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John R, Braden lost.his this season at Youngstow: necessar: - to lay weeks as he has a big knee, Colin face at won at ped Springfeld, Mass the first will w long. by his second to 1% He was very lame bred colt Oro e for. Murphy before He has plenty of speed as was A Game of first race It may be him up for a few Campbell went lame in his 1 When he Windsor, Conn. in 2:15%, he half of the heat'in Fino After winning a race to *wagon at 2:08% at nough Vonia is Yonia Worthy ingstown, e G was won by Russell burgh matinees in d an exhibition i drop into the the next Cleveland Northern Man racing on the He stepped Windsor, s within a quarter st heat in the er 2:10 trot- ark wins a He acts now p into that list f anyone should speed to inner of one of three-year-old land Grand Circuit v+ C. H. Traiser of t heat was finished by Peter the by Ax- eat in the free for Ohio, alf of the mile being He was forced out The clip, however, took pep” out of the pair and the in Boy in vhen he landed the three-year- at North Randall Mamie Locke. product and of Possum by out with the She is by Gordon Re-Election is an and inherits her color from Miss Rus- , the dam of Maud S 200 at Have Case Decided Later Columbus, O., July 30.—Three of the four races on the programme of the second day's Grand Circuit meeting .|went in straight heats to favorites, but the first event on the card, the 2:17 trot, went seven heats before John Spencer, who at one time sold for $5 in a ticket worth $100, went over the winner. Driver Squire, at the end of the fifth heat, was removed by the judges and C. A. Valentine substitut- ed. He won the next two’heats and the race. The juliges awarded Valen- tine $100 for driving the race and held judgment on Squires’ case in abeyance until later in the week. June Red winner every time dut this season, kept up her good work by de- feating a large field of 2:12 trotters in the S. and S. Stake, purse’ $5,000. Summarie: 2:17 trot, 3 in 5 heats, purse $1,000. John Spencer (Squire-Valentine) 4, 1, 5,32 1, 1. Eva Bingen (McHahon) §, 2, 2, 1, 1, % Frisco Worthy (Cox) 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, ro. Sybil J. (Hedrick) 2, 3, 2, 3, dis.| Golden Spier also ran. ] Best time 2:08 1-4. 2:12 trot, the S. and S. Stake, purse $5,000, 3 in 5 heats. June Red (Geers) 1, 1, 1. Lotto Watts (Ray) 2, 2, 8. Royal Knight (Walker) 6, 5, 2. Czar Peter (Lee) 5. 3, 3. Prince Loree, Blanche Carter, Dick ‘Watts, Allen Watts, Alma Forbes, The Lincoln and Bingen Pointer also ran. Best - time 2:06 1-4. 2:16 trot, three year olds, 3 heats, purse $1,000. Chestnut Peter (Murphy) 1, 1, 1. Selka (Geers) 3, 2, 3. Peter Vonia' (Cox) 4, 3, 2. Divorcee (Serrill) 2, T, 4. Miss Dewey Watts, Lady Wilgo. Sunny Smiles and Mamie Lock also ran. Best time 2:05 1-4. 2:11 pace, 3 in 5 heats, purse $1,000. The Problem (Murphy) 1, 1,"1. Admira! (Palin) 4, 4, 2. Mattie the Great (Reaves) 6, 2, 4. Jack the Clipper (Rhodes) 2, §, 5. Dan Medgewood and William. Patch also ran. Best time 5 1-2. Frankie Burns Shades White. Atlantic City, N. J., July 30.—Frankie ; had slightly the better of his eight round bout with Jabez White of Chicago here last night. While White put up a good fight, Burns did most of the leading and he gained the popular decision. The men are bantamweights. League Meeting Called. New York, July 30—It was offi- cially announced here today that Pres- ident Tener had called a special meet- ing of the National [League baseball club owners to be held at the leaguea's headquarters here next Saturday at 19 a. m. | Theee Out of Four Races Go to Favorites in Straight Heats— 2:17 Trot Goes Seven Heats Before Won By John Spencer — Driver Squires Chased By fudges' and Will in the Week. OPPOSED TO CURTAILMENT OF BASEBALL SEASON Comiskey and Clark. Griffith Do Not . Like Johnson’s Plan, Chicago, July 30.