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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.

Toronto, s. Newark, first game).
Toronto, =, Newark, Second
Eame)
Providence. 8 Montreal. g.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
|lARRUP|Ne lARRIEHtRt
TODAY WITH HIS LEAFS
Famous Frenchman and His Maple
Leafs Have Proved to BE Con.
sistent Jinx of Knabc's
Virginians.

That Napoleon Lajoie herds his lar.
ripping Leafs into Richmond on tho
/ 9Th is causing little or no conster-
nation among the fan fraternity Of
the city. Larry and his merry men
have walloped the Virginians with
all the ease in the world all season.
so every day the clans have clashed
has been the 18th for Richmond. II
is being guardedly whispered around
that this coincidence of the hard luck
club reaching here on a hoodoc day
is a Sign that the persistent tinx
will be forever dispeiled n~1he pres
ent series.
Donahue is knabe's most likely
choice to tackle the Herculean task
of breaking the mighty Larruper's
grasp on the local goat and thereby
establish a precedent.
Iaioie's offensive comes at a time
when the team is playing good ball.
Notwithstanding their poor showing
SATURDAY A seventh place club, the
Virginians won four of their six games
last week and held the fast Grays
to an even break the week before.
But this means less than nothing tol
the graceful Larruper. His last and
memorable visit was made on the
clubs last home stay. when they were
playing their best game OF the sea-
SON After a triumphant home stay.
topped off with a whole series grab
bed from the Birds, the virginiansl
dropped four miserable games to the
Toronto clan. who showed them up
in every department
Young. whose melodious baritone]
is exciting such envious comment at
each of his frequent recitals along the
first base coaching line. was shocked
and surprised Saturday at the wAyl
the Hustlers stopped the merry Tight
of the horsehide with such abrupt
ness and frequency. Young BENNY
koehler also wore mystfhed a1r1
when the pill failed to dodge by theI
biudgeons and plung into his opnfidentI
mitt. 1t seemed as II the who1sl
Richmond club was thrown of ita1
balance by the sudderness OF the at 81
tack. and the Doolanites took advant- !
age OF their dumbness by playinEI
furiously and winning the game be-
fore the second session was nnaily}
brought to close.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

Games Today.
Pittsburg In Chicago
Cincinnati in St Louis
Philadelphia in Boston.
Brooklyn in New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

Three base hit-Cobb. Stolen bases
Sisler, Young. Sacrifice hit-Mitchell
Sacrifice f1y-Young. Struck out-By
Mitchell. I; by Hamilton, /. Base on
balls-Off Mitchell, |; off Sothoron, 2;
off Hamilton. 4. Wild pitch-Hamil-
ton. Time of game-1:37 Um-
pires-Connolly and Hldebrand
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
CLARIFYING LARRY" LAJOIE
YIELDS MIGHTY MAD

Newark, \. J.. August 1.-THE
Newark Bears dropped two games to
the Toronto Leafs here today. giving
Toronto clean sweep in the series
The scores were 5 to ; and I to .
lajoie led in the hitting, getting Ave
safeties in eight official times at bat.
Newark made FIVE errors in each game.
The scores:
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Summary: Tuo-base hit-Schmidt
Three-base hit--Kine Base on balls
--OfEaugi1n. !. off Carlson. 8
Struck out-By Vaughn, s: by Carl
son. 4. Double plays--Schnidt to
Debus- npires-Klem and Emslie.
Time-l:44
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

xBatted for Evans In ninth.
zBatted for Bagby in ninth.
IRAN for Deharry in ninth.
Score by innings: r
Chicago .ool DOL 01o 600 IL
Cleveland 1000 coz COL GOA 0--3
Summary; Two-base hits-Schalk.
Speaker, Harris. Graney. Chapman,
Sacrifice hits-Jackson. Ris erg
stolen bases--Howard Struck out
BY Scott. ?; by Danforth. .; by Wood.
?: by Boehling, /. Bases on balls
of Scott, .: off Bagby. 2; off Lambeth.
.. Double plays-Evans to Wamby TO
Harris; Scott to Risberg to Gandil.
mpires-Naliin and Owens. Time Of
game-3:l1.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday -,
Chicago. {, Cleveland, 3
Detroit. S St. Louis, q.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
ROYALS Trimmed by Gregg.

