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HOUSE EXPECTS
100000 ARMY
Baker Due Before Committee
This Week to Estimate De-
partment Needs.
INCREASE IN DRAFT UP
Bill to Draw on Men Up to 40
Years Old Awaits His View
of Necessities.
Special DespaecA to TIE srx.

cp6tIot DeSp0tCN 20 1uB Sun.
WAsHINoroN. April :s. " Secretary
Baker Is expected TO appear befsrs the
House Military Committee this week to
furnish long delayed estimates for the
support Of the army during the next
fiscal year. The House committee is
inclined TO believe that It will be asked
to appropriate for an army of approx
rnateiy 100000 men. and that the
Secretary will go into detail concerning
plans for the speedy training Of addi-
tional forces and their despatch to
France.
When Secretary Baker. recently ap.
peared before the Senate and House
Military committees he informed their
that he was not ready then to presen,
estimates for the army. nor to reveal the
size Of the army wanted by the Wal
Department. These matters. he said. were
pending with the General Stan. Much
Of Mr.. Bakers testimony was devoted
10 q description Of his visit to the battle
front. He promised to return to the
Capitol 'in a few days and furnish
definite figures.
The paramount question TO be decided
this week Is the size Of the army fol-
the next year Of operation. There viii
also be raised the question whether II
Is necessary to raise the draft age limit
Representative Shallenberger tNeb.) Of
the House committee has announced
that he will seek Introduction in the bill
Of a provision for the registration and
drafting OF men up to forty years old
Should Secretary Baker declare such ar
amendment unnecessary at this time HI
will not press It,
Since his return from France the Sec
retary Of War has not expressed him.
self on the draft age limit. Before hi.
visit to the front MIR. Baker was under
stood to regard as unnecessary supple
mental draft legislation at this time.
That II will be necessary for Amer
lea to put large army into the field ir
the next twelve months IL the impres
sion at the Capitol. Members OF the
House committee would not be surprised
should the Secretary present estimatei
for an army OF at least 100000 men
practically double the forces now abroad
and In training. In his hrst appearance
before the committee Secretary Baker
said the transportation problem neces
sarily would have an important bearing
on the size Of the army and It would bt
useless to call and train more men thar
could be sent across.
The shipping situation, he said, wal
improving steadily. and the War De
partment was awake to the duty oi
sending men to Europe as rapidly a.
they could be trained. with Indication
that the training period on this sid'
would be shortened and intensive train
ing would be given when the nler
reached overseas points.
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6s4,l04 GERMANS MISSING.
That IL Record Up to March II
Reichstag 10 Told.

AMSTERDAM, April 2s.--SpeakinE be-
fore the Main Committee OF the German
Reichstag on Friday. according to vor-
VGcrts, Gen. Won Risberg said that UP to
March 81 last tho number OF German
missing had reached a total Of 66t,l04.
OF this number. he said. 23S.676 were
prisoners in France. $4,000 In England.
900 in Russia and Rumania and the
rest could be regarded as dead.
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Mother of Austrian
Empress IL Exiled

paris, April 2s.-The Princess
Mario Antoinette, mother Of
Empress Zita, has been ordered
to leave Austria within twenty
four hours and not reenter that
country until the termination Of
the war, according to a despatch
from Geneva.
A special cable despatch to
THE SUN from its Paris corre-
spondent on Saturday said the
departure for several days" Of
the Princess Marie Antoinette
might be extended to slightly
longer duration more by neces-
sity than by choice. The des-
patch also said that the Austro.
Hungarian press openly had at
tackled the mother of Empress
Zita, who is held responsible for
the letter Of Emperor Charles to
Prince Sixtus Of Bourbon, q
brother of the Empress, in which
overtures were to be made for
peace with France.
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INTERNED GERMANS REVOLT.
They Try TO Escape From Holland
ON Report Of Jltimatum.