—Charles A. Com- iskey, president of the Chicago Amer: cans, today issued a statement oppos- ing the suggestbn of President Ban Johnson of the league to close the sea- s.. about August 20 and then play the world's series. Clark Griffith, manager and part owner of the Washington club, also is opposed to curtailing the season. Fights Postponed. _ Philadelphia, July 30.—The six round .fights between Battling Levin- sky and Harry Greb, Jack Thompson and Sam Langford, Irish Patsy Cline and Willie Jackson, and Soldier Bart- field and Jack Britton. scheduled at Shibe Park tonight were. postponsd until_tomorrow night because of the rain, ® Indians Beat Mackmen Twice. Cleveland, Ohio, July 30.—Philadel- phia lest today’s double header to Cleve'and: 4 to 2, and 5 to 1, Baghby and Enzmann outpitching Gregg and Watson. The games were decvoid of features. Stores: Washington (A) Chicago (A) 2 hpo e Ao 2 e (First Game.) Shottonlt 4 3.4 0 0lGoodct S 05 0 0 Philadelphia (A) Cleveland (A) Foterib 4 0 1 4 ofLelboldlr 5 1 2 0 0 ab Lpo s e 4 hvo a efludgels 3 2 9 1 0{ECollinab & 0 1 10 Jamieton 3 0 3 1 O|Granestt 4 11 0 0fMilamef £ 11 0 9[Gandills 3 0 8 1 0 Kopplf 4 13 0 0fChapmanss 2.2 5 & 1| Schultet & 1 3 0 9\IColinsrt 3 0 2 0 0 Walkeref 3 2 1 0 OlSpeakers? 3 0 3 0 0f Shanks® 3 0 2 2.0 sVafallaty Bumsib 4 2 82 olnotht’ 4 % 2 0 0| Lavanss 2 8 5 3 1 31020 Gardner.3b, 2 0 2 5 0|Wood.2b . 2.0 4 5 9| Alnsmithc 4 0 3 2 olSchalke 2 0 8 1 0 Perkinsc 3 0 4 0 Dlgohostondb & 2 8 2 0fShawp 3 0 0 0 0 Ciotep 2 0 120 Dskes?d 4 0 0 1 ofTumersb 3.0 0 3 0 —————|aMumhy 1000 47073 0 oloNemmic 2T0%3 ') maw M T Al s e —m e 301 2 ofBaghvp 0100 Totals 28 327 8 0 —— = —————| (@ Batted for Cicotte In 0th. Totals 31 52411 o Totals 27 827 14 1| Score by iunings: Seare b Inniva Washington 7. ecai0) 0 0005 00 0k 800 e Philadelphia 010 0510 0 0 o0—2|Chicago .. .. 90000000 00 Clveland 1800020 1 34| Two tase hits, Leit§d and Shotion. Three base : hit, Shotton. (Second Game.) grat e % i Philadeohiz (A) BASEBALL. Tamieson.t 2 01 0 0 e Koppdf . 10 2 0 q CESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Walkeref 4 0 100 Rumsib 4 0.7 0 1 National Leasue. Soeial el AllNatfonal games postponed, rain. Dy %0 8 41 American League. Duganas 3 03 4 00 Deteolt 3, New York 0. Watonp 3 0 0 0 0 Cleveland’ 5, Philadelplia 1. (Second game.) xxAcosta 1 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 4, Boscton 11.. xxManch ) 0 0 0 0 Philadelphi eland 4. (First game.) ————— Waslington 3, Chicago 0. e 24 250 International 7 sagus (x) Wood out. hit by batted ball aI L (xx) Batted for Dykes in 9th. (xxx) Batted for Dugan. in 9th. Score Iy inpings: Philadelniia 01000600 0—1 2 Cleveland 2200002520701 =8 Toronto 1. (First zame.) Two base h Gurdner, McAvoy, Enzmaan Toronto 4. (Second game.) Speaker and Granoy. Cobb’s Batting Wins For Tigers. Detroit, July 30.—Two extra hits, hy Cobb and Boland’s effective pitching enabled Detroit to win from New Yora 2 to 0 today. Cobb doubled with two men on bases in the sixth inning and MARKET WAS PROFESSIONAL. United States Steel Featured the Day’s Business. New York, July 30.—Interest in the stock market was more professional, if anything, than usual today, traders engaging in fresh commitments on the short side becalise of adverse crop reports and uncertainty as to the sta- bility of the United States Steel extra dividend. All doubt regarding the latter proved unfounded, although the result was not. known until after the market's close, when record earnings anG enor- mous appropriations for federal in- come and war excess profits were is- sued. U. S, Steel, according to_its- usual custom, supplied an overwhelming, per- centage of the day’s limited business, making an extreme decline of 2 1-4 points in the last houd and closing at a net loss of 7-8 of a point. The balance of the list was guided by Steel's irregular course, with occa- sinal exceptions. notably in the group of gas shares, which gained 2 to 3 1-2 points on a favorable legal ruling. Forenoon advances of 1 to 3 points in oila idnactive equipments, motor accessories and such miscellaneous issues as Harvester, Pacific Mail and | sundry specialties under pool control were largely effaced later. The average of prices was lowest in Thmas Berr. consistent winner | the last hour, the day’s only active Worthy Peter s a_three-year-old | period, but leaders rallied fractionally record of 2:08%. He is a brother to|to a point. Sales amounted to 310,000 A, H. Cosden’s colt Chestnut Peter,|shares. 