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Evening journal., 1917-05-07

TO the old wrestling fan who re-
members the matches Of Farmer
Burns. OF Gotch, Hackensehmldt'
Yusif and the giants Of another day
It must be a great fall to find that
in three recent so-called champion
ship matches one OF the wrestlers has
quit
Twice Joe stecher quit cold in the
ring. once to John Olin and again
TO Earl Caddock. Then Olin quit in a
match with Stranger Lewis. a match
which was to decide who would wres-
tie Caddock for the world champion
ship, the decision to be made by
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
GCPORTs2u
NCHATER1
Blame it on Jup!

A wet Saturday makes us almost as
happy as the thought Of work day.
Excitement over the war being 90 in
tense, the city baseball teams will con.
fine their championship games to satur-
days.
John Heracl may become heavyweight
wrestling champion some day. That's
why we have accident insurance.
The worst of baseball schedules this
year is that they give only the dates
that games. are not played on.
Prince Mousiey and Jack McDeyitt are
hoping that they get the chance to con
script the fans.
Like Joe HolyeclS. lot Of war garden
fellows can't work right until the warm
weather comes.
Drafting Frank Glenn is like trying a
fellow twice for his life.
By farming a big bunch Of his play
ers. Dave Zearfoss shows that he believes
in getting all the weeds out of the home
garden.
It would be mach better if some of
those Browntowners would get busy
Saturday afternoons with the old rake
and assist in harvesting a crop Of cab
bage.
Speaking of war, we should think that
Jimhy Brennan had enough already
II the war draft hits the Edge Moor
Club Bob Stapleford says he will use
girls for players. Edge Moor isn't such
bad place when one considers that
Postmaster Carter handles as many as
six letters ont there daily.
Since 1905 the population has in
creased from 80 inhabitants to a hall
hundred inhabitants. and on Saturday
nights when the Fish family swims into
Wilmington, the Edge Moor population
! dwindles to an even forty-iiye.
Gig Reissman informs lis that there
arc wv N"lAf Ni hunters WI the / VI
II. A. team.
That reminds MS, under which banner
will Iou march.
Russians have left Mush2 If it's the
boarding house variety we haven't the
heart to blame them.
This plan OF taxing golfers a cent a
stroke for the Red Cross interests us
A months salary for game Of COLL
seems pretty high even for Red Cross
It's going to be mighty interesting
10 watch Fred Welsh's alibis TO keel
out of the ring with Kilbane again
Milwaukee promoter has signol
{ Fred Fulton for a bout. Which show
that he still believes Barnum had tn
right dope
A large number of women ATTENDED
! the wrestling match. says a dispatch
Showing what women will do II ~.
/ get half a chance
Bumb is the name Of Winston Salem
ballplayer Most Of EN- aren't homes
enough TO admit it,
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
NEWCOMD AGAIN Wins
TRAPSHOOTING TITLE

NEW YORK. May Charles H..
Newcomb. Of Independence Gun club,
Philadelphia, amateur trapshooting
champion Of 1913. again woe the ma
ton title Saturday at Travers Island,
leading a field Of 100 competitors with
scores Of "a and 81 for total Of 1871
out Of 200 clay targets. Considering
the adverse weather conditions the
winners score was excellent.
Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, n. j.,
a club mate Of the new champion,
was second with 1888, and Daniel +.
Mcmahon. OF the New York Athletic
Club, finished in third place with 1877.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
TRAP SHOOTING
~-~~-~-~
BASEBALL
AMT
NATURE
WONDERFUL
War Questions Answered.


