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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
COMBINING ICE
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Equipment That Will Be Found
to Work for Economy on
the Farm.
DRAINAGE IS PROVIDED FOR
Hoisting Pulley for Lifting tho Ice lo
the Best 8yutem Clean Straw
or Hay Is a Good Substi
tute Where Sawdust
Is Unobtainable.
Mr.
William A. Radford will nnswer
questions and Rlvo ftdvtco I-TtEIJ OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to tlio
subject of building work on tlio (arm, (or
tho renders of tills paper. On account of
his wlda experienco as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, ho Is, without doubt, tho
highest authority on all theso subjects.
Address all Inquiries to William A, Had
(ord, No. 1827 Pralrlo avenue, Chicago,
III., and only Inclose two-cent stamp (or
reply.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
This 1b tho tlmo of year to build an
Icehouse. A happy, goodhenrted
neighbor admitted In his comical way
that ho had always wanted an Ice
houses In summer but thcro was no
Ico at that tlmo to 1111 It. In winter
It was cold enough without It.
Every farm should havo an Ico
house, and every farm should havo a
dairy house. There Is economy In
combining tho two. Tho Illustrations
show tho porspectlvo and floor plan of
a combination farm .icohouso and
dairy, largo enough to handlo tho milk
from a good-sized herd of milkers.
Tho Icohouso Is largo enough to hold a
cubo of Jco 1C foot In diameter. To
koop well there should bo considerable
bulk of ico together in ono block.
In this design tlio dairy wing Is
built to tho south, which helps to
protect tho south sldo of tho Icehouse
from tho hot summer bud. Also, u
dairy room needs considerable sun
BlUno, so it works right both ways.
Tho foundation of both tho Icehouse,
and dairy is of concrcto mado into ono
Bolld wall oxtendlng all tho way
around. Above tho wall both houses
aro built of wood, using studding,
matched boards and drop siding. Next
to tho studding is ono thickness of
building paper, then matched coiling
boards nro blind-nailed on tho Inside
and drop-siding is used for tho out
sldo boarding, leaving a hollow dead
air spaco botweou. It is a mistake to
pack this spaco with sawdust, be
causo tho sawdust rots down at tho
"bottom and settles in spots, leaving
holos.
To prosorvo tho Ico from molting,
tho first attention should bo given to
drainage It is absolutely nocossary
that tho water Bhould got away from
tho bottom. It ico stands In water it
melts away rapidly.
TJio Boctlon drawing shows tho man
ner in vlitch tho houso is constructed
in regard to drainage Tho space
aver coast
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Section
Through Ico Storage
and
Milk Room.
botween tho concroto walls under tho
ico Is filled with cinders, pounded
down. Abovo tho cinders Is a Blant
ing floor ot concroto, then a layor ot
sawdust a foot dcop. This makes tho
very best foundation for ico in a farm
icohouso. Thoro nro other methods
of kcoplng ico In largo commorclol
storago plants, but what interests tho
fnrmorB Is a cheap, practical way of
preserving Ico for homo uso.
There is a- drainage system to tho
icohouso which works in connection
with tho concruto floor drains. Tho
centor drain leads into a cement pit
In tho dairy room, so that tho cold
drip water from tho ico keops tho wa
ter in tho pit-tank cold. This pit-tank
is whero tho cans or milk nro kept
cold ovor night.
Thoro is a drain plpo leading away
from tho bottom of tho cold-water
tank to carry oft tho surplus water.
ThlB drain is fitted with a hollow plug,
which reaches high enough to hold tho
water at tho right level.
Tho icehouso doors reach from tho
f,Ul utmost to tho peak, muUing ono
continuous opening, so that tho ico
can bo put in nt any lovol, as tho
house Is being filled.
A handy wny to lift tho cakes of Ico
is with a hayfork togglo and u pair
of heavy ico tongs A slnglo ropo Is
attached to tho tongs and passed over
tho hoisting pulley In tho track car
riage at tho top nud run through a sln
glo sheave nt tho bottom, so that a
horso can quickly lift a cako of Ico
to any height necessary.
