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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17
CASEY HOME RUN KING

Casey, Of Tulsa, IS close to the
leadership in home runs in the
Western League with 16, one less
than his teammate, Munson. Mum.
son struck bad slump this week,
falling off 20 points, though two
Of his blows were circuit drives,
putting him just one behind Babe
RutI's present mark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17
Freddie N'LE0D HAS
GUT SHOT" DOWN
TO Perfection
RY Robert q. ZONES. Jr.

National Open British Open and Southern Open Champion
The increasing popularity Of golf architecture which gives
small and lots sand has made relatively
important players ability to close to the hole from the bunker
indeed bunker play has to be game in itself requiring
might technique quite different from other department
Of golf.
employed from the sand and peculiarly fits different
situation the sake call them the chip
the blast and the cusho although these little
without explanation of the of execution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

should like to consider first the
ordinary blasting or explosive shot.
both because 1t is the most popular
among average players and be-
cause. IL only one shot is to be
learned. it is the most generally
useful. The safest course, whatever
the lie Of the ball or the location
OF the hole. is almost always full
blast taking plenty of sand and
making certain of getting the ball
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

goes up with practically no spin
and falls almost lifeless upon the
green, taking whatever roll the to.
biography and speed Of the green
may give to 1t. The only difficulty
to be encountered is the weight of
the sand to be taken, and that the
plsyer win have to Judge for him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

at least out OF the bunker.
For the player who would become
adept at bunker play. the blasting
shot should be put to no sucn
general use. There are times Of
course when its employment is
prescribed by circumstances and its
omission would be foolhardy. Thus
when the ball is lying in a heel
mark or foot print, or when the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

Up to this point we have en-.
countered little difficulty. There are
two means of regulating the range
of a full blasting shot: first BY
the left or angle OF the club, and,
second. by the mass of sand taken
behind the ball, the force Of the
blow varying little. If full range
is desired the club is faced up 10
the ball with its normal loft ana
as little sand taken as the lie of
the ball will permit. AS the range
is shortened the club should be laid
back and away from the ball (no
attempt to cut across the shot
should be made) and more sand
taken behind 1t.
From this kind of shot the bah
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

The conventional manner Of
playing the explosive shot Is
apparently the best. Our most
proficient players exhibit little
variation OF method In this de-
partment. The BAH is played
from q point opposite the left
foot or slightly in front Of it,
the player stands fairly erect,
with the feet not far apart.
The club, always q niblick, Is
taken near the end, and q full
swing is employed. The swing
Is full. but unless the BAN Is
lying I'm an extremely bad
place. there Is no necessity for
an excessively hard blow, the
object being only to move the
ball, not the bunker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

bunker is very deep and the hole
not too far beyond the edge, or
when the only safe course appears
to be to attempt only to get out
onto the putting surface.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

My old friend. the late j. s.
WOrthingt0n, was remarkably
expert at playing q clean-lying
ball from q bunker. especially
II the sand were wet. He al
ways played the shot with a
nlashie or mashie-niblick, and
with . neat little stroke, struck
the ball q very slightly descend.
ing blow, sending it up with a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

self, considering whether the sand
Is wet and coarse or dry and pow.
derry.
Just as the blasting shot is al.
most always the safest, the clean
chip is uniformly the most danger
GUS. 1t has its uses, however,
when the bunker is shallow and
the ball is lying neatly on top of
the sand. When everything is pro-
pitious and the player himself feels
a little cocksure it may work. The
only rule / should care to lay down
with regard to this stroke is that
more lofted club be selected than
would be required for the same
shot from the fairway, as that will
permit of striking the ball a little
higher and thereby lessen the dan.
ger OF spelling the shot by hitting
the sand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

These are the three types Of
bunker shot which are In most
general use, and q good player
should be able to call on any one
which may be required. No one
shot can be made to perform the
office Of the other.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17

but IlIls sFlOt Is mol. lot the IdIIlN
and file OF golfers. The nicely Of
execution which it requires is be.
yond the reach If most OF us.
had waited patiently for a number
OF years to see what would happen
il Freddie ever nit one little too
high. When he finally did half-top
one l was not in a position to enjoy
it as should have liked, for I hap
pened to be In line and nearly lost
an ear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-11
OXIDATION TESTS AID IN STUDIES or
HUMAN EXISTANCE.

