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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-01-13
WOLF RUN.

Thanks | am able to be out
again. You see I've been laid
up every since Christmas with
a badly sprained ankle. Can't
walt very much yet, and | have
MT had much chance to get the
news.
Well, ! notice that Uncle Sam
is into another diplomatic war
over international law. Well,
just as long as they fight with
pen and ink, we should be salts
fed.
Lee England attended the
meeting at Belington Wednes-
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lafayette Right
were shopping at Belington.
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zion Wilfong
were in Belington on business,
Tuesday.
Two big Johns, Keller and Bill
Ter passed thru our city Thurs
day.
Col. Sol. H. Hedrick, Huffman
was a business visitor in our
town Thursday. Col. Hedrick
should be our next County Com
missioner.
Mrs. J. B. Will attended the
sale at Lazarus Store, Beling-
ton. Wednesday.
Philip ENGLAND Keyser, was
the guest of his sister, Mrs.
Laura Right the first of week.
Phil. always has a lot of new
railroad stories to tell.
Earl and Willard Right are
working on Sweetwater at pres
ent.
Squire of the peace, l. F. Right
of Belington was in our city the
other day The Squire is looking
fine, the judgeship must agree
with him.
Col. Teter, Belington was in
our burg, last Thursday.
War is all one can see in the
papers any more. Suppose we
take some popguns and settle
that pesky war.
Why can't we have literary at
Shawkey? And why can't we
have Sunday School at the
churches? In the educational
and religious spirit dead in this
community.
A large crowd attended the
funeral of Aunt Eliza Ramsey,
Saturday morning. Mrs. Ram
sey was up in years and leaves
one brother, one sister, six
daughters, one son and host
of grand and great grand chill
dren to mourn her loss. Her
husband, j. M. Ramsey died in
March. 1914, Aunt Eliza was a
good Christian women and she
will be missed. She was buried
at Sugar Creek. Rev. G. S. Han
letter, Junior. officiating. Right
Bros, Belington had charge of
the funeral.
Few. R. N. Shopper, Junior
was a pleasant visitor in our
city Saturday and Sunday, and
while here preached at the Sug-
ar Greek Greek Church, Sunday
morning.
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Majority Of Friends Thought Mr..
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.


Pomeroyton, Ky.-In interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr.. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows ~ was down with
stomach trouble for five ~ years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that thought surely would die.
tried different treatments, but they
did not seem TO do me any good.
got SO bad, could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except one, thought
would die. He advised me 10 try
uhedford's Black Draught, and quit
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-01-13
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR five YEARS

taking oher medicines. decided Ia
take his advice, although did not havs
any confidence In 1t.
have now been taking Black Dralsgkf
for three months, and II has cured me-
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using It.
am so thankful fx what Blask-
Draueht has done for me-"
Thedford's Black raueht has besu
found very valuable medicine for -
raneements Of the stomach and liver. Il
is composed Of pure. vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, All
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
WHY HUGHES ABOVE WILSON?

(From the New York Times.)
 All these uncertainties pertain only to the nomination. Back of them lies the graver question of the election. Why should the country prefer MT. discussion of the elements of his avail ability and strength, in all that has been said about the demand of the peo- pie for his nomination, there has been no information vouchsafed on that point. If there is any reason on earth why the American people should ex- pect a better administration of their domestic affairs or a wiser guidance in their foreign relations from. MT. Hughes than MT. Wilson, it has thus for escaped disclosure.
 MT. Hughes public record is before the people. They have the measure of the man, of his attainments and abilities, his powers and his judgment. All that is known of him thus far would not carry him to an electoral tri- umph over such a candidate as MT. Wilson. Can it be believed that this presumptive candidate. of whose views upon the very grave and important fs- sues of the day nobody knows any, thing at all, will be able by sudden proclamation to win the confidence and support of a majority of the voters and capture the election? If the Repub- licans are not merely going through the customary motions with no hope of triumph, that would seem to be their, theory in the nomination of Jus tice Hughes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1S33-Jem (Deaf) Burke and his I seconds, Tom Spring and Jem Ward,
 oth ex-champions were placed on trial for manslaughter at Hertford, as the result of the death of Simon Byrne. the Irish pugilist. Burke and Byrne had fought ninety-nine rounds, lastinfs hours and 16 minutes and both were fearfully punished before Byrne final ly fell. The big Irishman was car ried away unconscious. He rallied little but soon succumbed in spite of fact that Sir Astley Cooper. the most eminent of English surgeons, was cal1- ed to attend him. Byrne on his death bed absolved Burke from all blame, de- claring that if he died it would be be- cause of the fast life he had led pre-f vious to the fight. At the trial the attending surgeon could not say that the blows received were the cause of. Byrne's death, and the judge then or.r dered the jury to acquit the defen- dants. The tragedy put an end to the game in England for a time and Burke came to America. On this side he
 was challenged by Sam O'Rourke. who announced that he proposed to avenge' the death of Byrne by giving the' Deaf 'Un a drubbing. The bout was pulled off in New Orleans and Burke was giving O'Rourke a terrible beating when the mob interfered and put a stop to the battle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
OLDRINC AGREES TO JOIN TANKS
 FOR THIS YEAR

