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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
McGraH Says He Outshone
Cobb on Diamond.
HIT .432 IN ONE SEASON
Averaged Over .375 For Five Years and
Over $50 For STRENGTHENING and
Bashful, He Did Not Get In limeieht
as Often as Georgia Peach Of Jen.
ning5' Aggregation.
Copyright.

John Joseph McGraw was sitting in
the lobby of IL Dallas freXJ hotel dur
ing the spring training trip. over to
one side Tyrus Raymond Cobb was
standing talking TO Hu.hey Jennings.
That fellow Cobb" remarked Ne.
Graw. shows his greatness as ball
player ut all times. 1t is not only
when he hits or steals Il base. Even
when he fails IN what he Is attempt
Ing YOU can see by the way he goes
about his work that he Is an eXcep
tional man.
lie has the faculty of always start
ln- In the right direction, whether It's
to chase fly or run on q hit. He has
not got the speed he used to POSSESS
but his quick starting keeps him ut the
top
DO you remember any one Mac,
asked scribe sitting close by, whom
you consider greater player than
Cobb" Tie Giant leader never hest
tatcd. "ie3." he said. there was one
man In my time and who played after
Inc WHO had him beaten"
Larry Luioie | suppose You mean
suggested the scribe
mo, answered McGraw. cobb IL
more valuable player than the French.
man. | mean Willie Keller.
'keeler was better man than Cobb
al the bat and In the field He was
also much faster He was better
man for IA club and hit in many more
runs. He always did the right thiu-
and did it without any fuss.
People today are astonishcd al
CobD's keenness in hitting through the
inleld or beating out slow rollers
Kecler was wizard with the bat
He could turn a ball IN any direction
and was the greatest bunter the game
has ever known.
IF you will look over the records
you will find that Keller hit over 300
for fourteen years In 1897 he hit .4322,
which Is ten points beyond the highest
mark Cobb ever reached. Further
more. Keeler hit over $40 for five
years and over $50 for seven.
II give Cobb every credit in the
world. He Is greater drawing card
than Keller was because he keeps
himself in the limclight, while Willie
was retiring and bashful
when 1t comes to naming the great
est bali player have ever seen. rated
strictly IN ability to play the game
for results on the bah field. Willie
thing Cobb does and did it bit bet,
ter than the Georgian
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
Knockout Not Expected.
PONTIAC WILL HAVE
FAST SEMl-PRO. TEAM

The city of Pontiac will have a
fast bali team this season from all in
dications. 8
Among the players who have thus
far reported are H. Luvisi, former
catcher for Streator OF the I'm lea.
que; Red Williams, who played see
ond base for Henry last year; J. =.
Howard who played third base for
Winnipeg. Manitoba, of the Northern
league last year; J. Trooper. of Chi.
cage who pitched for the 81. Pail
team in the American association last
year, W. Myers, Of Cornell, who will
play shoristcp; W Conroy who play
ed in EningtGn's oatleld last season
Samuel Lannon, Of Pontiac, forme,
Streator Red, who win captain The
team and play center field, and G.
Sheldon, of Streator
Among other players expected are
Tiffany, of Cornell; Kn tie Betting, OF
Rockford, formerly with Lincoln Of
the In league; Al Samuels, OF
Spring Valley; f. Kisten, OF Peoria
j. Flood, Of Macon, and Tierney, OF
Alton
The prospects for a first class pro
fessiona baseball team for that city
this season appear very bright All
needed now Is the support OF the fans
Two games q week are expected to be
played ana some good professona!
teams have already been scheduled
Tickets for the entire seasons games
Will be sold
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
STREAT0R TEAM WINS
TRAP SHOOT HONORS

Eight members of the Streator Rifle
and Trap club attended the registered
shoot at Starved Rock Sunday. This
team defeated the Starved Rock club
in match shoot and Adolph Stauher.
auer tying for the initial honors of
the shoot with the high score of li3
our of $50, lost first prize in shoot of.
Wilcockson, of Hammond. Ind. tied
with the local man. In shooting TWEEN
ty-tive birds TO determine which man
vas 10 win the event, the Hoosier
hrcke twenty-four and Stauber busted
tweuty-three.
In the team event OF fifty birds,
Stauber captain of the team broke 49:
lrrrang As; ]. II. Conner IS: Art
Smith a; Henry Rowland and Harvey
Julien 30. Just before this event How
land broke twenty-five straight
In the Chicago interurban league.
composed of Starved Rock. Aurora,
South Chicago. South Shore tChicagol
Lake Shore tChicasol. The latter club
won this event With score of 23S TO
230.
The bad day kept many gunmen
from attending the meet, tho there
was y fair attendance, eighty-tive
shooters being present When the Chi
cago men were about to leave the Big
City II started to rain and many OF
the trap men remained at home. The
scores were considered high fer the
abominable day.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
TED MEREDITH TO ENLIST.
Will Join Aviation Corps Along With
Dor lippincott.

