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Evening journal., 1917-01-25
George CHIP Will Be
DARCY'S FIRST E-Z MARK
BY II. G. HAMILTON

IMAAtQ EAtNh DAdh ANAANnHNAuNAA
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Some time
today Tim O'Sullivan, manager of
Les Darcy. expects to apply his sig
nature TO a set of articles calling for
Darcys first ring appearance in this
country, the night of March 3. Darcy's
first opponent Is expected to be
George Chip, although the articles
also call for clashes with Billy Miske
or AL Mccoy. Darcy. however, has
indicated his desire TO meet Chip
again and New Castle George prob
ably will be the lucky or otherwise
guy.
Grant Hugh Brown, the new ten
ant OF Madison Square Garden. al
ready has approached OSullivan with
an offer OF $4,000 for a ten-round
set-tO and O'Sullivan nicked IL of in
a big hurry. He squibbled a bit
over the time stretch between now
and March s. but he finally agreed Il
was not such a long time after all
Darcy will begin work Immediately
Darcy was matched for his second
encounter with Chip when he slid out
OF the Australian. harbor and beat II
1 for America. CHIP came back TO the
| United States asking where he goi
of and demanded that he be given
another chance.
Chip has admitted that Darcy hii
him with more gloves and oftener and
/ harder than any man he ever met
so Darcy probably will have little
trouble in whipping the man who
knocked the ambition out OF Franh
Klaus.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
BASKETBALL
IT'S ALL HERE
Pasken Invents Plan To Fool FieIders!

BY reducing OF increasing the weight
Of his bat few ounces Dode Paskert,
Philly outfelder, has devised a new
scheme by which he fools the out
helders Of the National League. and
boosts his batting average 40 or so
points over what It would naturally
bel
Fooling the outhelder is one Of the
big problems with batters. Players OF
the Cobb type who are Just as liable
to hit into one field as another. are
rare and dead right" OF dead left
teld" hitters usually are handicapped
by having the ielders camping right
under their drives. which isn't at all
conducive to big batting averages.
Paskert solves the problem by
changing bats.
As Paskert. batting right-handed, is
naturally left field hitter. the out
field soon has him spotted and moves
over toward left field to lay for his
drives.
In these positions the felders are
prepared for anything that comes into
left or center field, while right field is
left without much protection.
Paskert meets this condition by
changing to a heavier bat The added
weight of the bat slows up his swing
so that he meets the ball at a shorter
angle than with his lighter bat and
the ball is driven into right field.
When the fielder finds he is hitting
into right field and shifts to meet his
drives, Paskert changes back 70 the
light bat and pulls his drives into left
field.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
PUPPIES OF The CITY
IN FREE SHOW TONIGHT

Owners Of puppies will have an op-
portunity to have their pets judged at
the second puppy show of the VIII
mington Kennel Association, which
will open in Eden Hall this eveing.
No entry blank is necessary for the
admission of puppies to this show. All
that is necessary is for owners to
bring their young dogs to the show
between and 8 o'clock tonight. so
that they will be in place to be judged.
The show is open to everyone, and it
is expected that many entries will be
made by out-of-town owners. John G..
Cooper. Of Philadelphia, will be judge.
A number of prizes will be awarded
to the various winners.
II is expected that many purchasers
of dogs Of possible pedigree and
breed will be at the show to get ac-
quainted with the various local own
ers aid breeders. These puppy
matches, which will be held every two
months, are preliminaries to the an
nual bench show of the Wilmington
Kennel Association, which will be
held in May at Wawaset Park under
the auspices Of the American Kennel
Association.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
DELAWARE DOINGS
By sWho.r

