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Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

Ray Caldwell Is the pitcher who
helped keep Wild Bill Donovan wild.
The Braves have tried more minor
league players than any other team In
fast company.
Hank Gowdy, who has Joined his
regiment, will not be replaced by STALL
ings In hurry.
Connie Mack is getting to be a great
little artillery general-artillery Of the
diamond, Of course.
Pat Flaherty, scout for Connie Mack,
Is now busily engaged In looking over
Eastern league talent.
First Baseman Buck Boyle, who was
with Fargo in the Northern league, has
Joined the Sioux City team.
Joe Judge. the Washington first base.
man, Is playing wonderful ball and
Clark Griffith is vlndicated.
Stallings alone Is to blame for the
shocking behavior of the Braves. He
Van stop them IL he feels like 1t.
The Sioux City club has taken on
the veteran outfielder. Andy Kyle, who
was with Bloomington In the Three.I.
The Houston team Is hard loser.
Considerable disorder has marked
games In which 1t has played recently.
One Of the last acts of Frank Chance
as manager Of the Angels was to sus-
pend and fine Jack Ryan and Harl
Maggart.
The veteran Tom Hughes probably
will return to his job as policeman In
Salt Lake City. 1t Is evident that as q
pitcher he is done.
Polly McI.ary, who started Off slow
ly with Shreveport, has caught his hit
ting stride and of late has been swat
ting the ball hard.
The Phillies are being accused Of
trying to pull off a signal tipping bu-
reau again this year, but there Is no
proof Of the charge.
The Omaha club has returned Scrap
by Moore, the college third baseman,
to the st. Louis Browns. He failed to
show anything but noise.
George Stalllngs has added several
gray hairs to his hirsute adornment
since Hank Gowdy decided to get be-
hind the bat for Uncle Sam.
Jerry Downs, as successor to Harry
Wolverton, has done so well with the
Seals that they are telling Hen Berry
he should be retained on the job.
II Christy Mathewson can win pen
nant for Cincinnati, we know the name
of the man who will finally settle this
world war and bring about peace.
George Burns of the Giants is earn
ing the plaudits of the fans by his
speedy playing. He Is considered one
of the best fielders In the major leagues
|
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 Pitts
burgh.
One year ago the Cincinnati Reds
were hopelessly last In the National
league race, but this year they are
well UP toward the front In the pen
nant fight
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

pitchers third Offering nearly struck
the ground In front Of the plate the
Indian took vicious swing ut 1t and
missed.
"That was fine strike you called
on me, BILL" he remarked to Brennan
us he turned to go to the bench.
ut was better ball than the one
you just struck at" was Bill's retOrt.
"Huh!" gruntcd Big jim, "the only
reason I struck ut that one was be-
cause I knew you'd call 1t strike
anyway"
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11
REPARTEE BY ONE JOE BENZ
White Sox Pitcher Tells Of Funniest
Remark He Ever Heard While
on Ball Field.

Joe Benz, White SoX pitcher, says
that one of the funniest remarks he
ever heard on ball field was spoken
while he was at bat.
There was runner on second, and
as the game was close one, Benz was
mighty anxious to drive him home. The
first two balls We're smack over the
plate and Benz took wallOp ut both
but didn't even foul.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11
WOULD CALL STRIKE ANYWAY
Jim Thorpe Makes Vicious Swing at
Low Ball Because Was Satisfied
Umpire Would Call II.

Jim Thorpe was sent to bat as
pinch hitter in n game which the Gil
ants played at Waco during the spring
exhibition games. He looked with
disdain ut the first ball served up to
him, but, to his surprise, Bill Brennan.
who was umpirlng, called It n strike.
Jim fOuled the next and though the
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

q Of
ball left In his
anything like but
Johnny appears
why shedding this sunlight the day after Pat Moran signed his
lie HI
a
without doubt
perhaps willard remain the
invested his soe
Philadelphia Ledger.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11
UMPIRE EVANS TALKS TO FAN
Spectator Invited to Go on Field and
Dust OF Home Plate-Arbiter
Was Too Busy.