Tho cakes of Jce aro built into a
eolld mass In tho center of tho houso,
.usually by breaking joints the samo as
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In brickwork, leaving a space of 12
inches all around tho outside It Is
much better to pack tho ico In tho
coldest weathor, to uso a hoso or
throw palls of water over each layer
to frcezo tho cakes of Ico together
Into a solid body as near as posslblo
Sawdust enough Is needed to pack all
around tho ico and for a layer 18
Inches or two feet deep over tho top
Whoro sawdust cannot bo obtained,
clean straw or hay that has been run
through tho cutting box will answer
tho purpose, and if carefully handled
will keep tho Ico in a very satisfac
tory manner. Howover, sawdust Is
much to bo preferred, and when figur
ing tho cost It is well to remember
that tho samo sawdust may bo used
for sovoral years by taking good care
to keep it clean and to dry It out In
summer. Sawdust from pitch pine
logs Is tho best.
Tho principle of keeping Ico on n
farm Is a llttlo different from the com
mercial proposition, whero ico la
stored in tho wlntcrtlmo to sell out In
summer. Tho farmer usually 1111s bin
own Icohouso. Ho docs tho work In
tho wlntcrtlmo when help and horses
would othcrwlso bo practically Idle.
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A llttlo extra Ico under tho clrcuni
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Floor Plan of Ice and Milk House.
stances costs tho farmer nothing, so
that ho docs not flguro It as a real
loss If tho mcltago Is considerable.
On tho other hand, if it keeps extra
well and ho has a surplus, there is
always sale for It in August and Sep
tember. It is bettor to clear tho icohouso out
boforo tho cold nights corao on, to
glvo it a chanco to dry out boforo be
ing refilled. When considerable Ico
Is left ovor, It is n temptation to put
now Ico on top of tho old, but this Is
a mistake. Tho Icohouso should be
cleaned out 'lcar down to tho bottom
overy year. This gives an opportunity
to oxamlno tho dralnngo and to start
right tilth tho noxt filling. Tho man
ngemon- of u Icohouso is as simple
as rolllfti; off a log, but thoro nro a
fow llttlo things to romembor. When
you roll oft u, log you don't want to
striko your noso. When you fill nn
Icohouso you want to do It In such a
way that tan-it of tho ico will stay In
tho houso until you aro ready to take
it out.
Tho dairy In this plan la lntondcd
for a farm whoro tho milk Is sold
either in cans or bottles. Thcro is
room for u milk coolor and a small
bottler suitable for a dairy of 40 cows.
Tho dairy floor spaco is 13 feet 0
Inches by 15 feet, which gives room
enough for a cream soparator, bottling
machine, sink to wash utensils, and a
fow storago sholvcs.
Tho samo spaco may bo usod differ
ently whon tho milk Is separated and
tho skim milk fed warm to young
stock, and tho cream shipped away for
salo, or when tho cream Is mndo Into
butter at homo.
Speaking of Mosqultocsl
Evorybody knows Pcto Nichols. Ho
works on tho Lehigh and Now Eng
land railroad, and ovoryono connected
with that corporation Is known for
truth and voracity. Peto camo Into
tho roadlng room of tho Morrison tho
othor day somowhnt oxclted, nml
broko out with: "Youso tollers don't
know nothln' about real inuskotoors
Today wo was stopped fur tlmo at
Glenwood Junction, Georgo Uuss was
dodgln' around In his cnb tryln' to git
out of tho way of a bat. Harry See
gar was lookln' fur Sara Perry's polter.
1 run out to tho crick and borrowed
a follor's landln not. Tho hull crow
nn' sum ot tho passongors got after
a woodcock. I got 'lin In tho not. It
was nothln1 but nn ordinary muskeot
cr. At tho post-mortem wo measured
his blood an' thoro was Just a pint nn'
n halt of It. Sinco that tlmo Hnrry
Seogar wears a baseball mask on 'Is
bed after leavin' Sussex nt nlto, Snm
Vnndruft hns gono on a vacashun till
cold weathor sots in and tho rest of
us tnkos daily baths in oil of citron
olla. Tho passongors' receipts hev
fall off 'a half." Sussox (N. J.)'lndu
pondont. powerful Geyser.
Tho Walmnngu goysor near Itotoruu.
