THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 2, 1916.
TRAP SH00T6AHE TO FORE
Blue Rock Marksmen Have Advan
tage Became Weather Cnti No
Ice with Them.
National Open Golf Ch amp
CATAPULTED TO SAFETY
Pug Leaders at Their Weights
Araored Cam for Protection of Lo
comotiTe Crew at Time of
Collision.
NOVEL IDEA FRESH FROM TEXAS
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GRID SIUFFJH BASE BALL
Wilbur Eobinon of Dodgers Will
DUg-note Opposition Jntt at
Foot Ball Cotchei Do.
PLANS ATTACK FOE EACH CLUB
FtJJlc,ce look far tliMi In
.aptng up their loams for certain oppo
i Slon. :.- mil manager. A . rule.
Man an attack and defense of a unl
versnl kind that will rarry thorn
through. Against some clubs their sys
tem Is terrifying, against others It
crumplca like air cashes. Wllbert Robin
on. manager of the Brooklyn National,
lelleves the foot hall Idea will worK to
grvut rivsnts-e In the bnae halt field.
George Stalling tried It ruecessfully In
19'.4 and won a worlds championship. In
Robinson the Idea has another firm ad
herent. liar Versatile Attack.
When the Dodders go on the field next
year It will be with a versatile attack.
Every player of the enemy will be diag
nosed, dissected and discussed. The Pi
rate loom up, for Instance, aa a team ta
he feared In certain respects. When the
iiRoblna go against Jim Callahan's team
next year It will be to break down that
attack; It will be with the Idea to hit the
Puck outfit at their wenKeat points, to
discard system universal and adopt
versatility.
Inside base hall has made major league
I laying possible for drawing big crowds.
Managers work out Intricate signal sys
tems, the same as In foot ball; they have
their plans laid before the game, but
usually they depend on the pitcher ward
ing off the advance whl the fielders
open up with tho forty-two-centlmetcr
Vttack.
even Systems rianaed.
'Tick the wesk spots, then hammer
them out of ealatence." That ll Robin
em 'i scheme. Robbie knows the meth
ods of most of the National league man
agers, and knows what their general sys
tem Is. In the training camp next spring
he will begin driving Into the brains of
Ms athletes the best way to counter when
the oppaitlcn advances. Hcven different
systems wilt be evolved by Robbie,
planned for several different base ball
clubs. i
Of course, the ability must be back of
the system, but from the form displsyed
by the Dodgers during the last season,
7(obMe la In a position to send his lu
minaries Into his system to back up the
theoretical done by an exemplification of
tility.
Dr. Starr to Study
the Origin of the
' People of Japan
(Correspondence of The Associated Tress.)
1UKJO. Nov. 0.On of the outgrowths
of tM coronation of the Japanese em
r rr is a renewed Interest In the origin
of the Jeranese people and In that con-
tlon t arrival here of Dr. Frederick
Itarr of the University of Chicago, ti
returns his studies of the anthropology
of jnpan ta receiving much attention. Dr.
Ftarr la regarded aa a foremost authority
on the anthropology of Japan and Korea
and he will spend four months In these
countries In research work along an:
thropological and ethnological tinea, lie
la especially well informed !n regard to
tre, A in us, the Japanese aborgine.
While In Japan Dr. Rtarr will live the
life of a Japanese. Ma contemplates pay
Ing particular attention to photographic
work n an effort to round out his already
large aeries of pictures Illustrating the
life and culture of the island empire, He
will continue his study of the Buddhist
ects and will visit the most Important
Shinto shrines that he has not seen; he
hopes alo to complete his Investigations
of Japanese symbolism, upon which ha
has been engaged several years. In
Korea, he plana to make visits to the
more famous Buddhist temples And
monasteries . which abound In Interesting
nd almost unknown .works of art. He
wishes, also, to gather material for a
".Manual of Korean Ethnology" and ta
jtnake the beginnings of an ethnological
collection slong lines which he has long
had in mind. He will continue to gather
Korean riddles and provt.s, of which
he has already a considerable collection.
Finally Dr. Starr desires to study fur
ther the administrative work? of the
Japanese In Korea a work which he has
watched with Interest ever since Japan
Annexed that land.
