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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13
BetwiXt Splashes

We had something OF the same idea as
we held down a ringside seat last night at
the Olympia TO see some of the action be-
twiNt the splashing, Of the sponge in the
corner.
OF all games, form plays the greatest
part in the game of golf, but to the un-
tutored eye II was evident that form was
big feature OF the 'give-and-take" frolio
BY form is meant balance and timing
tho, stroke. Benny Leonard didn't land on
the green much and couldn't get past with
any of the long shots down the fairway.
His short approaches also weren't very
deadly, but the form was always there,
He didn't do much damage, but he always
appeared to be the master and ready to
sink lucky one
why don't you land It. Benny" was the
continual yip from the pop-eyed fans
packed up on the shelf. dmly dscernible
through the heavy smoke. Benny was al
ways set Johnny Tilman started flock
OF shots with n power OF back-spin on them,
Once he waved one that Benny ducked and
which was nearly the finish of brass post
supporting the ropes, Another time Till
man reached up to turn Off the lights and
Benny was right down the alley to take
advantage of the shot out of bounds.
| MuggsY Taylor. n boxing expert, felt that
! Tillman won. Muggsy is nice feller.
Nelson in Draw
Form was all that gave Gussie Lewis a
draw win NJ Nelson IN the seminars Al
| was called in at the last minute and had
| not had time to train at all. As a result
| he was slowed ur n bit Some one in the
| gallery was pleased with the fight and
| tossed cigar in the ring, but neither of
| the fighters had time to pick it up. So IT
| died in shower Of sparks
The only real snappy stun of the night
| was in the mix between Battling Mills and
| Chick Meyers in the first couple of minutes
| The rapiu-hre stuff petered out far as
| Mills was concerned when lie was the recip-
| lent of n Slice to the rough" This is a
| golf term which. translated into boxing
! means n right hook to the neck"
We have an idea that Benny Leonard
| would he a great success as golfer. If he
| could time a golf swing with the fine form
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13

TTIiIS is the Fistifan Day at the office.
L That is to say. there was a gathering
of managers and boxers all around occu-
pying the chairs with the writers standing
up and listening TO the chatter on the game
OF Hard Knuckles and Puffed Bearers,
Benny Leonard is a swell boxer" said
some one who had strayed in and knew
little OF the science of boxing. 81 could tell
he was a swell boxer as soon as l saw him
In action"
Where do you get that stuff on of?''was
the Offering by one of those present You
been reading the papers
NO ] aint," chirped the wise feller.
But Benny has got the form. That's the
stun that gets by any place You can pick
class In any game that way. The swell
batters in baseball has got it, and you can
pick em as soon as they come to bat. A
swell runner has got the form You can
pick good one any place, because they've
got the form"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13
PENN ENTERS FOUR MEN
IN BIG INDOOR SPORTS

Four Penn track athletes will enter the
indoor championship track meet in New
York on Saturday. These men will be
Tommy Lennon. Larry Scudder, Earl Eby
and Sherman Landers Coach Robertson
expects to begin active training for the out
door season about April /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13

