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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
FOOTBALLS THE GRAND OLD GRIM
FOR TURNING OUT THE STUFF THAI
GOES TO MAKE THE FIGHTING MAJ
Baseball, Boxing and Tennis Fine Training i
Big Red Sport of War, But Grldiron Game
Counts More for Hardihood and Herosm
BY GRANTLAND RICE
Hank GOwdy

IRIS Is up at The Top dqd1hi
Tn is out for another bid;
Aler's speed has the 1Uinning slant
And Biz Babe Ruth is the dLL-Stdr kid;
Hand 'cu tie old hip-hip, and such;
Stand en up in leading ro1o;
But don't forget, as the cheers emerge,
That old Ldnk Hank aOds the first to 90.
Burns and Raaf and the rest of 'en1-
Johnson, Fletcher and Tim and Chase
Moving on aCitb the best they haze,
Romping through IN the spicy race
Hand 'eBt all that is due to class
and let the boost or the headlines qroU:
But don't forget, as the cheers are forged,
That old Ldnk Hank 1Uds the first to oo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
$4,000 Purse Offered Leonard

NEW YORK, June 6.-The managenai
the st, Nicholas Rink has offered a pohU
$40, 900 TO Benny Leonard for a ten-rouAa
with the winner of the Joe Welllng-la
Dundee bout, which will be staged at a.
Nicholas Rink tomorrow night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
West Phillies Win Track Honors

West Phillies Win Track HOnOrs
Northeast High School won the city track
and field championship meet. West Phila.
delphia High School captured the fresh
men title meet held yesterday. This was a
surprise to the track followers. The show
ing Of the West Phiilies was good in all
the events.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

and arrange them in the form Of a scalene
triangle, the idea being that you want
70 nit long shot, medium shot and a
flags.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
NecessitH of Practice
1 1ChdDGS (CIHCh) Clans eH

THE first thing for the ambitious pros
l. pective golfer to do is to lay out a plan
for the practice Of golf. One must play
certain amount each day. or three times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
In the Records

Records are valuable contributions to the
lore Of the day and the dope Of the era
They are supposed TO furnish a fairly true
line on the general situation, being, as they
are, summary Of results. And results are
supposed to count.
So If you owned ball club and some one
offered you the four pitchers who had lost
the greatest number of games the odds are
that you would very quickly arise upon YOUR
hind legs and emit lusty roar of protest
You would until you happened to glance at
their names-Walter johnson. Joe Bush,
Fred Toney and Ray Caldwell
These have been the main losers I'm N
date. Which proves again that even cold.
palltd, unbiased record isn't always a certain
inside tip on the outstanding situation.
Leonard and the Boxing Game
Benny Leonard, the new lightweight
champion can accomplish mcr1I t..'.C trine
for the boxing game by carrIing forward
his intention to enlist The fighting con-
tingent hasn't been overly keen about head
ing in the general direction of the trenches
referring to those between twenty and
thirty without dependents. And if any
game ever needed help. the fighting game is
the answer. No sport in the widespread
universe has suffered so much from general
crookedness and greed.
Leonard gives promise of being a proper
type. He is a hard, clean fighter: there
has been no question as to his direct hon.
esty in the ring, and he has played out the
game. BY enlistng at an early date he can
become far and away the most popular
fighter in America.
Ie Ancient PrOverb
Many are called
But after the call
Only a tetO keep their eye
on the ball.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
S BROWNS HERE TODAY; PILLS HAVE CHANG
CASE OF ED WALSH PUZZLES EXPERTS,
ASNO PITCHER WHOSE ARM WENT BAD
FROM OVERWORKi EVER CAME BACK
Former White Sox Star May Be Given Another
Chance by McGraw-Ban Johnson Spikes Rumor
That Washington Franchise Will Be Shifted

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ball a
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
Experts Unable to Name Big League Toirer Who Recouered

TUE proposed comeback" of Walsh she Park
well wishes accompanied by doubtful shakes of the head We approached
to n
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THE only pitcher returned being
then for good There other pitchers
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

