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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
MILLS AND SELLING AGENTS
OUT OF COTTON MARKET
Rcfuac to Figure on Such Lines as
Government VIII Require Re-
view Shows.

NEW YORK, May mills and sell
ing agents have remained out of tho
cotton goods markets Oh many lines
o: merchandise the government will
require and which is being allotted
as rapidly as possible. The small vol
has been on lower levels in gray goods
lines and some shcctincS. The in
c!caSinS requirements OF the govern
mcnt as we'll as tho constant discussion
OF price fixing. tend TO make sellers
cautious in the matter of sales for
long future delivery. The government
has been buying spot stocks OF under
wear and other goods wanted urgently
and larger orders for many lines are
being arranged for contract delivery.
Finished goods lines. such as Ging-
hams. prints. colorcd cottons and
hicachcd goods sold very firm in FIRST
hands and closer attention Is being
given To the !illing Of back orders 1t
Is estimated that nearly half The knit
goods industry is now engaged on war
orders and In general cotton goods
lines moro machinery is being allotted
steadily on government work.
Tho presence OF many cotton manu-
facturcrs in town TO attend conveD-
tons has led TO considcrab BILE discus
sion OF the limited production due TO
labor scarcity. Cotton duck manufac-
turers report that they are unable to
operate 10 more than so per cent full
efficiency because OF this trouble
Current cotton goods prices are as
follows: print cloths. twenty-eight-
Inch. 64N64s. lac: 64X60s. IS lee; thir-
ty-ciSht-nch G4X6+s, &C: brown sheet
inss. southern standards. CSC; denims,
SEQ; indigo. 81 Lee: tickings, eight
ounce. 4: IL prints. 22c; staple ging-
hams - l-@c. dress ginGhams, 81 1-2c.
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long ladders. back TO the moss tent
The crowd there had swciled to thirt,
or forty men. all quie. a,d aeriohs a,
tho booming OF tho BIZ: guns. tn,
cracking OF the light hcld pieces and
the rattlinS of the machine gum
hoated across the valley to their ear,
Gradually the FIRMS was dying
continued. descended into the un.
foreground shelter TO see what tcle.
phonic reports wcro coming back. A
tired lieutenant was sitting in his
cubby hole more than nifty feet under
ground. The apparatus was strapped
TO his ears.
Yes they are coming IN now" he
replied. but there is no inroruis ton
yet Fritzy put in quite some bomba I'd .
mens on our advanced positions, but
didn't accomplish anything"
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Curb Market.

NEW YORK. May aetna EIplos!vos
vas the strong and active feature Of to-
days dealings on tn" curb. the total trans
actions being more than those of tho bal
anco OF the week. Tho price OF tho s;ock
advanced moro than point over the iiua |
uf yesterday. Continued Nrmncss was shown
IN Wright Martin. Motors worc easier.
Chevrolet scoring decline Of moro than =
points The balance OF the market was
quiet with prices steady.
iolpo Aetna. I"-- ~ II: $50 Chevrolet, llo a 10:
100 Maxim. ~ sass 200 North America n
Pulp, 3i-n3:.: 100 United States Stcams hip
sN9'-: -, United Motor .3i- II :2-, 100
Wright Martin -, o stands rd Oil Of
= J.. ;C,n 81. 30 cosdcn OIL. -. us',: 500
Mid oil. 3i q 81 20 Okla horna p and
q. srnS'7; 500 Oklahoma oil. 5a5,.; +1l
Nict"ria- in'i,: iioD Atlanta. ST. G; 3iz; no
I:ic Ledge :. a :, "a 100 Boston and Mont,r,
'@nS"' LOO Io.dncld Cons. i.G5-is: 5000
Jerome Ncrte = H'. 100 Jumbo Extension,
lVWllf -H.HH Mother Lode. :1G,5i: 100 ReN
si9rs'2i 10 Success. 'Gs; 90 Toncpa n
ENt., l.. as.
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BROKERS SPEND BUSY DAY
TAKING UP SUBSCRIPTIONS
Trading, as Consequence, Was OH
Light Scale, With Good Cheer
Everywhere.
lNDUsTRIALs MAKE SHOWING
Distillcrs Occupies Center OF Stage
When Announcement Is Made OF
the Purchase OF Another Plant,
Thus Increasing Production.
ny Bi,OADAN WALL.

