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Show V, THE BINGHAM NEWS )J T Boston ; Bruins "Pro" Hockey Team The photograph shows three stars of the Boston Bnilns "pro" hockey team. Left to right "Smoky" Harris, left wing; "llek" Fowler, goal, and Si-lent Herb Mitchell, left wing. Gen. Mitchell Looks Over His Indian Hunt Trophies $ yH 2Sb4f IfeM j Brig. Gen. William M. Mitchell. assistant chief of the United States army air service, with Mrs. Mitchell and W. I Brown, taxidermist, Inspecting some of the trophies and skins of the general recent hunt In India. The collection Is sold to be one of the finest In the country and Includes the skins of ten tigers, live leopards, two hyenas, several fleer and bear and sundry others. The skins are at the national museum In the capital w here they will be mounted. g First Sacker Muffs His Lonely Chance 5 Art Hofman tubbed fur Frank 5 9 Chance at Bret base for the Cuba Y 5 In i game played June 24, 1910. 5 g The only chance Art had at first 3 5 he muffed. It was a dull day and S Art grew stiff waiting for some- - 2 $ thing to do. Hofmun's record y X Isn't In the record book, but he 2 5 didn't hare a putout at first In g 2 nine-Innin- contest. 2 g McCauley of the Washington 9 X club, In Ittil, and Guy Uecker, 5 g playing first for the Louisville g 5 club on October 6, 1887, are the 8 g only players besides Hofmun g 5 who didn't have a putout at first 5 g base. X Coaches Vote Four 2 1 Backs as Best Ever 2 Recently 20 coaches, many of 6 i g whom have been at the game g 8 for a score of years either as 6 2 player or couch, were asked to X 8 nume an e X team. g o There was a wide difference of y X opinion everywhere except In X the backfleld. Here the vote of X the coaches was practically 2 v unanimous. 2 g at quarter, Grange 5 and T!iorpe at the halves and g 2 Eddie Mahan at fullbuck. The 8 g last three were y favor-- g 5 Ites, althoogh "Bo" McMillan g pressed Eckersall hard for the X o job at quarterback. J g "Pop" Warner got the most X 5 votes or coach. g Kilimanjaro, the Everest of Africa employ irrigation to grow their crops of bananas, sweet potatoes and grains. Sometimes they merely divert a moun-tain stream, but frequently consider able engineering skill Is used to bring water through tubes or chunnels con-siderable distances. The forest belt, not Kilimanjaro's glaciers, supplies most of this water. The rain-fore- Is a vast sponge, drinking up the rain and squeezing It out In springs. Shun Crater and Plain, "Below the agricultural belt Is the scorched dry plain. It Is almost as Impossible to get the natives to ven-ture down to the hot plain as to get them to approach the crater. "Elephants Inhabit the thick forests of Kilimanjaro's slopes. Explorers often see their spoors on bunks seem-ingly Impossible for such huge animals to manage. One writer reports seeing murks Indicating that the elephants thrust their tusks Into the ground to steady themselves on a descent, and that scrulTed bark showed that they wound their trunks about trees to help themselves up to higher positions." Is Much Higher Than Blanc or Whitney. Washington, D. C. Kilimanjaro mountain of Tanganyika territory, which bus been the object of a recent expedition. Is one of the most notuble "violent contrasts" In Africa, sometimes termed the continent of "violent "Although Africa spreads Itself to both tetNperato zones," says a bulletin of the Notlohul Geographic society, "by whim of geography its only no-table snow peaks are under the sun's ; most direct glare and, of Its 'high spots' near the Equator, Kilimanjaro Is chief. . "Kilimanjaro was unknown to the world a century aso. and unsealed are like Lnbrador or the Alaskan steppe, but Instead of --harboring rein-deer, they support flocks of eland. The mountain Is a gnme preserve aud the flocks thrive. "Next comes a belt of heather sim-ilar to that of the Scotch highlands. Then the elevation drops, the region of heavy precipitation appears and with It the rain-fores- almost con-stantly swathed In mist. This thins to the ordinary tropical forest and then dwindles to the mountain's 'temperate zone,' where the tribesmen live. It Is estimated 125.1KK) people now reside on the slopes of Kilimanjaro, and they are counted by some explorers among- - the most Intelligent and progressive na-tives of Africa. "The Chagga and other tribes even nntil 1889, but now a railway from Mombasa approaches Its flanks. In Us way It alTonls Africa claim to the greatest mountain on the face of the earth. Everest, at 29,002 altitude is almost 10,000 feet higher than Kiliman-jaro; there are even peaks having sim-ilar volcanic origin rising higher In South and Central America, but all of those great ones rise on the bucks of their neighbors. Kilimanjaro