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Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Have you a small delicate ladylike
hand?
If so lay it on the picture and com
pare It to Everett SCOTS.
Have you a big ham-like maui?
Then try it out with Louis Guisto's
Everett Scott. Boston Red sox
shortstop has the smallest hand in
baseball. Whether or not it has any
thing to do with his playing or not
IScotty doesn't claim to know, but
nevertheless Il stands that Scotty,
either on account OF his hands or in
spite OF them is about the best short
stop in the big leagues.
The ponderous mitt Of the Cleve-
land Italian first baseman is said TO
be the largest in the big leagues since
/ Larry Mclean went into the movies
Louie himself IS no svelt sylph-llke
person, and his meat hooks resemble
the rest Of him. It's hard to see how
| Louie can make an error for when
the ball gets into his mitts it's just
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

his talcum powder. Perhaps when he
got outside he found his nose was
shiny.
Jack Barry and Pants Rowland have
both announced they will win the
pennant We can now rest easily UNI
iii one OF them makes good.
Magnate Frazee has 0een in the
theatrical business so long that he
thinks getting rid OF an umpire is as
cnsy as getting rid Of an orchestra di-
rector.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
What BALL PLAYERS
DO ON THEIR OFF DAYS

An on day sounds Just as good 10
big league ballplayer as 10 anyone else,
especially II the of day isn't rainy, FOR
on rainy days they generally have to
hang around the hotel Hobbies. which
Isn't very good sport at any TINE.
number Of the Red Sox are ardent
fishermen and on off days you may
usually find them at some lake pursu-
ing the elusive bass.
Old clothes. and i'm some cases. al
most no clothes are in order on these
Isaac Walton excursions. but The day
is a big rest and the players are usu>
ally ready FOR a strenuous time on the
ball field the next day.
Babe Ruth is one Of the clubs most
s:g.hpSiaStia spegtsmsn< In thR sslm-
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
PIONEERTTES

Yep. me boy. we are still in the
race.
Vandever and New Castle have only
a two-game lead, and they Will have a
nervous breakdown very soon.
The season will wind up on Sep
TENDER p, when Pioneers will play
Vandever a double-header. and these
games may decide who will be cham
pions for 1917.
The Pioneers are about leading the
league I'm batting and fielding. They
have an average OF 81 and .s3s re-
spectively.
Fourteen double-plays and accept
ing 763 out OF S13 chances means
sdno fast and excellent fielding.
doc" Pugh has become one OF the
teams best hitters lately In the
last six games doc" has been TO bat
twenty-three times and hit safe
twelve times, giving him an average
Of 500.
MAT Donohne continues to lead
the team I'm batting with an average
OF 1867 and is tied with 3D. Stir
18th for the most hits. with twenty
nine. He has also scored the most
runs. crossing the pan eighteen
times in twenty-one games.
Gutenberg. one OF the most con-
sistent hitters on the team, follows
Donohue with an average OF .3i6.
Eddie Stirlith was up 20 his old
/ tricks last Saturday. collecting a
/ triple. two doubles and single. and
! Is still away up in the 300 class. In
every game Eddie is always applaud
ed by the fans for his great fielding
ON the initial sack.
Ewing. the Newark boy. who Is be
ing tutored by "Nic" Willis. the for.
mer star slabman OF the Pittsburgh
Pirates, certainly had Vandever eat
ing out OF his hand in tho second
game OF the Pioneer-Vandever doubl,
header and will surely land in The
big leagues n he continues that kinC
OF pitching.
Manager Frank Glenn broke int,
the game again last Saturday, anS
opened up with a triple. In his frs
gamo OF the season Frank hit for I
nome run the first tine up. Besides
the triple he also had two singles.
Jimmy Taylor has started TO dis
, play his old time form az the bat
I Even Big Bill Crouch could not sol
him. Jimmy banging him for foul
hits out OF eight times az bat. III
also leads in stolen bases. pilferinl
fourteen bags In twenty-one games.
Hutchinson Is still making the har,
chances at second look soft. Al
though he IS not a 800 hitter, he car
nit when a run is needed.
Doc Dougherty has been playin'
a nice game at snort and is a ba'
man at The bat when their are mel
on the bases.
''Flo" Forrest IS playing as grea
a game for Pioneers as he did To-
= last years champs and has been hit
ting the ball hard
r ! Frank Hoffecker's pitching has Ger
3 tainly kept the Pioneers out In from
S mn season and had he been givei
D.. fha- -sunnnrt that Crunch had 81
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

mer he fishes at every opportunity, al
though he doesn't forget 10 report on
the days he is to pitch as that other
souihpsw. Rube Waddell, used to do.
Ruhe Foster and Harry Hooper are
other members Of the stan who prefer
lshing 70 -othsy recreationk.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
Fans! Measure Your Hands With These! Are Your
Hands as Small as SCOtt'S---AS Large as GuiStO'S?

