davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-30
BRITISH STEADILY CLOSING IN ON JERUSALEM
RIVERS ROLL WITH
RUM AS GEORGIANS
RUSH TO KEEP LAW
No LOop-HoIe Left for Single
Drop, Citizens Reported De-
stroying Booze by Gallons
No Drunken Fish Yet Caught

% somewhere in this favored land the
sun is shining bright.
The bars are open somewhere ana
somewhere hearts are light;
Somewhere the nighballs tinkle. some
where there's Scotch and rye,
But there is no joy in Georgia, the
old states gone bone-dry"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-30
Teddy in Fine Health;
Ready for Devil6sh

DANVILLE. Va. March 29.-Colonel
Roosevelt is in fine health and enjoying
A successful hunt for devilfsh, said
telegram received here today from Rus
sell J. Coles, Of this city, who is the
former presidents host on the expe-
dition to south Florida.
Mr.. Coles telegram was in response
TO inquiries prompted by vague rumors
that the colonel had met with an acct
dent.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-30
International News Is
Restrained From Using
Associated Press News
BY Associated Press. }

NEW YORK, March 29.-The applica-
tion of the Associated Press for a writ
Of injunction restraining the Interna-
tiOnal News Service from appropriatinE
complai1 tant's news al any time prior
to publication by cOmplainant's members
was granted by Judge Augustus y.
Hand I'm the federal district court to-
dsy
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-30
Medals for GuardSmen

NASHVILLE. Tenn, March 29.-The
legislature today voted an appropria-
ton OF $500 for the purchase of
bronze medals for the Tennessee
suardsmen who served on the Mexican
border The appropriation was voted
in response 10 message from Cover
nor Rye. containing the suggestion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-04
VIRGINIA UNION NOW HAS
MORE THAN 525 MEMBERS
Organization Formed Inst Year Mt the
University Is In FlourIshing
Condition,
,HARI.OTrESyII,LE

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. March :.
The Virginia Union which. accord
ing to Its president, f. S. Harmon, Is
a cosmopolitan organization where all
students of the University OF Virginia
can get together on one democratic
basis" was organized here last May.
There are now more than $50 members..
This is larger membership than that
OF any other organization at the uni
rersity. except the General Athletic
Association and the Y. NJ. G. A. It,
is believed that by next year practicaI-
y every man in college will belong
TO the union.
Modelled after similar organisations.
1T oxford, Harvard. Michigan and Penn
sylvania. the Virginia Union attempts
to further every worthy student under
taking. Smokers are given every Sat-
urday night at Madison Hall. and tho
students are entertained with muaic
and exhibitions OF athletic skill.
a dramatic association has been
formed. which attempts to give the best
plays as often as possible. 'Srhe Ghost
OF Jerry Bundler." by W. w. Jacobs,
was presented by student actors at
recent smoker. 81
The union Is In control OF the cell
lcgiate debates. in an effort to arouse
fresh interest in oratory and literary
societies at the university. Prominent
speakers address the students.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-04
wing Bigger Every Day.

Ivth,-Of determined effort and striv-
standard and reliable merchandise Mt
ironage and confidence Of the entire
ion wherein we arc better able to serve
and successful history. To mark the
fcurs this month, we have prepared IL
pect to surpass all records. A most
you to visit the store In person and
b provided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
Questions on Base Ball Plays and Players
Asked of Umpire Evans-and His Answers

effort. Charley Street, who handled
Johnson when he first gained fame,
and when he depended almost entirely
on speed for success. always made
catching Johnson look easy. Street is
the only catcher who would be con-
stantly exhorting Walter to put more
stuff on the ball. at the same time in
quiring if he had sore arm, when the
batsmen were delighted to get their
turn at bat over.
Bases nre filed, two men nre out,
batter triples, but fnils to touch sec
Ond in running out his hit. Ball Is
held by fielder on that base, who de-
cIares runner out, retiring the side.
How mnny of the three runs that
Crossed the plate on the hit nre legal
REX JONES.
All three runs that scored on what
turned out to be merely single, in
stead of triple, were legal.
Can n pitcher turn toward second
and make n motion to throw to that
bnse without delivering the ball, and
not be charged with n balk: G. X.
Yes, the pitcher has such a right
under the rules. All he needs to do
is to step toward the base. 1t is not
necessary that he actually complete
the throw, as must be done when try
ing to catch man mapping at first
base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
WEEGHMAN IS IN ST. LOUIS.
Boss of Chicago Cubs May Put Over
Another Big Deal.

