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_ Motoring Department The sentinfiAw-‘Moun'ing Department The gamma.—
Will you please let me know shat il' Shortly before I put by car in dead
meant when they say the car is gear- storage last fall, it was ot'lerhauied
t ed in) i, and how can I find out how Now i wish to get my car out and
to do it? Thanking you in advance—111m it into service. Can you give me
“11112139. few suggestions?~ll. D.
' The rear axle gear ratio is usually ' First, inflate all the tires before tak-
meant by such a term. You can de-iiug the ca: off the jacks. Screw down
térm‘ine the gear ratio of the dlfier- all the grease cups and use the oil
enlist gears by counting the teeth of can freely wherever there are work-
--.” each and dividing the number of teethging parts. Fill the radiator with we
of the small gear into the larger. The'ter and the tank with gasolene. If
term "4 to 1" gear ratio means that the ignition system requires a bat-
' the crank shaft of the motor com- tery, be sure that; it is fully charged
pistes four revolutions to one of the Oil the magneto with the best grade
rear wheel. From. this you willnote of oil obtaineble'.‘ Be'sure that the
that. no gear reduction takes place in crank case is tilled to the, roper level
thetransmission, but that direct drive with first grade cylinder 011. Make a
, L considered. careful inspection of the brakes, steer-
. ing mechanism, and other working
. .W. . parts. Before cranking the motor, it is
Wail-gemSigigmfyclggzijglfimflg advisable to inject about a teaspoon-
wheel, such as is used on [11th up to- ful of kerosene into each cylinder,
date cars. to take out the hearings
in the hub? il~ am thinking that if Motoring Department, The Sentinel—w.
’this is necessary i will order my car is there any way 1 can make my"
witlluthe. old fashioned wooden 111181113- 1 car ride easier without going to the ex»
« as it must be a rather dirty job. peace of havings. new 391 of springs
' S- P or shock sbsorbers'pu't on? Any sug
No, it is not necessary to disturb Kemp” you. may make will be very
.or-.l1andle the greasy bearings when much appreciated..——A 1,,
changing a wire wheel. The hub of Loosen up 11.9 3111-1113 cups occasion-
the wire wheel to which the spokes ally and then by forcing a sharp
are attached is merely a. shell or false. screwdriver-M between 11131 eaves of the
[14111, which fits over the main hub, ”Hugh willwbe possibie to apply a
which contains the bearings and the mixture. of W135“ 011 An oil
glcase you mentioned. can or squin gun can be used for the
' purpose. After tightening the sprint;
M Motoring Department. The Sentinel— clips again the spring may be wiped
M Will you kindly let me know underlom it will be found that tho {ore-go.
what conditions popet valves should 1"” procedure will greatly enhgucq
be replaced? Also of what dimensions‘ the riding qualities 0; your e,"
should new ones he 0,411,191-an 1_’”“
When the \"11116 seat becomes wern Motoring Departmfinl‘ The Sentlncl~
so that ridges form then it is advis- The pipe 101“"; on my motor seems
able to install 11 new valve. Likewise to be leaking and 1 do not. know how.
if the valve stem has ridges a new to stop the leaks permanently. Ihave
“”9 should be installed When ”‘9 used several kinds of materials on the
seat of a 1"11l1e becomes very much exhaust pgpe for 1113131109, 1111151111 the
pitted and these cannot easily be re-z lea is there. 15 there any kind 01 ms,
1110"?“ b" grinding it is best t0 ”DAM": terial which I can buy which will stop
the old 1al1'e with a new one. Valvesttm“._ A J
are not expensive and better results Coppei asbestos gaskets properly1
will be obtained by so doing. titted will stop the 1111111111 Mobolina.
