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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
o TO R R ARyol6
Resolutions q Respect passed.
First NatisAal Bank Dire

Whereas, Robert Rusf1
4 President Of the First Naus,,Is
q Meriee, Missouri deps-E Y
life On the 10Th day Of Jaras- =.
at Jacksonville. Forida, and
as, the Board Of Director n /
First National Bank Of Msr.o n
sour. being now assembled 70. !
purpose. DO offer this trbg,s \
memory and extent 70 TIE boz.
family their deepest synpstsv ,
more than forty-fsur years ID
Russell Arnold was a proni,s- /
ure in banking circles in The Ss,
Missouri.
He began his career in the
business in Mexico. Gssrvt
isT2. At this time he vas e...
the position Of cashier Of II, n.
ers' and Traders Bank and -
that bank until 1877. At hi, ,,.
organized the Exchange Bars {
was elected cashier whieh
be held until February 9, lisa T
was the founder Of the First NJ
al Bank, Of Mexico. Missouri n
organization Of the Bank /, !,
elected cashier which pos,
held until January, 1906, at III, \
be was elected President Of Ii.
which position he held until Il,
Of his death.
\ We who were associated vii
as directors and in other b
ways, know that he was a
and business man in every s,y
those words. He more than ns7
! up to the requirements Of ers-
fetal position held BY hin T,
bank. During his long atn-
t ton the bank has grown in fin
! strength and public eoufideaa
nade the bank q part Of his YER
! and gave to it all Of his bushes
He was pleasant, eourtesa
{ frsnk with his official assoczH
always considerste and kind 4
: dealings with them. He Hval
!. sistant Christian life and way q
4 our best citizens. He 50 Ew
r conducted himself that his allr
: was an example 10 be FOLLOWED
: Of Us.
E At his death, the bank los, b
friends and We lost q good bg,a
q good business associate and
friend.
We, the undersigned dirN.1s
sire that this tribute 10 he "a
be spread upon the records al
s hereby 50 direct the Secry2T
k ERNEST S. CAN'T
GEORGE LEE.
: RALPH BUCKNER
l S. J. BUCKNER.
d dwit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

John 7. Buckner, one mile north
EAST Of organs, shipped three cars Of
fat sheep from organs Monday after
noon. Mr.. Buckner made a one-ear
shipment Of lambs about two weeks
ago that sold at $3.50 a hundred.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

William r. Settle, Of Csci, Mon
roe County, No, tolk his smsll son,
Robert, 70 Hannibal last Thzrsday for
treatment far appendicitis. Robert
and bis mother wIll stay there until
he % sufficiently recovered 70 BE
brought home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Misses Sallie and Matte Carter, Of
this city are TO have a handsome
new home here, built by their brother,
7. w. Carter, Of st. Louie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

c. P. Malone is in Kansas City on
business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

W H.. Rowe was here irz Z
Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

H. Anderson, Of Slater, was in Mex
leo Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Mrs. Raymond Hutcheru g r
III.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Mrs. Jesse Martin is i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
SALE DATES CHOg

As soon as you choose .
telephone it to the Ledge
you intend having q sale
phone US and see what d2.a
open
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
The Neal Treatment
FOR THE
Liquor and Drug Habit
does the work thoroughly

The secret Of this great wo1dw wide success Isl that tie NEAL, Tpg.r,fr,~r
DOES more for the drinking man in from three to seyen dagg. or the dr,,
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No Hypodermic Injections No Restraints
No Bad After Effects
WE GUARANTEE to all patrons BY an Unconditional agreement to
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

reason for being there. and brassy play
cannot be ignored by a player who asptres
to fine golf. Moreover, there is lot Of
satisfaction in good, brassy shot. 1t is
one of the real pleasures of the game.
The principal difference between the
brassy and the driver lies in the pitch or
loft of the face The face of a driver is
almost perpendicular, while the face of
brassy slants backward. This gives the
brassy a tendency to lift the ball much
more than can be done with a driver. In
fact, the pitch or loft in the face gives to a
brassy lofting power just as tee pro-
vides the same quality in play with the
driver.
The stance for the brassy is the same as
that used in driving as explained in a pre-
vious article. A brassy requires a little
stiffer handle, and a brass plate or sole
as it is used for rOugher work than the
driver.
The swing and grip of the club is the
same as in driver play, but one must he
sure of his grip with a brassy especially
where the club head is certain to come in
contact with the ground on a bad lie.
A player must give a lot of attention as
TO how to hit the ball. If the hall has a
fairly good lie the play can be made easily
and rhythmlcally without any attempt to
dig under the ball. You can trust the loft
in the face of the brassy TO pick the ball up
properly If the stroke is played rightly.
The most frequent error in brassy play
that l have observed is the tendency Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

