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Evening journal., 1917-07-11
Fulton Proves He Deserves AHentiOn

Morris. It is fact that Morris used
foul tactics on the tall NebrasKan all
through the bout with him. It Is like.
wise a truth that Fulton protested in
vain TO tho referee, and It is Just as
much Of an iron bound cinch that the
referee didn't wait for more than one
foul when time came to award the
palm to Morris. One foul was plenty
and it did the work.
As a ring workman Fulton is a bet
ter man than Morris He is a harder
puncher a cleaner boxer. has a cooler
head and is much better qualified in
every way except one to step into
Wizards title. Morris is the proven.
bal glutton for punishment. He never
knows when he has enough. Endur.
ance would be the only thing to com
mend him should he succeed in Turing
| Willard into a match. Fulton I'M
doubtedly would Outlook Morris
should they meet in a legitimate ring
under the direction OF a referee who
would enforce real rules.
The elimination probably will come
before long but II is doubtful II even
then Willard would consent to a bout
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
Half Blind, Crippled Ohio Boy
Has Ambition TO Become Pitcher

With all the examples OF nerve in
perseverance in baseball there is. per-
haps. no more striking example than
that Of William Forsythe. 49, Free
mont. o.. boy, who is trying 10 make a
pitcher Of himself
Half blind, Forsythe lost his right
eye when a child, and Handicapped
with a crippled hand the youth is ono
or the best amateur pitchers in north
'ern Ohio and hopes to break into pro
foss'onal ball next year
Forsythe lost his thumb several
years ago. but by practice learned To-
get a firm grin OF, the bali He has an
assortment OF curves Rnd goOu
change of pace
Recently he famed thirtyfve men
in two games. holding his opponents
10 three hits I'm the first contest which
is pretty good evidence OF his control.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
AMERICA 5 ARMY TO
Be OF PERFECT MEN
Rigid Standards Are An
nounced by War De-
partment Today
MUST WEIGH AT
LEAST lis POUNDS
BY The United Press.

D If AhN AhlAAA 4 ANnof
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE mer
in Americas armies will be the most
perfect physical specimens in the
nation.
In regulations outlining physical
requirements for the draft army IT,
sued today by the War Department.
rigid standards are set up.
in general The following are the
renuirements.
Height Five feet one inch to six
foet s.N inches
Weight Between us and 211
pounds.
however these standards are mot
absolute. but men under FIVE feetfour
inches must be Of exceptionally good
physique Men I'm weight above 2l1
pounds are not disqualified unless
sufficiently heavy TO constitute obes.
ity.
The mental test is designed only to
develop whether the man Is OF sound
understanding
Examinations Of the eyes and ears
are made by charts and whispering
tests
Almost any disease OF the lungs or
heart Is dlsqualifying.
The men must have az least four
sorviceablo molars-two above and
two below opposed
Before the heart and lung test the
/ drafted man is required ito jump
/ stoight up. kick the heels up behind.
hop around the room first on one foot
and then on the other and then make
several standing jumps. After the ex-
ercise the examination IS started.
The chest measure should be be-
tween 81 and So IA inches. The pulse
and respiration must he nearly nor
NAL and the skin I'm good condition.
Chronic rheumatism, old disloca-
lions and badly united fractures form
a disqualification
Chronic diseases of any kind will
disqualify the drafted man.
The feet should be I'm fair condi.
ton. Pronounced nat feet disonalifv
Evening journal., 1917-07-11

university coast champions last year.
Jim Callahan is a smart manager.
His failure at Pittsburg cannot be any
more ascribed TO his deficiencies than
20 the failure OF Dreyfuss to spend
money for good ballplayers, instead
Of the bush leaguers he has been try
ing to keep in the race with.
Callahan has one great fault. He
is inclined to be upstage and in this
way fails to gain the confidence Of
his ballplayers.
This probably was the cause OF his
failure with the Chicago White Sox
when he had unlimited money to
spend and built up the wonderful
pitching staff which included Eddie
Cicotte, Mel Wolfgang. Red Faber,
Reb Russell and Jim Scott and which
added Ray Schalk and Happy Felsch
to the club.
Calshan tried hard at Pittsburg
He had every possible expedient to
get a winning club but he couldn't
win with the misfits Dreyfuss wished
on him
Waguer's case is different. In the
first plact he didn't want to play ball
this year. He has plenty of money
and didn't care to take the trouble
to get in shape. His decision to pay
was merely concession to his
friendship for Dreyfuss.
Wagner is popular in Pittsburg BY
becoming manager OF tailend club
he realized that he might forfeit his
popularity. a sacrifice that even his
friendship for Dreyfuss would not
counterbalance.
Right now II looks as though Bee.
dek has a thankless lob before him.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
JACnBS CAMP ATXILIARY.

