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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
AleXander's
Salary Leads
All Pitchers
Philadelphia HoIdout Signs
National League President
'Favors Military Training at
Spring Camps

CHICAGO, Feb % --Grover Alexander,
who has been n holdout with tho Phlla-
delphia Nationals. has signed two
year contract. said TO be the greates'
paid a pitcher In organized baseball Il
II reported to be Si2,bOo a year
Everett Scott Boston American league
shortstop, has signed his contract for tho
resident John X Tcncr OF tho Ma
tional league. has announced that he II
IN favor OF military training In National
league training camps and wants the
National league to cooperate with tho
American league In teaching players mil.
itary tactics
In the opening round Of tho National
Amateur rackets singles champlonshlp'
playsd At New York. tho following won
their matches:
L. Dupont Irving New York: $ g
Mortimer. Tuxedo; Jay Gould, Philadel.
phia; Clarence a. pelI. Tuxedo, q. Y.
Waterbury, New York. and G. Water
bury New York
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
Billiaras

Following are the results Of tho first
half Of the weeks play on tho eighth
prelu7ihary OF the Patterson h Hoffman
three Cushion tournament
First Round,
Swansherger won from Girard G2, IS
to TO-
Nelson won from Hammer ub). ls 20 l3
Jones won from Il Maidt by default
Taylor won from Rasbach (23). s to %
Shoenhovsn won from Jennings by de-
fault
Alexander won from Fritz uS. 20
TO l3
Queder won from Cochran t20), II to 3
Maidt won from Bobo t?D. IL "a g.
Pollock won from Barnes (20). II toll
Frederickson won from Houston u0.
% TO !?
Tippett won from Boston Q6). Is to 10
Phillips won from Hannum QD. 20 to
10.
Smith won from Carson NO, ~ to<
Guthrie won from Dalton Q6), 10 to H.
Allspaugh won from Adams 40. Is
10 10
Emit won from Scott by default.
second Round.
Nelson won from Swansbcrger, Is to Is
Jones won from Taylor. - to H.
Alexander won rom Shoenhoven. 30
to 10
a. Maidt won from Qucder, 1? to II
Pollock won from Fredericton, II to 10
Guthrie won from Smith. 10 TO S.
Semi. Final.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
Stecher to Meet
Ad Santel Today

sAN PRANCISCO. Feb. % 10"
gtccher Of Nebraska. worlds hcavywelsh'
wrestling champion, and Ad Santel "a
ciiic coast champion, were on edge I'M!
morning for their frat two ana hRf
hour wrestling bout scheduled for This
afternoon, the winner OF tho decision or ~
two out Of three falls to claim the
worlds championship.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
Yale Runner Star
of Indoor Meet

HARTFORD. Conn Feb % Johnny
oNertou Of Yale. intercollegiate" cross
country champion, furnished the scusi-
ton ot the sixteenth annual indoor meet.
second division. naval militia. here last
night hy capturing the mile run and set
ting new track reCOrd for the state
armorN by WANING the | l.0Oo-yard inter
collegiate run. Oyertons time for the
mile was 20 I-b
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
Copyright. 1877. BY r. |. oo,sssrsl

Fulton fight II the match goes to NIL
waukee. II In reasonably sure that An
drcWs win land n. Frank MuIksrn. the
rival promoter. followed Tom Jones 10
Sew York IN An effort 10 get a hearing.
He failed. and stralghtway announced
that the Willard Fulton match would be
n detriment TO Milwaukee boxing. and
that II II comes there some other pro-
moter will have to handle e.
Willard Fulton would draw the cream
u the boxing fans, pack Madison Square
Garden, aud go n longer way TO please
everybody and elevate the boxing game
than any other match that could be held
al the present time.
1t is n foolish argument TO try TO
prevent the public from getting the best
In the market"
Everybody seems agreed that Everett
Scott Of the Red SoI deserved an in
crease In pay and President France roc
ognizcd the sentiment. II Ia not stated
what the Increase Is in the shortstops
salary but II likely Is considerable. Such
increases are only In line with the policy
Of evening up pay for players who do tbs
| work for their teams
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
Sherry Magee Turns From Wild
Ways to LOvey-DOvey Occupation