It is not necessary to obtain over"1.mcl<ing is good p1 oviding there is sut~
size “”95 “be“ replacing Howe‘ver ticlent bearing surface. In using 1111»
“10 “e“ Halve 31‘0“” be ““91“”3 boline gaskets care should be. taken
giouud into the cylinder seat. 'to fit same neburntohn Usually there
.M are anchor bolts which hold the maul
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Motoring Department. The Sentinel—-‘ fold in position if the manifold 18
Can you- explain why it is that one slightly warped so that all the gasket
car of a certain weight is mmh har‘Msurfaces are not in line, you have a
for on tires than another car of prac- {reason for the “.0“me m that the
m“) the sums weight? I have t"mini-ensure on each gasket is not equal.
cars or different makes 0“ one the _«1f each gasket is not held firmly in
-. tires last from four to five thousand position it is bound to blow out.
miles each; on the other they will A
not ‘iast more 1111111 2600- miles The‘ Motori'ng DepanmemM The 591111391...
same size tires are used on both cals My engine runs 011 all four cylinders
and the same driver usés both cats. Ar'egumfly, but does not seem to have
it seems peculiar to me that one car as much pgwer as it had Will vou
should be so much harder on tiresthan please iet me know some of the things
All? other. '—F- W m“ ' ‘,that might cause “9". a condition?~
Cars of the same v'eight should not .1) M , 1
vary in tire cost as much as you have; The most common cause is poor
stated. If the wheels are out of align- compression in the cylinders. if the
meat on the one car- this alone would carburetor in udjus‘ted to give either
cause the difference The design 01' the too-rich or too deal: a mixture loss of ‘
ear and the distribution of weight has vowel will 11331111 Should the bear
[is effect. A well designed and well logs of an engine basetM mo light the ,
balanced car is much more economic- same ”0111,11; will- result} due to the ad-
al. The horsepower and clutch con-‘diuonal friction, as it will also no
struction also must be considered. A when the clutch sfips and does not.-
high powered motor coupled to a fierce transmit to the 1reerMM wheels the full
clutch will certainly cause hard wear gng‘me poster 13135113" pods sometimes
lie taken off and a small quantity of
. tires. M
on rear tires. Spring suspension is al-
soanother item affecting tir'es. Resil-
ient and liberal sine springs relieve
tires considerably. A number of these
items taken together produce surpris
'5". ingresnlts.
Motoring Department, The Sentinel—-
My car runs well on low; but when
putting- it in high it jumps and jerks.
Qometlmes after it has been running
for 11 short time it gradually becomes
mill! it dies
down and stops. —MM-'MI'.
From what you say it is propablo
and pipes 111111111151 111111111111»me
will cause the Whisurhubww
:would suggest that‘s-yin 1311111111111 does
5qu seedless system. f‘ W‘J "
..11i’m xtlaflb‘to
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get out of adjustmentf‘causing the
brake bands to rub‘ .on the drums of,
the wheels, even when the brake is
not applied. ‘
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Motoring Department. The Sentinel.-
I would' lise, to have a supplgment-
ary sent in my runabout eultstZ for
a child Where" is the best. plead to
get one at a reasonhle price-wilt ‘W.
The. seat- may be obtained at. any
automobile supply store. There is no
omenw ‘wliloll castles. detachable
seats in stock to fit any make of all.
An; responsible bod! makers however.
: dismissal dost alld Wilt 111-1111.7.
.17. 8" ‘Fsbers pitching when he is right:I
tumble ”seeing 11101111: Munich can
be: removed or Mfotded? unions- dither
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lion to publish my
testimonial. " «Mrs. LAWRENCE Me
rm, 12 King St, Westbrook, Maine.
Maine, Wh— “At the Change of
Life! suffered with pains in my back
and loins until I could not stand. I also M
had night-sweats so that the sheets
mud ballot. linked-other medicine
but got nerelief. After one hot-
tle of Lydia E. Pinkhm’ Gamble
Compound I began to improve and I
continued its use for-ix months. The
pains left me, the nightmts end hot.
flashes grew luorenddnougeu I we:
aim. warn. I lineal inset»
W 1'99 for no autumn-11th
ever since." -~ Mn. M13 VIBE-a
Mansion, Wis.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkhem’e
Vegetable Compound; made from roots.
audited-rte unparalleled brunch cases.