AMSTERDAM, April 2s.-The report
last week that Germany had sent an
ultimatum 10 Holland led to a revolt
among Germans interned at the vapen-
weld camp. according to a despatch from
Hattem. Holland, to the Hct Volk. The
guards are said to have been overpow-
cred by 1000 Germans. who ned In all
directions. Frontier points were notified
Immediately and mounted police searched
the countryside.
Many Germans succeeded in passing
through Almelo or Hcngelo on the way
back to Germany. but the police rounded
up the majority Of them in groups Of
twenty-five or nifty.
LONDON, April cS.--A bill introduced
in Parliament contains provisions for
stricter supervision OF foreigners resi-
dent In Holland during the present ex-
traordlnary war situation. according TO
Reuter- despatch from The Hague
As II In considered that there are vari-
GUS objections to the expulsion OF for
eigners and as there may be undesirable
elements among them, special regula-
tions relative to them are believed to
be necessary.
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GERMANS CLOSE IN ON YPRES ON THREE SIDES;
BATTLE RACES AT LOCF2E AND VOORDlEZEELE
MANY ATTEMPTS TO DLSLODGE ALLIES FAL
Clemenceau Finds All
Satisfactory at Front.

PARIS, April 20. Premier
Clemenceau spent yesterday
on the Franco-British front,
where he met Lord Miner. Re-
turning last night he told the
echo de Paris" that conditions
were quite satisfactory.
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Robertson and Paul Musser, recently
obtained from the Chicago Americans
and ID. d. Donaldson. a recruit from
Pittsburg. FrGnk owens. J.. r. Casey,
and Bachant will do backstop duty.
The infeld will be picked from Jack
knight. Carl Sawyer, Harry Wolfe,
S. Weidell. J. Weidell and Kelley.
The outfield will consist of the vet
eran, Dave Altizer.. and two others to
be obtained from major league teams.
Instead of going to Hickman, KY,
for spring training as in former years,
the Millers have been working out in
the local ball park. Warm weather
coupled with the late opening of the
baseball season has enabled the play
ers to round into excellent shape for
the getaway.
st. Paul, Mimi, April 27.-st.
Paul's prospects seemingly are as UNI
certain as they were three months
been using sixteen men, he is badly in
need of two or three pitchers. two in
fielders and a couple of gardeners.
Three players recently were drafted.
They are Pitcher Dick Niehaus,j Third
Baseman Herndon and Catcher Harry
Glenn.
The pitching staff will, be built
around Charles Hall, rip" Hager-
man, Ray Heating, Eddie Foster. and
eli" Jasper. A pitcher or>two prob
ably will be turned over to Kelley by
the New York or Detroit Americans
before the association season opens.
Blue. Berghammer and Dugey ap.-
pafently are fixtures in the infeld.
Third base at present is open. 1t ia
expected that Bobby Jones, of the
! Detroit club, will be sent here, but
the Tigers lost Ellison through the
draft and Jennings may hold on to his
other utility infielder.
Joe Riggert is the only gardner on
the roster at present. In q pinch.
Arty Butler can play one of the pas
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GIANTS AND BRAVES KEEP LEAD
IN RESPECTIVE LEAGUES DURING
WEEK; RAIN HlNDERS PLAY

