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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12

Struck out n men in "a in
nings.
Allowed three hits in "a in
nings.
Pitched no-hit no-run game
against Tarkio college striking
out 25 men.
Pitched no-hit, no-run game
against Maryville State Normal
school, striking out % men
breaches regularly at Bos-
worth, Mo
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
Maker of Pitchers RetircS
From ACtiUe Baseball

A few days ago Frank Isbell an
nounced his retirement from active
baseball Frank will still retain his
interest in the Wichita club but will
devote his time to other interests.
It's mighty interesting to look over
some Of these old timers who are
gradually getting out OF the game.
The fan who knew baseball a de-
oade ago will remember the old Bald
Eagle" as first sacker on the Chicago
White sox team. the Hitless Wonder.
They may also remember that he
played some other inheld positions.
Then. unless they followed minor
league baseball, they gradually lost
sight Of lsbell.
But the major league managers
didn't lose sight of him and TO him
they are indebted for some of the
best pitchers that have come out of
the Western league.
Joe Benz, Red Faber and George
are the best he sent up
Claude Thomas went to Washington
last year but was sent to Minneapolis
for more seasoning.
lsbell Is also responsible for some
very fair inhelders. Sawyer, now with
Minneapolis, formerly with Washing
ton; Bruce Hartford Of the White Sox
and Joe Leonard being the best
known.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
Learn Defensive Boxing to Protect
Yourself In Bout, Says Champion
BY BENNY LEONARD.

Lightweight Champion Of the World.
(Written Especially for THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL).
In boxing for health you will not
want to inflict punishment, but you
should give attention to methods OF
avoiding punishment.
Il is harder to take It than 10 give
Il. So master the more essential thing
first. Learn how to ward of an attack
and you have accomplished a great
deal
The greatest progress in this line
can be had from experience alone.
You must learn to hold and clinch
which is necessary when you are
badly hurt from a hard one 10 the
jaw or wind
A minute or two will put you IN
shape again. but II you cannot work
your opponent into a knot to give you
this minute you are doomed to take
dive.
Freddy Welsh was a master at Gov
ering up and holding in times when
the danger Of a knockout was immi-
nent
You should be content TO box for
points When you have learned to out
box the average boxer. and have ex.
perlenced a few hard ones on tender
parts OF the body and convinced your
self you can take a good wallop with
out diving, II is time to turn your at
tention TO the wallop.
Great strength does not insure n
powerful kick IN the punch. The
strength behind the wallop Is OF great
help but It must have more than that
Learn to throw the weight of your
body with a punch.
Most boxers make the mistake OF
playing for the face and giving little
to the stomach The ma.
iority box with their jaw and chin
protected but their lower parts I'M
guarded And yet It Is easier to win
by landing In the midsectlon than
with a punch TO the jaw.
Body blows slow one up consider
ably and are easier 10 score.
] find bag punching great exercise
FOR the arms And it not only strength
ems the arms. but makes the hands
quick 10 do things and quickens the
eye This is all OF great help TO you
In almost anything you do
Last article by Champion Leonard
In THE EVENING JOURNAL tomor.
row..
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
Cobb ConserVes His Speed
But is Same Old Peach

where he would have beaten the
throw on a fast diamond
But Cobb. for the first time in his
life Is conserving his speed
He is not taking the chances on
the bases that used to mark his play.
He is still taking more chances than
any other player in baseball, but is
using more Judgment in his plays than
formerly.
Cobb is 30. He has been in major
league baseball for II years. He real
ICES that he cannot hope to continue
leading the league in half a dozen
departments for many more years. He
also realizes that conservation OF
speed now means more years up
there and Cobb wants to stay "up
there as long as possible
But Cobb is not slowing up. He IS
still the tantslizing dazzling streak
on the bases And don't for a moment
believe that he hasn't very good
chance to lead the league in batting
and base running this year.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12

