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Evening journal., 1915-02-10

Wilmington, noted for its many con-
tributions to the athletic sphere has
gathered another laurel-it is going to
turn out a real. honest-tO-goodness
professional league umpire. When
the Virginia League sent the local
fiashy indicator holder, Bill McGowan'
a contract. stipulating a steep month
ty stipend it furnished the first open
ing a Wilmingtonian has had for years
at least. to enter into professional
ball as a loud announcer of balls,
strikes, outs and ins.
Bill McGowan, who is entirely wor-
thy of the opportunity that has come
his way. started on his Empirical ca
reer in 1911. taking the place Of his
popular brother Jack in the Semi-Pro.
League. From the first Bill made a
favorable impression by his fairness,
coolness and ability to handle eighteen
rabid diamond workers without calling
in the village constabulary.
He worked the year out with the
now defunct Semi-Professional Lea
que.
In 1912 Bill was the star arbiter In
the Wilmington organization and
attracted attention by his stellar per-
formances. Not like the majority OF
amateur Jumps" who camp in one
shady spot during the entire perform
ance, Bill followed all the plays close
", now shooting over to first IN time
TO see the batsman beat the ball by
inches and then Fastening to second
to see some juvenile Eddie Collins tag
a man before his hookslide attempt
struck the bag.
The following season, the black
garbed mask and wind pad artist serv-
ed in the local leagues, and in few
out Of town games. When the Chin
ese University played the Chicks Bill
officiated as the tenth man on the dia-
mond and the Celestials whose style
of writing is very similar to the
writer of this article, were highly flt-
isfied with the decision of the "GOody
Umpire"
Jimmy jackson selected McGowan
for the exhibition games again in 1914
and he handled things creditably in
all the contests. When the Mack Yam
igans played. one of the sterling Mack
ian regular infielders, took three sue
cessive good ones at the plate and
Bits trio of decisions ushered the
fence breaker backward. He tried to
get the local lads "animalus" with the
remark. "Say your the worst ump I
have ever seen" McGowan's rejoind-
er was, "If your judgment of umpires
is not any better than your judgment
of balls and strikes, / will not feel
very bad" After the game the home
run king told Bill that he was all right
and had plenty Of nerve.
When Umpire Tom Walker became
sick a few hours before a Chick-Al-
lentown game last summer MCGOWAN
was notified to fill the vacancy. The
game turned into a 13-inning ARRAY
and although Bill worked alone, he
Evening journal., 1915-02-10

finished without one kick. The next
day found Bill in the same role. and he
also held the reins for fve innings on
the third day of Walkers absence.
when he was relieved by Umpire Ap-
plegate.
During the previous summer Bill
was engaged for Milford's principle
battles and while in the peach belt
President Graham of the Tri-State
sent for Bill to offciate in a Harris
burg-Lancaster struggle. The Della
ware County League secured Bill later
for their Saturday attraction and he
was the only umpire that started and
finished the season out in this assOcia-
ton. During his career Bill has been
picked for three championship con-
tests, the City League 1913 contest
at Concord Heights, the New Castle
Highland series, and the Dover-Mil-
ford affair. The president of the Della
ware County League offered Bill a
contract TO work in the 1915 games
in reference TO a host of applicants
Besides his umpiring work Bill
gained a reputation as a ball player
with Rockford and DUPONT Academy.
as a football star with DUPONT. as a
boxing promoter. referee and boxer
with the DUPONT Athletic Club: and
as a sporting writer on THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL and in whose columns
three years ago he predicted that
Harry Baker and Jimmy Murphy
would be topnotchers in their respec-
tive classes. If you do not believe they
are. ask some of their recent oppon-
ents.
SO Bill McGowan. boxer, baseball
and gridiron star. referee. sporting
writer. seer and King of Delaware's
umnires, will soon venture forth into
the land of cotton TO give diamond de-
cisions in the silk" OLoughlin style
as we know him to be as straightfor-
ward. well versed in the game, able to
handle players, self-confident and will
ing, we wish him unbounded success
in his southern expedition and predict
that at no late date he will land in
the big leagues and command the
poor slaves Of baseball"
That Bill has at least all physical
qualifications that go to make style
for the ball field is evidenced by the
fact that at 22 years he stands feet
9 inches and weighs III pounds.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
De NERI COMING BACK
FOR BROWNSON Game

De Neri fortified by Bill Keenan,.
Winnie kincaid and Bruggy, will
tackle Brownson In the second game
of their series on Friday night. Kee-
mans temperance in the visitors
lineup practically means a new line
up. as the bulk of the Quakers' team
work is centered around the massive
center man. Kincaid is rated as one
of the best defence men in the East
ern League. and as he always plays
the locals scoring star. Joe Haney.
his work will be of considerable in
terest.
Bruggy has never appeared here be-
fore, having only joined De Neri since
the disbanding of the New York State
League. Philadelphia critics pick
him as one of the coming stars OF
Schaeflers organization. Joe Fo-
garty who tailed eighteen fouls out
OF twenty-one chances on Saturday
night against Jasper, will try to run
up a high score on the local guards.
His six field tOsses on his last visit
were of the spectacular variety, and
checked Brownson's chances.
The BrownsOnians are confident
that they can nose out the William
Penn lads II the local for ooter
drops them in true to for Mark
McDonough has been practicing dill
gently all week, and has found the
inside track. Joe Haney, who was
out of last Fridays game With
Aquinas, Will be on hand for this
sterling contest and can be counted
upon for a large contribution to the
fund of field goals Lineup.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
ROB LAYFIFLD GAINS.

Bob Layfield. the battling young
quarterback of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity eleven, is gaining in his plucky
fight to recover from spinal injuries
received last October in a football
game. The operation recently perform
ed upon him at Delaware Hospital has
restored feeling to his limbs that
seemed paralyzed from the time of the
accident until the operation His inn
provement is slow but he shows a de-
cided gain and his prospects for full
recovery never have been brighter.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10

Freddy Welsh, lightweight champion
of the world, also goes to the post under
an assumed frontispiece. His name is
Alfred Hall Thomas.
Say that a certain local boy was in
troduced at a Philadelphia fight club as
Patsy Brannigan, OF Wilmington. Some
few would know him, others would not.
Patsy, in the daily walk of life, is a
jack of all trades, and the Wilmington
Iri-State teams chief rooter. Joe Gold
stein--nuf murmured
] Buck Freeman, the home run king of
organized baseball. and who in the
course Of one weeks time was mobbcd
ON two occasions at Union street
grounds, has been added to the Interna-
tional League staff of umpires. Il may
be recalled that the writer. at the time
of Freeman's Inauguration 70 the UNI
/ pre bar at Union street grounds. said
that Freeman was a good umpire.
Claude Brown entertained about two
hundred persons at his pool parlora last
night with "A l0Opoint game Of continu-
Gus pool.
Catcher Dick Carter. who for awhile
was with the Jimmy jackson nine, was
found lying ia the street in New York
i city recently. Carter. who was bleeding
about the forehead and eye. said he had
been struck by bottle and knew the
man that did the trick He refused to
mention the mans name.
! With apologies 10 the writer's Of II
Didn't Raise My Boy to BE Soldier
didn't raise my boy TO be an umpire
i ] brought him mp To be a husinnsA
man;
Who dares 70 place a windpad on biz
4 shoulder,
To fine or bench or chase some other
boy.
Let managers arbitrate their future
troubles,
It's time to put the "pop" bottles
away;
Thered be no jumps today, if mothers
all would say.
81 didn't raise my boy TO be an um-
d, pire"
Well. fans. there is always some
place TO 60 in this old town ON Friday
D nights other than the love league cir
/ cults. When wondering what TO do with
d yourself, just think of Brownson Ii
brary, the home of the finest basketball
! team that Delaware ever developed.
q Brownson plays De Neri, OF Eastern
League fame, on Friday night.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
INDOOR
SPORTS
BY "BHi" MCGOWAN

Olen Hackett's Madeley basketball
quintette has won ten consecutive
games. The Madeley boys are out TO
make a record, and bar no team in the
State.
Ed Tucker, who recently was injured
while working at one of the dupont
plants, and who was in the hospital for
two weeks, after undergoing am opera
tion has been resting comfortably at his
home, No. Cos Ferris street. Tucker
announced his retirement from the grid.
iron game for keeps TO few of his
friends who paid a visit 20 the crac,
football warriors bedside yesterday. Il
may be recalled that his hard playing
at center for the Olympia football team
kept that team in the running for seven
years. While on the gridiron he gained
many friends by his game TO the core
spirit. Tuck is one of the many ath.
letes that has a heart as big as him.
self.
Chick Hartley, who has been a minol
league star for fifteen years. has beer
notified by the management of tn,
Binghamton team of the New Yorh
state League, that his salary will re-
ceiye a big dent. Chick has notified tn,
manager that big hole will be dug IN
centeriield OF the Binghampton grounds
Chick is one of the most popular bal
tossers that ever hcaved an appl,
across the green in minor circuits. Dur
ing his fifteen years experience on th,
diamond he has hatted for less than BOZ
ON two occasions. His record comes see
ond TO that OF Hans Wagner, of th'
Pirates.
Many fight fans about town who havl
not mixed with the closer followers %
the game are unaware of the fact thai
many prominent fighters 20 10 the pos
under an assumed nom de plume. Leacl
Cross, whose real namc is Louis Wallach
received his ring title when he was
cinder path artist At certain big NEE
between number of Irish lads and
number of Germans. the Irish list O
names read like this: Goldsteins. Fin
klesteins, Goldberg, etc. Wallach wa
running for the green colors, so he dc
cided that all the boys take Irish names
thus Leach Cross, the New York light
weight, received his ring name.
II John Gutcnko was announced l.
train at some local quarters, who woul
20 to see him work out2 Very few
| But il his ring name was announced, tn
crowds would number thousands. lie I
Kid Williams, hantamwcight boss of th
world.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
MAY REORGANIzE OLD LEAGUE.

A suggestion has been made 10 one
of THE JOURNAL writer's that the
old Catholic League be reorganized.
II is almost a certainty that such a
move will be made and a meeting will
be held some time in the near future.
The teams that composed the circuit
in 1909 were: St. Mary's, st. Peters,
of New Castle. st. AIMS. ST. Patrick's
and St. Paul's. II is believed that the
Pioneers. St. Thomas and ST. Pat
rick's viii answer the call
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
NOTHING 10 1T BUT HIcHLAND

The basketball team Of the Highland
Club defeated the fast second team OF
the Third Ward Club in rough and
hard-fought game last evening in Odd
Fellows Hall, Seventeenth street and
Woodlawn avenue, by the score OF 81 TO
10. The feature Of the game was the
shooting of Abbott, he having seven field
goals and nine fouls 10 his credit. Tho
Highland quintet viii play the fast
Riverside team on Thursday night at the
Hagley Community House Line up:
Highland Third Ward.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
PIONEERS BALK.

The Pioneer basketball team failed
to appear at Eden Park Hall last
night, and the Eden team was with
out a game. The Eden team viii play
the Belvidere team of the Brownson
League Thursday night.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
WEsT ENp KEEps MINNING.

The West End thlrd toam added an
other game to its list last night. by
defeating the Radners team II to z
This makes the fourth straight win
for the reading room youngsters.
The feature of the game was the
playing of Filliben. who scored thir-
teen points. Lineup:
West End Ard Radnarc
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
SALESIANUM-ALUMNI
Game TO Be SPEEDY

The second game of the Salesianum-
Alumni series is arousing consider
able interest, which will be loudly
expressed on Thursday night, when
the teams meet on Brownson floor
The old grads have a large following,
and the friends of the past masters
are coming out in force to cheer their
idols on to victory.
Malloys charges are playing the
silent act at present, but promise to
live up to that old saying that actions
speaker louder than words. The
Alumni captured the last struggle
by three points in an exceedingly in
teresting game.
Clem Carney and Bud O'Neill,
Salesianum's high scoring pair Of
forwards, intend to keep the nets
in action with some of their famous
bank shots. Doc Dougherty and
Francis Monaghan will battle il out
at center for their respective teams.
The two Doughertys, Bib and AL, will
endeavor to hold the Alumni for
wards to a scarcity Of two pointers.
The old guards fond hopes are CEN
tered in Dan Casey. Larry Rigney
and Monaghan for the scoring feat
ures of the evening. and in Gillespie,
Greeley, Ryan and Mike Djneen, for
the offensive duties. Rigney and
Casey will play defense, but can be
depended upon to figure prominently
in the scoring column.
The preliminary should be excep-
tionally fast, as two squads of stars
from the Brownson League will bat
tie for forty minutes.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
Radners
Harkins

Field goals-Filliben 8. Fox 2. Brad
ley /, Newell 1. De Heigh l. Foul
goals-Filliben 3. Bradley 1. Referees
-Strebb and Currans. Timekeepers
-Harkins and Mccarthy.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10

Referee-Walsh. Timer-Pimm.
The second game was the fastest of
the two and the Clarion team finally
came out on top of a 80 to 33 score,
due to the great work of their captain
Carney, in the last session of the
fracas. He scored z field goals and
. fouls. The lineup:
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
Field Foul
Field Foul
Third Ward

Referee-Logan. Timekeepers-M.
Whiteside and Hoffecker. Time of
halves-20 minutes.
In a preliminary game Highland
Seconds defeated Third Ward Seconds.
4S TO 49,
Evening journal., 1915-02-10

The fast Wilson Line team defeated
the newly-organized Third Ward team
on Monday night at Seventeenth and
Woodlawn, by the score of Is to z.
Line-up:
Evening journal., 1915-02-10

Field goals-Abbott, z; c. Logan. 2;
W. Logan, 4; Handy, J.; Meredith. p;
Begley, Draper, ! Mcbride l. Foul
eoals-Ahbott. .; Draper. Meredith, 2.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
81. PATRICK JUNIORs WIN.

St. Patrick juniors were defeated
for the first time Monday night by
the strong first team. by the score
OF 3S TO % Although the first team
had the advantage over the Juniors
in players, they were unequalled in
the passing Lineup:
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
BROWNSON BASKETBALL.

Two fast games were played in the
Brownson Basketball League last
night. when the Belvidere five defeat
ed Clarion and Albion walloped Del
mar by a 3S to rs score. The lineup:
EfaId Eot,I
Evening journal., 1915-02-10
Field Foul
Field Foul
MuSnN LINE MINS.

Referee - Walsh. Timer - Pimm.
Time of halves-Twenty minutes.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10

Freddy Welsh, lightweight champion
of the world, also goes to the post under
an assumed frontispieee His name is
Alfred Hall Thomas.
Evening journal., 1915-02-10

Claude Brown entertained about two
hundred persons at his pool parlors last
night with a l00-point game Of continu-
Gus pool.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
WHAT THE PANAMA
CANAL WILL Do FOR THE
AMERICAN FARMERS

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside, the national farm paper,
pub 'ished at Springfield, Ohio, Judson
G. Welliver, Washington correspond
ent Of that publication, writes an In
teresting article in which he tells in
part as follows what the Panama Ca
nal is doing and will do FOR Amerl.
can farmers:
81 am told that wheat from Mon
tana and other northwest regions Is
this year moving to the coast In a
volume never before dreamed of.
why?
Because the canal Is open. and
1t is possible to haul grain from a
great distance inland to the Pacific
terminals, and there put 1t on ships
for Eastern and European ports
cheaper than II can be taken east by
rail.
This al adds to the westbount
traffic Of the railroads As time seei
more development of the canals pos
sibilities the Pacific ports will draw
more and more from inland; the!
will rea.h farther and farther east
and the railroads will profit.
The Great West will develop un
der this stimulus; the Middle Yves
will find both Atlantic and Pacific an,
also Gulf ports bidding for its prod
ucts. Every trainload that goes west
that formerly went east, will be tina
much subtracted from The food OF as
ricultural products that in the pas
has swept eastward and submerge
the agriculture OF the Eastern States
Eastern cities and industrial dil
tricts will need new supplies. The
will have to get them nearer nome
and getting them nearer home mean
that they must raise them. Tha
means huge impetus to the agrice
tural revival in the East and Soutl
east"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
THE HIGH COST OF
DISTRIBUTION, mo. q

A farmer living in the outskirts
of large town tried to market some
potatoes at the grocery stores in that
place. lie was unable to dispose of
them. Finally he sent them to a
commission merchant hundred
miles away. Coming into the nearby
town few days later. he found that
some Of the grocers were selling his
potatoes. They had paid freight ov-
er 200 mi es OF distance and at least
one middleman's profit, plus several
cartlng charges.
Another farmer living near medi.
UNI sized city went In one day and
tried to market supply Of apples.
He spent the forenoon going the
rounds of the grocery store. None of
them would look at his product or
any part of it, At noon he sold the
wagon load to wholesaler.
He remained around the town until
night. Just before leaving he had the
satisfaction of seeing a barrel of his
apples being opened in front Of a
grocery store that had refused to
buy them direct from him. The gro
Ger had paid one carriage and mid
ileman's profit, all OF which was
cheerfu'ly charged up to the consum
or. Whoever stops to ask whether al
this ma .hinery is necessary?
Gov. Glynn of New York in a rec
ent address before a convention o
co operative societies.. remarked tina
the farmer gets only 80 cents on ev
ery dollar that the consumer pays TO
his product. Several farmers pres
ent said the governor had put tn
farmers share too high, Who get
the rest?
At this meeting one farmer told o
making a personal Investigation
New York City. to see what the cor
sumner was paying for his food pro
ducts. He went in at one time whe
potatoes were very scarce and tn
farmer was getting $l.35 bushe'
The consumer was paying 81 80
50. He looked the matter up SCI
ond time when potatoes were yer
plenty, and the farmer was getlln
only Is cents a bushel. He was ne
able to find that the consumer wa
paving appreciably less.
No wonder the middlemen becom
wealthy!
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
The Logan Republican