IT'S EASY TO MISS A SHORT PUTT
WHEN IT'S SINKING MEANS A NEW
FIGURE IN GOLF COURSE RECORDS
Maxwell Had Two-Footer for New Low-Water
Mark at Aronimink, but 1t Failed
to Drop in Hole

THERE are many things on a golf course
l. that come under the heading Of mental
hazards. Deep chasms and ponds that look
the player in the eye from the tee are a
part Of the common or garden variety of
the species. and yet there Is one mental
obstacle that Is overlooked, principally be-
cause the average golfer never reaches
the stage Of the game where he is faced
with that Gibraltar of hazards, the short
putt on the home green that will set new
record for the course If IT rattles In the
cup.
Norman II. Maxwell, Quaker City golf
sensation. was brought face TO face with
the big obstacle while playing against Carl
Anderson, the New York golf architect, at
Aronimink yesterday Maxwelrs sixty
eighth shot stopped within the length Of a
putter shaft Of the eighteenth flag and a
gentle little tap in the right direction
would have made a new record for the
difficult Drexel Hill course. 1t seemed a
certainty that the course mark was due
for reduction; then came the mental
hazard and its result.
Jerry Travers speaks of the mental tor
ture that he experienced In making the last
short putt that gave him his first champion
ship ten years ago, at Euclid. The four
times additional national champ said 81
got the putt, but I was surprised when it
dropped in. Now I am not supposed to be
afflicted with any great nervousness. but
here was a putt that was not at all difficult,
but which came near upsetting me because
! realized that a championship was so
close"
There Is something about these vital puts
that make them about the hardest thing in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

comes when your newspapers begin to cut
doWh heavily in sporting publicity, it will
iall or even more but as long as baseball
gets a fair share of publicity and as long
as there Is fair material left. then baseball
VIII move along But ! believe you will
una that football interest will be almost
entirely destroyed. Most or many of your
leading football men will be taking military
service. You will find they have very little
interest left in the game. | doubt very
much If those left can he made to even prac-
tice, much less attempt TO play out any
football schedule"
Which is true enough Baseball and foot
baL are widely different IN their appeals
Baseball has come to be in the main pro-
teSsion' Football is 100 per cent sport
Baseball players left will be willing enough
70 go along with the game. The only foot
bali that may be seen will he professional
football and there Is "A big chance that
professional football will have quite a call
this fall. 1t will very likely be the leading
ran sport after world series echoes have
faded out This, at least, looks to be the
future situation of sport in the United
States after the war if the United States
can be judged at all from the Canadian
situation into which we have looked for the
last week in order to find out from leading
Canadian sportsmen exactly how the situa-
tlon stood.
Their opinion is that the States will main
tain their professional sport throughout the
war; that such will serve useful purpose,
but that nearly all amateur competitive
sport viii fade out until the shadow of the
war has drfted away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