Preaching on Sunday, attending col
lege during the week and pitching in
vincible baseball for his college team,
is the program followed by A. c. Nc
Kinney, star pitcher of William
Jewell college at Liberty. Mo.
Whether or not Mckinney ever
breaks into the big leagues. and this
now seems to be a question Of his
own desires, the young star has
carved himself a niche in baseban's
hall of fame which any veteran might
be proud to occupy.
Pitching for his college team in four
games he struck out n men in "a
innings, pitched two no-hit games and
allowed but three hits in the quartet
of games.
He set a new world record in one
Of the games by tanning 25 men in.
nine innings against Tarkio college
and the following week caused % hit
ters of the Maryville State Normal
team TO breeze. In both games he held
his opponents hitless.
On Sundays Mckinney adds Rev. to
his name. dons a frock coat and &C.
cupies the pulpit in the Christian
church at BoswOrth Mo.
McKinneys home is in Cincinnati
and he is a sophomore in college.
In the box his work is marked by
his brainy pitching and his ability to
outguess the opposing batter. He has
everything a good pitcher should
have, speed. curves. remarkable con.
troll, an elusive splitter and a good
change Of pace.
Branch Hickey, greatest Of scouts
among college ballplayers, hasn't over
looked Mckinney. In fact. during a
recent vacation, Mckinney went to
st. Louis and worked out with the
Cards. Of which Hickey is president.
He is now trying to decide between
n career in the pulpit or one on the
mound.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12

Is Ty Cobb slowing up? Has he
lost his batting eye?
We have received many queries
asking these questions about the
greatest Of the present generation OF
baseball players.
And there were reasons for these
questions.
For the first time in eleven years
Cobb dropped out of the class Of 300
hitters for a day. Repeatedly short
accounts OF games in which he parti-
cipated showed that he had been
caught stealing From the outside II
looked as though Ty might be due
for a bad season.
But TO answer the questions.
Cobb is not slowing up, at least
not enough to be appreciate.
He suffered a slump IN batting but
seems to have regained his batting
eye with a vengeance.
Wet. cold weather, games played on
slow mucKy fields have caused him
to be caught many times this spring
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
AMT
NATURE
WONDERFUL
Did You Known

Did you KNOWN
Learn something every day.
In Blahooie. Africa the husbands
never forget to mail their wives let.
ters and carry them around in their
pockets The war has nothing to do
with the scarcity Of pockets in Bla-
hooie territory.
The new fall derbies have a front
and back collar buttonhole for gents
whose ears lay fat against the head.
Spets will be worn as usual this
winter over oxfords while the shoes
are getting half-soled.
With mems handkerchiefs, the two.
sided ones have the edge on the sin.
gle-sided ones for popularity.
With socks, the gentlemen's discre.
tion as per usual determines which
is the right and left.
Suspenders will still hold good for
gents with hips from the chin down.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
CARNEY,s POINT LEAGrE.
WHO WANTS IN CHURCH LEAGUE7

Manager Rollin DAVIS Of the Els
mere Club, Of the Church League, Is
about ready to throw up the sponge
and is looking for some church team
that will take over his franchise. Ap-
plicants for the berth should com
municate with John c. Collision, pres
ident of the league, or Arthur @.
Davies. at this Office. at once.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12

Get competent woman to help you
with the cleaning, and the way TO get
her is 20 ask for her services through
a little Want Ad.-Adv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
HERE's WHERE VI LAuGH.

The Sunday Star has issued chal-
lenre 70 the Wilmington Morning News
for baseball game and as the News is
anxious TO avenge the defeat Of last
year. they have accepted the challenge
gladly. Arrangements for the game VIII
BE made in the near future.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
TRAP SHOOTING
--~~--~-~
BASEBALL
KEYSTONE F. c. WRESTLING.

The Keystone Field Club will hold
another wrestling meet on Thursday
night at their club room, No. 2O4 East
Fourth street.
In the wind-up John Barclay, now Of
Wilmington, will meet Jack Wilson, Of
Chester. In the other bouts, Andy
Pines, X. F. c., will meet Young Jen-
nings, Of Keystone A. c.; Joe Queen
will oppose the best ll0-pound boy that
can be secured; Lewis Levan against the
best man that can be secured.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
sNIpER pEFEATs CAULK.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
GREENWOOD. Del, June 12.-The
T.. A. Snider Preserve Company, Of
Greenwood, defeated the Caulk Club
Of Milford, on Saturday. to 8. The
feature Of the game was the difficult
chances accepted by Draper.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
vISCOSE TRIMS BANCROFT

Bancroft Of Wilmington, lost 10
Viscoe. Of Marcus Hook. on Saturday.
6 TO O.. Fleetwood, formerly Of tho
Cleveland American League team.
caught a sensational game and the
fielding OF Dougherty, Riley. Rimlin.
ger. Mcmahon and Ferguson was also
Of sensational order.
The score.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
Score by Innings.