If you went specin’sdvine write to
Lydia Bi linkin- Iedicliie Goa (contin-
dmtitil lino, new .1111" letter will.
be opened; read and current! by a
men. and haul. Who...
difficult to remove. The 1111111111111
should be washed continuum.“ grit,“
and dried by. outline watchman. so
that the car, will not. be. smeared. .Yai
clips. or butter next should be 5011110111
over each spot and workedluwith
the fingers. A. thorough wash with
bad)! soap and a final polish. in the us-
ual manner completes thepopmtlon.
Every battery box has or should
have a drain in the bottom. Where
the hetery is located on the runuin.
board. this drain is ineffectual. For
that. reason the box should be raised
a bit above the running boardeven if
the drain hole is carted through the“
running board. This will-permit the
electrolyte which may spill out from
gathering under the bottom and ties-
tros'ing it. it also can be washed
out whenever the car is cleaned."
A broken front spring may have a
block of'1‘vood substituted for it. Jack
up the frame until it is atthe height
at which the spring should hold it, and
then slip a block. of wood of the pro
per size between the ‘axlo and the
frame. Fasten this in place with a
wire‘ rope and drive carefully.
Quite often one sees a car stalled
by the roadside with a front wheel
bearing destroyed. Very few operat-
ors stop to think that the front wheel
hub hearing needs a fresh supply of
grease frequently. If too much is put
in the grease will work out 011 the in-
side of the hub and cause a dirty
wheel and pivot joints. If the hub cap
grease installed about every thousand
or. fifteen hundred miles, the life of
the hearings will be greatly prolong-
ed.
sharp stones and in car tracks. To
cut rubber easily one usually wets a
knife, The, same principle appliesto
conditions surrounding the use of the
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("HER SPORT8
JENNINGS 1s. rdaTthArE. '
Detroit: Mun-p.1- Llfldl Two GM
Youn'pii'en' Iii ‘Fuller and Young.
Hughey Jennings seems to have
picked 111111 couple of rather likely look-
lug inflelders. Fuller and Young by?
name. vThese chaps have shown splen-
did .form both.- in the field and. at. but;
in the early games. This is particularly.
true of Fuller. who is hitting like a
fiend- There 111,111. course, but little
chance“ of Fuller taking Dome Bush’s
' lob, though h'e’tllled his position during '
the little fellow’ is absence. But Jen~
ninng hopeful of getting a good. sec:
and baseman out of the pair. .
Knvanuugh is proving himself e.
much betterfltst 111111111111 then'he Was
11 511151111 baseman, and he may be kept
in that position.
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John Col , hi Whit
Box mmdmfliy‘qtbféhe' E3 mmpft'cher 11
than Walter Johnson. “1': don't; see
now 11 bottles- can ever. get a foul offé
said 1111111111141 “1 have: batted against-
111111.111 practice when his: cuivo and
c-.
”M, “ed to um; I iideadri q “pm“.jmn
. For inshlnce, a shooter might de-
, tndtthefldulins. put the boomers!
“it is?” "31111116111111 tlitiopon air. Mat‘e
When the roads are wet it is ad- ..
visaMMble to avoid driving feet over "
Minty» :99»:
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Mummuflr =01! ’
Whuucmmmdm
gallery watching the gun bug “nun
'em"trsp meulsrylelluh
Bot 11mm sled of 130031
More 1"me a flbborlflf-M t by
comparison makes baseball's at
first" etc. the simplest. cg Murcia“
vernacular.
scribe the results of he shot: eome~
thing after this fashion: “lee, etc. 1
W1 drew; a housings: from the
housed Wit.- The second sum
was a lazy 1m. firing straight any;
but I went to sleep, and, the. pigeon
nested in the men. The next mud pie
sailed'to‘lef‘t quarter, but “check! pee:
shooter- simply knocked the fun off.
The fourth- dlekey bled m hatched.