2:12, that Thos. W, Murphy will start in th futu forced Hollyrood this Nortr Randall last week, Dark Flower and Periscope, the winners of the two divisions of the two-year-old stake at vear and which Bob out in 2:04% at North Randall, Ohio, are owned by John E. Madden. Call money -eased a trifle, but time funds were limited to renewals for short terms, mainly 30 days. Bonds were steady but featureless aside from further nominal advances in the international group. Total sales, par value, aggrezated $5,625,000. Old U. S. bonds were unchanged on call, Dark Flower is by Peter the Great —_— and was only required to trot in STOCKE. 2:20% to win while Periscope is by| sds. == High iko an r 2 s Express Sillko and acquired a record of 2:10%. | 180 Adims Emoes James Albert defeated Baronatta In| ‘i Ame coma the 2:10 pace at Springfield. Mass. Aliis Chal pr He was also the only horse that de- Am Agri C feated him vear. In the Spring- T e ] field race pair had a - five-heat Am Can pr contest, Jam Alvert finished the Am: Car & F . fastest heat 2:10% vwhile only a Am|) Cottonti0; neck separated the pair in the deciding one. Hollyrood Bob, the winner of one of the three-year-old events at North Randall in 2:04%, is not eligible to any of the biz futurities. He is by Peter the Great out of the pacer Fanny Stanton Bingen and Redinda, 2:07%, wald. ‘He was driven to hi bred, developed record by J. L. Dodge. 2:10%, a daughter of by Red- Cox reduced the record of the Ed- wards Purse at North Randall 2:03% when he won the event with A Game of Chance. tablisheq This event was es- in 1909 and prior to this season was won by George Gano, The Abbe, Vernon Mc Kinney. Joe Patch- en II, Del Rey, Peter Stevens, Rus- sell Boy, Ben Earl, and Colonel Arms- trong. One day last winter when discussing pacers Walter Cox was asked for the one he ever drove. s a picture of Earl, Jr., name of the best Tprning toward that was hanging on the wall, he said: looks rather roush to go back on old gray fellow but if the truth must be known it was Dell Rey. Sick- ness put a crimp in his career before the public had an opportunity to learn just how good he was. In 1913 before and to 1408 Drooklm R T 200 Brooklyn U G .. 300 Pooth Fish 1400 Burns Bres .. 100 Tutte Cop & Z 200 Butte & Sup Cent Leather Cerm De Pas . Chand Motor 100 Chic Gt W 500 C M & St P . 2300 C M & St P pr 10 Chic & N W . WCRI&P 300" Chile Cop 200 Chine Con C 100 Col he was taken sick, one day, after de- feating Frank Bogash, Jr. I Wworked him an extra mile in 2:03, the last half being in 58 seconds and he was not all out at that.” % . 1800 Com Prod 400 Dome Mines Philadelphia 10 Det Fdison Cincianati 2200 Dist Securities Boston 200 ke .. .. Brookiyn 200 Erle 1st pr .. St. Louis Granby Gt North pr . Gt N Ore Subs Greene C Cop Haskell Bark .. Homestako Ins Copper Tnter Con_pr Int Har N ¥ Int Har Corp Int Mer Mar Int M Mar pr Int Lack Steel .. . lehigh Valley lce Rub Tire Lig & Myers pr Loose Wiles Loose W 2 pr Nat Biscuit Nat Enam & S N Y Air Brake Ohio_Citles G 00 Ontario_Silver Owens B M Pacific Mail Pac Tel & Tel Tenn R R .. Peoples G & C Pierce Arrow Pitts Coal . Pitts & W Va . Press Steel Car Press Steel C Rep I & Steel 0Rep I & S Resal Datch 100 100 1100 Sinclair_0fl 2600 South Pacific 2000 Southern Ry 200 Nouth Ry pr 1000 Studebaker 500 Tenn C Chem 600 Texas Co. 13400 Tobacco Prd 00 Tob Prd pr . 400 Union Pac .. 