Ted Meredith, famous former Penn.
sylyania athlete and holder of The
worlds quarter ard half mile running
record, has offered his services to bi.,
country. He announced that he in.
tended to enlist in the aviation corps
and arranged his business affairs so
that he could start taking Instructions
as soon as he was accepted
When Meredith announced his inten
ton Of enlisting as an aviator Donald
Lippincott. former Penn track star and
former sprinting champion both in
the intercollegiate and in the Olympic
games at Stockholm in 1912. also sig.
nified his intention Of joining with
Meredith. 1t is Meredith's intention to
organize IA University Of PENNSYLVANIA
aviation corps If possible.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
PLAY GAME ON FIELD,
NOT IN HOTEL LOBBY

q CHICAGO fans are going to
y ~ have their troubles finding
y Manager Mitchell after game
% time this summer. The Cubs
" new manager has his eye on a
=, quiet dwelling place where he
q, can 60 into seclusi0n after the
q contests. 1t was suggested that
a, he live In one Of the big North
=, Side hotels. but he cannot see it
q that way.
q TOO many O'Clock managers
q, around there" was his COM
q, ment.
. Nine O'Clock managers" he
4 explained, ARE the fellows who
= sit around the lobby and play
= the game over every evening
4 When the game Is over l want
4 to forget it. But those fellows
j. are always on the arm of your
> chair telling you what pitcher I
q you should have sent In to win
y the game.
y Nine O'Clock managers are the
y same the world over. There are
. a lot OF them IN Boston, and |
a" suspect they're In Chicago too.
?" like to do all my ball playing
+" on the field and forget It in the
y lobby"
= q 4 j. g !, = 4 = 4 80 y = y i, i .
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
WAR WILL NOT STOP
LITTLE 10 MEETING

Peoria. I'll, May If schools in
the Little l9' conference vote to dis
continue athletics until after the war,
II may not affect the annual Illinois in.
tercollegiaie track anl field meet
anhelpled here May Is and go. Entry
blanks for the meet were sent out
today by President f. c. Brown Of
the atate association AMI any action
the cn'chcs may take viii likely moi
AFFECT the annual games.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
SPOR 7 3
SCOOP

MODERN WARFARE.

Instruction in the building of pom
toon bridges can be secured by a,
tempt TO bridge the miniature lake II
the intersection Of Madison and Ia
Sale streets near the Ottawa Banking
and Trust Co, No interference will be
offered by the pedestrians by interest
ed parties who wish 10 attempt bridge
building, In case that part OF the
street is crowded the cross street near
the interurban station will afford es.
ceIlent opportunities.
ODE TO FIRST or The MONTH
"Ohl thou mean and msiagohSiy say,
Thou givest me a pain.
Just las as I'm IS, struggling a p0o'h'
Thou are here again.
Fain would I see a show in town, and
dine:
Pefchance relieve my thirst.
"It can't be done. declares the bills
Fer today is the first"
Twelve times each year that Jonah
day contriVes
To give me fearful chlIs.
The letter man invariably arrives,
We GODS, the Bills the bills
They say the great millennium will
come:
" GO there is no DOUBT
But that the first Of ev'ry month BY
gum,
VIII have to he cut out!"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
NOTED STALLION DEAD.
William the Third Won Many lmpor.
tant Features on English Turf.

The British turf suffered loss In
the death OF the Duke OF Portland's
noted stallion. William III. As II three
ycarold this horse ran second to the
late W, c. Whltncy's Volodyovski In
the Derby of 1901 He won the Now.
market Stakes Hurst Park Lcnnox
Stakes Eshcr Stakes and other impor-
tant turf fixtures the same year.
AS q four-ycar-old William III. won
the Gold Cup and Alexandra Plate at
Ascot, the Doncnstcr Cup. Lowther
Stakes and limeklln Stakes at New
market. but suffered defeat by Black
Sand In the Jockey Club Cup. william
ILL.,. In the stud. sired Winklpop. Wi,
lonyz, Eng William. Ardent inc. Wrin.
klef R~eworthy. pN!!mura. l.oscland
Trois Temps. Nassau und other notable
stake winners. --'-----'-.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
MILLER HIGGINS.

