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NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York.

The New York Nationals enter the
1918 pennant race with excellent pros
poets of being in the foreranks of the
flag struggle from the opening of the
season. Failure to repeat the feat of
winning the championship of the senior
league again would be due not SO much
to loss of playing strength as the
greater opposition offered by other
clubs which have built up weak depart
ments since the close of the 1917 cam
paign.
Several of the best of the Giants
squad of a year ago will be missing,
due to defections- trades and the pos
sible operation of the draft, but by
deals and other methods of skillful re-
cruiting Manager McGraw will be able
to fill any breaks in his lineup and
expects to enter the pennant race with
a combination fully as strong as that
which won it's way into the world Sc.
ries last autumn.
The infield will be played by Holke
first base; Doyle. second; Zimmerman.
third and Fletcher, shortstop. With the
except. Oh OF oyle Ioi" rlerzog, TINS is
the same combination as last season,
and while it is possible that It is
not quite as impressive as the former
quartet it is likely to work with greater
harmony.
Any weakness which may develop in
these departments is likely to be more
than couuterpIiaitced by the strength
of the pitching staff.
Philadelphia.
In the opinion of number of base
ball experts, the sale of Alexander and
Killefer to the Chicago Cubs has put
the Philadelphia Nationals out of the
running for the 1918 pennant. Con-
ceded to have been the mainstay of the
club in it's winning of the champion
ship in 1915 and in it's drives for similar
honors in 1916 and 1917, Alexander and
Killefer have left a big hole in the
Phillies that cannot be filled at this
time.
Besides losing this great battery, the
enlistment in the military service of
Eppa Rixey and the failure of Chief
Bender to report, Manager Pat Moran
has been troubled with a number of
hold-outs, and his team Is now only
rounding into shape for the opening of
the championship season this week.
The Phillies' manager has picked up
several good youngsters to replace
Dode Paskert, who was sent to the
this year. Luderus will be at first as
usual; McGafhgan, a youngster, will
probably cover second base in place of
Bert Niehoff, should the latter fail to
don uniform. Bancroft will be at
short and Stock at third.
In the outfield there will be Cravath,
Williams, Meusel. and Fitzgerald, the
latter a heavy hitter from the Pacific.
Coast League .------- -.
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UNITED SERVICE MEET
POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 4
Track and Field Too Soft for Ath-
letics-College Stars Among
the Entrants.

Announcement was made last night
camp community service that the
United Service meet, in which men of
all branches of the service were to
have competed in the Central High
School stadium April 20, has been post
poned to May 4. This decision was
made following a conference between
Principal Emory Wilson of Central and
officials of the war camp service. 1t
was decided that the heavy rain and
snow of the past week have made the
track and field so soft that the chances
of its being dried out by next Saturday
are too remote to go ahead and make
final arrangements for the meet. Per-
mission to hold the meet was granted
by the board of education pending the
opinion of Principal Wilson as to the
condition of the track.
1t is expected that with the additional
time given to ask for entries from
camps all along the Atlantic seaboard
and to advertise the meet in all the
training camps near the coast more
entries for the meet will be obtained,
SO officials in charge are not greatly
disappointed by the cancellation of the
original date.
College Stars Are Entered.
Names of athletes prominent in inter-
collegiate athletics for the past three
or four years are included in the latest
entry lists. With such men as J. How
ard Berry of Penn State, pentathlon
champion in 1916. judged by many to be
the able successor of Jim Thorpe as the
best all-round athlete in the world;
James Mount Pleasant, formerly of the
Carlisle Indian School, picked by Walter
Camp for his mythical ,all-American
foot ball team. and now lieutenant in
the United States Army, and many
others of equal fame competing, the
meet is expected to gather together the
classiest aggregation of all-star ath-
Ietes ever on one field in this country.
Other names of star track and field
men announced last night by the war
camp service include the following:
Butterield of Penn State. a middle
distance man; Howard of Cornell, a star
$50 man: Harvey Of Cornell. another
man of fame; Harry
McDonough, former Georgetown star
over the high hurdles: Addison of Col
gate. Bird of Yale. Marchant of the
University Of California, Lewis Of Cor
nell and many others well known In
track. athletics nationally, an. from
Camp DIX WriEhtstown, ". u
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st. Louis.