the game 10 negotiate. Maxwell could .,.,.
the easy shot that faced him twelve INK
out Of n dozen in practice. Yet bis sts...
ninth shot did not land in the bot,o,.
the cup; consequently, there was NJ - ~
record hung up for the circuit Of Aroni,.i"S,W Nv
Carl Anderson is probably familiar ,unls
more golf courses than any other Iini,u.N.n WIN
In the country. His business carries bi.u',n ban
the four corners of the country. ana In -. 20
most every stop the lanky one-tirno al ~
dusts off his clubs and becomes narso,,l,,' uu,Vr
acquainted with the layout of the c,,,sly co,,rany
He made brilliant start In his ma tcI 80 es'
Maxwell yesterday and finished tbo .en slIl
half-dozen holes in three under forre re, OF
home player was setting a furious iN ne
ana as result Anderson began sIiprs-~
atter watching his opponents birds ans
pars taIl with clocklike regularity 1rha
young North and South champion ,vas
going strong, and his few slips wora was
pensated by a series Of spectacular unJou
pars; he reached the turn with a to.aI
thirty-four, and this included the Uoa., va, OF
Of three easy puts. suns
Had Maxwell been able to rim do,,.- !,
sixty-nine yesterday he would have sno.rl ms
plished the unique feat Of brealsir.sC o
course records within three dave .wo
Sunday the young Phladelphian o.. Nsse NeS
new amateur figure Of scventy-four a. i .le
low-water mark Of the Trenton Co,,.tle ale
Clubs eghtcen-holc layout MaxwoII uui.y
that one Of the greatest hazards on ~
course is the New Jersey Homo 20. .u le
Criminal Insane. The second tee is ,,,,Li'
a hundred yards of the asylum farco als
as the players drive off they are given tha
hearty raz by the assembled mob of IN
mates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
HONORS AWARDED
AT TRADES SCHOOL
Lewis Wins Gold Medal as
Athlete and Student.
Watch for Fredericks
QUAKERS GET LETTERS

Scholastic and athletic honors combined
have been awarded the Philadelphia Trades
School student-athetes by the faculty.
William Lewis, the holder Of the shot-put
record, who will graduate in June, was
awarded the gold medal fob for being the
best athlete well up in his studies
The gold watch for the highest honor in
the school, the best student and athlete in
the graduating class Of February, was
awarded to Fredericks the 1916 baseball
pitcher. While Lewis's award was next
highest honors, there was little to choose
between these two all-around athletes,
Trades School is now active in baseball
and track Coach Hamilton will enter
strong track squad in the meet with the
other City High School athletes Coach
Charles Schlow will have his baseball play
ers in two games this week. on Thursday
Catholic High will be played at Catholic
Highs field. and on Friday the West Phla-
delphia High nine will be met in one of
the most important league games of the
season.
Athletes who have won fame for Penn
Charter School on tennis courts, baseball
and cricket fields were rewarded by the
school athletic association at the meeting
held yesterday afternoon at the school
Marshall Persol presided and there were
speeches by the captains and coaches.
Penn Charters junior tennis players were
recognized for their title victories by the
award of the junior p, C. insignia, they
were Captain Bert Balch Milo Miller. Tom
Mikel Inky Brows, lowell Thomas, Albert
Smith Earle Bartlett and Allen Collins.
Captain Dave Smith, son of the Mayor
whdNis now in the Naval Coast Defense Re
serve, was also remembered by the award OF
"P. c." as he started the season with
the team and played in some of the games
So was Pred Bartlett. who left Penn Char
ter to enter Annapolis.
The baseball players to receive the award
were Lester Stley. Dave Smith. Fred Bart
lett Marshall Pier5ol, r Brown Bill Flem-
ing, Mitchell Carey Ward, Greenlee, Ar
thur Fleming, Harmed and Redmond.
In cricket Aiken Reichner Captain James
Mccain, Chapman. Ward, Van Pelt, Sit
ley. A. Fleming, r, Davis, Pilling, Peterson,
Tatnall Brown, r. Brown and Piersol were
rewarded.
Timely hits by Reid and Hutchinson won
the Freshman League game between the
Germantown High and the Northeast High
School frst-year teams yesterday afternoon
at Germantown's field the GermaAtown
nine winning by a score Of to in a
rally In the seventh inning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE-

