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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-06
Miss Marian White Writes an Interest.
ing and Entertaining Letter to
Freeman.JOurnal From
Capital.
MARCHED IN LIBERTY PARADE
Eleven Webster City Girls Room Near
Eacl. Other and Meet Every
Week.

The Freeman Journal is in receipt OF
a very interesting letter from Miss
Marian White, formerly reporter on
this paper, now in Washington, d. c..
where she is now doing stenographic
work. 1t follows:
Washington, D. c., April 2-Dear
Freeman Journal People: After hav-
ing enjoyed ten days of Washington
l am prepared to tell of few things
of interest. But, first, let me say that
I have felt more than one twinge Of
home sickness and I have missed the
old Freeman-Journal Office more than
you will ever know.
Something worth while happene
Yesterday. I marched in the third
Liberty Loan parade. Probably every
Webster City girl connected with gov
eminent work in Washington had the
same honor-and it was an honor. In
wears to come, we can say that we
did our bit" for world democracy in
more ways than one for, aside from
working for the government, we
marched in the third Liberty LoaE
parade Liberty Day in Washington
down Pennsylvania avenue for several
miles, it seemed, on the hardest cobble
stones you ever heard OF.
Movie Men Out.
The movie men were there in ali
their glory, so when you go to the pi =
ture show and view the scenes that
took place in Washington. d. c., Lib
erty Day, get out your strong glasses
and look closely after you see the big
war risk insurance banner for l am
almost Immediately behind it, holding
a part of a large American flag.
It was wonderful to see the soldier S
stationed here and there, and the
policemen, salute the flag we carried.
The parade formed at 1880 near the
capital. At 2 o'clock it started on the
long march down Pennsylvania avenue
(known here as "the avenueO. The
long line of paraders, which included
all of the government employees both
in the offices and the outside establish
ments, the soldiers, sailors and other
military men, many of the workers in
various business establishments, the
Campfire Girls. and some twenty-five
bands, wendell their way down the ave-
nue. from capitol to White House. And
there, in an automobile in front of the
mansion, was President Woodrow VIII
son. AS we passed, he raised his hat
in salutation to the large flag we were
carrying. This was the first time !
had gotten to see the president. He
has kindly face and is much better
looking than his pictures, think. He
is compelled to carry his arm in a
sling, the result of the accident he suf-
fered recently when he burned one
hand to the bone on a red hot pipe on
the big war tank in which he rode up
the avenue. Mrs. Wilson sat in the
car also. She is fine looking woman
but is somewhat older than l had
imagined her.
Soxv Dufh Low
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-06
To Farmers Growing Sorghum.

Am installing new power sorg-
hum press, so that l can make up
considerable sorghum cane in addi-
ton to my own raising.
fl* Lloyd p. Bell, Stratford, Iowa
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-06
Saw Ruth Law.

We were in the very first part of the
parade and when we had gotten to the
end of our journey found ourselves
quite near the clearing where Ruth
Law, the aviatrix, made her flights. By
edging our way through the throngs
of people we managed to get near the
front row and obtain close view of
Miss Law and her machine. We saw
her start and finish two splendid flights
in one of which her machine did the
dip the dip Tor some other thing quite
as bad) right over our heads before it
had gone up very high. All held their
breath for an instant, thinking that
something had happened and she was
going to fall After we had watched
both flights to their finish we went
back to the Office for minute and then
back on the avenue and-will you be-
lieve it?-the parade was still passing.
So, aside from being in the parade,
can say that I watched it. In fact l
can say that l was bored by it, for they
kept coming and coming. Girls and
men with big flags or individual flags,
companies of men in khaki or blue,
companies of girls in khaki, blue or
other uniforms, girls dressed in white,
girls dressed in blue and white, men
with red, white and blue headgears,
girls with yellow crepe paper hats and
streamers, pretty floats, etc, etc. Tha
streets for blocks and blocks were
lined with people and from every win
dow, balcony and the tops of buildings
could be seem masses of onlookers.
The sidewalks and streets were sepa-
rated with ropes and. aside from this
every Boy Scout in the city was out
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-06

Fred Wilder, north of town, has
bought a new passenger baby grand
Chevrolet.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-06

Some sneak thief stole the coils
out of DR.. H. w. Lundell's new car
the other evening while it stood in
front of his home.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
|LAJO|E A FREE AGENT
National Commission Annuls Toron-
to Contract and Transfer to Brook
lyn-Goes to Indianapolis.