"Any one who doubts that sport is doing
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
EW BRITAIN FIVE STAGE A COMEBACK
|cal BoElers Journey to South.
 | in6ton and Win Twice

Although they had . close call. the
 al Inter-city bowling leaguers man. ed by the dint of hard work to
 erge 8 victor in the match with
 Southington five in that town last ening, retrieving somewhat for the Feat at the hands of Wallingford esday night. In the first game. "our ys' had a comfortable lead. but in second 1t was nip and tuck all
 way. the locals managing to get half Nelson on tho game with a .o-point majority. Tho final game . captured by Southington. LAst kht.s victory secured for the home Ts an opportunity of being a first kce contender. Joe Foote continued
 mo work of the evening previous. |anding out a total of SIS, with n single of no. Rogers and Hines Ire also much in evidence.
 Inc New Britain Machine company |intet took three straight games bm. the Tafnir Bearing company km on the Aetna alleys last eve- hg.
 |Tn . special match between work bn of the Union Manufacturing com- Iny, the assembling room walloped |e drill chuck department thrice. |The scores:
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

Holy Cross drove Swigler from the box in the fourth inning yesterday and defeated the University of Penn sylvania by a score of 8 to 3. The score:
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
crew which went to Philadelphia to rana fha Irnixersifv If Pennsylyania

crew which went to Philadelphia to race the University of Pennsylvania would positively be disbanded. The nine yesterday went to North Carolina. further than any previous baseball team has gone for it's Easter games. believing that it would be assured of better weather than in Virginia. where it's Easter engagements have before been played. It will meet the University of North Carolina, Trinity college and the Arts and Mechanical Institute the last three days of the week. It is scheduled to play George town and Catholic University in Wash ington Monday and Tuesday and to play Columbia in New York on We'd nesday.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

Joseph T. Higgins, the champion o1 the Irish-American Athletic club, wor the 1,00O-yard handicap run at the annual games of the Samaclar Ath- letic association. held at the S9tf Regiment armory last night.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

An to defeat for the home team marked the opening of the Navy base ball season at Annapolis yesterday, when the Sailors met Syracuse.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
RED SOx AGAIN
 LEAD IN SERIES
Dodgers Start in Front But Fail
 to Retain Lead

Lafayette. Ind. April 5.-The Bos- ton Red Sox took the lead in the spring world series here yesterday. defeating the Brooklyn Robins on tho college campus of Purdue University. The score was 8 to s. A crowd of more than $500 persons, including the student body of the university, saw the contest. The Purdue football eleven practised on the field before the game, and the college baseball nine also had a brief workout, after which the Purdue athletes sat in a body behind the catcher's bailiwick. The score:
 r. h. e.. Boston ........ 1os031000-s g 2 Brooklyn ...... 21OO200O0-5 g 2 Batteries-Jones, Wyckoff and Cady and Thomas; Mails, Dell, Apple- ton, Burning and Meyers.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
Tanks Beat Braves.

Tanks Beat Braves.
 Wilmington, N. C., April 5.-The rattler bearing the Yankees and Braves bumped from mad summer weather into g. frosty gale yesterday, but the Yankees seemed to need the change. as they turned and beat the Braves to 3.
 As ball game it was all very much to the front. The wind was colder than the outside of an Esquimau fgloo, and so neither club was up to any high standard of play. Allen Russell and Bob Shawkey had the National league entry we'll in hand. despite of Russelrs ,wildness The Richmond Grenadier issued seven passes in five innings. but most of these were due to susty whirlpools in the air. Both Russell and Shawkey looked to be in excellent shape. The score:
 r. h. e. New York ..... 1olooo2s1-s 1s 3 Boston ....;.... 0001l0010-3 5 5 Batteries-Russell, Shawkey and Alexander: Barnes. Allen. Crum and and Gowdy and Tragessor.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

Philip Carter, w. c. Fownes, w. A.. Whitcomb and Frank Dyer survived in the upper bracket of the first watch round, North and South amateur golf championship tournament here yes- terday. Norman Fl. Maxwell, Gardner White, Fl. c. Beall and Robert Hunter won in the lower bracket. The closest contest of the day was that between White and John G. Anderson, won by White on the home green.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

