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The Washington times., 1924-03-29


1t may. seem strange to write
about staleness when one IL just be-
ginning his game for the season,
but a little story that heard the
other day suggested that a little
warning, even at this season Of the
year, would not come amiss.
/ do not know what staleness
means physiologically, but 1t seems
to be a condition in which, all at
once. muscles, eyesight controlling
mind-all zest, in fact-seem to de-
part from you. A dreadful sense Of
monotony overwhelms your world,
and skill flies away until rest and
abstinence bring back once more
the Joy OF sport.
The story that heard about
staleness the other day was very in
teresting and unusual, and / arm
offering il as a useful warning. A
man who had been an expert oars
man in his early youth. and q good
tennis player, decided to take up
golf as d less Strenuous form Of
exercise.
He employed first-class teacher,
and having been q trained athlete,
his muscles responded easily to
teaching and he was soon sending
his ball far and straight down the
course. Five days passed in in
struction, and then came a day
when he stood on the tee and missed
seven balls in succession!
The professional was appalled,.
Never, he asserted In his broadcast
Scotch, had he ever seen such q
thing. Never had he seen . man
learn q shot more quickly, and
never had he seen one throw Il
away 50 completely. The begin
ming golfer, however, was not SO
surprised; he recognized the symp.
toms.
at am stale" ne said. "At least
give me another club, or another
spot from which to play" They
found another tee. and the trouble
was over. He missed no more tee
shots.
I would not presume to tell a
professional how he should give
his golf lessons, but have always
found the great professionals ready
to listen to suggestions.
MY little suggestion Is that II one
cannot vary the place to play from
he should at least vary his clubs.
II a man learn about irons. he can
soon learn about woodens; 1t Is the
same stroke.
The order in which I practice is
pitcher, midiron, brassie, jigger and
mashie. OF course, one should try
putting a great deal, and an &C.
casional bunker. or deep grass shot.
A variety Of club play helps to
prevent stalenesa.
Some clubs have but little space
for practice shots, the idea then IL
to hit each shot from a different
spot in that space. Change, be 1t
ever so little, provides the true
method Of escaping staleness.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
SLIGHT CHANGES CURE
GOLF STALENESS
BY CHARLES "cHICK" EVANS

At think that growing stale" is phrase frequently near
seems simple thing but there are times when can De oea0s
man may Be praccing along and feeling that he is getting
prime big event. and then AL at once
himself completely off his
In golf his fayoe shot back him. or all his shots may
he feels that he understands Tor the 1
"nat. stale and unprotitable
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
Gowan Sets Record.

Gowan, or the Spills. Chemistry
team, made new records for the
Agriculture Interbureau Duckpin
League at the Recreation when he
shot a game of 1874 and a set OF
1913 against the Secretary team.
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
Mt. Rainiers Practice

The Mt. Rainier Juniors will
practice tomorrow at 10 a. m.
Manager Flester requests that all
players report iR uniform "a an
interciub game win be staged be-
tween the team % last year and
the newcomers.
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
Jolly Pals Seek Game.

Fishers Jolly Pals. composing an
all-star sandlot team. want h game
for next Sunday. Challensers should
phone Lincoln 22sl. Peck Volkman.
who played semi-pro bali in Cleve-
land. will start with the Pals on
Sunday.
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
Plans Race Meet.

AKRON. Ohio, March ga nine.
teen.day running horse NEE. 10
planned at Northampton track near
here this. spring, William Jones.
president, Of the Akron Racing Asso-
citation, announced today. The meet.
ing Is scheduled TO open on May 10.
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
RUTH DECLARES HARRIS
SHOULD MAKE GOOD
BY BABE RUTH.

NEW ORLEANS March 29The League going
be interesting this year. think than year
most people imagine.
Naturally figure going wn but there will be
fireworks before the everything
Mobile is true George Sler and the Browns will be there
battling from the start Georges hope all
He B of the fellows who's going make the
more interesting than last The other BuckY Harris
The Washington times., 1924-03-29