KEW YORK, May 4.--wail Street re-
sounded to-day with the last echo of
the Liberty loan dive ard all brokers
were busy taking the last subscriptions.
For that reason the market did not get
great attention but it was strong and
ihirly active. The spccialticS had AN
Opportunity TO show themselves
While trading was on Il light scale,
sentiment was cheerful. and stocks
were selected that had special reason
Tor advancing. Some new issues were
brought 70 attention. az. for instance.
Advance Rumlcy
strength OF Dis,illcrs followed an
nouhccment that another distiliing
E!ant had been purchased. whereby tho
output Of Industrial Alcohol would hc
increased 20 per cent The pricc OF
whisky continued TO mount. and the
company is liquidating with reasonable
speed. so that it the American govern
ment should decide TO seize all the
seems about 20 do. there would be no
great loss.
Tobacco stocks were under leader;
ship OF tobacco products. That and
American Sumatra were at high prices.
ST. PAUL REPORT SHOWS
EARNINGS ON PRETI:RItED
Publication of the ST. Paul earnings
for 1917. showing about $3.50 a share
earned on the preferred stock. sur
priSed nobody. The reason bankers arc
optimistic regarding st. Pau ~ that
the lease 10 the government guarantees
the earnings or the three years ended
June 30. 1917. aud these figures provide
earnings TO pay not only tho preferred.
but the common dividend. II the d.
TcctorS care to do so.
Some alarm is still felt in high quar-
terS over the situation in Holland. II
is feared that the country VIII be
forced into war. and possibly on the
into the war will be positively bullish
or bcar!sh. according 10 which side she
helps.
In the average bank statement to-da y
loans were increased s5.bs3.co". demand
deposits increased S21.3SJ.poo. ana re-
eervcs decreased Sl,ST7.2io. In the
actual statement the loans were: de-
crcascs, sli.GSo,po0: net demand de-
posits increase s55.o5o.0Qo, and re
serves decreased Sii.J0Gil0.
SEW YORK. NSy t-Mercartle paper:
four months and II, months. pcr cent
Sterling; s,,ty-dsy bills. 500. commercial
si.ty.day biils banks. E'a; coHircrcln ]
tihty-cay E:.'s. ;,ii. dc'nanG. SIS 90;
cabiea. N5e as. Bar silver. :s'.. Mexican
dollars.
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Tie Annie AioXemen.

The government Bureau of Markets
in It's report OF last weeks conditions,
says of the favorite fruit: The annie
movement continued to decrease. with
total Of 266 cars. New York shipped
ninety-four: Washington. fifty: Eir-
sinia. twenty seven; Missouri nine
teen: Illinois. twelve Considcra bl lie
shipments have arrived from the West
crn Ben Davis producing section the
past two weeks. For corresponding
time last year total volume was about
the same. but movement was nearly all
from New York and tho Northwest
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Tobacco Warehouse Started.

I.CMBERTON. y. c., May 1.-THE
contract for the immediate erection Of
tho brick tobacco warehouse for the
Robson Warehouse Company has been
let and tho work of assembling ma
teria!s and digging the foundation has
been commenced. The warehouse VIII. n
completed will cost $4,000. 1t is .nc
purpose OF tho contractors to have the
building completed in ample time for
tho company to begin business with
the selling OF the tobacco crop now on
the hill.
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tho field. and for the next three months
viii spend their slime in ;ne field en-
couraSinG soy bean planting and Civ
Ing complete instruction as to plant
ing. cultivation and harvestinE."
Colonel Olds declares that North
Carolina has the honor of already lead
ing all the United states in tho pro-
duction OF soy cans and yet has not
done a hundrcdth pat of what it can
do.
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BOND LIST

