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Evening journal., 1916-07-29
HERE'S HOW PLANK
Gets BATTER'S COAT

1--WE been pitching this way for 16
years" said Eddie Plank, when called
to task the other day for stepping off
the rubber before delivering the ball.
Eddie's way is unique, however. as
we'll as tiresome, in that he usually
drags a game over two hours.
His endless delays fret the batters,
but amuse the fans. The former
Mackman's routine in delivery is ap-
proximately as follows:
Hitches belt, adjusts cap, walks
back to box in half circle. faces bat
ter and stretches arms, steps on rub
Der with left foot and taps right foot
to ground eight times when ball is
delivered to batter. tucks in shirt ev-
cry third ball pitched, gazes into the
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

One OF the most popular members
" the South Side-Eden Athletic Club
r Patrick Kelleher Mr. Kelleher Is
4 great sport booster for the club,
md Is also a great rooter for the
clubs ball team. where his witty say
ngs have made him a host Of friends
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
CHURCH LEAGUE.
GENERAL SPORT.

Matinee Racing. WaWaset Park.
Shooting. Greenhill Trap Club.
Coli. Wilmington Country Club.
Tennis. Wilmington Country
Club,
Beginners Shoot. P. b. &. W.
r. II. 4. A..
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

NNWNNo u NNNFNFW WWTs
ST. Louis. s; Athletics, 6.
Detroit. 3; Washington. o.
Boston. 3; Cleveland. 2.
New York. 3. Chicago. 8.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
SATURDAY BASEBALL

# = - =
= ALL-WILMINGTON LEAGUE.
Eden vs.. BrOWnsOn, at Front
and Union.
BrandyWine vs.. EastIake, at
Twenty-ninth and Market.
Newport VS.. Bancroft, al Water
Tower.
Pioneers VS.. Vandever, at Sew.
. enteenth and Spruce.
CHURCH LEAGUE.
Bethany VS.. ASbury. at Eden
Park.
Second Baptist VS.. Central. at
Eighteenth and Van Buren,.
Madeley VS.. Edge Moor, at Edge
Moor.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
DO PITCHERS DELIBERATELY USE The BEANBALL?
"CHARGE IS RIDICULOUS" SAYS MAYS OF RED SOX
BatterS Who CrOWn
Plate InUite Injury,
Declares Boston.
HurIer.
Why is the beanbali?


Do pitchers intentionally disable
dangerous hitters by busting them
of or putting them in the dirt?"
Clark Griffith. manager of the
Washington Americans. and, until a
few years ago. one OF the foxiest
slabmen I'm the history OF the game,
says the "be9nball is served with
deliberatioh and world of speed He
demands legislation to stamp out the
evil. Ban Johnson favors a two-base
passport to every batsman who is
victim of the "duster."
All this hullabalOO followed a
battle-rOyal ON the Washington
grounds when Carl Mays. the
underground" pitcher Of the
Boston Red SOX nicked George
McBride's arm with ''ralse"
ball. Police interference quelled
the combat only after another
BOstOnian had punched Grlfi on
the Jaw.
With the squawk from Washington
came a concerted protest in other
parts OF the American League
against Mays use OF the beanball.
! asked Carrigan's young star TO
explain the deadly workings Of the
"duster ball Also IL he ever inten-
tionally beaned a batter
THE beanball will always be a
part Of the game said Mays who has
punctured FIVE men this season. 81
don't believe there's a pitcher in any
league in The country who ever de-
liberately tried TO hit batsman. No
mans arm is as true as a rife.
"ff the people who are making all
this talk about pitchers trying to hit
batsmen were to take a baseball get
on the slab and try TO pitch. putting
something" on the ball they'd soon
wise up to the righteousness OF their
charges.
"Batsmen Who are 'beaned'
the most are the fellows who
crowd the plate. DOME Bush,
Jack Lawn, Joe Jackson. Ty Cobb,
Chick Gandil, Jack Barry. John
Henry and Clarence Walker are
Oi this type. Some Of them choke
up within two inches OF the plate
instead Of sticking within the six
Inch boundary prescribed by the
rules Of the game.
Naturally the pitchers who try to
keep the ball high and inside on
these, or any other batters are liable
to hit men when they put lot Of stun
on the ball. Some batters deliberately
step into pitched balls and get away
with II Mcbride did that in Wash
ington.
Il tell you it's sure sign OF yell
low on the part OF the player or
manager who accuses a pitcher OF
using the beanball, Jack Barry Of
our club has been hit Ia times this
year and you've never heard him
peep about deliberate beaning.
You may rest assured that I'll
keep putting everything I've got on
every ball I pitch as long as I'm in
the game and If I pitch million
balls I'll never be sucker enough to
put anybody on first base by inten-
tionally hitting him.
1T doesn't matter how perfect a
pitchers control may be, he's liable to
hit batter. That's part of the game
and something that can't be avoided. "
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