Cal science nowadays is to run no
risks whatsoever where rabies infec-
ton is concerned. An ounce of pre-
vention is worth more than an ocean
of regret in suspicious cases.
The common cold, so called because
of its prevalence, is one of the baf
fling mysteries which, like the secret
of how the honeybee makes honey,
has resisted all oyertures of science
to answer it's riddles. Today medical
science has demonstrated that an ordi-
nary cold is contagious, and is prob
ably spread by invisible germs. But
resea rch specialists have failed in iden-
tifying this particular germ or groups
Of germs. Furthermore, 70 success
full system of controlling colds has
been developed. Chlorine gas treat
ments. vaccines and other scientific
eXpedients have failed in effecting
standardized cures. Doctors and
health officers make sensible recon-
mendations, warning people against
such conditions as exposure to cold
and wet, crowded halls, buildings and
street cars, foul air and other con-
tributing causes of contagious colds.
Science, however, does not know the
germs that produce colds nor how to
battle them successfully. The indica-
tons are that the ordinary cold will
continue as one of our great economic
menaces, as there are no present in
dications of the early solution of its
mysteries.
EOR the last % years the United
4 States Hygienic Laboratory, au-
thorized by special act of Congress,
has supervised the production of com !!
mercial serums. v3ccines. anti-toxins, |
viruses and other biologic materials !!
which circulate in commerce. The re- |
of this inspection are /
tremendous, as about 116, 900 900 !
rs99 per cent of our pop
tlation, benefit from these materials
in one form or another in combating
germs.
For general education. Uncle Sam
IS anxious to impress upon his people
the difference between a serum and
vaccine. A serum is made from the
blood of an animal which has devel-
1ped Immunity or complete resistance
against certain disease germs. In the
of vaccines, on the other
hand. living germs are used instead
Of the blood Of an animal that has
Ieen made immune to that particular
disease. These germs are grown in
special laboratories on such materials
Is, broth, egg white or gelatin. They
ire collected at the proper period.
lilled by heat or steam, and are then
conveniently in vaccine form
or the doctors use. Vaccine against
Is made by inoculating a /
abbit with rabies. Eight days later
he rabbit is killed. it's spinal cord is
eincved and is then specially treated
nd eventually distributed among ply
icians as preventive Of hydrophobia. |
Before Federal inspection Of serum
nd vaccine production was legalized
" Congress persons who were vacci-
lated frequently suffered from sore {
rms. developed by unclean vaccines. |
'hese materials were contaminated
With foreign germs. Such expert
noes are now nothing more than 2
ncient history. Public Health Serv- ;
:e regularly inspects the IS American G
lants which now produce the more
han 100 different biologic products
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are visible only when greatly magni-
fed.
Anthrax; as you may know, is a
dangerous disease to sheep and horses
which Is communicable 20 man. Il rs
known generally as wholesalers "
disease, being spread by minute germs
which cause assesses that frequently
result in death. Anthrax is common
i'm Europe and the Orient, where dis
eased folks spread the infestion. 1t
is uncommon in the United States,
and whenever an outbreak occurs
our Government does its best 10 stamp
out the attack after ascertaining it's
causes
The last small epidemic of anthrax
broke out in a city far removed from
the concentrating influences of dis
eased sheep or horses. The cause of
the outbreak was listed locally as a
medical mystery. Public Health Serv-
ice was requested to play Sherlock
Holmes and ferret out the scientific
facts about the remarkable case. The
United States Hygienic Laboratory
accepted the charge, and discovered
after detailed investigation that the
anthrax was spread by shaving
brushes imported from the Orient.
Resistant spores OF anthrax on these
bristles had survived the ordinary
distinction accorded such importa
tons Americans who lathered their
faces with these brushes In some
cases contracted anthrax. The costly
experience was useful to posterity. in
that it led to the enactment Of a
more rigid Federal law about the man.
ufacture and sterilization of such es-
sential brushes. Shavers from Salt
Lake City to Florida are now pro-
tected against anthrax spreading
brushes, for Uncle Sam has seen 10
it that history will not repeat itself
in such way.
For more than - years Rocky
Mountain spotted fever, which is
transmitted by diseased wood ticks.
has collected heavy annual tribute in
human lives and caused desperate sick
ness in. our Northwestern States and
lower British Columbia. Uncle Sam
has attempted the eradication of the
pestiferous ticks with everything ex-
cept English bl0odhounds. Mammoth
land areas were burned over in at
tempts to exterminate the wood ticks.
Hundreds of thousands OF domesticated
animals were assembled in corrals and
dipped with chemical poisons. This
was effective in measure, but it was
impossible to collect and similarly treat
the wild animals and predatory crea-
lures. which also distributed the dis
ease.
Mighty nocks- Of sheep were pas
ttEed in tick Ahfested territory. Tne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-11
MONKEYS AGE USED ~ Tvpuus EXPERIMENTS.