"Among other things,"' the doctor said,
M shall make a pilgrimage on foot from
Toklo to Kioto along the famous Tokaldo
highway, stopping aa often as possible
t the old stations and Inns."
Dr. Starr haa made Investigation tours
In the Congo Free Stale, Mexico and the
Philippine tslanda and Is an authority on
MLcita.
Oxford Debates on
Safety of Europe
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Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
OXFORD, Kngland, leo. 10,-The Ox
ford Union, lhe debating society of the
university, has decided by A vote of 3
to 34 that the safety of Kurope does not
require the suppression of Oermany from
Its place a a first-class power.
The question, aa It was proposed for
debate, was: "Resolved, That Europe
v lll Aot enjoy a secure peace at the end
of this war If Germany remains a first-
class power."
The negative argument Included the aa-
Aertlon by a Magdalen college student
that It waa Impossible to crush Oermany.
One debater declared that net her Oer
many nor Great Britain could hope to be
In the position of a first-class power after
the war. Another speaker in defense o
Germany urged that England ahould limit
Its action to the object for which It went
to war. "To crush Germany." he re
marked, "we would have to reach Berlin
thU would take six years, and In that
time we ahould have crushed ourselves
too. A sort of international partnership
wpuld bo A wiser way. Driving the Ger
man out of the territory they have con
altered will surely be enough. AH Its
colonies should be given hack to Ger
re ay. because If deprived of tbem
weuld be a worse danger to tbe peace of
Europe thAn a Germany without room for
c4cniai expansion."
REGULAR FOOT BALL PUTS
RUC3Y GAME ON THE BLINK
BAN rRAiCI8CO. Cel.. Jan, l.-It
considered almost certain that the effort
to establish the game of Rugby on tho
Pacific coast wilt be dropped. There haa
htcn too much flrsKlaoa American foot
bull out here during the last season. The
spectators generally seem to enjoy the
truly American style much hotter than
tUe guns tl.t waa Ituportod.
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RITONS WANTA NEW STAFF
Demand Being; Made that General
Staff of Army Be Recon
structed. THEY LIKE GERMAN MODEL
(Correspondence of the Associated Tress.)
LONDON, Deo, lo.-When General Blr
Ivor Herbert aaked Premier Asqulth In
the House of Commons whether any atepa
had yet been taken to reconstruot the
great general staff of the army, he ex
pressed the popular Impatience of the
country over thla question, which la wor
rying civilisation aa welt aa military men.
The premier' reply that the also and
effectlveneea of the staff was being
gradually Increased did not entirely sat
isfy tbe extremists.
Germany efficiency In the war Is
largely traceable to It general staff,
as no one her denle. But the general
staff la an Integral part of Germany's
government and of the autocratlo sys
tem. Its success now I the result o(
methods worked out and practiced In
Utne of peace. In England, such a gen
eral ataf f would have had small ' scope
In peace tlmea.
There ha been considerable looseness
In the British way of managing cam
paigns, aa critics point out. It Is said
that only the moat general Instructions
were' given to Field Marshal Sir John
French, General Ian Hamilton and the
other expedition commanders. They
were told little els than to Inflict the
greatest possible dsmage on the enemy
by means that appeared beat to their
Judgment.
British Tradition.
The policy of the British staff hereto
fore haa burn. In accord with British
tradition and British preJAdloe, to give
all possible latitude to the commander.
trusting h'.in either to succeed by hi
genius, or at least to muddle through
Wellington' comparison of hi own cam
paign to aa Improvised harnea made of
rope, easy to patch up, and Bluecher's to
a perfect set of harness which depends
Bob Hedges Rivals
Running Up Fortune in Base Ball
Robert Le Hedge, retiring president
and owner of the fit. Louis American
league elut, la on of th many men who
made a fortune In baa ball, beginning
with th proverbial shoestring.
Hedge la a native Mlsaourtan. He wa
born on a farm near Kansas City In 1M
and began life a a clerk la th recorder
of deed offlc In Kanaa City. Whn
he waa year old he went Into the
business of manufacturing buggies. With
the advent of the Automobile he Aban
doned this business when the abandon
lng waa good and embarked on th tur
bulent baa ball water.