In Now Zcnland, tho largest goysor on
tho Island, which In its period of erup
tion throw hugo columns of wntor.
black mud, rocks and stones to a
holght of Hftcen hundred feet and
moro, but which for tho pnst eloen
years baa, remained quiet, has again
becomo active. It recently blow out a
now crater, 80 yards long by 76 ynrds
wldo, and about 20 foot deep. In that
first explosion, during which It hurlod
mud and stones moro than n thousand
feet Into tho air, It formed twenty mud
"boilers" thut throw mud thirty foot
high, and opened seven broad steam
holos, from which steam escaped im
dor great pressure Somo of tho sand
and mud that it sont up was, It Is said,
carried as tur as Lako llotomnli.imi,
threo and a half miles away ,i 'ast
accounts JotB of stenm were ir-ming
from tho many fissures In the crate'
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He Saved the Wall Ornaments From the Flames
PHILADELPHIA. What of your household goods to save when your houso
is on flro has, from time Immemorial been tho burning question. After
aer Jewelry is safo in tho street, the excited housewlfo wants tho deed to tho
housa taken to safety. Tho wife's
this all k?A $
'lit flint lila hnmn altnnlrl nnvnr fnll vtntlmr in flnmno An n rpHlllf nt tills
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They wcro of tho typo that cm t a Btrcam of chemical vapor when tho con
alncr is held upside down, tho vapor forming a blanket and preventing tho
idmisslon of oxygen to tho seat of tho flames.
I When tho flro broko out tho country visitor and tho maid reached tho
stand whoro ono of tho flro extinguishers hung at exactly tho samo moment.
Ills first thought was to get tho valuables out. The maid, of course, was
' rn n d lfftsnti t mlnnlAn fnti ntm Iwnl Imnn (unltinil I ti Tho tiati rtf til nan rV
"I UlliUi (Jill, UllOOllllf 1UI OlIU 11UU UUU11 tl lAIIHJlt 111 UIU UDU J I Hivuu v.
tlngulshers. Tho mnld mado a lungo for tho extinguisher, seeing which tho
visitor gently pushed her aside and grabbed It himself.
Out Into tho street tho man ran, feeling Important in this hour of brav
ery. No, sir, ho wouldn't let those dovastlng flames wreck his brother's
homo. Ho was about to return lo tho house to rescue moro of those pretty
Jecoratlons when ho was hailed. His brother and sister-in-law were return
ing homo.
"What in tnrnatlon aro you doing with thoso fire extinguishers?" queried
.ho city brother, his nttltndo and tone of voice indicating amazement.
"Thero's a flro or something In tho kitchen in there," tho man remarked,
lnticlpatlng a word of prnlse for acting so promptly in rescuing tho valuablo
tvall adornments.
Statue of Liberty to Have Coat of Gold Paint
NEW YORK. Liberty, who has not washed her face nor dolled up In any
wny slnco sho walked down hero Into tho water to enlighten tho world,
Is being prepared by Undo Sam's boys for a renewal of her youth. "Lib" is
noro akin to godliness than cleanll-
less now. No wonder sho shows her
tgo. Sho Is constantly wearied by
jut-of-town folk running up and down
nsldo her. Her gown of green stain,
trimmed In soot and old paint moss.
ias blowzcd her considerably Her
irms need a ton of soapsuds. Her
:omplcxlon Is awful very bilious and
ill that. Her toga, or peplus, or
A'hatover tho classics call her night
gown, needs a scrubbing brush, much
From a distance, "Lib" looks
rather well In her green outfit. Tho art sharks call ft "picclous avatar ot
tho antlquo" and object to Its being disturbed. But Uncle Sam thinks sho
ought to havo a coat of glaring now gold paint. "Lib" has no choice between
ait and governmental orders. Sho'll get tho paint.
Tho moro rumor that tho statue is to bo mado a drug store blonde, at tho
suggestion of a Pittsburgh icprcsontntivo of congress, was quito enough
to throw Gutzon Uorglum, tho sculptor, Into a state ot sheer horripllatiou
tho other day.