Under the management of Jack Hen
bricks, who appears for the first time
as a major league pilot this season,
the st. Louis Nationals. with it's club
personnel practically intact from last
year, have entered the base ball pen
nant race, Determined to better their
record of last season-third place in
the National League gonfalon.
Jack Miller, second baseman, and
Marvin Goodwin. pitcher, the former in
the marines and the latter in an avia-
tion camp. are the only regulars now
In military service. Bethel. who has
been on the club pay roll for several
years, has been selected to fill Miller's
place, and, although his work is not
equal to that of the star, Hendricks
pronounces it satisfactory" To boil
ster up the pitching staff Sherden was
secured from Milwaukee. in the Amer
lean Association, as was Robinson from
Little Rock, Ark, in the Southern AS
sociation.
Jack Smith. outfielder, the only real
IJhold-out on the club will appear in
the lineup entirely on his own initia-
tive. as Manager Hendricks has an
nounced he will parley over terms with
him no longer. Heathcote, collegian
from Pennsylvania State, Is almost as
another outfielder, is product of the
st. Louis sand lots, and will be. given
a thorough try-out. This is in line
with the clubs policy to make the team
|. Cincinnati.
With two exceptions the Cincinnati
Nationals will include in their lineup
during the 1918 season. practically the
same names that graced their roster last
year. 1t is question whether Toney,
their star pitcher, will be with them
owing to the draft; Kopf, their regular
shortstop. has entered the Army. while
a young pitcher Edward Gerner, will
likewise be missed. having entered the
service of the United States. Both Kopf
and Gerner are recorded voluntary. re-
tirement," on the Cincinnati club
books.
But even with these players out, the
line-up will look not unlike that of
last year. AS a lead-off Heinie Groh
will be found in his old place at third
base, while Earle Neale, the, left fielder,
will be second in the batting order
Then will come Eddie Roush, champion
hitter of the National League. who
plays center field, and the fourth man
will be Hal Chase. the guardian of the
initial sack. and himself slugger of
the premier honors in this line the
season before last
In catchers the Reds are well sup
piled.
In utility men the Reds probably lead
the league.
Chicago.
A team SO per cent stronger than the
club Of a year ago is Manager Fred
Aitchslrs boast OF the CHICAGO Nation
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Pirates Smother Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April "a
r. II. E.
Nationals ................ 13 II
Louisville (American Association) 4 Q 4
, Batteries-Steele, Sanders and Schmidt; Stroud
Humphries and Kocher, Deyine.
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Records of Rival Pitchers
in Series Of Teams Here

The appended figures give an
Intimate line ON how the pitchers
of the Senators and Yankees. who
start the season at Warrington
tomorrow, have fnred in interclub
games from April. 1915. to dates
NATIONALS PITCHERS VS.. NEW
YORK TEAM.
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Cleveland.

Manager Lee Fohl of the Cleveland
Americans feels that it's the Chtcagos
White Sox against the field in the.
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Grand totals % 70 s40O
swalter Johnson's eleven-year
pitching record against the YAM
KEGS fs as follows, Games, IS;
outs, IL, innings pitched, SIS; at
bat, 1,S0S, runs. 112, hits, 34S;
bases on balls, III, hit batsmcn,
~; struck out, BIS; wild pitches,.
Z2s earned runs, 273 average
earned runs per inning game. 1.04.
YANKEES PITCHERS VS.. WASH
INGTON TEAM.
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NATIONALS PR|MED
FOR THE INAUGURAL
Only Good Weather Needed to
Assure Success of First
Base Ball of Year.
PRESIDENT EXPECTS TO GO
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Day-Tomorrow.
Time o'clock.
Place-American League Park.
Attraction-Griffs and Yankees.
Event-Opening of base ball
season.
Base ball will come into its own
in Washington tomorrow, when.
with the assistance of the New
York club, the Nationals will pry
the lid off the championship cam
paign at the Georgia avenue
grounds. After a starvation diet
during the off season, fans of the
capital are expected to seize the
first opportunity in nearly seven
months for feast on the real
article. Judged by reports of the
advance sale, there will be
monster crowd on hand to give
Clark Grifith's squad hearty
send-off in the grueling race,
: which will end next October.
President Wilson Invited.
Unless the press of his official duties
interferes, President Wilson will attend
and throw out the first ball. The exec
utive is understood to have expressed
n desire to be on hand and has accept
ed the invitation rendered him. contin-
gent upon being able to spare the time
from the demands of his position.
Secretary Tumulty and other officials
of the legislative and executive branches
of the government have arranged
box parties; SO 1t is assured that a
thoroughly representative gathering viii
be on hand for the Inauguration at the
hub Of the republic of another season
of the national sport.
Although subjected to nearly week
Of descending moisture in some form
or other the field had dried sufficiently
yesterday afternoon to permit of bat
ting practice by the Nationals and with
good weather prevailing now the
grounds should be in first class condi-
tion for the contest tomorrow.
As has been the case on all but one
or two occasions since the Kansan be-
the pitching for the Griffmen. while
either Russell or Mogridge. the latter a
southpaw, will work for the Yanks. ac-1
cording to Manager Huggins, instead of
Ray Caldwell. the ace of the New York
star.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Chicago.

