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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
ny PAUL PuRMiN

The outstanding feature OF the
early baseball season this year that
strikes me most forclbly u the short
arc Of inflelders on many OF the
clubs In both major leagues.
Good lnfieIders az general rule
or not picked up every day. and the
number that have been taken by the
draft and enlistments has given sev-
eral managers no end OF worry.
At Hot Springs. whore the Red
eox and Dodgers are training. both
clubs face this situation.
wiIbert Robinson has a much bet
Ter looking club than last year. all
In all, with the exception OF his in.
field The inner defense % the
Dodgers is likely 10 be pretty weak
this year unless Maguate Ebbetts il
able to come TO some agreement by
which Larry LaJoie will BE- brought
70 the club.
Al the time this Is written there
seems to be little chance that the
Old veteran will Join the Dodgers.
Iajoie declares he will quit baseball
before he win play with Robinson's
outfit and Larry IL not much given
to making threats which he does not
intend to carry out.
should Larry play. he will be val.
uabie. not only In filling In the sec
ond sack. but also in substituting for
Daubert on first.
Robinson IL pretty wen fixed At
first and short with Daubcrt and
Olson. Both are finished veterans
who should hi, well above $50. But
II Larry isn't on the Job the second
base position viii likely give Robin.
son lot Of trouble. lie has two
infielders trying for the Job now.
O'Rourke and O'Mara. one Of these.
likely the former. must be played at
third to take Chuck Wards place.
Ward was drafted while in training
camp.
ORourke was with the club a part
Of last season. His work In the field
was fair. but he couldn't hit Ma
tionai league pitching with any de
gree Of consistency. O'Mara was for
merIy with the Dodgers. His main
trouble was weak hitting. but he
managed 20 bat better than 300 IN
the Southern league last year and
may be somewhat improved
Robinson should get good
pitching this year. The vet
Grams. Coombs and Marquard.
may be expected to win about
their usual number Of games.
Coombs Is mt an age where II
u difficult to predict how he
viii last out a season hut right
now he Il i'm better shape than
Al Mamaux. a wiser youngster than
Al Mamaux. wiser younster than
he has been since breaking into the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09

Here Jess willard. champion prize.
fighter. and Fred Fulton. who would
like to 10 champion. are seen clasp.
ing each others hands and conRratu.
iating themselves upon having sign.
ed an agreement TO fight on Indc.
pendence day.
This picture was taken immediate.
~ after they signed up for the fight.
Willard is tho man wearing the light
hat; Fulton In beneath the dark hat
Both seem tickicd about somcthing.
Surely. II II not that they are eager
to pound each other. 90 blacken each
others eyes. and cause the blood 20
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
Naval Training
Team, a Hummer

a speedy ball team viii be put into
the field this season by the naval
training station on the university
campus.
Tho recruiting work. which has
just been resumed. Is expected 10
bring in players from all parts OF the
Northwest
The team viii have a big league
battery. Paul Strand was in the box
several seasons for the Boston Ma
tionala. and Tom Cunningham. who
caught for Seattle last year. was sold
20 Brooklyn.
The squad includes such men as
Boaiman. Beam. Daily. Penowich
and LorentE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
BARRY EXPECTED HERE
TODAY FOR KING BOUT

Jim Barry. crack California light
heavyweight. was expected to arrive
from the south late Tuesday and
begin work for his bout with
Mickey King. the main event OF the
Arena show next Tuesday,
Barry will begin working out with
Bronco Immediately. Pete Muldoon
is helping stage the smoker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
"A GRAND WAY TO DIE"

Lauding the bulldog tenacity of
Great Britain. the herois-n OF France
and the skin OF America, former Sen.
ovation when he spoke, Monday
night. nt the Overseas club. 1904
Fourth ave.
Piles said he knew OF no grander
way to meet inevitable death than
10 give up ones life for the allies
cause
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
M'Goorty Clips
His Man on Ear in
Second; S'Enough
BY ALTMAN
BY AHERS
BY BLOSSER

