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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
In Which Old Doc Is Thwarted


TNHE day Chief Albert Bender. the emf
l. nent Chippewa pitched his shutout for
the Phillies with Johnny Evers at second.
was tough day for Old Doc Time. the
Iowned grabber
Evers started his major league career in
1902, fifteen years ago, with the Cubs.
Bender began operating in the big league
reservation in 1903 with the Athletics
They were the two veterans of their cir
cult and II was cheering news to those who
know him to find the Chief still on hand
with winning stuff. There may have been
one or two or three greater pitchers, but
none who had more craft and more courage
not forge6,ing one of the best falls that
ever hurtled over the plate. If he had ever
held an Indian nickname it should have
been op-to-His-Fast-One. He had 1t, never
fear.
Why" asks n reader, isn't track and
field work-runnng, jumping, throwing the
hammer, etc.-as fine exercise for army de-
velopment as any game on the list-not
even barring football?"
II is. Or, rather, they are.
Track and field work combine for as fine
physical development. so far as war usage
may be concerned, as anything the program
holds.
And the army will undoubtedly make use
of this training.
Old and New Records
Along the line of track and field work It
Is interesting to note how records have
changed In the last decade or so.
outing Magazine publishes n chart which
shows the advancement in some varieties
and lack of advancement in others. Here
1t is, based upon the standards of 1893 and
the standards of today:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
ROUSH AND COBB
LEAD THE BATTERS
Both Have a Firm Grip on
Top of List and Seem
Safely Fixed
MclNNIS is NOW FIFTH

Stuny Mclnnis again broke into the Who's
Who In Batters and is now fifth on IN,
list Of the men who are doing great work
with the willow. He is just over the 400
marx and he is the only man from this
town with that honor. None of the Phillies
Is IN the sacred section of sluggers, but
there are hopes
iy copD mas apparently struck batting
slump. In his last ten times NJ hot ne
demon slugger has hit safely onlv tw,oa
he lost four points yesterday, while Sisler
who Is in second place. added a point 10 his
mark. Ty now leads by only twentvlrine
points. Mclnnis replaced Veach I'm fftb
cruise made a slight gain on Rousb in
how the leading FIVE" in each ma TO-. ia1e iiere
are batting this morning: ''' ieas ue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
NATIONAL LEAGuE
MARY A WINS AT RIyERToN

Mary A., sailed by Fred Smith. wo, ,.o
Riverton Yacht Club weekly sailboat rane
after very exciting fight, with nine boats
competing. '"''
Linton Rigg. sailing the Little Haste
kept the lead for almost two laps. Smith
and Maths In the Doc, were battling for
Smith, after coming up with a wind asaS
astern on the run for the Riye,ton hua,,
blanket the Little Haste just at the b',o., uoy
ON the start Of the last lap. After th.,
Mary A, was In the lead until she f,nishsd
with Rigg thirty seconds later, and ustt
third. with sArns puns>r e sseoals Istss,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
WESTERN NEGRO CHAMPS
TO PLAY AT POINT BREEzE

The American Giants basebau .o
Chicago, ILL.,, have been matched h,' oI
Roden to meet the two leading negro hasn
ball clubs Of this section the Iatter 'ase uss.
OF this month. The games win be n,a'.n PAT.
mond iarh dia-
the Chicago team is recognized 40 ,,o
neerT the aanSarach 81 the West and will NEE,
the eastern champions, in a two's CITY
for the negro championship Of the ne ro,s series
on August 29 and 30. 'he country,
Inc american Giants will open their ,,uoo
day visit by meeting the Peerless ner c three-
August 2S. on Tuesday,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

eighteenth farway. As one OF the golfers
was struck by a ball this spring a ball
from the tee of the fifteenth is now out Of
bounds If it lands in the eighteenth fairway,
so this has stopped playing the hole In
way not intended.
Seaview was very generous on the Lib
erty Day tournament and altogether Il SUN
IN excess of 5000 was collected Every menu
Der OF the club who is in any branch of
the national service has had his dues re-
funded for the year. The social life at
Seaview is prominent feature and the
dances on the big porch. which will accom-
modate several hundred couples are well
attended.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
KOPlN BREAKS HIS ARM;
BOUT WITH COLEMAN npp