But nothing Of the sort. The
Russell limerick produced as many
answers as any one Of the proceed.
ing eighteen or twenty unfinished
iingles. and the quality OF last lines
submitted was, II anything, far
above the average days lot.
Skillet" IL pleased, over the TACT
that ne mas such loyal crowd OF
followers. and that none OF them
The Washington times., 1924-03-29

mere IL never any JeIIlng Wner0
q team will finish when looked at
in March. No, nor. in April nor
July nor August.
The 1924 Griffs will apparently
enter the campaign with much the
same team they had last year.
Whether they finish with that
same lineup none can tell, neither
President Griffith nor Manager
Harris.
Two years ago, right here in
Tampa, all who saw the Griffmen
working under Zeb Milan thought
the team certain to be the conten-
der with the Yankees, then over
whelming favorites for the PEN
nant. The sad results. are too well
known to tell Washington fans
over again. The collapse of
Erickson, Gleason, Phillips and
Courtney are still fresh in the
memory Of the fans at home.
How They Look.
THE 1924 Griffmen don't look
to US much better than they
did a year ago at this time.
It may be that they are stronger
in the box, but even that remains
to be seen. The infield may be
stronger, but who knows? The
same goes for the outfield.
The 1923 Griffmen nosed their
way into the first division largely
because the Browns were without
Sisler and were filled with mana
'gerial troubles, the Mackmen blew
up in midseason and the White
Sox never showed at their best. =
Judging from all information
coming here, the Browns will have
Sisler this year, the Mackmen are
much stronger, and Frank Chance
may be depended upon to drive
the White Sox faster than did Kid
Gleason, whose hands were tied by
conditions in Chicago.
Consequently, if the Griffs are to
be considered certain to finish in
the first division-with no thought
of any pennant-they must i'm
prove along with the Browns, the
Mackmen and the White Sox, the
three clubs finishing below them q
year ago. This remains to be
seen.
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
Arlington Works.

The Arlington A. &. will have its
squad OF ballplayers. some of them
first class performers. out for prae-
tice tomorrow a. l3A D. m
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
OssIE, BLUEGE.

Washington baseball reading public being given credit today
by "Sket ESQ., thngthat being
to the and not fnchng when the battle goes hard
"k abong until yesterday under the impression that
giving his limerick followers tough nut to crack in the
Russell jingle and he all prepared have an easy days mail
tn inspect n result Of Misrepresentation
The Washington times., 1924-03-29
Keep Babes drives inside the
pavilion"

There were dozens Of other OK.
cellent onee. mostly ending with the
word billion. civilian and william.
but 1t 10 the unanimous sense of
the board Of Judges that they picked
the best ones as you have read
them and many Of you must agree
they should have clear ,consciences.
This is Skillet Finn, ESQ,
Washington, D, c.. the voice Of the
cuckoo, signing off for the day.
Good day.
The Washington times., 1924-03-29

ton Of nellie Bailey, 621 Main street,
Fredericksburg, Va. 1t 10:
The Washington times., 1924-03-29


OF the many excellent suggestions
for appropriate endipgS for those
four lines, the contribution Of Ed
ward w. Stackhouse was the best.
1t follows:
His fingers even fool BertiI-
liOn."
Peach, isn't it?
And this one of James Congle-
toms Is almost as good, although he
will only get two tickets for 1t
whereas Stackhouse gets four:
''His brilIiance suTpasses ver-
Expressing entirely a different
idea, yet reading well off the pre-
ceding lines Of the limerick, the
contribution Of Hannah L. Regain,
917 B street northeast, 10 well worth
anybody's attention, particularly
those who were opposing her IN this
particular stretch Of the contest.
She wrote:
The Washington times., 1924-03-29

Slow and uninteresting was
the game despite its close score
and last inning rally. No par
ticularly good fielding was seen,
and the hitting was not impress
sive. Peck's single scoring
Pr0tlrO. put the Grfffs ahead IN
the fourth, but Milwaukee tied it
up in the fifth and got two more
off Mc0rew, who lacked effective
ness.
The Washington times., 1924-03-29

Smith played three innings
against Milwaukee yesterday,
pounding out Q salty on his one
attempt. Fisher caIhe In against
the riglithAnded Shauer and IL
was his bingle In the ninth with
two gone that scored GOsIin, Civ
Ing the Griffs the victory, 4 to 3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-19
Gift Baritone Horn
TO C0ny School Band
BY Arthur SOule