RACINE. Wis. April s.-"Ths
nlddleweight title Is as good as
mine" EDDIE McCoorty claims today.
The Oshkosh battier celebrated hssl
return to the ring with a victory
over Frankie Brennan Of Detroit
here last night Flooring his man
twice for counts OF nine in the first
round, Eddie finished web a clip
back OF the ear in the seNS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
JOHNSON WINS THREE
CUSHION HANDICAP

Walter johnson won the three
cushion handicap match % billiards
at the Pope Sibley room Monday
night. playing ssaina, Chase Smiley.
champion Of the Northwest. Siblcy
was 90 points short In tho game.
which finished the block and match.
"a 20 90.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
Leonard Had Class
But Failed of a X. O.

PHILADELPHIA. April s.-Ben-
ny Leonard Is nursing a crouch. The
champion lightweight failed TO
knock on, Young Joe Borrell here
at the Olympia club last night But
Benny showed his true class TO the
3 600 fans by clearly outboxing the
Philadelphia man in every second
Of the six rounds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
a. TEAMS ENTERED IN
BIG BOWLING CONTEST

spokane's sixth annual bowling
championship contest began Monday
night. when Mayor c. NJ. Fassett
rolled the first ball OF tho tourney.
vancouvcr's five win be the first Of
the - teams entered to roll
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
TOM PLUMB GOT
TIRED: so MlSKE
hnNExES A K. O.

NtSSEAroLis. April s.
nlliy Misks prepared today for a
trip TO Atlanta. Ca. where he
meets Gunboat smith Friday
night Alsks disposed 81 Tom
Cowier here last night with n
technical knockout Ia the rsv.
rnth
Cowirr Was saved by tho bell
In the sixth and went down In
tho srventh thru Sheer cxhaus
ton The Engiishrnan was be-
wiidcrrd all the way BY Mlsko'a
aEErcsaiyeness
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
GEORGE INGLE OFF TO
MEET MUFF BRONSON

George fnglc will leave Tuesday
night for Portland TO defend his
title as coast lightweight champ
against Muff Bronson. George has
been working hard tho last week
and gays no can take care OF any
thing that Muff carries.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
M'MIllAN'S PIGEON
WINS, 80 MILES HOUR

Tho racing pigeon 81 \. J. Me
MILAN won the race Of the Seattle
Pigeon club from Winiock. wash.
on SUNDAY McMlllan's pigeon flew
distarsc OF 81 miles in ] hour So
minutes and IS seconds. One hun.
drcd and one birds. from ~ lofts.
were entered
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
Brooklyn Is Some Faster
Than Last Year, But 1t
Is Not in Top Division
BY Condo.

National league. declares he has com
pietely reformed and will give HIS
entire attention TO pitching ball this
year. II M1maux il right. there are
few pitchers In the league who have
anything on him.
In addition Robinson has Grimes.
Grinsr and Cheney on his first
string pitching staff and the rockies
Pitt. Schmnrdt. Hcightman. Mitch.
ell and Russell Russell was with
the club a while last year.
The Dodger catching staff Is not
particularly strong otto Miller
probably viii have to DO most Of the
receiving and will be assisted by
Kruger. whom Robinson secured
from New York last year. Mack
Wheat will be carried as an extra
catcher.
Tho loas Of zack Wheat 20 the
club will undoubtedly weaken tho
outfIeld. Wheat. an essential 300
hitter. has announced his retirement
from the game and F.bbe,ts has de-
ciared he will make no great effort
to get the Indian TO reconsider. The
outfieid will De composed of jim
mie johnson in left. Hy Meyers In
center and Dave Hickman 10 right
The Dodgers are second diyis-
ion club. The offensive strength Ia
rather weak all the way thru There
IL not 100 hitter on the club. un.
less LaIoic r. signed The pitching
should be pretty good. the outficld
Is good dctsnalvcly and fair Of
fensiyeiy. The infieid - mediocre
Ehbetts' habit OF cutting salaries mas
not had the effect o. promoting good
feeling on the club and the mochan-
ieai play has suffered
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09

