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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
HIGH HOPES OF
MANY CHANGES
Reforms That Are to Come
When Baseball Resumes.

An enthusiastic basenall writer takes
great pleasure in announcing some OF
the reforms that are to come in base
ball, now that he sees peace. resump-
tioh and the sun Of an entirely differ
ent nue.. The spirit Of all humanity Is
to change II here are some Of the
baseball
The millions OF our men former ball
players and fans-haVe learned by the
war that the dashing, intrepid, snappy.
aggressive game Is the only one to u ay.
Ihey have learned not to give the
enemy an inch.
TheN have learned to take opposing
forces AS they come,
The value " teamwork has been i'm.
pressed upon them in battle with
Their IDEAS of good sp|ortsmanshtp
nave been broadened-or should | say
awakened,
These things are going to arfec, base
ball
steps are going to be taken to make
baseball more dashtng,
Petty tricks and many OF the old
~stereotyped plays which have been made
a part Of every game will be dropped.
The Intentional pass will be clint
mated, The pitcher will be forced to
serve en- up TO every batter,
The waste ball TO catch a base rum
ner will be tahooed.
Other advantages the pitcher now has
which hold down the batting and hence
the action of the game will be re.
moved. These advantages never have
added interest to the game for the fan
They were designed to make the game
tighter, They have made II too tight
for after-the-war tastes.
The bean ball, the most unspoTts-
manlike idea ever injected into base
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
CHEAP BALL CLUBS.

That cheap ball clubs are going to
be In vogue In the Southern next sea
son Is indicated by statements from
several Of the club owners, who W.
given out the intelligence that they are
going to strive harder than ever to
abide by the salary limit Of 81, 500, which
has been set for Class A Leagues.
Heretofore the salary limit agreement
was a scrap Of paper, and II is safe
to say that there was not more than
one club owner in the league who strict.
Iy adhered to II. The Memphis club
didn't, New Orleans didn't, Atlanta
didn't, Birmingham didn't. They
couldn't have and retained the high
class ball clubs they have always had,
But this year there Is need Of re-
t~renchment. The strict adherence to
the salary limit will 90 a long way to.
ward solving some Of the Ger present
financial difficulties which beset Dixie
club owners. It Is to their advantage
to live up to It, and next season they
are going to strive harder than ever
to carry II out to the letter,
Here's hoping the proposed league of
nations will be more peaCeable than
some baseball leagues.
The only league free Of contention
and brick-throwtng is the Epworth
eapue
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

twirled. Jim Vaughn and Fred Toney
had hooked up on May 2 and both
pitched hitless ball for nine innings.
The Reds copied the battle In the 10Th
and the cubs failed to get one safety.
No National league hurler achieved
a no-htt victory last season, Eight
One-hit games were hung up. 1t Is IN
teresting to note that Vaughn was
within the shadow Of a no-htt game
twice. He held st. Louis to one bingle
on April "a and New York to one swat
Aug. /. Schneider, Griner, Rudolph.
Cooper, Steel and Grimes were the
other birds to get within a hit of the
hall.
The American league hurlers had the
edge on the National in one-hit games
as well as in the no-hit class, Nine one
hit contests were staged IN the younger
league, .
Mays turned the trick ~twice-against
Connie MaCk's team both times. Scott
Perry. over whom the big leagues
threatened to split, hurled one single
bingle game for Mack, Morton. John
son, Bush, Gregg, Harper and Watson
were the other lucky ones,
The old circuit boasted of lb two-hlt
battles while Bans crew hurled seven
The White Sox failed to land IA hurlcl
In even the two-hit list.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
BRITISH SEEKING BODY
OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH

LONDON, Dec, 3.-Newspapers here
have been engaged in Il controversy as
to tho location Of the burial place Of
Sir Walter Raleigh in connection with
the celebration Of the 300th anniver-
sary Of his birth. BioRraphers Of Ra-
leigh supposed that, after his eXccu-
ton. the body was buried in the chan
eel Of st. Mnrgarcts. The Times, how
ever, suggests that HIS body was placed
there for a short time only. and that
Raleigh really waH buried at Bedding
ton, in Surrey, where the widow desired
that he should rest, Raleigh's head was
embaImed and cherished by his widow
In a red leathern haRge" to the day Of
hor death. The head was afterward
inferred in the church at West Horsloy,
In &MrrnN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
NORMAL MEETS
M. u. S. TEAM
SATURDAY
Winner to Prevail Upon Cen
trail High for Gridiron Bat
tle-Much Rivalry.
BY BOB PIeuE.

The West Tennessee Normal foot
ball team is TO be given the chance it
has been begging for during the past
several days.
The Memphis University school
eleven will meet Normal at Russwood
park Saturday afternoon at . o'clock.
In the event that Normal is successful
IN defeating NJ. L. S, Central High
school, Memphis city champions, will
meet Normal the following Saturday.
which will be Dec. IA. These games
VIII provide Memphis football lovers
with two games of exceptional merit,
ana contests which win be bitterly
fought all the way.
The Normal team, though the S. A.
+. c. has ~disbanded, held a meeting
the other night and all agreed to stick
together and not break training until
AFTER. all means had been exhausted Of
meeting NJ. L. 5. and Central. The
Normal squad got away to a bad start
this year, but only recently started
playing regular football, and has been
seeking to arrange games with Central
and NJ. Y. s.. Lieut.. George Wagner
has developed the Normal team into a
squad of scrapperS and believes that his
bunch Will wade through both NJ. L. s.
and Central in the series which will
start Saturday
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
JAP POPULATION GROWS.