"Hey. there, brush off the plate. I
can't see 1t for dust" yelled fan to
Umpire Billy Evans. sand neither
can you" Said fan objected to
strike decision.
"Come out here and do 1t yourself.
You've got lots more time than have.
I'm awful busy right nOw," retOrted
Evans with grin.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11
DIAMOND
NOTES

MathcwsOn has made much headwny
with his young pitchers, Regnn, Ring
and Eller.
The Des Moines club has taken on
Pitcher franklin johnson from the de-
funct Rock Island team.
Ruddy Kullio. who Is pitching some
remarkable bail for Dcs Moines, soon
may be recalled by San Francisco.
Howard Holmes, out Of n Job when
the Three-I blew up. has been signed
for the American association umpire
staff.
Fred Fnlkenberg managed to win
his first game after he returned to In
dianapolis but not without sweating
good deal.
Catcher Harry Smith, formerly with
Dallas and Galveston, Is now doing
the bulk Of the work behind the bat
for Tulsa.
There are two Joe Bergers in the
Western league now, the one with
Wichita and the other the pitcher with
Des Moines.
John McGraw Is said to be after
Grover LOwdermilk for the Giants.
Big Grover has pitched some great ball
for Columbus.
mig Clarke, famous In baseball as
catcher for the old Cleveland Maps
for many years, has enlisted In the
United States Marines.
Manager George Stovall says the
bulk of his pitching for the rest Of the
season will be done by Jack Quinn,
Roy Mitchell and Art FrOmme.
Tony Boeckel, third baseman for
Great Falls, who was sold to Pitts
burgh, only to have the deal cancelled,
now goes to the St. Louis Browns.
Shortstop Johnny Butler of the Lin
coin team has developed tuberculosis,
and on advice of his physician will go
to Southern California or Arizona.
Ward, shOrtstOp, and Camp, center
fielder of the Charleston club of the
South Atlantic league, have been sold
to the New York American club.
Arnold Sheldon, first bHseman Of the
Waterloo Central association team, has
Joined the coast artillery, in which he
has been given IN officers commission.
Clark DickersOn Travelled all the way
from Texas via st. Louis to Butte to
join the team there, just to learn that
the league would disband within
week.
Several of the Browns are said to
have the war fever so bad they can't
keep their minds on the game. Some
thing new and unique In the way of
alibis.
Jake Daubert, first baseman of the
Brooklyn team, may not play again
for some time. He has been suffering
with bad leg on and off for the last
three years.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11
GIBSON LATEST "c0ME.BACK"
Former Pirate Got His Chance to Step
Into Harness When Lew Mecarty
Was Injured.

George Gibson, Giant catcher. is the
latest member Of the comeback club.
Gibson got his chance to step into
the harness as II regular when Lew
McCarty's leg was broken. and he
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

phenomenal success that he was re-.
turned to Cleveland In 1914 he Joined
the Federal league and when that or
ganizatiOn went up In smoke Joined
Indianapolis.
This spring Connie Mack traded
John Nabors for Falky, but Falky
didn't last In fast company. Majors
was found wanting at Indianapolis and
has been sent to Denver
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

Several of the Browns are said to
have the war fever so bad they can't
keep their minds on the game. Some
thing new and unique in the way of
alibis.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

Jake Daubert, first baseman of the
Brooklyn team, may not play again
for some time. He has been suffering
with n bad leg on and off for the last
three years.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

Clark Dlckerson Travelled all the way
from Texas via st. Louis to Butte to
join the team there, just to learn that
the league would disband within Il
week.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11
.ASCBALL
STORIES

Ray Caldwell is the pitcher who
helped keep Wild Bill Donovan wild.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

Arnold Sheldon, first baseman Of the
Central association team, has
Joined the coast artillery, in which he
has been given an officers commission.
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

One year ago the Cincinnati Reds
were hOpelessly last in the National
league race, but this year they are
well UP toward the front In the pen
nant fight
Chicago eagle., 1917-08-11

Mathewson has made much headwny
with his young pitchers, Regan. Ring
and Eller.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

chelle avenue. Miss Elizabeth Rog,
ers and Mrs. Katherine Noe were hos
tesses. The following officers for the
coming year were elected: President
Mrs. Sue Phillips; vice-president, Mrs
Alice Eckles; recording secretary
Miss Lena Hall; corresponding Sec
retary. Mrs. Carolyn Shoemaker
treasurer, Mrs. Nellie Switzler; chap
lain. Mrs. Elizabeth Crouch; jour-
nalist, Mrs. Lulu Emerson; guard
Mrs. Lois Sylvester, and pianist. Miss
Myrtle Parker. After the business
meeting there was a social hour.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08
SIT TIGHT!