idea was to use the sheep as tick
traps" The insects were supposed to
gather in the wool of the living sheep.
subsequently science hoped to kill
these ticks by dipping the mutton
makers.
THE Government spent great sums
in striving to control the ravages
Of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but
Its stratagems were only temporary
in effect. The disease germs con-
tinued to multiply and began to deci-
mate certain districts Of the range
and ranch country. Approximately 5
per cent of the thousands of eggs de-
posted by the female ticks carried
the infection from parent to progeny.
Eventually the problem Of control
ling Rocky Mountain spotted fever was
turned over to the Hygienic Labora-
tory in Washington. DR.. r. r. Spen-
GER, after three of his Government
associates had lost their lives in SINH
lar research, finally perfected vac
cine which gave protection against
the death dealing disease. This vac;
cine was extraordinary in that 1t was
made directly from the, gropnd-up
ticks. whose bite causes the disease.
1t was something quite new and diff
ferent in such materials. Neither its
originator nor his associates had any
idea how 1t would affect man. 1t
might kill or 1t might cure-nobody
knew how it would act.
DR.. Spencer courageously volun-
teered to .vaccinate himself with the
new vaccine. 1t was daring deed.
such as only a modern soldier OF
science would attempt. Fortunately,
no deleterious effects resulted. Other
Government. specialists then volun
teered for vaccination. In the course
of time the vaccine was distributed to
the mountain country where the ticks
spread the fever. Recently thousands
of persons In Montana, Idaho. Wyom
ing and other Western States have
been vaccinated against Rocky Noun
tain spotted fever. Not a single death
has occurred among those vaccinated
After a. stern and a long chase, 1t
looks as though Uncle Sam has con-
quered a disease which long baffied
modern science.
The general public does not know
that typhus, which is a disease OF
great importance in Europe, has ap-
peared spasmodically, along the AT
lantic seaboard during the last few
years. The American typhus appar-
emily is a mild form Of the European
disease. Unless the contagion Is con-
trolled, II is liable to spread and cause
serious countrywide epidemics. Hence
the United States Government Is do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-11
CULTURES OF $50 SPECIES oE DESTRUCTIVE RNs

