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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
FINANCIAL AND GRAIN MARKETS IRREGULAR ! !s::s
Outside Livestock
CITY.

KANSAS CITY. Aug rs. uOGs: R"-
celpts. 5000, Toe higher bulk. ilGb0u
y 20 heavy, III ?5a H. 10. liEht, tis fkn
u 30; pigs. ~ b0dil5 90 CATTLE lie
'clpts, 1000. Including goo southornn
steady To strong prime fed steers, - o.
hl6 Oh, dressed beef .strons. III 0ndll 80.
southern steers. ,fOun IT. 80 cows, " ij
10000 heifers, tIb0n l1Oo. Ntoykers
81 ibrfl? 90 calves. Si00a 1900 SlIEEl.
Receipts. 1000, steady to strong lSmhs
Slb. 100 i6 10 yc%arlinEs. 30 O0f u 90.
wethorr. I0On II 0n, ewes, sS,AOu 1000.
stockcrs, So. 500 l7lO
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28

NEW ORLEANS. Aug rs Favorable
weather conditions over tho hrlt and ="
ports ot continued weakness In southern
SPOT ccutorV cnuscd u drop NJ 10 to N
points In tho early trading IN cotton to-
day On the decline the demand from
realizing shorts became heavy md u re-
action WINS brought about At the end
~ the first hour " trading tho active
months were To II points over yeHtei
days closc
Covering u large short lines held the
mn rkot atcndy. In the trading NJ To noon
the advance was widcncd to ~ 10 IL
points.
Thc highest prices ~ the day were
reached IN the early afternoon following
rumors that the AustrIHna we're cvhruhi
Ing Trieste The most active months
we're sent To- n net sain of 20 to ~
points.
Spot cotton; quiet and unchanged
Snles on tho spot. l9i bales. TO arrive
100 bales Low mlddllnE. ~ S1ri mid
ding, p Soc good middllng, ~ Ooc; re.
celpts. 7,bjl holcH. stock. 7o.i O7 bales,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
LEADING ISSUES
SHOW WEAKNESS
Trend of Wall Street Irregu-
lar and Lower,

NEW YORK. Aux ~ Rails, shipplngs,
equipments and spcoinltIcs were frnc-
%,ionaliy lower Al tho opening ~ iodny's
trading. Pressure against metals wss
more pronounced, Anaconda Copper fall -
Ing 4 point. steels ard motors md utlli-
ties also yielded slightly, hut soon rallied
.%irrceulnrly. Dealings we're on n very nght
scale with the usual short covering of
those A'ocha In which support was shown.
Active selling set In after midday, the
mov omopt brlug mainly directed against
industrlnl II. coppers aud speculative IL
sues Hcartlons ranged FROM | Ia I points
and effnred all gains ~ the morning
Motors also added TO early losses,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
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REALTOR
Exclusive Aren't
wnl. 1901. 400 t02 Baum Bldg


OKLAHOMA TRUST COMpANY'a
bARdAlNs,
ne.'n-room lNo.s'nry nousc, on .ntn
',reo'' nrar .'aHS'n, LOT Only "'ooo' S"o
u.s., n"nnn'' su,'
w, nor'' n.,n. 1900 nenr
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~ "'ia''," w. !. nn",tn
NV ~, ,m'Wu," n"pu.,m "U..rnsn nln
s"luN ~ w gon p''I m,N .Ne I've,
.ssoop Wm" tI,'''' ""' VOW oS"' phNnco
$50 yer month u.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28

CHICAGO,

ClilrAGO. AuR ~. NJ TIER Higher
lleccipts. ~. $50 tubs %rrosntsry extras,
" extra. nrsts, tlInsc firHts, @b
n ,0tc cUonds. asd aac. ZOOS Higher
receipts. 10, ,bS eases. firSis. atttnNSc,
ordinary rirats, ~ n sac nj mark, cases
included, 23dS7c. POTATOES lowet,
receipts, 20 cnne, Virginia barrels, 81 7hm
I 90, Jersey hulk. " ltu 20 Minnesota
hhlk, u 900 I 10 POULTRY Nllvo, high
er, fowls. 20u 2lc, springs, 22n2a'Sc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
ST. LoUIs,