Am Writing pap.r ~ .................... "a.
tncio Er-r, n = ..................... 90,
4. g. i. cy. Is iBa,tmo:et tasltedj.... -
A. C. Ii and X. A. ................... ~.
C,hesapcskr and ohio -. I,............... So.
IhEEctt and Myers lob. .s............... .:
1orillsrd Tobacco - Observation-Disclosures. .
Mercantile Marin. ~ Observation-Disclosures. 90.
S.abosrd Air Limo RET Observation-Disclosures. 81
S.abosrd AIR Line adj ls................. az,
Southern ks!iws: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. g.
southern Raiiwa: = Observation-Disclosures. ~ .
/; = Rcx!s,er.d g. 1889 ODD .......... 81
L. :. Registered =, lsl. tbitD ............ ~
y. =. Registered e.. 1898 ODD ............ )65
l. = Liberty Loan Observation-Disclosures. - ~
l. \ Liberty loan : i-................. - 10
/ & Liberty Loan md i.................. $50
L. steel Is, - .-.-...... ....-...... ~
Y. Brown l'ros ~, ~ "a tssAed1 :,
u Chemical q
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firm. ti'.; sales. =; casks: Shipments. c!
"A-ss: stock. 23a;1 casks. Ros!n. iirm: sales
IN barrels: stock, es.5': barrels Quote. H.
!. T.. I. q. ~ 80: !. 555n $50; r. 80; NJ
5.sJ. =, s lr VIC. f.sr: WV, go
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:ii75. mixed. ,Is..oasi7.7o: hcavy. $685.
NlD: rough. 'lG o. .le.,5; pigs. sl3O ;l7cn.
tattl-; receipts. i.c"o, steady: native steers.
S!2:h: COWS and hctets ss.75gilLo; calves.
..Shccp; rcyeipts. 900. steady: sheep. ,Ic.,5 G
SiG.to: lambs, 1850 n t2l o.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK. May t-Cotton goods here to-
Day was quiet with government business
Increasing. Yarns were firm and unchanged
Rurlaps wrrc firm. Wool ma rkcts were list
less owing TO government control.
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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY
STEAMBOATS,
Old D0rnini0nLine;

tAInin Street Cara to Boat.l ~
Steamer leaves Richmond Every Nirss
at O'Clock. Connect with Main iSss
steamers, leaving Norfolk for New YoSs
made By, y. * W. Ry, 500 p. NJ and
&. y Q: Ry. at 400 +. 81. daily except S,,n
day. N:Sht line steamers stop al C.iaSs..
mont. an" vin; are ne! sy PYS,is s9nysysness
James River by DsYiirh, ~ o ~. A..
Point Newport News and James fsiY.r
landings; Eonday, Wednesday and FTsday
Freight received for river. points. -;
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CHICAGO GRAIN N,oEEr

CHICAGO. May Corn p!iccs took
downward swing to-day. Influenced mainly
ny IN" weather aud hy peace gossip. rhc
niarkct closed weak, i to : not lower with
May i:'l. and July ~. to l4s5, oats
lot : 10 &c net: In provisions there were
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05

NEW YONk. May sun lower pTlccs
reached IN tho cotton market here
to-day. with active months selling under
the low level OF last Monday. or at the
lowest points touched since tho bull move
mcnt eliminated carly last month. July
contracts broke to @t5j or - points below
the high price OF Thursday morning. but
at this Lowell there was considerable cover
ing and that delivery closed at = IS The
general lis, closed steady. point. highs =
To II points tower. The market opened
steady advance Of 10 points on
covering. but quickly weakened owing TO
the favors Ole showing Of The weather map
and = renewal OF more less general
selling. There very l;tlc business in
May, which held relatively steady. selling
only rs points under last nights close. hut
October broke 10 - ana active months
showing net losses OF q Io g. points during
the middle Of the S1oTn!uE. This made the
lowest prices touched since July contracts
sold al 3d. mouth ago and covering
for tho week end became more active
in the later trading. Last prices showed
rec6vcrieS OF about ~ to -; points In
LII z y 49, ull
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NEW YoRR PROp,CE MARKET