He cam In with th Americas league
raid in tho first base bail wax. Investing
ISO.Ou In th Milwaukee franchise, which
waa transferred to St Louis In 1MK.
lie waa soon recognised a on of th
keeneat business men la base ball. He
set the style dujig everything and as
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TRAVEHS.
for success on not breaking, still holds
true to a considerable extent, or did In
the earlier stages of the war.
Professional soldiers have long advo
cated a general stuff on the .Teutonic
plan for Great Britain, Just ae they hava
fought for conscription. Their profes
sional bias leads them to believe that
the empire's safety and power demands
the military system. But the mass of
he people, on the contrary, are content
with a small army of subordinate Influ
ence In time of peace, backed by A militia
system. They accept the staff Idea
either as a war measure or because they
have only a vague Idea of It meaning.
At any rate, they believe It will prevent
more blundera of the Dardanelles type.
White the general ataff will probably
not assume the power and Influence of
the German by a considerable margin. It
will undoubtedly bring about a greater
co-ordination of one branch of the ser
vice with another, and of each expedition
with the armies of the allies. No Im
portant movement will be undertaken on
snap Judgment, Ilk the so-called Galll-
poll "gamble," and the Individual Judg
ment of commander will be subordinated
to general plana of action worked out
with tho allies.
EBBETS ANNOUNCES THE
DODGER PRE-SEAS0N CARD
President Ebbet of th Brooklyn club,
after a consultation with Manager Rob
Inaon announced he had selected his pre
season datea aa follows: March It and
April 1. In Washington; April 4 and a. at
Ebbete Field. Brooklyn, with New Tork
Americans'. April t, T. and i, with Bos
ton Americans, at EbbeU Field, and
April 10 and U. At Ebbets Field, with
Philadelphia Athletlce.
NEWSPAPER DECISION GOES
TO HARVEY OVER BEECHER
COLUMBIA O.. Jan. l.-Johnny Har
vey. New Tork, lightweight, waa given
the decision In A twelve-round bout with
Willie Beecher, Also of New Tork. her
today. Beecher was badly beaten In
verv round. Th weight were, Har
vey, 1MH: Beecher, 1M. .
C. Murphy in
tounded hi Associates by many radical
Stoves.
hJ was th first magnate to banish th
bar from th grandstand. H mad a
special effort to attract women to the
ball parka and placed uch restrictions
on th conduct of the men enthusiast
that tha women aoon recognised th ball
park In th aam light a th theater.
He built th first concrete stand tn
baa ball, Installed the first elect rio
eoo re board, and wa first to Insist upon
a correct score eard being presented by
th managers. There have bean fewer
mistakes In the lineup of Sportsman'
park score cards than any other In two
league.
He la ' now retiring with a reputed
bankroll of over taoo.OOO, H ran the
original IJO.OOw up to SO0.0U0 or better,
some say a high a t&M.OOu. 11 won't
telL
"The engine man and fireman atuck to
their poeta,"' or "the englneroan and
f.rv-man Jumped."
The account of rlrtuel'.y every rail
road wreck oontalns either ono or Urn
other of these statements. The mental
struggles, all the more acuto for their
brevity, which Ho behind those elate-
ment are overshadowed ty tho magni
tude of what follows. Tet to the engine
man and fireman they often are the be
ginning or tbe end of all th!nfs.
What man dare say that, whet: con
fronted with the necessity of making A
decision of life and doath up. n a sev-o..d
notloe he will face deal for hi re-
tponslbtUUea, or that ho will throw duty
to tho winds and think only of savins
himself?
The chance are thnt training and in
stinct, aa well aa sonse of duty will keep
the engine crew at Its post, yet many a
driver of the 'Iron horse" hss gone to
hi death by following his Instinct, when
condition were such that sticking to his
post could not have prevented th acci
dent and when he had A chance to Jump
and aave hi life.
Comparatively few engineers ever are
called upon to make such snap decisions.
but aa sure aa the sun rises and sits a
certain number of them are foroed to
every year, and no man can say that ho
will not be next when he takes his en
glne from the roundhouse. It la a use
less sacrifice of two additional lives for
the crew to stick to the cab when tne
accident cannot be avoided. It Is tike wise
a derellotlon of duty for the two men
to Jump when, by sticking to their posts
they may avoid, or leen. the erlous-
nea of the accident.