AS an auxiliary TO Jacobs Camp.
No 1921 Modern Woodmen Of Amer
lea the Oak Leaf Sick BENEFIT Cor
poration has been organized in this
city, with a charter membership Of
ninety-three The final details Of or
ganization were completed last nigh.
In the headquarters in the Masonic
Temple by the organization commit
tee. comprising j =. Jacobs, T. r.
Parthemoro w. c. Johnson. Robert
Cummins. and %. G. Killen Meetings
will be held on the second and fourth
4 Tuesday in each month.
Officers Of tho new organization
arc T. r. Furthermore. president
Robert Cummins vice president: Mar
tin l. Ruttor, treasurer w. c. John
son. secretary and w H. Sasse. Car
/ C.. Sidle and H. d. Walker. trustees
Evening journal., 1917-07-11

II winning extra inning contests
gave a baseball club a championsh D,
things would be all fixed up for the
Yankees 10 cut the worlds series
melon next fall.
Since the season opened the Yam
KEGS have played twelve extra ,nnins
combats and have lost only one. Twice
they have found the going too rough
for their own winning, but the games
ended in tie scores.
Yesterdays tussle with the Browns
seventeen innings long. was the r
longest battle Of the year. and they
won H.
The Donovan gang got started on
US extra inning way on April IS, when
they met and defeated the Senator's z
70 o, N ten innings. That was only
the beginning for the Senators for
three other times they were taken
into overtime by the New Workers and
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
THREE MANAGERS IN FOUR DAYS
CALLAHAN, WAGNER. BEzDEK-THATs NEW ESTABLISH
BY BARNEY DREYFUSs.

Three managers in four days that's
an all-time baseball record.
Presidents of baseball clubs are
seldom credited with records in the
dope books, but this record must be
credited 20 Barney Dreyfuss, presi-
dent Of the Pittsburg Pirates.
In four days Dreyfuss had three
managers in turn plotting his ball
club The first was Jim Callahan, who
began the season with the Pirates,
the second Honus Wagner. who threw
Up the job in two days and the third
Hugo Bezdek. who deserves credit for
his nerve II for nothing else.
Bezdek's appointment is more or
less Of an experiment. Practic:Ely
unknown to the baseball world, II is
a question whether the former Chi
cago athlete will be able TO accom-
plish what a smart ballplayer like
Callahan failed to achieve and the
willy and ancient Honus did not care
10 attempt.
Bezdek has been with the. Pirates
as a coach and scout. His earlier &C
tiyities have been generally limited
to college athletics, football mainly.
jill laDt no hONoi Pia9tu pIoioooiohdi
baseball The only other managers
who come to mind who have not been
players are Bill Armour and Branch
Hickey.
Football fans will remember Bez-
dek as the dazzling gridiron star of
the Maroons in the early years of
this century. His last game was the
memorable to 0 defeat of Michigan
by Chicago in 1908.
He has since coached college
teams. having been with the Oregon
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
sRTLDFL vs.. KENNFT SQUARE

The fast-going Wildel Club. which
up-to-date has no. met a defeat on
Delaware soil. will go to Kennel
Square on Saturday and cross bats
with the fast team that represents
that town. From the way the team
showed up a Port Penn. the Pennsyl-
vania boys will have to 60 some to
land victory as they will find the
Wildel boys 10 be the toughest
propositions that they have tackled
this season. Koitsch. who played sew
eral games with the Vandovor club.
will be back on the initial sack. while
the addition OF Green. who will cover
the hot corner, together with Nichols
and Mccullin form an infeld that
Is hard TO beat
The local club will make the triT
by auto leaving Chestnut and Harri.
son streets az ! o'clock. The fol
lowing players will make inc trip,
smith. Conner. w SauerF. Lux. II
salters Koitsch. Green A. Straw
bridge Nichols. r. Strawbridge, B
Nichols. Dowd and McCuliin.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
OLYMPIA AND EERWICK
Tie UP Boys LEAGUE

BY defeating Merwick on Saturday
Olympia got into a tie for first place
In the Boys All-Wilmington League.
The game was hard fought from
the beginning The pitching Of
Fietuszka was a feature. I'm the fifth
inning. with none out and the bases
full he worked himself ont of the
hole without run crossing tho plate.
DE Luca broke up the game in the
ninth with a double with man on
first The score: r. II. r.
Merwick.. o 100000 OO-4 8 4
Olympia. DOL 2O01 Is 9 !
Batteries -Merwick. F. Clark and
Townsend; Olympia, Pietuszka and
Maguigan.
Olympia will meet St. Elizabeth
next Saturday at Delamore Park
Buddy Clark or Lowell will do the
twirling for Olympia.
Standing Of the League.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
AMT
NATURE
WONDERFUL
DID YOU KNOwl
arm Something Evory Day.