nENNY LEONARD'S dethronement oil
ID Freddy Welsh may deprive Johnny hh'
bane Of an opportunity to grasp a seco''u
ring championship until after Germany mas
been licked" II Leonards declaration 10
sign up in INK Samls service after MS
match here Monday night with Joe Weish'
Is more than a threat. the wonderful' Goth
am gloveman will have TO pass up the nst,
cuff game until the great war mas reacneu
a climax. There is little doubt that Leon
ard will pass a physical examination he
ia a remarkable type of an athlete-ro-
bust healthy alert and strong Benny was
horn in New York April 7, 1885, when
places him Just over the twenty-one-yea ear-olo
mark. He is Ave feet five inches tai ana
weighs 1913 pounds. Previous to the Leon
ard-WeIsh contest negotiations were for
twenty-round bout between the Brlton ana
LSlbane at New orleans, and an oner from
Canton, o., also was made for the same
contest Had Welsh withstood Leonard IN
their New York fray Monday night II IS
almost a certainty that the eX-champion ana
the featherweight wizard would have put
on a scheduled twenty-rounder. Kilbane's
chances of winning the title from Welsh
would have been almost surety as the
American proved himself Freddy's ring su-
perior by far on May in ten rounds In New
York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
SHIBE PARK NON-AD RULE
BROKEN FOR NAVY'S CALL
Enlist Now; Your Country Needs
YOU" First Sign at Local
Ball Yard

Despite the original ruling Of the board
of directors Of the American Ball Club of
Philadelphia that they would have no ad-
Nertsing in the inclosurc, Connie Mack has
patrioticany thrown all reservations aside
and has bannred the walls with advertise
ment calls for the United States Navy. All
over the country baseball managers have
accorded to the wishes Of the Navy Pub
licty Bureau and posted calls for recruits
where they could be seen by the fans.
Mack writes to the Publicity Bureau:
When we built our ball park our board
decided that we would allow no signs of
any description whatever in our ball park,
and the absence of these signs meant thou
sands of dollars Of revenue from the adver-
tising standpoint. Since the outbreak of the
war we had painted In large white letters
on our concrete wall both in the left and
right field, Enlist Now. Your Country,
Needs You SO you can see to what steps
We have gone to stimulate enistments"
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The Canadians Viewpoint
Fiancee of Darcy Due in
U. s. in FeU Days, and His
Death Is UnknOIUn to Her

a girl from faT-away Australia will GALL
want down IA gangplank in San Francisco In
a few days. with gladness in her Young
heart. only TO receive the saddest blow Of her
hfe
Les Darcy.
The girl is Darcy's sweetheart. She was
coming to America to marry Les. She
sailed from Australia some weeks ago. and
was at sea when Darcy died,
The news of her departure was received n
few days ago by friend OF the unfOrtunate
leslie,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
ATHLETICS TO PLAY
GAME FOR WAR FUND

Connie Mack's Athletics have agreed 10
play benefit game for the p. r. r. Wom-
ems Division for War Relief. Department
No 3, at Shibe Park on June 7. The st
Louis Browns will oppose the Mackmen
on that date, when the proceeds of the
game will be turned over to the War Re-
lief Fund,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

in the days wher
gutta percha balls
were used, the green
can be reached on
the second shot with
iron. There IS con-
siderable truth In
this argument as ap.
piled to frst-Class
players, but / believe
that the great ma
jority of golfers can
not consistently gel
the necessary dis.
tance to make the
green I'm two without
the aid Of the brassy
Therefore, ! person,
ally feel that nc
golfer can afford tC
neglect brassy play
Every club i'm q
up1far'e hpu hag .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

THERE is a great deal Of argument
4 among players as to the importance of
brassy play The idea is, Of course, that,
since the use of rubber-cored balls gives
so much greater distance than was possible
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
Southern Cancels Tome Game

PORT DEPOSIT, Md May So-The baseball
game scheduled for today between the Tome
School and South philadelphia High School has
been Cancelled by the South Philadelphia school
The managers OF baseball have difficulty in ar.
ranging for games under the present conditions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

the player to try to get under the ball. and
the usual result Of such playing is only IN
tear up the turf If the hall is badly Gun.
ped don't yield TO your first impulse n
use the iron. Think the situation over.
And If a brassy shot is really required bv
the situation play it, no matter how tennpt.
ing the iron may be. Make it a maxim Al.
ways to use the proper club
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

The Cambria has closed for the season. The
ot1ciai CLOSING OF the IOiSmpla vi VII be made
Pete Herman mix, June f5 will bring down
the Broad street clubs curtain until the last
week In August.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

Al Nelson and Jack IIratton put on 80 pleas
ing a slugfest on Monday night they were re-
matched before they got into their street
clothes They are 20 box the semlhnal to the
williams Herman tilt. Two other bouts will
compose the program.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