Th problem la worth solving. And it
haa been solved by William A. t'lts, a
Ft. Worth Inventor.
How the Can Works.
The principle Involved la that of an
automatic bit of mechanism which re
lieve the englnrman and fireman of tha
responsibility of making tho decision. In
the event of Impending disaster the :mls
pulling of a Uver doe everything that the
men could do by sticking to their poets,
and at the same time automatically and
Inalstanc ply without necessitating
any further action, even the moving of a
muscle, on their part, provide them with
a better and safer method of escape than
that of Jumping.
Danger appear ahead. Each or either
man pull his lever, and the mechanism
closes th throttle, appllea the brakes
and sand, extinguishes the fire, then re
verse the engine. Simultaneously th
englneman's and fireman's seats drop be
low the level of the ceo floor. Into heavy
steel cylinder, heavy lids drop over them
And lock. And th two men, neatly
"canned" In padded receptaclea, are
thrown wide of the track to either lde
of th pedlng engine.
It makes no difference whether the
drum In which the men are tightly In
closed fall into th water, or whether
an engine or a car fall on top of them.
In th first case th drum float. In
th second they withstand the weight or
are pushed aside.
Tha airbrake drum on a locomotive
experience haa shown. I never crushed
In a wreck,, and th "man drum" are
seven time stronger than the air tanug
l' aider the LI.
The apparatus Is not bulky, and by for
tunate chance can be attached to the
engine In a manner which does not In
th least inconvenience Its operation.
Th drum 1 about thro feet In diam
eter and flv feet In length. It I lined
first with a layer of springs and then
with a layer of pads. It 1 attached
vertically beneath the floor of the cab.
In which a hole ha been cut the diam
eter of the cylinder. The engineer eat.
which 1 part of the apparatus, rest on
a platform which fllla this space, and
which fall to the bottom of the tank,
rarrvlna the seat and Ita occupant with
It by a tug on the emergency lever. In
alda la a email oxygen tank, containing
sufficient gas for one man for twenty
four houra. And the falling of the aeat
and the clanging down of the tld above
onena the vent of this tank Jut enough
to allow th proper flow of oxygen to
refresh th air aa It I used up. In Ad
dition the occupant will find an iee-
trld flash lamp And a life preserver for
ua In cam hi drum ha been thrown
h.t i ha water. And there I A small
amersenev medical outfit a well.
Aa th tank la released from It fast
bin .bova tha weight I thrown on
two tel arm which extend diagonally
downward And Inward to their hinged
connection with the frame of th loco-
Mnte. As th weight fall, tnererore,
th outawlng of the arm throw th
tank wide from th engine.
Mr. TJtt la a practical railroad man,
and th value of hi Invention Is ap
parent when it la known that It la not a
.i ... . Invention on paper, but
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that It haa been tried out repeatedly wH.i
v...- pennants under aa severe con
cntiM be arranged, and each
ima with oerfect aueces Philadelphia
Record.
DISCOVERS HOW TO TREAT
BULLET SKULL WOUNDS
Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
VIENNA. Nov. .-The local news
paper exprese the greatest satisfaction
at the award of the Nobel, prise to Dr.
Barany. one of Auetria's most prom
inent surgeon, who haa especially dis
tinguished himself during the war by the
discovery of A new treatment for skull
wounds that has been wonderfully efflca
cloua. A number of the paper point out Par
ticularly that Dr. Barany distinction
from a neutral country Is an effective
refutation of the charge that the central
power at "barbarians," and declare
that the honor reflect credit on Dr.
Barany' entire school.
CHARLEY WHITE THROUGH
CHASING FREDDIE WELSH
NEW TORK. Jan. I.-Charley Whit
haa announced that he la through chas
ing Freddie Welsh, as he 1 ur the
champion ha no Intention of meeting
him In a battle to a decision. None of
th promoter In th twenty-round cen
ter seemed to have a very high opinion
of that match, aa was ahown when the
blda were opened recently.
Make IlotfaaAA Maavager.