ike falling into a bucket
Fans! What kind OF hands have
you?
Try them out on these life size
outlines Of the mitts Of Scott and
Gulsto and see how they size up.
The large black outline Is the exact
size Of tho hand of Louis Gulsto, Glove
land first haseman, said to have Tho
largest hand In big league baseball.
The smaller shaded outline Is tina
Of Everett Scott, Red Sox shortsiop, th'
smallest miit In baseball.
How does your hand measure Will
them
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
Amt
Nature
Wonderful
MUSIC VS.. RAGTnIE.

Across the street
From my wigwSm
The other night
There was a party
And some fella
Was massaging a
Piano and he
Sure could pound
Out harmony, that is,
It listened elegant
While the listening
Was good. But
Everytime he'd get
Going on something
Real Padrewskish
And I'd have
My ears bent
Trying TO absorb
Il all, along
Would come a
Flock of autos
And all ! could
Hear was rattle,
Exhausts, horn work
And those nut autoists
Who keep their big
Pedals on the cutout.
S'long music. But,
When the autos were
Went and none
Coming for miles and
The listening in fine
Working order for
Music. What could
i hear great, note,
For note, even II
A mile away?
That worn out frazzled
Overtime worked
Poor Butterfly and
"Yacki tscky," etc.
Now Arnold. amt
II always the wayl
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
American League.

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
National League.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia games)
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
Chicago at New York.
American League.
Athletics at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Washington at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Sounds like old timesl The local
nine is now just returning to its best
form. On tho 25th the boys should
be feeling great.
Archibald failed TO live up to his
name. He proved himself a great
pitcher by holding the smuggling
Segs" to eight hits.
Finn allowed the Marylanders but
four hits, none Of them coming close
enough to do any damage. On Sat-
urday he'll be in even better condi-
ton.
Benny Gibbs came through with
mighty wallop 20 the left field oleaca-
ers with three mon on, in the seventh.
Those four runs were the only ones
scored during the whole game
segeiken caught his usually master
ful gone. With a battery Ike Finn
and segelken It is hard to see how
the locals have lost a game.
This great battery will try 70 get
revenge for its defeat az the hands OF
Elkton on the 18th. We Judge that
the Elkton fans think such is impos-
sible. but watch us go.
EBeidmyer the dad OF 'em all" as
mr. as the shortstop position Is CON
cerned, banged out a pair OF healthy
wallops. George Is recovering his
long lost batting eye.
Elkton comes hero Saturday TO eel
a taste OF their own medicine. Here's
hoping we treat them the same as
they treated US when we visited them
Anyway, Elkton, you'll have a half
way decent bench 20 sit on. Nothini
like the bench you make your visitors
occupy
In dreams IL happens seeing Left'
Finn getting pounded all over the lot
Thirteen men saw Finn toss owe
the third strike on them. Never mind
Kennedyville, the Elkton boys will d
the same thing Saturday.
segelken. Heldmyer and Ike Glib
colleced a pair Of hits apiece. Ant
everyone one OF those hits aided Il
the merriment.
Newport wants a game with US. =
does SeafOrd and also other mines
Take it from us, we would play 20
n we could, but our manager doe
the booking.
We'll, E1lston, are you ready. 70
your defeat? Better start prachcin
three strikes, for that's all youn 81
here.
Clay will pitch against Finn. Froi
that we take e there will be a goo
game. as each one is a master.
Elkton beat us fair and square tn
last time Let's see il they can do
again.
Everybody out Saturday. We nee
the money.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
nIrNs FnR TIE WEEK.

Runs scored by all teams In The
American and National Leagues from
Thursday, Aug. 10. to Wednesday Aug.
%. inclusive. Only runs scored In the
official averages are counted. Scores
OF incompleted games are not includ-
ed. but those OF games OF Eve innings
or longer are found in this table;
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

I1=kGTIATIERXl

Fred Clarke is making S125.OOO this
year OFF his Kansas farms raising
wheat. which is S125,0O0 more than
a whole bevy OF ballplayers We know
make in lifetime raising cain.
When Al Mamaux left the Pirates
he returned 10 the clubhouse 70 get
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
BASEBALL STATISTICS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.