National league race. In spring prac-
tite Higgins got into the game occa-
sicnaily and played the middle station
with vim that surprised some of the
colts.
Higgins is said To have whispered
that in II pinch lie might get into the
game and play the Old bag
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
KILBANE IS MADE
EAVjRITE;; GIVEN
1OTO8ODDS TO WIN
PICK FEATHERWE CHIT TITLE
HOLDER TO WIN FROM FRED
DIE WELSH-kNoCkOUT is NOT
EGPECTEO-A BATTLE OF
SCIENCE.

New York, May !, 1917 (SpeeiaD
One champion is going to lose his laur
els and another is going to add q
notch to his belt OF fame when Fred
die Welsh, worlds light weight champ
ion, and Johnny Kilbane, feather.
weight title holder meet in ten
round bout here tonight
1t will be match of brains, science
and speed. for it is hard to see how it
can be anything else with this craft
pair of ring men in action.
kilbane was made favorite at odds
of 10 to s, due to the fact that he is
the hardest hitter OF the pair There
was little betting, however, O.
result and none at all on a knockout.
TO Offset hitting power, Welsh will
have big pull in the weights, for he
will enter the ring at 1875 ponds. while
kilbane is not expected TO weight
more than l28 or 1873 pounds In max
ing 1875 pounds the lightweight champ
ion will go into battle in form for he
has found il necessary to train to
reach that notch at which he always
has shown his best speed kibane al
so has trained but not to take OFF
weight. lie had trainel with the In.
teniion OF taking on avoiriupois AMI
probably will notch more than ,0r
any bout he ever has fought.
Charley White, has been made as
referee, but the decision of course,
will be made by the newspaper critics.
Knockout Not Expected.
Around boxing headquarters today
ali the talk was of the encounter, !
but few behave that the bout will 4
terminate in knockout. kilbane is I
given credit for being the harder hit
ter. but with Welsh in condition ne
IS a wonder at defensive milling and ii
q the general opinion that he will step
fast enough to keep away from the
sleep producing right.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
BOXERS GUARD PLANT.
Former Ring Favorites Decorated VIII
Badges 40 Special Policemen.

Special guard duty at the suggestion
or the government secret service op.
erhtlvcs Is proving lucrative TO the
Toledo tOD colony Of boxers.
Since the city authorities and of.
hcials Of Industrial plants took the
governments suggestion these boxers
nave become special policemen with
real hndges pinned beneath their coats.
Included in the list are: Jack Me.
Carron, mlddleweight. of Allentown.
Pa; BATTLING Johnny Schultz. Frankie
Daley, Young English. BATTLING
Brandt. n heavyweight. OF Toronto.
Canada and Freddie Kctchell of Den.
yer These lads are putting III eight
hours each day guarding the down
town power house of the Toledo Rail.
way and Light company.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01

The efforts of Tom Ncedham and
Jim Price To organize n fofmidahlC
club To represent Newark In thr Inter
national league are fraught With din
cultics. Ii was announced Tat 10,
Agler, who, il had been supposed. had
been acquired by purchase from Iop-
Hn Of the Western league. had teen
awa.lcl br the National ass, iatlon
:" g. e that circuit.
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
Ms ndota to Meet Welsh.

Now Orleans, May Joe Mandota
will get 20 meet Freddie Welsh, "a
result Of knocking out Joe Thomas,
In the tenth round of their fight here
last night, Mandota won every round
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
STANDING Of CLUBS
AM { RlCAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays RcsuIts.
st Louis. 4, Cleveland. .
New York 4 Washington 2.
Boston, g Philadelphia, 3.
Detroit at Chicago, rain.
Games Today.
Detroit at Chicago; Philadelphia at
Boston.
81 Louis at Cleveland; n Y at
Washington
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
TELEGRAPH SPORT
NEWS
Where are the Privates?