Providence. r.. J.. Aug. 12.-Vean
Gregg twirled the Grays to an s to 3
victory over the Montreal Royals at
the local park this afternoon. the
visitors beinsi unable to hit the port.
sider's curves when they had men on
the sacks. Gregg famed ten men
and allowed seven hits Hoyt was
in points for the ROYALS and after the
frst inning he twIrled a nice article
OF ball.
Score by innings: r II f
Providence ..., 500 300 oox-~-S 10 o
Montreal .,..-..0ll 600 o0l--9 I. /
Batteries; Hpyt and Howley; Gregg
and Mayer
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Standing of Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today.
New York In Washington.
Boston in Philadelphia.
st. Louis in Detroit
Chicago in Cleveland,
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Standing Of Teams
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
Chicago. 3: PittsburE, :
Cincinnati. Z: st. Louis. o
Cincinnati. I: 81. Louis, Is
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Southern League

birmingham. 3; Memphis. 2.
Nashville. .; Little Rock. 4.
Chattanooga. s; Atlanta. 4.
Mobile. Al: New Orleans, oil.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

Chicago.

Waited for Kelly in ninth.
sBatted for Carlson in ninth.
zBatted for jackson in ninth.
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Second Game.

Score by innings: r H f
Toronto ...., 001 zoo 400 l3 3
Newark ..... 900 o20 000--2 5
Batteries; McGraw, Wilkinson and
Egan; Leake and Lalonge
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Standing Of C1ul1s.
Games Today.

t1H11lC~ I OTAF.
Toronto In Richmond.
Montreal In Baltimore
Rochester In Newark
Buffalo in Providence
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WtnEo. Nagee Three-hase hit
Cruise Home run Roush. Sacrifice
hitS--Shean. Double plays-SnVder
TO Hcrrshy, Shean TO Chase Bases
on halis-Off Watson. l. off Horst
man Struck out-By Watson. 2
by 4orstman. 3 hr Toney, .. Time
- 40. pires- Rtgler and Brans-
field
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

I signal five minutes before the end OF
our time in the German trenches.
/ Remove Identification Tags.
The leader Of every party of ten
also had whistle with which to re-
peat the warning blast and then the
final blast, when each man was to
drop everything and get back of our
artillery fire We were not to leave
any dead OF wounded in the German
trench. on account of the Information
which the Germans might thus OBJ
tain Before starting on the raid, we
had removed all marks from our per-
sons, including even our Identified
ton discs. Except for the signalers,
each party of ten was similarly or
ganiZed. First, there were two bay
onet men, each with an electric flash
light attached to his rifle so as to
give light for the direction of a
bayonet thrust and controlled by a
button at the left hand grasp of the
rifle Besides his rifle, all of these
men carried SIX or eight Mills No. B
hand grenades. weighing from
pound and five ounces to a pound and
seven ounces each
The Lineup.
They are the same shape as a tur-
key egg and a little larger. Upon
Withdrawing the firing pin, a lever
sets a four second fuse going. One OF
these grenades will clean out any,
section It will also kill the man
who is throwing ii, if he holds il more
than four seconds, after he has pulled
the pin The third man of each ten
was an expert bomb thrower,
equipped as lightly as possible to give
him freedom of action. He carried a
few bombs, himself, but the main
supply was carried by the fourth man
who was not 10 throw any unless the
third man became q casualty, in
which case number four was to take
his place The third man also carried
be used in Whacking an enemy over
the head.
Ours were made by fastening heavy
steel nuts on stout stick of wood
q very business like contrivance. The
fourth man, or bomb. carrier, besides
grenades. had smoke bombs, to be
used in smoking the Germans out of
dug outs and, later. if necessary, in !
covering our retreat, and also fumite
bombs. The latter are very danger /
GUS to handle. They contain a mix
weigh three pounds each On eXplod- /
ing they release a liquid fire which |
will burn through steel.
Men To Replace wounded.
The fifth. sixth, seventh and |
eighth in line, were called utility I
men. They were to take the places |
Of any Of the first four who might /
become casualties In addition, they /
carried two Stokes-gun bombs. each. |
These weigh nine pounds apiece, have
SIX second fuses and can be used 1
in wrecking dug outs The ninth and /
tenth men were sappers. carrying |
slabs Of gun cotton and several hun
bred yards of instantaneous fuse. /
This explosive is used in demolishing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