rabbits to man. The carrier of this
worm it's way into the body through
unbroken skin. All one has to do is
to come in contact with a diseased
rabbit, and shortly he will be laid up
In bed, sick with rabbit fever" Tu-
laraemia is a fatal malady of rabbits,
squirrels, mice and guinea pigs, but
it only causes severe and extended
sickness among human beings.
Fhe disease was first identified in
this country in Utah as deer fly fever.
The first six Government specialists
who studied the disease all became in
fected, despite every precaution known
to science in warding off infection. 1t
was then thought that a blood-suck-
ing fly was the sole dispenser of the
disease. Detailed experimentation at
the Washington Hygienic Laboratory
disclosed that germs visible only un:
der the most powerful microscopes
really spread the disease. Uncle Sam
also found out that tularaemia, which
was thought to be a localized disease,
is widespread over the United States
wherever rabbits are handled and
marketed.
During the last year the United
States Hygienic Laboratory has been
experimenting with sleeping sickness,
seeking to produce serum which
might check the economic ravages of
that mysterious disease. Not so long
ago a Jealous writer, misinterpreting
information supplied by Uncle Sam,
published a story stating that the
Government had found cure for
sleeping sickness. The Public Health
Service has been deluged with re-
quests from all parts of the country
for this panacea, as the article was
recopied in all sections. Pathetic
tales of family suffering have filtered
to our National Capital from folk
who had hoped to end their suffering
with the new specific. 1t was heart
rending task the job Of replying toI
those letters and of informing invalids
and their relatives that the report was
false, that sleeping sickness had not
yet yielded up it's secrets
After % hours of interchangeable vigil.
woman bacteriologist of the United
States Hygienic Laboratory leaned
back in her chair and almost immedi.
ately fell asleep. She had been en-
gagged in the development of new
serum which was designed to remove
some of the deadly sting from the acts
and actions OF pneumonia germs. Sue
cess apparently had rewarded her eff
forts. And in the glorying conviction
that she had finally found a new
method of checking the death rate of
an old disease this woman scientist
stuck to her experiments by day and /
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which can be administered only by
qualified physicians. Between $500
| and 1000 specimens of serums, vac
cine, anti-toXins and similar material
are tested annually at the United
States Hygienic Laboratory, and 1t is
| a, rarity nowadays for our. national
sleuths to find anything wrong with
any of these materials. The Govern.
ment has also fostered the Standard
cation of such products as diphtheria
anti-toXin and tetanus anti-toxin, as
well as arsphenamine.
1t was not so long ago that Mister
Bacillus Botulinus, a small germ with
fancy name, was raising all sorts of
rumpus all over the country. This
germ mastered methods of smuggling
into canned goods and there excreting
powerful poisons, which subsequently,
made the families which consumed
such contaminated food frightfully
sick. In many cases fatalities resulted,
and in some instances whole families
died from eating such poisoned food.
Uncle Sam went to work on the crit
zeal problem, and finally perfected an.
efficient anti-toXin which, when ad-
ministered in time, now prevents
death from botulism. The Govern
ment has recently gone yet further
by establishing a definite standard by
which commercial manufacturers can
measure the quality of this anti.toxin
which they produce.
Science has mastered some of the
magic of medicine and disease control,
but there still remains much to do.
For example. nobody knows what
causes cancer, while science cannot
tell why arteries harden In some indi-
ylduais at so and not until the age of
30 in others. How can tuberculosis
be cured? Will the time arrive when
the life OF the average person can pc
prolonged by science to 100 years?
NO mystery murder in police records
or in fiction is more complicated
than the research now in progress at
the United States Hygienic I.abora.
tory, which seeks to expose all there
Is to know about the germs of tuber.
culosis. These germs in the body of
a person suffering with the white
plague are EMBODIED in waXy protec-
tive coverings. Thus far research has
failed in finding medicine which
would kill these armored germs with
out also injuring the tuberculosis
patient.
The more science studies. the tuber-
lie bacillus, the less it seems to know
about this elusive wrecker of homes
md happiness and destroyer of human
life. The goal-the ultimate control of
Observation-Disclosures as remote as
Mars and as unfathomable as conun-
irums of the fourth dimension. Not
the seeming hopelessness
If the research efforts, science enthus-
astically continues its quest and re-
oxra1H ALL r.. "a ia. -
he ICON" of consumption is linked
to the quest resulting in
solution and control of
ne of mans deadliest foes, tubercu-
osis.
Uncle Sam also tests out the nos.
runs and cure-alls of takers and
uacks.s in order to warn the general