=, 800. 10 to lhc higher. lights. "a ava
~ II, pigs, t2 oop ~ 90 mixed and
butchers, 81, 6ONl1 u. good heavy, - IA
hlS2i. bunk. Sll5Oa is 10, CATTLE.
Receipts, 2 000 strong native beet
steers. tSOopl 6.bO. ycnriing steers aud
hoifcrs, 81 O0alt On. COWS. fNnpd 1000.
Stockrrs, ;6.hodp 80, Texas quarnntlnr
steers, 81 ibn 10 50, prime southern beet
steers, ,g00u 1880. beef cows and
hcifcrs. 5 G,0Odi 10, 90, mlmo y%cnrllng aterrr
aud heifers, iTbOq 10 90; native calves
o. 7bmii75. SHEEP; Receipts, $500.
prospects higher, lambs. ~ Oop 10
ewes. " O0dtg. 50, wcthers, SIC, b0d LOO,
Gamers and choppers, n50dG,bO.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
CHICAGO,

h CHICAGO, AVS A-nOGS Receipts.
1000. 10 to zoe higher, bulk, tle 500
II 30, light. tl5 soHlfhO, mixed, tlbsbm
~ 70; heavy. SIS slml H. 20, rough, w. sbn
1910. pigs, 81 25dflbbh CATTLE Re
cclpts, 1000, steady nRttc hcof cattle.
IS S5ul6.3O 20, western steers. i7a6Tl30o,
s'ockcrs, Sbl0u9,ah. cow n hcifcrs,
- 10 u ~ 90, calves. III hOmlG0o SHEEP
NecoiptS, 5000, strong to Zoe ntahot
wcthcrs. Ii90uli %, IamhH, tilOOu u 10.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
PORK ADVANCES
A QUARTER HERE
Choice HeavieS Sell for SITS
on Local Market,
RECEIPTS TO-DAY.

ChTTLE-Auy weakness that dcvel-
oped In Mondays cattle trading was
quickly recovered today. steers opened
lOu lbc higher while butcher cattle and
utockers and feeders were about steady.
Plain medium grass cattle carving
around aO0 pounds Rs an average. sold
81 jOu925 with tlO25 ms the top for
y~earlins beef Tho butcher assortment
showed hut few punches 81 good quality.
s. 00HSI0 taking the host Any ndyRn-
ltgr m stockcr prices were favorable TO
tho purchnsrrsn excepting where there
WAS weight and quality and then 1t was
about nm even break, Lightweight feed
crs sold S7.1h a. top Ncaler calves were
steady with an tll.0O ear top.
Closing Quotations
Prices OF the various grades Of cattle are
spprp sInHtVly as folio Wa.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL, Aug ~, Cotton, spot In
limited demand, prices 10 polnts higher.
American middllng. fair. ~ 3ad, good
mlddllng. Is GOD middlirg. 1900: low
mlfdllngi il0td good ordinary, I'D or
binary, lG.i0d Sales. 5000, Including
2 500 American Receipts. $4,000. Amcft
can, 32,s0O Futures. 10 points higher
August, Il Esd september October.
IL SD October November, Ia 20d Do
cember-lRnuary, th.6hd Janunry-t~
ruHry. l6b6d Msrh-AprIl. 1880 May.
june. Is 2id The above are all liked
nIlIIa
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28

HOGs-lt was next TO impossible to-
day to Comput" the relative standing or
tho hog market ms compared TO Monday
Ouly n part Of the BOO head coming was
suitable for slaughter II looked Ike n
strong TO Csc higher basla with tl72 % as
tho top for average decent butchers The
advance makes II possible for choice
henVies 10 bring 81 S0uiiB stock hogs
were steady.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
Money and Metals
LEAD N sPELTGR.

NEW NOUK. Aug N-Tho mctnl cx,
change quotes lead easy spot. ION n
iOAr. %spcllcr, easy, spot Fast NJ l'oul'
delivery, 7kus0Oc Al London Load
spot. ESQ. los; futures, G2p, los rpelter
SPOT. COZ futures, ESQ.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
COTTON SEED OIL.

NEW YORK, Aug 2s-Tho cottonsccd
oil market Closed strong. Spot. lis0c
bid January. li72c; February. Ii7ic.
March, II sbc, August, itsic, Septem-
her, 1850. October. h90c, November.
liT2c; December, II @c Total sales,
-, 1000 barrels.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
KANSAS CITY CASH DRAIN.

KANSAS CITY. Aus. H. WHnATi
Lower No. , hard, "a Soeats; No
red, t3ih CORN; irregular, No. -
mlyod, NNTi 49, No 4 white, I'm.
OATS steady to W. higher, No, I white,
ssg.boc' No mixed tsgs7c' RYn'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
CHICAGO CAOA A

CuuCAuo, Aug S-wHEAT No. .
red, q alQ22a No, 2 hard. u. ao0lue.
CORN No. . yellow, llMWl o$K. OATe.
Standard. MU68A. RYE. No. ], 1t,11D
ln. nANLEY. NlON La.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
kANAAS CIV.