, CT. PETERSBURG. Fla. March 10.
~IsT night Pat Moran was handed a
A telegram while at dinner from Bert
x,shon. one Of the holdouts, who was first
..nscted to Join the club here in few
avs "Nothing doing" read the message.
ayo,, know ! deserve more money" Pat
,,srar refused to comment on the message
- wbat would follow. He declined to be
,aouaclous. and shut up like clam when
.Ss names Of Whitted and Stock were men
toned.
uoweyer late in the evening a healthy
-.,a,or began to circulate through the cor
.,dhrs of Edgewater Inn, and the dope
as as follows: Whitted to be traded to
proo,lvn for Zach Wheat Niehoff and
e,ock 10 be traded to st. Louis for Hornsby
"a lack Miller. That's all there was TO
q but II the deal goes through it will be
~. ~ the most sensational pulled in many
years
us got the dope from an authoritative
.ource but when Pat Moran was cornered
Ss again initiated the well-known clam
n. loosened up a trine near the finish
however and said tina. in n few days he
woujd have something TO say. The proposed
sc,ion of the Phils is the only logical thing
that can be done under the circumstances
Up to Players
,etber. the fact remains that Philadelphia
must have a ball club this year. The play
.rs are dissatisfied and refuse to report
tbey must go some place else. as the man
agement Of the Phils has offered all that
they can Now IL was up to the holdouts
10 accept or refuse.
R,,t looking things over in calm and
hmpersonal manner. 1t seems that the only
Aeal that has a chance to go through is
the one involving Whitted and Wheat. Zach,
its George is very much dissatisfied with
conditions over i'm Flatbush and probably
will welcome the chance to escape from
charles Hercules Ebbets. He will At in
nicely in the Phils' outfit and do even
halter than his predecessor in batting.
The salary snag again crops up. however
AZ Wheat has refused "a cut in his contract
and threatens to quit the game. In other
words, two disgruntled athletes will be
svapped.
When Moran took hold of the local club
IN 1915 he showed right off the reel that
ne would not tolerate any dissatisfied bal
ulayers His first act was to get rid of
Sherwood Magee. the star of his team and
one of the most popular ball players that
ever appeared in Philadelphia. He shunted
Sherwood to Boston in exchange for Whit
ted and Dugey and some cash. Pat was
laughed at by the wise ones. but the dea
turned out TO be the incest little piece OF
work done in years.
Both Make Good
whitted stepped into Magees shoes and
PLAYED sensational baseball, while Dugey
turned out to be valuable utility man
Moran never has regretted the deal. Whit
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rles rakeoh while with Boston in 1914 and
repeated with the Phillies in 1915. Last
year ne came close and perhaps he missed
tne auoltlonal upholstery for his bank ac-
count. He received $4,000 last year and
was onered the same for 1917, but It was
not enough. He made his demand for ad-
ultlonal salary and when 1t was refused he
ceased communicating with President Baker
and Manager Moran
Bert Niehotf had been working under a
wartime contract made when the Federal
league was fourishing and drew down
something like $4,000 year. He was sliced
10 saOOO and the trouble started
More Money Again
Milton Stock wants more money and
thats all there Is to II. He. too. has re-
moved the names Of Moran and Baker from
MS mailing list and the only way he can
serve the club. even Indirectly, is to figure
IN trade. This rumored trade will he a
great thing for the Philies. If IL is pulled
or II will help the team to such greet
extent that it seems almost 700 good 10 he
true. Manager Moran will lose three valu-
able men, but in their places will come
two 800 hitters and first-class utility
man Just how it. will be engineered is
not known, but the engineering must be
exceedingly clever to Put IT. across Wheat
batted .3l2 last year and Hornsby went
In the list, but it was said that he was not
satisfied and played only desultory ball.
The only chance to grab Hornsby the
sensation of the league LAST year. is to work
on the assumption that he is not pleased
with his surroundings and the newcomers
believe that they can get along without
him. That will be hard matter. but base
ball is an uncertai proposition at all times
Hornsby was the best shortstop in the
league. stood head and shoulders over the
other members OF his team and his large
batting average while playing with a tail
end club is little short OF marvellous
None Better Than HOrnsby
But 1t has been announced that the new
owners of the Cardinals will spare no ex-
| pense in strengthening the club this year.
That being the case. where would they get
| a better man than Hornsby? Miller is the
only weak sister In the bunch. but he
too, is capable of playing good baseball. as
| was proved when he played with Wagner in
| Pittsburgh.
| If the swapping is successful. Moran's
| problem would he solved and his club will
| be one of the strongest in the National
| League. despite the advance notices sent out
| by the GiantsS
Hornsby can play either short or second
and Bancroft can be switched. Bobby Byrne
| is still good third baseman. but Miller
and Dugey will be on the job to help ou,
| if necessary
! Wheat. Paskert and Cooper or Cravath
or Walker will take care of the outfed
and the pitching staff cannot be called weak
| Then there are Bill Killifer, Eddie Burns
| and Jack Adams for catchers, which rounds
out very strong aggregation.
| But we must wait and see what we shal
| see.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13

in the South. II is found that the n
is twenty-one years. Ping BodIe. X
twenty-eight years Of age. II the
member in the squad.
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Both Make Good

whitted stepped into Magee's shoes and
played sensational baseball, while Dugey
turned out to be a valuable utility man.
Moran never has regretted the deal. Whit
ted, by the way, stepped from one cham
ponship team to another and profited great
b thereby. He shared in the worlds Sc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13

