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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10

FIELD TRIALS SHORT.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Dec. 1O-The
annual field trials Of the Continental
Field Trials club started Monday at
Haneyville with seven races being run
in the all age stake. with four braces
and n bye to be run today
Or. M. b. Han, Of Winnipeg, Mani
toba, and Lee NJ. Moody, Of Bessemer,
Ala, the judges, called the first brace
at 3 O'Clock a. n. and from then until
shutdown the trials were on with a
large gallery Of spectators following.
The weather vas ideal and birds plen-
tiful,
Square Edge" Louisiana BIZ and
"Conscript,' a son or me famous John
Proctor, found two bevies each and
handled them to perfection Under
present plans the derby will start some
time today with IS entries and at least
% starters.
Among prominent sportsmcn attend
ing the trials are D.. = X Bolton, New
York, and +. L. IIadkln7, T%ottenvillc,
n. Y, president and secretary Of the
club; pr. A. Ten BROOK. Mclean, IN;
T., G. Lockhart, Indianapolis, Ind T..
r. Bradford, New York; J. NJ Wake
field, ShelbyvilIe, Ky f S. Collins,
Atlanta, and A. + Hochwalt, Of the
American field,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10

When the Southern league club own
mlngham there promises to be a lively
discussion relative to the proper seized.
uIe for the Southern next season. No
schedule will be presented, but the
matter Of how many games shall be
played will be taken up and decided
upon.
The 'cIub owners throughout the
league are optimistic as to the ap-
preaching baseball campaign, but there
are those In the ranks VINO are inclined
to be cautious and not rush Into the
proposition of a long schedule until they
are certain how the land lies. They
want to be assured that they will not
be overburdenlne themselves In these
| DAYS Of reconstruction when they adopt
a long schedule.
Every indication points toward 1874
games being decided upon, however, as
the majority of the Grub owners are
OF the opinion that by next fall, when
Ideal baseball days will be the weather
mans offering, Dixie Clubs wouId lose
money If they were to close early.
It would not be a bad idea to start
a little later than usual and to continue
later than has been customary. for
boys will be coming nome In droves
by fall and will be anxious to pack the
parks to witness their tavorlte diver
sIon.
It is understood that several Of the
club owners will advocate a schedule OF
1874 games, with the beginning Of the
season early In May.
Another rumor is killed in the road,
Jack Coombs has been slated to sue
coed Wilbert Robinson as manager OF
the Brooklyn Superbas, but Robinson
has Just signed up for another year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
100000 BOTTLES
Of DRUGS TAKEN
OFF LOCAL SALES

Tho drug traffic in Memphis has hoeu
reduced from "A, 700 bottle of morphine
i'm six months to Il negligible quantity.
The sales OF three drug stores ~ the
city have been cut from 30o ounces In
six months to T. ounces. The number
Of addicts in Memphis has been re
duCed from approximately 1000 six
months ago to about 200 at present
Some Of them have been cured Of the
drug habit, others have gone to places
whore 1t is easier to obtain drugs than
in Memphis.
This is United States District Attor-
ucy kysCr's report on the drug traffic
as regulated under the Harrison drug
act.
''rherc is no question that the act is
effective" the district attorney de
clared. I'VE have obtained results in
Memphis, hut | want to state here and
now that had it not been for the
splendid cooperation Of Wholesale and
rctail druggists in the city Memphis
could not have been drawn from her
reputed station as the foremost drug
market in the country Hard work aud
cooperation have produced splendid
results
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
Ban johnson and Cohorts Go Cunning
For Scalp of Fruzee, of Red SOr

aroused and he is after the scalp Of
the rash young Rostou magnate, and
the baseball Goliath is not going to he
denied his prey. lie has been the butt
of considerable tactic, which he deems
unfair at tho hands OF Young Frazee.
He knows when he has enough.
Johnson is all-powerrul in baseball.
Sometimes he goes too rar n ssume
a C2ar-liko attitude yer his Cluh-owu-
crs, but there's no denying the fact
that he is the one big nan of the ua
tional sport FraZee pulled a colossal
bone In trying to- down Big Ban at one
fell sWnor as he viii soon find out as
he is forced out OF the national game,
Wnlcn Ur Is undoubtedly going to be.
He has caused considerable trouble al
ready, and anybody VINO follows the
sport realizes that complete harmony
n cooperation is absolutely ucCeS-
sary In these days Of reconstruction in
stead Of some Of the magnates pulling
backwards and kicking over the traces.
Fra2eo has not made himself popular
by his efforts to send Big Ban down
for the count and viii feel the effects
Of the boomerang before tho curtain
rises ON the 1919 baseball season.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10