The gift of a fine baritone horn
70 Cony High school by Arthur Soule
or the r. w. Soule furniture store.
mas recently proved most pleasing to
MISS Thorne, the music teacher. and
to Mr.. Perkins. the principal, as it
assures the Cony High school stu
dents band of an instrument which
has been badly missed.
Mr.. Soulc was very much interest
ed in the Cony High band through
an article which he read in a recent
issue of the Kennebec Journal. In
reading this article he found that the
band lacked baritone and as he
had one which he had played in his
younger days, he felt that it would
lie of assistance in the formation of
the band in future years. According
ly he gave it to the school.
This horn has already been loaned
to a sophomore, who gives every in
dication of being a willing student
and who will play it for the next
two years, after which it will again
be turned over to some student who
will devote himself to the work of
the Cony High school band.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-19
Senior Prom Marks
End of Social Year :
At Cony High School

The last dance of the school year,
the senior prom, which takes place
annually just before graduation, was
held Wednesday evening at Cony
High assembly hall with about 100
couples present to enjoy the occasion.
This dance was given for the men,
bers Of the senior class. the faculty
and invited guests, and everything
had been done to make it success.
The hall was beautifully decorated
with the school colors of red and
white. Streamers hung from the
rafters. while the walls were banked
with red and white panels in the CEN
ter Of which were placed large red
"Cs". over the door was placed the
class numerals. 1924" This work
was done by Wilfred Howell and his
committee consisting of Charles Mel,
son, Wilson Hayden, James Fleming,
Ursula Maher. Polly Sturtevant,
Eleanor Wilcox and Paul Giddings.
and they certainly had worked long
and earnestly to make the hall most
attractive.
Tho evening was passed with
dancing to music furnished by Man.
sons six piece orchestra from Gardi-
ner. The music was very delightful
and added much to the enjoyment of
the evening. Delicious refreshments
of ice cream, cake, saltines and punch
were served throughout the evening
by the refreshment committee con-
sisting Of Lawrence Stiles, chairman.
Richard Merrill. Melbourne McFar-
lane. Lewis Young, Mildred Dixon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-19
Romance Rides The Pipe Line

ingly to the oil and natural gas
lands with the advent of spring.
The Master Of the Steel
The welder must be master Of
the steel, for most of his pipe line
work is done in isolated places, far
from the machine shop or supply
house. He needs only his welding
material and the pipe to complete
a line through the most inaccessi-
BILE places, since he is able to cut
and weld the pipe into shape for
any kind Of special fitting that
may be required. There can be no
rush trips back to the shop for
special wrenches, dies or fittings
on account Of unforeseen condi.
tons which always seem to occur
on a rush job. The welder is ION
his own" he must cope with every
situation.
No more striking instances o:
isolation can be found than on the
210 mile line being laid in Louisiana
and Texas. 1t is heavily wooded
country, spotted with a few scat
tered towns and little cultivated
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-19

The wildernesses are gone from
the face of America, but the noun
tains. the rivers and the deserts
are even as they were in the by
gone days-obstacles all--of va
rious degrees OF obstinacy to be
overcome. And the pipe lines.
through which gush some OF the
great natural resources Of the
country-oil and natural gas-can-
mot be laid. like the railroad beds.
upon the surface of the earth or
ibridged across river and ravine.
The pipe line goes underground
save at the creek or river crossing.
and there it rests upon the bed of
tSe stream.
TIE growing demand for the ut
most conservation OF Americas
Great natural resources has
brought the trade Of the pipe-weld'
g. 20 the fore. Pipe lines, using
the old screw-thread and coupling
method. have cost the public utili-
ties millions of dollars in leakage
and more millions for repairs.
/ oxy.Aeetyiene Welding
Then came the discovery and
Perfection of oxy-acetylene Welding.
The welded joint was greeted with
open skepticism-until 1t proved
itself; and The proving was OF so
recent date that it is only now be-
Ing accepted by public utilities In
general.
The adoption Of the practice OF
Welding steel pipe has proceeded
to such state that it is no longer
EXPERIMENTAL" we learn from q. e.
tLungren, an official OF the Western
United Gas and Electric Company.
and there are very definite rea-
sons why 1t has the advantage over
other methods. Perhaps the most
outstanding advantages Of welded
joints are the reduction in leakage.
ne Increased strength Of the lines
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-19
COMING EVENTS