Naughty. naughty. said Garry, grin
ming
"Oh you old deNr YOU perfect old
dear" flashed back sherry Il love every
hair on your head
Garry took unto himsef seat nearby
and then Sherry russed over and imi-
tatlng the movie heroincs flung himself
into Garry's arms Then he sat on his
knees and rocked himself. while the lobby
rocked with laughter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22

Manager CLARK Gritnth bf Washington
Crane TO make good at short for him
right of the reel. II Sam does II will
mark the retirement from active play
of one OF tho games greatest shortfield-
ers George Mcbride. Of course, Me-
Bride has to quit some time. but It's hard
to believe II yet awhile
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22

Alexander won from A. Msidt. 20 10
Failure 10 land Rollic 2eider as part
owner and manager Of the proposed
Fort Wayne club In the Central league
was hard blow 70 tho Fort Wayne
boosters. but they have not Lost heart
and expect 10 TO on with their plans
No decision has been reached as to the
man who will take the place In tho
scheme Of things that had been made
for Zeider
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
Bowling

Sims Increased It's hold on first place
last night by taking two out OF three
games from the ta,lendors The leaders
slumped In the. third game. while the
wilson's rolled well Lund topped the
night's scoring with a total OF b73 for
the three games
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22

Sir--You who live In the cities are used
N seeing n better brand OF baseball than
we poor Country Jakes. but there 10 one
thing that you miss. You misc 'he thrill
Of hearing Il whispered that MIR No.
an. so. scout for this club or that Is
coming 20 town, once, when such a
r,imor was spread about town tSouth
bend, lnd). was fortunate In being
In the extra large crowd that assembled
Ny memory falls ma as TO Nhe mere
detail Of what year II was, hut We wero
pl,ted against Dayton, n club that stood
well up IN the running because of lts two
strong pitchers, Asher and Wackcr All
eyes were on Carey, n young college hid
Who had been setting the league on fire
To he brief, Asher, n handler was
In the hoS, md Carey came to hnt With
one out without much ceremony he
sent high fly TO left field insthe neigh
horhood Of the Bull Durham Sign, and
came home without sliding on his sec.
ond time at bat he singled TO right and
stole second--s habit Of his that he has
not oulsrown, He scored on a .hor,
In q man from firs, with a srounder Just
inside the third.bnse line, but he was
called out for cutting third and received
credit only for n tvo-hase hit
Before Carey came up for his fourth
and las, bat MIR Wacker went 10 the
box This gentleman pitched with the
stood Mt the cs,chers right, and sent one
into the sun over the right field fence.
Summarizing. he made a single. doutSe
and two home runs, and was directly rs.
sponsible for four runs. and south BEND
won the game, "a Carey was sold
to pittsburgh that Alsht
OF lrtrpv s.rt-,,p
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
1914 36s
1918. $40
ipir ar

For three years. now In row there
has been a difference OF but 3 points
an average output OF less than two hits
apsrt--in his annual supply. For three
years ht has batted on what 10 practically
an exact level the most widely separated
being only $1,000 apart II this isn't
the consistency record. we pause for a
reply
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22

The 6uQ's Revery.
How dear to my heart ae the scenes
Of last August
When fond recollection gets back on the
Job.
It gets even fonder each time tina, n
raw gust
Sweeps over the field Ike a Speaker or
Cobb;
The Wide spreading box, with big Alex
abpvc IT,
And the yclp Of those hlcachers and such
how love H.
And cen tho rude hammers along Root
ers' Row.
The old oaken hammers
TIE iron bound hammers,
The moss covered hammers,
That fell with blow
How dear to my soul are the echoeseof
Mnytimo.
The crash OF the triplrt that travels with
vim:
The squawk OF the ump in tho thick Of
the plsytime
The bark OF J. Evers and Heinle the
Zw:
The field. and tho bases ,,nl stretch
out before us,
Recalling star plays from an afternoon
glow
But dearer than all is the old AnN
Chorus
That comes from the hammers alonl
Rdbters Row;
The old oaken hammers.
Tho iron bound hammers
The moss COVERED hammers.
That fell with blow
Stlll. no one but a genius could pici
as many openings 10 queer himself Al
les Darcy has picked. He has de.
velopod the In Bad industry into an es
tahlished science.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22
The conslstsnoy Record.

