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Show r'MrlCD FRENCH PREFER FOOTBALL OR DUELING TO ROUGH AMERICAN GAME OF BASEBALL AB0WT BRICKLEY Noted Harvard Football Star, While Umpiring Game, Nearly , Intercepts Forward Paea. ,r'x PREMIER HUGHES OF AUSTRALIA FORGETS HIMSELF e Harvard Charley Brlckley, football alar and rnptaln of the Army transport Service eleven last fall, la blossoming forth Into o regular o01- one-tim- It transpire tlmt President WI1-eo- n first attendance doiul-Date- d tho pence conference to such an extent that few of the members cured to raise their voices against his. One Of the few, It Is suld, is William Mon ris Hughes, premier of Australia, who to nniy everything son ,l1"1 to sn 011 the 1. of the disposition of the formersubject over seas German dependencies captured by the Itrltlsh colonies. The contrast between the two men Is great. Ilughes Is small, weighs less than 100 pounds anil is alarmingly frnll, having been a sufferer from all his life. The utterances of Premier Ilughes suggested the labor agitator rather than those of the uni verslty president or the statesman, be trayed a luck of cultivation and were delivered In tones that were not only particularly rasping, but also unneces sarlly loud, this being due to the fact stone deaf, and therefore finable to gauge the sound of his own during hi A' v V ' if dys-peps- la ti(; hut he Is rolee. IP n I ' ter v'r i i as iV - , v ' ' W , ' ;: ' - - i From the passngo of the federal aid roud act to December 15, 1918; 735 projects were approved by tho These secretary of agriculture. projects Involve the Improvement of 7,807 miles of public roads at a total estimated cost of 557,032,000, of which '.he federal government lias been re V' s quested to contribute 521,002,000. There have been actunlly completed to dute twelve projects, Involving a total of miles of road, costing approximately 5G17.548, and on which federal aid In the amount of i'' fifty-on- e ij icgan life there as an Itinerant schoolmaster opened a small general store. Then he became n Its beginning aud climbed to power with It In the Interior. In Sydney ho Identified with trades unionism REPRESENTATIVE GOOD OF IOWA The congressional election of 1918 taken the control of the house representatives from the Demo-rats- , the Republican majority is re irganlzlng the house for the Sixty-ixt- h e congress. The Republican on committees tentatively lated for chairman of the appropria lems committee James William Good loving com-nitte- Popular Player Who Has Returned From Franco! France, the country tliut went through the fightlngest war in history without hatting an eye, will never adopt baseball as a national pastime because the game Is too tough, This was learned from no less an authority than Capt. Christopher Mathewson, who has Just arrived front France. Although the Iollus have bravely attempted a few games under American liner or grounder than they are tutelage, they're more afraid of a hnrd-hl- t of a German 77," according to Mathewson. Rotten Infield Work. Their Infield work Is rotten," sold Christ. They can run bases nil right, but they get little opportunity because they can't bnt. And I dont believe catcher In till of France. Every time a Frenchyon could pick up n first-clas- s man gets behind a Imt he wonts to retreat about ten paces, erect a barbed-wir- e entanglement, dig himself a dugnut and rrawl Into It. "No, the Frenchman will never take to Imselmii in a big way. lie prefers something more gentle, such as football and dueling." FOUR BRITISH GOLF Iowa. This appropriations com nittee Is one of the ten principal nmmlttces and In the present condl-io- n of congressional legislation It Is irldent that It Is an exceedingly if STARS DEFER TRIP ing a golf school at the Touch Mansion with J. M. Whitehead and Ed Gnlllgnn, Is also of the opinion that Vardon will not come over this year. He bases this belief on a'letter Just received from bis father, George Cros-suwho Is In the golf business at Presence Necessary at Home to Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Mr. Crossnn committee. Incidentally the Restore English Golf. wrote that he thought Vardon and Republicans have decided to change Ids confreres would