ST. LOUIS. December 24-What is
expected to be another thrilling base
ball deal is believed to have been ar
ranged here between Charles Weegh-
man of the Cubs and Branch Hickey of
the Cardinals. The two base ball mag
mates were in conference for several
hours and Weeghman smiled when he
received this question:
well. how much did you pay for
Roger Hornsby?" Weeghman's reply
was: II haven't landed him as yet"
This is the first time Weeghman has
been in st. Louis in more than a year.
and it is doubtful if he would make
this unexpected trip just for the sake
of a sightseeing expedition.
Until the Cubs boss purchased Alex
ander and Killefer from the Phillies
the fans doubted the sincerity of
Weeghman's financial plunges. Now
they believe in him and are ready to
expect anything in the way of big
deals.
Where the Cardinals could receive a
profitable exchange with the Cubs for
Hornsby the local rooters cannot see
Weeghman said that he expected to
close a deal with the Giants for Char
ley Herzog some time next week. so
Hornsbv and HerZog will be quite a
Christmas present In the Cubs stock
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
DONOVAN NOT FOR CARDINALS.
Hickey Ridicules Report-Bill
ClYmer MAY Be Manager.

ST. LOUIS, December 24.-Bill Dono-
van. former Yankee manager. will not
be the manager of the st. Louis Car
'dinals, according to Branch Hickey.
president of the club. Hickey ridiculed
reports emanating from the east that
Donovan could succeed Miller Higgins
as Cardinal manager. making the
unique situation where two teams OF
rival leagues would switch managers.
MY failure to get Jack Hendricks
as manager of the club was quite
disappointment to me-" said Hickey.
ale was the type of man I wanted.
and I always regarded him with a great
deal of favor. l have several other
men under consideration, but Donovan
is not one Of them.
Now that / have failed to get the
man I was after. there is no particular
haste in picking any one. realize that
the St Louis fans would rather see the
thing settled, and SO would l. but de-
sire to secure the best man available.
and Will take my time in making
decision
Hickey limited he might make an
other effort to get a man out of the
American Association. The name of
Derby Bill Ciymer, frequently discussed
as a major league possibility, again is
mentioned IN connection with the st.
Louis vacancy. Clymer. however. is in
pretty much the same position as Hem
bricks He Is tied up to Louisville by
contract for another year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
HAVE TO TOUGHEN HANDS
Ball Players Suffer in Spring Train
ing Until Their Fingers Be-
e, come Hardened.

Buck Weaver takes a hot liner that
nearly knocks him off his feet, and
smiles. iris Speaker gets a terrific
drive with apparent ease. Doesn't the
ball sting?
Boys on the sand lots and amateurs
generally find their hands are swollen
and sore after an afternoon of pastim-
ing. They envy the calm with which
major leaguers tackle the ball.
It's all in the practice. When major
1easuers are at their spring camp they
ening, their hands. Several months of
vacation from active playing make
their hands as soft as those of the
average citizen.
Managers find 1t necessary to order
their men to practice a couple of days
without gloves, the idea being to keep
them from throwing too hard. Many
outfelders have trouble at first catch
ing flies Ping Bodie. sure catch, has
been seen to drop eight out of ten fly
balls hit to him and landing squarely
IN his hands.
After a day at first base we have
heard Jack Fourier complain Of sore
hands. He has exhibited his glove
hand. which has been swollen to twice
its normal size.
sFirst basemen and catchers. during
the early stages of the practice. often
wear heavier pads in their gloves.
Some insert a beefsteak in the lining
Joe Jackson, apparently hardy
chap, more than once this last spring
told how his hands hurt him after
catching ordinary flies.
After q few days the change comes,
and II isn't long before the soreness
wears away and they can begin to
take a relish in handling liners again.
Most pitchers go through harden
ing process that is extremely painful.
The finger that grips the ball grad
ually gets callous on the end-known
TO pitchers as a corn" This is caused
by the seam of the tall rubbing against
the finger tip as the ball is forcibly re-
leased.
The pain is intense, sometimes for
weeks. Pitchers dread this stage of
spring training. but realize they have
TO go through with it. Sore arms can be
treated with fair success. but pitch
er's corn is something that has to be
faced. and endured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24