ublic against such ''moonshine medi.
ines" If possible, the Government
rosecutes the producers Of such
CONTINUED on Fourth Pagee
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night, forgetting rest, food and com
fort in her scientific ardor to con
tribute something worth while to the
forward march of medical science.
** ~
OCCASIONALLY science gets 6
- laugh out of it's important and in
teresting works in it's determined bat
tie against germs. In one case the
joke was on the Government doctors
Several of them were striving to de
termine If it was possible to communi
cate measles to monkeys. In the
course Of the tests the monkeys re-
sisted the disease, but the expert
mentors did not. Several Federal ex.
perts were away from their desks on
sick leave for couple of weeks as a
result of this research which went
wrong. .-t-r.
A laboratory assistant one day. found
a guinea pig running loose on the
floor. He captured the little animal
and returned 1t to- a cage, but not
before the pig" had bitten him. The
investigator promptly forgot about
the matter, and It, was not until a
week later that he happened to men
ton it to Superior. a. 7s7
Good gracious, man. cried the
scientist, that guinea pig has since
died of hydrophobia. Hurry! Well
give you the Pasteur treatment at
once"
The bitten assistant was vaccinated
and no injurious effects ensued. 1t
was only by one of fortunes queer
quirks, however, that he escaped
rabies infection. as the inoculated
guinea pig was ready carrier of the
infection.
Another extraordinary experience
along somewhat similar lines once &C.
Cured. A District policeman was
called to a suburban section to shoot
a mad dog. The bullet crashed
through the head Of the. rabid dog,
continued on its parabolics course, and
finally, as it was about spent, it struck
a little girl about two blocks away.
The leaden missile produced a. flesh
wound and caused considerable flow
of blood. Doctors were summoned,
and Immediately the remarkable ques-
tion arose, Gould the bullet which
penetrated the brain of the dog az
fiicted with rabies carry the infection
to the child?" ~
The conundrum was passed along to
Uncle Sam for solutions Government
could not answer the ques-
ton definitely. For precautions sake.
the child was given the Pasteur treat
ment against hydrophobia. The
soon recovered from the |
flesh wound and no serious after re. !
suits obtained. The attitude OF naedi.
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ing all possible to unravel the secrets
of this disease.
In foreign countries typhus is car
ried from one person to another by
body lice. Uncle Sans Investigations
have discovered definitely that the
louise is not the conveyor of the dis
ease in the United States. On the
other hand, the ravaging rat in some
mysterious manner appears to be the
spreader of the affection.
Hunters In New Orleans have been
commissioned to trap many thousand
rats, which are being sent to the
United States Hygienic Laboratory.
An expert laboratory assistant, work
ing under the direction of DIR. X. F..
Maxey. in charge of the typhus re-
search, chloroforms these rodents and
then carefully combs their coat in
order to collect specimens of all the
germs and insects which inhabit the
rats hairy covering. Thus far DIR.
MaXey has found no distinctive germs
which might spread typhus. He has
ascertained,- however, thaS one of
every % of the Southern rodents is
infected with typhus, although the
disease is not fatal to the rats. By
some extraordinary reservoir now I'M
known to medical research the rats
IFHnSIUlL ln6 fLy III IlidIi---lo HUI
man beings of cleanly habits who live
in sanitary surroundings and who
have a high standard of living. DR..
Maxey will continue his studies until
he solves the complete riddle and per-
haps Is fortunate enough to develop
control or cure for the American
typhus.
GOVERNMENT specialists who work
~ for Public Health Service are
striving to find out what role oxygen
plays in the development and promul-
CATION of dangerous diseases. These
experiments are being conducted on
the assumption that the changes
which occur In the human body in
time OF sickness are usually chemical
changes. In a neighboring lahoi atory
to that where the oxygen research is
in progress Federal slenths of medical
science are trying to bare the secrets
of new biologic truths which may
produce important effects on human
existence. Uncle Sam Is attempting
to perfect chemical treatments which
will check and control tuberculosis,
the white plague of the human race.
A new serum has recently been de-
veloped which probably will measur-
ably decrease the annual mortality
from pneumonia.
tious diseases registered on the physi-
clans roster, strange to tell, passes
from Wild Jack rabbits or cottontail
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BY MERELY TOUCHING THESE
RABBITS ONE MAY CONTRACT
TuLARE MIA.
BYBEDRGE il. DACY.

~ Me- OF sciences most spec
t4euiar campaigns war
I fare against invisible germs
which MAIN and kill men
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night, forgetting rest, food and com.
fort in her scientific ardor to con-
tribute something worth while to the
forward march of medical science.