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THE DEMOCRAT-TOPIC, FRIDAY, JULY 14. 1916
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JOHNSON IS ELECTED :
HARDEST MAN TO HIT !
Walter Johnson's right to the ,
title of king « f pitchers has
been confirmed, and by a vote
of the butters who awarded him
the palm, ousting fifty-two votes
in his favor as against fifty-one
for Grover Alexander.
The balloting started during
the off-season and has Just been
completed, each hitter picking
the six best pi tellers he ever
faced. The total number of
batsmen voting from both
leagues was 114. With six votes
each, the total was G84 cast.
Seventy pitchers, old and young,
figured in the voting, and hero
are twelve liurlers in each ma-
jor league who received ten or
more votes:
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Johnsou
Walsh ...
Plank ...
Wood ...
Scott ...
Shore ...
Leonard
Wellinan
Caldwell
Duuss ..
Bender .
. .33
. .10
Faber 10
National
Alexander .fil
Mathewson .33
Tesreau ...25
ltrown 22
Rudolph .. 18
I>oak 13
MamauT ...13
Jtucker ....13
Tone.v 13
Vaughn ....11
Adams 10
Bailee 10
PLAYING BASEBALL AND GOLF
All the young men and
women students at Black-
bum college work their
way to education. The
plan is proving successful
BY ROBERT H. MOULTON
11K boy is certainly making good; his
grades are up In the nineties, he is an
excellent cook, a first-class laundryman,
and can plow more acres of land In a
day than any other boy In college."
itather a remarkable statement for a college
president to make concerning a college student,
yet hardly more remarkable than the Institution
which the student Is attending—Blackburn col-
lege at Carllnville, 111.
Blackburn, as a matter of fact, occupies a posi-
tion unique umong Institutions of learning In this
country. No other college, perhaps, Is conducted
along exactly the same lines. Its aim Is to train
young men to be not only scientific, but practical
farmers, Inculcating In them nt the same time a
love of the soli, and to make of girls and young
women practical housewives, who will be able to
cook and sew, and to take care of u home. Also,
and this Is where the unique feature comes In, It Is
conducted upon a plan of self-help, whereby young
men and women of the most limited means are af-
forded an opportunity to avail themselves of a
standard college education.
The plan has been tried only a year, but during
this period it has proved so successful, literally
knocking the high cost of living all to pieces, that
the groat problem next fall will be what to do with
the students.
The charges for the year at Blackburn have
boon placed at $HH>. and three hours' work per
day at some sort of manual labor. This pays for
a furnished room with steam heat and electric
light, board and tuition.
The first thing one Is likely to say on hearing
this Is, "It's too cheap; It can't be done." That
was exactly what the college trustees said when,
after calling I>r. William M. Hudson to the presi-
dency, they listened to his revolutionary scheme
for rejuvenating Blackburn.
But Doctor Hudson had some convincing figures
out of his past experience. He was optimistic nnd
persistent. So finally the trustees agreed they
might as well try It for a year. "It may blow us
•p," they said, "but better that than rotting down.
At any rate, an explosion will attrnct more atten-
tion."
It wns noarlng the noon hour when 1 reached
the little group of college buildings nestling In a
grove of fine old elm and oak trees on the outskirts
of Carllnvllle, and the president suggested that
we would better go down anil see the girls getting
dinner.
Here was pctnetlilng now. In the present age.
when the average college girl spends a goodly por-
tion of her time In social amenities and athletics,
the Idea of students preparing their own meals
was decidedly novel. Yet there they were, a dozen
of them, In school dresses covered with long
white aprons, busily engaged In preparing a menu
which had been written on a blackboard in the
kitchen—a kitchen, by the wny, as immaculate as
tho most exacting housewife could desire.
This combination of earning nnd learning Is one
of the unique features of Doctor Hudson's plan.
The young women get the theory of domestic
science In the classroom and then put It Into prac-
tice In the kitchen. They do all the cooking, with
tho exception of a certain amount of help from
some of tho young men students. That they also
do It scientifically and well was attested by the
meal that followed a little Inter. This meal con-
sisted of cream of tomato soup, roast beef, baked
potatoes, creamed celery, bread nnd butter, tapi-
oca and cake, and there was an abundance of each.
I made bold to ask If dinners like that were
nerved every day.
"Certainly," replied Doctor Hudson. "It's not a
visitor's menu by any means. We didn't know you
were coming, and If we had we would have gone
along Just the same."
"And tho cost?" 1 Inquired.
ti* answer Doctor Hudson beckoned to Miss
Rpifks, the capable head of the domestic science
d''pj rtment, who not only teaches the subject, but
plane the various meals and figures down the cost
to 4 quarter of a cent, not even omitting such small
things ns the flour In the gravy nnd the salt tn the
potatoes, nnd repeated my query.