Pm. G. comes next on the Delaware
schedule. Although the game comes
OF in Chester, It looks like a victory
for the Blue and Gold Right after
them, Horsey and Co.
Practice this week has been post
poned on account OF the mid-year
exams. So. of course the boys will
be a trifle stale when they strike p.
NJ. @.
The mid-year exams. began on Fri
day. Their approach was noticeable
by the unusual quietness in the Y.
NJ. c. A. and by the burning of the
midnight electric light"
The Freshmen class has asked
Professor Tiffany for a preparation
whcih will act as an air purifier for
Doc. Vaughin's classroom. The need
of such a preparation is due chiefly
! to the odor generated by the excess
sive quantity of "over-ripe" jokes.
Here's hoping Tifrs preparation will
be successful.
Basketball practice will begin again
on Friday evening. The boys journey
to Chester on Monday to tackle p.
NJ. c.
It begins TO look now as though
Delaware would have some basketball
team this year. The hard part of the
schedule begins Monday.
Delaware students are pulling hard
for Tom Wilson, the injured all
around athlete, to soon return to the
Blue and Gold institution.
Here's to you, Tom Wilson,
May you soon be back again;
Profs. and students, all are saying,
You're one Of Delaware's best men.
We all miss you on the campus,
Miss you in the classroom, too:
| We all wait for your returning,
So hurry back TO the Gold and Blue
Baron ORourke has been searching
the chemical laboratory for a borax
head This was his Interpretation OF
his notes for borox head. Look out
4 Otzgo.
\ From the way several OF the pro-
fessors have been handing outD's, II
begins to look as though the Athletic
Council would have to so ont of bus
mess.
All together fellowsl Let's go geI
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
HERE'S SOME BOWLING GAME.

Great interest is shown by the individ-
ual members Of the champion Crescent
Bowling team under Captain Pipino, and
tho Artillery Fuse Bowling team. under
Captain Hines. Each member of the op-
posing team is sure of victory in their
single, double and iive-man team match,
which takes place on the Crescent alleys
tomorrow evening, beginning at 7.30
o'clock. The total number of pins is to
decide the match.
Both teams have been praetieing faith
fully and their nerves are keyed up to
their highest pitch, thus assuring a high-
class game.
Captain Pipino win be pleased to ar
range a match with the Bates Street
team or the pick from any bowling
league in the city. "Glad to meet all,
afraid Of none,' is his motto.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25

Vandever. one of tho pioneers OF
the All-Wilmington League. will be
back in the organization this year and
at a meeting of the club in the rooms
In Locust street. near vandever ave-
nue., tonight. plans for the season will
be discussed.
Plans were on foot several weeks
ago for an amalgamation of the three
Ninth Ward baseball clubs-Vande-
YER, Brandywine and Eastlake-but
Nandever has refused TO consider the
proposed union and will 20 It again
alone this year. The club has been
In the league since It's organization
several years ago, and according 70
Doc GradwOhl. who has backed the
club financially when Il was a cham
pion as well as when It was a tail
ender, he says he will stick while the
league lives.
There is some possibility of the
team having an enclosed field. This
will be one Of the subjects discussed
at the meeting tonight There are
many fans in the Vandever avenue
section. who have stuck to the club
through thick and thin, and are now
willing TO go down in their pockets
10 the extent OF giving the club the
best playing field in the city. During
the winter the old diamond has been
| hlled in until II is now as good az
any in the city. Il Is the plan 20 erect
fence. bleachers and a clubhouse
and to play exhibition ball on the LOT
/ every Saturday and league ball on
/ Saturdays and holidays, provided the
All-Wilmington League plays holiday
| ball this year. It was announced to.
I day that Roland Johnson would man.
age the team. Roland Is already lay
ing his lines for fast team, and as
he has been one OF the most compe
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
ing Of the Teams.
Roy CUE MARVEL.

Louis Kreuter, the boy pocket bill
lard marvel, will make his first ap-
pearance in Wilmington this after
noon, when he will be pitted against
Frank Mcfarland. the local crack. at
the Royal Parlors. The men will
play a 250-point match, 125-point
block in the afternoon and the other
half tonight.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
srTrI.FMRNT GAME.

Two good basketball games are
promised to those attending the Peo.
pies Settlement tonight. when Sec
ond Baptist and Brandywine clash In
a Church League battle, and Penlyn
Hall plays the Passenger Department
team of the Pennsylvania Railroad
League Of Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
Wilmington Hopes for Victory
Over Highland in Next Shoot

Chester Blue Rock Club acted the
role Of inhospitable host by trimming
the visiting Camden team by the score
of 440 to 425. The standing of the
ten clubs after the fourth league
match is shown in the following table
together with the number OF targets
| hr.nlrnn
Evening journal., 1917-01-25

This data is of especial interest to
local shooters at the present time. in
view of the fact that the Highland
Shooting Association meets the VIII
mington Trapshooting Club, on the
latter's grounds, at Bellevue, next Sat
urday. in the fifth of this seasons
league matches.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
no START OUOTT SERIES.