NEW YORK. May 4-Buttcr. firm; che csc,
toq ia. lie.
The cottonseed oil market was dull with
no business and but slight frmcr tone
prevailed owing to absence OF May liuuida-
ton. No tenders and no sales. Prime crude
1850. Prime summer yellow spot nominal
May. July and Seltemhcr. 900.
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RICHMOND HAY MARKET.
Wholesale Quotations on Exchange.
Richmond Va, May 4, 1913.

NEW YORK LIVE STOCK MARKET.
NEW YORK, May 4.--BccvcS. no trading.
Calves weak: vcals $1,000 $1,000
Sheep and lambs. steady: clipped Ohio
sheep. 1910.
Hogs. steady at $3.50; rnushs. $3.50.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, May t-Hogs receipts, 1900,
strong: hulk. 81. 9OM SIZES; light. ST. 100
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NEW ORLEANS. May 4--Turther heavy
selling was felt by cotton here day. and
the market was depressed most OF the
session. There was one period Of strength
soon after the first call on which prices
rose to IL points above yesterdays close.
but this hard spot only served to call out
large offerings under which trading months
fell TO a level 3: to 50 points under yester.
days finals. Profit taking by shorts be
came factor toward the end. and the
close showed net losses OF only : to 10
points Selling was induced by fair weather
over most Of the cotton region. which
hcarish trade commended meant that planting
was making rapid Roadway. Builish trad
ers pointed out that temporal lures were low
belt, with a minimum OF nearly 50 In some
localities In south Georgia They thought
this would prevent plant development but
bullish claims received little considera ton
at any time Spots were in better demand.
with total sales Of aiS bales at nonnaiIy
unchanscd prices II was said that cx-
ocean room for idVSrpool Futures closed:
May, u %: July. $50 December, sS.Ol: Ian.
uary. 22.21 October. 80
Spot nominal and unchanged. Sales on
tho spot, 3.3SI bales: to arrive, loo ba leg
Middling uplands. 2s.jDc.
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Richmond & PETERSBURG
Electric Railway.
0eabOard Air Line Railway l,omoanv

Trains leave daily: A. ~, NosNn.
Jncks,opvyiiitio.. y. NJ, Sieepers Atlanta and
ntis spt rala. ii;tS NJ Sleeper. Jaeksan.
5.i1 L. NJ, 80 T. NJ - 49, $40 a. III.
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lotion. quiet: midd!lng uplands.

NEW YORK May 4-Por, movement
MiddinE, 20 75c: net receipts. So bales: stock
1888 bales.
Total to-day at all norts-Net receipts.
45s6 ba!es: stock. l.il5.52s bales.
Total for wcck-Net receipts. 1896 bales.
Total for season--Nei receipts, 5.6.i7%
bales: exports. S.5l9.1l9 bales.
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RICHMOND PRODUCER MARKET.
WholelaIs Quotations.

u. 8. Food Administration License No @ 1921
tBy q Currie q Col
Richmond, Va, May 4, 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
MEMPHIS LIGHTWEIGHT
JOINS FLYING SERVICE
Gene belmont, Third Member Of His
Family to Go In 10 Fight
Huns.