terday when Cincinnati scored four
uns in the ninth inning. Cincinnati
lost to st. Louis yesterday.
American League.
In the American league, Boston
and Cleveland each won four games
n lest two during the week. The
winning streak of the Red Sox was
ended Monday when New York bat
ted out Leonard. Thormahlcn held
Boston hitless until the ninth inning
Tuesday. but lost at the Yankees
three hits. Gregg of Philadelphia
opened the Athletics home season
Wednesday by banking Boston. The
Red Sox took the next three games.
with Mays, Leonard and Bush pitch
ing.
Cleveland won two and lost one
each with st. Louis and Detroit.
The Browns outslugged the Indians
Sunday, but lost the next two, with
Coveleskie, and coumse opposing
them. Detroit opened at home with
Cobb in the lineup and defeated
Cleveland. The Tigers lost Thursday
when Couuse pitched another good
game. Chapman's home run gave
Cleveland a 12-inning victory Satur-
day. Rain prevented yesterdays
Rain flinders Chicago.
Chicago's schedule was disrupted
by rain. After losing to Detroit Mon.
day, the worlds champions rested
until Friday. when they opened Their
home a by defeating st. Louis
and although held to three hits b.
J Sothoron beat the Browns again yes.
terday.
New York divided four games witt
Washington. Russell won the open,
ing game at New York and repeated
/ Saturday. Yingling, another pitcher
called for the national army, wor
Thursday, and johnson pitched hit
first victory of the season Friday
philadelphia defeated Washington
twice. johnson suffering his thirt
straight defeat Monday and Myers
blanking the Senators Tuesday.
Eddie Collins. second baseman o
the Chicago Americans, made :;
worlds record Friday by having
played in 473 consecutive games.
The weeks record in each leasu'
of games played. won and lost. Will
runs hits. errors. men left on base
and runs scored by opponents, in
GLIDING the games Of saturday, Apri
81, s as follows:
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New York, April 29.-The New
York Nationals and Boston Ameri-
cans kept atop of their respective
leagues during the last week, but the
winning str9aks of both teams were
interrupted. The Giants lost their
first game of the season to Brooklyn
Saturday after winning nine straight.
The victory was the first of the sea-
son for the Superbas who had suf-
fered nine successive defeats. The
Boston Red Sox. with six straight
wins to their credit, lost to New
York Monday and dropped another
game to Philadelphia Wednesday,.
Giants Pitchers Star.
The New York National pitchers
continued their effective work and
were amply rewarded by the batting
of their team mates, who whose aver
age with the stick was 1905. New
York made 63 hits in O6 times at
bat. Tesreau held Boston in check
Monday and Sallee's good work Tues
day gave the Giants a clean sweep
of the series with the Braves. Barnes
came back and won in the opening
game at, Brooklyn Wednesday. and
good batting gave the Giants a ten
inning game Thursday. Mitchell.
pitching his farewell game before
joining the national army, was batted
out by the Giants Friday. Cheney's
pitching and batting Saturday pre-
vented McCiraw's men from taking
the entire series.
The Philadelphias kept step with
the league leaders. winning i've of
their six games. The Quakers had a
clean record against Brooklyn,
Oeschger shutting them out with six
hits. Monday and Recruit Hogg hold
ing them Tuesday. Boston lost its
opening home game Wednesday but
won the next day. Main blanked
Boston with four hits Friday. Hogs
obtained his second win Of the week
Saturday.
Chicago Won Five.
Chicago % five Inc lost two
won Sunday against Cincinnati. but
the Red took the series by batting
OPPORTUNITY Monday and through
fsBressIer's ability to scattering thu
Cubs hits Tuesday. Chicago took
four closely-played games from st
Louis. Voughn held the Cardinals tc
one hit and no score in the opening
game at Chicago. Hendrix helped
to win his own game Thursday, max.
Friday Alexander pitched his last
game before joining the %nationa,
army and o a duel with May BY
allowing only two hits Tyler was vic
tor Saturday in 12 innings. Wet
grounds interfered with the Chicago.
Pittsburgh game yesterday.
Pirates Do Well.
Pittsburgh broke even with st
Louis in two games and tool two
out Of three with Cincinnati. Thu
Pirates pounded Packard Monday
and lost Tuesday after obtaining g
five run lead. The Pittsburgh home
season. was opened with a pitchers
contest between Miller and Schenidel
of. Cincinnati, the former yielding
three hits and no runs. Pittsburgh
hit Eller Freel Friday, but lost yes
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STUFFY MpINNIS STARTLES FANS;
USES FIRST BASE, MTTEN ON THIRD
{By Joe williams)

10y JOG WlulA3nSsJ
Stuffy McInnis, shifted from first
base to the far side of the infield,
refuses to part with his old first base
mans mitten.
With the Athletics stuffy seldom
played anything but first base. When
he was sold to the Red Sox Manager
BaFrows' infield presented such a
completely that radical measures
were necessary. The upshot was
Stuffy, listed as one Of the. games
most capable first basers, was shifted
to third base, where the style of play
demanded is not altogether different.
but different enough to demand GER
tain material changes in position and
maneuver.
stufty worked all spring trying to
familiarize himself with the finger
glove and finally gave it up as a
hopeless undertaking. Now he an
nounces that he's going to play the
hot corner with a.. mitten, even if the
ribald bleacherite does heap large
quantities Of POPULARITY upon his Celtic
dome.
OF course, his glove naturally will
have to come to the specifications that
prohibit the use of a mitt weighing
more than ten ounces and larger than
fourteen inches in circumference.
It is interesting to recall the origin
Of the mittcn. Scoops Carey, a
veteran OF. the National league, later
of the Western and later still of the
Southern, was the first first baseman
to introduce the type of glove that is
! generally used by first-basemen today.
Carey had his own peculiar ideas
about the shape, size, and padding in
a mitt, and it was his change from the
old catcher's mitt to the small lightly
padded affairs that has enabled first
basemen to spear thrown balls with
the glove hand. This was a feat OF
fielding impossible to perform in the
days when the first basemen wore
gloves identical in size and nature to
that used by the catcher.
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Yesterdays Sports