KANSAS cry, Aug ~ nrTTER
creamery. asc. ftslr, aitc, seconds
sac. packing, uc kuuH Flrr,s aSc.
seconds, ~ to aor. POULTRY Hens
isc, roostcrr, l2tto. h%roilors, II to 22c
POTATOES. STEADY, 81 20,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
ct. LoUis CASH GRAIN.

uS sr i 10 Az r. NswgrA At tsy:s
com Lower No .. tIGYj No
2 white. tN OATS; Steady. No, g.
hb% qb6ci No ? white. b7u676c. RYE
No .. no tradlnE
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cIosInp Quotations.

CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
IT. ,nswsriur Ads. Please Mention Times.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28

Rr Iot'ia. AUG 2s POULTRY
Items, g2c. springs, 23c, turkeys !ac
du,kH, l7NlSr, pccre, lie hlTTEN
Creamery, ave EBGR' 3anaic.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
DEPRESSION SOON
LOST BY COTTON
Demand From Shorts Over
comes Early Decline,
NEW YORK
NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS. Aug rs Cotton
closed steady Mt II net advance ~ q To
"a points
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

close IN. with good garage. for only
81. 100. II sold by Sept. ! win make got\
terms. Coll
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
SUGAR

NEW YORK. Aux rs Row sugar
nominal. centrifugal. zoe, molassss,
& ~ refined unsettled cut loaf, sNOc,
crushed. y SOC. mold \. SOC; cubes, . II
an poe. NNNN powdered. SOns 100,
powdorcd. SihHS zoe, nno graduated
\ iOuSbn, diamond a, sc contnctlon'
cfs' A. N1buSbo,. No | Sl0USl Sc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28
SPECIAL 6

six-room house, hardwood, base
mcnt. garage, 800 block West 18th
$3.50: s-room bungalow. basement, gar
age. 26th and Classen, R,756 h-roon
bungalow. garage. 1900 block West ssth
b 500; new 6-room bungalow, West 27th
s.. 2b0: new s.room house, block IRON
Clnssen, $3.50. VI. y Sears, $50 u
American National Bank
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-28

Prices OF the various grades Of catts are
,sppros inAtVly as follows.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
TRAINING Gunners for Sea.

When England trains her gunners
for the sea, she sends them to Whale
island in Portsmouth harbor. Here
the entire island is given over to steel
sheds, which are built like gun turrets
On a battleship. The great guns pro-
jecting from these sheds are dummies,
as Popular Science shows, though they
are exact counterparts of those on a
battleship. The prospective officers
and men are made to go through the
exercise of range finding, loading, aim
ing and firing" these guns as rigidly
as if they were in real battle at sea.
The heavy steel projectiles are hauled
from the magazine by hydraulic and
electric cranes just as in an actual
ship. A real breech mechanism locks
the prOjectile and it's powder charge In
the gun, while an intricate swivel
mounting of steel swings the gun into
firing position.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18

York at $4,000, Big Ed got another pal
and battery mate in Ray Heating.
Sweeney taught Heating the emery ball
trick. The secret was too good for
Heating to keep all to himself. They
do say Ray told every pitcher he met.
1t wasn't a secret at all very long, and
the first victim exposed was none other
than Heating himself. Eddie Collins
had Heating unmasked before a Sat-
urday crowd at the Polo grounds.
The emery ball is barred in the ma
jor leagues. Anyone using it will be
subjected to severe discipline. Alert
as all ball players are, no trace of the
evil has been disclosed. 1t does seem
in these days of slow games that the
players are allowed too great leeway
in looking for the emery ball. They
often try to alibi themselves with just
such tricks as these.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
STRONG MINOR LEAGUE CLUB
Umpire Frank Connolly Praises Jack
Hendricks for Way He Has Built
Up Indian Team.

Frank Connolly, until recently TN
umpire in the American association,
and a good one, too, said the other day
that the Indianapolis Indians, Jack
Hendricks entries in the A. A. pen
nant race, are one of the strongest
minor league clubs ever got together.
Hendricks has built the club up
himself" said Connolly, "and in three
years he has got a bunch of play
ers together who look like sure pen
nant winners in the league this year.
Only one member of the club, Kelley,
an outfielder, remains of the aggre-
CATION Hendricks inherited when he
went, to the Indiana capital with
Jimmy McGill.
'The pitching staff of the Indian.
apolis club is its strongest point. Fill
lingiTn, youngster, Is one of the best
pitchers I've seen I'm many a day.
Gene Dale, Rex Dawson, Jake North
rup, Try Kantlehner and Clint Royce
make up the staff.
"The A A. is faster this year than
it has ever been before. There are
more good clubs in the league, and
it is too bad there must be trouble
between the league president and his
club owners. The way / look at it.
wrangling takes much of the color out
of a pennant race"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
PoRPoIsE FISHERY IS OLD
One Of Least-known Industries in
America Operated for 200 Years
From Cape Hatteras.