Dear Ed can't stand cold water
Don't you think I'll be exempt from
the navy on that account?-Joel Luke
worm.
No, Joel Just tell the admiral your
case and he'll see that the ocean Is
heated around the battleship you're
on In case It slnks.-Ed.
Dear Ed--Does the aviation corps
need a chief OF the aviation corpg If
so, I'm ready.-Luke Rumee.
Yes, Luke, we salute you chief
That's a position the government over
looked. Hurry up and cop It'd.
Dear Ed--Im afraid won't be ac-
cepted. I'm color blind. / can't tell
purple from blue. Doesn't that ex-
empt me2-Herman Heck.
You bet Il does, Herman. There's so
much portrait painting going on IN the
army you wouldn't be very useful
Ed.
Dear Ed.-I'm a messenger boy. DO
you think can get Job as a dispatch
carrier in the army?-Dan Deadhoof
We're afraid not, Dan. Army des.
patches have to be delivered inside
Of "a hours.-Ed
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
1917 Will be to Pitchers What
1888 Was to Big League BatterS

The year of 1917 will go down in
baseball history as one Of superb pitch
ing, Just as 1857 is known as the year
Of super batting.
Whether the edge on the hurlers side
Of the column will be great enough TO
call for changes in rules to even up the
balance will be up to the rules commit
tee to decide after the season is over.
With less than a month Of the season
gone the greatest pitching feats IN the
history Of baseball have been equaled or
beaten
Before the first month had been clock
ed of the seasons record Of four no-St
nine-inning games made by both leagues
in 1916 had been equaled, in addition to
which Fred Toney, the Cincinnati pitcher
premier, had done what only two other
pitchers have accomplished, pitched 10
innings without a hit or run. McIntire,
of Brooklyn, and Hooks Wiltse, Of New
York, were the other two who account
ed for 10 hitless frames.
While Toney was tying a worlds rec
ord, Jim Vaughn was helping him set a
new one by pitching nine hitless innings
in the same game. the first time in base
ball that two clubs have gone along
10 half innings without hit
Considering that all Of these records
we're made in cold weather, under eli
matte conditions unsuitable for extraor-
binary pitching, what is to be expected
when warmer breezes come along 10
comb out the knots in the pitchers arms.
That 1917 is to be a year Of super
pitching is also shown by the number
Of one, two and three-hit games. already
pitched ecliPsing all former records.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
NOTES FOR HORsRMAN.

Running horses will compete at Wa
waset half-mle track, here, May IL.
IS, 10, in conjunction with a horse
show.
A promising trotter from Falkland
Farm this season Is Peter Elkin ca
by Peter the Great. dam Mary Elkin.
by Prodigal, PIG.
Peter Langford, by Peter the Great.
Luciano, by Allerton, 2O9h, Is the
star futurity colt OF Henry Thomas.
who Is training for S. A. Fletcher.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
Let LelUis and CaddOck Meet
to Decide Mat Championship

Frank Gotch the indicated cham
piOn.
There is little wonder that the
wrestling game has been discredited.
The man who pays his money to see
a wrestling match now knows Il is a
$3.50 chance that he will be the goat
when the thing is over.
At that It will be interesting TO see
Lewis and Caddock get together.
Lewis has never been defeated. He
has twice wrestled Stecher TO draw
once for several hours. Lewis has
never quit. Let EN- get together
and let Gotch pronounce the verdict,
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
WILMINGTON Y. N. Il. A.
wins OPENING CAME

The newly organized y. NJ. II. a. Base
ball League got away TO good start
yesterday afternoon at Shellpot Park
when the locals defeated Chester. s to
g. Mat Finger, pitching in his old-time
form, came to Tollin's rescue in the sixth
inning and with the score tied at to 6,
held the visitors safe for the remainder
of the game while the Wilmington men
drove the winning runs in the eighth.
The locals viii meet Coatcsyille y. NJ.
H. A. on the latter's field next Sunday.
Coofa.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
FOR BALL SCORES
CALL
D. & A. so
DELMARYIA 1903
MOKAG1QNh
lEs DUA.1E5s@1
.RxS. ssee So

Yesterdays hero-A double-header.
Mule Watson pitched the Cardinals into
first place and Bob Groom reached pitch
ing perfection with a no-hit game.
Fred Toney, no-hit artist Of the Reds,
suffered the defeat that provided the
boost for the Cardinals
The White Sox will now be known as
runless wonders. In three games they
have scattered just four runs over their
trail.
George sisler drove out three hits,
stole base, scored brace of runs. had
one sacrifice hit and figured in double
play as his part in Bob Groom's great
game.
The Athletics downed the Paterson
Silk Sox when Ray Bates got travelling
bag and triple.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
Clean UP: DON'T Stall!