San Francisco, May Declarng
that he Is eager to do his bit Willie
llitehie, former lightweight boxing
champion said today he wanted to
join the aviation corps or the officers
reserve.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01

All the states took official action uron
Washington farewell address. aud
several states did the unusual thin.
OF having il bound as IL part of their
laws.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
PIRATES TO TRAVEL
GREATEST DISTANCE

. TIE Pittsburgh Pirates Of the
y = National league will travel
y farther than any Of their ri.
= 'ais this year. The Robins, on
= the other hand. have the short
. est mileage. According to Off
= cial iig.res. the mileage Of the
> teams In Governor Tener's cir
= cult Is as follows:
' Pirates 1880 miles: Cubs. L..
? lol; Reds. l1.5sI; Braves, 11,2254;
y Cardinals. lO,iS9; Giants, 9,99S:
= Phillics. 0,4t3; Robins, 1922: to-
: tai mileage. S7.l4l.
. . q 8 s, > 8 q {, d = 4 4, q 3 4, 4,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01

1t Il believed that the observatory
ut Picking Is the oldest In the world
having been founded In 1879 by KuhlaI
Khan. the first emperor of the MoguI
dynasty.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
HIGGINS HEARS CALL.
danaeer Of Cardinals May Fill In at
Second In a Pinch.

Miller lluegins. manager of the 81.
Louis National league team. is not
b0dstful. but lie says that his team
may prove one of the surprises in the
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Cleveland.

Batteries Severed, park, Hilton
Sothoron; O'Neil, Coveleskie, Lam
beth Morton, Kayanaugh
At Boston.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Resttrss.

Yesterdays Resurts.
Philadelphia 3; Boston, q
Olhef games postponed.
Games To-day.
oh'cago al 81 Louis. Boston a
Philadelphia.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01

Shoes were not made In rights" and
''lefts' before the nineteenth century.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01

''"0'''TVH NWIlIHEtrl ShOCkur |
ny Dnmont Gala.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AZ Philadelphia.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01

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Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
WAR HAS BOOSTED
 !. PRICE IF SILVER

What they named in ancient He brew pale" metal and the Greeks termed shining we call silver.
 Ii is now worth 67 cents an ounce. or over half more than it was when MT. Bryan warned us not to ''cruicify mankind upon a cross of gold"
 The war has boosted silver as well as potatoes. bread, shoes and cabbage. Adam Smith tells us they once used iron nails for money in Scotland and they still use them in Central Africa.
 The cup of hemlock juice which Soc rates drank was probably paid for in silver. Anyhow, the Greeks used silver money that long ago, while the Romans adopted it more than two centuries be- fore Pontius Pilate sat in judgment at the trial in Jerusalem which made him infamous for all time.
 1t is a curious fact that from the dav Columbus discovered America down to the hour Lincoln was inaUgurated pres ident the amount of silver mined in the world was almost double in value tn. gold.
 In the next fifty years gold caught u2 with silver and now there is more gold above ground than silver.
 Mexico has produced in one year mole silver than any other country
 Germany digs only fifth as much
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
TOOK MANY CHANGES
 ID EXPLORE LINER

Think of great deserted ship, 545 feet long, seventy feet wide and over fifty feet deep-as black and forbidding as q Siberian copper mine, with not ray of light from the uppermost deck house to the caverns of the lowest holds, in the damp and slimy bilees, or in the rooms filled with engines, pumps. dynamos, pipes and valves, without number
 Think of exploring it, single-h handed, with the warning fresh in your ears that it is full Of pitfalls, bombs and death-traps; that every door you touch will. set off an explosive which will blow you into eternity; that every ladder you step on will send you sprdwling down a bottomless chasm. and that, if you value your life. you must not touch a thing-wood, metal, or, cloth-without first investigating it.
 How would you like to explore such ship with only a flashlight to guide you through the abysmal blackness, and with no means of communicating with friends on the top deck once vou start on your perilous journey? This was the task assigned to certain en- gineer in New York shortly after the government seized the interned Ger man ships in this country, says the Popular Science Monthly, for August. It was a task fraught with the great est. danger, requiring an eXtraordinarv degree of caution and patience, and calling for a rare display of courage. But so fearless was this young enei- neer and so successful was he in his undertaking that thirty-six hours after the ship in question reached the navy yard tne main boilers were generating steam.
 Among the many interesting things revealed by the intrepid investigator were the location of missing parts of the main engines, carefully hidden away in the coal bunkers:, the discov- cry of bolts and nuts which led to a minute examination of the cylinders and steam chests, where it was dis closed that parts had been removed and other parts carefully substituted to conceal the omission; the location. in other places, of studs and bolts partly sawed through, with the saw slot filled up;. the finding of steel fitted into steamports so that any attempt to turn over the engine would have ruined 1t; the discovery of Instructions in pipes, smokestacks and ventilators- Jumps of coal and bars of iron placed on top of the closed dampervalve in ventilator, requiring only a pull on the. Hamper chain to precipitate the en- tlre esload down on the head of the per. son,foolish enough to pull it. and other traps too numerous to mention here.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
 lN|[L CONTINUE
 