100 Wabash .. Wabash pr A West Mary .. West Pacific . MONEY. New York, July 30. — Call money firm; high 6; low ruling rate 5; closing bid 5 1-2; offered at 5 3-4; last loan 5 3-4. COTTON. New York. July 30.—Cotton futures opened steady. October 24.85, Decem- ber 24.35, January 24.16, March none. Spot cotton quiet; middling 29.20. BesesoHoNME co~orocm0o® cosrrrosussucoon © ossdouncosmooose El Totals 30 424 8 1 (x) Batted for Peckinpauzh in Tth. (xx) Batted for Walters in Tth. (xxx) Batted for Love in Sth. 00 0—0 0 1 x—3 Three base Two_base hi Lit, Cobb. Boston Beats St. Louis. St: Louis, July- 30. — Jones proved better than five St. Louis pitchers to- day and Boston won, 11 to 4. Score: Boston (A) St. Louis (A) 3 ab hpo a ef ab hpo a e Hooper.rf 3 2 2 1 0fTobinlf 43200 Shean.2b 3 1 0 4 2|Maisel.3b 4 L4100 T'uesdale.2b + (0 0 1 0fSisler,lb 5110 1 0 Steunk.te 43 3 0 OfDemmittt £ 02 0 0 Ruth,lf 4 3 5 0 0/Smithot 51200 Melnnis1b 4 212 0 J|Gedeon2b 4 & 1 2 0 Cochran.3b 3 1 0 3 3Austinss 3 0 1 1% Agnew.c 4 0 2 2 QSevereide 4 0 4 1'0 Jones,p 3 1 6 2 0|Bennctt.p 2000 0 ————— Rogers.p 10010 Totals 86 14 27 15 4|Davenportp 9 0 0 1 ) L'dermilkp 1 0 1 0 0 e o I S aHendryx 0 0 0 0 0 Houck,p 10000 S e Totals 3 627 81 (z) Batted for Davenpost in 7th. Scire by inning: Boston ve e 10203032 611 St Louls .. .. 0 0100120 0—4 Two base hits, Strunk, Hooper, Scott, Tobin (2). Three base bit, Strunk. Senators Blank Champions. Chicago, July 30.—A ninth inning rally today zave Washington a 3 to 0 victory ovér Chicago. Cicotte weaken- ed in the last inning. Shotton's batting was a feature. Score: Ssracuse-Baltimore. rain. Ringhamton 3 Rochester 1. (First game.) it . (Second game.) GAMES SCHEDULED TODAY. National League. Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Brookiyn. Pittsburgh at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia American Leagus. = Boston at St. Louls New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at Chicago. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS. National League. W Lost. Pittsburgh Roston Cleveland Washington New York Worcester Races Postponed. Worcester, Mass., July 30.—The Bay State short ship races, scheduled to open here todav, were postponed be- cause of rain. CHANGE SYSTEM OF KEEPING BATTING AVERAGES Says ‘“Cactus Cravath.” In the July ,“Baseball Magazine” Cravath, home run hitter for the Phil- lies, claims the present system -does a gross injustice to the man who can really hit. Very likely many people will look upon what I am going to say as the crabbing of an old fossil. It makes very little difference to me, however, what they think. I am going to state | a few facts which anyone can verify at the expense of the few moments time. And facts are pretty stubborn things. Here they are: The batting averages more than any other one thing, determine, in the pub- lic mind, what a ball player, outside the battery and perhaps one or two infield positions, is really worth. The batting averages determine more than any other one thing, a player's value as a drawing card and his ability to secure a good salary for himself. His batting average then, is the ball player's principal stock in trade and is immensely important to him in a personal and business sence as I shall presently try to show. But where the records, through no fault of the batter himself fail to give him to credit which is due.him then he has a just grievance for he has suf- fered a genuine loss. ‘What do I mean by this statement? Just this. And because I know more about my own record than I do about some other player’s record. I will illu- strate from my own personal experi- ence at the risk of being accused of blowing my own horn. In 1915, not my best year by any{ means, but a good one, I made 24 home runs a modern record. I alsol! made 31 doubles, in fact hit for 266 total bases although I made but 149 hits. That is to say I hit for 117 extra bases. Although I am a slow man on the bases and many para- graphs have been written about my wooden shoes, I scored more runs that season than anybody else on the cir- cuit. In addition I drove in more runs than any other batter. I led all bat- ters in number of total bases. I also hit for 117 extra bases. The man who was second best in our league hit for 76. 