ball In the sixth after
which he weakened. However, he
famed nine.
Tommy Blanchard's critics. who
have been yelling that he Is all
through should have seen him work
yesterday. He was up to old time
form. The score:
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
High School Boys Win And Lose,
Cop Ball Game, Drop Track Meet
Waterbury Boys Prove Speedr and Take Contests 40 to
q While Red and Gold Diamond Men
Trounce Gilbert High 80.

I just finished battle with his stud.
les during the week out-pitcheo
Beach of the Gilbert team.
Rally in Ninth
The two teams battled on even
terms until the sixth inning when the
Red and Gold boys scored two runs
With two runs under their belts, II
looked as if the game was sewed up
and another run in their half of the
ninth inning made it look certain. In
the last half of the ninth however
the Winsted team started to belt the
ball, something they had not been
doing throughout the game. They
scored two runs before they went
out.
81 Batters Fan
The feature of the game was the
pitchers duel between Gray of New
Britain and Beach of Winsted. Gray
sent no less than IL would-be hit
ters back to the bench by way of
this route, while Beach the Gilbert
slaber made Is Red and Gold men
bite at his third strike.
Score by innings.
h. e.
New Britain :. 600 002 001--3 1
Gilbert ..... 900 600 OO2--2 3 .
Batteries Gray and Neipp, Beach
and SilvernaiI.
Continued on Following Page).
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07

New Britain High school athletes
both won and lost Saturday after
noon, the track team bowling to the
Waterbury speeders, but the baseball
nine humbling Gilbert High of Win
sted.
The New Britain High school base
ball team continued on the the win
ming path Saturday when it defeated
the Gilbert High school in Winsted
by score of to 2. The game was
exciting throughout, and it was not
until there were three out in the last
half of the ninth that the winner
was settled thing Gray, who had
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
109 Home Runs Have Been
Cl0uted in Big Leagues

Chicago, May 7.-One hundred and
nine home runs have been made by
60 players in the two major leagues.
this record including today's circuit
clouts. OF this number, 80 national
leaguers have poled out 70 home runs
while "a American League players
connected for SO.
The two Williams, Kenneth of st.
Louis Browns, and Cy of the Phillies,
in the National, were leading the re-
spective leagues, the latter ha> ing
eight homers and the formc. ccven.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
by Billy Evans.

1
Pitching runs In cycles.
When | Joined the American league
Is years ago. the fast ball, pitched
| high, was the thing.
Pitchers like cy Young who had
plenty OF zip on their fast one. which
they kept shoulder high. were the sue
cessfu twirlers.
The fast ball. kept high. had been
In vogue some time before ! Joined
the majors. II had a run of perhaps
10 years.
Then came the era OF the spit ball.
Few deliveries have stirred up as
much agitation pro and con as the
spit ball.
Spit bail pitchers early discovered
that 1t was necessary to keep the
spit ball at the knee to be effective.
1t is a well known fact in baseball
that a spit ball broken above the
waist line loses much of its decep-
tiveness
Coming of Spit Ball.
Spit ball pitching proved so effec-
tive that majority of the pitchers
went to the delivery Others who
didn't really use it faxed the deliv-
cry for the psychological effect.
The spit ball changed entirely the
style of pitching from the high to
the low ball, as the most effective
New Britain herald., 1923-05-07
Dodgers Win

Brooklyn. May ANDY Highs
clean up double with the bases full
drove Weinert out of the box yes
terday and aided materially in Brook
lyn's victory over Philadelphia by 7
to 4. Cadore pitched his first game
of the season and was steady until
the ninth when he gave three bases
on balls.
The score: