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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
COBB CREEPS UP
ON iris SPEAKER

Chicago, Sept. Fly Cobb is MAX
ing gallant squirt to win the years
batting championship in the American
league. Averages printed here today
show the Detroit player has increased
his percentage by five points Will :
Speaker, still leading the league, lost
nine in the last week, so that Cobb
is now only nine points behind. Cobb
has taken the lead in runs scored with
So and holds the base stealing lead
with As. Jackson is in front in total
bases with 243; Weaver, Chicago and
Chapman, Cleveland, in sacrifice hits
with "a each, Pipp, New York, in home
runs with nine, and Detroit in team
hitting with $50. The leading batters:
Speaker, Cleveland .377; Cobb De-
troit, 1866; Jackson, Chicago, $50;
Strunk, Philadelphia 3OS, Gardner.
Boston .306; Roth, Cleveland .3O3;
Sisler, st. Louis .301; Felsch, Chicago
.293; Nunamaker, New York .292;
High, New York 291
Leading pitchers for q games:
Earned
RunS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
McLOUGHLIN LOSES
AT NET TO CHURCH

Forest Hills n Y Sent. 2.-Ths
defeat of Maurirs r Mclaughlin. the
idol of American lawn tennis. BY
George NJ Cburrb was the feature Of
the fourtb round of the national
singles championship tournament ?.
the West Side Club YESTERDAY INV
elimination OF the California Comet ~
his widely heralded attempt TO COM
back after two years OF deieat isi
but three westerners in the nela lol
the 1916 title. as against four eastern
stars and one soulherncr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

0ULIIISOII' W asIIIIIBlUH u TO US Ut
Daubert holds the lead in the Ma
tional, Carey, Pittsburgh, sis till in
front in stolen bases with As: Flack.
Chicago. in sacrifice hits, with "a
Williams. Chicago, in home runs with
ten; Wheat, Brooklyn, in total bases
with 1873; Burns. New York, in runs
scored with II, and Brooklyn in club
batting with .261. Leading batters:
Daubert, Brooklyn 1926: Wagner.
Pittsburgh .31S; Hornsby. st. Louis
.3l7; Robertson, New York BIG:
Wheat. Brooklyn .314; Chase, Cincin-
natl .3ll; Long, ST. Louis .304; Hinch-
man, Pittsburgh 1902: Zimmerman,
Chicago-NewYork .297; Stock. Phila-
delphia .296.
Leading pitchers for 81 games:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
On ODE Side1ines


| Three more games after today and
| the Islanders will draw the curtain
on the none-too-profltable 1916 season
! or the Three-Eye league. Bays men
| play at Moline today and tomorrow,
/ then return here to wind up with Day.
export in double-header Monday.
Louis Kolls Is sure one hard luck
pitcher. In his first game against
Rockford he was given loose support
and yesterday the breaks went against
him. Two walks in the fifth proved
his downfall.
Ray Falk gave a fine exhibition Of
temperament in the fifth when he
threw his bat against the stands after
fouling out in pinch
lnfielder Jimmy Cerny was missing
from the lineup. Cerny has not been
feeling well OF late and went to his
home in Chicago to recuperate. Stock
er Will hold down third in the remain
ing games.
Staley made a wonderful catch of
Erlewein's foul in the seventh.
Bill Jacobsen. former Islander, con-
tiHueS 10 smack the pail IN the South |
ern association. ranking second among
the batsmen OF the league with 1913.
Since Manager Jennings OF the De- |
troit Tigers made Connie Mack an of |
Ter for Pitcher Joe Bush of the Ath-
letics Bush has twice stopped the |
Tigers. His last performance was
won, ] to 0.
When Fielder Jones' American
leaguers won % out of "a games play
ed at home from July % TO Aug. IL,
81 Louis citizens began sending in
orders To the club owners for world
series reservations. They meant it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
American Association.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Three-Eye Ieapue.

