THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1919. 



PSON. 



he was a Past Master and also to the Trenton branch of the 

 Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Trenton Country 

 Club and gave much to charity. He leaves his widow, one 

 son, Frank W. Ser\'is, and two sisters. 



ONE OF KELLY-SPRINGFIELD'S OLDEST EMPLOYES. 



.\nnouncement has been made of the death of H. P. Thomp- 

 son, district manager for the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., Xcw 

 York City, for the Slate of Te.xas. 



Mr. Thompson was born in Te.xas 

 about 33 years ago, and his entire busi- 

 ness career was in that State. Pre- 

 vious to entering business he joined the 

 United States Xavy, serving as a gun- 

 ner during the Spanish- American War, 

 and seeing active service with the fleet 

 at Santiago. 



He then entered the employ of the 

 Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. as salesman, 

 working in Texas, under the St. Louis 

 branch. As his business increased Dal- 

 las was made a branch, and he was 

 appointed manager. Later, San An- 

 tonio and El Paso were made depot points, and he was ap- 

 pointed manager of the Te.\as district. 

 He is survived by his widow and mother. 



PRESIDENT OF THE GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. 



Frederick M. Shepiierd, Jr., president of the Goodyear Rub- 

 ber Co., Xew York City, died at his home in East Orange, New 

 Jersey, September 17, aged 61 years. 



Mr. Shepherd was a lineal descendent of Edward Shepherd, 

 who came from England and settled in Cambridge in 1638. The 

 father, Frederick ^L Shepherd, was president of the Union India 

 Rubber Co.. in the early 'fifties, founder and president of the 

 Goodyear Rubber Co. from 187.^0 1906, and president of the 

 United States Rubber Co. from 1896 to 1902. 



The son became connected with his father's enterprises in earl\ 

 life, and was secretary of the Goodyear Rubber Co., and sm 

 ceeded to the presidency on the retirement of his father, carry- 

 ing on the business in the same lines which had proven so suc- 

 cessful. He also succeeded his father as president of the Orange 

 Water Co., which was founded by the elder Shepherd, and held 

 the same position with the East Orange Safe Deposit and Trust 

 Co., which he was instrumental in establishing. 



Mr. Shepherd is survived by his widow and three sons, one of 

 whom, Xewell C. is secretary of the Goodyear Rubber Co. 



Sergeant .Arthur W. Hazell, of the Royal Warwickshire 

 regiment, who had been with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Bir- 

 mingham, England, for fourteen years, died in August as h 

 result of the after-elTects of gas poisoning. He enlisted in 1915. 



FINCK BARYTES PRODUCTION INCREASES 



The Missouri Baryta Co., St. Louis, Missouri, of which C. P. 

 DeLore, president of the J. C. Finck Mineral Milling Co. is presi- 

 dent, has purchased appro-ximately 4,500 acres of baryta land in 

 Washington County, Missouri, comprising the second largest 

 baryta producing properly in Missouri. The new equipment being 

 installed will double the output immediately and quadruple it 

 within a year. 



In connection with this increasing production the J. C. Finck 

 Mineral Milling Co. has bought the complete slock and equip- 

 ment of the Lambert Cooperage Works, St. Louis, and is moving 

 them to the Fink plant. The Lambert works was one of the largest 

 slack barrel plants in the city and had a capacity of 135 barrels 

 per hour. 



RUBBER INDUSTRIES ATHLETIC LEAGUE OUTING. 



'T'HE first annual outing of the Rubber Industries .'Athletic 

 ■^ League, an organization formed last spring among the em- 

 ployes of the eastern offices of the large rubber companies, came 

 off Saturday, Septeinber 27. The steamer Hendrick Hudson of 

 the Hudson River Day Line took the R. I. A. L. and friends, 

 to Bear Mountain, where a delightful day was spent. 



.\n e-xciting baseball game was played between the Sterling 

 tcaiTi, the winners of the R. I. A. L. tournament, and a picked 

 nine from the teams it had defeated during the summer. The 

 athletic games, which were keenly contested, included a lOO-yard 

 dash, a 440-yard run, a half-mile relay race, a three-legged race 

 and a 50-yard dash for ladies. The day was thoroughly enjoyed 

 by all who had the good fortune to take part in the excursion. 



The first year's baseball competition of the Rubber Industries 

 .•\lhletic League has proved a great success, eight teams having 

 been organized, which played to the close of the series. The 

 number of competing teams will undoubtedly be larger next year. 



The season ended on September 20, with the following result : 



Won. Lost. Percentage. 



Sterling 17 2 .894 



Goodvear 13 5 .722 



L'mted States Rubber 12 7 .631 



Kelly-Springfidd 12 8 .600 



Firestone 7 8 .466 



Globe 5 11 .312 



Ajax 3 14 .176 



Goodrich 1 IS .065 



The Sterling team, which may be seen in uniform in the ac- 

 companying illustration, had to fight hard to establish its su- 

 periority and win the silver trophy cup presented by The India 

 Rubber World, as well as the pennant presented by the Kelly- 

 Springfield Tire Co. The second prize, the cup presented by 



The Sterling Base-Ball Team. Win.\'ek 

 Rubber World" Trophy Cup. 



Left to right (standing): Otto Basten (manager of team and vice-presi- 

 dent of the Slerhng Tire Corp.); J. Messier, W. Thompson, H, Davis, 

 J. B. Rourke (captain), W. Shary, S. Fredericks, and Spencer Weltoa 

 (President of the Sterling Tire Corpor.ntion). 



Seated, left to right: W. Stoltt (ma.scot). W. Tarkson. T. P.. Revnics. 

 A. Roach and \V. While. 



Baker, Murray & Imbrie, was won by the Goodyear team after 

 a close struggle with the United States Rubber and Kelly-Spring- 

 field teams, the issue being settled only on the last day. The 

 names of the twelve players who made the best individual rec- 

 ords, and so won the watch fobs presented by .\. G. Spalding & 

 Brothers will appear in the November number. 



The officers of the R. I. A. C. for this year are : 



President — P. C. Botzenmayer, United States Rubber Co. 



Vice-President— H. A. Demarest, The B. F. Goodrich Rub- 

 ber Co. 



Secretary — J. L. Wood, Ajax Rubber Co., Inc. 



Treasurer — Bartlett Greene, Sterling Tire Corp. 



The conipanies which so far arc represented in the Athletic 

 Lcasuc are: Globe Ixubber Co., Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., 