defer their Amerhe ratio of representation In these ten ican visit till 1920, and his son Infers lommlttws from 12 majority and 9 Braid's Stock as Clubmaker Goes Sky from the tone of the letter that he had nlnorlty members to 13 majority and High Because of Remark of Preshad a talk with Vardon. , minority members. ident Wilson Women PostMr. Good represents the Fifth It U said that Brnlds stock as a pone Team Matches. wa district. clubmaker, always high, has gone still Is It composed of the higher through the remark of Presiountles of Benton, Cedar, Grundy, From a very close friend of Harry dent Wilson In Paris that he, always 'ones, Linn, Marshall and Tama. Pis Vardon, the Ilrltlsh open champion, plays with a set of clubs made for him onstltuents number approximately 200,000. His home city Is Cedar Rapids, cornea a letter In which this is writBraid. lie says he has found them by le is a native son, having been born In Linn county September 24, 18GG. ne ten: Showed all your comments on to be just right and could not desire fas graduated from Coe college In 1892 and received the degree of bachelor the American visit of the 'four Itrltlsh- any better. if laws from the University of Michigan. While the governing body of BritThe new chairman of the appropriations committee has been in Wash-ngto- n ish golf women has been looked upon for 12 years, having been elected to the Sixty-fircongress and as favorable to the resumption of the since that time. British open championship, It has been generally understood that It would oppbse the holding of the International team matches until 1920. SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD MARCH n, i st regia to lu DW W iom k law will go Into effect Sunday, March 30, as the Sixty-fift- h congress failed to pass vhe agricultural appropriation bill which carried a rider repealing It. Here is the law as it stands : That At two oclock antemeridian of the last Sunday In March of each year tho standard time of each zone shall be advanced one hour, and at two o'clock antemeridian of the last Sunday In October of each year the standard time of each zone shall be, by retarding one hour, returned to the astronomical time of the degree of longitude governing each zone, respectively." The national war garden commission hus led the movement to retain the luw. Secretary I. S. Ridsdale, who has Just returned from Europe, consays: This Is onft of the most In structive pieces of legislation. iiuropo they cbnslder the daylight snv- In n of their greatest reconstruction assets. It means millions of dollars and desk creased food aliop, bench, of the production and to better health ounter workers. Here It means that for 210 dnys one hundred million people out dll have advantage of an extra hour of daylight. The commission points tot It meuns more dnys to the people of this than two billion eight-hou- The press: nue t vaa t" Into of which ued Q IF on rovinf Ida P usirelj on of id mi" W rer s Kati' a ting' A1 is, daylight-savin- ature r, Of ountry," Utah11 . , if fair f laj. IN THE AjR OR UNDER THE SEA lespoo iwt1 Is there to be another race for the Gils time between Rear I1. Tr m'rn' Hubert & Teary, U. S. , in irpltine, and VllhJulmur Stefans-inri('u,l,lllnn explorer, In a f Anj wly. Peary suys hes e I. Rndane and that It Is Just Intimates that ,LrJll,,nc ,s useless, but that the )l(l.r uni lw ah. N-- jirlilc. io ro4 K sub-if- ff .as in tin1 ti'W1 ,e ilasioa lav )0. ta. froW r. JoW rlor ' int f siena. Inch i., it Her t lie1 he smoke, he Bold: tureP; ;sue i u 1,Hks g00d t0 hi one. in Chicago, I. the other who has lived In the rji,, ,,"un n flve the last six years M tin.. 10 uy about the Windy City : y limiu 'Ur Chicago atmosphere re-wlere 1 came from. Zt Is much lii((, ,il(, ,nHl(le of an fisklm0 flre and Its odor of ish on ItvlnR reed Ids mind niin ,te moiiih s a"4 go-i- l" ullaW t MAY ' uS(,s will ur(1- - The I$ut ,n not help tis airplane has y nhnmrlne I If--. Iwlble to penetrate i"i'lrwy ''8 further Into the frozen parts of the earth. Sfy next exp Iilnn h,,, i ,n un nndersen boat. It all depends on whether the idea n"lt,e tin- l'nidlcui value which i ielieve it nresents." Min,, it 5 n tem. SEND RACERS TO FRANCE PITTSBURGH TO LOSE