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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17
A Few SOuthpaMs

Ruth who is young, powerful and pos
sessed Of the winning stun may some day
work his way to the southpaw heights.
But he has quite a distance yet to go
before he passes the various Crests left by
such left.handers as Toad Ramsay Theo-
dore Brctensteln, George Edward Waddell,
Doc White Napoleon Rucller. George
Wiltse, Edward Plank and several others
Ieft-handers have been jOshed kidded,
spoofed. knocked and all the rest Of it for
II good many campaigns, but many Of them
have been among the greatest pitchers of
the game.
And the test isn't one or two years Ruth
Is still too young at the business Of left
handing or south-pawing 10 be classed
with Rtbe Waddcll or Eddie Plank or Nap
RuClSer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Lit Brothers baseball team Will start practice
for thcir strenuous schedule on saturday at T..
r. Il. Y NJ. G. 4. grounds. Fhoy have open
positions for third hasrmgh and right
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

. Tonchstone, last seasons winning pitcher OF
we Deiawnre County League. has two defeats
enhrSeu up 10 MIN IN as many starts 10 date
STANLEY Baumgnrtner, formerly of tho PhIllies
was his opponent on each occasion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Fort Washington had big celebration at its
opening same which included a parade by Boy
Scouts and @. A, II veterans also flag
raising. These features did NOT prevent Glen.
side from handing out sound 1872 trouncinE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

ROokwoOd b. y. &. has a few open dates 10
teams such as Bon Air. Palmyra and Audubon
James Mcbride, 9OA6 North Twenty-third street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

The athletic events scheduled for last Sat
mrdaH ~ Point Breeze Park N connection with
the philadelphia Shoe Manufacturers meet and
which were called on owing to rain, will be do.
ctded this Saturday rfic-ooon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Bethel baseball club would like to hear from
ali nrst-class teams In Pennsylvania Now Jer-
sey and Delaware. J. Fitzpatrick, 22O7 South
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17
BABE RUTH, RATTLING SOUTHPAW,
BUT NOT IN CLASS AS YET WITH
OTHER GREAT PORTSIDE FINGERS
Eccentric Rube Waddell Noblest Roman of Them
All, While Eddie Plank Has Lasted Longer
Than Any Left-Hander Game Has known
BY GRANTLAND RICE

A CONTEMPORARY day or so ago re.
n ferrcd to Babe Ruth, the Red Sox star,
as "onc of the greatest, If not THE great
est, left-hander Of all thne--eithcr now or
in the making" The latter phrase referred
10 Ruth.
Ruth is a great pitchcr---a mighty pur-
veyor Of the battling pill. He was the best
left-hander I'm the game last year--and APP
parently the best left-handcr cNtaut this
season
But the time is not yet ripe to enlist him
as the greatest-Or even one Of The greatest
of the sOuthpaw flock For no such stand
ing in the baseball community is built up in
one, two or three years. Nor yet in five
years
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

The field day sports ~ the shoe Nia-.fsc.
turers, League scheduled e. he hold u0 satur.
day were postponed until this week owing 10
big shower. which hit Point Breeze PARK
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

In snappy game Tuesday, the Wood
lynne A. e. defeated Tycoon A, 9. to the tune
Of g..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Two new local leagues are IN process Of
immedi9te formation. one Ia an Industrial or,
sanitation, the Other a church league. Infor-
nation on the subject can be secured from
Thomas Scott, $40 East Thayer 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Rube eastman, Ally MCWilllams and Harry
Fritz three former schoolhoy stars are Clouting
ne old pill with vengeance for Upland IN the
Delaware County League.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17
FREDDY WELSH WON'T HAVE LONG TO WAIT TO VINDICATE
MANY PROMOTERS ARE ANXIOUS TO
STAGE IMPORTANT BOUT BETWEEN
JOHN KILBANE AND BENNY LEONARD
Services of Two Best Boxing Cards in Demand
and Fistic Financiers Are Bidding
Hard for Attraction


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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Shottower h. G. has few omen dates for any
semipro team. j. Barth iO4 Morris street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Port r Richmond team Of tho Philadelphia and
Reading Railway League, would like to arrange
games for Sundays and holidays. e. 4. Russell
2S2i Richmond street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-17

Argo A. A. scmlpro travelling team has
May 10 and 20 open for home teams J DALEY
no Belgrade street
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
MAKING OLD GOODS MOVE.
A Way to Keep Alive the Interest oil
Salespeople in Them.