A team SO per cent stronger than the
club OF, a year ago is Manager Fred
Mitchelrs boast of the Chicago Nation
(Coutinued On Second Pagel 81
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
LOANS TO ALLIES MOUNT.
Now Reach Sc. .492 100000: France
Gets 500, 600 900 More

Washington, July 81 In nnnounc-
ing Yesterday that credits Ia allied coy
erntncnts hv the nitcd States bad roach
cd S6. .492 ,0iO,000, Treasury officials ex-
plalncd that secrecy would be main
tanned concerning the disposition Of this
money MS n means of Withholding IN
formation which might be valuable 10
the enemy Reports that the Treasury
was considering making public the allied
purchases IN this country, most ot which
are financed by the United States Gov
ernmcnt, were denied
The lnter-Alllcd Council of France
and Purchases, of which Oscar I Crosby,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
is President row forwards periodically
to the Treasury from London or Paris
ltemizcd estimates Of thc ioodstuffs
war materials. or other supplies needed
for future months The reports are
carefully inspected by American officials
ms the basis ON which new credits or
plans are made from time to time The
reports are also intended to determine
priority of shipment Of the commodities
To the various allies
The Allies are now getting about s10,-
600 600 day from the United States
The Treasury today advanced 500 900
600 to France, S9000.0 .0W To Belgium
and $1,000, 600 to Siberia.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
mr.. GREENFIELD SHIFTING
HIS HERD Of REINDEER
Needs New Blood, So Medical
Missionary Will Move Group
to Canadian Labrador.

st Johns. Y T.. July Is htcr -
years of expcrlmcntis-, ~ the raislng Q
Lapland reindeer in northern Newfound-
land Dr Wlfrcd L GrcnfclI the Lab
rador medical missionary. has decided
to transfer his herd 10 Canadian i.aDrador.
An effort will be madc there 10 introduce
a strain Of native caribou blood INTO The
herd which has dctcrioratcd through
wears Of breeding Territory west o
Bell Isle STRAIT IN Canadian Labrador
has been selected for the new enterprise
Dr Grcnfell has long held tie theory
that the caribou might bc inbred with
reindeer 10 produce highly efficient
draft animal, suitable fer ggc along The
Nortd coast He was unable 70 give
his theory thorough test IN \ ~iouhd-
land The country selected as the new
home Of The reindeer IS remote from
settled areas and c"nsldcrcd 9ell sIdtcd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
AMERICANS THRASH
GUARDS IN DAYS BATTLE
Kaiser's Seasoned Shock Troops
No Match for Valor of Boys
Under Stars and Stripes.

London July 81 Describing the at
tack OF the Fourth Guard division on
the Americans, who are now organizing
their line after their victory, Reuter- S
correspondent with the American army,
telegraphing Monday. says the Amer
cans were at considerable disadvantage
in numbers in this fighting He writes
There was no holding the crack
fr,sh-picked division Of guards as it
came down the hill The Americans
had TO give ground 70 weight OF num-
bers and fought back step by step through
Sergy down to the Ourcq. They were very
far from done with. however, and before
the Germans realized it they had been
forced to yield ground and were pushed
clear through the village.
That was the beginning of a des-
perate struggle which continued all day.
Each side In turn had possession of the
village until the evening, when the
Americans with final fury of determine
ton. swept the Germans from the ruins
and then up the hill, broke another
counter-attack of the German guards and
remained victorious on field where the
ene1ny's dead actually lay in heaps.
The piles of German dead were all the
more noticeable, the correspondent adds,
SINCE the guards came into the fight
with brand-new equipment as if they
had turned out for parade before the
KAISER
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
100000 TONS MONTHLY
ALLIED SHIPPING GAIN
New Figures Prove Entente IS
Beyond Danger Of Tirpitz's
U-Boat Campaign.