Well, fellows, this is the week we
clean up ourselves or get cleaned up
by Colonel Sparks. Get ready for the
big drive on Old Man Dirt and crush
him until he yells uncle, and then hit
him with a bat. Beat him uD good
first with rake and then get
shovel and throw him into can for
the garbage man 70 burn.
Colonel Sparks today gave sealed
orders TO his lieutenants and an army
OF priTates went OF on double quick
time before sun-up on board ash and
garbage tanks. The tanks will lie kept
going all week, and they Will make
stops at all houses and business
places to get ammunition for the
crematOry and trenches.
Even H0Ch. HOiiecker. Meyers.
Crouch and Wilson do little cleaning
once IN awhile. but the big league sea-
son for big cleaning up opened To-
day. Don't be a Stacker. Charge on
Old Man DIRT and make him retreat
into q corner. Grab him by the nose,
turn il upside down and then dump
ashes into II.
Have you. Gerald DOherty. ever
been cleaned up. or was it only GeOrge
Winters who cleaned You up! Finan-
cially speaking, there are many yapS
In this town who are always clean. You
said ".
And then there are others who re-
call when they frequently made sue
ceSsful drives on the free lunch
flnrr rrunfuH IA Hn M a
cleaning up. Some OF the bar-iieS had
the free lunch down TO sHcli science
that they never left anything for the
dish washers TO clean. These fellows
kept many n dish washer out Ol Job.
And they we're union men, too. Yea,
no.
Even the Hrestlers have caught the
cleanup fever and they refuse to per-
form unless assured they can clean
up every penny taken in Mt the box
Office. But when Il comes to cleaning
up opponents these nickle-eleanerS
are handcufIed. The fans, too, get
cleaned up Of their coin.
When the FOUNDERS come home al
dawn their wives are on deck TO clean
them up with the assistance OF roll
ing min, We hope that the same
rounders will grab brOOmS this week
and spend an inning IN doing a little
cleaning up OF their own. Amen
Lots of fellows never have 10 wall
far cleanup week 10 come TO get
cleaned. They have wives, mothers or
sisters VIVA clean up everything they
find in hubby or brothers pockets
Guess that's cuttin' the plate, isnt,it
Jackl
StOney August never did clean up
Clean up now. everybody. Don
wait mil Saturday night. Go TO ~
Evening journal., 1917-05-07

Sparrow's Point June %; Lebanon,
July 2l; Bethlehem, July Is; Fore
River, August is.
Sparrow's Point-With Bethlehem,
July IA; Fore River. July 25; Steel
ton, July 2s; New Castle, August 4;
Lebanon, August IL.
steelton-With Bethlehem, June g.;
sparrow's Point. June IS; Lebanon.
June 90; Fore River, July IA; New
Castle, August IL.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
Wilmington.
SCORE b INNINGS.

Chester ......... OO3O3 OOO-G
Wilmington ..... 90 , O 2x-S
Earned runs. Chester 3; Wilmington,
Is; two base hits. Servin, Greenstein. NJ.
Finger; struck ont, Seryin, 4; 5. VIM.
q; TolliH - NJ Finger, s; left on bases,
Chester. - Wilmington. o; stolen bases,
l.. Rosenberg, lebadine, Servin, H.
Rosenberg p; II. Winn. Rosenblatt. ?;
Grecnstein, s. Topkis. Slansky, 2; Dan
berg, d. Topkis, Silver; hit by pitched
ball, Greenstoin, \. Topkis (by Servinl
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
TlyO HURT BY FAILS.