STARS Football Squad Will Bo Badly Riddled . by Graduations ght to Receive Sheepskins, Pittsburgh's football squad will be badly riddled by graduations next June when eight of the eleven 'varsity performers receive their sheepskins. reserve material Is Furthermore, scarce, especially for the line. While Pitt adherents have great fulth In the ability of Conch "Pop" Warner, they are preparing themselves for some defeats next fall, as they cannot figure that the Cornell man can get through this string of games with another clean slate. The rule goes hack Into effect Io the fall. g Sunbriar and Exterminator, Owned by Willis Sharpe Kilmer Likely to Compete for Prizes. INTERESTING SPORT-PARAGRAPH- . ii40jH 1 ly 29 art was paid. Altogether there are more than 7,500 mtlea of road, for which most of the stepa preliminary to construction have been taken so far as the bureau of public roads Is concerned. Numerous other projects not yet re ported to, the department hare been completed or are under construction, so that the sum total of the road work now In progreas under federal aid Is greater than appears in this summary. From Florida to Maine, through the North to the raclfic coast and down to Mexico road building work Is going on. Every state has accepted Its contribution from tbe government, Charley Brlckley. and wtdle no . organized effort has had him but teams that engage rial, been made along those lines to the better be prepared for uuexiected happresent time, the states are working' penings. gradually to the system of national Charley wns umpire at the last game highways. of the year In Newark and was en.Coupled with plans already outthusiastic about the plays the school- lined for expenditures on the roads boys used. Is the legislative program now before Say, he said to one of his fellow congress, which provides for 5500, officials, one of those teams bad a 000,000 to Ye expended over a period bird of a forward pass, and It wins of eeven years by federal aid. It Is all I could do when the ball skimmed estimated that In the event of the over my head to keep my hands down. of this bill, which would I could have Intercepted it dead easy, passage but 1 caugtit myself In time." 5200,000.19 Whenever Premier Hughes takes part in a congress or debate he has his side wonderfully trained secretaries who write brief summaries of the proceedings. In Ilte of this tremendous hnndleap he gets off pointed and nitty retorts which have Inspired a wholesome terror of his tongue. He is i wonderful speaker, with volcanic eloquence. He was born In North Wales, endgrated to Australia at twenty-tw- o am! YEAR Thousands of Miles of Improvement and More Will Arranged Surely Follow. 1 S'wW t ROAD BUILDING GREAT I i Another Invasion of France Is likely a peaceful Invasion. If the race tracks of France reopen next season Willis .Sharpe Kilmer of Binghamton will send fils crack racehorses. Sun-tirland Exterminator, tp compete for the rich prizes of the turL A colt, a full brother of Sutibrlnr, now at Newmarket, Englund, In care of the noted Alex Taylor, will Join them. The loss of Sunhrlar and Exterminator from the Jockey club circuit will s enuse a gap In the ranks of the thoroughbreds In this country. There are few enough tnpnotch horses now ns It Is. The Canadian tracks will open this summer, and with stakes of greater value than those offered by the tracks of New York, the Empire state will be hard put to It to ohtnln horses of high caliber to fill the races. So the determination of Mr. Kilmer to ship these horses abroad means more to the American turf than appears on tho surface. hlgh-clr.s- '3 Champion Harry Vardon. ers to Ilnrry Vardon myself. There has been a great deni of discussion here about 'the four going over, hut I understand now that they have put off the visit till next year." By the "four Britishers" are meant Vardon, J. H. Taylor, Jim Braid and Ed Itay, with the possible addition of It George Duncan. Early last winter was announced that they would visit this country In 1919. but soon after Var-do- n came a statement allegedly from home at their If presence that during the entire season was necessary Britto encourage the restoration of ish golf, they would postpone their