London. July 3l-Sir ErisI Geddcs,
First Lord 81 the British Admiralty,
gave the House Of Commons Yesterday a
review of the naval situation and par
ticularly defended the policy of start
ing national shipbuiidiAG yards, IN dis
cJlssing the shIphmlding program IN
connection with the Ravv est Inates.
The First Lord compared the sltua-
ton today regarding tonnage with that
nf a wear ago. Then the net loss in ton
mage he said. was $4,000 gross tons
monthly. Submarines then were not
beng DESTROYED as fast as the Germans
were building them, while the merchant
>hipvhrds were short OF men and material.
-Four hundred thousand tons net loss
monthly was the British deficit Every
ward HAT could take naval work had been
put on naval building
Gradually during the last wear, SIR
Eric continued, the position had changed
IN many directions Instead OF losing ton
mage the worlds net result IN the last
quarter had been a gain roughly OF 100, 1000
tons 2 month The Allied and neutral
world was as we'll of on June so as on
January /. 1918. This result. he declared,
mad been obtained by reduced slnkIngs
and increased buildings
/ ne reduced Sl1klIgS Lau DetIl aTIIftI
AT, Sir Erlc said, by greater productive
effort devoted 10 warships and small craft
of an anti-subnar1ne character Nothing
was included OF commandeered or ac-
ouired tonnage III this result
The problem of d year ago was con-
sidered bv many almost InconceIvable
and insoluble," /" Sir Eric continued "Mer-
cantile carrying power was being sunk at a
rate which soon would have meant an IN
ability 10 continue the war. and there was
no tried, recognized means OF combating
tire J-boat campaign. Il was necessary
to provide a building program of anti
submarine craft, mines. other appliances
and merchant ships on greatly increased
scale.
The total increase IN labor last year
IN shipbuildlng yards and marine en-
gineering works was 81. 600 The original
demand of year ago was for $4,000
additional, part of them skilled Owing
TO events on the western front and the
great demands for technical men for the
ar force and the army, II was impossible
TO obtain the proper quota of skilled men
bv their withdrawal from the army In
skilled men were offered freely but they
could not be absorbed because Of the lack
OF skilled men.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
CHARLIE SCHWAB HEADS
BIG COMMUNITY SING
Opera Stars on Program For the
Launching of Liberty Song
at Willow Grove

Philadelphia. July n The largest
sing ever attempted will bc launched at
Willow Grove tonight by eharles VI
Schwah
1t will hc participated N by y monster
altering Of Liberty sing adherents The
Sing will open Al 9 o'clock and continue
until after u Singers of national reputa-
tion on the opcratIc stage will sing at the
musicale and lead he thtong III the rendi-
tIon of the patriotic songs
Charles VI Schwab, who launched the
tidal wave that Is due to swamp the
Hun, has been selected 70 launch his
movement. which wall affect virtually
cvnrylodv III the country il tie plans ~ ITS
sponsors are realized Mr. Schwab will
arrive IN this city late tins evening. and he
will l,c met by MIR and Mrs L + Stotcs-
bury. who Will escort him 10 Willow
Grove. where Mr. Schwab will deliver the
speech OF tho evening
The platform NJ Willow Grove has hrcn
extended 10 sent tho 300 song leaders who
will lead the assembled multitude IN song.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

An unnistakable son Of Erin entered a
crowded street car. with a short-stemmed
pipe In the corner Of his mouth
The conductor eyed him with great
disfavor for several moments and then,
seeing that Pat exhibited no apparent
tendency to correct the error Of his way,
strode into the car, tapped the offender
on the shoulder, and spoke as follows:
Don't you know that you cant smoke
in this carr"
'Im not smokingP' came the reply
''You are" retorted the representative
of the railway company.
I'm notI' said Pat
well" demanded the irate official
sarcastically, you've got your pipe in
your mouth, haven't you"
81 have" replied Pat calmly, ''and I've
got me feet in me shoes, too, but I'm not
walking am Pr Everybody's Magazine
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
CALLS OUR SOLDIERS
BRAVE,BUT RECKLESS
Don't Underestimate Their Fight
ing Qualities, Though, Berlin
is Told; Lies Repeated.

