LEONARD AND LEWIS BATTLE TO NO DECISION; BRUNDAGE, CHICAGO, HERO A. A. U. GAMES Turn Out, Harrisburg; Root For Tech on Saturday Students at Tech are laying plans for the big opening of the football season Saturday afternoon on the Island when the Maroon will meet the Mount Carmel High scliool eleven. The coal region team will come to this city with practically a veteran cloven. Captain Zilipskas, playing right tackle, has been a member of the team for three years. He is considered one of the best all around athletes ever turned out of Mount Carmel. He will bring a Learn into this city that will average 160 pounds. Tho present line-up recalls former days when Mount Carmel, back in 1903, had the championship ele'Oen of tho state. Captain Zilinskas has hopes of repeating the successes of former years. Susquehanna University and Bloomsburg Normal school are among the big contests to be played by the* visitors this season. While Coach Smith is busy over on tho Island rounding up affairs for the opening, the students are select ing their cheer leaders to help with the noise. Tech's thirty-piece band will also be out in their natty uni forms. It will be the largest turn out of Maroon musicians at any con test. Better singing and cheering is promised to keep the pace set by the championship team. Last year's eleven went through tho season with but one defeat and Captain Ebner's warriors will endea vor to go tho team just one victory better. Following the Mount Carmel contest, Wilkes-Barre, another coal region squad, will come to the Island on the following Saturday. Over 100 students of the four class es at the Technical High school will leave the latter part of the week lor the Adams county fruit belt where they will help to harvest the appli crop of that section. They will bo distributed in camps with twenty four in each party. State College students will be in charge of each of the camps. They will be absent from their studies during the montll of October. When they return to school they will be given a chance to CHICAGO MAN ATHLETE-HERO Avery Brundage Again Wins All-Round Championship in Test of Endurance Proving himself the greatest all round athlete in America, Avery Brundage, a veteran star of the Chi cago Athletic Association, yesterday won the individual championship, closing and most impressive event of A. A, U. outdoor track an.jPlield meet at the Great Lakes Naval station. Brundage had won the premier honors in the national games :i* Newark in 1916 and at Birmi" ..am, Ala., in 1914. Yester day victory ended his unusual ath letic career, as he declared he would never compete again. His triumph was achieved by stamina and versatility. He did not win as many firsts as E: J. Thomp son. a cadet in the Royal Air Force, of Toronto, Canhda. The Chicagoan, however, finished well up among the leaders in the ten events. Ho won the shot-put and 56-pound weight throw and scored a' dead heat in the half-mile walk. Nine men competed in the gruell ing seven-hour test and all finished, but they were exhausted at the end. Brundage scored 6,703 points on the basis of a possible 10,000. J. Hel ium, a Norwegian athlete represent ing the Pastime A. C., of New York, was second with 6,419 points, al though he did not win a single in dividual contest. Thompson, who won four indi vidual events, was third with 5.152 points. Earl Gilfallun, of Great Lakes, a former Notre Dame star; Edward Knourek, of Great Lakes; J. R. Fritts, of New York; Lieuten ant Carl Buck, of Kelly Field; Lieu tenant N. P. Bluett, of Camp Han cock, and W. E. Bartels, of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, finished in the order named. The men competed in ten events: The 100-yard dash, shot-put, run ning high jump, half-mile walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 12 0 high hurdles, 56-pound weight throw, running "broad jump and the one mile run. They started at 1 o'clock and "did not finish until after 7. Thompson accumulated an impos ing early lead, being ahead of the field after the first four events had been decided. Brurtdage's versatil ity counted in the weight events, and he sprang a surprise by walking a dead heat with J. R. Fritts, unat tached, former New York A. C. com petitor, in the half-mile "hike." His well-rounded performance is shown by his for the ten events of two firsts, a dead heat, two seconds, a triple tie for second, one third, a quadruple tie for third, a fifth and a victory in one of three heats in which the 100-yard dash was run off. , The event of. second importance was the national relay championship which resulted as follows: 40-Yard Relay—Won by Great Lakes (Dover Erickson, Cass and Murchlnson); Chicago A. A. second; Pittsburgh Scholastic A. A., third. Only three teams started. Time, 4 4 2-5 seconds. 