Somebody of tho name of Kountz (Jcorgo Kountz of Harmarvllle, Pa.
had como to Now York to see tho sights, had mourned over what seemed to
ilm was a neglected and out-of-dato goddess, had thought how nlco it would
bo to covor her wondorful green bronzo with gleaming gold leaf and told
Itoprcscntntivo Stephen G. Porter of Pittsburgh that ho would pay the bill
to gild the lady. And Mr. Porter, bo tho story ran, had hurried to tho quar
termaster general's department In Washington and had been told that a
contract was let or would be lot and that Mr. Kountz of Harmarvllle would
bo mado happy.
Mr. Uorglum was told ot the contemplated "improvement," and was
shocked. "It can't bo possible," ho said. "Why It is tho only statue wo have
that Is in good condition; the only ono that has the right patina, tho natural1
coloring of tho bronzo duo to tho chill of night precipitating salt fog. Livesi
thoro a man with soul so dead that need to bo told how wonderfully beautiful
tho statue is? It will last 2,000 years If they let it alone! Most statues in
Now York look Hko lead pipes becauso of coal dust discoloration.. 1 admit
without argument that thoro Is enough bad tasto In this country to accom
plish almost anything, but surely they wouldn't attempt to gild tho liberty
lady!"
Only Farm Left on Manhattan Island Is Valuable
NEW YORK. Tho last farm on llroadwny is also the only, farm on Man
hattan Island. It lies in tho angle between Broadway and Nnglo avenue,
and tho farmer and ownor Is Mrs. Adolph Zerrener. Containing less that six
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volley, on the higher rltlgo. which stretches like a backbone overlooking tho
Hudson, was Fort Tyron. Tho Zorroner farm is about midway between tho
sites of thoso two old forts.
Thcro nro stories about moro than ono battle having taken plnco on tho
land. Ono of theso was between tho Indians and tho early settlors, tho other
hctwoon tho British and patriot forces. Yot another story declares that
Vnshltigton led his army directly across tho narrow bit of meadow land ,
boforo making his last stand ngainst tho British In Now York. Bo that as It '
may, unusual happenings havo taken plnco there. Not only havo cannon '
balls, rust-oaten four-pounders, bushels ot flint arrowheads and othor war- !
llko rollcs boon plowed up by Mrs. Zerrencr's workmen, but tho skeletons of
t'oven Indians woro found In ono grave.
Mrs. Zcrronor's recollection goes back to before tho tlmo whon Charlen
Dickons visited Now York and mado the pigs frequenting tho streets famous.
According to Mrs Zorronor pigs and goats of those days took tho placo of
tho present day street sweepers, and when It was dark It was dark.
Stephen Could Not Escape This Chicago Woman
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CHICAGO. Stophen MrBett wanted a drink So ho honowod $5 of his'
fiancee. Rut ho hndn't foreseon the vocal ueiompnnlmont that ront the
murky odors of Clnrlc nud Randolph btiepts wln-n. upon leaving Mrs Mario
Alfonso nt tlio front door of a saloon,
ho strovo to percolato through the
sldo entrunco and bo on up tho street.
Mrs Alfonso has been married
boforo. Indeed, sho has a son four
teen years old, and Stephen should
havo known better. And If ono lit
tho nudlonco has a toollsh hunch that
Mrs. AlfonBO enn't yell they bhould
havo hoard her cleave tho Armament
with a rnngo that would Bond Tetr.i
zlnl into retirement.
"Help! Thlovos! Pickpockets!"
was tho burdon of hor song as sho clung to Stephen. Crossing Pollcoman
Goodnow pnrtod tho gathering crowd and reached Stephen and his llancee.
Ho took them to central station.
"Pickpocket, I guess," ho told tho sergeant.
"Pickpocket, you'ro crazy," said Mrs. Alfonso. "He's my promised bus
band and wo camo downtown to get married. Now ho tries. to boat It."
"Get them a Ucenso and thun take thorn to tho court of domestic rela
tlons," ordored tho sergeant.
Thoy got tho license and Stophon grow fnlnt-honrted again. But not
Mrs. Alfonso Sho nailed him boforo ho had got ton steps away.
"Now lot's talk this ovor," said Stophon na tho crowd 'gathered again
"Wo want a church wedding You know something propur,"
"All right,'' said Mrs Alfonso "Como on "
And Policeman Goodnow went back to the turner, where he blew tin
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mother wants tho quilt sho put to
gether after working six months at
tho task, but next to that sho wants
tho baby's picturo from her dressing
table. Tho husband rushes for the
sllverwaro and his wallet.
