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Mi 1 shots; second,' hold the cue prop erly, and third, the stroke. Each of these three depends unon the other." Johnny Coulon, who has not fought since he lost, the bantam weight championship a year and a half ago, will try tocome back. He is not just talking about it. but has signed for a fight in Cincinnati this month. Coulon will start off "easy like," but if he wins will pick a harder one next time and so on until he learns ..'SSsgS&B- .M"- Johnny Coulon if he is anywhere" near as good as he used to be. Coulon's last fight was on June 4, 1914, when Kid, Williams knocked him out in three rounds at Los An geles. o o LOOKING UPWARD The spirit of the navy remains un changed whatever the dangers which confront it. I do not think I can de scribe it better than by quoting what was found by the censor in the letter of a young bluejacket: "Mother, it is sometimes very hot out here when the shells are dropping all about you and the submarines are hovering round and you may strike a mine at any minute. At first I was a bit scared, but I remembered the words of the padre last Sunday, when he said: 'Men, men, in times of trial and I T danger look upward.' I did look up ward, mother, and if there wasn't a blooming aeroplane dropping bombs on us!" London Chronicle. o o FREAK STORM PUTS CRIMP IN TRAFFIC ONE KILLED Thousands returning from the the aters last night and coming to .work this morning were inconvenienced by traffic and transportation delays caused by the severe storm. The elevated and surface lines op erated with great difficulty last night. Trolley wires broke, tying up long strings of cars, while sleet on the third rail often tied up elevated trains for a half hour or more between sta tions. At one time the Northwestern "L" was completely out of business for a long period. A Douglas park train caught fire near Kedzie av. and a panic was only prevented by the coolness of guards. One person was killed. Many were injured by falls. By an irony of fate the man who suffered death was an iceman. He was carrying a 200-lb. piece of ice when his feet slipped on the icy pavement The block of ice crushed him. Mrs. Prances Lapuma, 1440 Plum st., walked into a moving car at State and Adams sts. The car threw her on to the other track, where she was hit by a car going in the opposite di rection and thrown in front of a third car. A policeman rescued her. She was only slightly injured. More than a score of peoplewere painfully in jured by falling. All modes of trans portation were running behind sched ule today. o o Humane society of Los Angeles, Cal., has taken up arms against the use of the ostrich in harness. Some of the reasons are: The birds are dangerous because liable to kick in any direction; they violate the speed laws and they are a menace to traf fic because they are apt to eat auto accessories, licenses, tail lights, etc