880-Yhrd Relay—Won by Pelham Bay (Desch, Smith, Dernell and Clark); Federal Rendezvous, second; Chicago A. A., third; Great Lakes, fourth. Time, 1.31 3-5. One-Mile Relay—Won by Pelham Bay (Desch, Ferrick, Dernell, o.'Brien); Meadowbrook Club, Phila delphia, second; Federal Rendez vous, Brooklyn, third; Pittsburgh Scholastic A. A., fourth. Time, 3.26. Two-Mile Relay—Won by Illinois A. C. (Johnson Fuercrstein, O'Don nell, Ray); Pelham Bay, second; Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia, third; Great Lakes fourth. Time, 8.17 2-5. Four-Mile Relay—Won by Illinois A. C. (Kochanski, Gerald, O'Dorinell and Raine); Pelham Bay, second; Great Lakes, third. Only three teams started. ARROW COLLARS CLUCTT, PEABODY A CO.. INC. MAKEWB TUESDAY EVENING, I make up the studies they missed while doing their patriotic "bit." To date 625 students of the school have joined the athletic association. This is the largest number ever to join this organization. Half a dozen sections have turned memberships of 100 per cent. They are: Section M, Bernard Aldinger; Section N, Louis Snyder; Section A, Roy Reimler; Section D, .Beatty Rhinesmith; Sec tion 1. Frank Frohman; Section 13, Roy Mullner. Added to the sections! that have 100 per cent, in subscribing for the Tech Tatler is Section T of the senior class. Maurice Habbarde is the col lector*. The orchestra held another prac tice yesterday afternoon in the school auditorium. A leader from among the members will be selected soon. A group of pictures of the new teachers was taken after school yes terday. The cut will appear in the first issue of the Tech Tatler. To-morrow night members of tho four classes of the school will hold a dance at Hanshaw's Hall with Sour bier's Orchestra furnishing the mu sic. Paul Bratten, a member of the 1917 class, and formerly cartoonist for the Tech Tatler, is gaining no toriety out in California for bis car toons. "Duck" is a corporal in the Signal Corps, and drew a cartoon, "Some Side Lights on Camp Life" for the paper Trench and Camp. The Tech graduate is training at Camp Fremont, Mer.lo Park, Cal. Professor E. Weisbrod has return ed to school after being absent for several days. He had been called to Philadelphia because of the seri ous illnesh of a younger brother who was injured in an automobile acci dent several weeks ago. Professor C. L. Sheafter is making a number of changes in the black smithing department. Three con crete anvil blocks are being tried out and if they prove satisfactory others will bC installed. A Buffalo 50-inch exhaust fan has also been installed to take care of twenty blowers. Penn State's New Coach Starts Football Practice State College, Pa., Sept. 24.—Hugo Bezdek, Pennsylvania State's new director of athletics, this week made his initial bow in Eastern football circles. He stepped on the State Col lege gridiron and took charge of a small squad of candidates. There is not a single veteran, letter man or regular in his list of aspirants. Fresh from his triumphs on the Pacific coast, where he brought the University of Oregon eleven to the attention of the Eastern critics, Bez dek is making his Penn State debut under most discouraging conditions. His system is wholly new to the in experienced men, his schedule is the stillest ever arranged for a Penn State team, and he has no previous varsity men in his outfit. But Bezdek is game. He has tackled the instruction of his twen ty-three man squad with vim and enthusiasm, and if his first week's work is to be a criterion, he is des tined to gain wide recognition in the East as a football mentor par excellence. If Penn State keeps up the eligibility bears against the fresh men. much valuable material will be lost to Bezdek, for more than 1,100 new boys will enter college when it reopens to-morrow. THE FOOTBALL UNCERTAINTY New York, Sept. 24.