A peculiar soubo of value was
displayed by a visitor to a houso on
Twelfth -street that recently was fuel
for (lames. This visitor was a coun
tryman, stopping with his city brother
who, strangely enough, waa very care-
!.. 1. , t. . 1. 1 1 ..m ,n 1. CM. rrll?l, t tllfl
acres, It is valued at considerable '
moro than a quarter of a million dol- I
lam and Is tald to bo tho most valu
ablo fnim of Its slzo In the world.
Tho original farmhouse Is gono, !
being torn down years ngo when
Broadway was extended through tho
heart of that llttlo strli, jf mtcdow
land which at tho upper end of Man
hattan divides tho two rock-ribbed hill i
ridges On tho end of tho easterly '
Hugo during tho Revolution frowned i
Fort George, while across the llttlo '
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(By FRANK d MBNKB )
New York. Tho country person who
bought a gold brick didn't feel half
as badly after ho discovered his error
as Jawn McGraw does tho3o days
whenover ho thinks about that "Pol"
Perrltt deal.
Jawn got a gold brick In "Pol"
which is bad enough. But the worst
part of It, from tho McGrawian view
point, Is that Jawn spent hundreds of
dollars and many anxious hours in try
ing to keep "Hob" Oakes, the mana
ger of tho Pittsburgh Feds, from out
bidding Jawn for tho gold brick.
This Is tho yarn:
Perrltt used to pitch for tho Saint
Loole team and Jawn decided that
ho'd do a heap better In a Giant uni
form. So at tho end of the 1914 sea
son Jawn entered Into negotiation!!
with. Miller Hugglns, tho "David
Harum" of baseball, and Miller lived
up to his nlcknamo by letting Jawn
havo "Pol" for a considerable bit of
booty.
Well, springtime came in duo course,
but "Pol" didn't come to tho Giants.
Instead, "Pol" bogan 'flirting outra
geously with the Feds. Oakes wanted
him. Ho asked "PoVhow much Jawn
wanted to pay him and "Pol" told
him.
"I'll boost that total $1,000 per sea
son," said Oakes. "
"Oh, very well I'm yourn," quoth
"Pol."
"Pol" left his home for tho purpose
of reporting to tho Pittsburgh Feds.
In tho meantime, Jawn McGraw be
gan to wonder why "Pol" didn't put
in an appearance at tho Giants' camp.
In tho nick of time, as tho dlmo novels
put it, Jawn learned that "Pol" had
been quito untrue to him that ho had
been lured away by Federal coin.
"Go thou and head him off," wired
Jawn to Dick KInsella, the Giant ivory
hunter, who was then In Mississippi.
HARRY HOOPER SOLD FOR $25
Showed as Much Semblance to Ball
Player as One Is Apt to Find in
Barrel of Sparerlbs.
How much would you flguro Harry
Hooper Is worth to tho Red Sox?
Woll, thoro was a tlmo when title
to Hooper's person changed hands for
tho munificent sum of $25.
Bill Curtln. vho bossed tho Sacra-
mento club some years back, was ono
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Harry Hooper.
of tho parties to tho transattlon, and
tho other was McMonomy, who was
directing genius of the Oakland club
Hoopor belonged to Oakland nt this
paitlcular tlmo, and McMonomy dls-
I covoied about as much rosomblnnco
to n ball playor In him as ono Is apt
to find In a barrel of sparerlbs.
Ho was on tho point of reloaslng
tho futuro world's sorlos star whon
Curtln hoard about It. "No, don't do
It," said Bill. "Soil him to mo. I'll
glvo you $25 for him."
Tho donl was mado, and Hoopor
started on tho road to fame. Tho
world's series stuff must havo boon
nice reading to McMonomy.
New Athletic Field.
The I'nlverslty of North Carolina
new athletic Held cost $30,000. anJ i
l lapldl) ncarlng completion.
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TO BE A GOLD BRICK
"I want Porrltt. I need vhim.
bid tho Feds."
KhiBella jumped tho (list rattle:
after ho had learned tho Perrltt route
and headed off "Pol" somewhere lr
Georgia.