Battling Kopin. who was to meet ,ro.s
Coleman this Friday night in the wind',,yy imy
a Is,t 'ne arr, mamosa A. G. broke bone in his
his engagement for this Friday on
aser Burns has secured Eddie Ramu,-
10 take kopin's place. The other h'.
VIII be between Young Jack Tolana 'ou.s
Johnny c'Kid'o Burman; Joe GeiSsr sha =,
kensington. and Patsy Rariden; Eddis =. oI
vey ana Goodie Welsh; Charley NcKs. : "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
BINGLES AND BUNGLES

The family row between tho sox =. c,,
ended in draw yesterda The cox soa at Oh Chcss "a,
'"o s'i''eS ahead of and behind the sox. ''' SUI
Umpire Byron and Johnny Evers ,,a,,, !.
Rort 1me tnk and John J. got the gate TSs az,
Kerr ran n,nhcn sd chance TO daily at second ~.
oatted for oeschger. ' ''''''" ana hiiisfd
beat he carSs Tssa up PLAYERS trying
TWO teams are better than one, hsures thm
81 the series between the White IN nnd the % %SSesi
crowd winnns the rst f BY tHf 70 dSy ;,a the Ghe,
aai ny to O. There M Is oareen tss'ns pos
Fserc FISH cSS' % s spent yt0s his third sitless day. sx
tGrdsy In the game against Rav Fisb,nim Times yss
avnr uNeGs ana was turned back each time y I'm s
in to victory in the ninth ii,nGr nnnT amd ea'ted
win ThS e. B9diG had two hits in the open,nr e.rs
the bases wnSe s; ,;rthe put they came at time whea
r Sai and fSdiuS2f WRte1h hrSf Wi wa si
9ss but in The pnehes he rennds 9Gn pep pbs to ts DS
ddcn~cD davenport. There is whole LOT in % cos. n
low - ,ind and your ability to make the other IA
had M anHR i,you you have something on him. PHI
toll ~ eA.ra pase hits, two Of them homera
Phillies o Sups victory over me
Sy Williams hit the Bull s,pn ., ,ho ...o,l
missed SddrmSd ons 4, fb ffbheck for $50. Les Mann sa
peared os ose IA the eighth chapter. while it a.
u MT the Dull on his drive in the third.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
EW YORK. NOW CAN DECIDE QUESTION OF u
BAN JOHNSON FAVORS BALL GAME
BETWEEN OLD ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS C
AND GIANTS FOR RED CROSS FUND
Says if Mayor Mitchell Will Give Consent Rest
Will Be Easy-Harry Hampstead Also
Falls in Line

favors
York
to baseball
question In nushel py
note everything will be well
N in OF ''e
but is
SO the affair seems De
attitude of New York toward sunday
object Red Cross and was
crowd there is no doubt
ned Ahetcs once
The Of MessrsJ ar follow:
Ledger Philadelphia Pa
delayed replying
Of Chicago Office
yesterday morning.
being collected Tor te
through
and would
h
sincerely
b.. b. JOHNSON
York and if there is anything
H. N IIEMPSTEAD
LIE n
II a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
GEORGE TREVOR.

role vault lM
ST%%'ss RSnHns broad basis jS%S j%s'Sht: b 81 e e.
More than five seconds have ~,
from the mile run, which NAV be n,,,.. GUY
advantage In long charge or n suds" an
treat But only one-fifth of n secons re-
than two yards-has been cut ava, ,,es
the 1OO-yard dash. There was an exnra.', .om
belief that some day marvellous sn-,s.eu
would come along able to set the marh :.
nine seconds. This doesn't seem possh,.
now. If but one-fifth of a second has bue haae
cut away in twenty-five years what ohoe oeen
remains to cut away three-flfths OF n soconss
And the one-ffths are harder to nruno a.'sH
as thev sink below the ten-second narL
the records stand today there NAV n.
slight Improvement from time to time ~.
no big change is looked for. Yet mi. ~ i.
very likely what some far-seeinp snor.,-s
writer penned back in 1893, when the b,ss
lump record was feet Az inches and ~
hammer throw stopped at 146 feet '"'
Columbus proved to be considerab,. =.
discoverer In locating America. Rut n
would require even more genius for sor.s
one to discover Crucial Series in tbe =.
naming affairs of the Giants-not hov
ever, including the October carnival
While no part Of an admirer of Freaa,.
Weishs program as lightweight champIos
in many phases, ...Are is no discountins
the fact that as physical professor IN
charge of n health farm he should bs ons
of the best of them all Welsh knows IN
game and he has more than a normal sbs,.
of brains. He should make good in M
role beyond any hazy doubt.
The pesky Red Sox never seem 10 ,oos
much like pennant people until thew arr,r.
in the vicinity of the stretch. In the na.,
they have never ceased to care particularlv
about being first until around October. whs,
they begin to count the official returns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
BIG ENTRY LIST
FOR TRACK MEET
Five Hundred Have Already
Sent in Blanks for Middle
Atlantic Championship
TED MEREDITH THE STAR