Most African ball players are not only
good fellows, but honest, la~w-abiding
citizens. Still. one or two Of them may
stray from the straight and narrow
path at times, and so 1t happened that
a negro infielder was recently on trial
at Richmond for having swung his
razor with terrible effect. The case
lasted only a few hours, and the verdict
soaked the sable battler with just 80
years in the pen.
As they led him from the courtroom,
he encountered another black ball play
err, who had intended to attend the trial
but had been delayed en- route.
Hello, dar, Bunny" piped the new
conner, 'how did yo trial come out?"
"Ah sho got de wohst Of it," sadly
answered the prisoner. "Dey done glib
me thutty yeahs,"
"Thutty yeahs?" unused his friend.
"Thutty yeahs? Well, Bunny, Ahll say
dis-yo'n sho be a grown-up niggah
when yo' gifts out!'"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
MEMPHlAN LOCATED AS
PRISONER OF GERMANS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10,-A list OF
American soldiers in German prison
camps was announced last night by the
war department. 1t includes Lieut.. W.
$. Cousins, Lake Charles, La, who Is
located at Camp karlsruhe, n the
following enlisted men;
At Rastatt: John Williamson, Lor-
man, Miss. VIM. |. Crayton, Dallas,
Ga,
At Darmstadt hospital, wounded,
VIM. j Squires. Peterson, Ala.
At Camp Unknown: VIM. j, Hutch
inson, Gladys, Ark; Allen Aultman, X.
f. u, /, Sumrall, Miss; Oscar Cooper,
Bush, La Lee r Rash, DIN, N, c.;
Phillip krouse. 924 Thomas street,
Memphis, Tenn; Charles n. Cobble,
Midway, Tenn,
At Llmburg; Vernon NJ. HARRISON, 206
Second street, Knoxville, Tenn; Claud
e. Wilson, Rocky Point, N. c.
Reported wounded at unknown camp;
Eugene L. Moser, r. +. d. 3, Tobac-
coville, n. c..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
Exams Raises $3.50, 900
In Red Cross Golf Matches

Although Chick Evans. national ANA
teur and open golf champion, did not
get to go to war, as he was accented
In the hviation corps only a few days
before Germany was defeated, his rec
ord in Red Cross work, just tabu-
lated, shows an amazing performance
in golf,
The So exhibitions participated in by
Evans, who suggested the plan managed
by the Western Golf association under
the personal direction OF President
Charles r. THOMPSON, brought in $3.50
900 Of the s303, 775 procured from golf
ers for the Red Cross.
In order to play these matches Evans
Travelled $3.50 miles, played in Al diff
ferent cities, and was on the road al
most daily from April % to oct. s.
The field within which he ranged is
bounded by a line drawn from Winnipeg
to Denver. thence to Memphis and
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va; thence
to Washington and along the Atlantic
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10

