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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
PINCH HITTING NOT
NECESSARY ON TEAM
Sixteen Men Are Plenty for Any
Team, Says Brooklyn Owner.
Mccormick, Hyatt and LeIiveIt Are
Only Ones That Ever Made Good,
Says Napoleon Lajoie Of In
dianapolis Club.

Napoleon Lajoie, now manager of
the indianapolis club, and one of the
greatest hitters the game has known, a
man who had a big league batting av-
erage of around $50 for 20 years, de-
clares the policy OF some managers to
carry players to act merely as pinch
hltters is not one Of wisdom.N
you can count the men who have
filled such a role and made good on
the fingers of one hand" said Larry.
Moose Mccormick was one. If 1 re.
member right Pittsburgh had a player
named Hyatt who broke into a box
score only when he hit for someone
else. They tell me Hyatt was quite u
success along that line for year or
so. When we had Jack Lelivelt with
us in 1913 he came through nicely with
many a safe hit.
But the man who sits on the bench
day after day and only occasionally
gets chance TO so 10 bat and try to
hit In a regular game has not much of
an opportunity TO deliver. The odds
are all against him. OF course, you
may say he gets his batting practice
every day the same as the other bat.
tiers. True enough, but that does not
count like hitting practice in real
games. Few pitchers use much stuff
in batting practice.
II have had some experience in the
pinch-hltting business myself. Re
member when Ed Klepfer broke fin
ger on one Of my hands and the thumb
ON the other hand?. Remember how
Joe Birmingham called on me several
times to hit before i was ready to get
back in the game regularly? I'll admit
/ delivered until the pitchers insisted
on handing me bases on balls, but !
had not been out of the game long
enough TO lose my batting eye. But
II / were TO sit on a bench and be
nothing more than a pinch hitter, per.
haps | would not be any more success.
full than many others who have tried
TO deliver and failed. But I would not
say | would fall down until l had
tried"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
FEWER PLAYERS
FAVORED BY EBBETS
Policy of Some Managers to Car
ny Extra Players Not Wise.
Present Conditions In Baseball Make
Such Movement Imperative If
Game Is to Be Kept Alive
Cut Down Limit.

President Ebbets of the Brooklyn
club favors a cutting of the player
limit in the National league to 10 or
Is men. He says present conditions In
baseball make such a movement imper-
alive If the game is to be kept alive.
Twenty years ago National league
teams carried IA, 10 or 16 players and
still provided the public with good
sport" said Ebbets. IF 1 am not in
error, the BroOklyns, when they won
the pennant in 1900, were composed Of
IA men-three pitchers, two catchers,
five infelders and three outfielders.
The schedule that year called for 1876
games. The practice of carrying as
many as 80 players, nowadays, is alb
surd. There are too many pitchers,
extra fielders and pinch hitters. Some
teams are able to put in left-handed hit
tiers against right-handed pitchers and
the reverse whenever they feel like it,
CLUBS that are keeping six infield-
ers or outfielders, together with eight
or nine pitchers, are not willing to aid
clubs that are short of material. But
If the player limit is reduced to Is or
Is men, at least 30 capable players will
be available. do not mean that the
weak clubs should get players for
nothing. They should be made to pay
a fair price. But under present condi
tions, which have become alarming be.
cause Of the many players already
taken in the selective draft, the Ma.
tional league must act quickly. Cut
down the player limit and make the
pennant race more evenly balanced
That is common-sense move, and
believe that other club owners in oul
league will agree with me-"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
BROOKLINE.