Moline. 3; Rock Island, 40 in
nings).
Davenport, z; Rockford, 6.
Quincy, 6; Bloomington, 5 (12 in
nings).
Hannibal, 2; Peoria, l.
American League
New York, Z; Boston, g.
Washington, 81; Philadelphia, i
A.
No other games scheduled.
National League.
Chicago-St Louis, rain.
Philadelphia, 3-6; Brooklyn, 90.
Boston, 3; New York, L.
Cincinnati, 6; Pittsburgh, 3.
American Association.
Columbus, 8; Toledo, o.
Minneapolis, 6; st. Paul, 8.
(No other games scheduled).
Western League.
Des Moines. 4 Sioux City. 8.
Omaha. 2; Lincoln, 1.
Wichita, l; Topeka, 2.
st. Joseph, 4; Denver, 9.
Central Association.
Ottumwa, 8; Fort Dodge, 8.
Muscatine, 6; Mason City. 3.
Clinton, 6; Waterloo, 1.
Cedar aRpids, II; Marshalltown. 0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
MORRIS MORAN BOUT
rs NOT TO BE HELD

Tulsa, Okla. Sept Carl Morris
and Frank Moran will not fight n
Tulsa on Labor day The promoters
last night definitely called OF tho
match. The date will be set back tNo,
weeks and the fight will be staged in
either Denver o. Kansas city. with tte
odds fayoring the latter place. The
promoters paid Frank Moran his for
lett. Morris received no guarantee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
Tr Cohh a Wilson Rooter.

New York. Sept. 2-Ty Cobo "a ~.
Detroit 10 win the pennnnt IN N.
American league and next 20 ina. ~, NJ
greatest desire is 20 see Presideht ~
son reelected. Ty called az the ae-s
cratic headquarters yesterday N ~
pany with Jean Duhuc. Tiger pi10AN
with this announcement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
LANCER BESTS DUKE
IN 5OO-YARD SWIM

Honolulu. Sept 2.-Ludy LANCER y. =
Los Angeles, Cal. bested Duke ~
hanamoku last night In the oVV ~.
open water SWIM. Ills time o. slA ILL
utes. eleven and two-htths seOon.
was said by the swimming oHielais
be en- amateur American record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
stIIes Colleglnte Goli Champ.

Chicago. Sept. 2 Fred G. stiles + Z,
OF Northwestern is the new weS.si
intercollegiate golf champion by y,
tue OF his . aud / victory over JOSEF
n. Mcdonald OF Illinois In the 49, 49,.
final staged yesterday al the VIZ
noreland Country club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
Leferrs Bent Henry. 6 3.

Lacon. Ill. Sept . Before g.
crowd the Jefrery team OF kenosha Y,
feated Henry Greys. . 90 3 Nestei ~,
The Jefferys pounded two pitchers g.
~ swats
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Rockford Alb. RI Po Al
Bemis, CT ...........4 l. % A.
Holloway, 2b ........4 . "a 4
Breen, 3b ..........4 Il 4
| Wakefield, ID ......4 0 10 H
| Williams, If .........4 0 A
Kerns, RI ........4 12I \
| Agnew, c ..........4 %
Nelson, SIS .........3 O IS \
| McManus, p .........4 o 0 0 n
-
I0 otaI -. -. .'. 30 . II'25 10
III e ouI "nen winning run WnI
'0U - GU
49, iSei' port pc AB. X H. 70. AZ
~ ~ a. C ~, ..'''''''''o
6uDaa s'ri''' IT, 90 ''''.''.2
u Srat,a-, '''''''9
6;prial l''li5' - .'''.''
Pt bpie a. q ..''''''''99 ! z
Gi - - ~, ,'''.''''''o
9 3iGLaert, 90 '''''''''4 . z
Wbittaker - q
Total .........4O ia 27 1s Il
Rockford .......0 0 0 0 301-s
Davenport ......O 0 40 Ii
IWo-base hits-kerns, B. Graham
v Iedry, - Brleh. Ihree-base hits
PIKE, O'Brien. Sacrifice hits-Wh+.
taker' Nelson, Agnew. Wakefield stol'
eI BASES Ilugsah' Holloway. DolDh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Summary - Two-base hit, Biltz.
Sacrifice hits, Biltz, Vance, Lynch,
F'alk, Davis, Hughes. Stolen bases,
Lynch, Davis. Double plays, Falk to
Staley, Ward to Erlewein to Lister. (2).
Kolls to Lister. Bases on balls, off
Kolls 4, off Shears g. Wild pitch.
Shears. Hit by pitcher ErIewefn.
Struck out, by Shears 2, by Selby l, by
Kolls 2. Hits off Shears, IL in 92-3 inn
tngs- Time OF game, 1855. Umpires,
Struthers, Neal, Selby, Beard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