Members OF the Eden Lodge. I. O.
20. F. quot team will begin a series
OF games with the team OF the Young
Mems Republican Club tomorrow
evening. All players of the Young
Mems Club are requested TO report at
the clubhouse on Friday evening.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25

Read the Wants today and just see
for yourself how many people use
them and then try them and see how
wonderfully efficient, quick and mex
pensive they are.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25

P. NJ c. A little bit Of spirit and we
should wipe up the floor with them.
And then we can truly sing, Della
ware VIII Shine Tonight"
Evening journal., 1917-01-25

Brownson. q. Referee-Nlaxwell
Timekeeper-Lee.
Preliminary Game.
Clinton, 81; Brownson Seconds, IS.
Clinton.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
P. b. 6 w. OuOIT LEAGrE.

The Machine Shop won five straight
games from the Shop Clerks by the
forfeit route in the p, B. & w. r, r.
A. A. Quot League last night.
Standing of fhe Teams.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
Hagley.
Goals
Highland.
Goals
Field. Foul. Pts.

IOtals ss...s.s..s... ~ II
key and Logan.
In a preliminary game Hagley sec
onds defeated Highland seconds. 3S
90 2s. Score:
Highland Seconds.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
BASKETBALL results

In City League game last night
Hagley stopped the speedy Highland
FIVE. % to 81. The game was tight
from the start Eden led IN field
goals, with six TO his credit. AIcvey
shot best for Hagley F. Buchanan
and Gallagher played well.
The score:
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
Boys Athletic Club.
Goals

Totals ..,........... Q. 3 10
Fouls committed-west End, 9;
Boys Athletic Club. 6. Referee
Currans.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
CUIfRCU LFAcUF,

Second Baptist vs. Brandywine,
at Settlement. Referee, Gimmell.
West vs.. Emmanuel, nc Hngley.
Referee, FOllmer.
Friends vs.. EpwOrtli, postponed
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
Totals
Westminster.
Goals

Fouls -Madeley, Is;
Westminster, 8. Referee-Cloward
Timekeeper-.Parker.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
TNDFPFNDENT,

Penlyn vs.. Pennsylvania Rail-
road. az Settlement
Y. NJ. II. A. vs.. Clinton. at
Reissman Hall.
3
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
CITY LEAGT


CITY LEAGUE.
General Chemical vs.. Eden. at
Eden Park. Referee Ryan.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
NDEPFNDENT.
Gnals

Xavier, So; Brownson, 30.
Xavier.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
Goals
BrOwnsOn Seconds.
1891
Goals

NNfEII - . :" -"
Fouls mmitted-ClintOn, g.;
Brownson, s. Referee-LutZ.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25
Gnals

West End Thirds. 26; b. A. c., 10.
West End Thirds.
Evening journal., 1917-01-25

From the way several OF the pro-
fessors have been handing outD's, it
begins to look as though the Athletic
Council would have to go out of bus
mess.
All fooofhsr fairoursf LET'S On GOT
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-25
The Little Ghosts
BY Theodore Garrison Of
the Vigilantes.

He shall see many ghosts before he
dies!
The ravished and the murdered and
those slain
In torture, shall arise from earth
and main
And close about him, NUT and shad-
ow-wise:
And ever first and foremost to his
eyes,
From the red streets and from the
seas vast plain,
The little children shall come back
again.
The fraiI, crushed blossoms OF the
sacrifice,
And in their eyes no fear VIII he.
nor wrath. sE1A @a6
Only a child's bewiiderment at hate,
And in their hands no lifted menace
dwell; @
Yet these frail shadows shall ob-
struct his path,
And at the last, or bet it soon or late,
These helpless hands shall push him
into He'll!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-25
EPIDEMIC OF INVESTIGATIONS.