The Army's heavy hitting ball tos- sers swamped Manhattan college yes terday afternoon 17 to 1 in a brief time contest at West Point. The soldiers knocked Burns off the mound in the first frame and treated J. Houl- ihan, who held Columbia scoreless last Saturday. even more harshly.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

An 8 to 3 defeat for the home team marked the opening of the Navy base
 ball season at Annapolis yesterday, when the Sailors met Syracuse.
 Jesse Hoyt failed in his ambition to score pair of victories in the Class B. squash tennis club championship tourney, continued on the Princeton club courts yesterday. After prac- tically winning as he pleased from Philip T. Chrystie by score of 15-3, R. Mixsell. The more experienced Mixsell proved stumbling block. After winning the first game from Hoyt by the decisive score of 15-4. Mixsell let down in his whirlwind attack, yet won the second game from Hoyt by score of 15-11,
 Les Darcy. the Australian middle weight boxer. whom Governor Whit man barred from boxing in New York State because, he said, Darcy was a 'slacker" evading Australian military service. took the oath of allegiance and signif1ed his intention of becom- ing citizen of the United States yes- terday in Chicago. He received his first citizenship papers from the cir cult court of Cook County.
 George Wightman defeated Dr. George Derby, both of this city, in the second round of the national singles court tennis championship at the Boston Tennis and Racquet club yesterday. The score was GA, 6-2, S-6. In the other match of the round Joshua Crane, former champion, defeated D. P. Rhodes in straight sets. The score was GA. 6-5, GA. MT. Crane. will play MT. wightman to- morrow, the winner to play Jay Gould, of New York, the present champion on Saturday.
 Joseph T. Higgins, the champion of the Irish-American Athletic club, won the 1,000-yard handicap run at the annual games of the Samaclar Attn letic association, held at the 69th Regiment armory last night.
 Johnny Jones, the celebrated show
 horse, was sold at Durland's Riding academy last night. Myron Oppen- helm purchased the eight-year-old chestnut gelding, consigned by Colonel Paul Brown, of Missouri. for $2O,- 900. Johnny Jones is reputed to be the all-around champion show horse Of this country, if not of the world.
 Hc has been the sensation of all the Western shows, but never appeared in an Eastern ring. The gelding is five- -gaited. is equally noble under sad dle or harness and equally competent , in tandem or four-in-hand.
 
 Holy Cross drove Swigler from the box in the fourth inning yesterday and defeated the University of Penn sylvania by a score of to 3. The score:
 r. h. e. Holy Cross .... 10060O1O0-S il 4 Pennsvlvania =. OOO12OO0O-3 g
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
WAR AND ITS EFFECT
Pioneers VIII Abandon Diamond This Season Should War Be Declared First Practice Tomorrow.

The opening practice of the season for the cadidates for the pioneers baseball team has been called by Man ager Harry Kemmerer at o'clock to- morrow morning on the Pioneer field. All members of last years team are expected to be on hand. with a num- Der of new recruits. The war situa- ton may have its effect on the team, according to the statement of the management today. Should war be declared, the schedule arranged will be called off and the team will dis band while the trouble is going on.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

Regimental athletics are going to succeed intercollegiate sports at liar ward with the official call to arms Captain Constant Cordier, U. s. A., in command of the Harvard cadet regi- ment, yesterday declared in favor of some form of regimental sport for the spring, with Saturday afternoons set aside for competition. A baseball league formed from the battalions of the regiment is to be organized. while competition is also expected between the rowing and track athletes in the soIdiery.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
YALE NINE LEAVES

Players Express Confidence That Team Will Soon DisbandOn on Ac- count of War Declaration. New Haven, April 5.-Certainty kf1at the team would be disbanded at khe end of it's trip South, if not be- lore, faced the Yale baseball nine yes kerday as it left here for its Easter
 Journey.
 Because of the expected declara- kSon of war, the team will close it's soason when the six scheduled games
 af1 played, if not before. It was
 .tafed yesterday on the campus that |the trip might end with the game 'saturday, when both the nine and the
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
r Anothe 
SPORTDOM SPARKLERS