Guy Weilman spent Sunday sat D,
J. Hitchcoek's in Athens.
f. L. Bush and son, Harry, have DE
gun working nights in Bellows Fails.
Wesley Ware of Chester visited at
his brother s, G. E.. Wares,s over Sun,
day M -
Wilson Winchester of Newfane is il
town this week with his threshing ma
chine. Sf ~
Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Wellington and
daughter, Alice, spent Sunday. at w
W, Whitney's in Townshend.
Mr.. and Mrs g. NJ sAllbee and sor
carried their aunt, Mrs. Butterfeld. an6
cousin, Miss Robinson, to Londonderry
Sunday to visit other relatives
Mrs. Olive Butterfeld and grand
daughter, Miss May Robinson, of Per
kinsyille (Vt.), spent several days las
week at her brothers. George Allbee' S
Mr.. and Mrs George Osgood. Mrs
Eva Osgood and Christopher Osgoot
were in Chesterfield, N. H., last Sunday
Mrs Eva Osgood will spend weel
with relatives there's
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
NEW ENGLANDERS PRAISED.
Gen. Edwards Tells of Their Great
Achievements on Battlefront.

BOSTON, Aug. 2l-The Twenty-sixth
Division, comprising New England men,
whose position on the line of the western
battlefront from July IS to July %, de-
manded an important and difficult man
oeuvre, was highly praised by Major-Gen.
Clarence r. Edwards, commanding officer,
in general orders, cabled here and made
public by the department of the north
east.
I'm those eight days" Gen. Edwards
said, you carried your line as far as any
part Of the advance. You are the recip-
lent of praise, thanks and congratulations
OF our commander-in-chief
"You went unafraid in the face of the
enemys fire; you forced him to with
draw before you, or to accept the al
tentative of hand to hand combat, in
which you proved yourselves morally and
physically his superior; you gave freely
much of your strength, your blood, and
your lives, until, pushed beyond mere ply
steal endurance, fighting night and day,
you still forced yourselves forward, sus-
tanned almost by spirit alone.
"These things are now part of your own
consciousness. Nothing can detract from
them Nothing that / can say can add
to them. But | can testify in this way
my pride in commanding such troops, SO
capable of achieving success in every un-
dertaking; and this testimony | give to
each of you gladly and with deep graft
tude"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
HALIFAX.

Mrs. Eta Ward of Greenfield visited
Mrs. Annis Green, recently.
Merton Crosier of Ogden, Iowa, is Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Chloe Crosier.
Bert Learnard of New Haven, Conn.
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Learnard, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. T, c. MfIlss Harry and
Miss Josephine Mills of Jamaica, L. T..
are staying at the deer park.
Mrs. Daniel May, Miss Marjorie May,
Mrs. Edward Callahan, and CLARK Wales
of Westfeld, Mass, are. Spending two
weeks at Hillside camp %
Latest arrivals at Maplehurst Lodge
are Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Thayer and
Misses Marjorie and Dorothy Thayer
of Attleboro, Mass, Miss Charlotte
Griswold and Miss Louise Griswold of
Cambridge, Mass, Mrs. Fannie Croc-
ker of Worcester, Mass, and DR.. and
Mrs. Paul Neal of Brookline, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21

ents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ Hale, and
at A. L. Barnes s..
Mrs. NJ. I. Reed attended the meet
ing of the Daughters of 1912 at Mrs.
G. s. Dowley s in Brattleboro, Monday.
The town clerk IS office will be open
from a. m. to 8 p. m. Saturday, Aug.
"a, for military registration of citizens
who have reached the age of q since
/ June 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carr of Lunen-
burg, Mass, are visiting Mr. Carr's
| brother, Henry Carr. A nephew, HUI
bert Bates of the United States navy,
also was a visitor there recently.
Howard and Marion Rice of Brattle-
boro spent Tuesday with Dorothy Ed
wards and Virginia Reed at Mrs. M.
| /. Reeds. Mrs. Emily Edwards also
i has been the guest of Mrs. Reed.
Mrs. P. w. Ranconrt has received
| word from her brother Phil Whalen,
Co. K, 39th Infantry who has been
wounded by shrapnel while fighting in
France Mr. WhaIen was wounded Sc
verely in the left side and was In
hospital three weeks before he was able
TO write, He was gaining when he
wrote last
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
VERNON.