Five hundred individuals have signifed
their intention of competing in the Middle
Atlantic States track and field champion
ships, which will be held on Saturday aft
ernoon at Franklin Field. 1t is expected
that the total number of entries will reach
close to 1900. Athletes from all sections
of the district will be on hand, including
several from the western section who have
never contested in the championships of
their district heretofore.
For the last four years the Germantown
Boys Club has had somewhat of mon
opoly the team championships, winning
four times in n row. This year, however
Manager Dallas, of the Meadowbrook Club,
has entered one Of the best bunch of ath-
letes ever gathered together to represent a
single club at one time. The most promi-
nent of the group wearing the emblem Of
the department stores club are James
CTed) Meredith and Howard Berry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

tLHEN confidence manly
Fulton Frank Force via the and
Wizards
the
o
Jess either will have talk turkey prestige the attraction in his
81
blink Naturally
in
carried oua Fred las he vast
to Morris
AVA chic
he the
to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
Here Is One Boxer Ready to GRAB Gun

N to n tcant
he ugly get into the United States He
the
Secretary Daniels
a boxing
of john showing all
training sta
% 1Sn and made his % the % looked John over and shook his head
crooked ear "''' "' has
why they
should bar him from the He Lieutenant
o rY"
make Everything go wrong while you uep e t
command
thing" said Canadian infantry
couldn't talk well as do now and everybody understood
same old arm I've
knocked em cuckoo with My broken
caulhower doesn't figure agh
Nothing doing" said the lieutenant
GO to Secretary Daniels Intended 20
~ that official light man
First Trap Championship 80 Years Ago
a Cttc,eo
i any record
Tourney and
conducted
Company The claw
by the owy Company
thrown with bhdike night from trap
These facts which have such great
Club The this re-
this will tournament
Of the South Shore Country Park
opening today 49,
TT rapshootng tournament Of
shooters turned ou
different today modern
complete the program
Connie Praises Cruise and Hornsbv
oNEIE Cruise
eventually would attain
Hank GoUdy VIII Stick to CATCHING
game between two
% am % military % asn D Hank "a. . syss % e DO some vns @ After ;. had
- r sivs up 1h tes ead v ~ army frem total aslFsa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
CHIEF BENDER STILL HAS ENOUGH
CRAFT AND COURAGE TO PITCH SHIT
OUT GAME AFTER II YEARS OF WORE
And With Him on the Same Philly Team !
Johnny Evers, Veteran of Fifteen
Years of Service
BY GRANTLAND RICE
The c. p. and the p. G..

When Wurtembergers take the British trenches;
Uhen Russias soldiers keep going back
When the the U-bodts too successful
Then-somo tells the CroWn Prince to attack.
When Wutembergers take the British trenches;
When Sarons do not find their task too hard
When the Bdvdr5dns victorious-
Then--some calls upon the Prussian Guard.
II the history of this is Dritten;
II its deeds sung By scribe or bard,
There Just t,Oo things for Whch we'll thank the
The German Crown Prince and the Prussian Guard ~
"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

toIr our t extra base hits. two of them homera
pbiu{{nne {{ne story of the Cubs victory over IN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

and Miiliams hit the Bull sign in the second
missed one ia fheck fbs ,oh, fer $50 Les Mann jsa
pedbtd ,o re as though Flack gave Gabby a cSancs
" "'t 'he Dull on his drive in the third
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
Hugh Wilson Laid Out Course

Hugh I. Wilson. who also laid out the
two Merton courses. is responsible for the
Seaview course. There is not a poor hole
on the course. and while there are paral
lei holes the bunkering Is such that the pey-
ers on one hole do not interfere with those
coming from q different direction The
sevsnteenth 10 dog-lsg. ana many OF the
players plays4 Y by dr1vibe down ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

r,t,h hhI bqdie had two hits in the oponino s.r.s
the bases e MEANS wns but they came time When
uay' securing three hits WnlIv Schana a 4 gs s9os
'l anu Whitey Witt. at short had n pair nav
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
Last Chance to Enlist to Serve
Your Country ss q Volunteer