June 1919 - Bowdoin College COM
June Is-is-G. A. r. Dept. Of Maine.
June lS-1y-Division OF Maine Sons
OF Veterans, u. S. A, 42nd annual
encampmenL Portland.
June 19-Cony High school alumni
banquet, Augusta.
June 2O-State Assessors at Rumford.
June 20-Nation-wide drive for shoes
for Near East Relief.
June 2O-22-N. l.. Bakers convention,
Poland Springs.
June 24-St. Adams Commandery, X.
r, visits Oriental Commandery.
June "a st. Johns day.
June 24-Portland connmandeEy visits
June 24-Knight Templar Field day.
June 24-pemocratio National con-
vention, New York City.
June 25-27.-Maine Dental Society an
nual convention at Augusta.
June 27-Maine Commercial Secreta-
ries' Association, Waterville.
annual SCHOOL, Vassalboro.
July dedication new union bridge,
Ellsworth.
July Irrational Rife day.
July l6-N. r. Circulation Managers
Association. Portland.
July l6-New England Circulation
Managers Association. Portland.
July 23--100th anniversary Lincoln
county court house, Wiscasset.
July Estate D. A. r. field day. King
field
Aug. 9-Bates summer school opens.
Aug. 1S-19-American Pomological SO.
ciety orchard tour OF Maine.
Aug. 26-2S-New England Grange an
nual conference. u. of NJ n.
Aug. 26-27--American Legion State
Convention, Waterville.
Sept. 29-Oct. 2-Maine Federation
Women's Clubs, Portland.
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Sec. Hughes Gets
Doctors Degree
At Amherst College

Amherst, Mass, June 1S.-Secre-
tary of State Charles E. Hughes. who
received the degree Of doctor of laws
at the Amherst commencement to-
day, prefaced an academic address
with tribute to 1.-The most notable
contribution of Amherst to our Ma
tional life-Calvin Coolidge. 1895.
The secretary, who is a Brown
man, mentioned various Amherst
alumni with whom he had been as
ISOLATED in public and private life,
and proceeded:
And there is our chief, than
whom there is no better example of
the integrity, the self-control and
intellectual discipline which COM
mands confidence and ennobles
leadership. the most notable con-
tribution of Amherst to our national
life. Calvin Coolidge. of 1895"
Expressing wonder whether the
college man of today is being
swamped in too many activities, the
secretary said the greatest need of
the day is cultivated understanding
and added that in no part of our
activities. is understanding SO diff
ficult as in foreign affairs.
For example, he said our relations
with Ldtln America were never pet
ter than today, despite the efforts
of those IN other counties who en-
deavor to foster an unfriendly senti-
ment toward U.S."
Yet there are writers among u.s.
ne added. "Who apparently make it
their business to develop antagonism
and to spread among the people OF
this country. who have no opportu-
nifty for Judgment from personal
Judgment, the notion that our poll
cies are imperialistic, that our in
fuence is baleful and that mutual
respect and friendship are decreas-
ing.
There are those among us who
try TO make it appear that this gov
eminent is the agency of interna-
tional bankers and concession hunt
crs. What grotesque perversion 1t
is!
The secretary noted that the false
statement is REPEATED that the posi-
ton of this government at Lausanne
was determined by the Chester con-
cession.
This government made no barter
OF it's right for this or any other con-
cession," he added.
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yeah. and she stood 700 pound
pressure, too"
Reckon this here1l be a hot
job: pretty darn warm in. Texas"
Hot! Say. you should a been
on the Shawnee Loop in 81. That
was some weather Eight.inch
pipe, forty-foot lengths, and each
welder carryin' an umbrella. That's
the fact. the big kind. them you
see on a farm wagon. Never had
to build no fires to make the bend
in the pipe. The metal was SO hot
from the sun that all we had to do
was to roll the pipe on log, hang
a few men on the far end. and over
she'd bend. as easy as q green
switch"
Glare is the bane Of the pipe
welder. Safety demands that he
guard his eyes with heavy goggles.
for the white-hot end Of his weld
ing rod is an inferno. Add the dis
comforts Of blazing sun upon his
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-19