Chicago, April 2s.-christy Math-
ewson, manager Of the Cincinnati
Nationals, announced he would not
30 to France at present I'd develop
baseball among the American sol
.diers, on invitation of officials of the
Y. NJ. C. A. Mathewson said he
would so at once II he thought it
would be a wise move.
Perry McGillivray Of the Illinois
Athletic club retained the American
1O0-yard indoor swimming champions
ship by defeating a field of eight
competitors in So rs seconds at San
lFrancisco. .SE55 s
/. The Chicago Nationals released
Pitcher Frank ~sheIlenback to the
Minneapolis team Of the Amefecan
association on an optional agreement.
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Musser Refuses Berth;
Will Enter Service

St. Joseph, Mo-. April 2s.-Pitcher
Musser. who was sold to the Mime
apolis club by the Chicago White Sox.
has refused to join the team and has
notified Manager Joe Cantillon that he
time. In his place Comiskey has
agreed to send Schellenback, another
Sox pitcher. who did not make the
grade in a spring tryout by the Row
land outfit. He will Join the team at
Kansas City.
Rondeau reported to the Millers
Saturday, as did Jackson, the new
o%utfelder from the Pittsburgh over
now. The club manager Is greatly
pleased with his showing. Bachant,
catcher. and Thieman, pitcher, were
released by the Minneapolis club to
the st. Joseph team.
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Scoops" would buy a soft, pliable
mitt and then take out all the pad
ding from the. center, with the result
that he could grasp a ball with the
same case and sureness as he could
with a finger glove. and without suf-
fering the bruising impact: Carey
was able to reach out and take wild
heaves from the inf1elders with his
left hand in front of runners; he had
thisytrick down to such a science that
he was called the United wonder"
1nnie " T. ;s n III tne n, .ane o. - sui. rattin NC !.
glove that will improve his fielding,
or relieve. the, impact. Rather it's a
matter of CUSTOM; a feeling that he
can't do as we'll with a finger glove as
he car with the style of glove he has
used ever since he's been in the
majors.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago Wins

- H--LLEtaaNN
St. Louis, NO. April 2s.-cor1ins
and jackson punched two Of, the I'VE
hits oft sotheron with q sacrifice fy
in the ninth inning yesterday, and
Chicago won from st. Louis 2 to l.
This gave Chicago the series. three
games Of which were postponed on &C
count Of rain.
Chicago scored in the sixth OF =
base on balls. a sacrifice, an outneld
single by Collins.
St. Louis tied the cor in the sew
enth, when Smith walked, stole sec
ond, and Tailed when, after Nunamak-
err singled to right, Schalk dropped
Liebold's throw to the plate.
Chicago 2 S 2
St. Louis ............... / s /
Faber and schalk; sotheron and
Nunamaker.
Detroit. April 2s-Detroit- Cleveland
game called in third on account Of
rain.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reds Defeated.

Cincinnati, o.. April 2S.-Poor
fielding by the Cincinnati team in the
seventh inning gave st. Louis yeater-
days game. which was featured by
the first triple play of the 8 In
the first inning Smith singled and went
to third on Niehon's hit to right.
Baird hit sharply to Groh. who threw
to l.. Magee, forcing Niehoff at Sec
ond. and the ball was relayed to first
base in time to retire the batter.
Smith tried to score while this play
was being ekecuted and 8. Maxee's
throw to the play put him out for the
third out.
sherdell wa hit freely but the To-
calls could not bunch their safe drives
effectively. Smith hit safely . time
up. The game wal called in the last
half Of the ninth on account Of rain.
r. H. e.
st. Louis 9 I
CINCINNATI ......... 2 l. 5
Sherdell and Gonzales; Schneider
and Af1sns Called end sth inning
rain.)
chieaso-P Pittsburgh. postponed, vet
grounds.
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for Hickey's steeplechase.