—The cancella tion of football schedules by both Cornell and Dartmouth will seriously affect the gridiron plans of a number of other colleges in the east and may have a far-reaching effect upon the 'Varsity game at institutions where arrangements for the game are still uncompleted. The University of Pennsylvania, which always featured the season end game with Cornell, is still unde cided as to whether it will go through with the scheduled list of games. Princeton has completed a tentative schedule, but is in doubt regarding the possibility of putting an eleven in the field. At Harvard and Yale football is in even a more chaotic state. No ac tion will be taken at Cambridge re garding the game until a meeting of the Athletic Committee is held, and there are several vacancies in that body which have not been flUed to date. Yale has made no plans or program for football or other sports, according to the latest official state ment, and it is not known when these questions will come up for de cision It will also be difficult for those colleges which had arranged games with Dartmouth and Cornell to fill the open dates so late in the season. Among the more Important teams which the Ithaca eleven was to have played are Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colgate and Williams. The oppon ents of Dartmouth included Brown, Syracuse, Pennsylvania State and Pennsylvania. MIDDIES MAY PLAY STATE Annapolis, Md., Sept. 2 4.—The first football practice of the season under the rules which prevail dur ing the scholastic year took place at the Naval Academy yesterday after noon, beginning at 5 o'clock. Schools which are going to maintain football under military regulations can take a leaf from the Naval Academy's book, for sports liave neyer been allowed (o interfere with the reg ular routine. On several afternoons of the week, however, a longer prac tice period is permitted. Sixty mid shipmen started at the training table last evening, thirteen of whom are from the new class. Pennsylvania State has been offer ed the date of November 2, vacated by Western Reserves. State has an off day on that date because Cornell has abandoned football for the sea son. The midshipmen are also very anxious to play West Virginia Uni versity, which was the only team which defeated them last season. West Virginia has an open date on November 2, as their game with the Michigan Aggies has been can celed. TENNIS STAR AT 13 Boston, Sept. 24. —Miss Helen Hol ker, 13-year-old New York gift, up held the reputatioVi which metropoli tan Junior lawn tennis players have made this year by defeating Miss Lil lian Coffin, of Johnston, R. 1., 6-2, 6-3, in a first-round match in the woman's tournament on the Longwood Cricket Club courts to-day. Leading players of the east partici pated In the first round. Among those who advanced by winning to day were Miss Molla BJurstedt, the national champion and Miss Eleanora Sears. Women's doubles and mixed doubles will be started to-morrow. S noodles . He Knows Something About Gardening • * / By Hunger \AW MAW I I | %%, I ~ [ gee WW HE US* , FAULT ! IOfiOO Boxing Enthusiasts Sbe Leonard and Lewis With no Decision More than 10,000 pugilistic fans crowded Wiedenmyer's Park, New ark, N. J last night to see Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, bat tle with Ted "Kid" Lewis, champion welterweight, in eight rounds. Being in different classes the argument was unique, and when the referee declin ed to give any decision the specta tors could not agree either. Some were decided in giving Lewis the "shade;" others ' favored Leonard. Neither title was endangered. There was some lively competition to get to the ringside but the multi tude seemed to be good-natured, and when the aisles were cleared by police they settled down to ogle some very high class boxing. That was the keynote of the bout. First Round —Leonard came out smiling, while Lewis looked nervous. Lewis was the lirst to land, sending a right to the car, and Leonard was short with a left to jaw. Benny, however, soaked the body with two straight lefts and sidestepped a right and left jab. Each missed a left swing and sparred for a half minute. Leonard then jabbed two lefts to the mouth and neatly ducked a right swing. Lewis sent right to ear and Leonard hooked right "to jaw. They exchanged rights to jaw at bell. Round about even. Second Round—Leonard hooked a left to mouth, and Lewis danced, try ing