Registration Day set for June 5th.
That means in the opinion of high
army officers that those who regis
ter will become in character re-
serve corps, subject to draft. but
not eligible for enlistment in q vol
unteer organization. Enlist now
and you will not be required to
register Company Cd, now in Fed
eral Service, needs 80 more men in
order to bring it up to full war
strength of $50 men. Best advan.
tages for promotion and foreign
service Pay increased to $4,000 per
month for private. Food clothing
and medical attention furnished
free. Better 60 as q VOLUNTEER
than CONSCRIPT. For informa-
tion inquire U. S. Recruiting Office,
Land Office Building, Lamar, Colo,
or j. II. Adkins, Holly, Colo.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
DECORATION DAY II
YIffINGLY oDsIRvED
Large Crowd Attends Services in
Holly Wsdnssday Afternoon

A large crowd attended the Deco
ration Day exercises held at this
place last Wednesday afternoon
and proper respect was paid to the
departed comrades. Rev. Wood de
serves special credit for the excel
lent manner in which the services
were arranged and the promptness
with which the program was ear.
ried out.
The Bristol Band furnished some
excellent music for the occasion
and was on hand at the appointed
time. Following the rendering Of
several patriotic selections the prin-
cipal speech OF the afternoon was
given by Rev. Lee, of Lamar. Rev.
Lee is gifted talker and held the
audience from the start with his
remarks. After his speech the
thrOng repaired to the cemetery,
headed by the band, where the
graves of the departed were prop
erly decorated and short service
was held.
Another and closing service was
held on the big bridge across the
Arkansas river. where the stream
was strewn with flowers in honor
of the boys at sea and our departed
Soldiers of the Sea-" The services
were most interesting throughout.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
IRON HAND WILL SEIZE
THOSE WHO FIGHT DRAFT
U. s. Attorney General Orders That
All Registrars be Fully Protected

Attorney General Gregory in
structed United, States attorneys
and marshals thruout the country
TO use their utmost efforts TO arrest
ssd rossct1tr aalla persons respUni.
sible for the agitation which has
manifested itself in localities from
New England to Texas, against the
registration, on June 5, of men sub
ject to draft. This agitation has
made itself felt somewhat in many
sections, but thus far there appar-
emily is little connection between
the outbreaks.
Officials have undertaken an ex-
haustive investigation to determine
whether the whole anti-draft senti-
ment is not rooted in extensive ma
chinations of German propaganda
lists in this country, having CEN
tral headquarters. Color to this
theory is lent in some degree by the
marked similarity in the methods
OF procedure in widely separated
communities. Some officials believe
the entire agitation is manufac-
tured by German agents, who baf-
fled in their original program call
ing for an armed uprising of Ger
man reservists in this country up
on Americas entry into the war,
have turned their energies to this
method of hindering the military
plans of the government.
If such is the case, the conspiracy
will come to nothing, officials be
lieve. The department of justice, it
was authoritatively announced to-
night, expects virtually 100 per cent
of the eligibles to register and
prompt prosecution under the
criminal provisions of the law will
be instituted in the few cases where
the law is not observed.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
Is Holly to Celebrate?

A meeting has been allied for
next Monday evening at the Com
mercial Club rooms for the purpose
OF deciding whether or not Holly
Is to have a big Fourth of July Gel
ebratiOn this year. This is the year
above all others when patriotism is
in the air and if Holly steps out
you may expect something out OF
the ordinary. Ii you are in favor of
the town doing itself proud come
out and boost the thing along and
If you are "agin" the celebration
come out and register your vote on
the other side of the fence.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
Business as Usual

Now that the war has come, we all
stand with our President. We are
not republicans, democrats, pro
gressives, socialists, pacifists, mill
tarists: we are all Americans.
We pledge our best effort, our for.
tunes, our loyalty and our lives to
our country. We pray divine guild
ance for our President. We join
him in every effort to bring the war
to speedy and successful issue.
Some of us are needed at once for
military and naval duty.
Every man in such service re
quires six men at home to make
him effective, to provide him with
amunitions, food, clothing, trans.
portation and various supplies.
How may the remaining millions
best serve their country?
Committed to any service to
which our President calls, and
awaiting such call, we must devote
ourselves to maintaining the estab.
lished order.
Our religious, educational, social
recreational, and business institu.
tions, built up through years OF
devoted effort, and invested capi-
tai, must not be destroyed by the
war.
The service which most Americans
will be called upon to render dur.
ing this war, is that which the Eng.
lish government found it necessary
to urge upon their citizens, "Busi.
ness as Usual"
With other established institu.
tions, needed now even more than
in normal times, it will be Chautau.
qua as usual. The dates for the
Holly Chautauqua are June Is, l6
II, 1S and 10.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
TO ASsIsf YARAERS m
MCREA8IN0 PRODUCTION
Agricultural Collage Sends Spseial-
lists Into This District to Aid Id
Food Campaign