stands alone in the d wind-swe-plain. Without even the company of mountain ridge it rises solitury from t plateau at 2,500 to 4,000 feet to the now-rappe- d mujesty of 19.819 feet. Overshadows Blanc and Whitney. "Europe Is proud of Its Alps and Pyrenees aud the United StHtes con-siders the Itockies mighty mountains, yet Kilimanjaro Is nearly a mile high-er than Mt. Whitney, America's tallest peak. It is almost 4.000 feet higher than Mt. Blanc, Europe's leading sum-mit, Kilimanjaro has for company on the equator Mt. Kenya, Just over the border, giving1 Its name to Kenya col-ony and 'the Mountains bf the Moon,' officially Kuwenzorl, In Uganda, feed-ing the White Nile with water fur Egypt. "Natives Inhabiting the slopes of Kilimanjaro have the legend that the mountain has a silver peak. To tribes who have never seen snow, this seemed the most satisfactory explanation for the gleaming white cap. They assoel- - ated It with their gods, and the first white men to explore It had great dif-ficulty satisfying the natives that they would not drive away Ituyll, the god In the form of a giant cow inhabiting the mountain's high plains. "The mountain is a small world In Itself, or more properly half a world. The snow cap Is its polar cup; the high, cold ridges, without vegetation. BALL EXPENSE MORE THAN FANS FIGURE Clubs Pay Out Large Sums for Spheres. "Aw, let the kid have It," Is a cry frequently heard at the professional baseball parks when a ball flies out of the playing space and a scramble for it begins. Letting the fans have the vagrant balls, however, Is expensive. At first glance, the fan does not consider that each sphere costs money. Although a baseball looks simple, the experimenter Is sure to find it rather complicated after he makes the division into two equal parts. It has undergone numerous experi-ments. First It had cork center, then came the rubber core, luter a combina-tion of each, with all sorts of yarn wrapped around. A bait must be absolutely round, be able to stand up under terrific knocks, hare liveliness, and inuny oilier quali-ties are considered vital in the manu-facture. But to the professional player a ball is nothing. He will throw it Into the bleachers at the slightest provocation or calmly fou) it over Die fence In bat-ting practice. Lust season, the National league used 4.'1,224 balls. Each retails around $2. Assuming that $2 is the retail price, the total expense would be $86,-44- The clubs obtain their supplies for a figure under $2, but the outlay is considerable. "Babe" Ruth has been in the major leagues ten years. The Tialteann games will be held In Dublin again in 1028. Harvard's baseball schedule consists of 25 games, April 11 to June 20. The New York Canoe club, the first In the United States, was organized In 1870. V The rtil la del pi la Skating club, the first In the United States, was founded Just 75 years ago. In four years the University of Chi-cago football team has lost only two games out of 18 played. Nick Allen, manager of the St. Paul American association team In 1024, bus signed a contract for this year, Princeton and Yale have met 48 times in gridiron contests. It is the oldest football rivalry In America. .Albion college of Michigan will short-ly begin construction of a $175,000 gym-nasium, to be reudy by next September. Few players In the majors use the head-firs- t slide because of its great danger. Frisch, of the Giants, Is an exception. Wade Klllefer, manager of the Seat-tle club has signed a new second base-man. He Is Bert Wallis, a Seattle high school boy. George Makln, third baseman, has been purchased from the Syracuse club of the International league by the St. Louis Cardinals. The annual West Point Cadets vs. Notre Dame football match is an-nounced for the Yankees' stadium, New York city, October 17, 1925. Playing a round of golf recently, Babe Ruth was accredited with a drive of 3.12 yards long, the longest on record at the Huncho club of Los Angeles. George Sutton, the marvelous "hand-less- " balkline billiard ployer, is show-ing bis proficiency by playing the three-cushio- n game with marked success. "Choppy" Rhodes Is the ster of this year's Nebraska team. He's a fast running, e halfback. He also dabbles In basket ball and track. Barney Burch, owner of the Omaha Western league club, has regained pos- - session of Outfielder Frank Osborne, buying hlin outright from the Seattle club. John Itoser, outfielder of the Wor-cester Eastern league, who hit .330 lost season, including 38 home runs, has been sold to the Baltimore Inter-nationals. John F. (Chick) Meehan, who re-cently resigned as coach of the Syra-cuse university eleven, has been signed to coach the New York university foot-ball team. Portland, Ore., charges $20 for sea-son