to connect with his right, but Benny was cautious and stepped away. Benny suddenly shot a right to Ted's left eye, but Lewis was back with two lefts to mouth. Leonard ducked two right swings and backed into a corner with Lewis after -him. Benny, however, escaped cleverly and soaked the Briton's right eye with a dandy left. Clinch. After the break they sparred for awhile, and Benny landed two lefts to eye. Bell. Leon ard's round. Third Round—They exchanged lefts to head. Benny tried to feint Lewis into a lead. Ted then let fly a good right to the Jaw and Benny dug his left twice into the wind. Lewis mis sed a left for head and Benny landed three left jabs to mouth. The men were cautious and. appeared afraid to take a chance at mixing it. Benny jabbed two lefts' to mouth. Lewis thep started to Jump around and dug his left twice against Benny's mouth. Bell. Round even. Fourth Round—They sparred, Ted then swung left to jaw and they clinched. Benny put right to mouth and Lewis landed a left to jaw. They began to step lively at this stage but their blows were too light to do any damage. First Lewis sent Benny's head bobbing with lefts and Benny did likewise. Up to this time not an effective blow had been landed." Bell. Round even. Fifth Round—They ran into a clinch. Sparring took up half a min Bible Class Musical at Shiremanstown Church ShiremiuiHtonn, Pa., Sept. 24. A musicale, under the auspices of the Ladies' Organized Bible Class, No. 7, of the Bethel Church of God, will be held Thursday evening, September 26, 1918, in the Bethel Church of God, at 8 o'clock. by Robert Tempest, pianist, of Carlisle, assisted by Miss Hoffman, of Middletown, as soloist. A silver offering will be lifted at the door. Droney Meets Vincent Here Thursday Night - - v" * if 1 | ' f I . #a ■ . •; ■ '■ • i "TIM" DRONEY A big crowd of Lancaster boxing enthusiasts intend to witness the set to between "Tim" Droney, of that city, and Leo Vincent, of Philadel phia, at their meeting in the Motive Power A. A„ on Thursday night next. "Tim" is the hero ot Lancaster ring patrons since Leo Houck fell away. He is a short, wiry chap, very fust, and though Vincent has a formidable record, Droney's friends believe he will show up lirst in the general de cision. Great interest, is being manifested in the appearance of "Indian" Rus sell, the full-blooded redskin, who has been fighting pretty much all over the country. This will be his last appearance for awhile, as service calls him. Another attraction on Thursday night will be a lively bout between two well-known shop boys, whose names have not been given out yet. Reserved seats were put in yes terday and many of the fair sex are expected to look on at these bouts, which are to be continued all winter. laotRmsBURG TEUEGRXI^jS ute's time, when a mixup started, with Lewis having- the advantage. Benny, at long range hooked left to ear, but Lewis only looked over at his corner and winked to his seconds. Ted mis sed a right swing for the head and put a left to ear. Benny, however, evened matters with two lightning lefts to mouth. Benny shot a right and left to Ted's face, but the latter was back at him with a left upper cut to the mouth. The blows did no damage, however, and both men were skipping around lively at the bell. Round even. Sixth Round—Each tried lefts but missed. Benny then jabbed the face with a left and Lewis copped Leon ard's jaw with two lefts, but Leonard was back at him with three lightning lefts. Ted started to jump trying to get his left over, but Leonard kept away from him and the blows failed to land. Close infighting started with honors even. The boys ducked each other's leads near the bell. Leonard managed to land a right to the jaw as Lewis was going away. The blow did no damage. Bell. Round even. Seventh Round—Again they sparred for an opening but when Ted tried to get his left over. Benny blocked. Lewis, however, kept trying but after a few misses managed to get his left over. Leonard got a nice left to the mouth and they clinched. Leonard worked Lewis toward the ropes, jab bing two lefts to the face and send ing another left to Ted's right eye, cutting that optic. Lewis then got nettled and started swinging but Benny was too clever and made him miss. Benny put a right to the head and Lewis soaked the jaw with a right. Bell. Leonard' round by a shade. Eighth