Miss Edith Brooks was a visitor in
Orange.
Mrs. Henry Fairman is i'll and under
the care of physician.
E. L. Eldridge is spending some time
with his family at H. w. Fairman IS.
The Vernon free library will be
open Saturday for the exchange OF
books.
Avery Miller of Springfield (ytA
was visitor last week at the Miller
farm.
Miss Nellie sprague of Gill. Mass.
visited her aunt, Mrs. B. A. Streete,
last week.
Mrs. Herbert Bolton of Winchester
y, H., spent few days at R. M
Clark S last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Streeter q
Holyoke, Mass, are visiting their aunt
Mrs Fl. L. Streeter
Rev. d. E. Trout will conduct tn
preaching service at the Union chnrcl
next Sunday at 3 o'clock
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cook and tw
children are visiting Mrs. Cook s par
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
S0UTHPAW BAIIERS CAN HIT
No Reason Why Left-Handed Batter
Cannot Connect With Twirling
From the Port Side.

Hugo Bozdck is one National league
manager who refuses to believe that
left-hand batter cannot hit southpaw
twirling. 'To my way of thinking
there is no earthly reason why lert-
handed batter should not be able to
hit southpaw twirling." Hugo says. 81
: can remember that Jimmy Sheckard
md Johnny Evers OF the old Chicago
Cubs were never taken out because
portsiders opposed. iris Speaker, Ty
Cobb and Frank Baker of the Ameri-
can league are all left-hand batters,
md yet YOU never hear of any OF
these men being relegated to the bench
when n southpuw IS on the mound. It's
just simply case OF left-hand, hitters
not getting enough practice against
southpaw pitching"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
LONDONDERRY.

Miss Arlene Strong is i'll.
Fred Brown was in Walpole, n. H.,
over Sunday.
Miss Clara Marden has recovered and
gone to Manchester.
Miss Hazel Stevens of Ludlow is Wis
ting at A. H. Wade's -
Will Stanty of Buffalo, N. Y, is a
guest of E. A. Wilder.
Clifford and Irwin Davis were week
end visitors in Windsor.
Mrs. Lila Pike of Brattleboro is with
her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Williams
frost Sunday morning did much
damage in this section
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowe Strong of Spring
field visited his mother over Sunday
Miss Grace Taylor of New York city
is visiting her brother, Rev. +. G. Tay.
lor
Miss Mildred Eddy of Newfane is
visiting her sister, Margaret, at George
Williams IS.
Arlington are visiting his mother and
grandmother here
The Williams brothers returned Sat
| urday from Lake Champlaln. Each has
new Oakland car.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Curtis were in
Manchester, Friday. Raymond Forbes
returned with them.
A. B. Waite and Carl Buttner were
in Jacksonville last week to help al
0. ID. Parker's auction
Mr.. Fenstermacher has sold his farm
4 ~ n
is now living on the Hathorn place.
Rev. F. G. Taylor of this church and
/ Rev. Mr.. Clark of the Methodist church
in the south village exchanged pulpits
Sunday morning.
/ A union Sunday school picnic wa:
held at Lowell lake Wednesday The
/ South Londonderry and Iiandgrovt
schools formed in the picnic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
MAY RECEIVE AID.
Report That Government viii Loan
s2o,0oO,oOo to B. & M.


These are momentous days for the
Boston 4 Maine railroad system, which,
according to Boston advices, has made
definite appeal TO the governmnt for
financial aid sufficsent to lift the com
pany's $20,000,00o or so of floating
debt. thus taking the company out of
the hands of the temporary receiver.
II = reported by the same Boston au-
thoritv that the new plan is favorably
looked upon at Washington and a gov
ernmeft decision is expected momenta-
rily
The original of the new re-organiza
ton plan sent TO Washington has been
altered in several particulars in order
TO satisfy the authorities. but reports
from Washington now indicate that
they are about all made and that all
parties are satisfied that workable
scheme has been prepared and the gov.
ernment's investment in the railroad
would be a safe one. None of the
important details of the plan have beer
made public, however, pending the Fl
nal deseision by William c. McAdoo
1 director of railroads,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Movie Picture Houses.