Th Durham club of th North Caro
lina league ha engaged as team man
er for next seaaon. R. C. ("Dutch )
Hoffman.
Moat Isslsss aiamed.
'vson Kire, Ben Fgan and Terry
Turner are the only Cleveland Indiana
who have not s'gni'd for next year, ao
curdtbg to i'reaitivttt C. W. Soiuers.
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THREE STARSJN PUGILISM
Jess Willard, Johnny Ertle and
Benny Leonard Put Life Into
Box Fight Game.
FIRST TWO ARE CHAMPIONS
NEW TORK, Jan. L-At least three
bright star hava arisen in the fistic
firmament thla year. The first of these
was Jess Willard, who won the heavy
weight title from Jack Johnson last April.
Willard I not exactly a newcomer, but
he was not generally recognised as a high
class boxer until ho downed Johnson, and
hla days as a real star date from that
event.
Johnny Ertle, who won the bantam
weight championship from Kid William
In September, was the next luminary to
appear. Although many person choose to
doubt Ertle s right to the honors, owing
to the fact that he won on a. foul In a
no-deolslon bout, no one who ha seen
him In action doubta hi ability.
The St. Paul midget ia perpetual motion
In the ring. He Is not what Is generally
termed a scientific boxer, although there
I nothing crude about hi work. Instead
of using tho regulation feint, ...Jab and
follow with the light, he keep his fists
flying tike the blades on the wheels of A
ferryboat. His class show in that no
matter how fast he hits he know exactly
where he Is going-to land and overlooks
no openings. , '
Leonard to the Front.'
Benny Leonard, the Harlem lightweight.
la the most noteworthy addition to the
rank of the star. Leonard la scientific,
with, speed and skill far above the or
dinary. Hla advent a a star date back
but a few month. ' .
Last spring he failed to make a' good
Impression In bouts with Johnny Kllbane
and Johnny Dundee. At that time he wa
prone to clinch at every opportunity, and
although he showed a cool head and a
good defense, he lacked hitting ability,
His extreme caution and harmless work
seemed to Indicate that he never would
become anything more than a very good
defensive boxer, or. In other word a, a
second rater.
During the hot weather Leonard rested
and when he returned to th ring in the
fall a great change was noticed In hi
style, His defense waa Just as tight as
ever, hut Instead of clinching for safety
he kept his hands free for hitting pur
pose. He had also learned to follow hla
leaas with a right, Instead of falling into
a clinch.
rata Maadot Oat.
At once he began to obtain results and
In his last few bouts his hitting has been
effective enough for all purposes. He
stopped Gene Moriarlty In three rounds,
pounded Joe Asevedo until that rugged
Callfornlan was on the verge of collapse
and last week put Joe Mandot down and
out. Leonard stilt is a mere youngster And
la sure to continue Improving for years to
come, so that there seem to be no limit
to the height he may obtain if all goes
well with htm.
Noted Scientists
Serving in Trenches
(Correspondence of tho Associated Ftcss.)
LONDON, Nov. 3D. Lieutenant W. I
Bragg, who. Jointly with his father,
Prof. W. 11. Bragg, F. R. S., has received
the Nobel prize (or physics, ia serving
with th British forces In Flanders a an
artillery expert. The third scientist who
la associated with the two In their re
searches into crystals and X-rays, Henry
J. M. MoHelcy, was killed by a fliupor'a
bullet in Callipoll.
Prof. Bragg and his son won their
medals by following up certain discov
eries In the formation of crystals made
by Prof. I-ave, a German scientists, who
himself won th Nobel physlca prise In
18H. He developed the theory that an
X-ray Is a phenomenon similar to a ray
of light, but produced by wave lengths
many thousand tlmea smaller than th
Inconceivably email wave associated with
llsht.
Prof. Brarig and his son hit upon a
method of Investigation by which they
obtained the knowledge as to how atoms
In crystals are arranged.
"To our astonishment," he said. "It
upset all the old aet theories of crystal
lography and many other Idea as well.''
In this work, the pair were esalsted by
young Moeeley, who waa the son of the
late Prof. A. N. U. Moeeley of Oxford.
Starting from a certain point of Leva's
researches into the dlffract'on of X-ray
tn their passage through crystals, the
three, in the words of Prof. Brsgg.