The Islanders forced Moline to trav-
el 10 innings to cop yesterdays fuss at
the local yard, to g 1t was a list
less affair. replete with good, bad and
Indifferent playing, before a small
crowd. Louis Kolls Outpitched Shears
as far as hits were concerned, but he
was bit wild and luck broke against
him IN the pinches. Three lightning
double plays also saved Kolls' skin
when the Plows threatened. Shears
was hit hard all through the game, but
he proved very effective in the pinChes.
Three punched hits in the tenth gave
the Plows one run and victory.
Con Struthers announced that he was
III in the sixth inning and Billy Neal
and King Selby were named umpires,
Con leaving the park. SeIby was
called in TO pitch in the tenth and
Beard took up the task of umpiring
bases. With two on and two down in
the tenth, Rock Island had an excel
lent chance to at least tie the count,
but Marks, who was batting for Bay,
was called out on strikes The defeat
tumbled Bays men from seventh place.
The Islanders grabbed a lead in the
third frame. Erlewein was hit by a
pitched ball, but retired stealing. Biltz,
next up, got a fluke double. The ball
DOuuueu past t1uSneS llLO center ana
by some nervy base running Heinie
managed TO reach second on the hit.
Ward famed, but Lister responded
with a single to center and BiItz reg
tstered.
The Flows got two runs on one hit in
the fifth. Shears. first up. damned a
pretty single to center. Lynch drew a
walk and Falk fouIed out. Davis also
drew a walk. filing the bags. Petit
grew drove long fly to Biltz, enabling
Shears to score. Lynch went to third
on the play. Davis and Lynch then
a double steal, Red scor-
ing. Bays men knotted the count in
the sixth. Varney started with a
single to right and Vance sacrificed.
Varney counted on Munch's smash to
center.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
Win I'm Tenth.

Up until the tenth Moline had been
unable TO get more than one hit to an
inning off Kolls. In this frame Shears
scratched a safety, which glanced off
kolls' init, and Lynch sacrificed. F'alk
foaled out, but Davis singled to center
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
ISLANDERS LOSE
IN TENTH INNING
BY SCORE OF 80
Hollis 0utpitches Shears, But Walks
Prove Costly and Breaks Go
Against Him in Pinches.
DAVIS DRIVES IN WINNING RUN

Counts Moline Pitcher From Second
On Single-Struthers Taken Ill
and Players Act as Umpires.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island at Moline.
Rockford ut Davenport.
Peoria at Quincy.
Hannibal at Bloomington.
GAMES MONDAY.
Davenport at Rock Island.
Moline at Rockford
Quincy at Bloomington
Hannibal at Peoria
All scheduled double headers Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02
BY CARL ED.