The cost per capita for the materials," said
Mils Sparks, "was a fraction under eight cents."
By way of making the lesson more Impressive, she
added that the only other expense, since the stu-
dents do nil the cooking and serving, was for tho
fuel consumed in the range, an amount so suiall
tlw< it could hardly be figured out as so much per
Novel Theoretical Comparison Mad#
on Driving Gutta Percha Sphere
and Hitting Ball.
Someone Imo started comparisons
Southpaw Twirler Who Is Keeping Red Sox Up in Race.
Babe Ruth's good left arm Is doing Its share to keep the crippled Boston
lted Sox, holders of the world championship, from falling to pieces in the
present flag campaign. Tho Babe rang up his third shut-out victory of the
year when ho tamed Kohl's Cleveland Indians, 5 to 0, the triumph giving him a
record of 8 wins in 11 starts. In the* .102 1-3 Innings he worked the Boston
sldewhoeler allowed 08 hits and 24 run.*.
Ruth started with a rush, copping four straight engagements, bowling over between golf and baseball. Ty Cobb,
tho Athletics twice and Washington and New York each once. Washington HayB a Inan w|10 knows both golf and
dent works the same time ana stopped him May 1 and Cleveland walloped him May 10, but Babe came back baseball, can knock a baseball 400
pays the same amount. They nnd won two straight from St. Louis and Detroit, then lost another to the jnrome Travers can drive a golf
don't pay him; he pays the yUnks.
college. He does not work
for himself, but for the col-
lege. They believe, at Black-
burn, that after young men
and young women have spent
four years working for the
college, they will be better
fitted for citizenship than If
they had spent those years(
working for themselves.
COZY DOLAN'S LAST REQUEST
Frank Bancroft, Not Being a Fish,
Was Unable to Comply With
Wish of Drowning Player.
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capita. Breakfasts and suppers usually cost less
than the dinners, the average for the three meals
per day being 21 cents.
Having no help to pay or to feed, Important
Items in figuring up the cost of serving food In
most colleges, has played an Important part In this
economical showing. The self-help plan not only
cuts down expenses, but gives the young women
such a practical course In domestic science—part
of the laboratory work Is to prepare each week
fonr new dishes in sufficient quantities to feed all
the people In the dining hall—that they will be
benefited by It all their lives. They not only
study domestic science, but do all of the work In
their own rooms, the laundry work, etc., and at
the end of four years they will come out able, and,
It Is expected willing, to do anything and solve
any problem that Is likely to confront a woman In
the home.
The president led tho way to a window from
which was visible a tine rolling stretch of farm-
land, part of which was ready for the planter. Tills
Is the college farm, consisting of 80 acres. Next
fall the students will be fed from tho product of
that farm. Some of It, of course, will be fed to
the cows, but they will produce milk for the col-
lege commons; some of It will be fed to the pigs,
but they will be growing Into meat all the time;
and some of It will go directly to the kitchen. In
this way the young men supplement the work of
the young women. They produce what Is cooked,
and are learning to be practical as well as theo-
retical farmers.
All of the farm buildings are put up by tho
students under tho direction of the farm superin-
tendent. They recently completed a poultry house
which Is a model of Its kind* A huge barn nnd
silo are soon to be started. As Doctor Hudson re-
marked, those boys are likely to be much better
farmers than their fathers.
Another unique feature at Blackburn is that the
students know as little of the cost of high living
as they do of the high cost of living. The college
puts a ban on smoking, drinking, and the other
evils commonly found In the youth world. A boy
must keep himself clean, If he belongs to the
Blackburn college community.
Two particularly Interesting students are for-
eigners, a bright-eyed little Jap nnd a curly-haired
Persian. The Japanese student came to America
to get an education, believing that all one needs to
do is Just to come here and after that everything
Is free. But he was disappointed In his dreams.
He had planned to spend three years here and
then go home to found a little school on the fun-
damental principles of Christianity. A friend In
Japan had said that he would furnish the money
as soon ns (he young man finished his education.
So he tried a large state university. They wore
very sorry, but they had so many American boys,
and then be know nothing about our language or
customs. They didn't see how they could do any-
thing for him. Then he wont to a large endowed
university, and the story was the same. Finally
he heard of Blackburn and went there. The presi-
dent asked him what he could do, and he said he
believed he could cook. So he was put In the
kitchen nnd ho works there three hours a day, as-
sisting the young women.
The other boy came all the way from Persia,
with the same exalted notion of opportunity lu
America. He had received a little training In a
hospital, but he wanted to be a real doctor and go
home to his people ns a medical missionary. He
spent 14 months looking for a college that he
could afford. A Persian doctor In Chicago directed
him to Blackburn nnd he went right along nnd has
made a tine record. He Is the head of the sweep-
ing force.