Nev York Times: One of the great
s.ators in selling merchandise. accord
- 60 on authority on the matter, is
tho attitude the salespeople take To-
,,,ard u II a saleswoman thinks that
certain goods have been around the
denartment too long, she gets disgusteu
with them and does not even try 10
coil them. If she is enthused over the
merchandise, however, and thinks that
n is .iust beautiful" il is certain 10
predict that il is going TO sell Whei'
new goods come into department the
salespeople almost instinctlvely turn
10 them and forget the old. rms ihea,is
an increase in the number OF the ue'
partment's 'stickers, anu ie"u'ea
profits proportionately.
In order to keep alive the interes. III III
the merchandise that has not moved as
rapidly as expected, Los Angeies s,oie
has a plan which calls for speclai Ell
forts TO sell goods that have peeh oi'
hand for two weeks. II the merciia,iuise
doesn't sell. even with the expenul.uI. .
- tho extra efforts. the department
trimming is changed. The new ui, @
I'D new note OF interest to the
Goods and saleswomen who have
handled them over and over again with
no success. take renewed interest IN
them and thus increase the prooaoiii
,ies Of their sale A check is Kept on
The length of time goods have been ~
a department by an invoice NUMBER
which is a key to their history. MOI
only has the practice of making new
trims every two weeks been eifectivt
in keeping alive the interest Oh the
salespeople in the goods, but II mas peer
found very effective In keepihs s'o'N'
in good condition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
WOMEN ARE NEEDED
TO HELP IN WAR

Women can be usefully employed in
nursing the wounded, In making up the
soldiers kits. and thousand other
ways. Many American women are
weak, pale or anemic from woman's
Ills For young girls just entering wom'
anhood, for women at the critical time;
nursing mothers; and every woman who
is rundown" tired or overworked-
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
special, safe, and certain help. 1t can
now be had In tablet form.
Nothing stands so high, as a remedy
for every womanly ailment. as Favor
ite Prescription" It's the only medi-
cine for women put up without alcohol.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is
an invigorating, restorative tonic, a
soothing and strengthening nervine and
a positive remedy for the functional
arrangements. painful disorders. and
chronic weaknesses peculiar to the sex.
Write DIR. Pierce. Pres. Invalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Inst, Buffalo, n. y
in full confidence or send 1Oc for trial
package tablets. tAov)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
WE ARE WINNING THERE.

Cincinnati Times-Star FOR Two
weeks the papers have been full OF war
news of a decidedly somber character.
The collapse of Russia and the ominous
Teutonic drive at Italy have proved
thoughtful Americans with reading
matter the opposite of cheerful.
But there was one item when ought
TO offset the gloom caused by unfaVor
ah,e developments in Petrograd and
Venetia Only one British merchant
shin of more than 1900 tons displace-
ment was sunk by a submarine. One
large and five small vessels make up
Rritain,s smallest casualty list In mer-
chantment since Germany began her
campaign of ruthlessness at sea. Dur
ing the second week in November, IN
deed. the U-boats did not maintain any
thing like their average OF sinkings
for the year before Germany's fateiui
announcement which forced America
into the war. -.
Arthur Pollen, British naval expert
who was very pessimistic on the SUD
iect of submarine success lew
montbs ago. now belivess that the u
hoat has been defeated. The announce
ment may be a little premature-out
exnressions from German sources as
well as facts in our possession lnui-
cate clearly enough that the o-ooa's
are not living up to the anticipation Oh
the kaisers government.
Defeat of the submarine is, OF COURSE
of vital Importance to America ana III
deed to all the allies. If the o-poat
could have stopped communication De,
tween England and the continent ana
between America and Europe, the am
ance against Germany would nave lait
en- to pieces England would nave peen
starved into subsection; the great al
lied armies on the continent could not
have been maintained.
II is not to be expected that the los
Sos of big ships will remain at ohiy
one or two a week. Unless there mas
been some mutiny nthe German navy
~ which we have no knowledge, II
is not reasonable to expect compete
breakdown of the U-boat campaign 50
suddenly. But we are winning at sea-
and that may be more important 10 the
future of the world than Russian uis'
sensions and German successes agaiiis.
italy important and menacing as they
undoubtedly are.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03

ance to the country. There was ample
warning three years ago when Germany
violated international law and invaded
Belgium. Many Germans then. shocked
by the faithlessness OF their fatherland.
secured citizenship here and thus pro-
tected themselves against the possibility
OF future trouble. Those who neglected
to do 80 until II was too late are now
suffering the consequences OF their In
difference. They have enjoyed the bene'
fits OF American law and opportunity.
They have prospered under our sys'
TEN OF government. which they chose
In preference to their own. and those
who were negligent OF their own inter
ests by failing to secure citizenship are
now paying a very small penalty com
pared with the burden that Germany
has placed upon all enemy aliens found
within her borders at the outbreak OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
PAPER AT FAIR PRICES.