1t is strange that the three best
American wrestlers of recent years
Gotch. Stecher and Lewis-should each
depend on "frightfulness" as means
to success.
Gotch's toe hold caused eXcruciating
pain--not in the toe. but particularly
in the knee and ankle. The late cham
pion possessed such strength of fore
arm that a counter for the grip was i'm
possible and the victim simply lay help
less, with the sole alternative of quit
ting or suffering broken leg. of
course, the victim usually gave up, but
in half dozen or 50 matches Gotch
actually broke his opponents leg. The
toe hold became a thing of fear until
most of Gotch's opponents went on the
mat half licked.
Young Stecher. the Nebraska boy, who
was at the top of the game year or SO
ago, developed a most Furnishing hold
by encircling his legs around his op-
ponent's body and simply squeezing his
breath out and causing broken ribs,
bleeding from the mouth, ears and nose,
and Inconsistencies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Two more members of the Wash
ington ball club have followed in the
footsteps of Joe Leonard and enlisted
for service with the fighting forces of
Uncle Sam, Horace Milan and Billy
Murray having signed up for the big
ger game abroad. In his mail today
Manager Griffith found letter from
Murray saying he had enlisted in the
Ouartermaster Corps at Jacksonville,
Fla, and consequently will not be on
hand when the call for spring training
is issued. while a communication from
Clyde Milan, who is wintering in Texas,
- Informed the pilot that his brother
"Hoss" had Joined the Aviation Corps
of the Army and expected ultimately
to be enga eed in the dangerous but
pleasant occupation of dropping bombs
back OF the Germans lines in France.
According to the information given
GriH. young Milan is to report in a few
days at Atlanta for a course of pre-
lfminary training qualifying him to
learn the actual business of guiding
plane. and he hopes by next summer
to be in actual service in France.
Loss of these two youngsters was
expected by Manager Griffith. as both
are single and without dependents
With Leonard and Harold Thompson,
the pitcher-outfelder Of the Toronto
club, who was drawn by Washington
in the base ball draft. four players who
would have tried for positions on the
1918 team have entered the nations
service. At least one other, Mike
Menosky, is expected TO don khaki be-
fore next season opens.
BY its action al the recent meeting
in Chicago in abolishing the insanitary
and repulsive spit ball and other freak
deliveries entailing the employment by
uitrhPrS foreign substances 10
American Association blazed the trail
for similar legislation throughout or
eanized base ball. including the Ameri
can and National leagues Sentiment
against the spit ball has been crystal
LIKING for several years, but the y. a.
is the first organiZa ton to declare war
upon it. Now other circuits are ex
pected to fall in line and abolish the
Objectionable practice.
Since the days of Elmer Stricklett.
the Brooklyn pitcher who is credited
with being the originator of the saliva
shoot. spit ball pitchers have enjoyed
a reign of terror that has wreaked
havoc with the batting averages of
players in all classes of leagues and
also has upon occasion spelled disaster
for the fingers employing it, the most
notable instance of the latter being
the experience of Jack Chesbro. who
earned the reputation through its use
of being great pitcher. but who lost
q pennant for Clark Griffith when he
was managing the Yankees by hurting
a moistened shoot at a critical period
that got away from Jack Kleinow.
Griff is one of the strongest DIRECTORS
to the spit ball in major league ranks.
He thinks it should be legislated out of
use wherever base ball is paved.
THE American Association deserves
commentator for doing away with the
spit BALI" Griff said today. land it |
would be a good thing for the game if
all the other leagues did the same
thing. I believe a pitcher should stand
on his merits, and if he cannot get byi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
4 THIS HOLD MADE
ZBISZkO UNCONciOUS

The late Frank Gotch won fame. for
tune and a worlds title with the aid
of a unique but vicious trick of his own
invention, the famous toe hold. This
grip was so terrible that. when proper
ly applied. the victim either had to give
up or suffer the alternative of broken
leg.
Next came Joe Stecher. the boy in
overalls." who claimed the title with
his well known body scissors, a hold
that was so deadly as to cause broken
ribs and bleeding from the ears. nose
and mouth.
Now we have stranger" Ed Lewis.
with his vicious head lock, which bids
fair to gain him the title so valiantly
held by Gotch. This viselike hold
made the giant ZbysZko unconscious In
the recent match between the two men
in the big international wrestling tour
nament in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
JACK GLASSCOCK KILLED.