coast to Boston, and thence to Toronto.
Canada; Duluth and back to Winnipeg
Probably no other golfer ever in any
single year played half as many courses,
and certainly no one ever before by his
play contributed so much to a public
fund. The match that brought In the
most money was that at Lake Shore
Country club, when Chick and Jim
Barnes played Jock Hutchinson and
Bob Macdonald a tie, which brought in
$3I. 900. The highest price paid for the
privilege Of caddying for him Is said to
have been 1900, paid by f, ]. Johnson,
at Beverly,
The champion did not play as good
golf Mt times as is his standard, be-
cause he was overgolfed and travel
worn. He lost % pounds in weight dur
ing the campaign.
He was paired several times with
Warren Wood, Of Chicago. and other
amateurs volunteered their services for
the Red Cross.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
SHOWS NO
YANK EXECUTED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10,-Not a single
member Of the American army has been
put to death since the beginning Of the
war because Of the commission OF a
purely military o~ffensc, Maj Gen.
Crowder, iudge-advocate-general, de
Clared in his annual report today to
Secretary Baker,
every few death sentences have been
imposed" he said, and none of them
imposed for purely military %offcnses
have been carried into execution"
Records Of the observation-disclosures
ais office show that l2.351 officers and
men were brought before general
Courts-martial, of whom l0,S73, or SS
per cent, were convicted, More than
half the charges against officers were
listed under three hcads-ahscnt with
out leave, drunkenness and conduct un-
becoming AN officer,
Convictions Of enlisted men for dcscr-
tion, the general said, were actually loss
than in the previous year, although the
strength Of the army had Increased
many fold.
The report shows that one enlisted
man was tried and convicted Of being
n spy," and that 773 men were convict
ed Of sleeping or post.
H.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
OPPOSE AUTONOMY.

MAnRTD, Dec, 10. CBy the Associated
Press A great demonstration. in
which 1t Ia estimated that loo, 600 per-
sons took part, occurred IN Madrid in
opposition to demands OF Catalonia for
autonomy, Similar demands will take
place in other cities throughout Spain.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
Too Much Said About Salary.

TOO much publicity is also given to
the salaries paid star ball players, 1t
works an injustice on the bail players
themselves, and causes the public to
think hat all maRnates must be maxi
ing plenty Of money, II they can pay
these amounts, which are almost always
padded.
II remember when George Foster had
been sold to the Cincinnati club, He
wouldn't report, and Miller Higgins ac-
CURED him from the New York Yankees.
He sent an emissary to try and get
him to sign, as he needed a pitcher. II
was reported In the papers that he
was offered 5000 to finish the season.
Players knew that Foster had n bad
arm, and that it was doubtful II he
could show his old-time form, II he did
report. They took the salary offer as
the truth, which made believe they had
signed too cheaply,
1.-THE fans also get hold Of these fig
ures and get a wrong idea Of what the
average owner has to risk, or how
fortunate he Is II he manages to finish
ahead of the game financially. 1t Is a
fact hat few clubs eVer make any
money outside a worlds championship
aggregation, with. possibly two eXcep-
tions in the past five years.
1T is really hard for a city like st,
Louis, which has two clubs, to compete
Financially with a club like the New
York Nationals. when it comes to pur-
chasing men to bolster up a team,
Since John McGraw has been at the
head OF tho Giants, it has been the
greatest morev maker the game has
ever seen. 1t is possible, under certain
circumstances, to go out and spend
money for star players, when needed,
but what about the other clubs? 1t
takes more thar one strong club to re-
tain the interest in the baseball publ :
and to make d successful circuit, al
though the New York Nationals have
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
Frazee Well Heeled.

FrAzcr is a young theatrical mag
nate who has been successful. lie is
well-fXed in this worlds goods and
has not lost ON his investment in the
Red Soy. He is going to he asked to
sell his holdings in the club, aud pres
sure will be brought TO Dear by his
fellow club owners L such an extent
thpt hon ho clad to get u Hen feet
is keenly when he is ignored by other
AmtIlvau league uasthar mcu and he'd
do like anybody else uuCer the CirCum-
s~tanCeS-he'H dispose or his holdings
and leave it with them,
Harry was game, nut indisCreet.
In plain words, he bit off more than
he could chew.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
st. Frisco, Famous Grand
Circuit TrOtter, Is Dead
Ruptured Blood Vessel Causes
Demise of Great Stallion at
Memphis Driving Park.