The Lost and Found department OF
the Want Column is noted everywhere
Tor its efhcincy in returning lost
goods 10 owners-Adv.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
LAKEwOOD GETS OBESITY.

Lakewood defeated Merwiok yester-
day for the fourth time by the score
OF 10 to g. The feature of the game
was the batting and pitching Of Coyle
for Lakewood and the batting OF NAL
10y for Merwick. Lakewood's errors
behind Coyle accounted for most Of
Merwick's runs. The score:
RHE.
Merwick. S1O1O112 % "a
Lakew'd 3 90 1,021 0 10 10 Z
Batteries - Malloy and Willow;
Coyle and Martin
Lakewood would like to arrange
games with any II to IA year old team
IN the city. Address challenges to
John O'Rourke, No. 1906 West Second
street, city.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

sky over third base on every called
ball. dislodges imaginary pebble in
pitchers box every time batter has
three balls and one strike or three
and two.
AND HE GETS AWAY WITH IT!
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
Perpetual MOTION

.
Catcher George Block has en- -
joyed the experience of changing .
uniforms fouY. timis within 10 .
days, and now wears the insignia =
OF the Milwaukee Brewers. St.
Joseph released Block to Wichita .
less than two weeks ago. and =
Wichita in a few days sent him .
back. St Joseph then resigned =
MIN. and few days later re- $
leased him to Milwaukee. .
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
RUNS OF THE WEEK.

Runs scored by all teams in Ameri-
can and National Leagues from Sat
urday. July %. to Friday, July 2S,
inclusive. Only runs that figure in
Official averages are included. Scores
OF incomplete games are not counted,
but the scores OF games of Ave in
nings or more are included In the
table.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
Club Standing.
TOday's Games.

Athletes at Chicago q games).
Boston at Detroit.
New York at st. Louis g games).
Washington at Cleveland.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
MOVING PICTURE ATTRACTIONS.
At The Colonial.

Mrs. Leslie Carter the famous
stage star in a perturbation of her
greatest stage success 1.-The Heart OF
Maryland, " by David Belasco. -
Maryland Calvert, at the beginning Of
the Civil War, endeavors without
success to induce her sweetheart, Alan
Shay to join the Southern forces.
Her brother joins the rebels, while in
reality he is Northern secret service
man. Colonel Thorpe, Alan's bitter
est enemy, a Southern Colonel cap
lures Alan, during battle and SEN
fences him to die. Maryland, during
raging battle. sees Colonel Thorpe
and pleads for Alan. Colonel Thorpe
IS adamant and refuses to commit his
sentence. In a scuffi1 Maryland rem
ders the Colonel unconscious and Alan
escapes. The Colonel upon recover
ing, orders the church bell rung TO
notify his pickets that Alan has es-
capped. Maryland makes her way 10
the lofty belfry and swings on the
clapper. preventing it from ringing
and Colonel Thorpe, upon learning
Alan has escaped, arrests Maryland.
General Hooker, TO whom Maryland
hoped 60 protest, has been killed
This production is pleasing TO a re-
markabe degree. it has every sem
blance of accuracy in the furnishing of
rooms. the equipment of the armies
of the North and south and the detail
presentation of life in time of war.
experimenting the spectacle offered
in the different scenes is that of the
burning church, built for tie occasion
and reduced to ashes after Mrs. Car
ter has sung back and forth in the
belfry tower, Dramatically, the pie
ture reaches its height with the strug-
gle in the church between Maryland
and Colonel Thorpe. This is magnif-
cent production tonight and one you
don't want to miss.
Pathe and Ford Weeklies also to.
night. Tomorrow, Grace Eliston. n.
Black Fear" Also Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Drew in an extremely funny
comedy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
SNAP SHOTS.