SENSATIONAL TRADE RUMOR HOLDS
FORTH IN PILLS TRAINING CAMP;
TRIO OF HOLD-OUT STARS MAY GO
Whitted for Wheat, of Brooklyn, and Niehoff and
Stock for Hornsby and Miller, of Cards, Is
Trade Report by Moran
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL

Ecenno Troro corr
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
TWO BISHOPS TO ATTEND
MEETING AT HOPKINSVILLE

Hopkinsville, Ky. - Predictions
that the coming session of the Louis
vile conference of the Southern
Methodist Church, which will be held
here September % to October /, will
be one of the most interesting and
important held in years, are being
borne out as the program for the
session is made up.
One feature of importance is that
two bishops will be here instead of
one as is usually the case. Bishop
w. b. Murrah, of Memphis, will be
the presiding bishop, but Bishop w.
A. Gambler, of Atlanta, chancellor
of Emory University also will be
here.
Bishop Gambler will preach in the
afternoon the opening day, and the
day following he will deliver an ad-
dress on christian Education"
Bishop Murrah, as is the custom
at session of conference, will de-
liver only one sermon. This will be
in the Methodist Church at 1 1 o'clocl:
Sunday morning, September 80.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21

les were kept in invalid camps until
they died, but never, no says, re-
turned to camps in Germany because
the officers in command feared the
psychological effect upon the people
of the sight OF the MANNED men, Of
ten little more than animated skele-
tons.
Stern and implacable methods
were used to compel prisoners to
work. Ingenious tortures that end
ed only short of death we're inflict-
ed on some, while others we're shot
outright. Punishments varied from
enforced standing at attention for a
day at a time without food to beat
ings with rifle butts and to hours of
suspension in the air, with ropes be-
ing tied to wrists while prisoners
hands were held behind the bodies,
the result being to throw the weight
on the unnaturally twisted muscles
of arms and shoulders. Such meth
DDS in his own battalion, zone 1000
strong, had reduced it to $50 at the
time he escaped.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21

For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
Always bears ~ --s
the ~ ANN%EN
Signature of SSS@S|ZX HSE>~sSeS
IN GERMAN
PRISON CAMP DESCRIBED

Washington, Sept. 15.-Another
chapter is added to the story of the
tortures of German prison camps by
a Russian soldier who escaped by
tunnelling with knife under the
electrically charged fence along the
Antwerp-Rosendaal line. 1t has
been forwarded to the State Depart
ment from Petrograd.
Brutral treatment and poor and
insufficient food have cost Germany
the labor of thousands of prisoners,
he says. One labor battalion on the
western front consisting of 1000
men has been reduced by starvation,
exposure, beatings and death to less
than 500. The daily rations for IA
prisoner, he reported, consisted of a
small amount of bread and turnip
soup, the soup enriched occasional
ly by bit of horse meat.
The unfit, the wounded and those
who have lost members of their bod
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
Don't Let Your Cough Hang On.