tickets to play on the municipal golf courses. The city has three courses and the purchaser must name the cpurse he Intends to ploy over. Despite the fact that the New York Yankees are looking right and left for a shortstop, Everett Scott will prob-ably continue his consecutive game record when the season opens. H. A. Sanders, who played ball with the Mexla club in the West Texas league lost season, and C. W. Johnson, semi-pr- . from Denver, have been slgntd to pitch for the Los Angeles clab tills year. University of Oklahoma's memorial stadium is to cost $1,000,000 and Include a double-decke- d steel grandstand to seat 43,000. A new gymnasium Is also talked of and legislative assistance will be sought. Manager John McUraw of the New York Giants w'ill send his pitchers and catchers to Sarasota, Fla., on February 20. ten days before the main squad. This has been McGraw's program for the past two years. Louis Little, new athletic director at Georgetown university, is thirty years of age and daring his 15 seasons of fridlron play as a scholastic, collegiate and professional star be participated In 172 games withont Injury. Some Peculiar Cognomens Assumed by Pugiists Johnny Dundee's name is Joseph Carrora, Johnny Wilson's is John Pan-da. Puul Doyle was chrisrened Paul Filippio. Andy Chuney Is in the birth records as Andrew Kwasnlk. Nobody would ever connect Oscar Tobler with Willie Jackson, nor could Vlncenzo Agatl become reconciled with Jimmy O'Uutty. Pancho Villa's success started an exodus of Filipinos to this country. The names of some that sound like centers of population are listed above, ' and Ellnoe Flores Is another. Mike Bullerlno came from the Islands In the Pacific ocean, too. Luis Firpo, Juan Carlos Casla and Luis Vlncentinl came up from South America. France made boxing history by send-ing forth Georges Carptntler, Eugene Crlqul, Marcel Moreau. Charley and the strangest of all, Bat-tling srki. All are "busted" Idols now, but they, each In tuft), added to the gay whirl of the game that was recon-ciled only with the Irish. Men of Celtic origin have not been pushed completely out of the milling hordes for prestige won by fists and the elusive dollar, however. One Is the champion of all champions, the marvel of his time, Jack Dempsey. Mickey Walker, Mike McTIgne and Gene Tun-ne- y are others. But they are alone. Their challengers are Greeks, Italians, Germans and one for Tunney Is a Mexican. Paavo Nurmi Is Winner Paavo Nurmi, the speedy Finnish runner, has been quite consistent in smashing records since bis arrivul in this country. Hostess Latest Barber Shop Job Smoothes Away Embarrass-ments for Women. New York. For the first time in his tory, barber shops huve hostesses. These directors of hirsute traffic sug-gest type of halrdresslng, smooth away the embarrassment which many wom-en feel In seeking a male barbers' advice as to coiffures and assist pa-trons in spending their money. This development was Inaugurated by a department store which for years maintained Its place of business on Sixth avenue and was somewhat re-moved from the Fifth avenue trade. Now the concern has a Fifth avenue shop and has hired hostesses for its barber shop to make patrons feel at home In the new surroundings. Duties of the Hostesses. Strange It Is, but true, that many of the newer comers to this country find more difficulty in spending their money than In getting It. New York is full of newly rich people of foreign birth. With increasing prosperity the women of these families have found that the old standards of attractive-ness which appealed to the men In other countries are obsolete here and they are determined to live up to Im-proved conditions. Hence the bob, the barber and the hostess. The hostesses of the present-da- y shops are counted on to help them. Most of the hostesses employed by the smart shops today are of certain age. But all are shining examples of pres-ervation. Young women are not sought, but a woman of fifty who still has attractive hair, although It may be white, a fresh skin and a figure can usually obtain such a position. Her chances are enhanced if she speaks one or more foreign languages. For the cashiers of the women's bar-ber shops cash more checks signed with "his mark" than any Institution except dealers in foreign exchange. In the men's shop a barber who will not talk Is at a premium ; but In the women's hulrdresslng establishment a barber who cannot talk Interestingly has but a brief time between himself and separation from the payroll. Other Shops Adopt Plan. The exclusive shops for women's clothing Just off Fifth avenue also have taken the hostess to their payrolls. To earn the weekly salary check It Is necessary for these women not only to wear clothes well but to talk