land. The 'lining-up gangs" as
the groups of laborers are called,
are already at work on the right
OF way, cutting down trees, blow
ing up stumps. digging mile after
mile of trench, blasting through
rock formations, laying staging for
the river and ravine crossings, and
dragging the pipe to the edge Of
the ditch.
Lore Of the WeIders
And in Kirbyville. reminiscent of
q frontier settlement, the pipe
welders have gathered in the con.
struction camp. passed the tests.
been grouped in gangs and are out
ION the line" There is much ex-
change in the lore Of the trade.
Remember the 160foot arroyo
near Salt Creek last summer and
how We welded eight lengths and
suspended it while a lot Of wise
acres said it wouldn't hold?"
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street for several days were given
color today when the Fisk Rubber
company announced a revision in
prices to dealers, the company stat
ing that it has taken advantage Of
the low prices Of raw products.
While the amount Of the cut was not
given, 1t was unofficially reported to
bs 10 to Is percent. The severity of
the competition in the industry re-
Gently resulted in one manufacturer
giving away a set of wheels with
each set of balloon tires. This was
followed by another manufacturer
giving away inner tubes as we'll as
the wheels. The latest development
is cut in the prices of tires them
selves.
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Providence, r. T., June 1s-Btown
University today conferred s34t de-
grees at the 15gth commencement.
or the total degrees awarded z72
were first degrees. 56 advanced! de-
grees and six honorary awards; Re-
cipients of the honorary awards in
cluded Masanac Hanihara, Japanese
ambassador to the United states.
doctor Of laws: James Henry Frank
lin, secretary Of the Baptist fo5eiRn
mission society, New York: doctor OF
editor Of the Boston Herald, doctor Of /
literature.
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Cony Grads to Hold
Forth Tonight at
Reunion Banquet

The first Cony High school reunion
banquet that has been held for 30
years, will be attended by fully $50
grads according to the registrations
that have already been RECEIVED. The
banquet will be held this evening,
6.15 at the assembly hall and there
will be very pleasing program after
the banquet. John Clair Minot, lit
erarv editor of the Boston Herald
will be the main speaker of the eve
nlng and there will also be- several
short speeches by graduates Of tn,
school. The old familiar songs and
cheers will be tried ont and the en-
tire affair will take the form of a
big jolifcation that will help to
cement the grads into a real alumni
association that will back the school
IN its work.
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Rescue Five from
YaWl in Open Sea

Warren, r. T.. June 1S-The rescue
OF five men who had been without
food or water in a so foot yawl that
had been carried 200 miles out into
the ocean was reported today by rel
atives Of Benjamin Brooks, of Bar
rington, the owner and one OF the
party in the craft. The boat, known
as Onawa. was, according to the re-
port, on its way from Marblehead to
this port when driven out to sea
Relatives of Brooks said that he
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and the lower cost, tOSetner WIN
more rapid progress in construc-
ton work"
No Leakage Loss
From N. E. Wagner. superinten-
dant of welding Of the prairie Pipe
Line Company. comes the state
ment that "our engineering depart
ment figures indicate that BY weld.
ing a line 140 miles long a saving
of nearly thirty-fve per cent was
effected. This saving and the fact
that there will be practically no re-
pair or maintenance costs and no
loss Of oil or damage to land due to
oil leakage have convinced US that
oxy-acetylene welding Is the most
efficient method OF laying oil-carry.
ing lines"
Thus the modern invention OF
oxy.acetylene welding has opened
anew the romance of the work on
the right-of-way. The skilled pipe
welder is in demand in the great
open places-for an. oil line In
Texas, q natural gas line In west
ern Pennsylvania or q water sup
ply line in Montana.
Most Spectacular Job
The long steel tube from the
Texas-Louisiana natural gas fields
to Beaumont, Tex, is the latest
and at the same time the most
spectacular welding job ever at
tempted. Across four counties, In
Vulnerable small streams and two
noble rivers will the great 16-inch
pipe be thrust by the Magnolia Gas
Company. From Shreveport to
Beaumont for 80 miles it will run.
the general direction south. the
curves Of the line following the
contour of the country.
Il Is the Mecca OF the pipe-weld-
ers. a clan which scatters to the
four corners Of the continent IN the
fan and winter to gravitate unerr.
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mnsadehne Hussey. Jesse Alexander
nls Cole and George Yeaton,
80. s the seniors and their guests en-
IL tne nan they passed a receiving
w. Burrill, Principal Perkins tha
cass officers. Donald Hewitt. nresi-
1ent; Charles Poor, vice presidenf.
wired Howell, treasurer. and Mad.
eMne Hussey. secretary; and Janet
Snase. Polly Sturtevant and George
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Quantities OF carbide, oxygen and
acetylene are being allocated to
gangs. assigned to certain posi-
tons along the line, and move of
like great circus caravans.
The Summers Task
And what lies before them dur
ing the hot summer? Work, a he
mans work, hard physical work,
until the long miles Of pipes, now
lying in innuinerable sections. arc
welded together. shaped to the
contour Of the rolling land. dropped
into the bitches, dragged by tackle
across ravines and creeks. upheld
over larger streams by stout wood