Philadelphia, Penn., July IT. "Rube" Oldring says he will play with the Yankees, but only for this season, and because Fritz Maisel and Gilhooley are out of the game and the leaders are up against it for play CTS.
 The Athletics former left fielder was at Shibe Park yesterday after noon, and he wns closeted with Con- nie Mack. Mack said that he was perfectly willing for Oldring to sign with New York or any other club.
 "OIdring is free agent, and can do as he pleases." said Mack. "He has several years of great baseball in him, to my mind. A change of scenery will not do him any harm"
 When Oldring emerged from the interview, he said: "I'll sign with the Highlanders, but. only for the balance of this season. I don't want to play ball, but Germany Sehafer was over at my farm yesterday and said that I had been born in New York which is true, and that every fan wanted to see me wear a, New York uniform
 Manager Bill Donovan of the Yan- kees said yesterday that he had not received any word from Rube Oldring to the effect that he had consented to the terms offered him by the New York club. It is understood, how ever, that .Oldring is willing to sign just ,as soon as he can arrange for some one to operate his farm in New Jersey. where he has been spending his time since he left the Athletics.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
WILLARD SHOULD
 NOT PASS DILLON 7
 TO MEET FULTON

New York, July 11-Tom Jones is out with another statement to the eff feet that he will never allow Jess Willard to meet Jack Dillon on the. ground that the match would make the champion appear ridiculous. In the same breath Jones insists that Fred Fulton is great fighter and the only man who deserves a match with Willard. In view of the fact that Jones tried his best to inflict the Will lard Fulton affair son the New Orleans sports last winter, and would have gone through with it despite all the roasting the match received if the promoter had not taken fright and called it off, it looks rather strange that he should be so solicitous of Willard's reputation for seeking out only the logical opponent.
 If it was all right for Willard to tackle dub like Fulton there seems to be little sense in ignoring Dillon, who probably will rock Fulton to sleep within very few rounds if the latter ever summons up enough nerve to make the match Jones' stand in regard to a Willard-Fulton match is really the best argument in it's fa- vor that can be thought of just now.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
FINE AND SUSPENSION
 FOR PITCHER CAUGHT
 THROWING BEAN BALL
Worcester Post)

Celebrities of the national game are now holding a flaming bee over the recent accusation of Charles Ebbets. owner of the Brooklyns.- that certain of the Braves pitching staff were trying to ''bean" or to be explicit, to hit a player on the head intention ally in order to scare him away from the plate and. thereby shut off a chance for the player to make a hit.
 Numerous remarks as to how such a pr0cedure should be remedied have sprung up within fortnight. and even Ban Johnson, president of the American League, where, if memory serves us right, the famous bean balp' stuff received its fame, has chimed in with a plan to stop such alleged methods. Ebbets suggested that a man be given a base if at any time the umpire believes that pitt cher is trying to work the so-called "beany ball. Johnson comes out with suggestion that a player who is beaned intentionally be given two bases instead of one. FA
 What appears about the most req sonable plan for Messrs. Johnson and Tener to adopt with regard to the "bean" ball is to indefinitely suspend any pitcher whom in the opinion of umpire-in-chief or his associate. tries to injure a player by serving up ball that is intended to hit the, lad on the head or any part of the body for that matter This is the one and only sure way to eliminate such a practice. This idea of giving two bases to a man, or, one base to a man in case the umpire decided that the pitcher tried to dust him off is all bunk. It would not stop the practice, as many a slabmap could afford to pull it if his team was Faway ahead and he was anxious to get back at a player. If pitchers know that there was a heavy fine coupled with suspension for using "bean" balls they would quickly refrain from pull ing such stunts simply because there are not many slabmen in either lea que that intentionally try to injure brother player.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
FRED CLARKE
 DENIES BUYING PITTSBURC CLUB