Today the Princess theatre presents
William Desmond with Gloria Swanson
in Society for Sale and Current Events.
Tomorrow, Jack Pickford and Louise
Huff in His Majesty, Bunker Bean, A
Saturday Evening Post story by Hen
nv Leon Wilson.
The Double Standard a five act drama
featuring Roy Stewart, Screen News
and Strike One, a comedy are the attrac-
tions at the Empire theatre today.
Tomorrow Lois Meredith in Sold at
Auction, a five act drama and Doris
Kenyon in The Hidden Hand, will be
the attractions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD
; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ELBERFELD RUDE TO FAN

Kid Elberfeld, Little Rock
manager, is as accommodating
as any pilot in the Southern
league, but sometimes he bolls
over when a fan butts in and
tries to talk to him merely for
the sake of saying something to
ball player.
A day or two ago Kid was
talking to Memphis sport
writer about his ball club, when
one of these butt-ins came up.
"Who you gonna pitch today,
Elberfeld?" the bug asked. The
Kid didn't say anything to the
fan, but kept on talking. "Where
are your other pitchersT the
bug persisted. Silence. who's
gonna pitch today?"
"Say, for the love of Nike"
said the Kid, pulling out coin
from his pocket, take this nick
ell and buy you a score card and
find out" But the fan had fed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
BONNEVILLE.

Mrs. Josie Dorset of Boston is visit
ing at Julius johnson 's
Mr.. and Mrs. X. F. Hewes of Chester
are on their farm here helping their
son, Clarence, with the having.
John Williams shot large. bear and
one cub Sunday afternoon The second
cub escaped into the woods unframed
Mrs. Emmett futile and two. sons OF
South Londonderry were guests Sun
day of Mr.: and Mrs. George H. vii
liams.
Mrs. Blanch Wellman and Mr.. an6
Mrs. Nash have returned to their home
in Boston after spending. their vacation
here with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Julius johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Cooley and Mr.
and Mrs. Mcintyre of Springfield
Mass, Mrs. and Mrs. w. ii. Gale ane
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyden of Quincy, Mass.
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie,
Styles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21

Les Mann is greatly improved ball
player He has always shone bril-
liantly in fielding, but this season his
batting has taken a decided jump.
His base running also shows an i'm
provement. One of the features of his
playing, in addition to his hitting and
fielding, has been his aggressiveness.
In that he leads the Cubs. He showed
It recently by the clash he had with
Heinle Zimmerman at third base. He
saw an opportunity to score another
run for the Cubs by driving the ball
out OF Heinie Zimmerman's hand. In
this he did not succeed, but it demon
strated that the spirit to win was al
ways foremost in his mind. He prob.
ably was inspired TO more aggressive
ness by the training he received ar
Camp Logan in the winter, where he
had charge Of the y. NJ. c. A. athletics.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
cantiIIon a Real Veteran.

Joe Cantillon, former pilot of the
Nationals and now manager and part
owner of the Minneapolis club of the
American association, has been in
baseball as player, umpire or mana.
ger for 80 years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
eaton Is smalIest rlayer.

"Kid" Cation the Pirates shortstop.
Is the smallest player in the major
leagues. He is making good. He was
secured from birmingham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Today.
st. Louis at Boston.
Detroit at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21

u. s. Food Administration.
De OF song SEE Oars Sugar in
de Gourd," but Br'er 'Tater lows
dat de only sugar he's studyin'
bout nowadays is what's in de
sugar bowl en- hits gwine ter stay
dar.
De folks wots doin' de fghtin'
mus have sugar fust.
But eff dars emmy sweet'nin' in
de gourd nowadays. he sho' gwine
ter git tapped. cause dey's loollin'
fer syrups en- '1asses en- honey to
"substitute,'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
WEST DUMMERSTON.