The! a cripple fluttered out and, died.-
Next came a mill wheeling fireflies.
and I pulverized it.”
The fact that trap shooting is the
humane substitute for live bird shoots
1113 probably accounts for some of‘the
“cruel" terms that are included in the
language of the inanimate target game.
FITZSIMMONS LIKES GOLF.
Veteran Huvywdghe Say. We Grout
- " to. Keep You Wang. .
Bob 111mm» lithe lull perms
one would suspect of taking uninter-
est in golf In fact. one could as read-
ily imagine Ruby Robert sewing shirts
fol sailors as drl1ing the elusive pellet
over the links.
is 11 golf bug!
“Of course I am strongest for box-
ing.” quoth the Cornislimu recently.
“busgelf is 11 mt guns. I' play it
every chance I get. Not; long ago I
mt eighteen. holes with a local. chant
plea in Buflalo and beat him
‘fi'l'he‘lg retest thing about golf is thin
‘what Millet so need. it the chit
could naught to think we of hon-
Uermit MM MMiAQiuk
dam in. both from early youth than
would be fewer gun men developed 1111.
our big cities " . ‘
IS PROUD OF MARRIED DIGITS
Veteran Dilly Sullivan says They Were
Marnd byMipMy Mon.
"Mamd by mighty men," in, what
Catcher Billy Sullivan. recently re-
leased'by the White So: of Chicago.
says when he looks at his crumpled
hands. No two fingers look the some
way. and he doesn't care 11 hoot.
Grimm. Callahan. Nick Altrock.
Smith, Owen, White. Ed Walsh and
others are among the contributors to
his collection of gnarled dlgltxr ibis
estimated thstinthe IBOOgsmeoSul-
liven .Mcsught in his sixteemyenn
of ice he has been on the receiving
end’o some 158,000 shoots, curves. fast
ones uhd spitters, from a horde of
twirlers.
BUSH» CONSISTENT- BATTER.
Records of Detroit’s Little shortstop
Compare Favor-lily With the Best.
and consistent Tiger of them allwnot
even barring Ty Cobb. This is indl~
outed by it comparison of Bush's ofll-
ciul average for 1913 and 1914.
In 1913 Bush 11'Mcnt to bat 591i times
scored 08 runs. made 140 bits and de-
liver-odd!) two buggers His 11mm
{11' stage was .251.
111 191:! Bush went to. but 595 times
scored 91' runs. rapped 150 hits 11111:
cracked out 18 doubles; 11111111111111
avenge ins .252. .- ,.
111-1 Thshneeemsmlike drawing a pretty
close finish.
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NEW lAVELlN MARVEL
Martin-MM of Michigan University “ale
inp’ NemeMFor Himself.
Brazil has sent a freshman to the
architectural department of the Uni
versity" of Michigan whom Trainer
Forrell‘ hopes to develop into a shin
with the Javelin:
Roman E. Martins is the. South
Americans name, and Trainer Farrell
run across him under the stadium stun};
bledchere tossing the long speii‘r around
125 feet, despite the handicap of the
arches overhead.
The youngster is said to have 11 11111111
of 160 feet in prep 11111100111111 Farrell
expects the Wolverenes will have n
rentertlst in this novel event this sea
1.0m .
SIANAGE WORKING HARD.
MDe'trblUs atm- Canker Vttlil Have to GI
. Some to Hold His Job. ' W
Oscar, Stannge. _ is not finding it. an
easy. matter this spring to retain "the
pluceof the Tigers’ first: catcher. Them
are others who are looming up as hav-
ing rare ability. John Peters has shown
so well 111111 Stansge realizes that hit
will have. to hustle to hang on to the
title as boss of the backstops. ‘
Oscar tissues;- worklncdfirea Trojan
all spring. He is doing more than ever
before in an effort. to get .mmnu in
improved condition for the season. Sta-
1111 he. exfiects to Mdilllid best; to
by thegtimo‘tho- season this four weeks“
china“ - . ,
soMt‘f‘oolo Trying to come Dusk. '
&.,.4.»v1M .'