Local fandOm should turn out
IN full force Monday afternoon at
the local park to help the Island
ers wind up the 1916 season in a
fitting manner. As Labor day calls
for a scheduled double header so
cents admission will be charged.
Boss OLeary VIII muster his
strongest lineup for the occasion
and two good games should result
The first game is to be called
promptly at 2:15. The local club
directors have lost heavily during
the present year and packed
house at the park Will go long
way toward wipfng out the deficit
Receipts on holidays are pooled,
the league getting 10 per cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Total ............36 6 1925 Is
zone out when winning run Wal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Ray Falk gave a fine exhibition Of
temperament in the fifth when he
threw his bat against the stands after
fouling out in a pinch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-02

Hits by innings:
Moline .......1 01O 80
Rock Island q 2 8 0 2 0 2 0 1-I2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31
TEN SIXTY-YEAR-OLD ATHLETES
FORM FRANKFORT GOLF TEAM;
HURL Def IN WORLDS TEETH
By SANDY McNIBLICK

A squad of the Frankfordian Noahs were
gathered In the locker room Immediately
after the bath and were believing like
young walruses. The joshipg turned to the
golf successes of Frankford and how II
took the old fellers" TO uphold the glory OF
the club Some one wished for new fields to
conquer, and that gave the idea for the
pilgrimage.
The challenge sets new mark in ath-
letic history. The team is the oldest that
has ever gone out in competition and is a
grand tribute TO golf. There is no other
outdoor sport, probably, in which sixty
year-old athletes would long stay In the
running. But golf sees no age limit. young
or old.
II recipients of the challenge think they
will meet a tottering lineup of graybeards,
quavering of voice. shaky of limb. wearing
black spectacles and hobbling about with
the aid of a cane they have a shock coming
t. them. The condition of the Frankford
team is one of the finest arguments for
the preserving qualities of the ancient and
royal game.
Cap" Davis who will play way up at
the head of the team is actually a blonde
with scarce n gray hair on his head. He
was one of the first winners of the gold
medal in the ancient and honorable tourna-
ment held annually in Philadelphia
This years champion of the "ancients,"
Danny Darreff, who is oft mistaken for
Teddy X, Is set up like an OK and looks no
more like sixty years on this earth than q
college fullback with mustache.
The falsetto voice Illusion folks have of
mortals having reached the ripe old age of
threescore years is thundered out of court
by the roars of whispering" Wade Wilson,
whose powerful lung utterances easily out
carry the distance to the longest hole.
Few Of those on the team look their mel
low years, and knowing this condition will
.RAI.a l.1 hnld fuNuA nH aNh .-lA
teams. the Frankfordians will demand birth
certificate dates to be duly registered be-
fore weighing in at the first tee. 1t is
likely that some of the far distant chal-
lenges will be played, each team on its own
course. and the results be mailed to a ref
ereeing committee.
Speaking OF tributes to the game of golf
the very latest one is the design on the back
Of the brand.new dimes. samples of which
may be had by golfers at any bank, simply
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

NOR glory and the old mans champion.
Il ship Of, the United States Ten patri'
archs. sunbrown. of wrinkled neck and clear
Of aged eye, threw down the gauntlet today
TO the whole worldwide realm OF golfdom
in a challenge over the links for the team
title of America.
The sweeping Gen was issued through f,
s. Davis. Select Councilman from his ward,
golf fan extraordinary, and captain of the
spirited veterans who would go forth to bat
tie. The whole ten OF them are from the
Frankford Country Club. The combined age
Of the band of Methusaleans is more
than six hundred and fifty years
The conditions or the match are these:
Every member of the team must be at least
sixty years old, and no handicaps will be
given golfers of extreme age. 100 years or
SO. livery pre-Adamiter on the team
must belong to the same country club. The
conditions Of the play Will be determined
by ENJOYS from each team. but the spirited
Frankfordians don't give a rip whether the
play is match or medal. or both.
What the grandfatherly team wants is
action.
that clubs such the Ozone Club. made up
OF members of different clubs are not eligi-
BILE. All the fellers must be active men,
bers Of the same country club.
Cap Davis intimated today that. IL they
had the nerve to accept. there was a flock
OF OLD men over IN the cricket club, right
here in this city, that would make good
practice" for his team.
WED like to clean up a couple of local
teams just TO get our team going nicely"
said the Frankford Nestor, land then we
can give other teams around the country
what's coming to them"
The Frankford lineup with Golf Associa-
tion of Philadelphia handicaps. follows: f.
s. Davis. captain, II Daniel Darreff, 12 !;
Wade Wilson, Emmett O'Neill, Il; A j.
Gilmour IA Harry and Fred Buclius, IT (;
Robert Lewis, IS; Ben c. Tillinghast, is !;
and tenth man dark horse" Several old
men have recently Joined the Frankford
Club. and among them is said to be a star
of the first order.
Plans for the challenge definitely decided
upon today. were first Matched at Northfield
last Saturday. on the last day of the tour
nament OF the Country Club Of Atlantic
City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