Patriotism. Service to the United
States. Stand by the colors."
The cry rings from coast to coast
as the nation poises on the brink OF
war. Yet what is this patriotism?
When a mere rumor reaches US that
our ambassador has been detained,
that Germany intends to sink our pas
senger liners, must we lose all self
control, thrown reason to the winds
and rush about like maniacs demand
ing an immediate declaration of war ?
Is this patriotism?
If we would serve our country, now
is the time to start. Practice self
control, that attribute which dis
tinguishes man from the lower ami
mails. Each citizen of these United
States carries a heavy responsibility
WHICH ut Sullt W
shoulders. If he rushes forth at the
slightest provocation, when unfounded
rumors reach his ears. to preach war
and destruction. to his neighbor. he
has started, perhaps, the spark which
will kindle the hatred of thousands.
II 1t were not for those self-controlled
patriots who kept their heads while
others shouted War" this nation, un-
prepared as it was, would have been
in the European furnace before the
Lusitania had reached the sea-bot-
tom.
Each man, woman and child in this
. great commonwealth is under an obli-
cation to every other citizen. All
must think before they speak. Their
aggregate decision on this interna-
tional crisis is the voice of the nation.
Each person is a part of it. II war
cannot be averted, let it come, but this
= nation must not be plunged in blood
shed by those who are too weak to
control themselves in a great crisis.
Ponderous war crushes years before
it, once it has started on its destruc-
tive course Let us take time now to
digest the situation. Let us weigh
carefully the significance of each event
and the factors which caused it-then
decide. The responsibility is ours.
Let us practice the patriotism of
seif-control
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

France, Sweden, England, India, Can
ada, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippine Is
lands and the United States were
played and sung. Foreign poetry was
read and explained. The program
ended with a selection of German
songs by F. P. Gutekunst and Span
ish dance by Miss Mamie Marshall.
The club will meet twice next
month, first as the guests of Frank
Lee at the home of Mrs. F. W. Brand,
later as the guests of Miss Marjorie
Jones at the home Of Dean j. C.
Jones.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08
UTILIZING THE BY.PRODUCTS

The gardenette idea, now prevalent
in the cities where food shortages
have been felt, takes its justification
in the adage, every little bit added
to what you've got means Just a little
bit more" And in meaning just a
little bit more food to the individual.
it means big decrease in food prices
to the nation as a whole.
The crying demand in the United
States is for efficiency. Utilize waste
AS the big corporations utilize their
by-products, so the city dweller may
utilize his small plot of ground and his
time for exercise in raising the staples
of life. Food will come as a by-prod-
uct Of mans possessions and energies
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

How does the United States expect
patriotism when its national guards
men are forced to give up paying po-
sitions to serve the Government for
SIS month. Patriotism may start
the ball rolling, but 1t will take more
than starvation wages to keep the
citizen soldier contented.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Otis JOslyn Enlists in Marine Corps
Otis Joslyn, former student in the
College of Arts and Science. has en-
tered the Marine Corps of the United
States Navy. He is now at the South
Carolina Naval Training Station. JOS
lyn expects his University training to
assist him to become an officer. His
home is at Charleston, Mo.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

The d. A. r. will meet at 2:45
o'clock Saturday afternoon, March 10,
at the home of Mrs. S. c. Hunt, SQ4
Conley avenue. Mrs. Hunt and Mrs.
Kate Conley will be the hostesses.
The board will meet at 2:30 o'clock.
All members who cannot attend are
expected to notify the hostesses.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Like Alexander the Great, who
sighed because there were no more
worlds to conquer. the kaiser seems
to have dreamed of ruling the whole
world. Fortunately. Wilhelm hasn't
reached the signing stage yet.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Let the gardenette act as an exercis-
ing plot for Americans, thereby COM
bining our democratic idea of eff
cheney with the utilization of waste
ground and time, and the food prices
will cease to cause riots on the city
hall steps of New York
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