Learn Something Every Day.
When painting a floor care should
be taken 10 get the paint on the floor
as close as is possible to save room
space
An old safe with a dozen or 40 bill
Hard balls inside and neatly covered
with a crOCheted blue and white wool
ceFcr VIII mako a dandy rate for a
3aby elephant
An old pair Of shoes can be made
new and neat looking by taking the
strings out and putting them in q
lew pair Of shoes.
A rubber handled hammer has been
invented by Boston wizard Il
bounces when blow is struck.
hereby saving considerable blows
Before gum was invented. the head
and foot Of a bed we're used for keep
Ing people from sliding out OF bed i'm
either direction
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
Middletown Musings
BY GAL"

Manager O'ROurke of the Iron Hi
/ team. which won three baseball games
on July a. brought his lambs TO the
] slaughter on Saturday when he tried
to tackle the Smuggling Segs" Man.
ager O'Rourke now realizes that II
Is almost an impossible thing 10 de-
feat Middletown.
Local fans are beginning to think
that the members of the opposing
teams have their sweethearts sitting
in he right field seats whenever
Lefty Finn pitches. because most OF
tho batters walk to the plate and wave
their hat three times toward that
section of the ball park.
We now sec that the Ekton team
wants a game with the local boys-in
Elkton Nothing doing Ell0on, as
we suggested the game first and the
game should be played in this town.
Besides that we beat you last year
by a score Of 10 10 o. so why should
we go TO your town and beat you by
an even worse score.
The Elkton team claims to have a
bunch OF heavy hitters So did the
team from Iron Hill until they ran
up against Lefty Finn and the rest
of the boys from Middletown.
We would like to hear from the
Newport nine concerning a game AS
the Elkton team only defeated the
Newport boys by small margin, &C.
cording to Mr. Foster, we should have
great game.
II Elkton gets q safe hit Off Finn
It will be an occasion for great re-
ioicing IN that town for years to come
How bout II Elkton?
70 is said that Iron Hin will have a
football team most fall. Judging from
the way most OF the men from that
town boot tho bah they should be
champions at football.
Manager Segelken Is working on
new schedule for the remainder OF the
season. II Is impossible 10 say at the
present time just Ehat team will be
here next Saturday afternoon
Won IS and lost . Not such a bad
record when it Ia considered that the
locals are playing the same teams
Tat the Elkon nine has been play
ing Look ont for us, Elkton. we're
after your scalp
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
pETROITERs PLAY rnnAY

Weather permitting. the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Corporation team OF
the Bethlehem Steel League will
meet the Detroit Merchants this af-
ternoon az South Side Park. The
Detroiters were to have Played Bran
DIVINE of the Wilmington League
yesterday and the funds realized we're
10 have been used to help provide
harehall equipment for Delaware's
soldier boys.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
not once did they win.

not once did they win
On April 10 the Yanks again over
Tapped with the Senators. trouncing
them TO 2. in eleven innings. on
April 80 they engaged Washington IN
a ten-inning combat and came of first
by four 10 three count
st. Louis tackled the Yanks in an
extra inning battle on May 16 and
went down. 10 2 Detroit then stop
ped the Yanks with a TO tie on
May 10. but on May 30 they tangled
with the Athletics in a thinning pas
time and won It. to 0. On June 10
Chicago sulumbed. 4 to 3, in twelve
innings and on June Is, Z 70 6, in ten
innings.
The Red S0x downed the Yanks IN
a ten-inning struggle on June 20. ?
to l. On July s the Senators again
were the victims, TO 4, in thirteen
Innings.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
Gibbs Sets MiddIefown Pace


Ill nd field of
is
of
Heller Of Odessa
Considering
he
games allowing
Thu folIo
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
RUNS FOR THE MEX.