"opened up vlrtas the significance ot
which la inconceivable."
Prof. Lave, like Lieutenant Bragg and
tbe unfortunate Moeeley, is also a soldier.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
GIVES OUT ITS SCHEDULE
Th Pacific Cuaat league 191$ race I
will begin on Tuesday, April 1 and cloae
on Bunday, October Z3. Opening game
will be: Portland at Ban Franciaoo. Ver
non At Lo Angeles, Oakland At - bait
Lake.
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FREDDIE WELSH.
ENTER THE WAR ONCE MORE
This Time Big European Conflict
. Puts a Crimp in Billiard and
Bowling Promoters.
SENDS .PRICES TO . THE SKY
This great war going on over In Europe
at the present time haa worked financial
havoc In two sports billiards and bowl
ing. All the Ivory used for the manu
facture of billiard balls comes from
Africa, while the dyes used In the manu
facture of mlnerallte bowling balls came
from Europe. Both are hard to get, hunce
the increased prlces
Ivory, though, Is not a hard to gel
as it was last year, and congequei.t.y
the price of pure Ivory balls tiu
decreased S2 each from last year's maxi
mum. With the bowling game It 1 Just
the opposite. Tho mtneralito balls, after
January 1, 191$, will cost about $1.60 more
than they are being sold at today.;. It-is
alao hinted if. 'the warkeepa t)p;m;ui.ii
longer there will be .an additional rultso
In the price of bowling balls'.' "
Last year about this time the billiard
ball owner 'were bewailing the "high
coat of Ivory."
When the great war In Europe broke
out the price of the pure Ivory bail used
In billiards raised to $18 apiece or S54 for
a set of three. Today the same balU are
quoted at $18 each or I8 a aet.
But even this Is a tremendous pr'co to
pay for a little ball Just 2 lmhes in
diameter, especially when over fifty seta
are needed In some billiard halls.
It's a great saving over last year,
though, when this same little sphere cost
118. The ivory still comes from Afrl a
as it ,dld last year, but It Is not uulto
a hard to get. That's the reason for
the reduction In tho price.
The green cloths with which the talle
aro covered are aloo soaring skyward
Originally all clotha were imported from
Belgium. None can be had now. It's
a case of that "old dye stuff" oming
from Europe, and being hard to get in
the manufacture of American substitutes.
The war Is Just getting In it
work tn th tenptn game. The Increased
coat f the dyes used In the manufacture
of mlnerallte balls, owinrf to th.) scsrrity
of it, . la the reason. .
For that reason, after the firs, of the
year the "mottled" balls will soil for
1S, Instead of $13.60. The brown balls will
set you back $14, while the black ones
will cost $12, the raise on all uf them
being an average of II. oO apiece.
Y0UNGSTEB WHO WON AMATEUR
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MANY NEW GUN CLUBS FORMED
NEW TORK, Jan. 1. Trapahootmg at
this particular time Is the most season
able American eport. it is the one out
door sport that Is followed regardless of
weather conditions. There Is no closed
season for the "clay birds." The trap
Shooter msy shoot twelve month In
the year without fear of being appre
hended by game warders and certain that
the atze of the ban will be limited only
by his ability to hit 'em. There wa A
time when the trapnliooters were In their
glory in the fall of the year; and then
retired, but that was In the long ago.
Now, "year-'round clubs" - have been
formed throughout the land, and keep
pace with the rapid development of the
sport for It Is a sport, one of the great
est, pleasing and most fascinating of
sports.
Only a few years ago there were 3,000
gun clubs In Amercla, and the average
membership wa about forty. Now there
are more than 4.000 gun club in the
I'nlted States and tho average member
ship Is seventy-five. Several clubs have
upwards of 500 members. Base ball
and foot ball attract many thousand of
persona, but the enjoyment In these
games Is had by watching . others, for
base ball and foot ball teams are made
up end kept up by an elimination pro
cess that lets out the Inferior player.
But In trapshootlng the pleasure 1 de
rived by being able to play the . game
yourself. As ha been said before It Is
not a proxy sport. When one becomes
interested In trapshootlng, he or she, as
the case may be, finds much more enjoy
ment In the breaking of the clay target
than In cheering for hi favorite club.