" '.
 Pittsburgh, July n.-Arriving in kPittsburgh on business affecting his joils interests in Kansas, ex-Manager tE'red Clarke of the Pirates witnessed ltha performance of his former charges \against the Giants at Forbes Field S1uring the afternoon. When aSked tOoncerning the rumor which fioated laround the country some time ago that Ihe was trying to buy into the Pitts bburgh club he said:\
 a"Nothing fin 1t; E laM through with baseball for all time.'' Following this he said jokingly: T see where MT IDreyfuss has offered s50,Ooo for a 300 hitter. Maybe I'll try for that money" lThen, in a more serious mood, he Said: Ter witnessed game in Chicago on Friday. and if the pitching in the Ma 1tional le4gue isn't any better than 1t kwas in that game III bet will hit LOO for the remainder of the season." i Fred will remain in the city for a lcoaple of days. He is anxious to de- Ivelop additional parts of his land in
 Kansas. and believes that the well (which he bought in some time ago is but the first of many. This we'll is Ispputing about 80 barrels a day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
NEW YORK CLUBS HAVE 40 ALUMNI
 STILL IN MAJORS

New York, July 11.-Nearly forty <players who once were members of kthe Giants. Yankees or Robins still kAre drawing salaries from major lea k kgue clubs A large majority is to be kfound in the National League. The kformer Giants are Gowdy, Rudolph land Snodgrass of the Braves; Bescher kAnd Ames of the Cardinals; Groh and E11erzog of the Reds; Stock, Cooper. FChalmers. Demaree and Jack Adams E of the Phillies; Marquard and Meyers of the Brooklynsy and Wilson of the EPirates. Two other ex-Giants, Hart Hey and Erickson, are with St. Louis land Detroit Americans respectively.
 i The Brooklyns once had Ragan. AL t1en Egady Red Smith and, Reulbach kof the Braves, Knetzer of the Reds land Fischer of the Cubs. The former kYankees are Schulz and Chase of the sReds: Mcconnell. Zeider and Vaughn of the Cubs; Costello and Barney of 1.-the Pirates: Hughes of the Braves, kWalsh of the Athletics. Foster of the fWashinstons, Young of the Tigers and 2 Klepf9r of the Clevelands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11

TANKS CANNOT
 |. HIT IN P|NCHES; LOSE TO INDIANS

New York, July 12.-They played only one game of the double bill at the Polo Grounds yesterday, and Cleve- land assumed all the glory there was in it. beating the Yankees by to 2. The Indians are now crowding the Tanks hard, being only two games in the rear of the leaders. Wet grounds prevented the first game, and the sec ond battle was waged on soggy field with only about half enough light.
 The Tanks did not die without a struggle yesterday. but they didn't make a struggle with their bats. They resorted to oratory' with Umpire Silk OLoughlin, and you know how all such arguments always come out. Silk tossed in nice white ball in the sixth inning when it was almost pitch dark, and Shawkey, the pitcher, yelled: "Nice work" Silk threatened to put him out of the game if he made any more comment, so Nunamaker had lot to say. He was chased from the premises, and then Manager Donovan told Silk something about umpiring. Donovan was careful to. make his re- marks very brief, and that is why he wasn't excused for the afternoon. All this commotion caused the home crowd to shower the umpire with re- marks you never hear in church on Sunday, but they rolled off Silks back like peas off a knife.
 The populace felt like organizing a posse to go after Lee Magee in the first inning when that party came to bat with the bases full and two out. Distr casing as the news may be, Lee struck out. Again the seventh Magee had a chafice to bring in a run which would have been of huge use to the Yankees, but he 1ofted fly to Iris Speaker, which is even a surer way of getting Out than by flaming.
 All credit for winning the game goes to Elmer John Smith of Milan, Ohio, who was introduced in the eighth in- ming as a pinch hitter for Ed Klepfer. Smith proved a pinch hitter extraor- dinary. for he favored with a home run drive into the right field grand stand. rFi
 The Yankees hit the ball more often than the Indians, but they didn't make half as much use of the blows. Bob. Shawkey pitched we'll enough to win any game, but Kepfer and his suc- cessor, Coveleskie, refused absolutely to permit Tanks to hit in the pinches.1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
CAPT. BLACK WANTS YALE
 FOOTBALL MEN 10 QUIT MILITIA
Gridiron Leader Roasted By Many Undergradu-
 ates For Lack of Patriotism.