We make laws to put the criminal
in Jail. 1t would be a simple matter
of efficiency to pass the code to keep
children out of it. The children's code
is as necessary in the scheme of hu-
man conservation as in the common
law for grown ups.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

If the price of hogs is as high next
fall as now, wonder what American
college football teams are going to
do for "pigskins."
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

The best policewomen in England.
it is said, are those who were once
schoolteachers with an inquisitive
temperament. Talents always reveal
themselves.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

To follow the crowd is the easiest
thing on earth, but to stand alone for
your own reasoned convictions is
heroism. Mr.. Carnegie, meet Senator
Stone.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Mrs. 1. ]. Holt, I'LL Paquin street,
entertained informally this afternoon
for Mrs. w. ]. Roley of Carthage. who
is here visiting her daughter, Miss
Gracia, student in the University.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Mrs. e. C. Ragsdale entertained the
following at o'clock tea yesterday
afternoon at the Dumas Apartments:
Mrs. J. NJ. Hyde, Mrs. H. NJ. Rasmus-
sen. Mrs. Carrie George and Mrs. C.
l.. Bennett.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Community cooking may be all right
but there's the old adage about too
many cooks spelling the broth
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08
SOCIETY NOTES

Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journal
istic sorority held initiation last night
in Switzler Hall for Miss Mary Mar
garet Mcbride of Paris, Miss Kathleen
Browning of Kansas City and Miss
Charlotte Dantzig of st. Louis.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Plans are being made for senior
prom to be given the first of May.
This will be the first time in four
years that the graduating class has
given dance. D. ]. Oven is in
charge of the arrangements.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Alpha Chi Sigma, a chemistry fra
ternity, will give an informal dance
Saturday night. DR.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Marden will chaperon.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Chapter A. Z. of the P. Z. o. Sister
hood met yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. G. w. Reavis, 1905 Bou-
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

How the women suffragists must
laugh on hearing that the armed neu-
trality bill was talked to death
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08
NO HYPHENATING IN THIS CLUB

NJ L. COSmOpOIIAuS hePIeSeHt H N@'
tOnalities in Meeting.
The Cosmopolitan Club held its
seventh monthly social meeting last
night at the home of Prof. Frederick
P. Spalding. Miss Mary Wilbur and
Mrs. Spalding were the hostesses.
In spite of the war. the club sees
no hyphenating. Fourteen nationali-
ties were represented. The program
was one in which every member had
to take part. The national songs of
Japan, Germany, Austria, Russia,
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

ster. Prof. and Mrs. E. C. Pegg and
Prof and Mrs. L. s. Backus.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

The seventh Missouri Union dance
will be held Friday, March 16. at the
Union Building.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

Prof. and Mrs. ]. B. Gingery will en-
tertain with a buffet supper tonight
at their home. 1860 Cauthorn street.
The guests will be Prof. and Mrs.
E. H. Hughes. Prof and Mrs. L. G..
Rinkle. Prof. and Mrs. H. L. Kemp
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-08

The Delta Gamma sorority will have
Saturday afternoon a Canterbury tea
will be given for the alumnae and
Saturday night the reunion banquet
will be held. Among the alumnae ex-
pected back are Misses Adeline Miles,
Shelbina; Madeline Tibbey, Washing
ton; Erma and Vera Waltner, Kansas
City; Edith Miller, st. Louis; Janet
Vanderwarter, Kansas City and Hazel
Wheeland, st. Louis. Sunday morning
the sorority will hold an initiation
for Miss Mildred Kessinger of Car
linville. ILL.,, and Miss Margaret Glenn
ents of Kansas City.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-17
EASY TO TELL REAL DIAMOND
There Are Many Ways in Which the
Finest limitations May Be Detect
ed, Even by the inexperienced.