CINCINNATI, April 1s.-Napoleon
Lajoie was declared a free agent by
the national base ball commission in a
finding promulgated today. Lajoie re-
quested that he be declared a free
agent after he had received notice of
his release from the Toronto club to
the Brooklyn club. He based his con-
tention on clause IL of the players
fraternity agreement. which says. in
part, that "a player who has been in
the major and the class AA leagues
for any portion of the playing season
of fifteen different years shall receive
his unconditional release"
The commission ruled the reservation
rights of the Toronto club to the
player. under an Illegal contract, null
and void and then annulled his trans
fer to the Brooklyn club, thus declar-
ing him a free agent.
INDIANAPOLIS. April 13.-Napoleon
Lajoie, who today was declared a free
agent by the national base ball COM
mission. is on his way to Indianapolis
to assume the management of the To-
cal american Association) club. ac-
cording to word received by Owner
James c. McGilr this evening. Lajoie
will take charge of the Indianapolis
club tomorrow at its first exhibition
game on the home grounds this sea-
son. This game will be against the
Cleveland club. with which Lajoie
played for twelve seasons.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
PATRIOTIC GOLD ROMAN D
Comiskey Again to Give Red Cross
10 Per Cent Of Chicago Receipts.

CHICAGO. April 13.-Ten per cent of
the receipts Of all games played at the
Chicago American League Park this sea-
son will be donated to the Red Cross.
Charles A. Comiskey. owner of the club,
announced tonight Comiskey's contribu-
tions to the Red Cross last season totaled
$4,000.
Jackies from the Great Lakes naval
training station and soldiers from Fort
Sheridan have been invited to attend the
opening game Of the season here Tues
day when the world champions play st.
Louis. -
Evening star., 1918-04-14
W0ODSTONE FIRST
IN BOWIE FEATURE
Beats All Smiles in Liberty
Bond Handicap Before
Big Crowd.

Woodstone won the Liberty Bond han.
dicap at Bowie yesterday. but had All
Smiles been fortunate enough to have
racing luck he would have been the
winner. He finished second. after over.
on the first turn.
A big crowd was out to bid the horses
goodbye at Bowie. On Tuesday the
sport will be resumed at Havre de
Grace.
The Summaries.
First race. purse $500; three. .year-olds an,
upward; claiming: one mile-Pharaoh, IL:
(Doyle). $500. $4.e0. $4.10, won; Glory Belle
10s (sfcAtee), $3.50, $3.50, second; Candidate I'd
s5 tErickson). s6.10. third. Time, Lab Is
Prince Philsthorpe, Disturber and Garish su,
also ran.
Second race. purse, 5000; four.year.olds an,
one sas Y
$40. won: Miss Fannie. lO4 tEricksonj, $ao
s2;7o. second; Dartmouth. 112 tRice). $40
third. Time. 1.os 2-5. Costumer and Fred,
Third race. purse. 5000; three.:year.olds ant
claiming s1
Marxery. 1os tRodriane.,. $3.50. third. Time Time
LII 2-5. Anxiety, Mieo Girl and Freuchy als'
Fourth race, purse. $500: the Liberty Bont
handicap: three-year-olds and upward: one mile
Woodstone. lip (Rodriquez). S430. s2.70. So 20
won; All Smiles ITO (Rice). $3.50. 1870, sec
ond; Cobalt Lass, 90 (Erickson). $3.50. third
Time. LAG Is. Judge Wingheld and Kat.
Bright also ran.
Fifth race, purse. 5000; threeyear-olds ant
upward; claiming; one mile and a furlong-
Progressive, 104 (Rodriquex), $3.50, 50. so sec
ond; Poor Butterfly. 81 (Erickson), 1920, third
Time. 2.02. Egm6nt, Napoleon and Rosewatel
also ran.
sixth race. purse. 5000; three-year-oids ant
upward; claiming; one mile-OdaEsque, q
Broderick. es (Rodrquez). $4.eO, $500, second
Inguieta. 1o5 lstalker), $3.50, third. Time
LAB 20. Navy W. and Thomas also ran.
upward; claiming; one mile and sixteenth
Boxer. lot tstaiker). $3.50. ss.4o 800 won
Pebelus, 112 (McAtee), 800, third Time
1.54 2-5. Kilix. Edith Baumann and Billy olive,
also ran.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