Mrs. W w Burnett is spending this
week at York Beach, Me.
Miss Catherine Hartnett Of Brattleborb
visited at f. b. Russell's last week.
Robert Coombs of Brattleboro is yisitin!
his grandmother, Mrs. c. Coombs.
Mrs. w. w Burnham returned to her
home here Monday after visiting relatives
two weeks in Northampton.
Mrs. Emma Lamson, who had been Wis.
ting her sister, Mrs f. Hildreth, returned
to her home in Worcester the first of this
week
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Cleveland s, Boston 4.
Chicago-New York (not played).
Observation-Disclosures (not Played.
st. Louis Washington mot played)
C%o,di,o 80 49, fS1,,ln
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Brooklyn 2, Cincinnati l.
Pittsburg 10, New York 2.
Philadelphia 3, st. Louis 0.
Chicago Z, Boston 6 III innings)
C+apdipu oF +ba C,1rls
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
Indiana Release Peters

Catcher John Peters has been re-
leased by the Cleveland Indians.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21

4 mans conscience is either his best
friend or his worst enemy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Boston at Pittsburg.
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21

Men do less than they should unless
they do all they can.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21

There are 10000 muscles in an Gle
plant s trunk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21

A pretty girl finds pleasant reflection
in her mirror.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-20

 tape. But 1t has heart, and one ot the evidences of this is the considerate way in which an execution is concealed and reported to the relative of the un- fortunate man. They never know the truth. He Is listed in the bulletins as among the accidentally killed"
 In the last ten years have several times read stories in magazines of towards changing. in charge, to he roes. 1 used to laugh at it. It seemed easy for story-writers. but I said, Men aren't made that way.v But over in France 1 learned once that the streak of yellow can turn all white. picked up the story. bit by bit. from the captain of the company. the sen tries who guarded the poor fellow, as well as from my own observations. At first I did not realize the whole of his story. but after week of investIga- ton it stood out as clear in my mind as the mountains of my native West in the spring sunshine. It impressed me so much that I wrote 1t all down in rest hillets on scraps of odd paper. The incidents are, as l say, every bit true; the feelings of the man are true --I know from alf underwent in the fighting over In France.
 We will call him Albert Lloyd. That wasn't his name, but 1t will do:
 Albert Lloyd was what the world terms a coward.
 Tn London they called him stacker.
 His country had been at war nearly eighteen months. and still he was not In khaki.
 He had no good reason for not en- listing. being alone in the world, hav- ing been educated in an orphan asy- lum. and there being no one dependent upon him for support. He had no good position to lose, and there was no sweetheart to tell him with her lips to go, while her eyes pleaded for him to stay.
 Every lime he saw 6 recruiting ser geant he'd slink around the corner out of sight, with a terrible fear gnawing at his heart. When passing the big re cruiting posters. and on his way to business and back he passed many. he would pull down his cap and look the other way from that awful finger pointing at him. under the caption. Your King and Country Need You !" or the boring eyes of Kitchener. which burned into his very soul. causing him to shudder.
 Then the Zeppelin raids-during them. he used to crouch in a corner of his boarding-bouse cellar. whimpering like a whipped puppy and calling upon the Lord to protect him.
 Continued in Next Tssue.,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-20

else had received the rifle containing the blank cartridge. but my mind was at ease, there was no blood of a Tommy on my hands.
 "Order- Arms About-Turn Pile Arms Stabd-Clear."
 The stacks were reformed.
 Quick - Marchl Right = Wheel ir And we left the scene of execution be- hind us.
 It was now daylight. After march Ing about five minutes, we were dis missed with the following instructions from the officer in commando:
 Return. alone. to your respective companies. and remember, no talking nbout this affair, or else it will go hard with the guilty ones."
 We needed no urging to get away. I did pot recognize any of the men on the firing squad; even the officer was stranger to me.
 The victims relations and friends in Blighty will never know that he was executed they will be under the im- pression that he died doing his bit for king and country.
 In the public casualty lists his name will appear under the caption "Acci- dentally Killed. or Died"
 The day after the execution re- ceived orders to report back to the line, and to keep q still tongue in my head.
 Executions are part of the days work, but the part we hated most of all. think-certainly the saddest The British war department is thought by many people to be composed of rigid regulations all wound around with red