EDITORIAL NOTEE Sergeant McClin-
tock is an American boy Of Lexington. Ky.
who has seen service IN France. was decor
ated for bravery. wounded, invaded home,
and is now endeavoriug to get commits
sion in our army 4 commission in the
Canadian army awaits him II he returns TO
join his old command However he Is en-
deavorinE now 10 join the American forces
At the front and has been promised his
honorable discharge from the Canadian
army. This is the third article in the
ries- In his last one. he described the ex-
hausttve preparations for a bomb raid on
the enemy trenches and closed it just as
they were ordered over the top"
WE climbed out of the shelter
u Of our trenches for my first
L n and perhaps, my last,
thought-adventure in No Mans
Land, the word was passed:
Over the top and give 'em hellr'
That is the British Tommies' battle
cry as they charge the enemy and it
has often sounded up and down those
long lines in western France as the
British. Canadian and Australian SOL
diers go out to the fight and the
death
Giving En- Hell.
We we're divided into six parties of
Ten men, each party having separate
duties to perform. We crouched for
ward, moving slowly in single file
stumbling into shell holes and ovev
dead men-some very long dead-and
managing to keep in touch with each
other though the machine gun bullets
began to drop men almost Immediate
~. Once we were started. we were
neither fearful nor ratified We had
been drilled so long and so carefully
that each man knew Just what he
was to do and he kept right on do
ing IL unless he got hit To me, it
seemed the ground was moving back /
under me. The first ten yards we're
the toughest. The thing was per-
fectly organized Our first party of I
ten was composed of signallers. They |
were paying out wires and carrying 4
telephones to be used during the Is /
minutes of our stay in the German 4
trenches in communicating with our I
battalion headquarters.
The Telephone Code.
A telephone code had been ar
ranged, using the names of our COM
handing officers as symbols. Rex
ford l. means. First prisoners being
sent back; "Rexford % means Our
first wounded being sent over; Rex
ford 8" means, We have entered
German trench" The code was very
complete and the signalers had been
dr. lied in II for a week. In case the
telephone wires were cut, the signal
lers were TO send messages back by
the use OF rifle grenades. These are
rifle projectiles which carry little
metal cylinders to contain written
when they strike the earth. so that
they can be easily found at night The
officer in charge of the signalers
was to remain at the point of
entrance. with his eyes on his watch.
II was his duty to sound warning
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

rate OF about thirty yards a second
A German would pick up one Of these
bombs, select the spot where he IN
tended to blow up a few Of US with
fuse. After that there had to be a
new man in his place The bomb
would explode instantly the long fuse
The next day when I got up after
this disastrous raid, I said TO my
bunkie:
Everybody Smokes CiEarets.
"Got a fag2" Gag is the Tommy's
name for a cigareL)
It's never. will you have a iag7-
but always, shave you got a fagZ
They are the inseparable compan-
ions OF the men at the front, and
you'll see the soldiers go over the
top with an unlit fag in their lips
Frequently IL is still there when the
work is done. So keep our American
boys we'll supplied with Tags
As we sat smoking. my friend said:
Something sure raised hell with
our calculations"
Like those automatic self cooking
revolvers did with a Kentucky we'd
ding when some one made a remark
reflecting on the BRIDE" l replied
Copyright, 1917. by The Bell Syndi-
cate, Inc-)
The fourth article of this remark
able personal narrative Will appear
next week in the Weekend edition.
IL Will tell Of being shifted to the
SOmme.
Sergeant McCIintoek takes part In
the greatest OF all battles and tells
of the hell of IT. sSThe front In Bel
GUM was really n rest sector in com
parisOn with It," he says. He tells
of the extensive preparation Of the
allies for open warfare nfferWard
abandoned because of the failure OF
expected Developments
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

joke on him that he'll never forget
Even, probably, he'll never get a
chance to remember it.
When the Canadians first intro
Queer bombing. the bombs were i'm
provised of mess tins, the fuses were
cut according to the taste and judy
ment of the individual bomber, and.
just when the bomb would explode
was more or less predetermined:
Frequently, the Germans have tossed
our bombs back into our trenches be-
fore they went off That was danger
Gus and irritating. They can't DO
that with a Mills grenade or any OF
the improved factory made bombs,
because the men know just how they
are timed and are trained to know
just how to throw them
A German Bomb Trick.
Then the Germans used to work
little bomb trick Of their own They
learned that our scouts and raiders
we're all anxious to get German
helmet as a souvenir. They'd put
helmets on the ground in No Mans
land or in an advanced trench with
bombs under them In several cases.
men looking for souvenirs suddenly
became memories themselves In
several raids. when bombing was new
the Canadians worked a trick on the
Germans with extensively fatal ef-
feet. They tossed bombs into the Ger
man trenches with six inch fuses at
tached.
To the Germans they looked just
like the other bombs we had been
using. and. in fact they were-all but
the fuses. Instead of having failed
to continue burning. as the Germans
thought, those fuses had never been
lighted. They were instantaneous
fuses. The ignition spark will travel
through instantaneous fuse at the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
N WASHINGTON. D. G. June so