 SAYS ROSELAND

To the casual observer the motor truck industry seems to have attained to adult proportions. But people telt the same way about the railroads fltty years ago-when the first locomotives burned wood and ran on tracks made of iron strips bOlted to wooden runners. So it is reasonable to believe that the motor truck, which is an invention of yesterday (so to speaB). will advance as far in it's day as the railroad has.
 The extensive use of trucks in prac- tieally every field of industry indicates an economic trend which all transpor tatton students are watching closely for-this economic revolution is irresist able. And not only are trucks becom- ing adaptable to many new uses, but new territories are constantly being opened to their advance.
 In commenting on the part that tires have played in the advance of the rubber tired freighter, H. T. Roseland, branch manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, declares that oftentimes new kind of tire or tire improvement, has actually opend up whole new transportation fields for mo- tor trucks and vastly broadened old fields
 "This has been particularly true in the case of our hand -attachable truck tire,' says Mir. Roseland, which is now bringing trucks into much wider use in small towns and rural districts
 As it's name indicates, it can be ap- piled to the wheel by hand, a particu larly desirable feature in tire equip ment. It has all the stamina and Cushioning power of the pressed-On tire, and is independent of special ma chinery for applying. Hammer and monkey wrench are the requisite tools for applying this type of tire.
 eThere is now no need for a truck owner in the smaller towns or in rural districts to ship wheels away for re- tiring. And for this reason many towns that formerly were without trucks are now five. ten and fifteen-truc towns. This is business permitted to run where 1t walked leisurely before
 So successful has the hand d-attach- able proven in army transport service that the U. S. government specifies their use on all trucks bought for army service
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
girP' loyal and patriotic like the rest

girl' loyal and patriotic like the rest of her sisters?
 Any doubters are invited to scan carefully in the vicinity of the vaccin- ation marks of the fair mermaids ca vorting by thousands over the sands at the southern California beach re- sorts for the answer
 But of course, unless the secret is known, the mystic lettering will mean nothing. To the wise, however, it in dicates that the painless patriotic" tattoo has become the latest fad for the girls whose sweethearts have
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
joined the cnlOrS

joined the colors.
 The method is simple. Instead of using all her black court plaster for beauty spots, the sea nymph carefully cuts out the initials of the absent loved one and pastes them on her fair arm before she dons her bathing suit A few hours in the southern Califor mia sunshine does the rest. Her arm is nicely Drowned, all except where the initials have been pasted. When the court plaster is removed, there in pink outline are the initials of Billy or Jack, or whoever happens to be the favored
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

silver as the United States although Germany leads all Europe with it's out put. They were mining silver in Ger many 1000 years ago.
 The United States cut little or no figure with silver until the mighty "Comstock lode" of Nevada was struck about half a century ago. That made those huge fortunes of Flood, O'Brien, Mackey Mills and many others. In a few years more than a half billion of metal was extracted from the Fl De- rado.
 California put the United States Of
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

America on the gold map, and the gold which our American miners will dig this year will be sufficient to pay all interest on the Liberty loan for a year and build a superdreadnought besides.
 One person in fifteen in the entire world lives in the United States, but we have enc out of every three gold dollars in the world
 The kaiser has a hungry eye upon that gold. If he wins this war he will take it by levying an indemnity upon US just as his grandfather did upon France forty-six years ago. He will
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

one somewhere else in the world"
 Some of the more loyal ones go fur ther and indicate the company, regi- ment and branch of service. And there are others having no absent one to remember who display their senti- ments with the straight old U. s. A. brand, placed most anywhere the sun touches while the scanty surf suits are worn.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

Do not wait till tomorrow-phone that WANT AID. to The Republican office now, and get your wish fulfilled.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
SUMMER GIRLS SHOW
 LOYALTY ID SOLDIERS
Is the so-called frivolous summer

take at least two dollars for every one he has spent since the war began.