"Greetings, fair one, greetings," mur
mured Dick. "C'mon In and have some
earsaparilla or something."
It was a warm day and "Pol" con
scntcdj
"Whero ya goin'?" asked Dicl-casual-llko
after tho refreshments had
been served.
"Oh, mo? I'm goin' to the Pittsburgh
Feds' camp. I'm gonna play with then:
this season," responded "Pol."
"No, you. ain't," asserted Dick
"You'ro gonna play with tho Giants."
"I ain't not," remarked "Pol." "1
was flggerin' on doln' that a while ago
but I changed my mind. I gotta right
to change my mind when tho other fcl
lows offer mo moro money."
"How much did they ofTcr you?"
queried Dick.
"Pol" told him.
"Well, I'll beat that," said Dick. And
right then and there DickMs roportcd
to havo quoted "Pol" a salary of $9,000
por year under a three-year contract.
Perrltt became a Giant at a reported
salary, of $9,000 a year, and this is
what ho did In 1915 to earn it: lie
worked 35 games and won but 12. He
was knocked out of tho bqx so often
that every tlmo ho entered It tho bet
ting was 2 to 1 that ho wouldn't last
through the game. He pitched a brand
of baseball so weird that it became a
Joke around tho circuit. -
That's enough to make Jawn sor
rowful, but the sadness Increases
when he recalls thai ho must keep
"Pol" for two years longer and pay
him $9,000 for each of these years.
And, in tho meantime
"Rob" Oakes is patting himself on
his left shoulder blade.
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TY COBB RAPS FOOTBALL i
"If it'otball was a dally attrac
tion it would last about a weok,"
said Ty Cobb, tho American
leaguo star, after witnessing a
game between Georgia Tech and
North Carolina.
"Its brutality. If nothing else,
would kill it, Saturday afternoon
thero were several boys hurt
and put out of tho game. This
might attract for a day, but it
vrauld not appeal to America
long. And tho spectators had
nily a vaguo idea of what was
happening. It was not tho easy
gamo to follow like baseball."
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OLDEST BOXER IN CAPTIVITY
Kamous Hoosier Fighter, Kid McCoy,
Forty-Two Years Old, Still Able
to Make Interesting Scrape.
Norman Sclhy, bettor known to tho
light fans of four continents as Kid
McCoy, may boast ot being the oldest
boxer In captivity. Tho famous
Hoosier Kid is forty-two years old,
but slnco his last birthday ho has
taken pnrt in sovoral bouts.
Although ho no longer has tho class
which onco mado him tho most-feared
fighter in tho mlddlowolght ranks and
tho torror of tho heavyweights, tho
Kid is Btill ablo to put up a fairly In
teresting contest against second-raters.
McCoy fought his first ring battlo
nearly a quartor of a century ago.
Slnco then ho has fought considerably
ovor a hundred bouts, In all patts of
tho .United StateB and in Canada,
England, Franco and South Africa.
Bert Nlchoff's Good Luck.
Bert Niehort of tho Phillies, although
only ablo to got ono hit in tho big
series, is glad ho didn't listen to
Flolder Jones last spring, and at tho
samo tlmo ho Is glad tho Terrier load
er talked to him. Whon Jones Inter
viewed Bort, tho Cincinnati club Im
mediately got into action and traded
him to Pnt Moran. A sharo in the
world's sorieS followed.
Plank Wants Two More Seasons.
Eddlo Plank, who gained tho name
of "Evorgreon Eddlo," becauso of his
good work during tho last summer,
wants to last two moro seasons in
basebnll. Ho intends to show Connie
Mack that he isn't through, as the
Athlotlcs" loador stated whon handing
tho southpaw hl3 roloasc.
Fohl Wants to Rebuild.
Loe Fohl. manager of the Cleveland
Indians, sees a chance to build up a
real ball team If he can get a 1'ttlf
1 help in tho ttadlug lluu.
FINN RUNNER NEAR END f
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Hannes Kolehmainen !s Showing
Signs of Going Back. i
Hero of Stockholm Olympiad Falling
to Display Old-Time Form Because
He Is Too Much Engaged in a.
Business to Train.