Phillies, 8; Chicago, 0.
Brooklyn. 6: Pittsburgh, Q C22 in
nings)
Boston, 6; st. Louis. 1.
New York, 8 Cincinnati
American League.
Cleveland, 6: Athletics, ..
Detroit. 2; New York, 0.
Boston, o; Chicago, /.
washington. 2; st. Louis, 1.
st. Louis. 9; Washington, 4.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
RRIsrnE ar PNPTLAR.

From the sales reports OF the Nor
maduke Auto Company. agents for the
Briscoe cars and motor trucks, VII
minEton is eyincing- strong interest =
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

these popular models Particularly ap-
pealing Is the f>nous Briscoe motor
upon which $500 900 was spent before
the final decision was made as TO its
nakc-up. .s..,.s a. - - .--.-..
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Totals 30 20 40 8 20 81 26-17C
s-Indicates team did not play.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Get a Want Ad house cleaner this
wear and YOU will find the housecleaning
will be a real pleasure ADV.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

grand opera. lie must have some
thing against Fred.
II Kenny Kauff happens TO win Ma
tional League batting honors there
will be a job open for some good press
agent.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

New York at Cleveland. c'oudy.
Philadelphia at Detroit cloudy.
Washington at Chicago. clear.
Boston at st. Louis, clear.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
PLAT EQUALS WORLDS
RECORD At DOUBLES

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-AIariS Arie, o
Thomasboro, H., champion Of Illinois
won the national amateur trapshooting
championship in the Grand Americas
handicap tournament yesterday after
three shoot offs, breaking rs targets
straight.
Clarence 3. PlNt, Of Brirgeton, n. j
won the national amateur champions
ship in doubles in breaking 90 Of fifty
pairs of targets. He equaled the worlds
record FOR the event. made by William
Ridley. Of Watcher, Ia, in tourno-
ment competition In Denver, Col, sew
cral years ago.
The doubles event Is the most diiic'lt
in trapschootiug The mnrksman takea
his place at the traps with two shells
in his gun and two clgys arc sprung
from the traps at the same time. Ha
is compelled TO break both Of them be-
fore they hit the ground. One shoots
to the left. the other 20 the right.
jay Clark. Jr., Of Worcester, Mass,
and Roy McIntire, Of Butler. Pa, COM
poted with Aric in the shoot-of for tho
national title. They tied at 90 targets
each on Tuesday. The event wes open
to State champions or runners-tp. The
scores:
Arie ~ -,.- -..--i-- . p 1o-lo
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
FOR BALL SCORES
CALL
D. & A. 50
DELMARYIA 1903
Middletown Musings
By GAL"

Middletown 4, Kennedyville O..
Sounds like old timesl The local
nine Is now just returning TO It's best
form. On tho 25th the boys should
be feeling great.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
BASEBALL Chances
National League.

National League.
Chicago at New York. clear.
St. Louis at Brooklyn. clear.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, cloudy
Pittsburgh az Boston. rain.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Archibald failed to live up to his
name. He proved himself a great
pitcher by holding the smuggling
segs" to eight hits.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Finn allowed the Msrylanders but
four hits, none OF them coming close
enough to do any damage. On SAT-
urday he'll be in even better condi-
ton.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Totals -. 40 81 81 80 % $500
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Yep. me boy. we are still in tn
race.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Hutchinson Is still making the hard
chances at second look soft. Al
though he IS not a 800 hitter, he can
nit when a run is needed.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Manager Frank Glenn broke into
the game again last Saturday. and
opened up with a triple. In his first
gamo OF the season Frank hit for
nome run the first tsne up. Besides
the triple he also had two singles.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

DOC" Dougherty has been playing
a nice game at snort and IS a bad
man at The bat when their are men
on the bases.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

'Flo" Forrest IS playing as great
a game for Pioneers as he did FOR
last years champs and has been hit
ting the ball hard
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Benny Gibbs came through with a
mighty wallop 20 the left field bleaea-
ers with three mon on, in the seventh.
Those four runs were the only ones
scored during the whole game.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Jimmy Taylor has started TO dis
play his old time form az the bat.
Even Big Bill Crouch could not sop
him. Jimmy banging him for four
hits out OF eight times az bat. He
also leads IN stolen bases. pilfering
fourteen bags In twenty-one games.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23
Mai Donahue Out in Front of Pioneers
Of tie Pioneer team Of the AwmBgtoq a., Lesg Ts r

bases l45 don6le plays 10 passed ~
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Gutenberg. one OF the most con-
sistent hitters on the team, follows
Donohue with an average OF .3i6.
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Eddie Stirlith was up 20 his old
tricks last Saturday. collecting a
triple. two doubles and a single. and
Is still away up in the 300 class. In
every game Eddie Is always applaud
ed by the fans for his great fielding
on the initial sack
Evening journal., 1917-08-23