The draft has taken several good men
from the Pittsburgh team-such as
Evans and Milligan, pitchers while IN
fielder Boeckel and Pitcher Ponder have
enlisted, but a we'll balanced team re-
mains, consisting of several fine young
players to add to a foundation of old
timers. The acquisition of Cutshaw and
Steneel from the Brooklyn club has
strengthened the local team In seyerai
ways, and has bolstered up the IN
field, which was very erratic In per-
Torrance last year.
With Hinchman back in the game TO
add to Carey and Stengel in the out
field it looks as if this combination
will compare favorably with any of
the others in the National League.
Mollwitz and Cutshaw art first and sec
ond have been tried and found to be
reliable. but shortstop and third base
are still problems, although some
splendid prospects are in view, such as
Cation, Stumpf. McKechnie and Pftler,
while as an extra man for the outfield
Manager Bezdek has King and Bigbee
to fall back on.
In the pitching department the force
looms up strong, with Cooper. one Of
the best left-handers in the game, to
lead off with. and Miller. Jacobs, Carl
SON, Hamilton. Steele. Hill. Harmon and
Sanders to back him up. 1t may be that
this squad will be trimmed down to the
best six men, which will give Bezdek
a very strong combination. The acqui-
no doubt prove big uplift to the team.
as his arm appears to be- sound in the
practice work down south. He is a
heady man behind the bat, and always
ers are Willard Smith. Walter Schmidt,
Fred Blackwell. Ben Shaw and William
Wagner. This list will be later cut to
three catchers.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
President Tener Assigns Umpires.

NEW YORK. April 13.-President Tene
of the National League today announce
the following assignments OF umpires 10
the opening games Of the base ball sea
son next Tuesday:
At Cincinnati--O'Day and Byron.
At Philadelphia KLEIN and EmsliA
At New york--Rigier and Moran.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Randolph Macon, s; Hopkins, 5.

BALTIMORE. Nd. April 13.--on ae-
count of Randolph-Macon base ball
team having started for Baltimore be-
fore they received the cancellation
from Johns Hopkins because OF wet
grounds, the officials of Hopkins con-
sented to go through with the game,
which resulted in a victory for Ran
dolph-Macon by a score of 8 to 5.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Maisel May Make Good.

It wouldn't surprise me If Maise1 got
going for the Browns and proved a val
liable man. He is fast on his feet, a
pretty good hitter. hard man to pitch
to and a fine fielder. His tough luck
during the last few years has naturally
robbed him of some of his confidence.
Once he gets that back, Fritz is liable
to do things that Will make him mighty
popular with the st. Louis fans. In Joe
|Gedeon the Browns get a second sacker
who can field his position, Since re-
turning to the majors he has had his
troubles at the bat. He takes a healthy
cut at the ball. looks them over well
at the plate and looks as If he ought
to hit In justice to Joe, it must be
stated that during the greater part Of
last year he was about twenty pounds
under weight, due to illness.
From a catching standpoint the
Browns will be well cared for. There
are few more valuable catchers than
Hank SEVERED. He can do everything
a good catcher ought to do. and do it
well. For his running partner he gets
Leslie Nunamaker, a sweet hitter. a fine
receiver and a great thrower. Both
are gluttons for work. SO that the
Browns are well fortified back of the
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY JOHNNY yAETH.

Gently approach the foul line
from a position about eight feet
away and as you let the ball 20
down the alleys drop on your right
knee, OF left. or whichever one
you are most used to knee1lng
ON, and twist your wrist around
the opposite way just two and
One-half times. The twist OF the
wrist fmparts q motion to tho
ball which even the pin boy cam
mot resist. and the bend Of the
knee indicates such q suppliant
attitude that the pins hardly can
refuse to fall.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
DUCKPINBODY SHOULD CONTROL.
BOWLING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Game Needs Centralized Supervision in
( Order to Carry Out Krauss' Cham
pionship Ideas-Frst Team Entry
for Tourney.
By CURLEY.


majority players with
another in order always
ANGLES ramon ourna another
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Doc Ayers Daughter Seriously III.

Doc Ayers failed to show up for prao-
tice with the Griffmen yesterday. hav-
ing been detained at his home at Hills
vile. va, by the serious illness Of his
young daughter. who is suffering with
pneumonia. 1t depends upon her con-
dition whether the pitcher Will De on
hand for the opening tomorrow.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY BILL RIDER.