Round—Lewis poked two lefts to mouth and a right to jjaw. Benny jabbed two lefts to the mouth, but Ted sent three lefts to the wind. A clinch was in order. After the break each missed swings. Ted sent a left to mouth and Leonard came back with a left to wind. It was a tame round as far as this, with little damage. Another clinch followed. Ted put three lefts to wind and Benny missed a right swing. Ted hacked away from Leonard and land ed a left to body at bell. Lewis' round. The preliminary between Robert Long, of Newark, at 110 pounds, and Joe Woods, of Milwaukee, at 113 pounds, was won by the latter on points. While waiting for Leonard and Lewis to dress a bout between Eddie O'Keefe, of Philly, and Freddy Reese, of New York, was put on. Reese won on points. Lewis and Leonard entered the ring at 10 45 o'clock. At 10.51 Referee Patsy Kline, of Newark, called the principles to the middle of the ring for instructions. Darkness Leaves Teams Tied in Junior League JUNIOR LEAGUE STANDING W. L. Pet. .Summit ......... 31 6 .839 Swatara ........ 29 12 .707 Albions 9 12 .257 Crescent 9 29 .238 / To-night: Summit vs. Albion. Swatara saved its. skin last eve ning by clubbing in three runners before the bell rang. Crescent, with half the Summit team, was unable to score after the first inning while in the first inning she succeeded in landing three runs. But Swatara just waited until the last inning and tied it up. Darkness came on early and only four innings could be play ed. SWATARA R. H. O. A. E. Faust, lb . 0 0 3 0 0 Hoover,. If 0 0 0 0 0 C. Nye, 2b 0 0 1 2 0 Shover, ss ........ 1 1 2 0 0 Lentz, p A 1 1 1 U 9 Farley, "fcf '.... 0 0 0 0 0 B. Nye, rf 0 0 0 (J 0 Zimmerman, 3b ..00110 Lay ton, c........ 1 1 4 1 0 Totals 3 3 12 4 0 CRESCENT R. H. O. A. E. Michlevitz, cf 1 1 0 0 0 Reel, p 1 1 1 0 0 Putt, c 1 1 4 1 0 Bowman, 3b ...'.. 0 0 1 1 0 Lutz, 2b* 0 0 0 1 0 Carson, lb 0 0 4 0 1 Swartz, ss 0 0 2 1 0 Copland, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Davis, cf 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 3 13 4 1 Swatara 0 0 0 3—3 Crescent 3 0 0 o—3 Two-base hit, Putt, Laytor.. Home run. Reel. Struck out, by Lentz, 3; Reel, 2. Base on balls, off Lentz, 2; Reel, 0. Left-on base, Crescent, 3; Swatara, 1. Stolen bases, Nye, Lay ton,\2; Shover, Lentz, Putt, Bowman Swartz- Innings pitched, Lentz, 4; Reel, 4. Time, 1.04. Umpire, Himes. MeGRATH THHICK WINNER Chicago, Sept. 24. —Mat McGrath, New York Athletic Club weight thrower, who won the weight events Saturday in the National A. A. U. outdoor track and field meet at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, captured the 16-pound hammer throw, the 56-pound weight throw and the 16-pound shot-put at the field meet of the Gaelic Park Athletic Club here yesterday. He threw the 16-pound hammer 177 feet 2 inches; the 66-pound weight 36 feet 1 inch, and put the 16-pound shot 37 feet 4% inches. Flying With Shaffer HIT BY AN "ARCHIE" LISTERS FROM A DAUPjUIN IJOY TO HIS MOTHER Escadrille Spad 38, Secteur Postal 240, G. C. 22, Aug. 5. 1918. Dear Mother: I've been at it again! And like most fools who rush in where angels fear to tread—got away with it. Also, once again I have been led to one side by my commanding oliicer and brought to task for the folly of my ways—that of placing myself in needless danger. So the captain of this division of escadrilles seems to think anyway. Of course, I was fully aware of the danger 1 was runriing —one is liable to be with "Archie" talking loud and frequent—but 1 did not think it needless. Attacks Sausage Balloon You see, I had attacked two bal loons without burning' them, and when I came to the bureau to make my report, I wanted to know why, and then it was that I learned a lot of things about a "sausage" I never knew before, how to attack, the principle on which the flowing bul lets carried worked, and many other things useful to a balloon hunter. Indeed, if there was no re sult from the attack, it taught me a lot of things very necessary to know. It seems 1 had been going about it the wrong way, having been told by several officers to always at tack a balloon with the wind at my back, the principal being that if one got real close and it blew up, the flames would not engulf one. It sounded quite feasible—if the bal loon burned, but since I tried three times without setting anything