WITH TAD JONES BACK AT OLD e
YALE, ELI FOLLOWERS REASON
GLOOM CLOUDS SHOULD PAT u
BY GRANTLAND RICE

o~..... Ioac .,.o~. ~ af.osfer oossed Ger as
60, ..S,'... ,Sv .s oasn.I ,,.d S-ed ,yo,, ard
LHHcv
Fou0ht Tor ths honor ava 0'orb oJ f"'e'
We who hove eeen hen hdve toonderca ava
mdrvetcd
As vedr upon yeor our opponents score
Orew;
SHADES of hHpdfTfck ava ShevHH ava hooN-
Where pers the staI,oorts not once ,Oore
the Bluef
Patiently todftino, at last came the dnstoer,
FLASHED from the stands as they rose TO
the score;
We ,oho had lost them 90 long noto had
found rhem--
Bingham and Hutchfnson, jacques and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

~ tammed into corner. ho~.
iorced to make n choice. we vvo,,,s y, sM
tent enough and safe enough ,o -. co1-
luhrtet-Jim Thorpe. Ned M.h. ur
heston and Walter EckersaII "h<
rms quartet could put on Fr.,., -
hsh uniforms, take the ball ou,slds ~ ~ me
and carry u In straight rtsh.. ~ farn
without being thrown for a ios. SeFi'a
Above the Mass
There are only very few tb., -.
ABOVE inc mass over long stre,cr =.
years. Germany Schulz. OF MIch,...
rect f-zfo pounds and as fast "a - =
has had no rival at center. He ~
nonpareil OF this brigade. In the -.,.s -
Jim Hogan. OF Yale. still IL remernhs..sE
tackle classic. one OF those ea sunss,s. =
who come about once every twenty xs.s.
Michigan never will forget IN. rs,--
Heston, Schulz and Snow, just as y.s.
will forget the names Of Hinxey. Ho~.s W. ~
Shevlin; just as Harvard alwav. 49,, -
call Dibbiee. Campbell. Brickiey ana y
han. ~" -
Princeton still thinks OF Foo ana -
Dewitt and Kelly and Cochran ps,. ~.
her list in Woodruff and Wharton. os.cs5
Hare and others. soo<
Further proof that golf injure. IN. -.
ting eye was offered this last season
The ball player who played NOR. ~.
than any other big Lacquer was ~ 49,
Speaker, OF Cleveland. And look wh.t !.
did to himl 1t was all Iris could do ~
hit $50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

by giving their club handicap For there
r. on the reverse side. plain as day, the
figure of a golf bag.
The surrounding foliage is meant TO rep
resent the rough, fourishng on every good
golf course
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31
Mn COACHES HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF DEPEl
DEVELOPMENT OF WONDERFUL
LINE AT PENN ACCOMPLISHED,
DESPITE DEARTH OF MATERIAL
Folwell Has Very Few Substitute Forwards Capa-
bic of Holding Up Against Experienced Oppo-
ents-Backfield May Be Changed