Erred buttons manager says he likes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18

Catholic members of the crew on the bridge. The visit is usually made at the monday lunch hour when a half hours suspension of work on the part of certain of the crew will not inter- fere with their duties. The chaplain climbs the ladder to the bridge and soon finds himself surrounded by 20 or % members of the crew.
 The sailors present an interesting spectacle in their different manner of dress Those who have just been swab- ping down the steel decks are still barefoot; others are wearing the pop ular blue overall; some are smeared with fresh paint, and not few have emerged with generous coating ot the oil and grease of the engine room. With their little round white caps lE hand, all cluster around the priest a1lu liste nintently to his advice regarding their spiritual duties. A few feet from where they are standing on the bridge is a darke1Asd charthouse where the commanding officer lays out his course while at sea. The priest. after con cluding his remarks with the an nouncement that he will now hear confessions, disappears into the chart house and the men file in one at time
 This ceremony is being carried out on all of the American destroyers. The chaplain feels that all ships in the harbor are in his diocese and that IL is part of his duty to visit them and offer spiritual advice to the sailors
 The only chaplain attached to the American flotilla is an Episcopal cler-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18

, duplicates of those now being used by the French army, and the Jerseymen' s night visits have given them their first real taste of battlefield work.
 SNIPING EXPERTS
 Five French officers and IS British ofr.Cers are attached to the division. They are experts in sniping, automatic file work. machine gun fire, and vari- ous other important warfare branches These foreigners are entering with their characteristic enthusiasm into the thick of the intensive training campaign and that the whipping of Jerseys old na- tional guard into finely trained warriors fit to meet the Kaiser's best, will be a -peedy job, is now roregone conclu- sion.
 The divisional rifle ranges, said to be the biggest straight line of targets in the country, are today in a finished form and the programme or rifle, artillery and machine gun target practice outlined by the war department will get under way immediately Maj. $. Jarmon has been designated as divisional range officer, and he will be assisted by the following Lieut.-Col. Wilmer A. Cadmus of the Fifty seventh brigade Capt. Hugh Gill lespie of the 1G4th regiment of engineers, Maj. W. D. Lang Of the Fifty-fourth depot brigade Capt. Robert l.. Sim monds of the Fifty-fourrh artillery brig ade, and Lieut.. Frederick Gilkyson of the 10th machine gun battalion. A requi- sitlon for 100000 rounds of small arms ammunition has gone in and this is in dica tive of many weeks of practice on the ranges for the Jerseymen, as well as the other units of the dIvision.
 SHIFT OF MEN
 War department orders tolling the death knel for the divisional depot brig ade caused another shift of some of New Jerseys best known former national rliard commanders during the week. Col, Horace M. Reading ana Lieut.-Col. Will liam B. Martin of the old Second regi- ment of Trenton; Col Thomas N. Lam don, of the old Third of Camden, and
 " Col Henry Lehman, Jr., of the old Fourth, of Jersey City, have wit ,.sssed widening of the wedge between themselves and old state units. All of these ex-guardsmen have been shifted from the Fifty fourth depot brigade to tho Fifty-ei"hth infantry brigade. under Brig. Gen. Charles D. Gather of Nary land. Maj. J. Walter shivers, Conrad Hall. William E. Lank, William A. Lord, Raymond c. Nixon, Walter A. Morton and John Desmond of the old Jersey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18
Report of High Living of Interned Germans
 Denied by Department

Washington. November 17.-Reports that the Germans interned in camp at Hot Springs, N. C., eat five meals a day and enjoy many extrava gances of diet are denounced by the department of labor, which has them in charge. Food Administrator Hoover has recommended that the prisoners be put on army or navy rations. The labor department says the prisoners are receiving an ordinary wholesome diet in the interest of show Ing Germany that her prisoners here are well treated and with the hope of inducing her to treat American captives the same way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18
BRICK ROADWAY
 BETWEEN ANNISTON
 AND CAMP CERTAIN
Congressman Blackmon Prevails on War Depart ment to Pay S70,000,
 or One-Half