The students at Blnckburn nil work—three
hours a day. All pay the same and work the
same. It Is a communism. They don't pay so
much per hour as 4nost colleges do, but each §tu-
"What I think was the richest thing
I ever heard," says Tom Clarke, "came
There Is a lot more to our 0j«f on „ storm-tossed ship on the Pa-
plan," said Doctor Hudson, pjfip ocean, when Bancroft's all-star
"than Just helping young tourists were tnnklng n Jump by bout
people to get through college ja8t faj| k was right In the midst
who would not otherwise get 0f danger and apparent tragedy, too,
there on account of the ex- nm| was so good that the whole
pense, but they are till side cnowd of us bellowed with delight,
issues. That is our main ob- fearful storm, a regular typhoon,
Ject. We are looking out for K(ruc^ us far out at sen, and tin?
the young men ami the young situation grew decidedly serious. Tons
women the other colleges have passed by, the great of water were coming aboard every
class of young people who are willing enough to InoIriont; the ship was wallowing and
work and hungry enough for an education to do and the captain was ordering
almost anything to got It, If they only knew how njj bands to get the boats rendy. The
to set about It. It Is not our purpose to help any players were nil clustered on the deck,
student who ought to help himself, but simply to im(j jusj. ns tlio boat wns bounding
provide tho means whereby he mny secure an edu- madly. Cozy Dolnn managed to inak
cation when otherwise It would be Impossible. j,ls way to old Frank Bancroft.
"Wo are especially Interested in the young worn- "'Banny, Banny,' shrieked Dolan.
en. It's a stifT proposition for a young man to go tjjrougj| tjie r0aring of the storm, 'this-
away from home to get his living and his educa-
tion nt the same time, but It's almost Impossible
for his sister. That Is why we are providing for
the girls, too."
While tho fixed charge at Blackburn Is $100, that,
of course, does not provide for everything. It costs
the college a hundred more for each student,
even after buildings huve been provided. Tills Is
mude up out of the endowment nnd the help flint Is
received from time to time from generous friends
of the cause.
The wilder
he's tamed.
the pitcher the easiei
ROYAL MATRIMONIAL FIELD.
Britain's royal house will be at a loss for royal
families to marry into when this war is conclud-
ed German royalties, even if the Hohenzollerns
are left on the throne, can never again marry or
be given in marriage with kings or queens,
princes or princesses of Britain's royal family.
Royal families of Germany and of countries sym-
pathetic with Germany aro excluded from the list
of candidates for wedlock with British royalties.
Russia's state church Is on brotherly terms with
the Church of England. Religious difference
would not absolutely forbid a Russo-Britlsh royal
marriage. Europe is not the home of many royal
houses that are at once Protestant and pro-Brit- Baun yo„ my f„,kH at home
lsh. Wars effect on future royal marriages in
Britain Is more interesting than important. Brit-
ish peoples are now concerned with more awful
and momentous Issues than those related to the
Intermarriage of royalties. British princes and
princesses for all time to come will have to look
elsewhere than Germany for brides and bride-
grooms.—Toronto Telegram.
As between Baker and
Connie Mack took his lick.
When it comes to a showdown few
ball players can show up an umpire.
Manager Joe Tinker wants a second
baseman and doesn't cure who knows
Manager Herzog of the Beds is anx- |
ious to get Joe Connolly, the Braves'
outfielder.
A pitcher avoids walks to get out of
n hole. A golfer walks to get from
one to another.
The gent who undertakes to length-
en his nights usually succeeds iu
shortening his days.
a
f
Lehigh has a Yap who Is anything
but like the name, lie is a Chlnamun
and the star of the team.
Ty Cobb.
ball 350 yards, or 1,050 feet, about two
and a half times as far. The fan pro-
ceeds theoretically to tho conclusion
Dick La wry, University of Maine that Ty Cobb would have to be twice
cond baseman, has been signed by his present size were he to obtain the
driving power to send a baseball from
a bat as far as "Jerry" sends the gutta
percha sphere Cobb, continues the
theorist, measures 5 feet 11 Inches in
height and weighs 180 pounds To
equal the golf drive he would have to
Guy Morton's winning strenk was be 14 feet 9 inches tall and weigh 450
broken by the White Sox after he pounds. He'd wear a 17Vi cap Instead
Connie Mack for the Athletics.
Isn't It about time some majoi
league magnate was giving JacU
Knight a chance to make good?
Cozy Dol^n.
ship Is sinking, sure! Listen to mo,
that I died game?'
"And Banny, clinging to a railing,
whopped back: 'What? .Me tell your
folks you died game? What do you
take me for—a fish?"*
ONE RESULT OF THE WAR.
Tough Game to Lose.