the backward spirit of the football men in coming ito the front The came cannot be said of representa- tives in other sports, especially the track squad, which has contributed a goodly number.
 Y The battery, as presently consti- tuted, numbers between eight and nine hundred men. Of this number there are but three football men rep- resentedfi namely: Chub Sheldon, the star tackle; Manager Olson and Jim Braden. Braden has been ineligi- sble for two seasons but is looked upon as one of the best football players at Yale. He is eligible for next falls play.
 One undergraduate in discussing the issue last night declared that star athletes are usually looked upon az the leading spirits at Yale. He further stated that Captain Black and his followers have lost respect by their attitude in throwing down the gauntlet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11

fold, and the capital two two big league clubs. This condition prevailed in 1873, but in 1875 Washington was without professional baseball. When the National League was launched in 1876 Washington was passed up, and the city did not have league represen- .tation again until 1879, when it was given franchise in the National As sociation. The Nationals finished last in this league. In 1881 Washington was given a club in the new Eastern Association.
 The capital got back on the big league map in 1884, when the city had clubs in both the old American As sociation and the short-1ived outlaw Union Association. In 1886 Robert c. Hewett was given Washington fran chise in the National League, and, for some time the capital had two big league clubs Washington remained in the old American Association until its dissolution in 1891, but never copped a pennant. The city was dropped from the National League at the close of 1889, having finished last three times and seventh once. In 1892, with the passing of the American Associa- tion, Washington was again admitted to the twelve-club National League and remained until the close of 1899 having spent all but one year in or near the cellar. And, with a dozen clubs, it was a deep cellar in those days!
 After it's dubious showing in other leagues. Washington hoped to do bet ter in the American League, but the Senators finished sixth in 1901, their first year in the Johnson circuit, and didn't do any better than that, and mostly worse, until Clark Griffith took rharge in 1912. That year the Wash ington's finished second, and they re- peated the following year. The time. worn gag, First in war, first in peace
 but last in the American League" nc longer holds true of Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11

New Haven, July 11-Several star Yale athletes who cast their lot with the Yale Battery when the Mexican situation, assumed serious proportions several weeks ago, are up in arms, it became known last night. over the report that Captain ..'Cupe" Black of the football team had addressed tele- grams to members of the squad, and those who intend to try out for the team next fall. urging them not to join the artillery. M
 Black, it is understood, made this appeal in order that Yale would not lose the services of some of it's prom ising material in the event that The battery is called to the border. Yale men contend that Black has not shown the proper spirit and there were several who did not hesitate to condemn the Blue captain when in- terviewed on the subject last night.
 Since the. Yale Battery enlistments started, a noticeable feature has been
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
.DEINlNGER LEADS
 BRIDGEPORT CLUB
 IN SACRIFICE HITS

.
 Otto Deininger leads the Bridgeport club in sacrifice hits with a mark of nine. He is also second in the num- Der of triples and doubles made. Ball still leads in stolen bases and triples while Moshier is ahead in doubles. The official figures including Sundays game:
 Three base hits Ball 6; Deininger 4; Blake 1; We're 2; Whalen 1; ,Moshier 1.
 Two base hits. Moshier '; Baker 5;; Deininger 5; Ball 4; Whalen 4; We're 2; Walsh 2; Blake 2; Murphy 1. ss Stolen bases, Ball P; ,Whalen g l; We're 8; Moshier 6; Baker 4; Denim ger 3; Blake 2; Reiger i.
 Sacrifice hits. Deininger g.; Whalen Y: Ball 2; Moshier 2; Blake 2; Reiger 2; House 1.
 Home runs, Walsh 1; Ball 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
EVERseEH0IJGHFs TEN 1; @DAY SUSPENSION VERY
 UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

Chicago July 11-Evidently Cap Aafn Johnny Evers, of the Braves. thinlEs he got all that was coming to lhim when be drew ten-day suspen- ksiop from Pry4idIht Tenef,9 of the Ma ktional League.
 IT knew deserved a suspension, g ssad Evers today. "I fully realized Lwhen lost my head in Boston a set down was coming to me. My apology ;showed that. But I never looked for such an innovation as a ten day, sus- ] kpeAsion. Personally, my suspension
 hurts me only in the respect that it Keeps me from doing my work for | my employers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-11
c. O. P. TRIBUTE TO WILSON.

(From the Columbus, O., State Journal
 Col. Roosevelt says President Will son invites war by his timid policy. but there are many, very many people who think that he invites peace by his cautious and considerate policy. If these people were not in a majority we would probably have had a war long ago. The President is consulting the wishes of the people and he finds they are in perfect accord with his own views It is fortunate we have that kind of President in these perilous times,
 The ordinary issues of politics don't figure these days, and the paramount object is to keep the country out of war if it is possible to do so. Thus far the President has found it possible and the universal prayer is that he will keep it up. When this country goes to war. it wants to do so for some real reason and not on frivolous and capricious grounds. This republic is too great to be touchy and boastful.