Annston, November f7.-(Special)-Im
 mediately after the return of Congress-
 man Fred Blackmon from Washington,
 giving assurance that the war depart
 ment of the United States government
 had appropriated $70,0o0 to match the ap- propriaton made by the commissioners
 or Calhoun county to build a brick high
 way between Anniston and Camp Me
 Clelan, Col. Charles l.. Dulin, construct ing quartermaster at Camp Mcclellan,
 began conferences with his engineers and
 road experts with view of rushing the
 work to an early completion. All pre-
 liminary details preparatory to starting
 work at once were arranged yesterday in conference between Colonel Dulin and Wood Hanna, president of the Cal hcun county board of commissioners. When the board of county commission CTS appropriated an equal sum last week for the building of this road, Colonel Dulin requested Congressman Blackmon to go to Washington and aid in pushing the matter to an early conclusion the result being that the colonel now has available the entire fund necessary to complete the work.
 This improvement will, in all probabil- | ity, insure the permanency of the An niston camp as a training site for years to come, and will also very likely result in the bringing to Camp Mcclellan another division of soldiers for training for overseas service.
 The work of assembling the material for the rev road will be begun at once Colonel Dulins characteristic push and energy in cases of this kind will be
 brought into play, and the building of the road will be started in the very near future. I he road will be built of brick or concrete, and the contractor will be required to guarantee it for period of five years. itH Next in importance to the completion of the big cantonment in the face of great difficulties and in the remarkably
 short space of four months. the success
 attending Colonel Dulins efforts for the
 road is considered to be one of his most
 notable achievements
 Colonel Duln has been notified by or
 ders from the war department to hold
 himself in readiness for overseas serv-
 ice, but orders for his departure have
 net been received
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18

gyman who conducts an Episcopal church service on Sundays on board the two flotilla tenders. The church flag is unfurled from the mastheads as the bugle sounds the call 10 serv- ice In good weather the worshippers stand bareheaded on the quarter deck; on indictment Sundays the service is held below officers and men attend the service. the ships orchestra lead ing them in hymns. Oply a small pro
 portion of the personnel attend these official services, most of the men pre-
 ferring to go ashore and attend the cathedral or one of the local churches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18
ALABAMA PEANUTS

The field agents of the bureau o1 crop estimates, United States depart
 ment of agriculture, submits an esti. cate of the acreage and poduction oi
 peanuts in Alabama for the year 1917
 of which the following is summary: Aggregate acreage grown to peanuts 1 1,o92,10O
 I Per cent grown on solid acreage, 66
 Solid acreage (peanuts alone) 6Sl, ,499.
 Per cent grown on interp1anted acre
 age, 34.
 Unexplained acreage peatnuts with
 corn) 349,601 | Average yield per acre on solid acre.
 age, 27.1
 | Total number of bushels grown on
 solid acreage, 1s,477,s ,s93. | Average yield on interplanted acreage
 IA bushels.
 Total number of bushels grown on in | terplanted acreage, 4,735, ,432. 1 Aggregate number of bushels grown,
 2s, ,213,1
 Per cent of nuts gathered for seed and
 market purposes 639. 1 Number of bushels gathered and avail able for seed and market, 16,013,104. l Equivalent in tons, 200 Per cent of aggregate acreage from which hay was saved, 63.9 Average yield of hay per acre, two- thirds ton. Number of tons of hay saved, AIS, 472 Average value of hay per ton, S12.7S Aggregate value of hay saved, s5,350 096. Average value of nuts per ton, s976O. Aggregate value of nuts produced, $2S- l 429, ASA.
 Aggregate value of crop (nuts and hay) ss33, ,779, ,5S2 Cash value of nuts available for mar ket and seed, ST. 494. Per cent of nuts of the Spanish varie- ties, sos. This estimate is the result of careful checking of the reports of the regular aids of the field agent, by personal in- vestigation and interview in all the coun- ties growing peanuts to any considerable extent
 The prices of hay and nuts used in the compilation were those reported as prevailing on November 1. Especial attention is invited to the amount of nuts reported as gathered and available for market and seed purposes, equivalent to slightly over 100000 tons Doubtless 17,500 tons will be ample for seeding purposes next year in Alabama, leaving at least 1S2000 available for oil production. This is thought to be suffi- cient raw material to run theoil mills in the peanut section of Alabama for period of 90 days. At the time this esti- mate was made. picking machinery was somewhat inadequate in the peanut counties. Should this condition, as well as the labor shortage, improve, some more peanuts may be put on the mar ket.