afire, I never proved the theory. The cap tain then drew a diagram and ex plained why that way was wrong. The correct way was exactly the opposite—attack with the wind in one's face. . With the aid of the diagram the "gentll" captain then explained the reason why. His first thought seem ed to be for my safety and he wanted to know whether I knew that the observer in the basket was armed with two machine guns. Sure I knew that, but considered it a necessary evil in attacking said "sausage" and let it go at that. A "sausage" always heads into the wind, you know, thus attacking with the wind at one's back, there is not such a large area for a target, be sides one is in range of the ob server's machine guns. > The latter didn't seem to me to be a great danger, for it would be one mighty nervy observer who would coolly shoot at an airplane shooting flaming bullets into his gas bag. He would certainly jump "toute de suite," but the captain considered it a danger to guard against and used it as a point in urging the necessary of attacking into the wind, thus coming down on the back of the balloon,- and since a balloon hangs not horizontal, but on an angle, the attacking pilot is hidden from the observer and is thus out of range. The principle point he made, though, was the principal on which the incendiary bullets worked. Since on the leward side of the balloon the air was more tranquil this would allow the flaming bullets a better chance to burn the balloon. By at tacking in front the strong wind would blow out the lire. Am I tiring you with all these details? They are so important to me though, and besides it will give you a better idea of my future work, as I intend to specialize on balloons. Tries Third Time It was yesterday that I made my second and third try at a balloon. The sky was filled with clouds at a height of 1,200 meters, which made balloon-hunting very good—if there were any up. Besides the bad weather would keep the Hun planes out of the air, and Heaven knows I had enough to dodge, what with shrapnel, the onion gun, skyrockets and machine guns, without having half a dozen Huns jump me after 1 had shot all my bullets at a bal loon. Frenchman Goes Along A Frenchman wanted to go along, so we were soon among the clouds humping it for the lines. Reaching them, we flew along the lines to the Argonne forest, looking lor the fat bulk of a Boche Galloon in the air. But none did we see. so when we came to the forest 1 hopped into a big cloud and headed for th" Berlin side of the fence. My idcu wus to come out on top of the cloud, and being about seven miles in Germany then, turn and fly towards Rheims parallel to the lines and see if I could see a balloon on the way. The idea was good, but the cloud was one of those weepy kind and didn't seem to have any top. Not liking the driving rain, and there seeming to be no top to this particular cloud, 1 dove out of it, coming out in Ger many naturally, where "Archie" opened up right away. Being in a hole of open sky, ringed in by walls of white clouds on all sides," and "Archie", barking quite frequent, I promptly dove into the chiffon wall on the other side. I had lost the Frenchman, of course, when I dove in the first cloud, and since It would have been a waste of time to hunt him in all that floating "cotton" (the French name for clouds) I continued on my original plan of paralleling the lines to Rheims. Still Looks For Balloons There Beemed to be no balloons afloat though, but I kept on looking and Anally saw one Just ahead. It was not even up in the air, but lay on the ground looking for all the world like an old cow. Carrying some pretty strong medicine as I was, I decided to see if several ejections would wake her up. With this end in view, I popped out of a cloud and came down on that lazy-lolling "sau sage." But I only got a few shots when my guns jammed, and being 400 meters from the ground with all the guns in the vicinity opening up full blast. I pulled on the motor and began making a ziggag course for the friendly clouds and our lines, trying to fix my guns on the way. The whilo "archie" kept barking away far tQO frequent for comfort. One broke right under my tail one time and -I got a prodigious bounce, as Well as a chunk of "archie" in the fusillade. But since my controls were still working the damage did not worry me any, so