LOUISVILLE, KY. December "a
Jack Glasscock, in his time one of the
greatest shortstops in base ball, and
his wife were instantly killed here
when motor car in which they were
driving Twas hit by train.
Glasscock began his major league
career with Cleveland in the early SOS
and moved about to st. Louis, India
napolis, New York and Pittsburgh. re-
firing in the middle COS after about
fifteen years in fast company.
For four years, 1881. 1888. 1888 and
1889, Glasscock led the National League
shortstops in fielding, and for six years,
between 1884 and 1893, he batted above
800. Glasscock was generally consid-
cred the immediate successor to George
Wright as the king of shortstops, and
fourished just before that remarkable
group of stars in that position which
included Jennings, John Ward, Fred
Ely and Herman Long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24

Stecher threw almost all the leading
wrestlers of the country in a rev
minutes. each with his boa constructor
Scissors" Like Gotch, he usually had
his man half frightened to death before
the bout began.
"Strangler'' Ed Lewis and his head
lock are now in the lmelight. This
hold defeated Zbyszko by causing un-
consciousness, and has practically won
the title for Lewis The hold is pro-
tested by almost every wrestler VINO
goes up against it as a strangle mold
Lewis clamps his arms around his OPP
ponent's head in viselike fashion, with
his forearm across his nose ana
mouth-apparently. There Is a severe
pressure on the jugular veins and the
neck is twisted in a position that
makes breathing difficult.
There is little question that both
Gotch's toe hold and Lewis head lock
are unfair and should be barred. They
are both simply furnishing holds which
make no attempt toward pinnlng a
mans shoulders, but merely causing
him to quit" This is not wrestling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
Horse Racing May Be Revived
on French Tracks Next Year

A report has reached this cOun-
try That racing Will be revived mt
tracks in and near Paris next
spring. French officers. who Wis
tied American tracks last sum-
mer, are said to have reported
to the French government that
racing was for the best interest
of the thorOughbred-pa
larly the army mount rand that
racing was a good thing for the
spirit of n people Mt war. Ac-
cOrdfng to the report. the old or
der of things, with betting per-
mitted. will be restored and the
Grand Prix In spoken of as n pos
sibility. The Germans raced mt
Berlin last summer and the Amer
lean tracks enjoyed a record sen
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
G. u. TEAM MAY BE WEAKENED
BY LOSS OF ITS STAR PLAYERS
and Fees, Center and Forward
on Basket Ball Five, Likely to Leave
College to Enter the Army.

charge, and we are more than satis-
fed with the way he has run his squad.
He is clever in all the things which
go to make up the successful coach:
and you may rest assured that he VIII
stay with us as long as he coaches.
You know, 'Exy' has had several offers
from big institutions during the last
three seasons, but he did not see MT
TO leave US"
George Washington's varsity basket
ball team got little more than II was
looking for when it barely won from
Business High Saturday night IN the
"'Y'' gymna SUM. Business had previ-
good trouncing. 1e to 4. and the hatch
elite varsity was in the game to show
the high school lads how basket oaii
really ought to be played. But Coach
F'ulIer's youn gsters knew a thing or
two themselves and they came mighty
near being the ones who did the show
ing Judging by the way Business
played against George Washington, IT
ought to stand a good chance against
the other teams in the high school
league.
Basket ball has been got under way
at Walter Reed Hospital and a team
is to represent that institution during
the winter. Last fall a general system
of athletics was instituted at Walter
Reed. beginning with foot ball, and the
development of a basket ball team is
orr%y a continuation of that policy
Sergt. K. d. Bachelor, Q. NJ C., is
manager, and he would like to receive
communications from all teams in the
District desiring contests.
Hap" Mess, Washington boy who
starred back of the bat for Maryland
State in 1914; 1915 and 1916, is down in
Texas getting real practice as an avia-
tor in the Army. Mess successfully
passed through the ground school at
Princeton and has been in the actual
flying end of the work for the last
three or four weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
TITLE TENNIS UNDER WAY.
Field of II Starts Play for Junior
and Bows Championships.