T~ WASHINGTON. D. c., June 30
M Every schooIboy knows that
il was the Chinese who in
vented gunpowder. Presumably its dis
covery was an accident A chance
mixture of charcoal and saltpeter
made an explosion. and there it was
From the Chinese point of view. the
invention had no other usefulness
than that it made a big noise. It was
valuable, therefore, for purposes of
celebration Also it might be reck-
oned upon to scare off devils, which
are remarkably numerous in China.
For both purposes the Chinese use it
today
It was the Chinese who invented
the firecracker-nobody knows how
long ago. They originated most of
the fireworks that are displayed by
patriotic Americans on the Fourth of
July 1t was they who invented the
Dinwheel. AS for the aerial bomb.
fired from mortar, there is uncer-
tainty of the source of the idea
II the Chinese were first TO think
Of using explosives in war (Which
cannot easily be proved, it must have
been because they imagined that the
noise would brighten the enemy. So
far as known, II was the Saracens
Turks who first employed them for
actual fighting purposes.
Explosive From Whenf Flour.
But. all things considered. the odd
est point about explosives is the sim
plicity and innocence of the materials
from which they are made. Indeed.
wheat flour (ss has been proved BY
experimentb makes excellent Gun
powder. when substituted for one of
the ordinary ingredients OF the latter:
and, when treated with nitric acid.
such flour is converted into a high
explosive many times as powerful as
gunpoWder.
Wheat flour. just as the housewife
buys il. is very formidable explo-
sive, If mixed with air. Let her throw
the contents of a bag Of il about her
kitchen until the air is laden with II.
and. BY merely lighting a match. she
can blow up the house It is estimated
that 25-pound sack of flour mixed
with the air Of a good sized room will. |
II ignited. generate force enough TO
throw one ton Of iron 45 five miles. !
Burns Like Gun Powder.
Flour. IL so mixed with air as to be
supplied with plenty of oxygen. will
burn like so much gunpowder. The
burning signifies its conversion into
gas. the expansion of which in a con-
fined space produces an explosion
flour mills in Minneapolis was literally
wiped out by an accident Of the kind
Walls of solid masonry six feet thick
were RACED, and great sheets Of cor
rugated iron roofing were thrown to
a distance OF two miles.
The every day housewife does not
realize that she has stored in her pam
try enough explosives to destroy a
whole block Of houses. Take the pow
dered sugar. for instance. In the su-
war bowl il is the most harmless sub |
stance imaginable, but set a quantity
Of il afloat in the air and il becomes I
exceedingly dangerous. Some years
ago a candy factory in Boston was
blown to fliners by an explosion of I
powdered sugar in the marshmallow 4
room.
Any ignitabie substance in a finely I
divided state, IL suspended in quanti- /
y IN the air, is liable TO explode A /
spark may set il off Thus sawdust |
under such conditions. If set on fire,
VIII burn with explosive force. Every
now and then a sawmill or a wood
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

every offensive. big or small. the
man who has been trained to throw
A bomb thirty yards is buster and
more important than the fellow with
the modern rifle which will shoot a
mile and a half and make a hole
through a house.
In a good many surprising ways
this war has carried US back to first
principles. / remember a Crusader s
mace which / once saw in the British
museum that would make a bang-up
knOb-kerrie, much better than the
kind with which they arm our num-
Der men in a raiding party section.
1t had a round. iron head with spikes
all over it. I wonder that they have
not started a factory to turn them
out
Tricks 70 Bombing.
In the revival of bombing some
tricks have developed which would
be humorous if the denouements were
not festooned with crepe and ID d."
notations on muster rolls. There
may be something which might be
termed funny on one end OF a bomb
ing ruse-but not on both ends of it
Whenever you fool a man with
bomb. you're playing a practical
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