A cough that racks and weakens
is dangerous, it undermines your
health and thrives on neglect. Re-
lieve it at once with DR.. Kings New
Discovery. This soothing balsam rem
edy heals the throat, loosens the
phlegm, its antiseptic properties kill
the germ and the cold is quickly
broken up. Children and grown
ups alike find DR.. Kings New Dis
covery pleasant to take as we'll as
effective. Have a bottle handy in
your medicine chest for grippe, Group
and all bronchial affections. At
druggists, SOC 8
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
MATCH STRUCK NEAR WELL
THREATENS OIL POOLS

Petersburg. Ind, Sept. 15.-Bruce
Bement, millionaire oil operator,
thoughtlessly struck a match near
an oil well that was drilled on one
of his leases yesterday and gas COM
ing from the well was ignited and
set the derrick on fire. The flames
spread TO adjoining oil pools. Alex
Singer. superintendent, was badly
burned Dement'S entire field force
was called in to fight the fire and
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21

There Is more Catarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment. pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is a local disease.
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy. is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. one Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials
+. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
HINDENBURG AND
LUDENDORFF HUR'

Amsterdam, Sept. 15.-Private ad-
vices from Berlin today were to the
effect that both Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg and his "right-hand
man." Gen. Won Ludendorff, sustain
ed the injuries from which they are
suffering in a train wreck which was
the result of a deliberate plot against
their lives.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
USELW-VER-LAx
For Lazy Liver and
the Troubles Of
Constipation.

Feel right all the time. Don't lay of
from work for days by taking calomei
when pleasant e 5I rsexa xseps
lei Safer too. and and easy to take; 9onA
it. Eliminates poisons, cleanses sys.
tenn and relieves constipation. A nat
ural remedy, natural in its actions, sure
in its effect and certain in results. 1t
won't be long before Liz Ve--Lax will
completely displace calomel in every
home. Children can take it freely and
with perfect safety. Every bottle guar.
anteed. Soc and 81 in bottles. None
genuine without the likeness and sigma
ture Of L. X. Grigsby. For sale by
]. H. WILLIAMS. Hartford Ky.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
And Diarrhoea Remedy.

Chamberlain Collie and Diar-
rhoea Remedy was used by my faith
err about year ago wheS he had diar-
rhoea. 1t relieved him immediate
ly and by taking three doses he was
absolutely cured. He has great
faith in this remedy" writes Mrs. w.
Ii. Williams, Stanley, n. Y. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
Has "a High Opinion of Chamberlain's
Tablets.

81 have a high opinion of Cham
berlain's Tablets for biliousness and
as a laxative" writes Mrs. G.. A.
Barnes, Charleston, Ill. 81 have new
er found anything so mild and pleas
used these tablets with satisfactory
results" N
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21
SUB Shells Vessel
OFF AMERICAN COAST
ENEMY DIVER IN AMERICAN
wATERS-RADIO MESSAGE
PICKED UP.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 15.-Evi-
dence that an enemy submarine has
begun preparations in American wa
| ters was brought here today by two
steamships, which yesterday morn
| ing picked up wireless IS. o. S" calls
indicating that a ship was being
shelled by U-boat in the vicinity of
Nantucket Lightship.
One ship receiving the distress
calls was a British freighter and the
other an American tanker. Both re-
ported the scene of attack as about
sixty miles east of Nantucket and the
time about s o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The identity of the submarines
victim was not learned by either ves-
sci, as far as is publicly known.
! According to the commander of
the British vessel the messages by
his wireless operator from the ship
said She was being shelled and re-
( ported her position, but only part
of her name could be heard-the
word abby" which is the last name
of several ships in Atlantic trade.
/ Story Confirmed.
The American tanker's captain
confirmed the British shippers re-
port but added no details. Silence
was imposed on both captains by ma
val officers who interviewed them as
soon as they reported to their agents.
/ The British captain said he under
stood an American radio station also
had picked up the distress call. Fol-
/ tablished since German submarine
warfare began, neither vessel went
to the assistance of the submarines
victim.
I Reports of the sighting of subma-
rines or periscopes in American wa
I tiers have been frequent since the
United States entered the war, but
the fact that in this case wireless
messages telling of an attack by
shell fire were picked up by two
steamships gave today's reports the
color of truth in the opinion of ship
ping men. Furthermore, the cap
tain of a third incoming vessel re-
ported he had been instructed to
watch out for submarines in Western
Atlantic waters. 1t was realized,
however, that it was possible that the
messages were a hoax.
In Steamship Lane.
+ The place where the attack was
reported is in the steamship lane of
transatlantic ships calling at New
York and in the vicinity in which
last October the German submarine
U-53 sank five steamships, sparing
an American ship as the United
States was not then in the war.
The place where the ship report
cd she was being attacked sixty-five
miles east of Nantucket, is in the vi
cinity in which the German subma-
rine U-53 sunk six steamships on its
1916.
The U-53, under command of
Lieut.. Commander Hans Rose, ap-
ypeared in Newport harbor on October
7 and after a 3-hour stay put to sea.
The next report of her activities was
when the American steamer Kan
san, since sunk, was stopped off Nam
tucket, but permitted to proceed up
on establishment of her identity.
Then soon after came word of the
sinking of the British steamers
Strathdene, West Point, Kingston
and Stephano, the latter . coastwise
passenger vessel; the Dutch steamer
Bloomersdijk and the Norwegian
steamer Christian Knudsen. Passen-
songers from the Stephano and
crews from the other ships were res
cued by American destroyers.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-09-21