B firlSs '' 80 q q .
Summary: Three base hits, II. War
rem, McCleary, double plays, Dough
erty 10 Rimlinger to Riley 2. Nc
Mahon 10 Riley; struck out by
Thompson 10. by Magill o; base on
balls. by Thompson /. by Magill o.
Umpire. Barry. Time Of game, 1 hour
30 minutes.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-12
KEYsToNE Z. c. OuoITFRS WIN.

The Keystone Field Club QUOT team
defeated the United Ship Filters team
in four games out Of five at the latter's
hall last night Players; keystone.
+. C.-Franklin. lIackett Flowers. John.
son ship Fitters-Cmran, Pollok, ].
Caufman. Block
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27

they are being kept warm. Of course
YOU can't understand, Pinky. as you're
Pig and not a Chicken. A Pig. | can
quite easily understand, would want to
get all covered up-feathefs and every
thing. But | beg your pardonl OF
course you haven't feathers at ALL
"'And 1 couldn't get covered up in
that way said Pinky, in any case, be-
cause my mother isn't small with wings
like Hen. She's a great big, fat,
Pig.
Pigs are usually that way said
Mrs. Hen. Your mother is no excep-
ton to the rule. She's Just like they
all are, fat, and so are you, too. Ugh :
And Mrs. Hen shivered in disgust.
THE Chickens had poked their little
heads out when Pinky first came to
talk to their mother, to hear what he
had to say. But they found it quite
uninteresting and they liked to be kept
warm, far better.
$50 they were back under their
mothers wings, with their little feath-
ers sticking out as Pinky had said.
They're not greedy, the little
dears,' said Mrs. Hen.
but / saw them take q nice worm
breakfast from Mr.. Rooster not long
ago.
"'Ah,' said Mrs. Hen. That was
very different. Mr.. Rooster gave them
the worm breakfast as present. 1t
was a great honor.
"'Td like to know the difference be-
tween Il present of food and food one
has to hunt for. Seems to me pres
ents are very unfair. They don't give
many of them around the pen these
days
Nonsense, Pinky,' said Mrs. Hen.
The Farmer gives you presents of food
all the time
$50 he does, so he does said Pinky.
| But not enough. We can never get
| enough
Don't you think you've had
| enough asked Mrs Hen, until you fee
| quite i'll and have to send for Doctor
| Frog? He has gone to sleep for the
winter. You had better not send fol
| him now.
| Its when I'm sick l know I've haC
enough agreed Pinky.
But said Mrs Hen, its not pleas
ant to be sick, is it?'
"'No,' said Pinky. grunting thought
fully, it's not pleasant to be sick, bu
| when one is sick from overeating, ont
is sick from 4 good cause"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
Fighting the White Pla que.
lRutland Herald.l

The Vermont sanatorium at Pitts
ford, whose ninth annual report has
Just been published, is doing a splen-
did work along the line of combating
the great white plague in this state.
The fact that during the nine years of
its existence nearly Q thousand pa
tients have been in the institution,
and that . majority Of those receiving
care and treatment there have been
restored to health or have had their
lives extended for years is proof of
the value of such an institution to the
citizens of the state. Every individ-
ual rescued from the grasp OF the dis
ease is so much value added to the as
sets of the state, and by so much en-
hances the worth of the sanatorium.
One of the important suggestions
brought to the notice of the public is
the absolute necessity of taking the
disease in time. Many person puts
off the matter until the grip of the
malady has fastened itself upon the
victim SO that it is impossible to shake
lit free. There is little chance of fail
ure if those whose children have the
symptoms Of tuberculosis attack the
disease in its incipient stages And
the sanatorium offers refuge from
which to fight the trouble with a fine
prospect of success if taken III time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27