Develop q fast curve ball.
That's all there II to 1t. There's
nothing else that will SO fool the
batter and nothing that will SO
fool you II you control 1t. That's
what my experience has taught
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY IKE FIELD.

Wear light, fast shoes. With
them you can develop exceptional
bursts of speed, and speed is q
requisite for getting good hits
II You control it That's the way
I make my records.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
SUNBEAMS OF BOWLING
BY HARRY KRAUss.

Take position far enough
away from the foul line to en-
able you to get a good view of
No. and No. o. Aim for them
and throw the ball down the
alley with all your might. II
your aim In good you probably
will get some pins with your
first ball. II You don't, You may
get them with your second and
third. Only, II you miss with
your first, aim your second and
third flfngs at the roof. The
game Is easy, as all you have to
do is to knock down the pins.
Act as II you don't care II they
fall or NOT.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY CHARLEY MORGAN.

First and most important thing
to do In to put ON enough weight
SO that you are prevented from
stopping when you let 20 the
ball. It's NO use to 60 farther
until you have accomplished that
much.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
INTEREST IN GAME STIMULATED
BY MANY SALES AND TRADES
Record Number of Deals Involving Star
Players and Huge Sums Should
Prove Boon to Base Ball.

bat In Bert Gallia. secured from
washington, the Browns get q pitcher
who has all kinds Of stun. Perhaps
Fielder Jones can develop him into a
consistent winner.
A resume Of conditions ct St. Louis
shows the followers of the Browns
there Is much interest in the new play
ers. Their coming has created GER
tain amount of enthusiasm that could
be stirred up in no other way. The
win be carefully followed. The deals
made by the St Louis club were
master moves. No matter where the
club finishes, the fans wf1l be more
management has made every effort 70
give them run for their money. To
have stood pat with the team that
failed to please would have been court
ing disaster. because the base ball tan
Is most critical
Boston Makes Additions.
Conditions at St Louis are reelected
in every other city where the manage
ment has made strenuous effort to
get together clubs that would please.
Don't think Boston fans don't appre-
ciste the efforts of the two clubs In
that city. Instead of curling up and
quitting when star after star was lost
| because of players going into service.
the Boston management set about to
repair the breaks in the lineup. Joe
Bush, with his speed and fine curve. is
Strunk, in centerield, will make the
| fans almost believe iris Speaker is
back. Then there is the hard-hitting
| Wally Schang and the brilliant Stuffy
McInnis to enthuse over.
Imagine adding one of the greatest
batteries in the history OF the game
| to your team and You have the Chicago
| situation. Grover Cleveland Alexander
Ia NJ ~ eAv ~ fr,c ffov,
| to draw to. SO 1t is only natural that
| Cub fans look forward to the 1918 cam
paign with pleasure and interest.
mny sr 1syS ps, tns STARS % apps Of shs s. sme
enough strength to send the Cubs
out in front. That remains to be seen.
It is quite a burden to put on the
In addition, Dode Paskert, a fine out
i nelder. is another added Cub starter.
Make Many Good Deals.
| Pittsburgh gets two valuable men IN
tstengel and Cutshaw. Brooklyn I'm re-
turn gets Pittsburgh's crack pitcher.
Mamaux. The New York Giants lose
II B0sssa syer Sn1 n hm rsaupn
come the popular Larry Doyle and
Pitcher Jesse Barnes. Mike Kahoe.
| who knows q good pitcher when he
| sees one and who got Barnes for the
| Braves. says Barnes is certain to be
| a big winner for McGraw. At Wash
| ington Johnny Lavan and Bert Shot
| ton will come in for consideration
from the Capital city fans. Lavan is
! wonderful fielder. In Bert Shotton.
| Griffath gets one of the best outfielders
| in the American League. At Phila-
| delphia Connie Mack may spring the
| big surprise of the year with his bunch
| of reiuvenated athletes. 1t is the same
| everywhere, new faces galore for the
fans to pass comment on
kind of. year base ball will pass
through in 1918. Regardless of what
happens, the magnates cannot be CEN
| sured All of them have made every
possibIe effort to create conditions that
| would arouse interest and stir up en-
| thusiasm. Let us trust they have the
right ideas.
Copyright, 1918. By W. G. Evans.)
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY DICK BARBER.