One of the oldest and least-known
industries In America is the porpoise
fishery, which has been operated from
Cape Hatteras, in North Carolina, for
about 200 years. 1t should attain an
unusual prosperity in the next few
years, for the bureau of fisheries is
urging more general use of porpoise
hides in place of cowhide. 1t is an
excellent leather and could undoubt-
edly be used more widely, says the
Baltimore American.
Heretofore the most valuable prod
uct of the fishery, has been the Oil
which is extracted from the jaws or
the porpoise and is worth about $50 a
gallon. 1t is universally used for
lubricating watches and other very
delicate mechanisms. The body blub-
Der is also valuable. Attempts to
manufacture fertilizer out of the car
casses have failed because Of the dis
lance from a fuel supply.
The porpoises are taken at Hat
teras in seines operated from the
shore, and it is probably the only
Mace in America where this has ever
been successfully done. During the
fall, winter and spring many por-
poises are seen off the South Atlantic
coast and at Hatteras they come with
In a few hundred yards OF the SURF
They are taken by spreading seines
about 200 yards outside the surf line.
AS soon as the porpoises have come
inside the seine it is dragged ashore.
Often a whole school of these sea crea-
lures is taken In single haul.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
IS CURIOUS TRADE MONOPOLY
Making of Missionary Boxes in England
Has Been in Hands of Same Fam
lily for Many Generations.

It is curious how certain trades and
occupations remain peculiar to certain
families. There is one occupation
employing a large number Of men to-
day which is in the hands of the same
family that has been associated with
1t for many generations. 1t is the MAX
ing of missionary boxes, says London
Tit-Bits.
It might be supposed that any car
penter could knock together suitable
receptacle for contributions to mis-
sionary and other charitable funds;
but the fact remains that every mis-
sionary society, every church organ
lzation, that requires collecting-box
goes, as a matter of course, to this old
established firm whose speciality 1T Is
to make such boxes.
1t Is a thriving business, and one
which has profited rather than suffered
through the war, for the institution or
lag days and other means Of collect
ing funds has led to an enormous In
crease in the demand for boxes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
RUSSELL FORD QUITS
Inventor of Emery Ball Cannot
Get Into Condition.
Former New York Yankee Was Sup
posed to Be SpitbaI Artist, But He
Never Used It-Sweeney Gave
Secret Away.

Russell Ford, former major league
pitcher, announced the other day that
he had quit organized baseball because
he "could not get into FORM" He will
become a draughtsman, his former en-
ployment.
Ford originated the emery ball,
which has since been legislated from
the game.
The delivery was so called because
emery paper was used to roughen part
of the surface.
The rough part, Of course, height
ened the effect of air friction so that
with practice a clever pitcher could
make the ball break in all sorts OF
freakish ways.
Ford, for instance, supposedly spit
ball pitcher, never used splitter. 1t
was the emery ball, instead, which at
will he could break in either direction.
When Ford jumped to the Buffalo
club Of the Federal league and
Sweeney was induced to stay In New
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18

the corresponding front-rank man. The
command, "haltv' is given when the
No. men are three PAGES distant from
the No. men, and all halt and face
to the front.
From this formation, the command
ASSEMBLE" is given when it is desired
to bring the squad back into close
order The command is worded, AS
semble, to the right Qeft). :.
.MARCHw At march," the front-rank
man on the right or left, as the case
may be, stands fast, while the rear
rank man of the same file closes up
behind him to the regulation distance
of 40 inches. The other men face TO
the right Cor lefD, move in by the
shortest line and>face to the front.
"Take distance varies in that it
is executed to the front rather than
on either flank and provides different
arrangement of the men, although, for
the purpose of exercise and inStruc-t
ton, the result is substantially the
same. This movement must be execut-.
ed after the squad has counted Off
At march," following the preparatory:
command, take distance" No. 1 of the!
front rank moves straight to the front
When he has taken four PAGES, No. q
of the front rank also moves straight
to the front, followed by No. of the!
front rank at four PAGES, who, in turn
is followed at four PAGES by No. of
the front rank. Then when No. has.
his proper distance, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4
of the rear rank each step off four
PAGES exactly as the front-rank men
have done The command halt" is
given when all have attained their dis
lance.
To ASSEMBLE" the squad, at this
command, No. 1 of the front rank.
stands fast, while the other numbers
move forward until they reach their
proper places in line.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
HOW A SQUAD TAKES INTERVAL
AND DISTANCE.