An epidemic OF investigating has
teeized official Washington.
- No less than Ave major investiga-
tions are in progress. The Senate
has a committee investigating the
conduct OF the war by the war de-
partment, with special reference to
the scarcity OF rifles, machine guns,
and clothing.
The House has a committee dig
ging into the navy.
The Federal Trade Commission is
working away on its investigation of
the packing industry, and is hot on
the trail of a nationwide trust to
control the price and production of
meats, fish, vegetables, dairy prod
ucts, and leather goods.
The senate committee on military
affairs, has taken up the charges Of
Surgeon General Gorgas of insani-
tary conditions in the army camps
and cantonments, and is preparing
to throw the searchlight on this
question.
The Senate also has a committee
investigating the price and scarcity
OF coal and sugar.
So far, the smiling and urbane
secretary of the navy seems the least
worried Of the prospective goats.
The navy has come through to date,
with flying colors.
On the other hand, the war depart
ment is plainly on the defensive, and
there is big job Of explaining ahead
OF Secretary Baker, II he wishes to
avoid a reorganization of the
ordnance department. He has an
nunced, however. that he is conf
dent the charges will be refuted, and
OF, course. is entitled to his day in
court.
The packers probe has more or
less established a fact that most per-
sons guessed. that the packing
houses controlled the stockyards and
the terminal railroads. 1t may go
further.
The sugar probe developed some
rather bitter personalities, but did
not establish many new or valuable
facts The coal probe Is likely TO
disclose the fact which most Fpeople
Know, that the coal shortage is eaus-
BY lack of labor and lack Of cars.
re are two very valuable serv-
a which the coal inquiry might
nder. one is to disclose how d
Tong" ton Of coal shrinks to a
hort ton between the mine and
she coal cellar; and why soft coal
which costs SO much less than hard
AZ the mine, increases to the same
iue when sold to the consumer
Eorum readers might clip these ques.
tlons and put them up to their con
ressmcn and senators. They might
et s valuable line &c inquiry
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-25
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
QninionR.

DIR. Guild in The Santa Monica
Outlook: Gradually the fact Of war
is coming home to. us, clear out here
on the rim of the big ocean. 1t has
taken a long time to bring us to
realize that our sons must away
with the flag to make even our
homes, and the liberties which our
fathers fought for. possible for us
and our children.
The editor Of The Outlook has
never been obliged to apologize for
pacifist tendencies. His knowledge
of the old world, gained not only
from studies but from travel and
residence abroad made him one of
the first members of the National
Security league. He understood from
the beginning of this war what it
means for the world, and appreciat-
ed Roosevelts views and splendid
leadership In the effort for national
preparedness.
But like others. he could not realize
that the war is here-until yester-
day. He feels 1t now
A wee chap who learned to walk
during a time Of his family's resid-
ence in Rustchuk, on the Danube
river, i'm Bulgaria, grew up as boys
have a way Of doing. High school,
college, and finally business life sue
ceeded one another as epochs will.
Many days he sat by his desk be-
side Dad in the newspaper ONCE;
many days he went out into the bat
tie for business with all the joy that
young fellow feels in the struggle
to get ahead. Fine prospects were
his, and achievements bore witness
that he was already a success.
Then came the call 10 the colors-
the training camp as a school, the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-25
FOLLOWING THE WAR NEWS.

How do you follow the war news
Have you gone about 1t in a
systematic way or do you do it
blindly?
Here is one simple hint for those
who want to be in a position to know
the significance Of any news they
read. Try making a chart Of sub
marine sinkings, and keeping it on
your reading table, to be added TO
from week to week. Any man who
uses graphic charts in his business
will have no difficulty, but for others,
the following hints might be given.
Take a large sheet of paper and
rule forty-twos vertical lines on it,
each line representing one week of
the unrestricted warfare. Rule
ffty-five horizontal lines on it, each
line representing one ship. Then on
each vertical line make a mark at the
point where it is intersected with the
horizontal line which denotes the
number of ships lost that week. Con-
meet these dots with straight lines,
and you have a chart which shows
more graphically than any mere
figures, the exact progress Of the
campaign. The figures on weekly
losses for use in making the table,
will be found accompanying this ar
ticle.
Two charts might be kept ON the
same sheet, one showing the losses
of ships over 1900 tons. and the 9TH
err Of total ships. Later If a table
showing the production Of new ships
becomes available The Forum will
publish it, and it may be added.
The most striking feature Of the
lines OF the chart. is that they run in
waves A high point is reach about
once a month, but as a general rule,
each successive high point is lower
than the preceding one. This prob
ably indicates that the submarines
are sent out in fleets, do their work
and return. 1t also shows that one
weeks losses are useless for figuring
averages and a period of at least one
month and preferably two should be
taken.
Anyone who has once tried making
such a chart, will not be without one.
It is as valuable in studying the
figures on submarine losses. as is a
map in studying the war news.
Here are the weekly figures:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-25
Book List