Friends are people who are awfully
attentive so long as you can do some.
thing for them.
The most inspiring interest in the
world is self-interest
When woman once gets to the
point where she can laugh at herself
she is not in any imminent danger of
falling in love
The best way to Judge love ,et-
ter is to read it impersonally and try
to decide what you think of it if il
was written by your dearest enemy.
Many trains of thought miss con-
nection.
"A statesman is a politician who
gets reelected
An idle tongue is usually an ad-
vance agent of busy intellect.
We all talk too much because
there is so much to talk about.
"A woman usually buys happiness
when she spends money for clothes.
A Jew ounces of horse sense would
render some people almost intelligent.
And many leap year girl who ia
matrimonislly inclined is matrimoLi-
ally declined.
After a man has been married a
week he begins to unlearn a lot of
things he knew about women.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
Tells HOW TO MAKE
NAVY SECOND AGAIN
General Board Shows Congress
Steps Necessary to Win Lost
Place Back.
WHY GERMANY is AHEAD.
Labor Laws Need Changing---U. S.
Lost Place Because il Did Not
Build Ships.

The General Board of the Navy has
explained to Congress how the United
-.ates Navy n :..ht be brought 10 rs
maximum point # effci icy ~ Ia"
shortest possible time. The explana-
tion accompanies data showing why
the United States Navy has greatly
fallen behind Germany in her naval
strength within the last few years and
other information which the House
Naval Committee desired. Represent
alive Butler. of Pennsylvania, asked
Secretary Daniels to ATTAIN the infor-
nation from the General Board and
Secretary Daniels compiled The re-
port of the General Board was made
recently.
Construction could be begun imme-
diately on five battleships. five battle
two destroyers and unlimited num-
Der of submarines. according to the
General Board. This statement is
based on letters from shipbuilding
firms with whom the Navy Department
has been in communication
The General Board explains, howev-
err that certain measures would have
to be taken Immediately to sweep up
this building programme The supply
OF hull and machinery material. the
maximum output of armor anil gun
plants and the amount of skilled labor
available would be all important foe
tors, it is claimed.
The report says:
Should Congress pass a law re-
| curing shipbuilding firms to disregard
al other contracts and requiring all
manufacturers to do the same. the
| number of ships that could be built
| could be greatly increased.
| The time required to build ships
could be shortened if the limitations
of the eight-hour labor laws were re
| moved and also if the Government
| were willing to pay the additional
| cost of having the ships built by labor
working in shifts; this, again. would
| depend on the amount of skilled labor
available and the capabilities of the
manufacturers of armor. guns and ma
terial to make deliveries.
| The General Board Is not able L
estimate cost of ships built by mel
working in shifts A reliable ship
building firm has stated that reducing
the time of building a certain class o
ship by one-half increases the cost a
per cent, and it is reasonable to as
sumo that the increased cost for al
classes of ships would be approx
mately the same
| The General Board states that Z
capital ship could be completed il
thirty-two TO thirty-eight months after
| signing contract; other types of fight
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
THE NAVAL MILITIA PAY BILL.
II is the Subject Of Bitter Attach In
Congress.

IL - the SdbiCci ol bitteF AttHCh IN
Congress.
The Secretary of the Navy has been
advised that the Naval Militia Pay Bill
as now pending in the Department has
some feature which will subject it to
bitter attacks in Congress by those WHO
are advocating complete control of
any militar yforces which draw pay
from the general government.
The charge is made that the bill
gives the Federal Government less cor
troll over the State troops than the pro
visions for the National Guard in the
Senate ami House bills now before the
Joint conference committees. What is
known as retainer pay" under the
terms OF the bill is given to all mem
hers of the Naval Militia regardless of
their qualifications for service.
Under the existing law it is require
that to entitle a State organization to
an appropriation made by the Federal
Government il must conform to GER
tain standard of efficiency. The atten-
zion of the Secretary has also been
called 10 the fact that while enlisted
men of the Naval Militia are not to re-
ceive a retainer pay unless they shall
attend a certain number Of assemblies
for drill instruction and target prac-
tice no such requirements are speci-
fed for officers
Any officer having a commission
would be entitled to retainer pay. He
is not required to be attached to any
organization or perform the duties OF
commander Objections are also
raised to the presumption by the mill
| tia of the term United States Volun-
| teers." There is nos pending in the
| Houes Committee on Naval Affairs q
/ provision OF the NavaI Appropriation
| bill which gives this name to another
naval force.
| If the navalmilitia bill is passed in its
| proposed form only those who are il
| the state organizations would cd enti
| tied 10 volunteer for service in the
| Navy 1t is argued that no such limi
| tations should be placed on the ses
| force AS has been indicated the bill
| Is to loosely drawn and it should b,
| subjected to careful revision before i
| is submitted to Congress.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
At The Lyric.