SAN FRANCISCO. April s.-Duke
Kahanamoku. worlds champion
sprint swimmer. WAS due to arrive
here today to prepare for the cham
pIonship i00-yard swim at Alameda
on April IS. Perry McGiIlivray and
Norman Ross viii 80 after the
dukes laurels
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
A Good Impression

The man who does not try
to make a good impression
won't set the world on fire.
He may succeed but he ham
dicaps himself seriously to
begin with.
Your clothes are a deciding
factor in the impression you
you make. They either dis
tinguish you or extinguish
you. They help you on the
road to success or merge you
with the crowd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09

flow.
MOI Tho smiles are antioipatory
OF tho dollars they viii reap II they
fiKht-t20. 600 10 Fulton. rs per cent
OF the net receipts so to Willard II
is the goal OF gold they hope 90 gain.
Shall these prizcfighters be permit
ted 10 batter each other in ring in
America for mere dollarsP or shall
they be elected" TO do their fighting
over there" I'm France. where hun
drcds OF thousands Of our boys nj.
ready are fighting-not for dollars.
but for America, liberty and freedom.
Tor an. forever
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
THINK MICKEY EASY

Frank Farmer Is going to walk
over Mickey King when the two
meet in the nelghboring city Thurs
day
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
Outbursts of Everett True.

Eighth Of q series Of articles
IN which Purman discusses and
nnzly1es major league ball clubs
noe In Southern training
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09

shu, out tho artliierymon. allowing
bat one hit and moving down II
men.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
DYE WORKERS WIN

Belmont Dye Works whipped
Bellevue G-1 at Woodland Park
Sunday with a firth inning rally.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09

II you want a reliable watch. 70
TO Haynes. Next to Liberty Theatre.
Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
Giants Will
Arrive This
Afternoon

Manager BIN Lizard and a squad
OF six Giants wsrs expected to ar
rive from tho South on tho = \.
Governor late Tuesday. and tho
training season win begin tn earncH,
Wednesday.
Lizard failed t0 show up Monday
according to achcduis. 50 the prsc.
ticc games have been set back n
day Tho squad viii work out
Wednesday and will meet the Puget
Sound Construction team Thursday
Tho Giants viii practice again
Friday and then will try 10 stand
Off Walter Malls machine sun crew
from Camp Lewis Saturday and
Sunday.
Tho gang arriving from the South
Includes Perry. Downoy. sfuale.
Bogrveau. II Cioustcr and Carman.
Announcement Monday that Herb
Murphy has signed again to look
after the third sack was a relief
10 Seattle fans al they don't need
to worry now about Lizard devcl-
opinE new man Tor the difficult
corner.
Russ Hall has signed n lad named
Larry Shea as backstop. Hes a
brother Of Danny Shea. who caught
az many games In the Northwest
aa any OF them. Larry was toutcd
IA tho best prospect In Portland.
Eddie Klein. who hcavcd n few
for Seattle before going TO Camp
Lewis last summer. twlrled a nifty
game for a Tacoma aii-star team
against Fort Flagicr Sunday He
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09

Tomorrow Purman will dis
ouss the Pittsburg Pirates. train
Ing Mt Jacksonville. flaJ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09

Help make this the last battle
OF the war. Buy Thrift Stamps.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-09
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT
VEGETABLES

Price. rsid wholesale Dealers for
Vegetable. and Fruit
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05
A Happy Thanksgiving.

The day before Thartag:ving was spent busily. Even the little children seemed 10 ba working The house. wives were all making puddings, pumpkin pics roast turkey. and. Oh, everything [ guess! Eve1yDody seem cd to be so very hapsy
 A group of children 'Te-e playing lin der walnut tree. Some of them were pat king nuts into tbe holes in a stonewal Lear by .hr,er q while a little sc.r1el came oEc and began carrying away the nuts. In about an hoIr all the nuts were gone The oh idren were kept tusy picking more nd more nuts. When they had nicked enough they went Lome But tho squirrel was bound 10 fill Up a roia in the rec where it's nest was So without stopping it kep; on bring inc nuts untl it's task Was complet- cd.
 Then it took a long rest until the reSt day. which was Thanksgiving da".
 When the squirrel awake it was startled b- 8 noise. Locking around
 !t saw those children c2nin% towards it. Their rockets wera filled with nuts. crumbs. arl pieces or pumpkin. All this they ernptiei intD the same place as the nuts the day before. The squirrel jumped up and down when it keheld th's. It soon got to wort; storing away until everything ] w9s gone. I think that # lnuSt have i had n good t;me on tlta- day. don't
 yoU? SOPHIE GAsKA, Age F. | .J,,veit Cit.-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05

