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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

lual!y fertile field for recruiting.
lany college athletes have already
cen service, having been enrolled In
he militia Of various states when the
roops were sent to the Mexican Dor.
err These men are bound to be call.
I'd out again. A great many college
athletes are looked upon by Uncle
Sam as desirable for the ranks,. of
trmy officers The aviation and cngi-
leering corps will also draw largely
rom our colleges.
Automobile race drivers have al
ready responded nobly to the call to
arms, and voluntary enlistments from
the ranks OF golf, tennis, football, row.
ing and boxing have been numerous.
When compulsory military service Is
put III vogue, many more devotees IN
these branches Of sport will be recruit.
ed
Altho sports will not be INDUCED In
as largely during tho coming year as
mas been the case In the past, there
VIII be a sulIlciency of sport tokeop
the various branches alive.
Baseball, boxing and horse racing
are not expected to suffer killing hard
shlpn unless unexpected developments
IN the war situation arise. Track and
-
heid sports, golf and tennis will be
continued BY those who are free to In
dulge In them.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County, So.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm OF +. j.
Cheney e. Co., doing business In the
City of Toledo Couty and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Cattarh
that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence, this 9Th day OF De-
cember. A. ID. 1885,
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken intern.
ally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
WAR WILL EFFECT ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT:
BASEBALL MAGNATES EXPECT TO LOSE PLAYERS

New York, April 1G--All branches G
SPORTS will be affected when uncl
Same begins In earnest the task of re
cruting an army OF l,000,0000 men.
The work of recruiting will necet
sarily be slow, and because OF this
may not take the form of n seriou
handicap to any one sport.
But the ranks of sports will he
drawn upon largely for the new army.
and the process of recruiting win take
from spoltdom many Of It's stars, al
least for a time.
With compulsory military service
adopted by the Goyernmer he cream
OF American manhood will be called
upon to fill up the ranks of the vast
army, and no field offers such able
bodied men as the field OF sport
Baseball Is bound to be called upol
TO furnish many soldiers for Uncle
Same. and many players who are o
the specified military age-from TWEEN
ty to twenty-five years--will be callet
into service.
The Government wants only foot
free men, and IN baseball there ar,
\ hundreds. The club owners In Thu
various leagues thruout the countr'
fully eyrect that many Of their play
ers Will be called, and IN due tim
they will take steps to MI up TIL
ranks where players will be taken.
Collegiate sports furnish a
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
SCUTHPAWS PLENTIFUL
IN BOTH BIG LEAGUES
Every Team Has at Least One
Good Port Side HurIer.

Two or three years ago. during the
existence OF the Federal LEAGUE. there
was Il scarcity of good southpaW3 in
the National and American leagues AMI
consequently many left handed hatters
had the distinction of hitting over the
800 mark.
Nearly every ono OF the sixteen clubs
in the two biz organizations has ut
least one really sood souihpaw. Some
managers boast of two and others
three The three clubs best supplied
are the Giants. he st. Louis Browns
and last. but not least, the worlds
champion Red SuX
In Babe Ruth and Dutch Leonard
the Red Sox had two OF the greatest
souihpaws that ever put foot on IL
pitching mound
LEONARD lei the American league In
pitching in 1915. and the powerful
l'ntii topped his rivals during the past
season iii efficiency. Besides the above
two. Carrigan had the veteran Nean
Gregg and Herb pennuck, who should
gct into the front rank this year.
McGraW will begin his 1917 fight for
the National league flag and the right
to participate IN the worlds series with
three first class left handlers who are
well known and we'll liked By the fans
fordie Sclupp Is The foremost
At present there are iiftccn left hand
era Of the first magnitude in the Amer
lean league and fourteen IN the Nation
al league. The newcomers In the
American league since 1911 are Nick
CullQp and George Mogridge OF the
Yankees. Rnbe Ruth Of the Red SoX
Ernest Kcoh Of The St Louis Browns,
Harry Harper OF Washington and
l'ritA Coumlc OF Cleveland. in the
National league Shcrrod Smith Of
Brooklyn, terdie Scllupp Of New York.
Arthur Nehf If Boston una Clarence
Mitchell OF Cincinnati
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
SAY WAR WILL PROVE
A BASEBALL STIMULUS
Games Played Close to the Actual
Fighting Line.