1t is TO be expected that the usual
rule of priority in enlistment will be
observed in the present crisis This is
evident in the remarks of an acting
adiutant general that single men over
Is years of age, would be preferred to
all others. 1t is well known that the
average age of the soldiers of the
Civil war was in the neighborhood of
20 wears. In truth, as well as in fancy,
they were the "boys' and it seemed
natural to call them by that title. In
like manner, it is to be expected now
that the young men, the boys of 20
years or thereabout, will be the first
to volunteer. But when we think of
the millions of married men in the al
lied countries who have gone to the
front, never to return, leaving their
millions of widows and orphans behind
them, we realize dimly how we have
been exempt from their terrible trials
1t seems impossible for us to suffer as
they have suffered. for these nearly
three years of war have brought the
end of the greatest struggle so much
the nearer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
.DADDSU[N|Nl
FAIRY Tale
MRS. HEN AND PIG.
G MACY @AHAN bONNeR

ut was cold, bitterly cold in the
Barnyard," said Daddy, "and the
Chickens We're trying to keep warm.
TO be sure they were fairly good-sized
chickens, but when the cold weather
came they liked to go to their mother
for protection.
"They We're being sheltered by their
mothers wings, these two little chick
ems | am going to tell you about, and
they thought they were quite safe from
the cold wind
Along came Mr.. Rooster. 'Cluck.
Chuck he called. For Mr. Rooster had
found u delicious worm and he wanted
the little Chickens to divide it between
them.
Mr.. Rooster, you know, is very kind,
and when he finds worms 1t gives him
great pleasure to clucl and cluck until
a little Chicken comes running along
TO get it from him.
"Well,' laughed Mr.. Rooster, as the
Chickens were having their feast. If
they aren't the funny little dears.
Yes said Mrs. Hen, they are fun
ny. but they're very sweet children
"'Indeed they are said Mr. Rooster,
L don't wonder you are proud of
themr
Mrs. Hen made little bow, and
Mr.. Rooster crowed bit to show he
was in good spirits and thought the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
Do You Need a Tonic?

When you find yourself ready to put
the worst construction on the acts of
others, when it is easier to believe that
an acquaintance passed you without
speaking because she wished to cut
you, than it is to assume that she
failed TO see you, it is high time to
take yourself in hand. Suspicious peo-
pie need the tonic of kind thoughts
and generous judgment.-Girl's Com
panion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27

Dir. John b. Andrews of New York.
secretary of the American association
for labor legislation, believes that
health protection is the logical follower
of accident protection. and that it is
even more important, rs sickness costs
seven times as much loss Of time and
suffering as injuries cost. Replying
to the objections Of commercial insur-
ance companies and other opponents,
Dr. Andrews said: "Health insurance
is not charity. II is justice. The
worker himself contributes to the bene-
1T funds and shares equally with the
employer in their management. 1t
means that industry and the state, both
partly responsible for sickness, and
both benefting from better public
health, shall bear their just part of the
burden, which the worker now has t.
carry alone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
TUESDAY. MARCH -, 1917.

GOV. Graham is right in declaring
that Vermont should do more than its
part i'm the crisis now confronting tn"
nation. The Governor 5 approval of
the plan of the Vermont Committee on
Public Safety to have the legislature
appropriate at once a sum not less
than 81 100000, will meet with general
approval throughout the state. We
nope to see the appropriation made
right off the reel with a ring that will
show all Of our sister states the quail
ity Of patriotism that is alive in this
state today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
T. II E J N e. o

know what it feels like. If all of the
jingoes who have been doing business
on the American Continent for the past
twenty years could BE gathered together
and thrust into the first line trenches
in northern France, those who returned
home in one piece would have more re-
spect for war and would not be so
anxious to introduce their friends and
neighbors to life-sized specimen.
The lingo is sometimes a politician
who started out by bunking the com
mon people and is unable to learn any
Of the new steps. 1t ism t always the
man with the largest flag and the loud
est voice who gets into the recruiting
office first. America has millions of
pair OTIS who are not saying anything
about it. The real fighting over in Eu-
rope is being done by the quiet men
the farmers and clerks and day labor
ers, the obscure men who want nothing
so much as peace and the privilege Of
returning home to their families. II
| the lingo exists in Europe today, he will
be found far from the front, within
easy reach of bomb proof basement
! and don t you forget II.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
GRANDMOTHER'S BOTANIC
MEDICINE.