Fifteenth episode of Graft, THE
Patent Medicine Danger" will be
shown tonight. - Harding has been in
vestigsting some of the evils of the
patent medicine business. Some of
the cases which came under his obser-
vation follow
Two young men out for a good
time find saloons closed. They pur-
chase some of the patent medicines
containing a large percentage Of alco-
mol and become wildly intoxicated
While in this state they fight. one e.
ing seriously injured and the orher ar
rested. One of the bottles of medi-
cine which they have given to a down
and outer causes that worthy TO become
a hold-up man resulting disastrously
for both himself and his victim A
young girl takes couple of headache
powders which contain drug and later
the girl becomes a dope fiend. Come
and see this most thrilling episode.
Also see Love and Vaccination
and ''His Grandm0thers Wedding
Dress. Tomorrow, THE Madcap
Queen of Crone."
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10

ing craft in much less time Capital
ships can be launched in a year after
the laying down of the keel and the
slips thus come available for building
other ships.
The General Board indorses the idea
of authorizing a large number of ships
at one time. In its reference TO the
German navy the Board states:
The United States lost second posi-
ton in naval strength because it did
not build ships and provide personnel
of the navy now second in naval
strength Germany The German
laws of 1898 and 1900, with amend
ments in 1906 and 1912. laid down a
definite programme of building ships
providing the necessary personnel and
for replacing battleships after twenty
years in service
A table is provided to show how the
fighting strength Of the German navy
has increased. On the basis OF dis
placement the United States dropped
behind Germany in 1911, the Board re
ports. Considering displacement of
ships built and building" the United
States dropped behind Germany in
1909 Though nothing definite is known
of the German building programme
since the war began the BoaW as
sumes that Germany is employing her
full capacity.
Considering active personnel the
Unitel States has dropped from sec
ond place in 1908 to sixth place at the
present time This, it is explained, is
due 10 expansion of the belligerent
nations
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10

After all our greatest sacrifices are
for ourselves.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
ARE YOY RHEUMATIC?
Many Pangs That Pass for Rheu.
matism Are Really Due to
Weak Kidneys.

Is it rheumatism?
Not every pain is.
Weak kidneys let uric acid collect.
Uric acid causes many queer pains.
In the thigh it's sciatica;
In the back. lumbago;
In the nerves, neuritis.
Govt. gravel, dropsy are uric
troubles
When you suspect the kidneys use
Doan's Kidney Pills
The home-recommended remedy.
Annapolis testimony is the best
proof.
Read this Annapolis mans story:
Jos. A White. 50 Cornhill ST., An
napolis, says: 81 can say that Doan's
Kidney Pills do more than they are
recommended to do. They nave made
q different man out Of me. | had
rheumatic pains AM my hands and
fingers were so stiff that / could not
tie my shoe strings. The kidney Sc
cretions were too frequent and painful
in passage, and contained sediment.
used Doan's Kidney Pills and soon
began to feel better. / continued the
treatment and before long, the stiff
ness and pains left and my kidneys
became normal. All the credit for
this cure belongs to Doan's Kidney
Pills"
Price soc, at ali dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. White had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
FIRES HAMPER PERSHlNG.
Forests and Prairie Set Ablaze BY
Mexicans.

Forest fires are raging in the noun
tains in the vicinity of one of the bases
Ct Gen. john Pershing's army, south
IF Columbus. New Mexico Prairie
fires are also seen.
1t is believed that some of the Mex
lean bandits set FIRE to the country in
the hope of driving the Americans
hack The fires are reported TO be
covering larger area than any pre-
vious fires in the history of that sec
ton. Vast tracts of the finest timber
on the continent are threatened by
the flames.
The American soldiers are not en-
dangered. as their camps are not in
the forests. but tire fires may hamper
their operation in the mountains.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
Do You Know That