John b. Foster. secretary of the New
York Giants, agrees with President
Barrows of the International league
that war will not hurt the game Of
baseball. He believes even that base
ball might be stimulated
War has never hurt baseball In this
country said Foster. AS matter
Of fact. 1t was the baseball played
during the civil war by the soldiers
which resulted in giving the game its
great impetus In this country.
Baseball was highly prosperous
during the Spanish-American war. To
ronto had an extraordinarily coed sea-
son last year. As u result of the pres
ent war In Europe there is more base.
bali being played In England and
France than ever before, and the game
has gained foothold In Italy. The
reservists who were called home to
the colors took the sport with them
when they left this country.
Baseball games have been played
repeatedly close to the actual fighting
line. One such game ut yerdun went
seven innings before 1t was broken up
by the appearance Of hostile aero
planes.
There Is lot of baseball being
played around London, and 1t is OK.
citing more interest In that vicinity
than it ever did before. There are
plans to organize professional league
ut Monte Carlo as soon as the war Is
over.
Tho more men are forced to think
Of serious things the greater is their
need for some form Of relaxation. 1t
Is probable that everybody will be
talking war. but there will be no bet
ter place to discuss things than at the
baseball parks. From all my expert
ence and my years of connection will,
the game 1t is my opinion that. war
or no war; baseball is due for good
year"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

dcred the athletes at the Olympic club,
Little Joic was called upon for speech,
and what he said was. II came here
from Chicago to defeat the champions
and record holders, and did 1t good
and plenty" Furthermore. since then
he hns defeated other great runners.
Previous to the one and II half mile
race ut the Mllrose games, where the
Chicago boy turned new record for
the distance. he asked the name Of the
men who were going to run against
him. When the most dangerous com.
petitor In the field was mentioned Ray
remarked: rs that all have to beat?
Well, l will make q record in the race
anyway. was never so ut for a race
as I am at the present time"
Joie defeated the "easy bunch" as he
termed the other entrants during the
conversation. Moreover, he made a
worlds indoor record for the distance.
.Iolc Ray Is full Of confidence. nerve
aud gamcncss, which requirements IRE
necessary TO be a real foot runner.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
SPORTS
MURPHY DECIDES TO
JOIN NASHVILLE

Joliet. H., April 16-tSpeciall -
j. Franklin Murphy, Joliet's baseball
wanderer, is cavorting on the soil OF
Nashville, Tenn, this day. J. Frank,
sold BY the Cubs to the Southern As.
ISOLATION team. suddenly decided to
report TO the southern squad yester-
day. Earlier he had decided to come
back to Joliet.
Murphy will have plenty OF cOmpe-
tition on the Nashville squad. Ellam,
shortstip of the team, is also captain,
and there doesn't seem TO be much
chance of j. Frank outsing the CHIEF
of the squad. However. Sheehan, sec
and baseman. is weak hitter and a
mediocre fielder, and Murphy has a
chance to land that position. Sheehan
hit .22S last year and fielded .95f.
Which isn't much of record for a
Glass A ball player.
AT first decided not to report to
Nashville said Murphy yesterday be-
fore leaving Joliet. But T! met Artie
Hoffman in Chicago last night and he
advised me to report, saying if ! did
not it meant disbarment from organ
lied baseball. SO decided to go.
Murphy is in splendid condition, and
gained ten pounds on the western trip.
He is enthusiastic over the treatment
given him by the Cubs.
Coach Wilson, Of the Steel Works
team, of the lnterurban league, has tea
players signed. He is not diyulginS
their names, however. unit week be
fore the season opens.
The lnterurhan leaguers get into ac-
tion May G.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
WHY HE KEPT WAMBY.
His Play on Hard Hit Over Second
Won Him Place on Team.