It was a tough game the White Sox
lost to the Athletics on May 19. Elev-
en innings and not a run scored
Strunk was passed, Mclnnes sacrificed
A delightful old lady of a little town In Nebras- ; and the„ LaJol„ was purp0(,ely paBBed.
ka was discovered one morning In the act of kill-
ing a chickon.
"Why, Mrs Brown, 1 thought that you were
afraid to kill a chicken," said a neighbor In sur-
prise.
"Yes, dearie, I did useter be, but since the war
broke out I've done It right smart."
"1 don't understand you; what does the war
have to do with It?"
"Well, you see, it's this way: I useter think that
bloodshed was an awful thing, but since I've been
readin about all thorn men-killtn's In Europe 1
just get a rooster by the feet, lay his head on the
block and say to myself, 'Now, Sarah, 'taln't near
so bad as killin' a man. Where's your nerve?'
And then I Just shut my eyes and whack."—
Youth's Companion
only to have Pick come through with
n single. Mclnnls saved the game for
Bush in tho eleventh with a wonder-
ful one-hand catch off Loibold when
tho Sox had two on bases and two out.
Barry Meets Honus Wagner.
Jack Barry never had met Hans
Wagner until he arrived at Hot
Springs this spring. He immediately
asked to bo introduced. "I consider
him the greatest ball player tho game
has ever known, and consider it an
honor to shake his hand," said the sec-
ond baseman of the Hod Sox.
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN.
St. Louis has a policewoman who receives a
salary of $05 per month.
In the Philippine islands women and girls are
employed as road workers
The first requirement of a girl seeking work
through the Young Women's Christian association
in Los Angeles is that she wear big shoes, it be-
ing claimed that tight shoes make a bad temper.
Probably the only woman professional golf play
er In the world Is Mrs. Gourley Dunn-Webb, the
noted English player, who has come to the United
States on account of the war.
Indians Thrill Fans.
Cleveland may not win a pennnnt
for many dreary years to come, but
the Indians have certainly given tho
I fans of the Ohio metropolis a groat
thrill, and caused them, at least tem-
| porarll.v, to cherish n mighty hope.
Dauss In Record Class.
George Dauss, pitching his first
game for Detroit on the team's eastern
trip, managed to get in the record
class along with other Tiger pitchers.
Ho gave ten basea on balls, yet al-
low J but two runs.
had annexed eight straight victories.
Big lenguo scouts are keeping close
watch on Connie Mack's Infield. It
will soon be old enough to graduate.
Baseball scouts who find finds for
their employers haven't got a thing on
the umpires who later fine the finds.
Manager Griffith of Washington
would take Fournler off Manager Row -
land's hands provided he could make
a deal.
Packard Is proving one of the most
consistent winners on the Cub staff
He will be better as the season ad-
vances.
A Little Rock grocer has been fined
$50 for baiting a ball player. He ought
to go Into business with Ty Cobb's
butcher.
The Brooklyn Itoblns are going tn
try out a pitcher named Wurm of St.
Francis college. Another case of ttie
early bird.
Tho fact that IMng Bodie Is clouting
.300 in tho Pacific coast league Isn't
sensational. The thrill came when
Ping stole a base.
Lnkaff of Dayton is the Central
league's winning pitcher and the Vets
are sure to count nnothor game won
when he goes In the box.
Pitcher Guy Morton halls from Wa*
terbury, but that doesn't account for
his long wind-up. Right now he's th€
whole works for Cleveland.
Bonny Knuff was caught off first
base throe times In a gam-- the other
day. Benny reminds us of Ty ' obb—■
when he's walking to tho plaV.
Jeff Tcsreau rides to remark that
the first time ho over saw a major
leuguo ball team was when the St,
Louis Browns visited Fredericksburg,
Mo. G'wau, Jeff, quit your klddln' 1
of a 7, a 20 shoe Instead of an 8, and a
57V6-lnch collar instead of a 15. He
would also have to use a bat 8 feet 4
Inches long and 6ty Inches thick.
WILHOIT IS IMPROVING FAST
Has Shaken Off Nervousness of Early
Season and Is Now Tower of
Strength in Outfield.
Young Wllholt of the Boston Nation-
al league team has evidently learned
a lot while out on the frails, and Is a
Outfielder Wilhoit.
rery much Improved fielder. Ho ap-
pears to have* shaken off the nervous-
ness that was his besetting sin early
In the season and has boon a tower of
strength to the Brave outfield.
Six Best Sellers.
"The Tainted Talon, by Fred
Toney; "A Trip to Dixie," by Dr,
Mike Doolan; "Bloody Heads Un-
towed," by Connie Mack ; "1 he Fence
I Breaker," by Bert NlehofT; "Going
some." by John McGraw; "A Son of
Hope," by Put Moran.
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