Brlllinncy "a one affair. Consistency
Ia another. Most Of the chatter sput
around Ty Cobb has involved the bril-
lisncy OF his work but little mention has
been made OF his later day consistency.
When batsmnn gathers in as many
hits as Cobb gathers. you can figure that
each hit is worth about 2 points In an
average Remembering this detail. here
are Cobh's batting averages for the last
,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22

n Colonel Fulton could be adiudsed
rlpe-ln the sporting. not vegetable
sense-for willard rebuttsl. the twenty,
not the ten. round distance Ia the one
that should he elected The only slight
detail that would upset this IL that the
Willard Fulton enterprise Is a financial
not A sporting affair
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what Might Have asen the Revised
Version
But as he caught the owners eys
And swung on down the pike,
Not a rooter In tho place could doubt
Twas Casey on n strike,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-22

The story of the
cherry tree is a joke
nowadays; il may be
true or not. But the
fearless honesty with
himself which that
story discloses was
characteristic of Wash
ington's whole life, and
no one can tell how
much we owe today to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
INSTRUCT DIX MEN
NBAYONET WORK
Art of Puncturing Other
Fellow First Gets En-
thusiastic Reception
DEVELOPS ENDURANCE
Various Military Exercises and
Plain Food Have Greatly I'M
proved Rockies Condition
BIZ a star Correspondent

CAMP DIX wrlghtstown, N. j.. oct. s.
Camp Dix now boasts of two bayonet
courses that in appearance look like a small
bit Of European battlefield. These bayonet
courses include n trench. wire entangle-
ments, hurdles, bitches, crater holes and
other obstacles. The courses are about
100 yards long and dummies are placed
in every position that an enemy would be
found in an actual charge. The dummies
lie In the trenches upright on stakes and
hanging from gallows. PROSTATE on the
ground in the crater holes, The men are
sent over this dozen at a time and they
have to stab every dummy in their path. 4
piece of paper representing a vital spot is
supposed to be pushed up by the bayonet
In going over the bayonet course the men
learn how to apply the jabs and thrusts
that make up the modern manual of the
bayonet, but, just as important, they learn
also how TO withdraw their bayonets with
out breaking the blade. 1t is quite an art
to withdraw bayonet from a body, and
If jabbed into any bony part of a mans
body it can be withdrawn only by pulling 1t
out In a direct line. To acCustom the men
to withdrawing the bayonet some Of the
dummies, called fascines, are made UP Of
bundles Of small branches, which give
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
PASTORS BACK SUNDAY
ADJUSTMENTS IN CAMP
Federal Council of Churches Ap-
proves Athletics, Concerts,
Movies, Baseball, Etc.

PITTSBURGH Oct 5.-Urging the in.
stitution of Sunday baseball, moving
pictures, dramatics, band concerts and other
amusements for soldiers in training min
listers attending the Federal Council of
Churches here, assisted in the framing Of
an unprecedented report on interchurch
war work
The report was read by the chairman Of
the Federal committee on wartime work.
and 1t urged the ministers and religious
organizations to unionize their efforts for
the recreation and spiritual education of
soldiers. The soldiers must be taught by
soldier methods, the report stated, and the
soldier must not be put on a pedestal and
made believe that he is different from the
ordinary person.
Cautioning the ministers that American
soldiers will come back to this country
moral and physical wrecks unless they are
fortified spiritually against temptations, the
Rev. Paul NJ Strayer of Rochester, n. Y,
addressed the conference.
IF we want to win the war we must
protect the morale of our soldiers against
the immortality of France" he said. He
declared precautions should be taken at our
local training camps and advocated a COM
mittee to look into this moral issue A
committee was appointed to draft resolu-
ton to the President protesting against the
modification of the fve-mle limit for
saloons around the cantonments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05

OFFICERS SHIFTED
no ENGINEER UNIT
New Jersey Infantry Split
to Organize New Force
at Mcclellan
COLONEL CROSBY AT HEAD
Various Regiments Raided to Get
Leaders for the Organ
ization
COLONEL CROSBY AT HEAD
Bv a star Correspondent