want to know why kept Bul
Wnmbsganss when fans and baseball
writer's were rapplng him and saying
he would not dos asked Lee Foil.
1T was this: I'll grant you Bin was
erratic IN his first efforts us u second
baseman, He used to mess up IL lot
OF PLAYS. but couple Of years ago Heu.
ley, II young third sacker Connie Mack
tried out. hit one over second base. 1t
looked like II sure hit. but Wnmby got
Il and got his man at first.
Il said then Wamby would make II
good man ut second. for u player who
could pull such stunts could be drilled
to get the easy ones"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
TnHD ~
and IA ~
FIELD EN|
TRANSPORTING
II is Sport That Appeals to All;
Where Every One Meets on Equal
Terms-Accepting Every One as {

is DEMOCRATIC

Where Every One Meets on Equal
housekeeping Every One as
Man.
"Trapshooting. said well-known
author, knows no caste and refuses
to recognize social distnction---it &C.
cepts man as man His success
or failure at the sport is entirely in his
own hands.
THE game appeals to all ages and
conditions of men. and is one of the
few sports in which both sexes meet
en- equal terms.
Look at squad of shooters ana
you will perhaps recognize the most
eminent member OF the bar standing
besides clerk whose income pre-.
cludes membership in a country club.
His neighbor IL successful manu-
1 facturer, whose fondness for the gun
/ has never waned, but who no longer
can stand the exposure Of days afeld
the next man Is a physician whose pro
/ fessional duties permit but short pc
riod of relaxation, 50 he has driven his
car to the club grounds for an hour Or
two at the traps: the fifth shooter Is
q woman who loves the great out.of-
doors AMI its pastimes.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
RAY GREAT DISTANCE RUNNER


Many claim that Joie Ray Is the
best distance foot runner ever dcvcl-
oped In this country. He is n real
racer. full Of nerve and confidence.
After the race at the Panama Pacific
championships, when he tlrncd up and
defeated such good ones as Norman
Taber, who short time previous
made the minutes L. 80 seconds
worlds record time; Abel Kiyiat and
several others, reception was ten.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
Mack's High Hopes.

When Wally Schang catches" says
connie Mack who still Is trying to re-
build the once famous Athletics. Il be-
licvc that from the top to the bottom
OF my batting order will have team
Of hitters that will average .a7l. do
not look for one of my regulars to bat
below the .2G0 mark. A couple will
average about 30 and the others will
hit .2W or perhaps over 800 In other
words. the Athletics will Ike us strong
at the bat as any other American
league team and possibly stronger"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
so THEY SAY.

The inspector and three Of the katz
enjammer Kids viii Re present at the
dance Wednesday evening at the hop
at Willis academy. Moonlight waltzes
confettie and streamers will be ieatur-
ed accordin' the announcement made
by the committee.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
SPEED anu CONTROL
MAKE GREAT PITCHERS
Learn How to Unbend Curves In
Bushes, Says Pieh.

Cy Pieh. that illustrious pitcher who
tipped the baseball IN and about the
New York Poo grounds for a bries
spell with the lanks. makes the inter.
csting announcement that the only way
for n Liz leaguer TO cit gon' right Ia
to slip back to the bush for one year
and learn how to uubend some OF his
curves
II come up 10 the big league two
years loaded down with curve balls
aud the best they got me was re.
turn ticket. I've got every one of them
curves packed IN that there grip yoa
see agin the wall, aud I'm goin to
keep EN- there till have chance To
get III the bush ami straiglitcn EN- ont.
I'm .oln' to Mobile to pitch this sen
son. and when | come buck I'm goIn
to have fast bail and Il slow one that
II ketchcr conld put his hand on with
his eyes shut know now tllnt the
rag Is to put tho ball exactly where
YOU want II. and 1t viii get you more
than all tie curves In the world If
they are scattered"
And right there Mr.. Pieh spoke n
parable. He means to say that greater
control and less curve are more clfcc-
tive than al! curves and no control.
IF you see any young pitchers try
In to break h." Cy added. you Just
20 back Of the barn and practice throw
in at n spot. II they can hit the spot
they don't need to worry about the
curves. Tho benders will come nat,
ural when they need 'em. It's the old
control. with plenty of smoke. that
gets tiie BIZ, league dough"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