1 led him by 41 bases. In short in all the really effective work of the batter, I should have led the league by a very fair margin. But what act- ually happened? According to tae absurd system in percent use, which gives a man as much credit for mak- ing scratch single as a home run, I hit for an average of 285. True, that isn’'t a bad average, but how did it compare with others? According to the dope books, I was number seven- teen on the list. Sixteen players hit for a better average than mine. Is there any particular sense in that kind Phillies. know of. in_hitting. salary. apolis, I know it. the mill. cian myself. near it. of hits. of hits made. the game. system. ords. is unjust. head. squabble circuit. backstop. was once fizht again. infield into gency—PEodie. In list ed missing. given. at Macon. this year. Paul. of a situation? There is a certain charm about the appeal to the crowd. .300 hitter he is a star. If & man is a member of is the. winnin Sam Crawford. scratch hitter. Eddie Burns General vesterday, former Yankee pitcher, was report- were tripled_in the eighth with a man on|standards, he isuta s 1 . Score b e & e ting means over out in batting. due. between Uncle Sam about a bonus. It Fred Fulton weight title, what prevents him from walking right up and taking it? body cares a rap. with aged over defeats. writer. is catching form for Moran’s club and his co- worker, Jack Adams, also is wants the action No o wallop, tar. Now if bat- at all it means smashing offensive work for your own ¢lub and an ability to demolish the defense of the oppoain{nlfib. In pro- portion to his success aims, a player is a good batter. Every owner, every big'league manager, al- most every player will admit as much. But the records don’t admit it. claim that where a man hits a little more frequently than another, regard- less of the quality or the importance of his hits, he is a superior batter. ‘Why don’t they say that the pitcher who allows the fewest hits in a game g pitcher regardless of which team scores the most runs? would be just as sensible. | 5 This is my seventh season with the Most of the time I have been with them, I have done more damage with the bat than any other batter 1 I will take off my hat to none of them in 'this respect. theless,, I have never led the league It follows automatically since I do not pretend to shine on the basepaths or as a fielder, that I have | never been a star, therefore I have never been able to command a high Ever since I went to Minne- ten years ago, 1 have been capable of doing as much execution with ‘my bat as any man in the tional League, bar none. The failure of the batting averages to give me credit for the work I have done in the past ten years, has cost me several thousand dollars a year. But that is all water past in these two Now what is the result of all thiis. What do I propose? Nothing more than a suggesgion. I am not a statisti- 1 claim no ability to de- vise a system. of batting averages, which would be perfect or anywhere But I do think that the bat- ting averages should do more than record the mere frequency They should do something to |record the qaulity of hits. even suggest that the present system should be discontinued. But I do claim that some system ought to be put in operation which would indicate a play- er's actual batting ability as expressed in the length as well as the number For the present system is all in favor of the men fast on their feet, who can beat scratch singles. something bunts and Their work a%ong this line is all well enough. But with men on bases it is not bunts nor scratch singles that clear those and break up 1t is the man with the