CAMP MCCLELLAN. Admission, Ala, oct
b-Iransfers OF prominent officers and COM
panies of marked efficiency from the New
Jersey infantry organizations to form part
OF the regiment of engineers being organized
with the New Jersey battalion as a nu-
cleus. will be made within a few days.
Brigadier General w. G. Rafferty,, pro-
vlsional commander of the Blue and Gray
division. has approved the recommendations
made by General Barger, commanding the
New Jersey infantry brigade; andthey have
also met with the favor of Lieutenant
Colonel w. w. Crosby. OF Baltimore, who
will be the lieutenant colonel of the regi-
ment and who has had charge of the or
ganization details.
Major Alexander MacGlashan, Of the
Fourth Regiment of Jersey city has been
selected for commander of the Second Bat
talon. and Captain stephen Barlow, Of the
Second Infantry, one of the most promi-
nent captains in New Jersey will be the
supply officer for the regiment. Captain
G. ]. Calrow, OF the reserve corps is to be
on the regimental staff, and Captain Hugh
Gillespie, of Company G of the Fourth
Regiment, will be one Of the battalion ad-
jutants.
Another Jersey City captain selected is
p. j. l.. Hogan. of Company I, who was
especially picked out TO be the Topographic
cal officer of the. regiment. Captain James
Madison Hare for many years chaplain Of
the Fourth New Jersey is to become chap
lain of the engineer regiment.
Other officers recommended were First
Lieutenants James A. Carton, Of the Fourth
New Jersey Infantry George +. Wilkinson
formerly of the Essex Troop, of Newark.
and William w Troxell. of the reserve
corps, and the three following second lieu
tenants Of the reserve corps: K. b. Jones,
c r. Martin and G.. II. Schotterer.
officers for the three new companies
have been selected as follows
Company d, Captain Benjamin F. Day
Newark; first lieutenants, Harold NJ Van
Slyke. Trenton; ]. II. Conover, Freehold ;
Harvey c. Robins. Elizabeth; second lieu
tenants, James T. Metzger, East orange,
and Simeon F. Hauser, of Newark
Company T., Captain NJ Hurd, Leonia ;
nrst leutenants, Alexander L. Rogers,
Woodbury., Alvin w Nichols, Woodbury.,
Joseph c. Fits, Ridgewood; second Lieu
tenants, William f. Firth West Hoboken {;
Walter II. Carver. Camden.
Company f, Captain Harry ]. Burling-
ton, Jersey City; first lieutenants. Charles
A. Mohn, Jersey City; Frank Errice, At
lantc City, and Richard A. Smith New
Brunswick; second leutenants, Walter A.
Balevre, Newark, and II. Hanaman, New
ark
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
ALIEN TONGUES SILENCED UNCLE SANS TRAINING CAMPS

condition similar to the bony structure Vi
the body that a bayonet encounters a.,
Stated in bald terms, bayonet work s
appalling in its cold-blooded trlghtl luii,Sas r,,
and is a shock TO the rockies at hrsC @ Due
tbe men are Impressed with the absolute
necessity of acquiring the aggressive spirit:
of realizing that bayonetry is game o,
get the other fellow before he gets you
IN spite OF its old-bloodedness there is
snoring thrill about bayonet work lna'
appeals TO men, and develops their aBsres-
siveness and self-confdence.
Every man gets half hour a day actual
work with the bayonet. Ir order to pc
better able TO instruct the men in their
commands officers who have charge OF thls
work have to attend a bayonet school them-
selves There they are instructed py Lieu,
tenant II. c. Bush, who recently came 70
Camp Dix from Fort Sill, Oklahoma Wnere
he specialized in bayonetry.
In addition to accustoming the men to the
Use of the bayonet the bayonet course de-
velops the physical endurance of the men
II there is any one feature that is empha-
sized in training here It Is physical con-
dition. and the men are going through
hardening" process very similar to the
methods of a prize-fghter training for a
championship bout. All the work seems to
dovetail to make the men physlcally per-
feet.
bayonet courses and the athletic recrea-
tions, the wholesome food, have made diff
ferent men out of the rockies who came
here a month ago.
An innovation in physical training will
start next week, when the men will be sent
over cross-country course, which Is being
laid out now. An order issued this morn
Ing prohibits tho entrance Of automobiles
into the camp on Sundays hereafter. Thou
sands Of automobiles have choked up the
roads and impeded the progress of the con-
tractors on Sunday, which is a woriday
in the camp. Visitors will have to park
their cars outside the reservation and visit
their soldier friends on foot
The Y. w. c. A. is building large shack
for the comfort Of the women visitors to the
camp. The building will include a cafeteria
rest rooms. dormtories, emergency rooms
and a nursery Miss Elizabeth II. Curtis
field worker for Camp Dix and vicinity, will
have charge of the building
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
By a Sta6 Correspondent