Photos by American Press Association.
Baseball Is national and has accordingly
felt and has reacted to the great uphCayal
In American life brought about by the row
with Germany. Ball players, organized
and unorganized. have declared their in
tention Of fighting for their country, and
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
SCOOP
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SPEAKING OF NUMBERS.

Scene: Store where they keep
cigars, They're out Of Number IS,
ho"ever.)
Little girl comes in for cigar for
her father.
Clcrk-"And what viii you have
little giri?"
l.. 6.-'I want to get a Number 7
cigar
Clerk-"'m sorry, hut we're all out
Of Number cigars.
L. G.--"Well, what other numbers
Rave you got?"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

CHICK EVANS.
rcdOubtable Chick and are arranging n
series OF battles which they hoip VIII
take both crowns away from the Chit.
cngoan.
The professionals have banded 20
fight Off the amateur experts WHO in
the last four years have Just ahou, dis
grnccd the instructors, Evans Is forced
to suffer becal.se Jerome u TWNcrs
md Francis Ouimct also had the t..
merity TO puiwit the teacher by win
ming the open, Now The player who Is
supposed TO kno~ enough to teach any
amateur something and besides beat
most OF the amateurs Is cunning for
the scalp or Evans, With the dctcwa,m-
ton to bring bNck the open tlt'c to the
ranks IN which it Is supposed to stay.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

Newlywed disturbed over purchases,
Won hnd very simple tnste before
married you Mrs. Newlywed---l had
10 IN those days. never could get
any money out Of father. - Boston i'run.
script
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
THE SELFISH LIFE

A man who lives entirely to him.
sell becomes at last obnoxious to
himself. | believe il is the law Of
God that self centeredness ends IN
self nauseousness. The,e is no
WEAKNESS like the WEAKNESS Of a
man who is wearied Of himself. and
that is the awful Nemesis which
follows the selfish life. j. II.
Jowcil.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

their displays of bunting and enthusiasm
No l. President Ban johnson of the
American league, No. >. Crowd al opening
OF big league game. No 8. President Ten
er OF he National league: No 4. Yankees
In military Grill
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
~ BEG YOUR PARDON"
SAYS POLITE UMPIRE

; ITO appreciate this you must
remember Kid Clemson.
tifty-fonr years old, can
; lick any player OH the White
Sox team. ! He was calling balls
; and strikes in the lattihg prac-
; ticc. Mayer objected to a strike
; and said: 20, Bill. have
; heart 1T was right IN the
; groove" declared Gleason. 1T
: was II foot outside protested
! Mayer. We'll. | beg your par
I don. any way" retortcd the UNI
pire.
. a a. q q. q. 4. 4 q. q. 4. a. q n
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

many @: them. like the New York Aneri-
cans seen ut No. in the pictures. have
been drilled In tile spring training camps
In military training The opening games
Of the season in both tho National and
American leagues will be memorable for
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
MAYBE He DID.

Harry Hines. one OF the fifty-seven,
pleased a few here last evening at the
Gayety theatre.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
Baseball Records Set Up
By the Giants and Yankees

the Giants from 1901 10 1916 Inclusive
and by the Yankees 1916 inclusive In their respective
teams by Ernest Ianlgnh the sastia ana
will provide an opportunity comparisons These records follow:
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
STANDING OF CLUBS
AM ERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago. G: Detroit, 2.
Cleveland, 4; st. Louis, 0.
Games To-day.
Chicago at Detroit.
Cleveland at 81. Louis.
Washington at New York.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

The first school for gun firing was
established by the war department mt
Sandy Hook In 1910.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

Indian Farmers.
There are many indications that the
ancient American Indians We're l,s,a
farmers
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
600 Yards Slow Fire.