while I dodged and turned and twisted—to give the kaiser's pigs better training—l took a good look at the.scenery below. In particular, I was curious to see the source of those flaming "onions," for this was the same balloon I had at tacked several days ago, and those same guns had performed then. I soon found them when a dozen "on ions" came sizzling upwards, missing i me by so much it brought a grim smile. It's a wonder I never saw them I before, because they were right out l in an open field. I could even see the gun crew half a dozen of them, standing around watching that French bird tearing towards a cloudy home with their "onions" and "Archies" puff balls helping him along. Wished For a Bomb To see them standing thus, coolly chucking balls of fire at me, created a desire for a nice big bomb, weight about 400 pounds, with which to blow up the whole" Kultured pack. I could see that doggoned balloon still lolling lazily on the ground and it made me feel pretty small, for its intactness registered my second failure. The fact was sure galling. But I could do nothing without a gun, so for a change flew in a straight line while I fixed the guns. By the time I reached the lines and the clouds my guns were fixed. Being in the clouds I thought surely "Archie" would stop talking, but no such luck. Even if he could not see me, he continued to explode where "be thought I plight be. Though I was never there it was mighty unpleasant because one is blind in a cloud and only my ears could tell mo how close they were coming, which was pretty close at times, for I have been shot at enough times to tell by the sound how far away they are. Believe me, when I unconsciously duck, they are pretty close, and I ducked several times in those clouds. "Archie" however, soon tired of wasting ammunition tl.is way and I went on my way unmolested. Coming to Rheims I saw a whole line of Boche balloons up .nearly to the height of the clouds they were, which pleased me mightily. "Surely" thinks I, "I can sneak up on one and puncture him." I didn't know how many bullets I had shot at the other balloons, but that I had a few left in the special gun I was sure, so pro ceeded to do the Apache act. "Archie" soon found me, but seemed to be somewhat tired, as he only chucked a couple balls and then quit, while I mounted higher in the clouds and steering by compass, flew steadily towards that balloon, dropping out now and then to see if the balloon was still up. It was, and dropping out of a black cloud 1 started down straight for the balloon holding my Are until I judged I was close enough for my bullets to take effect. I had always thought a Spad was fast before. But right then the Step in and See These NEW FALL SHOES There's no style you can desire that can not he found in our complete stocks. We planned our purchases so as to be able to meet every reasonable demand. And NOW we have the Shoes. Army and Navy Shoe Store 38 North Court Street SEPTEMBER 24, 1918. snail seemed a deer beside it. Second Attack of Hay Judging distances in the air is very difficult for there is nothing to use for a comparison—and golly! how I did want to shoot as that big bulk loomed up bigger and bigger, but I knew X had very few bullets left in my special gun, and'the other was no good, even if it did have in cendiary bullets. As X came closer and closer I noticed there was a marked difference between this one and the one I had ilrst attacked. It seemed newer and had more of the bulky shape of a big yellow sausage than the other—but I stopped mak ing mental reservations then, for I began noticing big, black crosses painted on its sides and top. Golly! The thing looked like a hospital ,thc way it was painted up, and began shooting. Gee whiz! but it was bumpy! I only began to notice how full of holes and bumps the air was when 1 started to aim my guns when Since the guns are fixed, shootfng through the propeller one must needs aim the plane. Thus you can see the effect of a rough sea. There were sure waves in this one I'll say! Four times my sight was bounced clear off the bal loon, which was some bump when you consider how big a balloon is. Coming down as I was with half of my motive power on, made the bumps worse, for its a known fact that the harder one hits a bump, the higher he is going to bounce. This applies to the airplane as well as