The great trotting stallion. st. Frisco,
2:01%, owned by F. G. Jones, of Mem
phis, and in the stable of f, F. Geers,
died Saturday night at the North Mem
phis track.
An autopsy showed he had some liver
and kidney disorder, but the cause oil
his death was a ruptured blood yes
sci which involved a lung.
He was the worlds champion t~rotting
stallion in a race and in the past %
years he ranked third as the worlds
fastest trotting stallion in either a race
or an exhibition.
Lee Axworthy, 1854 (who was found
dead in his stall recently, and The
Harvester, 2:01, alone went faster than
St. Frisco, and both of their miles were
arninSt time and not In raCeS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
VALGER BEATS WALLACE.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. l0-Benny
Wager, the French lightweight. had the
better of. a six round bout with Eddie
Wallace, of Brooklyn, mere last night.
Valger had the advantage Of the first,
second, fifth and sixth rounds, while
the third and fourth went to Wallace.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
WILL INCLUDE

steamship line has decided to make
Antwerp a port Of cali and has request
ed from the city authorities the use
Of the pier formerly occupied by the
North German LLOYD.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
BALL PLAYER E A

ARDMORE. Okla, Dec. IO.-W. r.
Dickson, former Texas league player,
and pitcher one season for the New
York Nationals, died at his home here
yesterday of influenza.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10

demonstration to the John Bullians Of
how Americans can fight.
Bob 6augh Is In a %uuandary. He
doesn't know what to prepare for at
the coming meeting Of the Southern
league-a gas attack, a depth charge.
an overhead attack or a mine.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
Was Seven Years Old.

st. Frisco was but seven years old
and his death is a terrible loss, for not
fully several years more, but he would
have been one of the most valuable
sires in the world on account of his
splendid breeding and great individu-
atty,
Mr.. Geers drove him ar exhibition
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
so THIS IS LONDON.

Pal Moore and his fellow boxers have
arrived on the other side. and after
getting used to terra firma again, they'll
get busy and prepare to give another
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
BEN HUR SOCIETY.

vas to have opened Wednesday night,
will not be opened until Saturday night.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
HUG BUYS

NEW YORK, Dec. lot was official
~ announced here that Manager Hug
gins of the New York american league
club, had purchased peter J. Schnei-
der, pitcher of the Cincinnati club, with
which he has been PLAYING since 1914
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10
Fielder Jones Says This Is
Practice That Must Be
Wiped Out.
BY FIELDER JONES'.


ITO me one Of the worst features In
baseball practice is that by which a
strong major league club, one in the
first division, is permitted to take star
players from second division teams,
making the p~reponderanCe Of strength
still more apparent.
Baseball was built up to its present
height, or rather, to that which 1t en-
joyed before the war, or a sporting ba-
sis, not a financial one. Championships
should not be purchased, as "A number
have been in recent years. This Is one
Of the greatest evils which can befall
baseball.
"Of the man deals which have been
made in recent years, l. recall only W
which stand out pre-emtnently as bene-
fitting baseball. BY this | mean where
the stronger club didn't get the benefit
of ii, at the expense Of the weaker one.
1.-THE deal which took Iris Speaker to
Cleveland involved a big cash outlay, AS
well as players, but 1t made Cleveland
a great ball city and a real contender,
n left Boston with enough strength
to mako itself a championship con-
tender.
THE second was hat between st.
Louis and New York, when Del Pratt
and Eddie Plant were traded to the
Yanks for Cullop, Nunamaker, Maisel,
Gedeon and Shocker.
1T is a well-known fact that cham
pionships have been purchased, In n
number Of instances, recently. 1t takes
money to make money in baseball, UNI
der present conditions, just as 1t does
in any other business. This shouldn't
be, from a sporting standpoint. The club
which finishes high up in the race nat
urally will make money, and It needs to
strengthen, instead of developing young
stars, it goes out into the market and
buys from weaker clubs which need the
money. Most of the second division
clubs need many players to strengthen
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10

Strange how many sailors want to go
to sea these days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-10

Jack Dempsey is one Of those gents
who don't believe in working over
time.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-04-27
Fined For Shipping Wheat

P. B. Hazelton, one of the own
ers of the Intermountain Wholesale
company If Salt Lake, has been fin
ed 500 under an action by Frank
Middleton, food administrator for
Elko county, for an alleged viola
ton of the food laws. 1t is charg-
cd that Hazelton shipped to Elko
wheat flour that was not covered
by the required amount of substi-
tutes. Hazelton said the shipment
of flour was an error and that he
had no intention of violating the
food regulations. He has not yet
paid the fine and it is believed he
will contest the order under which
he was fined.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-04-27
GERMAN B|RTH-RATt
ALARMS KA|StR|1ES
NEW BABY WORTH THIRTY
POUNDS OF POTATOES
AND TEN EGGS