Runs scored by all teams in tho
American and National Leagues from
Wednesday. July 4. to Tuesday. July
10. inclusive. Only runs scored in
the official averages are counted.
Scores OF incomplete6 games are not
Included, but those Of games Of FIVE
innings Of longer arc found in this
table:
Evening journal., 1917-07-11

The Hagley baseball team would
Ike to arrange a game with any first
G ass team i'm city for Saturday after
noon, either on Cts home grounds or
the grounds of It's opponents All
commun cations viii be received over
D. q A phone 1922.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
WILMINGTON WANTS GAVE.

The Wilmington A. c. would like
a game for next Saturday with any
uniformed first class team. Bond or
Hagley preferred Address S. n Hall
No SOC Mad son street.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
Amerlcan Leagne.

Boston az Detroit cloudy
Washington at Cleveland, cloudy.
New York a. Chicago. cloudy
Philadelphia az St. Louis, cloudy.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
DILLON SHADES CLTFFORD

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK. July 11-Jack ID lion.
INDIANAPOLIS heavyweight. won over
Jack Clifford Of Brooklyn in a very
tame exhibition at the Brooklyn S. G.
last night
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
Fire engines passing the Browns
park almost broke up ball game in

ST Louis the other day This could
happen only in ST. Louis and New
Castle
Leaves jan for altar comments 0
headline. Out Of the frying pan. etc,
you know
Kentucky Colonel finished second
in a race after lending to the three
quarter pole. The colonel probably
heard about the senate's action on
bourbon.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
American League.
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.

NNHLU I ID FUh IWUAIs
National League.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Boston e games).
American League.
Athletes at st Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11

BASEBALL CHANCES


Cincinnati al New York. rain
Pittsburgh al Brooklyn. rain.
Chicago at Philadelphia, rain.
ST Louis al Boston. two games
cloudy.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
BASEBALL STATISTICS
Yesterdays RESULTS.

National League.
chicago 1; Brooklyn. 0.
6S'lrooklyn; 4 Chicago. 1 end camel
Cincinnati 10; Boston s.
Other games postponed-Rain
American League.
Athletics. z; Chicago. g.
Detroit, 8; Washington. 4.
teen innings).
Cleveland-Boston Rain.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
levy COURT FIXES SALARY.

Levy Court yesterday passed a re-
solution fixing the salary OF the clerk
OF the highway commission for New
castle county at $1,000 per year. The
position is held by Harry Pierson.
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
A boxer calls himself Tango Kid.

II the Pirates win as many games
under Bezdek as they did under Cal
lahan he will be about as popular
hs palm beach suit on a polar ex.
petition
Evening journal., 1917-07-11
American League.
National Leacre.

Totals 80 SIS % Il IS IS si-255
Evening journal., 1917-12-18
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1917.
SUPPOSE You wERE THEY.

Ely. there Wilmington folk When living Drea'l-
Ii ing human victim Of injustice knocks very oi'en az
YOUR front door sometimes often as twice oaE' you
are pretty near the class sit back in your sou
comfort and refuse to be interested
How much do you know about those fine fellows VINO
serve vou in blizzard or szzard in rain or sunshine IN
hail in seet between the lightning ashes the letter car
rlers? You see them at this season OF the year Worus
far into the night under loads that would sagger morse
Does every strike you that they are your employees DO
ing your work. under your payY Does II ever sAe you
that If great Injustice being done these faithful fellows
not only in Wilmington but throughout the country It's
because Of your indifference, your absorption In sell!
The foregong is to awaken you to the fact that the
postal workers. your employees asking an Increase OF
nav from you in bill presented in your Congress How
have you been treating them2
You have given them increase in forty years-lus,
ten years ago. when dollar would go twice as lar 90 "
does now as you well know. Their minimum wage %
s922 per day the maximum 50 49, or much less than
you'd have 10 pay to get ordinary dtch-dlggers Anu "'
that your postal employees have to work, on the average
nine years to get that maximum
While your postal empoye is off duty through Illness
he is also Off the payroll You grant him no pension
You make him buy his own uniform the cost OF which
has advanced nifty per cent since you him that raise
ten years ago You make him work Ions hours OF over
time but pay him the regular hourly wage for It, You
work him so much nights that he has 10 sacrifice his
social life with family and friends. When he has Loyalty
stuck by the job for 40 years and become uhneu o
anything else, you turn him out to grass hmsei OK
clusvely to find the grass.
That's the way you've been treating your postomce
clerks and letter carriers last year. your postonce
department returned you a net surplus Of s5s21S56O
Moreover, in the last session Of your Congress you
raised the pay all government employees except those OF
your underpaid, pront-makng postohce department
Now don't try TO dodge the responsibility! Don't try
TO satisfy yourself by saying that it's up TO Congress
II is your Congress. The shame and injustice Of this
thing are roosng right your doorstep. II is your
Congress your money your employees nobody eses' anc
So the whole responsibility is yours. Write to you
senators and Congressman and urge that they increase th
pay OF your faithful postal employees, with your money
by al least % per cent
is not In the nature OF things that Senator'S Sausbur
and wolco and Representative Polk viii disregard sucl
appeals
Evening journal., 1917-12-18
THE JOINT WAR COMMITTEE