In every pioneer home the botanic
recipes of our grandmothcrs for the
treatment of disease were wonderfully
dependable. Every fall she gathered
her various herbs: thoroughwort, camo-
mile, sage, pennyroyal, NORWOOD, rue,
etc. 1t is interesting to note that Lydia
L. Pinkham S Vegetable Compound, the
most successful remedy for female ills
we have, was originally prepared for
home use from one of these botanic
recipes, and the demand for this ia
nous medicine has grown until over
100000 pounds of roots and herbs are
used annually in its preparation. II
will well repay any woman who suffers
from female ills to give this famous
medicinc trial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reforiner is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro. Brattleboro News Co,
G. w. Cleayeland. D. II. Cutler & Co
tEsteyvile). Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwen
East Dummerstor, u. r Brown.
Putney, NJ 6. Williams.
NeWfane, y. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, g. w. Cutler.
West Townshend. G. II. Circuit.
jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry. +. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, f. Il. Buffum.
west Chesterfield, N. r., Mrs. w.
Streeter.
HInsdale, N. H., W. IT. Lyman.
Bellows Fails VI, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27
The Breath of Scandal.

"Yes.' said lady of high social
distinction at the Colony club in New
York. q dearly love Bronx cocktail
before dinner but | never take one
The odor of the gin stays on my breath
for hours, and my husband doesn t like
it. -
"Onlv too true,' stated Beatrice
Herford, the society monolo2uist
dreamily, ''the wages of gin i;
BREATH = Saturday Evening Post.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27

The Rutland Herald has been keep
ing tabs on the august senators Of the
Vermont Legislature Ii finds that
Villas and Peek of Burlington are the
authors Of over so per cent Of all the
bills introduced in the senate, and
that on most public debates reported
they have talked more than all of the
other senators put together Proba-
bly, These gentlemen can 90 back home
aad point to their records to convince
their constituents that they were
symptoms Of tuberculosis attack the
they ever stop to consider what an ex-
pcnsivc luxury they arc to the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27

Vermont, little inland state, has
produced several Of the notable fig
ufcs in the United States navy in the
past 20 years, and the present com
mandcr OF the Atlantic fleet, Admiral
Mayo, is Nermonter. 1t is not nee
essarv to be an admiral or an officer
TO give good service to our country
in time of emergency or need. The
American navy needs thousands of
young men Immediately to form our
first line of defense-for the navy will
take an important part from start TO
finish against a foe thousands of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27

President Hopkins of Dartmouth col
lcge proposes a radical innovation i'll
educational circles by a suggestion that
college students be kept at their studies
three years without vacation, thus
enabling them to cover all the work
now taken by them in a four-ycar
COURSE. lie is led to take this view III
expectation that the young men OF
the country will be called upon for com
pulsorv military training, and that for
at least six months they viii be mob.
ilized in camps Tnder the suggested
plan the boys would get their cduca
tional and military training and be
able TO enter active walks Of life as
arly as under present conditions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-27

The lingo is an ardent citizen who
would rather see somebody else fight
than eat.
Prior to the outbreak of the Civil
war this country was full of able
bodied lingoes who wanted everybody
60 get into the thick of the fray with
flag in one hand and a meat AK in
the other. Every town and hamlet had
its star lingo who mounted a cracker
box and hurled defiance at the foe be-
tween copious chews of tobacco. As
soon as the call FOR volunteers came,
however, thousands of these orators dis
appeared from sight and had to be
dragged on: of a hair trunk in the at
tie, with terror written all over their
knee joints. This impresscs the lesson
that YOU never can tell by the size
of man s mouth how far his spinal
column will carry him in the hour OF
need.
The lingo has always tried to plunge
this country into q war which Other
people would have to fight. This i
because the average lingo has never
| been III battle himself and doesu I