EoorBAL nshlns
@ in the opinion THAT the sa and Blue line Is strong 'sT fen @
forwards probably IL they
matter Of fact Penn = weaker weaker N line material @ than has @ been y S @ s @
clever cosehns Of FOlweIL Dickson. wharton.
eleven
disqualification
w,s
% % game an. substitute guard moves over " tackle Mathews Little
position should @ De r PLAYED a. ms 2 younger s % % IN % Ds too TOO % s and for
practice after o'clock
Of mostnk
IN. BIG excepting utility and
nso sann oo esn o guard
- $ @ % a H % r the % % % usets % @ t"o% n % ortsy OF consideration
guard shfte doverto tackle o.
Conditions Be Next
MO handicapped much
full line and line material a
department
handicapped much injuries regular line
stopped And this realized by the
the latter department has been the
doubt last night before the Red and Blue eleven
great reception as as any % wnner PENN has @ S In In % ysar N When @ 'anu % ]
college will be candidates for the whether they
body yesterday
stirring the football
a % @ 0a @ 1us @ n sI % the remaining gamers the
making idle boasts the student body and
% @ a oss @ % Tn have sssa S & rns work IT 5 @ r Ds
= % being ''''' as the strongest wolverine eleven since Jimmy" ''
New Bakaeld for Lafayette Game
ENN probably
that Jimmy Bryant auartesse on last seasons freshman eleven viii pilot
better director than in the squad and that is what Penn needs
said that Light may hafbao replacing williams
the standard this the
DER
knee mna sooner than expected impossible make this shift
versatile enough offensive
Of hshe line material and the fact that the season half makes this
impossible Next Fowe plans Ertrevaas the bakhe and he
the line until this season Considering the short time he has been
worr position
Rockwell the sensational s1ssos @ Of the 1904 1905 and 1905 teams and later
win auartebacks for of the
Iris gave
as surely made good There are few managers the same who
would have able the long as b did last season
o a
viii
not handle conOs ns this winter Fisher has decided
@ = and % sd % o@r1s once on F.r also played the champion
contest with independent
oadnan even
% s's o boxer he doesn't know svsn how % S s osUss neUs % %
gotten when lad wd into an opponent % IN perfectly good imitation Of street
Buffalo
interesting than last night
i n nes 7TI.ue . EaeAk - / r.
4 - xrmEn I soe,sN Stunt M |
| :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31

Even the Winter League doesn't -,
the same with Matty, Larry Doyle srS
Fred Merkle adrift from Giant headousr-
ters. TO come upon a winter that carries
arm will be in shape to win for his ~
team next spring is to come upon wintcr
that is strange, uncanny and out OF essr
For habit Is that much Of an institutIon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-31
Good Idea

Today along the grassy beat
I missed a putt Of thirty feet,
And as this cost me several bets.
/ think I'll give up cigarettes
IL d. n
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
1.-The French and British have de-

1.-The French and British have de-
vised recuperating depots. Soldiers
come back from the front caked with
mud, completely exhausted, and in
an hour come forth fresh and clean.
They are given Russian and Turkish
baths, hair cuts and shaves; their
feet are treated, and they are given
new underwear and new uniforms.
These recuperating stations are scat
tered all along the bases of the firing
lines"
Mr.. Irwin said that the reelection
of Mr.. Wilson was popular in Eng
land and France because there had
been a reaction in his favor two
months before the election. 1t was
generally believed in London and
Paris that the election of Mr.. Hughes
would have been a victory for the
German element in the United
States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
THE WAR is HALF OVER.
According to Will Irwin, War Cor
respondent.

According to Will Irwin, the war
correspondent who returned here yes
terday from France on the American
liner Philadelphia, the war will end
when France and Belgium have been
cleared of German troops. For the
allies to make peace under any other
conditions, he said, would mean the
death of English and French nation
atty.
Mr.. Irwin said that the allies would
continue the offensive along the
twenty-eight miles of the Somme
front all through the winter every
fine day. It was impossible to oper-
ate during the heavy rains, as the
mud was 80 deep that the artillery
could not be moved. In some of the
trenches he visited the mud was
waist high. After spending a week
with the Canadian troops at the front,
lust before he sailed, Mr.. Irwin was
hardly able to walk when he got back
to Paris.
There can be no question what
ever as to who will win" Mr.. Irwin
said, "but the war is only about half
over. The Germans are putting up a
wonderful fight, but they cannot win.
One of the most marked features of