American tour. It wns the on this doubtful aspect of their visit (.'hum-plnthat evidently was luld before Vardon. James Crossnn. the Wheatley Hills Is conduct professional golfer, who n Against Referee Plan. of Benny Billy Gibson, manager for Leonard, Is out against the ptun In the ns provided decisions referee New York Gibbs bill, now before the that deciGibson opines legislature. nre writers sions by newspaper sport method. the proper about Army Boost Athletic. nre not American soldiers overseas trouble getting athhaving any rad to reports according letic equipment, doughboys. returning from e MEETINGS IN CHICAGO HOLD Chicago sportsmen are trying to vive horse racing. S re- New York university has scheduled eight football games fur next fall. ' Another boxing hill hns been Introduced In the New York-stat- e legislature. - d make available 000 for use In bq possible for Road. immediately 575,000, federal aid, it would the government and the states to build 34,000 miles of Ugh ways this year If labor could be obtained. VALUE .... OF POULTRY MANURE Increased Supply of Fresh Vegetables May Be Obtained By Applying to Garden Soil, The droppings from fowls, If care fully suved and applied to the garden It Is estimated Harvard university's soli, will Increase the supply of fresh athletics cost during a normal yeur vegetables. Poultry manure Is rich In nitrogen and Is well worth the effort 5100,000. It requires to save and apply. The from an average farm flock Jess Willard does lots of talking droppings will amount to considerable fertility with his hankers after each chat with luring the year. Tex Itickurd. Newark, one of the best of the International league cities, Is still with, out a backer. g Whitewash coats for players nre all the rage In the big league set Just-no. Association Will Make American Windy City Its Headquarters for Futuro Conferences. Well-Draine- Front-ro- scuts will not he so popu AUTO TAXES TO GO TO ROADS Committee Appointed In Alabama to Request License Fees Be Applied to Highways. Tbe Birmingham (Ala.) Automobile club has appointed a legislative .committee which Is to appear before the state legislature with the request that aH automobile license fees and taxes be applied on the cost of Improved The University of California will roads In the state. The funds thus President Thomas J. Hickey of the American association has announced make Intercollegiate golf a feature of diverted would amount to 51(500,000 thut hereafter oil meetings of the Its future - sjiorts program. annually. lur eeunca. Joe Engle will pitch fot the Indians. In Cleveland American association will be held In Chicago, unless for any reason It apTrading ball placers seems to he the pears advisable to meet elsewhere, j only traffic known In which both sides when the meeting point will be de- ! always get much the better of the barcided by a majority vote of the clitbs. gain. Slow In Road Building. With all her development, America has always been alow In the matter of. road building. Phosphorus Needed. George Stallings figures G. W. It Is now generally agreed by exGrant's fresh bankroll will help the Braves to another pennant. periment station professors and prnc tlcal farmers In. our eastern states If the Germans had been long on that the greatest fertilizer needl'd by baseball more atrocities would have our soils Is phosphorus, and that the Von Ellina to Coach N. Y. U. best method of supplying It Is In the Bob Yon Elllng of the Mohawk A. been Inflicted on the French. form of add phosphate. C., has been appointed to conch the now Nevada Just New York university track team, Rorms to have thu . Yale Won't Enter Team. Yale decided not to enter the triangular track meet with Harvard and Princeton. . call for tho big fight. Tex Rickard hns kindly feelings toward Reno. Galt Return to College. . Carter Galt, Yale's star Lelnnd Stanford university expects nthlPte, has returned to college. He will be a football candidate next U) to lie represented by a strong array of lawn tennis players this season, d 1 Great Need of Farmer. If there Is any one thing that tbe farmer needs more than another. It Is good highways. Every other business Is on the line of progress, eo why not the road business? |