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MINES! [00K Y0llN6
Yet—whisper it—Fits ‘
Danie Bush, the little Detroit short: .
stop, seems about; the most methodical .
nage admits thirne is not yet rig l.
M wwomwm (something '
have become themoet popular
remedy. honour-stab “X” are so
safe. 60 certain,
in their beneficial action.
They hone the emit, adm-
clubs the livel, regulateth the
sygodtem an purl 11g the
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DARKEN GRAY HAIR
Use the Ola-time Sage Tea end But.
phur and Nobody Will Know-
Gray hair, however handsome, de-
notes advenclnt like. We all know. 111‘
advantages of a. youthful apparent
Your hair is your chum lt Mmskes
or men the taco. When it fades. turns
grex‘udloobdvy. wispy sndscrsgs
gig, just a few applications-of 8118.
Tea and Sulphur enhanfiee,‘ its 1119' f
pursues. a; banal-admin. .
Don‘t lily m?!“
or prepare the tonic others. or get
from any drug store a 60 cent bottle
or “Wyoth’s
pelted." Thousands offolh recom-
mend this ready-loam. mrarstion, '
becausett’ darkens the heir beautiful 9 M
trend removes dandruff. scope scalp ,
itching and. falling. heir; besides, no
one can poulblytoll. attractions
as manipulation-ply. “11.111111.th 1
a spam tar-soft brush with. it, drew
lu..this,;ihrouh the ,hsir..u‘11ng one
smell strand of a time, ,By morning
the grey hair disappears: after, anoth-
er application or two.
near rem 101mm. 1 M
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HERZOG piscAnna ouiauua.
infield-n Ave (913- 801th Five Feet
iofllght-
Manag'cr l-Icrzog of the Cincinnati
Reds will 111.111.- 11’r11dlciil change in
his infield, breaking away from the
fixed rules of baseball. lie intends to:
shift each infielder live for! to the
right oflwiicrc he ol'diiil'trllygstdnds.
“i am convinced." sold llerzog, "that '
i can make the move. in n nem-
risk to take. but the practice to date
he: made it seem a cinch to me.
“Molleltz. at first base. will 1112111113 '
lire feet further dopn the path and
iovrard second. Olson“ u'ilt‘playT‘BS‘c
feet nearer second base. 11111: corrc
spoudlnglycutwurd on thogruss. .1
shall step five feet down toward thtitl
and Groh. at third, will take 11- position
five feet nearer his station. almost on
the dead line with the bug. but deep
into the loft garden, to balance.
i ._“l 111111: the shift will work out per
fectly and save a lot of close games :. .
WWW.”
AN EARLY DONEHSAD: FLAY.
Cincinnsti Rods' Secretary Tells 0m
,1 Worth Bepntlng.
' “Take. it frolll me " said F1151; 131111.; '
croft. secretary of the Cincinnati'lteds
..while some of me athletes were dis-
cussing famous bonehead plays 11t
111.: "the oldarimereapullcd some
‘cthntlindallyou-youngsters blocked .08»
:th‘e map. Best 1 recollect right now
. Mme sprung by. Mich Murrnyfiyhm 111111.
was catching for me at; orceslor
about thirtyvflve years ago. With 11
runner on first Mich steamed back to
"the stand And nikdo u mngnitlcexlt
catch of 11 foot fly.
or ”Pile crowd broke into more of 1111-.
Nature. list-ray. leaning must the ,_
11111111.. tack off his cup and. bowed 'M
right and left; and the runner, sizing '
up the situation. litflout from first. '-
‘li'ept right on going dud came all the
my 11111111111 will: (1 1111111: kept hoping:
and the rést of the team' were screechl
ins and raving all lit-vs
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idiot, Wins Four Swimming Shimg
1.1111111: Woods! the University of To
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its natural 1.
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thick, glossy and lustrous, and you up- M'
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