them well. One shop Is so exclus-ive that It sells nothing for cash. Be-fore one may buy a sample of Its prod-ucts, It is necessary to establish an account for $1,500. For many years this shop has never sold a model for less than $250 but recently It has established a depart-ment on an tipper floor where those who do not feel equal to purchases at that rate occasionally can buy a dress as low as $00. That, however, Is the Irreducible minimum, as the hostess will tell you. Champions Get Call on Western Pitching Star For Hack Miller, utility lnfielder, and Dad Hankfns, a pitcher, the Washing-ton baseball club, as the result of a deal announced by President Griffith, will obtain an option on a young d pitcher named McNamara from the Wichita club of the Western league. Under the agreement. If the world champions retain McNamara after April 15, when the option expires, the Wichita club must be paid $15,000 and given another pitcher MeN'umara Is a youngster over six feet tall and In his first season Inst year In the minor leagues won 17 and lost 15 games. ' 1 Glenna Collett Aims to Play in British Meet Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, R. I., 'may participate In the British woman's championship tournament In England this year, It was announced by Walter Ha gen, British open cham-pion. Miss Collett, former national cham-pion and at present the holder of the Canadian and the North and South titles, was recently the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hagen at their winter home at St. Petersburg, Fla., and during her visit practiced with Hagen daily over the Boca Clega Country club course. It is the ambition of George Collett, Miss Collett s father, to see her play In the British tournament, Hagen said, but he has determined not to permit her to enter until she appears ready. Collett has outlined In a letter to Ha-gen some shots he desires the girl to learn, and Hagen has planned to give ber all the help possible during her stay at St. Petersburg. Champion in Action Beatrix Loughran, national fancy f skating champ and second In the Olym-- I pic events at Chamonix, snapped In I action at the Lake Placid club in the Adlrondacks of New York tI Snow Plow With Rotary Knives Above is shown the snow plow. Invented by Roger Edwards of Albert Lea, Minn., which can cut a 12-fo- swath at the rate of eight miles an hour through snow from three to five feet deep. Such a demonstration took place between Albert Lea and Owantonna. Experts who witnessed It remarked that It could keep roads In the Northwest open all winter. The machine Is propelled by a ten-to- n caterpillar tractor with two sets of rotary knives op-erated by a engine. Yank Forbids Samoans to Use Lordly Title Apia, Samoa. The title of "tuU manu'a" of the Manua district of Amer-ican Samoa has been prohibited by th governor, Cupt. Edward S. Kellogg, tnited States navy. Manuans who claim the right to be-stow the title are aggrieved. The governor explained he would not allow the title to be held for the reason that It was equivalent to a king-ship, and under the American govern-ment there could be no king. A large number of Samoan titles are designated at "tuL" The word Is Ton-ga-introduced Into the Samoan lan-guage. A dictionary of the Samoan language defines It Is "high chief or "king." But the Samoan word for king Is "tupu." A tuimanu'a does not exercise any political power, but bis person Is con-sidered sacred and be commands tna highest respect Paid Coaches at Oxford Are Unknown Quantity On a recent fine Saturday afternoon, when Americans crowded football sta-diums all over their country, only a few quiet spectators went to the trou-ble of watching the rugby game be-tween Oxford and Edinburgh, says a dispatch from Oxford. The game was comparable, one might think, to a Harvaril-Prlneeto- n battle. This contrast In attendance Is one of the striking example of the differ-ence between sport systems In Amer-ica and England. In Oxford nobody has a well-pai- d football Job to lose, so nobody cares If the stands are not packed. Rugby football Is the chief autumn sport with nearly 100 Inter-collegiate games and three or four varsity games weekly, yet no one has a rugby Job except a number of el-derly men who push rollers and take tickets. Paid coaches art unknown, Guy Morton With Memphis f Guy Morton, former Cleveland Amer- - I Iran league pitcher, has been pur- - I chased hy the Memphis club of the f Southern league, from Indianapolis. Morton had been with the Cleveland . club for ten years, prior to being re- - leased to Kansas City early last sea-- I son. He remained with Kansas City until the fag end of the American as- - I sodauon season when lndlanapolla, ? being B the thick of. tU pennant J fight purchased fciav |