NEW YORK. December PA field of
seventy-one competitors today started
play at the list Armory here for the
junior and boys national indoor lawn
tennis titles.
Virtually every junior of prominence
in the east was among the forty-six en-
trants. including Vincent Richards of
Yonkers. national outdoor champion
among boys. The twenty-five boy en-
trants include prominent preparatory
school stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
BY q. C. BYRD.

Two of Georgetown's best basket
ball players may be lost to the team
after the holidays. According to Coach
John o'Reilly. it is probable that Meth
er Fees nor McNulty will return to the
college after Christmas, both being
due to enter the Army. Fees and Nc
Nulty really are the nucleus of the
squad and without them the team will
be greatly handicapped for the remain
der of the year.
Coach OReilly takes the loss of the
two men philosophically. stating that it
is only in line with the usual trend OF
the time, and that he has no reason to
feel downcast over the situation. Other
coaches are losing men, too, according
to O'Reillys way of looking at it and
the men are going out from college to
aid the government in the undertaking
of the century.
Fees and McNulty will be greatly
missed by US, but we have no kick
coming. It is only just what athletes
in colleges all over the country are do
ing and many of the other institutions
are in the same fix as Georgetown
losing many of their best men. How
ever, they are going in. to aid a splen-
did cause and if they can do their bit
toward helping whip Germany they
will reflect even more credit uposi
Georgetown than If they were on the
basket ball floor"
Possibility exists that Georgetown
will bring West Virginia University
here next fall for a foot ball game.
West Virginia has signified to George
town that it is willing to play in
Washington. and the Blue and Gray
seems rather anxious for such a con-
test. West Virginia, if it puts out
scented it last year, would prove good
attraction. and the game ought to
develop much more than the average
interest. West Virginia and George
town last fall would have put up. had
they met, about as good a struggle
as any other two elevens in the east.
Charley Cox, graduate manager of
much as yet in the arrangement of the
Blue and Gray's schedule for 1918. Cox
is in communication with several
large and small institutions, but can
not do anything with the other games
on his list until after he has definitely
determined the big contests he will
play The Fordham game on election
probability that the Carlisle Indians
will come here Thanksgiving. Cox eX-
poets to complete negotiations for
couple of good games while in New
York this week attending the meeting
of the graduate managers and the
gathering of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association Thursday and Fri
day
"ExapdIna will baya cbaroe oP +ba
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24

Can n player return to the game
after another player Inns run for him
A. j. T..
Only when the opposing captain or
manager \because of his sense of
craftsmanship grants such a privilege.
This is sometimes done when player
is badly spiked, and taking care of
the injury will greatly delay the game,
since the player intends to resume play.
but must have his injury given imme-
date attention.
Does Pitcher Cicotte of Chicago de-
pend entirely on the sO-calIed ''shfne
ball" for success:
Positively no; the so-called Shine
ball" is simply one OF Cicotte's many
deceptive deliveries. I regard Cicotte
as one of the wisest pitchers l have
seen. Cicotte has a fast breading curve,
which he seldom uses. He has a knuc-
kle ball that does all kinds of maneu-
vers on it's way to the plate. However.
he depends largely on his fast ball. or
what is generally termed his shine
ball" with spit ball mixed in every
now and then. I really believe II CT
cote resorted more to the curve he
would considerably increase his effect
iveness. and he was pretty hard Eel ei
low to hit last year Best Of all, Ci-
cote has a wonderful disposition He
doesn't fret when his teammates make
errors, nor does he try to do the UNI
pirinR. C1cotte Simply pltCHe5, KNOW =
ing his players are just as anxious to
win as he, and that the umpire is try
ing to do his very best.
At the start of the pitchers delivery
the batter runs out OF the box. The
pitcher was a spit baller, and the bnts-
man hoped to connect before 1.-THE ball
took it's downward break. He was per-
hans eight feet out of the box when he
swung and missed. Was the batter
,,,< For leaving the hOXY
DAYTON.
He is not out II he failed to hit the
ball.
II Walter Johnson, because of his
great speed, a hard man to cntchf
A. l..
That is rather a hard question to
answer correctly. have seen some
catchers. whom I regarded as better
than the average receivers. make a
mess of 1t when trying to handle
Johnson's shoots. Yet other catchers
have received him with little or no