To the long list OF big business groups
relinquishing their abnormal war prof
It's is now added the print paper trust.
a federal antitrust suit brought against
the News Print Manufacturing associa'
ton, controlling so TO 80 per cent OF
the countrys paper output. has ended
In court decree dissolving the asso-
citation. and In fines for nearly all the
defendants OF the seven men indicted
five entered pleas OF "nolle contendere.
and submitted voluntarily to their
fines. One pleaded not guilty and was
discharged. The other is abroad. and
will be tried later.
The "nolle contendere" plea was
device by which the defendants surren'
derei to the government without for
maiiy admitting their guilt under the
sherman law. The outcome Is none the
less conclusive and satisfactory. The
government. In accepting this arrange
ment. has made the manufacturers
agree to a maximum price OF cents q
pound for print paper from January j
TO April /. That is less than any but
favored customers have been paying In
the last couple Of years, and less than
half OF what small newspapers have
had to pay. After April !. while the
war lasts and for three months after
wards, the price will be fixed by the
federal trade commission.
II is taken for granted that there
will be no more of the profiteering that
has imposed hardship on all American
newspapers, particularly the smaller
ones, and has resulted in driving hun
dreds of them into bankruptcy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands OF stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead OF
taking tonics, or trying to patch up a
Door digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the ailment t. clogged hveI
and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the
liver in a soothing, healing way. When
the liver and bowels are performing theii
natural functions, away goes indigestion
and stomach troubles.
II YOU have a bad taste in youi
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor
lazy, don't-care feeling. no ambition OF
energy, troubled with undigested, foods
vou Should take Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are {
purely vegetable compound mixed witt
olive oil. You will know them by theil
olive color. They do the work withou'
gripping, cramps or pain. -,
Take one or two at bedtime for quicl
relief, so you can eat what you like
Al lOc and 25c per box. All druggists
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
NEW TRUIMPHs FOR BASEBALL

10 4, becomes advisable to disband the
big baseball lelagues, true lovers Oh ooi
national sport need not repine' An eN'
callant use NAV be made OF the player .
,rhosa who are not absorbed by the
American army may be used as proies-
g,oraI instructors for the British army
and navy. -.
There is said to be demand risht
row for such educators, coming i'o"'
the last quarter where an Ainerica,i :,
would ordinarily expect 1.-THE BRUSH
admiralty. The British navy Is takins
TO baseball Jacky ashore with tliie
hanging heavy on his hands, is hnding
a. n surprisingly enjoyable sport, pet'
ter than cricket or football. which are
rather high-brow amusements anyhow
and preferable In some respects TO
Aoxing and wrestling. There are some
100 900 men ashore most OF the time az
the base of the British Grand Fleet
Uherever that may be, and they pine
for baseball as no British tars have ever
pined before.
They recognize their own limitations
toe. Observation of the game as played
nv American sailors has shown them
that it is no child's play. but sport as
intricate and difficult as IL Is thrilling
They want TO attain something OF the
proficiency they so admire in the Amer.
ican experts. And so there Is a call
for teachers.
IL would be worth while TO provide
few professionals for this purpose. lie.
II not be thought that the matter is
trivial and unworthy Of the attention
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
From, Other
Editorial Pages
ANARCHY IN THE UNITED STATES

Tulsa Democrat: There really Is no
difference between the bolsheviki party
OF Russia and that organization In the
United States which calls itself the In
dustrial Workers OF the World. IL
there IL any difference II In In favor OF
the Russian party, which IL attempting
to set up some sort OF government,
chaotic though II may be.
The motto OF the industrial disturb
ers In America puts them squarely be-
fore the country. only one Enemy
In carried at the head of their publica'
tions. II means that their one enemy
In the employer-the man who pays
wages. Although the wage system is
as old as civilization. this organization
proposes to destroy IL. but has moth
ing with which TO replace II. There Is
other drivel In the platform OF the
American bolshevik II Is merely an
appeal 10 class prejudice. and II sets
the vicious against all other forms OF
society-against organized labor un-
ions as well as against employers and
capitalists.
So that the man VINO knowingly EN-
pioys one of these men 10 do any kind
OF labor may know that his employe Is
opposed to the very system he enters
when he takes such employment. He
enters as a traitor 20 turn others
against the employer II il may be done.
III that is not possible. or II II Is pos
sible to any extent, then sabotage ~
the next step. The aim Is to destroy
the business of the man who pays
wages. There is no plan for carrying
on business after this wrecking has
been done 1t Is not taken into con-
sideration by the destructionists.
IL is stated that Lenine and Trotzky,
now holding Russia by the throat are
Germans. Whether this be true or not.
their trail leads back to Berlin, just
as.the trail of the leaders OF the ignor-
ant foreigners in America leads there
| too. It must be admitted that the gov
eminent has been slow in recognizing
the menace of this movement In the
United States. but at last II has taken
cognizance of 1t and it is to be sup
pressed. 1t is just as well that the
government has acted at this time,
otherwise il would have been necessary
for citizens themselves to take the
danger in hand.
Trotzky has denounced the United
States and both Lenine and Trotzky
have denounced all other countries
Only Trotzky and Lenine are fit to rule
in Russia, according to their own view
and only the disturbers are fit to rule
in America; but this can never be-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
sIDELIGHTs ON WAR NEWS,