Columbia defeated Amherst Col lego on the diamond at South Field yesterday afternoon by score of 8 to 5. The Blue and White came from behind to win in an eight-inning rally. little bad feeling. a little wild throwing and some scratch hitting played their parts in turning defeat into victory.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

President Joe Tinker of the Column bus American Association Baseball club yesterday released two players. Melbourn, Steil, utility infielder last season, and Ray Lingrel, a pitcher who came to the Senators near the close of the 1916 season.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

Tom Cowler knocked out Sailor Carroll in twenty-nine seconds at the Palace Sporting club in New York last night. Augie Rather was out pointed by Young Mike Donovan, Joe Yelling defeated Willie Beecher and Kid Lewis stopped Jimmy Coffey in the first frame.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

Batteries: Donnellen and Spillane; Swigler. Cromwell and Gilmore.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24
McCREA AND DONOVAN
AT CITY HALL, APRIL 26

AT City hall next Thursday evening
the local followers of the manly art
will witness one of the best fistic shows
that has ever been held in this arena.
The matchmaker of the local club has
secured the services of the celebrated
Howard McCrea of Cambridge, Mass,
whose name no doubt, is quite familiar
to the boxing element of this and sur
rounding cities, he having boxed some
Of the best lightweights in New Eng
land, and has boxed twice in Water
Vile in the past six weeks.
Matchmaker Day was trying to get
Billy Meyers to face McCrea but that
was impossible as Meyers boxes in
Newport, r. L., next Thursday night,
but instead lie has secured the SER
vices of Johnny Donovan of South
Boston. who is stranger in this city,
but nevertheless he can go some. He
has appeared as the main attraction
in nearly all of the big clubs this side
of New York, also having worked in
some of the all-star shows held in Bos-
ton the past winter. Few of the To-
cal fans who have seen him work in
Boston declare that he is a wonder.
There Will be three other fast bouts
Snow starts promptly at SIS. Sears
Will referee. Seats on sale at Pack
ards Smoke Shop,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24
MORE EARLY WEDDINGS
Three Are Solemnized Monday Morn.
ing at St. Augustine's Church

The new st. Augustines church
was the scene Monday morning of
some more early weddings, as it was
a week ago. only not quite as many,
but what the young couples lacked in
numbers they made up in happiness,
and surely none could have been hap
pier. The first wedding came at $50
when Rev. FIR. z. B. Decary, rector at
st. Augustine's, united in marriage
under the rites of the church, Irene
Violette and Cecile Roy, both of Au-
gusta. Following this wedding came
that OF Victor Valaire Bellavance and
Exelia Bureau of Augusta The third
wedding came at o'clock, the con-
tracing parties being Adolph Cham
payne and Mary Anna Lapointe of this
city. The friends of the young cou-
pies wish them much happiness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24

himself up against yesterday, and one
which last night was still unsolved.
How the bees got into the house is not
known as there is no place visible
from the outside. nor is it known
where they came from. but a possible
solution may be that they came from
the residence of Bertrand Smith on
North Chestnut street. Mr.. Smith lost
two swarms last summer, one of which
established itself in a chimney at the
residence Of County Attorney w. H.
Fisher on Winthrop street, and was
only with some difficulty induced to
leave it's new home. Just what became
of the other swarm was never known,
so tits said, and it may be that the
swarm just discovered in the Myrick
house is the one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24

A business meeting of the Senior
class at Cony High school was held
Monday and plans are being made for
the printing of Glass Year Book this
spring. Several of the past classes at
Cony have planned this same project,
but so far as known it is yet to be
made a reality, the nearest any class
has come to it being last spring, when
the material, including cuts and print
ed matter. was turned in TO a printer
in this city, who shortly after went
out of business. Cony is not lucky
with class year books.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24
WAR LOAN BONDS
ARE QUICKLY TAKEN