To-day is always the best day to
clean up?
Fresh air. food, rest these, three
sombat tuberculosis
The T. s. Public Health Service
las reduced typhoid fever so per cent.
some communities
| 0vereating. constipation. lack OF
kercise. foul air, eye strain, may
tOduce headache?
/ Polluted drinking wster causes many
Aths?
hn efficient health officer Is a good
3nmunity investment?
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
GEO. w. JON S
Circulating Library.

|no following books were added to the Lii
hrury week ending April & 1916
IHe Uurbor OF Doubt" by Frank W.
.Mudtw Mause." by Belle X. Mandates.
.rhe -trauger'B Wedding by w l..
George.
Persuasive Peggy" by Maravene Thomp-
bod.
Clipped Wings" by Rupert Hughes.
These Twain" by Arnold Bennett
Around Old Chcser." by Margaret De
..I
Just David" by Eleanor II. Porter.
sUur Uushapd'~ Purse" by Helen L.
MARTIN.
..Nan ~ the Music Mountains" by Frank
10 Surirmar.
NEW ROCKS. .... Pets. a day.
Old BOOKS. 49,. let. n day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10

A girl can believe any man has a
poetic soul if his neektie is the same
color as MS eyes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-22
As TO THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT"

An officer Of the regular army killed
another officer not long ago down near
the border. His trial is to come on
and the defense rests mainly on the
killers artistic temperament"
Now it occurs to lot Of US who
have grown old and been fooled often
enough to attain a certain wisdom
that this artistic temperament" stuff
instead of being an excuse for deviltry
ought to be considered provocation.
Instead of granting leeway to those
people who are thus afflicted it ought
to be grounds for shutting them up
like idiots and insane persons with
perverted tendencies. The artistic
temperament Of course has it's varied
phases. Sometimes, like the case
under discussion, it runs to homicide
In other forms it leans toward vice
Of various types. Often its most
noticeable symptom is pure laziness
The artistic temperament can not
bear to wash dishes or do the sweep
ing or rustic in grub thru the medium
Of toll. 1t hangs around, with eye in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-22
THAT NEAR BEER STUFF.

Somebody says that a certain brand
of near beer" is the genuine article
run thru some sort of a separator like
a milk separator which throws out all
the alcohol. as a milk separator throws
out the lighter cream, thus removing
all the alcoholic enthusiasm and argu-
ment from the drink. One firm making
a near beer prociaim thru its adver-
Using that it is without alcohol bur
tastes like the real thing ard advises a
call at one of their bars" where the
rail- tip his hat back, toss out his jt'
and imagine himself back in the
halcyon precincts of the late lamented
days.
1t sounds good but there's nothing
to it for the old boys who used to strike
graceful attitude and soak up su0s
when suds was suds and a lavish eX-
penditure of its" set their former
possessors yodeling. The old boys MAJ
try it a throw but they won't stand for
it. The man who longs for the brass
rail desires also the kick in the bever-
age. When he finds that all his Ut
purchases in chilly feeling in his in
terror he will take down his foot, put
his hat On straight and depart dis2p-
pointed and hurt, full Of memories in
stead Of alcoholic hope and he will have
tc be good and thirsty before he comes
in again. You can't fool the initia ted.
The schooner that fails to stimulate to
song and thick tongued "Reminiscences
goeth not with the brass rail and the
ney. Not SO. Ey en- tho the brass rail
appeals to the foot and profanity and
tobacco juice flow free and fast and
filthy raconteurs exert themselves to
the utmost, and the barkeep is living
directory of loose women and the like
a saloon is never a saloon without the
stuff that makes drunk come. saloon
without drunkenness is limburger
cheese with the carrion left out.
After all the only thing bad about
beer is the alcohol and the bad thing
about a near beer saloon is the fact
that It is an attempt to continue the
atmosphere Of the real thing without
Its sunshine, to keep the corpse too
long after the funeral. If this
stuff is absolutely non-alcoholic why
not sell it at the soda fountains like
other temperance drinks? That would
probably put the near beer saloon OUT
Of business and relieve the constant
fear and suspicion that some near
beer proprietor will yield to tempta-
ton and persuasion and maintain a
clientele of safe ones" who may pro-
cure the true essence of trouble and
poverty by signal. 1t is easy to see
how the imita ton saloon could, under
an easy local government and vita
wet encouragement from the state
house approximate very closely to the
real thing.
If We have killed the saloon in Iowa
we'd best bury our dead and settle the
estate