machine gun emplacements and mine
saps.
The sappers were to lay their
charges while We were at work in
the trenches. and explode them as
soon as our party was far enough out,
on the return journey to be safe from
this danger. In addition to these
parties of ten. these were three of US
who carried bombs and had orders to
keep near the three officers, TO take
the place of any one of them that
might go down, and meanwhile to
use our own judgment about helping
the jolly old party along. l was as
signed one Of the three.
In addition to the raiding party.
proper, there was a relay all across
No Mans Land. at ten PAGES interval,
making a human chain to show US
our way back, to assist the wO,=s. led
and, in case of opportunity or neces-
sity, to reinforce US. They were
ordered not to leave their positions
when we began to come back. until
the last man Of our party had been
accounted for. The final section Of
our encourage was composed Of u
stretcher bearers. who had been
specially trained with US, so that they
would be familiar with the trench
section which we were 10 raid.
The Raid And Its Result.
There were two things which made
II possible for our raiding party to
get started across No Mans Land.
One was the monetary quickening
of the blood which follows a big and
unaccuStomed dose of rum and the
other was a sort Of subconscious. me-
chanical confidence in our UNDER
taking, with was a result OF the
scores of times we had gone through
every prearranged movement in our
practice duplicate German trenches
behind our lines. Without either OF
those Influences We SsmnTv corrfr ror
have left the shelter and faced what
was before US
An intensified bombardment from
our guns began just as soon as We
had climbed 'over the top and were
lining up for the journey across.
Lining up" is not just a suitable
term We were crawling about on
all fours, just far enough out in No
Mans Land to be under the edge of
the German she'll fire. and taking
what shelter We could in shell holes /
while our leaders picked the way to !
start across. The extra heavy bonn |
bardment had warned the Germans /
that something was ABOUT to happen. |
They sent up star shells and IS. o. 81
81 gnals, until there was a glare over l
the torn earth like that which you |
see at the grand finish of a Pains /
fire works display, and meanwhile /
they sprayed No Mans Land with /
streams of machine gun fire In the 1
face of that, We started
Teeth Chatter With Fear.
It would be absurd to say that j
We were not frightened Thinking /
men could not help but be afraid. II 1
we were pallid-which undoubtedly l
We were-the black upon our faces |
hid il, but our fear struck voices were l
not disguised They trembled and our
teeth chartered.
We sneaked out, single file, making /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
The Daily NoUelette
A TON 10 THE SQUARE INCH.

Great Discovery Series.)
One day. a thousand years before
the beginning Of the stone age. il was
spring in the country Of Pug-nOses,
or Granite-eaters- (See Leonardo Bot-
ties Before History Began, and Be-
fore That
A RBUTUS. the earliest Of the
n early poets. stood in the shade
L - of a fragrant scrapple tree,
making his vows to Clingaline. a
proud and naughty beauty. A fine
figure he made. seven feet in height
and with all his muscles ripping, but
the maid. pouting pettishiy. babe him
beat it. (see Friday SHOWS Slang
Ahoy.D
But. daughter Of the stars he be-
sought distractedly. can you not IN
derstand that am laying at your
tiny feet, scarce Is inches in length.
all my fortune Of. so lOng-tailed
goats. so ambitious skins and my
nut OF solid ivory. Does it not perco-
late into your beautious bean that
am offering you a life OF unceasing
devotion?"
TT pereolates. all right. old top. and
I'm very grateful and all that. sup
pose" replied Clingaline. And yet
and yeti don't know-somehow or
can't exactly explain"
But at that moment Arbutus lost
all control OF himself. Driven by-an
inexpliciole impulse. he seized Clinga-
line in MS giant arms and squeezed
her so nightly that to the girls
swooning senses the earth and the
sun seemed to clash. Then. frightened
and trembling. he released her
"Arhutus." she cried. as soon as
And she threw herself into his sur.
prised but willing arms.
For she had been the party OF the
second part in the worlds first hug.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
"Over the Top and Give En- Hell;'
Bombing Raid Into German Trenches

Sergeant MCmok Tells Of Further Adventures With The Allies Fighting
The Trenches In Fan-A F and Account Of Preparations
The Charge Across No Mans land Into The Trenches Of The Enemy;
Of Hand To Hand Battles; Of Men Falling Dead Everywhere; Of
How Mems Teeth Chatter In Fear When They Go Into Fight
That May Be Their Laa-"The Real Hell Of War
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
All American Housewives Keep
Pantries Filled With Explosives
By
Rene Bache

Ordinary Sack Building
Deadly Explosives and Even Soap Powder Has Destructive Qualities
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

An average OF 2eeo persons month are
making gifts OF gold coins or jewelry -
the italian treasury department