Amsterdam. July 5l-'ln the battle
between the Aisnc and the Marine the
Entente for the first time threw American
forces INTO the tlfe,,, writes the Bcr I'm
Ncrwacrts correspondent NJ the front
under date of July - As a result of per
sonal inquiries among the divisions of Cen.
Won Etzcl and Won Waiter III the centre
of the German front, | am able to state
the following:
The Americans fought partly in
scrrIcd divisions, partly Incorporated
IN the French forces OF the regiments
now IN the battle most have been over n
wear IN France: the others We're only
specifically trained in America and ON
the Continent Their equipment Is excel
lent throughout,
The new American Army, like the
French, has a number of Negro divisions.
hut these have not Yet been thrown INTO
the battle
Among the American prisoners a
surprisingly large percentage bear Ger
man names They say men of German
descent are prominent among the Amerl-
can Army leaders
The c0nscnSts of opinion among our
front troops IS that the fighting value of
the American soldiers should IN nowlsc
l.c undcrratcd BoaStful of their American
superiority and IN high spirits, owing To the
fuisomc hatterv of the French public, they
rush into the tire with naive rcclIessncss,
ltlt a5 they have not Yet learned To fight
in extended order. and how 10 protect
themselves sEllfulIy from artillery fire.
their losses are immensely heavier than
the others.
The piles of American dead for IN
stance. fronting Monthlcrs Hill Is only
comparable with the Russian corpse
>tr,.wn fields at the time of RrISsllott 5
offensive
''kccn as the Americans arc IN attack,
thcN are clumsy enough IN defense MI
The German couutcr-thrust>, even hy the
smallest dctachmcnts have - far been
successful when directed against the
Americans
From Julv II, when thr German
counter action set IN. the Americans
suffered casualties. which officers who
participated place at between 80 and
- per cent. The result WAS that several
American divisions had To hc relieved
after they had seen no more than hve
days fighting.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
WAR HAL TED TRADE
WITH SOUTH AME RIGA
u. S. Exports to Argentina De
crease Because of Lack
of Ships.

Washington. july 81 & commercial re-
lations between the United States and
South America are in serious condition
because of the war
The lack of shipping has caused "A de-
crease IN the amount OF manufactured
goods exported to Argentina, and the
factories of that country are unable to
meet the demand Some of the factories
require raw materials that have formerly
been obtained in the United States and
have been compelled to shut down or
greatly to curtall their forces.
The entrance of the nltcd states INTO
the war marked the end of extensive ship
ping between this country and Argentina.
Besides few steamships some sailing
vessels still visit Argentina, according to
consular adviccs but they arc So small
that navigation is dangerous and they do
not even approximate the demands of
commerce The most needed articles are
heavy iron castings and coal
Argentine business men are greatly
concerned because some of tho vessels
arriving nj Bucnos \ res have come IN
ballast. caused they say, by the fact that
they were sent away from the | nited
States hurricdly to get the cargocs OF
products IN Argentina that are needed IN
this country
The United States has credit Of
S60. .OO0OOO IN Bucnos AIRES which will
be increased. according to this iniorma-
ton. hy $40. 900 600 Ia he used rs a basis
Of exchange in trade II Is said tins
situation requires diplomatic arrange
rncnt and that this ~ one of the affairs to
occupy the attention Of Ambassador Naon,
who has Just returned to Washington
after SIX months absence
Materials from Argentina sought by
the nitcd states and the other nations
mt war with Germany include beef sheep,
hides and wool. principally AccordIng to
official figures recently issued hy the
Argentina government there arc Su,W0.-
600 sheep in tho republic rs compared
with $4,000. 900 IN 1914 the last year IN
which figures are available The wool
clip last wear was stiu atcd at l40,W0,0O0
kllos valued Mt approximately Sl50,Wo,-
600 The total exports OF Argentina last
year aggregated about l15,00O,0o0 and
tho imports 500, 900 There were
3. 600. 900 head Of cattle exported, prin-
cIpallv 10 the nited States, England and
France.
To meet the situation caused by the
lack Of ships the Argentina government
has decided to change several old war
ships to merchant vessels and to buy
more ships wherever they can be fuond
This is another Of the problems with
which Ambassador Naon will deal
Similar conditions are reported from
Chile Exports from the United States
Of manufactured goods have been vir-
tually suspended except on limited num-
ber OF articles Complaint is made that
large number Of vessels from the United
States arrive at Chilean ports IN ballast
TO bring nltratcs 10 the United States
Urgent requests have been made to this
country TO permit those vessels TO carry
cargocs of needed commodities.