wallop, the man who can drive out a crashing double, who can knock the opposing pitcher out of the box now and then with a well-placed home-run, who, even though he does not connect safely with the ball, drives it for a long fly to the outfield, such a fly as will score a man from third anyway. It is the real batter, according to my way of thinking, the man who wins games with his bat, who is being dis- criminated against by the present 1 have tried to show in a brief way how my own career has suffered from this discrimination in the batting rec- I repeat I am an old veteran, a player who is already on the sunset side of his career, a player who has little to gain from any proposed re- form little more to lose from the con- tinuation of a system as absurd as it But I am not alone in my class. There are many other players who also have the young Hornsby, who looks as though he would develop into the best clean- .{up man in the business. sake of such players as these, and be- cause the whole system is inequitable anyway, that I am running the risk of being called a knocker and a sore Look at old Sam Crawford for nineteen years considered the hardest slugger in his circuit, and he never yet led the league something wrong with a system which doesn't give more credit. to a man like For forty years the records have been all in favor of the Let's be fair about this thing and give the man with the wal- lop, .the man who delivers the goods, the man who really bats his innings. It's been long It is for the There SPORTING NOTES Alexander will soon pitch a few hand grenades in the world's series. Any player with a nature as bellig- erent as young Dilhoefer's ought be with the Braves. “Pitchers are supposed to hit” re- marks a baseball Certainly not, look at Babe Ruth. We take it there won't be much of a Alexander The Pirates are much stronger this vear on paper. They carry four scribes with them on their trips around the the Main, the Phillies’ elongated hurler, Detroit He jumped the Tigers and signed with the Kansas City Feds. Mack refuses to become discour- -He is satisfied that his team will make a lot of trouble for other clubs this year. Allan Sothorn is getting away well and promises to have a good season. Jones surely picked up a prize in this youngster from the West. There is no doubt but what Cham- pion Jess Willard never intended to And perhaps the world never intended he should. Huagins is able to put a substitute in case of emer- Fewster and Beck on the bases and Ward at shortstop . Pershing’s casualty Cliff Markle, ther d the If he doesn't| pitching staff and rank that well' according to existing ! Brookfeds. After quitting baseball letails Bill Lamar works out daily with the Yankees, but he still is troubled with the injury to his back muscles sustained during the training season The four famous French automobile racing drivers—Rene Thomas, Albert Guyot, Arthur Duray and Jean Chas- sagne—will not race in this It is remarked by the upstate woods- men that the fall hunting will be ex- cellent this year. This is as rcgular a visitor as the fourth destruction of the entire peach cro Bobby Byrne has signed with St. Having been a Cardinal and a Quaker Bobby will round out his ca- reer as a “Saint” and will try to live down his past as a Pirate. Capt. Edward F. LaFitte, D. R. C,, phrase “.300 hitter” which seems to|will be remembered hy fans They 1t Never- I do not notably is to and in great heavy- No- club. fight the country PANS Bulletin Building, _ KETTLES * FRUIT JARS WIRE FRAMES FOR PANS OR BOILER All shapes and sizes “CONSERVO” STEAM COOKER AND CANNER Cook a whole meal or cook 14 quart iars of preserves at one time BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES Two or three burner, wick or wickless The Household Telephone 531-4 EVERYTHING FOR PRESERVING 7 - 74 Franklin Street he was a professor in a dental col- lege. He entered the army as a lieufenant and was later ‘advanced on completing a course of study. Joe Wood always maintained that he could make good in the outfield when the pitching arm was done, and he is doirg very weil for the Indians. GEORGE MACKIE, OF LAWRENCE, KAN., A REGULAR HANDICAPPER He ‘is Serving for the Third Year in Succession as a Member of the Handicapping Committee for the Grand American Trapshooting Tour- nament. " e By Peter P. Carney, Editor National Sports Syndicate. When a man is constantly called up- on to judge the ability of his fellows in any line of endeavor, that man must be honest, he must have a judicial mind, he must conscientiously weigh the known facts and figures without permitting personal likes or dislikes tc enter imto his work. Such a man is George K. Mackie, of Lawrence, Kan. Mr. Mackie is a perpetual member of the handicapping committee at im- portant tournaments. He was one of the committee that allotted the handi- caps for the Grand American Handi- cap tournament in St. Louis in 1915, and last year in Chicago, and will be one of the five who will check off the marks this season. Three years straight as a member cof the Grand American Handicap Trapshooting Committee is the best evidence we know of regarding the ability in this line of Mr. Mackie. His excellent judgment in the placing of shooters caused the Pinehurst (N. C.) Gun Club to invite Mr. Mackie to he a member of their handicapping com- mittee the past few years. Through the middle west no handicap commit- tee would be complete without George Mackie. i The Kansan is a student of the game of trapshooting. He likes to play with figures, and consequently he knows just about what can be done by every trapshot of importance. He doesn’t need an Interstate Association List of Official Averages before him to tell you who should siand on the 22-yard mark and who " should be placed at the 17-yard line. You see, it is not always a good plan to follow the averages too care- fully. Some men can shoot 90 per a clev g 4 lever cent. consistently and never go more than one or two points above _that score. To place these men on the 22- yard mark would be outzunning them. Mr, Mackie knows this to be a fact, and he argues for the shooter who has virtually no chance to win at the 16 or 17-yard mark and would be fortu- nate to break 75 per cent, if placed with Arie, Larson, Troeh, Newcomb and other stars. Mr. Mackie knows the trapshooting game, and he also can break his share of clay pigeons. He is always well up in the averages. Doings in the Auto World Army Auto Trucks Must Obey Road Rules—Harkness Handicap Race. As a result o the complaint of aut- omobile clubs in Ohio and Pennsyl- vania, that the numerous trains of army trucks being delivered under their own power to the eastern sea- board, were not extending the cour- tesies.of the road to other vehicles. the Quartermaster General has issued an order that drivers of army trucks must keep as close as safety will permit to the right hand edge of the road. The former practice of riding the crown of the road worked much hardship to other traffic, especially on pavements of limited width, where traffic was exceptionally heavy, and caused much needless congestion. The new order is welcomed by all motorists and trucking companies using this route. The Harkness Handicap race, with fifteen of the .country’s most famous speedway drivers competing for su- premacy, at Sheephead Bay, N. Y, June first, continued the 1918 automo- bile racing season, so auspiciously in- augurated at Uniontown, Pa., in Ma: After a postponernent of two. day: caused by cold and threatening weath- er, a concourse of 50,000 people, en- couraged by tte weather man's* fair and warmer” promise, thronged the grandstand and the oval infield and 8ave their unqualified approval to war time automobile racing. First honors in the big one hundred mile race went to Ralph De Palm§, as alat the wheel of his famous Packard Detroit Tigers'|in 58 