John Hogan, of New Castle. and
William Mccain were treated at the
Delaware Hospital on Saturday night
for injured heads. Beth men were in
jured by falling on the streets.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07

Roll out leftover pie crust IN large
cookie shapes and In the middle OF
each put a few ,currants or raisins.
nut meats. sugar and dash OF sugar
or cinnamon. fold over as you would
tart, roll fiat again and bake
Evening journal., 1917-05-07

Runs scored by all teams in the
American and National Leagues. from
Monday, April 80 10 sunday May b,
inclusive. Only runs Included in the
ofieial averages are counted. Scores
of incompleted games are not inctua-
ed but those Of games Of 1--WE innings
or longer are found in this table
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
DOYLE LANDS I'M A. w.

Tom Doyle has been appointed an
umpire on the All-WilmingtOn League
stan and will start in a few weeks.
as he has a few more big college
games on his list to work.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07

bases on balls, servin, 3: S. Wiln, p
Tollin s wild pitches, servin, 4; Tollin,
/; umpirss Speakman and Boggs.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
American Ieagne.

St Louis. s; Chicago. 4 list game
ST Louis, 3; Chicago, (2nd game)
Detroit Cleveland game postponed.
tOther teams not scheduled
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
BASEBALL STATISTICS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.

st. Louis. 4: Cincinnati. 0.
Chicago. 3; Pittsburgh. 2
lOther teams not scheduled. j
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
HTAWATHA WANTS GAMES.

Hiawatha A. c. would like to hear
from any team in the city averaging
IA to l6 years. Send communications
TO Lewis Frankel, No 222 Monroe
street.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
ODD. ISN'T TIT

LA CROSSE, Wis.-By shooting out
the headlight of an express train, +.
Netwall, private, saved the life Of his
comrade, who was caught between
the ties.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
American Leanne.
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.

-------T III ~
Phillies at New York.
Brooklyn at Boston.
ST. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
American Iearne.

New York at Philadelphia.
Boston ar Washington
Cleveland at Detroit.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07
stOney August never did clean up
RUNS FOR THE WEEK.

Clean up now. everybody. Don
wait mil Saturday night. Go TO IT,
Evening journal., 1917-05-07

Lots of fellows never have TO wait
for cleanup week 10 come 10 get
cleaned. They have wives. mothers or
sisters VIVA clean up everything they
lind in hubby or brothers pockets.
Guess that's cuttin' the plate, isn't-it'
Jackl
Evening journal., 1917-05-07

A wet Saturday makes us almost as
happy as the thought Of work day.
Evening journal., 1917-05-07

John Heracl may become heavyweight
wrestling champion some day That's
Why we have accident insurance.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18