The Frankfurter Zeitung, of
February II, says, under a Berlin
date line:
1.-The political committee on popu-
lation of the house of deputies,
formed for the purpose of consider
ing DR.. Porsch's bill on measures
10 be taken against the decrease in
the birth rate, has met. The min
.stry of the interior has submitted
a memorandum on the subject. The
government announced through the
committee that the reichstag would
consider measures to combat sexual
diseases, and also that the compare
tive decrease in the lumber OF
births in war time is much larger
than the number of those fallen.
Even after the war the birth rate
will not attain it's former figures.
THE following have been urged
as necessary measures: Pay re-
forms, housing organizations. pro-
viding of inexpensive house FUR
nishings for young married couples.
premiums for children. A subcom-
mittee has been formed to consider
the question of providing furni-
ture."
The Manner Anzeiger tells of a
plan the city of Bonn has adopted
for encouraging marriages by boun-
ties payable in food supplies:
IF one of the newly married
couples has resided in Bonn for at
least six months, the Bonn food
bureau gives them a single supple
mentary supply of 80 pounds OF
potatoes, 2 pounds of wheat flour,
2 pounds of grease. 5 pounds of
sugar, 2 pounds of malt coffee, 2
pounds of butter or some other fat,
and 10 eggs"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-04-27
State To Fill Bond Quota

Since most of the Nevada coun-
t es have over-subscribed their
quotas in Liberty bond sales reports
are coming in slowly to state head
quarters and county managers are
waiting until the last days of the
campaign to report their total sub
scriptions. The state will easily
exceed the quota of $2,568,000, ac-
cording to H. A. Lennon, head
of the campaign in Nevada. Indi-
cations now are that White Pine
will lead the state with over ST.
100000 in subscriptions. With a
population of 1913 and a quota of
$4,000, Round Mountain has sub
scribed $32,S00 and it is believed
the total of subscriptions before the
close of the campaign will amount
TO $4,000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-04-27
NAVY SECRETARY
CALLS FOR NURSES
OPPORTUNITY TO ENLIST IN
ARMY AND NAVY RE-
SERVE CORPS

Every oma who desires to
serve her country is interested, l
am sure" says Secretary Daniels,
IN the campaign o under way to
enlist thousands of nurses in the
army and navy reserve corps. If
many of those already trained are
to be spared from the large hOspi-
.als and the tasks of private nurs-
ing, the civilian public will be called
upon to make sacrifices in their de-
mands for nursing. At the same
time everything possible must be
done to increase the number of stu
dents in hospital training schools.
American women must and will
gladly aid the nursing profession
TO recruit new members, and to
maintain health and nursing stand
ards in this country.
THE American Red Cross is es-
tablishing at Vassar College a sum-
mer training camp for nurses in
which distinguished specialists will
give an intensive preparatory course
for college graduates. This makes
an important addition to the faci-
Titles for training the large number
Of women required for the great
work which the Red Cross is per-
forming.
Trained nurses constitute an i'm
portant part of our national de-
tense; they are rendering a service
CT the utmost value, and | believe
many capable young college women
will be glad to take advantage of
the opportunity offered by the Vas
sar course this summer to fit them
selves for this imperative work. The
spirit of loyal service, shown in
America by women, has set the
pace for the men. We may be sure
their response to this call will be
so ready that no one in America
can say, there is lack of women's
nursing"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-04-27
ARRANGING TO SHIP
MORE MANGANESE ORE

A. E. Highway and James l..
Moore, representing the Alloy Metals
company, arrived yesterday from Col
conda. They are starting operations
on a manganese proposition and are
putting a force of men to work for
the extraction of ore for shipment.
These holdings consist Of 10 claims
which are traversed by a large de-
post of manganese, a metal now in
big demand by the allied govern
ments.
The ore is to be hauled by teams
or trucks to Iron Point, the nea
est railroad point, where it will be
loaded on the cars.
The Alloy Metals company is oper-
ating Mining property in different
parts Of the country. - Humboldt
Star.