Any time a sport can attract T.500
persona absolutely novices In one month
it Is a great sport. That la what trap
shooting did in one month in 1915. At the
beginners' day shoots ,9R4 men and .622
women faced the trap for the first time. .
This show how th sport Is progressing
better than any other . argument, that
can be set forth.
If you haven't tried trapshootlng now
Is the time to become acquainted with
"the sport alluring." One thousand new
gun clubs were organised throughout the '
United State in 1915. It I A very small
city that hasn't a gun club these days
and every city that haa one today will
have two a year from now.
One of the principal reason for th
seasonless feature of "blue rock" shoot
ing 1 that the "game" doe not have to '
be "played" on the ground, nor Is It
necessary to have A clear field a base
ball and other sports require. Any targe
field ia a hunting ground with game
aplenty, for the clay birds fly every day.
Trapshootlng fills a long-felt want. Any
pastime that benefit the Individual
twelve months In the year Is something
worth while. It 1 a sport where good
fellowship prevails. Look down the . line
at a gun club shoot and you will find
the lawyer, bank president,! physician,
clerk, manufacturer, rubbing elbows,
They all love the great outdoor' and
find in trapshootlng the .ideal way of
enjoying a couple of hours from business.
It' Is a great diversion.
I
Chinese President.
CaUedFishemaii
of tHe'HangEiver
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
PEKING Nov. 4.-President Yuan ehV
Kal fancifully style himself the fish
erman of the Hang river. His tjountry
home is on that stream at Anyang, in
the province of Honan. about 300 miles
south of Peking. It was there that he
spent his three year of enforced retire
ment before the outbreak of the revolu
tion. In hla hour of leisure he amused
himself with photography and took many
pictures of the various scene About his
country home.
A few day ago, in the heat of tha con
troversy which ha been waged over the
monarchical movement, the president
turned to these' pictures which recalled
the peaceful daya preceding . hi eleva
tion to the head of the government. He
wrote a note styled "A Rustic Remi
niscence." This was translated by one
of his friends, who made it public. The
translation 1 as follow:
"In the yeara 1909-10 I wa living at
Anyang to recuperate my health. A gar
den was laid out In the auburb of the
city and fine scenery Always greeted my
eye. I called my villa Th PIaco of
Prolonging One' Life.' Rowing In A boat
or walking with cane In hand, I never
tired of enjoying th fin new of th
garden. I spent my daya there in peace,
quietness and perfect freedom, and my
life wa a happy aa one can Imagine
After the outbreak of the revolution In
1911, I was compelled to Abandon this
life of ease and pleasure at the call of
duty, and reluctantly assumed this
heavy responsibility of the country.
During the last four' years I have
scarcely had a moment's respite. Now,
looking at the collection of these photos,
it takes my memory back to the days
which I spent on the bonks of the Hang
river. I sincerely hope that If some day
the foundation of the country becomes
stable and a worthy person be found to
succeed me, I may retire to my former
country villa and lead a life of ease and
pleasure. irtsned.) "The fisherman oi
th,e Hang River.' "
mi n w sr
snortage oi Men
For Labor Acute !
Because of War
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
LONDON. Nov. 30. Owing to active re
cruiting, the shortage ot men In the la
bor market haa become more acute and
has greatly Increased the demand for
women and young girl aa substitutes.
Practically everyono capable of working,
says the Board of Trade Labor Oasette.
has an opportunity of being employed,
and it ia evident that still larger numbers
ot women and girls not previously em
ployed In trade and Industry or re
quired lo many occupations.'
Compared with October, 1914, there wi
a general Improvement, espec'ally marked
in industries engaged in supplying the
requirement ot the forces.
War bonuses and Increases in wages
taking effect In October, affect'ng lflO.OM)
work pool la, amounted to about $115,000 a
week.
There Is a general scarcity of colliery
workers, farm hands and navvlea, and
the demand for workpeople Is still greatly
In exceaa of the supply In engineering
and sliip-kuidlng trades. Shortages are
rcprted in the glass, chemical, building
and metal trades, and with regard to
women, the demand for textile workers
is still unsatisfied.