learned that they turned back toward
Boley a negro town
Sheriff Gets Trail.
At $50 Thursday morning Sheriff
Berry Jones learned that the two out
laws had left the auto at Bolcy and
had driven east in buggy Ten deputy
sheriffs in automobiles were sent hurry
ing after them.
Negroes along the road told the Off
GERS that they had seen two white men
drive up to the home Of negro living
one mile east OF Boley and enter. The
deputies surrounded the house
As one officer approached the door in
front under cover of the rifles OF his
fellows it opened and the black resident
stepped out "Thcy jes run out bcfo'
you-all came up" the negro declared.
Bandits Leap Out
Ac he spoke arear door was thrown
open and two bandits leaped out. As
they stumbled down the dicke,y wooden
steps the little garden patch at the back
Of the house was ringed with flame OF a
half dozen rifles
Stumbling in the sloppy snow the out
laws saw no opening ahead and at
tempted TO back into the shack The
unpainted wooden walls behind them
were seived with bullets Snow and ice
flew up at the impacts OF bullets az
their feet.
Deputy Drops to Ground.
Staggering against the blast Of death
the outlaws worked their rifle levers
quickly TO clear path through the
smoke. DEPUTY Sheriff NJ. Boulware
dropped his rifle and sagged down be-
hind clump OF weeds,
The larger oi the two bandits tell
sprawling on his face, blood from a
dozen wounds soaking through his
TO crimson the muddy snow
beneath him. A moment longer his
companion fired then his rifle dropped
from his shoulder, he sat down l,mply
upon the steps behind him. then slid to
the ground.
The deputies stopped shooting and
looked to Boulware. He was dead
Story Of Wounded Man.
The wounded outlaw gave him name
as James Little and said his companion
was Clarence Arnold.
Two outlaws of the Harrah gang are
still at liberty. Posses are hunting
them, The dead deputy sheriff was
taken to Okemah in the leading car OF
the returning posse. In a car behind
was the body Of the dead outlaw and
the wounded one, sullen and groaning
johnson Rertcast.
II knew the big fellow wasn't Will
Hams" Sheriff Johnson said today. az.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18
COMB SAGE Ten
INTO GRAY HAIR
Ladies! Try this! Darkens
beautifully and nobody
can tell-Brings back
its gloss and youth
fulness.

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn grav, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and luxuri-
ant Mixing the Sage Tea and Sui.
rhur recipe at home, though, is trouble
some. An easier way Is 10 get the
ieady-to-use preparation improved by
the addition Of other ingredients. cost
ing about so cents large bottle, at
drug stores. known as "Wyeth,, Sage
and Sulphur Compound" thus avoiding
a 10, OF muss.
While gray. faded hair is not sinful,
We all desire to retain our youthful ap.
pearanoe and attractiveness. BY dark.
tning your hair with Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound, no one can tell. be.
cause It does II so naturally, so evenly
You Just dampen a sponge or soft brush
with II and draw this through your hair
taking one small strand at q time by
morning all gray hairs have disap.
peared. After another application oy
two your hair becomes beautifully dark.
glossy, soft and luxuriant and YOU sp.
rear years younger. Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound is a delightful toll.
Il requisite. II is not intended for tho
cure, mitigation or prevention OF dis
ease.--Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18
Nation to Honor
Dewey Saturday

WASHINGTON, Jan. ia great
public demonstration to honor Admiral
Dewey at his funeral here Saturday
was being planned today by various
government departments. Services will
be held in the capitol rotunda at II
o'clock and the body will be carried a,
the head of long funeral cortcge up
Pennsylvania avenue from the Dewey
home, where private services will be
held earlier. High officials, midship-
men from Annapolis, sailors and ma
rines and other army and navy units
will be in the procession.
Congress will be adjourned for the
day and all government departments
will close. AT noon all senior ships OF
the navy wherever they are stationed
in the world will fire salute of nine
teen guns in honor OF the dead admiral.
Flags are TO he at half mast and the
navy building will he draped in black.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18
Lansing Denies
Baruch Breakfasts

WASHINGTON, Jan l8. Secretary
Lansing today denied statements made
at the leak hearing that he had break
tasted Several times at the Biltmor
hotel in New York with Bernard Ba
ruch He said he did no, know Mr.
Baruch and never had any converse.
tons with him. Secretary Lansing S
authorized statement was as follows.
While | dislike very much to dig
nifty by denial false and fictitious
scandal. at the same time the publicity
which has been given to some of the
reports warrant me IN saying that in
regard TO the statement that ! break
tasted several times with Mr.. Baruch
at the Biltmore hotel. implying. | as
sumo, that ! gave him advance nfor.
nation concerning ihe note 10 the bel
ligeren,s, | never TO my knowledge saw
Mr. Baruch at any time. | don't know
him and never had any conversation,
with him and have been out of Wash.
ington only once since election and that
was to attend the Army and Navy game
IN New York November 2S"
Miss S Margaret Stackpole, Beacon
street society girl, and member of the
exclusive Vincent club, has become
BostonS first woman stock broker.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18