the auto, so you can believe I was hav ing my own troubles, for every time my sight bounced off the balloon sev-| eral bullets were wasted, and I had none to waste, I knew. Oh yes, I stopped shooting as soon as the" sight jumped off the mark, but even at that I wasted a few. Just as I feared, I had but few cartridges in my special gun, and after some doz zen shots it stopped—and the balloon had not gone up in smoke. I had little faith in the other gun, but continued to shoot with it until at 50 meters from the balloon. I pull ed up in disgust then, but as I turn ed I noticed the balloon start to go down. They were pulling it down. Third Failure For the third time I had failed, and the fact made me so angry f decided to have another try with the remaining gun. Swinging around in a close circle to get in pos ition to attack again I saw the ob server's parachute open, for he had jumped and was now floating serene ly earthward. It was indeed a pretty as well as a novel sight to see that pure white parachute go sailing down with the big, yellow balloon in startling contrast as to size going down too. Even with "archies" bursting all around I could not help admire the sight, for it was indeed beautiful— and then I was in position and pro Does It Leak? TXHLL you let this good weather slip by without attending to your roof? Seasoned Red Cedar Shingles make J i weather-tight, water-proof, attractive, dura ble roofs. Why not shingle your roof now? Putting it off will not dismiss the subject or relieve your anxiety every time a cloud appears. United Ice and Coal Co. Lumber Department Forster and Cowden Streets Play Safe — I Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS v because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6c"- worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers ceeded to put some more bullets in that bag. But they had no effect, and getting very close to the ground as the balloon was being pulled down all the time, I pulled up and started home. Everything opened upon me then* and from the sound they must have had a dozen machine guns around that balloon. When I first heard their distinct crack I thought a Boche was coming down on me und spent several anxious moments look ing for Boche planes. There were none however and then it occurred to me that the machine-guns were on the ground, and I stopped look ing for Hun planes, giving all my attention to dodging "archie". He was getting pretty thick and affec tionate by this time, even at that, I got homo with only two balls in my plane. It's a curious fact that the Frenchman whom I had lost was going to attack the same bal loon—the second one I attacked and was certainly one surprised man whan he, saw the balloon pulled swiftly 'earthward and a second later myself came tearing after. It beiijg very low then he did not at tack. Reprimanded by Captain It was my attacking the balloon on the ground that called fortn my commander's lecture on the folly of my ways, and he advised me never under any circumstances to go lower than 800 meters—and I had been at 400—and to impress this advice on me, he pointed out that every bal loon was well protected by machine guns, situated all around it. I was only too well aware of that—and ihey were not only machine-guns either, and then after explaining the different points 1 told you about in the first part of the letter, he told me why the balloon had not burned. They would not burn because they were wet. That they were wet there was no doubt, for I had gone thru several rainstorms to reach them, and then I learned another start ling fact —that they are not housed in sheds as I suspected, but merely pulled down, and left in the weather. Come to think of it the first one I attacked was on the ground and had no shed near it. No wonder they were wet, for it had been rain ing Off and on for several days. My wonder however, has not abated at the Captain's anxiety a:- to my safety. It was the first thing he though of and gave me much ad vice and kindly warning about at tacking balloons with the minimum amount of danger. I am not above taking advice when it comes to lightening the load ol that guardian angel Dad speaks of so often, and thanks to the informa tion of my "blen" Captain will not rush in so blindly hereafter. WALTER. 9
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