The following arc the high scores
made, the score being based on a pos.
siblo SO points for tan shots.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

Bntterlcs--- SchnIk, Scott, Spencer.
CoyeleHkie James, Michel, Couch.
At St. Louis.
II, r. T.
Cleveland ............... 4 6 |
St Louis Observation-Disclosures. 0 5 !
Batteries -O'Neil, Coveleskie; Hale,
Groom, Weilman
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

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The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
ELEVEN SOLDIERS DIE
OUT OF ONE THOUSAND
Statistics from French Battlehelds
Furnish Basis for Calculation.

The committee on public informa-
tion has obtained from official
sources the most accurate figures
possible on the percentage of fatali-
ties in relation to casualties on the
Western front. These figures, taken
when the casualties were greatest
in proportion to modified strength
and combined with the highest pro-
portion OF deaths, show losses due
to deaths from wounds and killed
in action to be approximately eleven
in every 1000 of modified strength.
According to the figures presented
by the French high commissioner in
hts letter to the Secretary OF War,
the high-water mark Of casualties
in the French army was reached
early in the war-at the battles OF
Charleroi and the Marne. The cas-
ualties in that period were 5-H per
cent of the mobilized strength, or
SAL men in every 10000 with the
colors.
Military experts in this country
agree that the killed in action and
died of wounds have never at any
time In this war exceeded twenty
per cent OF the total casualties.
This gives a figure of 1882 fatalities
from these causes in every 10000
mobilized strength; or practically
eleven men killed in action or died
Of wounds for every 1000 men with
the colors.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
'SUFFS' AWAIT court
DECISION OF APPEAL
Will Not Picket Until Justice Robb
Hands Down Ruling.

There will be no further picketing
in front of the White House by the
suffragists until Justice Robb, of the
Court of Appeals, has disposed of the
appeal taken by the ten silent senti-
nels arrested on Tuesday. and SEN
fenced to pay $25 fines or spend 30
days at Occoquan.
Attorney O'Brien. counsel for the
"suffs,' was unable to get a decision
upon the appeal up to last night al
though he made a special journey to
the summer home of Judge Robb. at
Falmouth, Mass.
The six picket prisoners at Occoquan
were not comforted yesterday by call
ers from the Cameron House. They
will be visited today, however, and
delicacies furnished them if permitted
by Superintendent Whitaker.
Meantime. the entertainment COM
mittee at Cameron House is busy put
ting up cots and inventing wardrobe
space to take care of the pickets from
a distance and their possessions.
Among those who came in yesterday
to do picket duty, are: Miss Mary
Bakewell, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Grace
Guyton Kempter. of Pennsylvania:
Mrs. William Colt, of New York: Miss
Edith Ainge, of Buffalo: Miss Annie
Arniel, of Delaware; Mrs. William
Wallace Chisolm. of Pennsylvania;
Miss Lucy Branham, of Baltimore,
and Miss Julia Emory, of Maryland.
When cooked by electricity meats
shrink less than when cooked by coal
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
Britons to Cultivate
More Land In Grain

England and Wales contemplate
planting 2,6oO.000 acres more in
grain next year than last. accord
ing to an official statement received
here yesterday by the Food Admin
istration. In order to accomplish
this, 100000 acres less ground will
be planted in grass.
The announcement is said to show
a change from that previously given
out by the British board of agricul-
ture, wherein the government urged
the farmers to plow up an addition
al 100000 acres of grass land, in
the hope of making England self
supporting.
This policy, on the part of Eng
land. is believed to forecast a de-
cision to leave the question of sup
plying meats and livestock. almost
exclusively, to the United States.