q EMINENT in favor OF vigorous prosecution Of the
y and the efficient expenditure Of public money
to that end, is not confined within any party lines in
Congress.
Those Senator's and Congressman who are not Of the
Presidents party have been earnest as any in their
desire to support every that aid in bringing
early peace with victory Members Of the legislative
branch Of the government have not underesmated nor
shrked their responsibility.
To the end that their participation in the war may be
prompt and effective they proposed the creation OF
a Joint Committee the Conduct Of the War-a com
mittee to be specially chosen from the abest
Of both pares-thereby providing a competent agency
the correlation Of the executive and legislation bran
ches The suggestion received the approval Of majority
Of the Senate but defeated In the House by the
opposition Of the President. Il hoped that the
President has by This time the wisdom OF plan of
cooperation with the duly chosen representatives Of the
people. This is not and should not be- a one-man war
Evening journal., 1917-12-18
STATE GRANGE AND ITS WORK.

From the Dover State Sentinel.
Judging from the rather meagre re-
ports that have appeared in the news
papers the State Grange had a very
pleasant and profitable annual meeting
in Newark this week Among the
things approved are some that are Of
doubtful value and beyond the power
Of anybody to decide on-hand, such as
the Government ownership Of all
transportation facilities; but when it
comes TO some other matters the
Grange is doing a great service to the
State. Among these things is the ques-
tion Of progress and improvement in
the public school system of the state,
and when the Grange declares un-
quallncdly for the consolidation Of the
rural schools and pledges its loyalty
and ardent support to the school au-
thorities, to the State Commissioner OF
Education. 20 the state Board, and ia
all in authority in school matters, if
is surely doing the right thing This
and other progres sive action and the
decision to contribute literally to the
war work of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association and to invest its sur
plus funds in war bonds, shows gooc
sense and patriotism, well worthy OF
the usual patriotism and intelligence o.
the farmers of the country.
Evening journal., 1917-12-18
sUssEx ANp CoAL HOARDNG.

From the Georgetown Journal
The shortage Of coal in Sussex Coun-
ty has caused the people much anxiety,
and especially is this true with the
residents of this town. II there is no
relief I'm sight for some time, it would
be we'll for County Fuel Administrator
Charles S Richards to take a look OF
the coal bins Of some of those who are
living in genteel ease and supply the
wants Of those less fortunate. Assur-
ances are given that in due time a
supply ample 90 0ll the wants, or rath-
er meet the immediate necessity, Will
be obtained; but while the people are
waiting for this there may be some
intense suffering throughout the C0Jn-
ty. since the townspeople are unable
to get on adequate supply Of wood.
Mr. Richards has an unenviable posi-
ton, but for him to do his bit for the
Government in a pleasing and accept
able manner he will have to take ad-
vantage of the position and see to it
that those who require coal for fuel
do not get entirely out during this
severe weather. We believe that the
local dealers are doing all in their
power 90 nh the wants OF the people
here and feel confident, II unhampered
GEORGETOWN citizens viii in due time
get enough TO m their wants for the
winter The dealers are in q better
position TO know the requirements OF
Evening journal., 1917-12-18
With The Pdfagraphers

Carl Price seen carrying out cook stove Saturday
evening We wonder what that means Mckee Progress.
Is this TO drag indefinitely while the grafers at
home ON their pockets result of the contracts
and conditions Is to be put In charge
Of the American military affairs will nfuse some
energy and genius into the work?-Salina Journal
Bill Taylor a shftess renter living in the Potato Hill
neghbOrhOOd in Achis0n County, lately fell out Of bed
He that he will his landlord for damages
The neighbors can't where the landlord is to blame
but Bill says his lawyer can figure it out.-Atohson
Globe
From Blue Eye to Possum Trot and from shirtee 10
Greasy Head Greek, to Silver Run and SALT Indian sum
mer Is upon the county, investing with falrylke beauty
the bevitchng landscapes Of far famed valley and
its border hills and the mountains beyond the foothills
-Tsladega CAla) Home