The experienced eye does not find 1t
difficult to decide whether diamond
is genuine, for the facets of real ones
are seldom so regular as those OF hne
limitations. With the latter the great
est care is taken in grinding to polish
and smooth the whole stone so that
there will be irregularity in the refec-
ton or refraction of the light. A neces-
sary tool for testing is the file, which
cannot scratch a real diamond, al
though 1t quickly leaves its mark on
an imitation. Better than the file is the
sapphire, for the sapphire is the next
hardest stone to the diamond. Any
stone that q sapphire can scratch is
assuredly not a diamond.
If you put a small drop of water on
the upper facet of a brilliant and touch
it with the point of pencil the drop
will keep it's rounded form, but the
stone will remain clean and dry. In
case of an imitation the drop immedi-
ately spreads out. Plunge diamond
into water and it will be plainly visible
and will glitter through the liquid, but
an imitation stone is almost Invisible.
If you look through a diamond, as
through a bit of glass, at a black dot
on a sheet of white paper you will see
one single point clearly. If you see sew
eral points or a blur of black it is an
imitation. The white sapphire, the
white topaz and rock crystal are fire.
quently sold as diamonds, but imita-
tons are more commonly made of
glass.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-17
W. N. u, MILWAUKEE, NO. 2s-ts17.
SAVING hICKELS AND DIMES
Shortage in Small Coins Declared
Due TO Widely Adopted Prac-
tice Of Thrift.

Shortage of small coins, complained
of by banks, may be due partly to the
practice of saving buffalo nickels and
the new dimes, bankers say, according
to the Minneapolis Journal.
Many persons have formed the habit
of putting away the buffalo coins or
the new ten-cent pieces on the we'll
established theory that the saver can
accumulate considerable sums in this
way and yet do 1t so gradually that
"he never misses it."
''The shortage of nickels and dimes
probably is due In part to this prac-
tice. There is, however. an even more
stringent shortage of pennies, which
has been felt for the last six months"
Bankers said the penny famine prob
ably was due to recently instilled thrift
among children. Pennies given them
by parents, coins that formerly went
back into circulation as quickly as
little feet could f1utter to the corner
candy store, now find their way into
the toy bank.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-17
Bound to Fight, Anyhow.

Early last year, says a contributor
to an English weekly, q grocer in a
Scottish village decided that either he
or his assistant must enlist. AS he
was single and his mother and sisters
were well provided for from their In
terest In the shop, he thought it was
his duty to go.
Mackay, the assistant, agreed
promptly, and presently found himself
in command of the business.
But q few months later the master
was dumfounded to meet his late as
sistant, attired in khaki, somewhere
In France"
Hi, mon, he said angrily, what are
We dom here? Did no tell We tae stay
at hame in charge o. ma shop7''
$50 l thocht at the time, master, :"
replied Mackay, "bit sumo fun cot ii
wisna only the shop l was in charge
o., but a yer womanfolk. Man. says
tae maself. gin we've got to fecht,
gang and fecht someone We can hit
So / jined."-Youth's Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-17
Knowing that they have plenty
of money to raise twins properly,
why should Rose resent the fact
that she has been presented with
two babies instead of one?
(TO BE Continued
PRICE OF SHOES EXPLAINED
Musical Comedy Footwear, Not War,
Sent the Cost of Footwear
UP, Says Writer.

An interesting story which is being
widely reprinted credits the high cost
of shoes to a brilliant idea which
Matched in the brain of a California
shoe retailer, according to the Louis
vile Courier-Journal. The writer of
the story, which appeared first in a
Western newspaper, says that the Los
Angeles merchant despaired of finding
sale for his wares among Eastern
women who were motoring in Cali
fornia. He hit upon the plan of intro
ducing startling varieties of footwear
at fancy prices. He bought up a large
quantity of ladies boots" with high
tops in fancy colors. They were the
sort of boots" that had been seen
often in musical comedy, but had not
been worn by women on the street.
The Fasteners, upon beholding his
window display, imagined that some
thing new had struck the East" from
Paris or elsewhere, and that they while
travelling through the hinterland had
not kept up with the fashions. They
Do"eA' IL SOhCuS ShoSS at any
price the dealer was bold enough TO
ask. When they went back to New
York with their smart 'boots" the
fashion was set. Manufacturers began
at once to make high-topped shoes of
all of the colors of the rainbow, and
women who previously had regarded
Sc as the highest price to be thought of
began to buy the musical comedy shoes
eagerly at from SO to $50.
1t is not the high cost of leather or
the European war that caused shoes to
advance, according to this story. One
lone Los Angeles merchant established
a new standard of values which women
accept without question.