Is Utilities Kolchmalnon slipping?
That Is the question Hint Is agitating
amntour track clrclos at prcsout and
there aro as many oplnlonu as train
ers, runners and opcrts who can
crowd into tho dlsctusionu. It Is a
fact that the great Finn distance run
ner has boon sho.vlng very poorly in
his recent races, and In his last two
endeavors ho has stopped and left the
track boforo tho finish, a most unusuol
piocecding for tho hero of tho Stock
holm Olympiad.
There is a day In every runner's
careor when ho is absolutoly at his
best, und In tho Kolchmalnon case
this day was tho ono In July. 1912, on
which Hannes and tho lamented Jean
Bouln mot at 5,000 meters In the Stock
holm stadium. Tho wondorful Ffnn
may train forever, but ho'll never bo
tho runner ho was on that day, or, bet
tor yet, those ten days of SwedonV.
great Olympic festival. In that won
dorful duel of speed and grit with
Bouin, Koly passed tho threo miles in
14 "09. Hannes will never equal these
figures again; therefore, it may bi
truthfully stated that he's not as good
on tho track as he onco was.
Somo eastern exports aro lioldln?
that Kolehmainen is fniling to bhov.
Hannes Kolehmainen.
his old-time form becauso ho has
been too much engaged In business to
train properly, becauso ho has at
tempted to lengthen his natural strirtif
of late, and because ho Is growing oh?
er and stiffer in tho Joints. It is also
reported that Cupid is claiming somo
of his nttcntlon and interfering with
his training.
The Finn's efforts to lengthen his
stride wore first noticeable In the
10-milo A. A. II. championship lust
fall, and tho longer stops havo result
ed (n tho loss of tho tireless rhythm
that marked his Olympic running. It
Is certain that tho new idea has not
done him any good. Lawson Robert
Son, his trainer, admits that Koly Is
losing form in tho two-milo distances,
but insists that he In still as good as
over when it comes to taking off the
five-mile.
New Track at Wcequahtc.
Work has been started on the new
athletic track at Weequahic park, Just
outsldo of Newark, N. J., whero tho na
lonal track and field championships
will bo contested noxt summer. When
completed tho field will bo One of tho
most complete of Its kind in tho coun
try, and will havo a quartcr-milo cin
der pnth that will havo no superior.
Tho field will bo laid Insldo tho trot
ting track and every point of tho quartcr-milo
track will bo within view of
tho spectators. A stool grandstand
will seat 10,000. Thero will bo a 220
yard straightaway, threo Jumping pits
for tho running high, running broad
and hop, stop nnd Jump events, and
special circles for all tho weight
events
pat Mornn's Predecessors.
Tho men who preceded Pat Moran
as managers of tho Phlllios Include
omincnt figures In tho national game's
development. Tho list is Bob Fer
guson, Harry Wright, Arthur Irwin,
William Shettslino, Georgo Stallings,
Hugh Jennings, Chief Jimmer, Hugh
Duffy, Billy Murray and Charles
Dooin.
Hall Wins Titular Trophy.
Walter Merrill Hall, former middle
states tltleholdor, won tho champion
ship of tho Hamilton Grange Lawn
Tennis club for tho third succosalvu
time, and thereby becamo pormancnt
ownor ot tho titular trophy. Ho de
feated James S. O'Noal, a former Co
lumbia pitcher, in three straight sets,
U-l, C-2, 8-G.
Townsend Succeeds Devereaux.
John R Townsend of Goahon, N. Y.,
was elected president of the Loaguo of
Amateur Driving Clubs at tho annual
meeting in Lexington. Ho succeeds
II. K. Dovoroaux of Clevoland, who
has been president of tho organization
sinco its inception ID years ago.
Browns Sign Cleveland Boy.
Tho Browns havo signed Loul
Crowioy, tho big right-handed pitth-r
of tho champion White Auto tear.i
from Clovelnnd. Crowley pitched Ms
team to victory last summer and i
said to bo a real wonder
Police Bar Women.
While the boxing eommlivuo,s t f
Minneapolis have rulod that wouimi
:an attend bouts In that ktate, tho
hlofs ot police of the big citi' s U
lare that they win njt a"u ... tn uj
)e present.
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