ny John Curtis Underwood Of The
VigfInntes.
If a man from Mars came to earth
what ten books would he tackle irst
to try to get some preliminary line on
this particular earth war?
Probably Bernardi's Germany Ia
the Next War, which was circulated
in cheap reprints early in the fall OF
1914.
Certainly James Becks The Evil
dence in the Case, which appeared
about the same time.
And certainly the following:
Liebknechts Militarism, Huebsch,
II, 81.
My Four Years in Germany, James
w. Gerard, Doran, II. So
The Rape of Belgium, Hugh Glib
bons, Doubleday. Page & Co., II, S..
The First Hundred Thousand, Ian
Hay Beth, Houghton Mifflin Co, rs.
$3.50.
An In II, Ian Hay Beth. Houghton
Mifflin Co, ~, $3.50.
The Note Book of An Intelligence
Officer. Maj. Eric Fisher Wood. Cen
fury Co, IL. S1.75.
The Red Horizon, Patrick MacGili,
Doran e Co. '16, s1.25.
The Great Push, Patrick MacGili.
DoFan & Co, lie, s1.25.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-25
Russia Is Food Problem
DR.. Frank Billings in Cartoons
Magazine.

There is enough food in Russia
but the faul lies in its distribution,
and this fault may be traced, first to
the long war, and the DISCRIMINATION
that occurred in consequence, to the
mismanagement OF the old regime
to the confusion arising with the
revolution, and 70 the mismanage-
ment Of the revolutionary govern
ment. transportation has diminished
in efficiency, both river and rail- 50
that with long hauls from the south
and east 1t is difflcult to transport
enough food. The provinces in the
north raise but little grain, and 1t Is
dif1icult to take them supplies. AS q
result the people there suffer from
the need of certain articles, chiefly
what bread. There is usually plenty
of whoIe-rye bread, which is black
and soggy, the rye being ground with
stones, and therefore rather gritty
Id isn't a bread that we would eat
excepting as a last resort; but the
Russians eat it and prefer it 70 white
bread.
This winter possibly, with the
rioting that has occurred, there may
be a great dearth of food in Petro-
grad and Moscow. People may suffer:
but If the conditions could remain as
they were during the summer there
would be no suffering, or not as much
as viii occur in certain portions Of
Chicago.
The fact is that saw fewer evil
dences Of malnutrition in Russia thar
/ see in Chicago. I saw no one, out.
side the hospitals. who was not wei
nourished. nor did see an individual
who was not fairly well clothed anf
well shod, excepting the beggar whG
wore the aarb that enabled him &
carry on his calling.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-25
Had Faith In Report
ers
A Washington Correspondent of 1876
Relates Ansedote Of w. 6. Chandler.

A Washington Correspondent Of 1876
Relates Ansedote Of w. s. Chandler.
Senator William E. Chandler Of
New Hampshire. to whose efforts
largely was due the election Of Ruth
erfor6 b. Hayes to the presidency Of
the United States in 1875, had a
high opinion Of newspaper men. Re-
counting a little incident of that now
famous contest between Hayes and
Tilden, John Fftzgibbon, writing for
The Detroit News. said recently:
The writer was introduced to
William e. Chandler in Washington
by a former Republican member of
congress from Michigan. In that
near facetious, near patronizing way
that some public men Of mediocre
caliber introduce newspaper cores
pondents TO prominent public men,
the introducer said:
He is a newspaper man, sena-
tor. so be careful what you say
.sTo this Senator Chandler replied
in words that the congressman prob
ably did not forget. Certainly the
writer has not. The words were:
Ny dear -. / have been in
public life in Washington for up
wards OF thirty years and have never
hesitated to talk as freely 10 news
paper. correspondents as to any 9TH
er men. never asked a cOrrespon-
dent not to publish what told him,
or indicated to him how much he
might publish and what parts I did
not desire him to publish. I always
left ii to his discretion. No news
paper man ever betrayed my c0nfio-
ence. or published anything Z told
him where the publication embar-
raised me.