grooming for Hickey's steeplechase.
Although his pitching staff was
weakened when he sold Grover Low
dermilk to the St. Louis Americans,
he believes he has secured in Jim
~Bluejacket. former Three-I hurler,
and Paul Zahniser, an Iowa semi-pro.
two hurlers, who, between them, will
equal the work done by the big
string" =
Tinker's club will show a much
stronger outield than last. season,
Left field which was a weak spot in
1917 will be filled by Harry Harper,
a Northwestern league product. Tag
CART who also comes from the North
western league, will work in the mid
die patch. Rumler, obtained from
the st. Louis Americans is being
groomed for right field. ~
The fnfield with the exception of
third base will be tho same as finished
last season with McCarty at first.
Shovlin at second and Caveney at
third. Tinker prides himself particu-
larly in the catching staff. From st.
Louis he, secured Grover Hartley and
obtained Bill Wagner from Pittsburg.
.Biuejacket, George, Zahniser, Will
IL, Brown and Sherman will likely
form the mound crew.
Toledo. O., April 2s.-Roger Bres-
nahan, president n manager Of the
Toledo club, in building his 1918
team, has dispensed with the service
Of the veterans and has filed his po-
sitions with young players. He still
lacks an experienced shortstop, but
league club before Wednesday, the
opening day.
Laverne Fabrique. obtained from
the Brooklyn Nationals in 1917, has
not reported. He may be called in
the army. y The team also lacks an
outfielder. The roster at present is
as follows:
.catchers-Roser Bresnahan and
Walter Alexander. !.
Pitchers-Abe Bowman, Neal
Brady. Paul Carpenter, Eb. Schulz
RED" McColl, Earl Sanders. Y
First baseman-George Reall.
Second baeeman-Danny Boone.
Third .baseman-Paddy Bauman.
Shortstop-Tom DeNolvillet tenta.
tive.)
outaelders-Joe Birmingham and
The new men are: Carpenter. San
ders, Alexander. Bauman, DeNolville
Birmingham and SchweitzerA Alex
ander and Bauman came from the
New York Americans. Bresnahar
who will do a share Of the catching
himself. expects much from this pair
Beall was at Memphis last season anG
was recalled when Charley Mullen
last years first baseman,s was taken ir
the army draft. -Four other members
of last years lineup taken by
the a They are s:Catchers Sweeney
and Crossin. Infelier Earl Hamilton
and Outfielder Wnhrer.
Bresnahan is satisfied with thu
-home training rule adopted by thu
league. He has beer working hi.
athletes since the first week Of Apri
and appears ID have them ready fol
the start.
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REPORT OF PENSIONS.

London, April 2s.-The hrst account
Of the ministry Of pensions for the
year ended March 1917, shows an X
penditure Of l~f1,179,27O aof which
SS1:,Se3 was for pensions and gratui-
ties to warrant officers and men Of
the army and f320,oo2 paid to vid-
ows and children Of those grader
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A machine has been invented for
choppinE out young cotton plants at
the same time the crop il being cul-
tivated, work that heretofore has
been done by hand at much expense
Of time and labor.
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BASEBALL SCHEDULE
N.donsl Learue

national Leagues
Pittsburgh At Chicago, rain.
New York at Philadelphia. cloudy
! Boston at Brooklyn, cloudy
st. Louis at Cincinnati, clear.
American League,
Washington at Boston, cloudy.
Chicago at Cleveland, clear.
Philadelphia 1t New York.
Detroit at 81. Louis clear.
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Minneapolis, MINI, April 2s.-vir-
local baseball fans this. year when the,
Minneapolis club swings into the
association pennantS acc.
Judging by ~pre.season training and,
practice games the pitching stan
looms sup - the strongest department
of the tea n. Ri
N pitchers III include "Atutt''
Williams. q. HsssThteman and Claude
Thoma&. otsi4St years team: Charles
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Games Saturday.
Boston a. Philadelphia /.
Washington 1, New York 2.
Detroit 9. Cleveland 3.
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STANDING OF CLUBS
National League.

Games Sunday.
St. Louis a. Cincinnati 2.
Games Saturday.
New York 8, Brooklyn 5.
Cincinnati 4. Pittsburg 2.
St. Louis 4, Chicago 5.
Philadelphia 4. Boston 1.
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GAME POSTPONED.
New York, April .s.--New Tori
Philadelphia game postponed. wet
grounds
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American League.

Games Sunday.
Chicago Q, st. Louis 1.
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Columbus. O., April 27.-Conndent
that shis team will. MnishNamong the
leaders An this years American Assoc
citation FA1e Jbs Tinker. manager OF,
the CplpsmEuB club 10 not lacking faith;
I'm the ebaiaty OF the players he is