MEMPHIS. March 2.-ticne Del
mont. local lightweight boxer, whose
rcai name Is Finest Barrasso, expects
10 he one o. the first American pugi-
lists TO engage in a finish fight with the
nuns According to a telegram re-
ccivcd from belmont at Fort Worth.
Tex, he has been notified that he has
hcen accepted in the aviation branch
OF the United States Army, and ha 9
been instructed TO report Immediately
10 an Eastern camp.
Louis Barra $50. a brother Of Ernest
received message stating that he
(ErncsD had been accepted in the avia-
did not know what branch OF the ser
vice he had entered.
Gene belmont as lie Is more familiar
Is known than Ernest Barrasso. now
has Two cousins--former boxers--in the
service at Camp Sewer. They are Silva
Bobby Hays. and Arthur BarrasSo, who
boxed under the name OF Bobby Rus
sell.
belmont hogan fighting here several
years ag" as hantamwe!Ght, but soon
grew into fea therweight. II was while
in ;hc featherwnisht division that he
attracted considerable attention and
was one OF the most popular little men
who ever fought here.
For tho past year or more belmont
has been fighting as lightweight, ON
account of h.s shortage in height ana
reach for lightweight. he was under
a handicap in the ma jor:;y Of his fights.
but his Eameaess and aggressivcncss
made him. favorite wherever he
fought
belmont several weeks ago fought
Champion Leonard P ten-round affair
and although belmont lost the decision.
he (Jf Tho f,-Lp f-bttrs Ia n
stood uD ten rounds before the pres en-
titiehoidcr. Dci,2 on;'s last fight took
nlacr abou; week ago IN Forth
Worth. Tex Wien he fought Bobby
Waugh fifteen round draw
belmont is as nopulav outsid. the
arena as he - III II. ON Accoun. OF hie
scntlemanly manners and his name
never having been linked with a
shady" ring deal. he has made many
friends
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KEPT WEDDING SECRET
Lieutenant l. :. Grant. w.. Married
New York Girl October
In SpnrtanburE

SrARTANRCRG. &. G. March .
Lieutenant L. :. Grant, IN. who has
been stationed at Camp Wadswor; h.
has been transferred TO the ordnance
department, and left to-day for wash
'ngion. Before his departure I.icutcnan.
Grant announced that he was married
III Spartanburg on October 10 Miss
Matilda Bart!kofsky. or New York CIV.
The marriage had been kept secret. the
groom prevailing upon the Judge OF
PROBATE for this county not 10 file It
on the records unit! to-day
Miss Rar;ik ofsky arrived in Spartan
burg early on the morning OF October
I. and was met at the station by Lieu
tenant Grant. who was n, that time a
private. During tho day they were
married by the probate judge in his
cfice az the courthouse. and n o'clock
Eat evening Mrs. Grant returned 10
her home in New York Licu;euan,
Grams age is given on the marriage
license as twcnty-four, and Mrs. Grants
Is twcnty-two
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10 soldiers who had seen service at the
western front. and all were agreed that
OF all the ;hcaters of war that was the
most fearful.
y man might just as well be sem
fenced TO death as>bc sent there" said
one TO me. People talk about the
guns OF krupps: tell you. we can turn
out nothing to equal those which the
5ritiSherS have in Flanders and on the
Somme."
The war WEAKNESS was think. at
It's height during last winter at Essen.
everywhere J met people who openly
declared that they cared not which way
INC war went. so long as they had
peace. Had IL not been for the con-
inual outburSts OF the Kaiser and the
cHorts of fiindenburg, who was ever
promising victory and peace within a
lew months. | verify believe that the
peop!e would have taken matters In
their own hands and forced peace
upon the German governments
The institution Of the relentless sub
marine campaign also helped the war
purity great deal. The people were
hchnitely promised that within three
h'ohtnS atthe very outside Britain
would be forced to make peace, be-
cause she. too. would be starving. This
huoFed up the people tremendously for
with peace they were told. on the word
OF the Emperor himself they would
ENJOY the huge Indemnity that Britain
would be forced to pay from her Golfers
80 ny speciouS promises was Germany
able TO tide over the months OF starva-
ton, to keep the people from taking
matters in their own hands.
tTo Be Continued To-AforrowD
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Norfolk. Capital stock. $4,000. OBJ
icc'. real estate business Jesse Eweli.
Jr. president; G. b. Otis. secretary, both
Of Norfolk.
pn niiiy,s Barber shop. Incorporated.
itoanok" Capital stock, $1,000. NJ l..
Reed. Jr.. president: H. -. waskey,
secretary. both of Roanoke.
:, The Home Fuel and Supply Company.
Incorporated Shenandoah Capital
stock. $4,000. Object. dealing in fuel
. anu supplies. j. J.. Hickman. presi-
ucht: Charles l.. Stevens. secretary and
treasurer. both OF Shenandoah.
Aa'ncndment TO charter OF Roanoke
I ,.hu Botetourt Telephone Company
tlncastic. increasing its capital stock
,ro,,i 'iv.ooo TO $4,000. II. ID. Kelly
president; j. w. Ikcnberry. secretary,
both OF Dalevillc.
:, amendment to charter OF Meyers
itr"ihcrS Incorporated Newport News
Increasing It's capital stock from sac, ,
ono 10 100000 Wv
Dixon coal Company. Incorporated.
Richmond. Capital stock SlOo.G0O Oh
Jet. coal business. T. s simpson.
of Richmond - '">''
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DEFENDS ALLIANCE FROM
CHARGE OF DISLOYALTY
Theodore Sutro Declares Organization
Not Respousible for IIexamcr's
Views,
10y Associated Press.l