minutes, 21 seconds—an average later with the|of 103 miles per hour. He completed the entire race without a stop for any purpose whatever, verifying again the tradition established among racing men, that at the terrific speeds at- tained on the speedways today, a non- stop run is essential to victory in a hundred mile race. Only ten seconds behind the flying De Palma came Tom Milton, in a Duesenburg. The other finishing drivers, from third to eighth fin. in the following order: Barney Old- field, Eddie Hearne, Dan Hickey, Ira Vail, Omar Toft and Louis Chevrolet. The Horkness race was the first big classic event to be decided on a handi- cap basis. Under this style of racing there is more equality of opportunity for the drivers to win, as the handi- capping is designed to overcome the inequalities of speed in the various cars and the driving abilities of the speedway demons. And the success which attended the race indicates that the remaining big racing events of the season will be decided on the handi- cap basis. Louis Chevrolet, the speed- way champion of 1917, was placed on scratch and handicaps given to the other drivers, ranging from 61 to 300 seconds. In addjtion to the big race a three heat ten mile Futurity Handicap was run, with the first three winners in each of the first two heats qualifying for the third. The final was won by design. Resta also started in the big race and kept well up with the leaders until mechanical trouble develcped. As he came down the straight stretch to the pits, his car. suddenly became enveloped in a sheet of flame from his motor, and the crowd came to its feet in an instant, in anticipation of a tragedy, but the driver, exhibiting marvelous coolness, drove up to his pit and stepped from his car unscathed, amiq the applause of the stands. After the finish of the Harkness Han- dicap, racing men commented freely on the good showing of the tires under the terrific grind. All of the cars except ithat taking third place wore Goodyear cord tires. The first “hard tire” truck census of Los Angeles county to be taken shows 5,571 vehicles exclusive of the lighter delivery cars. The rapid in- crease in the use of trucks in this dis- trict is considered remarkable in view of Los Angeles being the central point of 1,100 miles of electric interurban railway, a system said to be the finest in _the world. Gradually the auto truck has been broadening its sphere until now in this section it shares liberally the business of the metwork of steam and electric railroads. = Passenger, ex- press and freight motor lines have been extended from TLos Angeles to San Deigo and San Francisco, a radius of more than 600 miles. The trucks also have established regular transporta- tion service to the summer camps in the Angeles National Forest. So important has the heavy truek become that a boulevard has been bullt exclusively for this traffic from tre in- dustrial center of Los Angeles to the harbor, a distance of tWenty miles. A further factor in utilizatfon of the truck is the improved highway spstem which includes 1,737 miles of paved roads radiating from Los Angeles to every important town in Southern Cal- ifornia. This highly developed road sustem, free from snow the year round, is one of the big reasons why there are 96,000 motor vehicles in the county, one-third of the number in the entire state. PLUMBING AND GASFITTING Phone 581 Modern Plumbing is as essential in modern houses as electricity is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest prices. | Ask us far plans and prices. J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS HEATING AND PLUMBING 92 Franklin Strect ROBERT J. COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMPING, STEAM FITTING Washingion Sq., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Shest Packing IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY CO. Nos. 11 to 25 Ferry Street Dario Resta, in a new car of his own.