such sums of money as may be re- quired The bond of the treasurer and collector was fixed at $S,000.
 Charles j. Butler offered the follow ing resolution: Resolved, The West erly fire district, for the best interest of all concerned, request that the voters at the annual financial, town meeting to be held on the first Tues day in February, 1919, take such action as may be necessary to establish town system of fire protection.
 The motion was seconded by John J. Dunn. R. J. Rooney objected on the grounds of increased expense to the town. Everett 4. Whipple stated there would be less expense to the West erly fire district. MT Rooney said the increased territory meant an increase in fire apparatus, as present depart ment could not cover the same. It means the purchase of modern appa- ratus, with pump attachment
 Mir. Butler said the object of the res olution was simply to bring the batter to the financial town meeting. The Sresolution was adopted and the clerk instructed to present the same to the meeting which will be held next Feb ruary.
 The State Returning board, of which C. Clarence Maxson of Westerly, is the oldest member in point of service, is still enga ged in recounting the vote cast in the last state election. and the result or the4r work is announced as fast as reached. Duckworth was elect cd senator in Charlestown with 149 tC
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05
Tree Frogs Are Excellent Hunters of
 Insect Pests.

There are tree frogs and tree toads, but they are all frogs. and good hunt CTS of insect pests. The common tree toad who sings continually in the early summer evenings but seldom seen. is a frog and his last name is Yersicolor So well does he change color and blend in with whatever color If tree limb he happens to be. al though he sings right al you, you must have sharp eyes to discover h,m
 He is a most entertaining little aCro tatic imp of the woods, or the gar den Some June moraine when VIC are admiring she vines which chamber up the perch we may see what hap pens to be a yellowish whit oval of putty. plastered against the white pil- lar shaded by the vine. It is cur ht- tie tree frog. sound asleep after his nocturnal serenade.
 The handsome green tree frog is a cousin of the common tree frog and he looks more like a real frog. He is larger than the tree frog and his color is brilliont pea green: verging upon q pale yellow. Upon either side he wc9rs an elegant stripe of white or rale golden yellow. marginal with alack. His legs have a similar stripe The green tree frog thrives well in captivity. lie IS d TatlieE ioISN Illue fellow. but not especially active unless some luckless fly wings by when ther5 is lightning dart. and the fly has vanished.
 The snakes are very fonG of thest | frogs and often catch and eat them but it is after merry chase for tht tree frog isc sure footed and has Ions 1 powerful legs capable of making as ! tonishinG jumps from limb to linf Snakes are sometimes found witt three or four frogs inside of then ii different stoges oi' digestion. A fro; i just inside the throat may even b. &iive; another one Q few inches lowe along the snakes body will be entire hut soft and glutonous another froi four or five inches further down tn suake's body will be two-thirds ab
 sorbed, while the last frog near th middle of the snake will show onl
 tones, the flesh having been who'll aSsinilated by the snake.
 GABRIELLE BUJAk. Age 15.'
 Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05
The Battle of The Ants.