WAS1ilNGToN. March En- a do
tense of the National German Amcri-
can Aliianc. against charges OF dis
loyalty. Theodore Sutro. Of New York.
former president OF the New York
state Alliance, to-day disclaimcd re-
Spo"sihility Of tho organization for ut
ierances OF individual members and re-
pudiated statements OF Dr. c. j. IIcxa-
mer. OF Philadelphia. former president.
Sutros defense was made before a
senate investigating subcommittee
which is considering a resolution by
Senator King. of Utah. to dissolve the
alliance.
Presidents OF societies are often
very foolish" Mrs. Su;ro declared, when
asked by Senator King whether hc an
proved uttcri.nces made by Dr. Hcya-
Iner' in speech in Milwaukee in 1918.
In which Inc declared the German or
Ganization TO he OF such political
power as to dominate communities
where they wcro well organized.
Articles appearing In the official hui.
le'in or the alliance which were ultra
German. werc rcpudiat ted 10y Sutro who
declared The allied should not be hold
70 account for what appeared in The
publication.
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EXPECTS GROOM TO BE
WINNER FOR CLEVELAND
Veteran Pitcher bought From Browns
Oniclntel Past Year ia Twenty
Eight Gup,rs

CLENEl.ANp. ONO. March p
II expect Bob Groom to win Il lot OF
games for Cleveland this season." said
Jim Dunn. owner of the Cleveland club,
last night. Dunn dropped Off here on
his way back to Chicago from the
American League meeting at New York
he stopped over to confer with Mana
ger Lee Foil regarding prospects UNI
der consideration.
Dunn recently purchased Bob Groom
from the st. Louis Browns. lie said
Groom is none too old TO win games, al
though he has seen many seasons in
the major leagues.
The purchase OF Groom was the only
new deal Dunn had TO report. although
lie said he was planning to strengthen
other outfcldcr. The Cleveland club
owner would not make public what
deals he has under consideration.
Dunn is pleased with the purchase
or l;nznann. the Newark twirler, and
thinks Enznann and Groom will 20
Iar toward holsterinS up his pitching
siaT With the Browns last year.
Groom pitched in twenty eight games.
winning nine and losing nineteen lie
pitched 233 innings. in which S3S men
we're at bat Eighty runs were scored
on him. Of which scNenty-six were
game being 2.93 He allowed 1913 hits.
gave ninety-nve bases on balls. struck
out cightytwo batsmen. made four wild
pitches and hit four batsmcn He
pitched no-hit game against tho
White SoS last Ma. Browns winning
= TO .. He shut out New York twice
and Boston once. In September he
hurled a twclve-inning game against
Detroit the Tigers finally winning, /
10 o.
Groom. who is thirty-thrcc. came into
sne american League ten years ago.
appearing with tho Washington club
lie remained with them until the Fed
"ral League came along when no
Jumped to tho 81. Louis Ecdcrals. when
TINS club merged with the Browns.
TEoom returned to the American
League His batting average last year
was Ill