Subscription books for the sale of
State of Maine war loan bonds were
opened Monday at the office of the
State treasurer. The last Legislature
authorized an issue Of $1,O0O,0OO in
bonds for war purposes and advertise
ments were given out for the purchase
of one-half of this amount. Subscrip-
tons totalling s1.671.900 were received
In all and as the amount must be cut
down to the half a million advertised,
State Treasurer Joseph w. Simpson
said last night that the small sub
scribers from 800 to $1,000 were to be
taken care of first for the full amounts.
The bonds are exempt from taxation
at four per cent. and will be dated May
l, 1917, and due May 1. 1887. The bonds
were taken by nearly every town in
the State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24

Another case at the morning session
was that of man who was arrested
on the charge Of intoxication and who
on being arraigned was found guilty
was visited with fine of SIS and costs
In the afternoon. on complaint of
Mrs. Ada +. Hunt, State agent for the
prevention Of cruelty to children n
young woman giving the name of An
ME Ward and who was said to have
originally come from West Gardiner.
was arraigned on the charge of having
deserted her infant son. Donald VIII
nam, aged three months. The girl, who
IS 20 years OF age, entered a plea of
not guilty but the court found her
guilty and ordered her, with her in
FAINT child. committed to the State re-
formatory for women. The two wore
taken on the 7.o7 train last evening To
Skowhegan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24

j. F. Brown, the officer in charge Of
the naval recruiting station in this
city, was for some time a member of
the crew of the "Wadsworth," one of
the fast torpedo-boats built at Bath
and he can give a very interesting &C
count of the mechanical working of
the big torpedoes used in the United
States Navy, having seen them used
in battle practice many times. He
stated that the big ones have a range
of from 10000 to $1,000 yards, being
propelled by miniature turbines con-
tanned in them, instead of by COM
pressed air, as was the case with the
Whitehead torpedoes formerly used
He also explained that the torpedoes
used by the German submarines to
sink merchantmen are not of this
type, but are much smaller and less
expensive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-24
FOR THE COMPANY
NJ BENEFIT FUND

To the Patriotic Citizens of Augusta.
1t is the desire of every one of us, l
feel sure, that Company NJ, of the Sec
ond Maine Infantry-our own COM
pany-shall be the best drilled, best
equipped and best cared-for unit in the
big organization which will soon be do
ing it's share in the World War.
The drilling and equippings of these
soldiers will be looked out for by the
War Department. 1t is duty and
privilege for us, the citizens of Angus
ia, to see that they are provided with
all the comforts and conveniences that
are possible for troops in actual war
service, and especially that the sick and
wounded are given the best food and
care that money can buy.
An opportunity will be given us We'd
nesday, April %, to combine pleasure
with a patriotic duty by attending the
Military Ball at City Hail. beginning
at s. p m. Tickets will be 81 for men;
ladies' will be admitted free. The entire
proceeds will go to the Company M.
Benefit Fund.
No effort will be spared to make this
Military Ball brilliant and entertain
ing affair. The Second Regiment Rand
will furnish the music and Company M
will give an exhibition drill.
AS it will be impossible for the mem
bers of the Company who are selling
these tickets to reach every home in
Augusta you can mail a check to Cap
tain Thomas Enright. or go to Blther's
Drug Store Do not buy just one or
two tickets, but as many as you can
possibly afford
This is the last chance you will have
to show your appreciation of the young
men of Augusta who have volunteered
in their country's defense-the young
men who will help to make up Amer
icas First Five Hundred Thousand
Your liberality will mean that these
men will be better taken care Of. that
they will get special attention, special
care and special food and nursing when
they are sick. Surely, this is little
enough for us to do to show our appre-
citation and our regard for the young
men who are sacrificing their time, and
perhaps their health and their lives for
our country.
Will YOU do YOUR share today by
buying ticket-or MANY tickets--for
the Military Ball?
(Signed) GUY P. GANNETT.
Chairman Kennebec County Committee
on Military and Naval Affairs.