Alfalfa, bluegrass, clover, cowpeas
rape, and soy beans all make valua'
BILE pasturage for the brood sow and
her fall litter.
Malvern daily record., 1917-11-15
OVER HALF I. M. C. A.
 FUND SUBSCRIBED

Little Rock, Nov. f5.--The close of the third day of the Y. M. c. A. cam paign witnessed reports of more than half of the original quota for the state subscribed, with prospects bright for exceeding the $2O2,000 goal that had been set by the Executive Committee. Little Rock has subscribed a total of S14, ,370.50, and the total for the state is $75,109. This does not include S4.000 already reported from the high schools and $3,000 from the colleges. Pine Bluff High Schools raised $850 when it was first presented to them, a Walnut Ridge boy who started out to raise S1,000 has reported a total of $1, ,260.
Malvern daily record., 1917-11-15
COUNTY TO RAISE
 S2,OOO FOR "Y' WORK

Te Hot Spring County is given the sask of raising $2,o0o far the War Work of the Y. M c. A, but we shall be surprised and disappointed | Hot Spring County does not raise tkat sum and much more. Surely 1t will # our good people understand the grave importance of this work. lm- portant not only to the success If the war, but to the moral preservation of the boys and sons of Hot Spring co. who have gone and are going to fight our. battles for us. These champions of our liberty need more than food, clothes and guns. They need cheer and comfort, association and recrea- ton to hearten them for their great work and keep them whole mentally and spiritually. We want our boys to come back to us as sound in body as the necessities of warfare will per init. We want them to come back morally unhurt This is the great responsibility of the Y M. c. A., and the need for it's help. Absolute ne cessiJy for it's service is recognized, not only by our own government, but by all governments involved with us in this war.
 We cannot give too much emphasis to the fact that the War Work of the \. NJ. C. A. is not. tin any sense or man ner seetarian. Itis neither Protestant or Catholic, Gentle or Jewish in its service. Regardless of the faith It extends it's help and it's facilities to all, and no effort at proselyting is per- mitted. It encourages and provides for services by Catholic Priests, by Protestant ministers and Jewish Rab- bis, for the communieantss of their respective churches in the army, and it's influences will be exerted to hold each man to his faith, other than to alter 1t. This much needs to be said for the assurance of those who may fear sectarian influences.
 The Y. M. c. A. provides means of recreation, opportunities and fac i1ities for correspondence, books and magazines, music, special entertain- ment, companionship, all, in short, the means of cheerfullness and content ment, the antidote of lonesomeness and home sickness. It helps mater ially in the maintenance of health, but above all it helps to prevent the acquirement of evil habits so easily de- veloped by young men far from home, deprived of the customary assoeia- tions that unconsciously restrain.
 It is not possible to over estimate the importance of the Y. M. c. A. in the conduct of this war. It, like the Red Cross, is wholly dependent upon private subscriptions for it's main tenanee. The country will see that it is maintained at the top notch of effic- iency, by means of the hearty and substantial support it will give to it.