Artie Root would not have difficulty getting
an opponent here II he were willing to meet
Barney Hahn. The Richmond bantam has
issued def 70 the Cleveland lad at lis pounds,
Tommy Reilly says the bout can be staged here
just as soon as Art says the word.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
BASEBALL BOOMS IN CANADA, BUT
FOOTBALL HAS BEEN KILLED FOR
TIME BEING BY CONFLICT ABROAD
AS in Dominion, Professional Sports Will Doubt
less Continue in This Country, With Big Grid
iron Revival When Warfare Is Ended
By GRANTLAND RICE

A FIRST hand view Of the situation indi-
n Gates that the progress of sport in
Canada through the course of the war
should be fairly typical of what the prog
ress Of sport or the condition Of sport will
be in the United States. Canada has 7,OOO-
600 people and 100000 at the front.
This means one out of every fourteen has
responded to the call to arms The same
proportion applied to the United States
would mean the sending of 100000 TO the
front.
Canada has lost $4,000 I'm killed and
wounded This would be the same as if
the United States had 100000 or more
in killed or wounded. You can figure from
these detailed statistics just what Canada
has been through in less than three years
of war Yet the queer feature is that
while certain sports have suffered badly
others have easily held their own, and base
ball has even done trifle better than
usual. The only explanation for baseballs
success given out in Montreal is that among
those who remained there was an unusual
craving for what might be called recreative
divergence, Anything which might attract
attention from the war and the casualty
list for brief period was received with
welcome.
Football OF
Yet the war, which failed to hurt baseball
has virtually ended football And for this
iSdSOu' virtually all the good football play
ers In Canada have gone to the front
Many Of the best have been killed or
wounded, There is very little talent left
for any football that might be of use for
exhibition purposes There is no thrill to
come from looking at a game played by the
left-overs
The same thing would hit professional
baseball in the United States If all the
Cobbs, Speakers, AleXanders. Johnsons,
Ruths, etc, were over in France, with a lot
of UnlInowns left.
But in Montreal and Toronto the two
main baseball cities of Canada, most Of the
talent is recruited from the States. Very
few OF these Joined the Canadian military
forces. So there was no saRging in the
games general standard. The Canadian fan
could see just as good baseball through
the war as before
The Canadians Viewpoint
'Tf the time comes" remarked a we'll
known Canadian sportsman when many Of
your baseball stars go to the front, then
baseball will fall off badly. or if the time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

lack johnson is down and out according
IN reports The negro Is at Barcelona, Spain.
where he ia a man without either country or
an Income. He has lost his stable OF cars, Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

Albert Badoud, the Franco Swiss. is suffering
from an Injured hand and, as result his
ma tch with Soldier Bartield in New York Sat
urday night Is on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

KID Dougherty and Lew Hustler sox In the
semi. Other bouts are Bob Beebe VS.. Whitley
Winters, Jimmy Livingston VS.. Young Coster
and Eddie Willis VS.. Charley Klein
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

Kid Mcfarland. who refereed and stopped
the Ieonard-Welsh bout was one OF the IA stes
ughtweights in America, and In his time there
weren't many slow ones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

Young Al SIegai, an amateur boxer. is about
TO enter on a professional career. He Is a
ilO-pounder and has been boxing at the Gayety.
Several OF Philadelphia's best boxers are Gayety
graduates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
Athletics Look Like Champions and Win TUO Games in One

walked huedy the office at sh Park yesterday
verbal broadsde
backd the eng mana nto a
personal but MUST
a
a
of deep thought
he
mucf-abud Athletics grab that
of from
anything about the matinee Far be from that
edition Of the AS
batting
second
a
a
and ou o
the o
year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30
Wild Bill Is Wild for Another Big League Outfelder

be eprey
OF
OF him
Of the
hunters combng the
and night
a
~ otowa
the Yankees would ave a
Can't Around Friendly Wager Says Neu York Judoe
Ato that state
the
the
OF
COrbett Figures PhhS Haze Outside Chance
TAEs with the state
in
that MAKE
pennant chases
xTERY oidch Yorkto
pitchers pned
In
~. chem little more than eredihonorA