About the best point I know is,
II you are In the habit of miss
Ing one-pin spares, leave your
second ball ON the rack and roll
your third second.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Navy Beats Hopkins at Lacrosse.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. April 13.--Nayy de-
feated Johns Hopkins lacrosse team here
today by the score Of u TO 0.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY SKINNEY CARROI,L.

The most important thing to
my mind when begiRning to
learn to bowl In to put into eff
feet the old adage, ~Cussing
won't make the fsh hfte.o
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY JACK WILLIAMs
BY POP HALEY,

Send in your entry for the
tournament and get your Arst
experience In that.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

Act hard every minute of the
time you are rolling. Make the
pins feel you are going to eat
'em mp. Look glum as You can
and never. never, by my means
SO fnr forget yourself ms to
Evening star., 1918-04-14
BY BILLY EVANS.

Next to a winner, the base ball fan
relishes a change In the makeup OF
his team. Since there can be only
few winners and an equal number OF
runners up in the major leagues. own
ers and managers have acted on the
theory that the fan relishes new faces
If the team is unable to win. The past
winter has been unusual In base ball
from the standpoint OF trades and sales
Deals involving star players and large
amounts Of cash have been made with
frequency that almost makes one
Dizzy. The maghatss have undoubtedly
acted wisely. because the game can
stand any movement that will tend to
stimulate interest. d
Interest in the st. Louis Browns was
SON closed. During the. previous season
the Browns had shown flashes of un-
usual strength. The st. Louis fans
were hopeful that their American
league representative would come
through.
Then something happened to the
Browns. when fandom was most nope.
full The dependable Weilmar was Put
out of the running for the season pc.
cause of an operation. Hamilton 1aliec
ness kept Koob from doing anything
like consistent work. Probably lacH
of harmony also did considerable tc
keep the Browns in the also-ran- class
Late in the year this fact cropped out
when Infielders Pratt and Lawn took
their employer to task. Things looked
rather bad from an American League
standpoint when the 1917 season closed
st. Louis Fans. Have Changes.
Now, with the opening Of the 1915
campaign at hand, the clouds have q
silver lining from the st. Louis point
Of view. Pratt and Lavan, who couldn'
agree with the man who pays the sal
aries, have been sent elsewhere, Sc
that any friction that possibly existed
on their account will have been elimi'
mated. Lavan goes to Washington
Americans. Both are good men. but
without a doubt they had lost theil
punch as far as doing st. Louis any
good was concerned. In return fol
these players st. Louis gets number
Of men who may I'LL the bill accept.
ably. OF course, that remains to be
seen.
Fritz Maisel, who would have brought
a fancy price two years ago IL placed
on the market. is one of the players
York in the deal for Pratt. Until New
York secured Frank Baker. Fritz
Maisel was a most valuable asset tc
the New York inf1eld. The New York
owners figured the securing of Baker
would be big card. and put over the
deal with Mack at fancy figure. Third
base is the only position Baker car
play. Therefore 1t was necessary thai
Fritz Maisel make way for the home
run king" 1t was believed Maise
might be made over INTO an outflelder
and later he was tried at second base
While playing the outfield Maisel suf-
fered a broken coIlarbone. which put
him out for several months. Wher
he came hack, his arm troubled him
Since that time he has played utility
roles for the Yankees.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

This team completed schedule for inspectors,
LEAGUE RECORDS.
High team game-Maintenance, SEQ.
High team set-Maintenance, 1927.
High individual average-G. Hughes, Mainte-
nance, 104-35.
High individual game-Robertson. Construction.
I42.
Greatest number strikes-Crosen, Maintenance.
Greatest number spares-Hughes, Maintenance,
1853.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

BY HARRY sTANFdRD.
Don't learn. You might have to
carry a team through a whole
season, as have.
The Dolores star., 1918-07-26
Pleasant hili.

Frank Weaver went to Mancos Sun
day to play with the Dolores ball team.
Frank Baxstrom, Charlie Rocker
and Mr.. Stearman went fishing last
Saturday; returning on Monday.
A hungry skunk helped himself to
eight or nine of Mrs. Mary Baxstrom' s
chickens. aA
The second cutting of hay Is start
ing out very good.
Miss Clara Osterfeld sold one dozen
of her three-months-old rabbits to the
Southern hotel at Dolores Monday.
She says it is fun to take care of them,
but we say, it is profitable too.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Simmons and
Mrs. Frank Baxstrom were up to visit
grandpa and grandma Osterfeld Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ormiston came
out from Dolores Sunday to visit the
home folks.