BIZ a star Correspondent
CAMP MEADE Admiral, Md, oct. s.
To speed up the work of training the Sew
enty-nintK Division and make it ready for
actual fighting in the shortest time possible
all men unable to understand English are
to be dropped from active military units.
This order, which becomes effective today
Is perhaps the most sweeping that has been
given since General Kuhn started to whip
his division into shape, and that means that
hundreds OF earnest and willing Italians,
Poles, Savs and other men who have but
little knowledge Of the English language
will be left behind when the division sails
for France.
Although not dropped from the National
Army, these men who have been neglected
in civil life will become members of train
ing battalions. and beside getting military
instruction will be grounded in the funda-
mentals Of English and ether branches that
are essential in the life Of an American
soldier
As conclusive evidence that this rule is
to be applied and very vigorously, rank
ing officers at Little Penn today pointed 10
what is considered the reorganzed and re-
vitslized 314th Infantry.
To whip this organization into workable
form it was necessary to weed out nearly
800 men who were sent here from the
mining regions of Pennsylvania and other
sections that art thickly populated with for
eigners.
The efficiency Of this unit was so i'm
paired because of the large number of men
who could net understand army orders that
Colonel Thomas w Darrah and Brgadier
General Nicholson demanded a reorganiza-
tion.
That it was impossible for them to de-
velop a fighting organization until the men
who could not speak English were removed
from the unit or taught the language was
Oh, o,I f11,n Nnr{g1 iVer 10
participate in the present war, decided upon
the former course.
As a result there was a big shake-up. and
today the regiment goes on war footing.
An idea of what the commanding officers
of this regiment were up against can be
had when one considers that in one COM
pany of 14S men thirty-four of that num-
Der could not speak English.
Although that was high average, many
companies had as many as twenty men
unable to grasp the simplest orders and as
many more who knew so little about the
language that their services were value
less. These men were weeded out and,
thanks to the fact that Philadelphia sent a
crowd Of willing youngsters, the gaps have
been filled.
A crowd Of Philadelphians from the
Forty-sxth Draft Board who had been do
ing service in the Twenty Training
Battalion was called into the 31ith and dis
tributed among the various companies. Com
pany G got thirteen men, Company A if-
teen, Company thirteen, Company Il
thirteen, while men from the Fiftieth Draft
Board in Philadelphia were distributed in
Companies II l X and L.
This morning the regiment, which is vir-
tualy a new organization, bucIled down
to business and with good work will prob
ably catch up to other infantry units
The arrival of about 800 draftees from
various sections of Pennsylvania will not
create much of stir at Little Penn to-
day.
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-, rhro,t A. Busy Corner

ppru1,EHEM. Pa, oct, .5.--M. Y Powell
=, DWiikes- Barre with the, exclamation.
SHere goes I'm tired q IRE 1Iew New strsets rssTt
~ lie heart of the city, and cut his throat.
In ln e''n man was rushed to the hospital In
diving condition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
ALIENS DROPPED
AT CAMP MEADE
Units Reformed of Eng
lish-Speaking Draftees
to Speed Work
BABEL HALTED TRAINING
Foreigners, However, Will Be
Kept in Camp-900 More
Arrive Today
LANCASTER. Pa, Oct. s.

LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. 5.
A telegram received from Camp
Meade, Admiral, Md, this morning by
Rudy Herr, near Lancaster, says his
son Paul, one of Lancaster COunty's
first draft men, fell dead yesterday
from heart trouble while drilling. He
was 25 years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
Brakeman Killed br .Ern--..

CHESTER, Pa, Oct
Sohmutz. thirty-five years old, Of Nse dva,I
a brakeman on q northbound freirhft ,t.oH
struck and killed by an express ~ ~. ne VA.
Railroad. 'giVant