A farm for every soldier of the United
States who returns from the war Is a
proposal made by Senator Warren o.
Harding of Ohio.
An alien enemy is a male native citi'
zen or subject of the enemy country,
Germany, fourteen years or age ana
over. who is not actually naturalized
Far more of French and English Off
GERS are killed than Germans. because
the former lead their men in battle
while the latter stay to the rear ortheir
men.
Tfie German workman is restricted to
three glasses of beer a day, and weak
watery beer. that has little In common
with the rich Germans beverage OF
three years ago.
All the ferocious beasts. numbering
thousands. formerly i'm the vast supply
zoo OF the Hagenbach Brothers, at Ham
burg. have been butchered and fed te
the kaisers soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03

ed every corner OF New England for
verifcation OF tales relating the sale Of
sweaters and socks which were made
as gifts for soldiers and found not a
line OF evidence. Someone had heard
II from a friend" the friend had heard
IL from another friend. but nowhere
could the scandal be traced TO Its orr
gin. A few soldiers, had
sold their sweaters. but the Red Cross
always had given freely and with sur
prisingly little duplication Of its effort
1t IL a natural development OF prus
sian falseness and duplicity that this
Red Cross, the greatest and almost th'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
Ard.ore. Monday, December 8. 1911
POOR CONGRESS.

ION TO Washington" is the cry o'
the snffragists, eager to force the ma
tionai enfranchisement OF women ps
federal amendment.
"On TO Washington is the cry ol
the prohibitionists, confident that now
after 80 many years of struggle. they
can make the whole country dry.
"On to Washington" is the cry OF
the Socialists and Pacifists, seeking the
most conspicuous stage for exploiting
their propaganda.
"On TO Washington" is the cry OF
business and professional men aroused
to indignant protest by the Inequalities
of the income tax.
''On to Washington" is the slogan OF
every industry that wants anything
from the government, even though II
may want nothing more than definite
information as to what is expected oi
it, in the general war scheme.
From every state in the union, from
every city and almost from every cross
roads, there converge upon the national
capitaI streams of citizens ready to de
mand that the government do some
thing for them, or that they be al
lowed to do something for the govern
ment Large numbers of them VIII
concentrate their attention on the Whlte
Hsuse. Others will buzz around the
various administrative departments
Nest of them will pounce upon con
gress.
Poor congressl Life will hardly be
worth living for any senator or repre-
sentative this winter despite the zes'
that comes from mixing with big anairs
and making world history. The session
il a long vista of work without end
of baton .holing and pushing and haul
ing ~ crowding constituents, OF uh
sparing criticism from all sides at th'
hands of an exacting nation.
Poor congress! 1t needs our prayers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
c,-R,ous SIBERIAN JEWEL BOX.

Christian Herald: A curlous Je"eI
hoy made of fossil ivory by the natives
Of siberia is on exhibition at the Mu'
scum of Natural History in New fo,k,
The sides and top are composed OF ,ia,
pieces of ivory and are careiuhy me-
together. the corners being ooNelai.e.,, .,.,
1,hev have carved in them scenes of the
,orthland. the front side representing
n hunter returning from the chase rid,
ing a reindeer. The box is made from
the tusks Of mammoths that have been
buried for ages beneath the ice In 81.
IBERIA. Some Of these tusks weigh from
200 to 900 pounds. Elephants tusks
furnished the ivory for the Jews solo
mon made MS throne OF IT,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
RED CROSS MALIGNERs.
Prussian Born Tales Intended to Under
mine Confidence in Organization.

New York Sun: 1t is the part OF every
good citizen and every Red Cross work
er to denounce the vicious reports OF
Red Cross commercialism that are
circulated by Prussian spies to de-
ceive ignorant or thoughtless per-
sons. There are a dozen varieties
of SANDER. every story palpabiy false,
but all maliciously persistent and all
Intended to undermine confidence in
the Red Cross.
The reports now persistently put in
circulation here have been absolutely
disproved elsewhere after careful in
vestigation. A Boston newspaper search
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
~pc, ,cE>T GERMAN-AMERICANs

Washington Star: While there liiaS
be some sympathy for those Germans
who are compelled after long resi-,
dence here to give up their homes ana
places of business under the president
proclamation, it is 20 be remembered
that these people have only themselves
TO blame for their predicament. They
have had in practically every case
plenty of time to secure naturalization
In they have neglected TO become Am
erican citizens it is because they nave
not thought enough OF the privilege oi
residence here to declare their allegi