Although this section of tn,
state has not been organized from
an agricultural standpoint, ther,
being no county agricultural
agents in this district, the farmers
in this territory are to have the
assistance of q trained specialist in
their work of increasing their crop
production this summer.
The Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, through its Extension Service
has districted the unorganized ter
ritOry of the state and has sent
four trained men from the faculty
into the field to spend the summer
in assisting the farmers. Our dis.
trict is District No 2 and comprises
Ebert, Lincoln, Cheyenne, Crowley,
Kiowa, Otero. Bent, Prowers and
Baca counties. Mr., James d. Mar.
shall. of the agronomy department
of the Agricultural College, has
been sent to us to assist us in this
district.
Mr.. Marshall will serve the entire
district In the same manner as a
county agricultural agent serves
his county, assisting the farmers
to organize for cooperation, help
ing with labor problems, crop prob
lens as the season advances, har-
vesting problems, and finally mar
keting problems. He will be in di-
rect touch with the vast fund of in
formation available at the Agricul-
tural College, he will be assisted
from time to time by the specialists
of the Extension Service: in short,
he stands ready to be of whatever
service he can to the farmers OF our
district.
Il is not nscessasx ta SAY. that the
efforts of this specialist to help US
do our share in the present nation
al crisis should be met in the prop
er spirit and that he should have
the hearty cooperation of every per-
son in this district.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
II u YOUR RAfAIo1Ic
DUTY TO BUY 4 BOND
Liberty Loan Dends-Patziotic and

The patriotic nature of an invest
ment in the Liberty Loan Bonds
of 1917 is something that all Ameri-
cans will consider. The fact that in
purchasing such . bond the invest
or Is lending his money to his Gov
ernment-tO his cOuntpy-tO prose
cute . great war, gives the invest
ment q dignity that the ordinary
investment does not possess. The
uses to which the money is to be
put, the noble purposes to which
it is to be devoted. all are things
which appeal more or less to the
American heart.
But let no one be led by these
considerations to look on buying a
Liberty Loan Bond as piece of be-
nevOlence contribution to a
worthy cause. The Liberty Loan
Bond is as good an investment as
an American citizen can well make.
The rate of interest it bears may
seem small, but when it's absolute
safety is considered and the fact
that it is nontaxable, and the
further fact that it is to be immune
from any taxes which later on may
be levied by reason Of this war, and
still another fact that in case the
United States Government should
later during this war have to bor-
row more money and pay q higher
rate OF interest, that the holders of
these bonds can secure bonds bear
ing that higher rate-when all
these things are considered, an in
vestment in Liberty Loan Bonds
possesses advantages that no other
investment in the world possesses.
There is another point which wise
and thoughtful people will give
due consideration to and that is
an investment In Liberty Loan
Bonds is an Investment in the de
tense and preservation of all their
other property and all they hold
dear-the preservation of their lib
critics. We would be in danger, If
all our citizens refused to lend their
money to the Government, of los
ing all that we have-Our property
our liberties, and our national hon.
or. 1t has come to this, that we
must fight for these things. and to
wage war in this day and times re-
quires. not Ouly men and arms but
great sums of money.
Subscribers to Liberty Loan
Bonds are charter members of a So
ciety to maintain American honor
and to maintain democracy here
and in other parts of the world.
Honor and interest, patriotism and
business judgment all urges the
wisdom of an investment in Liber-
ty Loan Bonds.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-01
K.nivinek Club Entertain.

A very pleasant party was held at
the home of Miss Leota Saunders,
last Thursday by the Kaniwinck
Club in honor of the members who
have been teaching in the Holly
schools the past term but who were
leaving for the vacation months.
The teachers present were the
Misses Barnes; Metroz; Leonard;
Moran; Mills and Edminston. The
home was very nicely arranged for
the evening, refreshments served,
games and music enjoyed and all
made to feel that the Sunder's were
excellent entertainers.