While for marching and the pur-
a squad is kept in "clOse order-that
is, the distance of the crook of the ell
bow between man and man in each
rank, and 40 inches between the front
and rear rankS-certain kinds or IN
struction could not be given in that
formation. The setting-up exercises
(calisthenics) or the bayonet drill
could not be executed at close order.
1t is essential, therefore, to distribute
the men so that, while they still re-
main in a precise and military forma-
ton. they may be sufficiently separated
for each man TO have room for the
swing of his arms and legs or the
charge of his bayonet In order to
effect this, the squad viii execute the
commands, take interval or "take
distance"
When the squad is at a halt, the
command is given, 'Take interval-to
the right tleftl /. MARCH" At
ito the right (leftl," the four rear
rank men march backward four steps
and halt At the command of execu-
ton, march," all men in both ranks
face TO the right The leading man in
each rank then steps off. When he has
advanced four PAGES, the second man
in each rank steps off. keeping four
PAGES behind his leader. Then follow
the third men in each rank. at an in
terval of four PAGES from the two men
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
India Bearish on Silver.

A London bullion house says the re-
cent fall in silver prices at Bombay
throws light upon the bearish atti-
tude of the Indian bazaars which has
obtained for some time past, and also
upon the way in which the Indian peo-
pie have been content with greatly re-
ton. 1t is more than probable that
many individuals whose silver jewel
ry deprecated seriously when the In
dian minis were closed to free coin
age have taken advantage of the high
prices compared with those ruling for
the last twenty years or so and have
turned their silver bangles into silver
coin.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
EARNING THEIR CAKES IN BIG LEAGUES

ard, the famous Boston portsiders, and
from the pitching he has done so far
this season there is no great argument
that can be advanced to offset Schupp's
standing in fork-handed ranks.
Schupp has a formidable young rival
for pitching fame in Stanley Coveles-
kie, the Cleveland Highlander. Cove
leskie is twenty-six years old. Like
Schupp, young Coveleslde has youth
on his side, and today he stands out
as a pitching phenom who is just be-
ginning to come into his own as a
winner.
Coveleskie's work with the Cleve-
land Indians has been one of the big
gest features of the season in so far
as pitching goes. He has pitched
against every club in the league, and
has come through on the long end of
big majority of his games. He is
one of the most effective pitchers in
the big leagues this year, for he has
started already to pile up a string of
shutOuts. Last year he allowed an
average of 3.41 runs per nine innings
pitched, but his 1917 record will show
a smaller percentage.
Compared to his southpaw brother
on the Detroit club, Stanley Coveles-
kie promises to do the most to plaster
fame on the family moniker, for al
though the older Coveleskie is a Won
derful performer, his kid brother is
coming on so fast that he bids fair to
pass him as winning pitcher. and at
that he has his work cut out for him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-18
DIAMOND
NOTES

Babe Ruth says he wants to pitch
three games a week.
Larry Sutton, former scout for the
Dodgers, is now scouting for the Gin
cinnati Reds.
Kansas City, Mo-, has 119 baseball
clubs in its municipal amateur base
ball association.
Fred Mitchell spends much of the
time on the coaching lines, keeping the
Cubs On their toes.
Johnny Bassler continues to clout
the ball in the Coast league and hold
his lead over Buddy Ryan.
Cicotte still is the winning pitcher of
overwork him in the East.
All of the New York American league
clubs players except Frank Baker
come within the CONSUMPTION age.
The Phillies refuse to be counted out
of the race, and are going stronger
right now than they have for two
years.
Art Wilson of the Cubs is catching
great ball, showing a vast Improvement
over his work when he caught for the
Giants.
Clark Griffith insists that the Sena-
tors are going to finish in the first di-
vision. There is nothing like being
hopeful.
Eddie Burns. the Pills catcher, says
there is no pitcher in the National
league who deliberately attempts to
'bean" batter.
Al Mamaux has been showing signs
of returning to his last years form of
late and the Pirates have been doing
much better work.
The Yankees and the Indians are
threatening to get into the fight for the
American league flag so as to make the
race a real interesting one.
The Washington club thought II
might improve attendance by starting
is games at 4 80, but there was nc
change in the size of the crowds.
Connie Mack is securing the country
for new pitchers. So is Hugh Jen
nings. But first-class boxmen in the
minors are as scarce as hens teeth.
Manager Robinson of the Brooklyn
Dodgers predicts that the Giants pitch
ers will "crack under the strain and
that his champions will soon catch Nc
Graw's team.