f.
ooq ut o( The city for several months
~ I learned several days ago that he
NJ bpek. Ever since then have been
Bol9 something terrible would take
Lat night a mutual friend OF mine
"a M. COUGHS called me over the
eolephoAc and said that John wanted
- talk about a reconciliation with
ne. ] tbld him il was no use. This
man ssid to me that Mr.. Couch was
h New Orleans. | told him that !
hnew that II was not so that he was
b the city and had been for aweek,"
she declared.
Probe Begun by Justice.
Justice Of the Peace T. +. Donnell
went to the schoolhouse and began a
coroner's investigation of the case He
look the statement Of Miss Leslie. The
date for the inquest has not been
fixed.
Miss Leslie was of the opinion that
one OF her pupils may have seen the
shot fired, as she said that child
came into the room from the basement
Z moment after the report OF the re
volver was heard
Miss Dunn lived with her sister,
Mrs. Mary d. Couch at $40 North Ok
lahoma avenue She was u years old
and had been teacher i'll Oklahoma
City schools for eight years following
graduation from the high school She
Mad taught at Wheeler for six years
and was connected with the Lee school
for two years previous.
John NJ Couch. accused by the po-
lice and Mrs. Couch OF the murder,
was formerly employed by the Inter
noiional Harvester company. He has
not been in the city for several
months. gsa
Mrs, Couch obtained a divorce from
Couch on September s, 1910. Mrs
Couch is the principal Of the Wheeler
school.
II was a sorrowful sight that officers
saw when they arrived at the school
building few minutes after the trag-
edy. Near the end OF the main corridor
lay the body of Miss Dunn, covered by
. sheet Mrs. Couch sat on a chair at
the foot, tear-stathed teachers were in
the group
Pupils Dismissed,
All the pupils were dismissed as soon
O. it became known that Miss Dunn
had been killed. The children, many of
whom did not know what had han
pencd, marched from the building with
wonder on their faces.
Miss Dunn was Just in the act OF
dismissing her pupils, all OF them
little fellows in the first grade, when
rthe assassin went into the room
That Miss Dunn felt that she was
going to be killed is evident, as she
sought safety in flight She had
little chance though, to escape with
her assistant right at her side,
So far as can he learned the school
teacher made no outcry as she fled
down the hallway.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18
SAFETY DEVICES
MEAN SURER WORK,
SAYS A. |. BECK

Safety devices mean surer and faster
work" declared Adam l.. Beck, pfesi-
dent Of the Oklahoma Portland Cement
company, today before the safety con
gress. There is no hesitation because
OF exposed moving machinery and dan
gerous position OF the workman The
result-more and better work"
The best safety device for accident
prevention is the careful man" accord
ing to Frank A. Wightman of Spring
field Mo- superintendent OF safety Of
the st. Louis 4 San Francisco railroad.
He said efforts of railroads to educate
the public of the dangers OF trackwalk
ing and OF jumping on and off moving
cars, have met with little success.
The convention will close tonight
with free motion picture show at the
Auditorium The films are prepared
by corporations that are pioneers in
safety appliance installations.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18
FIRM MUST PAY
STATE FOR WORK
ON new CAPITOL
Arkansas Is Given Judgment
Against Contractors.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. lS.-In-
stead OF the state OF Arkansas owing
Caldwell and Drake $j2l,J2908 as
claimed, Caldwell and Drake. India
napohs contractors who built the main
part OF the Arkansas state capitol are
indebted to the state in the sum OF
SlO8574O, according to the finding
the board of arbitration to which ihc
controversy had been referred.
The states counter claim OF $50
9272o was dlsalrbwed generally save
for the difference between items for
the removal and replacing of two
floors.
The commission was composed of +.
A. McCulloch chief Justice of the
Arkansas supreme court Jacob Trie-
Der, federal district Judge and ]. V.
Walker, former circui, Judge OF Fay
ettevilc.