One day when I went out to my wood pile or rather my mle of stumps, observed two large ans, tlre one red the other much larger. nearly half an inch long. 9n1 black. fierceiy contend ing with one another. Having once got hold. they never let go, but strug- eled and wrcstled and relied on the chips incessantly.
 Looking farther, I was surprised to iind that the chips were covered with such combatants: that it was not a luellum. but a hellum, war be tween two races Of ants the red al- ways pitted against the black. and ire auent!y two red ones to one black The legion Of these ,nyfmidons covered all the hills aud vales in my wood yard, end the ground was d. ready sirewn with the de1l and dying beth red and black.
 Ii was the only battle which l ever witnessed, the only battle-h held I eve; trcd while the battle was raging; in ter cine war. the red republicans on he one land. and ike black i'm per lists on tine other. On every sid they were engaged in deadly com. bat, vet without any noise that could herr. and human soldiers never fought u:ore resolutely
 laNatched a couple that were fas locked in ea@h others embrace, in { little sunny valley amid the chips now at monday prepared tc fight til
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05

the scene is most interesting. Here a policeman has charge and his task is very strenuous He stands in the mid de of the crossroads and allows the people to. go one way for a time; then he stops them by holding his hand up in front of him. Instantly the crowd is held back and the road is cleared for those from the other direction. After the policeman has checked and freed the crowd for several hours, the fear that he may give the wrong signal him up to most nervous state so that then he raises his arm as if he were lifting most heavy weight.
 There, are not many flower gardens throughout Fairmouut park. However, the state has provided flowers for the people by erecting Agricultural hall, in which there is everything to gratify the wishes Of the flower lover.
 As a stranger enters this building he cannot help but think of going into heaven. There are flowers everywhere in profusion which no language could fully describe. t In the center of the building, where the glass roof is the highest, there are number of cocoaput trees such as grow in the tropics. These with their WOIlQSTluIr PSliT leaves cCQlO never have lived had it not been for the fact that the building has been heated al very high ternperature for years
 making it like the acliniaIs of the trop- ics.
 In the branches of these, trees there are the sweetest songzters. making i seem like the wild forest. This show of wonderful flowers and inc birC
 songs. is the treat of a lifetime. BETSY BRAY. l Norwich Town.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05
. A Day in sumner.'

One day last summer my sister. two brothers, cousin and l decided to go out and pick huckleberries So we ate our breakfast early. and got our pails eand were all ready to go at 8 o'clock. We each carried lunch.
 First we went in the south pasture: but as the berries slowly disappeared by our picking, we made our way to the east pasture down ny the brook. As we were jumping over the wall, I happened to look up It the sky and noticed dark clouds overhead, but thought we had time to i'll our pails before the shower really cafne up.
 We found nice cllnp of berry bushes in the east pasture and filled our pails and, then my sister suggest ed we eat our lunch. But just then felt some drops of rain, and sure enough, we could hear the distant rumble of thunder, and. every once in while flashes of lightning would dart across the sky.
 We didn't lave time to go home, so l said, Lets go up to the cave on the hill till the storm is over" This we did just getting in under the friendly shelter of the rocks when the rain came down in torrents. We ate our lunch and then waited till the shower was over.
 After it was all over We started for home and we all congratulated our. selves on our timely escape from the rain.
 EDITH HELEN STOWE, Age If.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05

4S for Didesl1y and Gates was chosen representative with 140 to 49 for Bar Der.
 Wells was elected senator in Rich mond, with 1S0 to 93 for Gardiner. Woodmansee was elected to the house with 174 to 97 for Meserve. Bliss was elected senator for Narragansett by g vote of 190 to 103 with White as op- ponent. Cornell was elected repre- sentative by a vote Of f9s to ss over Champlin.
 Cosimo Feraco. of; Westerly a mem Der of the 506th regiment, with great war record, was recently mentioned among the wounded. and credited to Providence. He has a sister in that city and evidently gave her as his nearest kin in this country, which ac- counts for the puglishedse statement that he was of Providence ] He left Westerly under the selective service law with the contingent that included Benjamin Spargo and other Westerly boys. The name of Cosimo Feraco is entitled to place on Westerly's Roll of Honor
 The Rhode Island State Grange will hold it's thirty second annual session in Providence Der. H. P and 13. One of the attractions will be an exem plification of the fourth degree by a team from the Central Grange, Wed nesday afternoon, Wednesday night there will be a programme of speak ing by men prominent in the work of the organization. Officers will be elected Thursday and installed Friday.