others frcm peril. Many would be
rescuers would today be alive.
Acts OF heroism are performed in
every locality for which no recognf-
ton is ever made. Physicians,
nurses, and others who care for con
tagious diseases, Fl emen who venture
into burning shells of but dings, po-
lice who hunt out criminals from dark
hiding places, are heroes to whom no
medals are given. The fact that
such acts are part of the service
for which pople in a certain PROBES
sion are paid, does not detra.t from
their generous quality.
The annual distribution of hand
some rewards through the Carnegie
commission Is thus fine act OF ser
vice. Also it might well be wished
that more recognition could be CIV
en- and more gratitude should be felt
for those daily acts of daring serv
ice that are constantly being perform
ed around us in the ordinary call
ings of life.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT
ON PART OF BELL TELEPHONE
SYSTEM IN Spanning C0UNTR'
Human Voices Distinctly Heard Over
Wonderful Net Work of Wires Which
Reaches From Coast TO Coast. u. N.
Bethel Tells Story.

been advanced in America more than
in any other country and more than
in all other counties combined. Am
eri:an engineers, inventors and fin
anciers; American operating, com
mercial and accounting forces, thru
the introduction Of new ideas and
practices, nave always kept the unit
system of the United States in the
foremost position among the tele-
phone systems of the world and made
II, in all respects, the universally
recognized model.
I'm the period during which the
construction of another great and
important interchangeable Panama
canal-has been in progress, more
than twice as much has been spent
in improving and extending the Bel
System as has been spent in con
structing the canal. The Panama
canal and this transcontnental line
will each, in its way bring the West
| and the East into closer relations
The nations solidarity, as well as it,
prosperity, depends upon Its commun
ication. The telephone, in its con
quest Of space and time, is rendering
a distant and unique national service
by affording an easy means for the
exchange of ideas and experiences
by bringing widely separated peoples
and communities into colse persona
touch; it Is aiding in the removal o
sectional prejudice and welding GU
vast country into one homogeneou
unit" Al.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
ITALIAN SHIP GOES
OOWN'scREW BROWNS
Revenue Cutter ltasca Loses Sight
Of Steamer After Standing
by Four Days

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 27.-The reve-
nue. cutter Itasca reported here by
wireless tonight that It was believ-
ed the Italian steamship Angelo Pa
rodi had sunk about 800 miles of
Cape Henry with all on board. Mar
inc men said the vessel carried a
crew OF about twenty-seven men.
After standing by the Parodi for
four days the revenue cutter report
ed last night that she had lost the
steamer In thick weather. The ltal-
ian ship was helpless because of the
shortage Of coal. Her food supply
was exhausted. Huge seas prevent
ed the Itasca getting line to the
ship. The revenue cutter Mohawk
had been ordered from Newport, X.
I. to assist the Itasca in getting the
Parodi to port.
Tonight's wireless message from
Captain b. NJ. Chiswell Of the ltasca
4 said the revenue cutter had run into
considerable wreckage and that Il
was believed the Parodi had sprung
a leak and gone down during the
gale OF the last two days.
Every attempt made by the Itasci
to send food to the Italian vesse
failed. No boats could live In tn,
seas that were breaking over tn
vessel and lashing the Itas:a, steam
ing In her wake.
Monday night the weather thicker
ed and at daybreak there was n
sign of the Parodi. All day yestel
day and throughout last night an
today the cutter kept up her scare
but a mass OF wreckage was her oni
| reward. The Mohawk was not r,
ported.
The Angelo Parodi left Baltimor
In December for MADELEINE, Italy, an
was believed to be on her return vo!
age when she ran short OF fuel an
provisions. She was commanded b
/, Captain Beneyenuto.
Search for the vessel probably wi
be abandoned by the ltasca tomo
. row. The revenue cutter is runnin
short of coal and will make for ror