TOXIC. Dec. 3%-Japan's population
is increasing At the rate of 500, 900 a
year, according to official statistics,
lutil a few years ago the rate OF IN
crease was a little over half Il million
yearly. The population on Nov. 81.
iO1T, was estimated at 57,a9S,373 This
did not include Korea, Formosa or
Saghalicn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
STECHER HOLDS POLE.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 - Wadek
Hbyszko, Of Poland. and Joe Stecher.
Of the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton. went to q draw in a one hour
catch as catch can wrestling match at
Madison Square Garden Est njght,
staged for the benefit Of the united
war work fund. Neither man was able
to obtain a decisive hold.
Three other matches, OF tn" same
style Of 30 minutes duration r"sllted
in draws, between jess W"s'ergaard
and Leon L. Hood; John ki)onis and
Cyclone Rees, and John DIN and
"Rnnato" Gardin.
Tommy Draak defeated Fred Pilakoft
in nine minutes, with a toe hold and
George Bruce threw John Smlthson, t..
S, ~, with a full Nelson in 10 minutes.
q seconds.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
FRED X CAPTAIN.

CONWAY. Ark, Dec. 3. (Spl)-Bc-
fore its disbandment on Thanksgiving,
the Hendrix college football eleven
elected Fred Cocker, the center, as cap
tain of the 1919 term. Cocker has been
center of the eleven for two years past,
and critics have accorded to him a
stellar place among the athletes in ac-
ton on, Arkansas gridirons. Practically
the entire team as composed last season
viii return with Cocker fores the 191E
aVanfg
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
CUBS LOSE ALEX,

The Chicago Cubs p~ennant chances
for 1919 We're given n jolt today when
the Information canc to Manager
President Fred Mitchell that Grover
Cleveland Alexander, the pitching ace
Of the National league champions, Is
with the American army marching into
Germany and that Alex will not be
available next season,
Grover probably VIII he pitching for
the Berlin club next summer. with
Hank Gowdy on the receiving end.
Ball clubs win be wearing their old
uniforms next season, according to In
formation received from the manutac-
turers, who say they viii not get start
ed making new uniforms for some time
The Chicks scattered all over the
universe are expected to come home to
roost by next sprIna,
If Leon Dobard, Chick captain, has
continued to spread out with the same
volume as he was when last perform
ing for the Tribe, he should be able to
cover a lot Of ground when he comes
back.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
Texas Not for q Curb
On Draft of PLAYERS

served their apprenticeship in the min
ors. Under the present rule they sigr
young players from colleges and lots
and send them to the minors for de
Velopment. The latter stand all til,
expense of development and the majors
CCme along and take them away The
optional agreement provisions should be
repealed. The draft price should be
raised andsthe draft season begin Sept
!, so the minor clubs could 60 out and
draft young players, Clubs should not
be permitted ia cancel a draft wher
once made. The IA leagues should be
permitted to draft but one player and
majors two"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

Mike Finn, who ls one OF the amen
corner brethren of the Southern league,
Is now devotlng all Of his spare time
toward drawing up a tentative schedule
for the 1919 baseball season In the
Dixie major.
Mike hasn't much time these days,
owing to the fact that he Is selling
tickets in a railroad station at Little
Rock, but when the days work Is done,
when Miguel has emptled his nut Of
upper and lower berths, half-fare tick
cts, stopovers and busted off his brain
after having answered thousands Of
silly questions, he may be found con-
suItlng his calendar and arranging the
Jumps Of the eight ooutne,r l-Au.G
clubs for next season.
Mike has been the official schedule
maker Of the Dixie major for many
years, and he usually pIeases the club
owners, who make only a FEW altera-
tons in Mikes tentative calendar Of
games. Mike will not offer his schedule
at the fall meeting Of the league, but
Will salt It away until the spring gath
erlng, when he will unveIl II for APP
proval or rejection by the magnates.
Glad to note that 300 hitter FoCh
has been given cleanup position in
the peace table batting order,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
DIXIE BOYS STAR.

When the Cleveland Naval Reserves
toppled the Pittsburgh Panthers off
their throne as gridiroh champions Of
the universe last Saturday, two former
Dixie stars were prominent in the
bowling over Of the champions.
Ducote. former Auburn star, played
ful1back for the Reserves and he en-
gineered a forward pass to StinChcomb,
who went over for a touchdown. Du-
cote then proceeded to boot a field
goal through the bars for the points
necessary to win.
Harlan, who played right half for
the Reserves, was with the Georgia
Tech Golden Tornadoes in 1911, playing
fullback, and he was prominent in hold
ing the champions in leash.
New Orleans Is favored for all meet
inas OF the Southern league for the
reason that Birmingham is considered
a Q o'clock town by the Dixie club own
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
Big ALEX NOW
ON GERMAN SOIL
Grover to Be Lost to Chicago
Cubs Next Season.

CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-Grover Cleveland
Alexander, the Chicago National league
club pitcher. who entered the army
soon after the club paid Philadelphia
$50, 900 for him, is with the American
army Of occupation now marching into
Germany. This information was re-
ceived by Manager Fred Mitchell to-
day and dissipates hope that the IAN
ager had entertained, h" said, that the
famous pitcher would be available for
dutV Dpyt EnuEou
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
AUBURN VS.. SOLDIERS.

MONTGOMERY. Aa. Dee @.~Ar-
whereby the football organization Of
Camp Sheridan and that Of Auburn
Polytechnic institute will clash here on
next Saturday. This game was ar
ranged for earlier in the session and
epidemic. 1t is stated that II mustered
out at the Cleveland naval reserve
station in time, Ducote, an old auburn
star, whose toe contributed to the de-
feat Of the University Of Pittsburgh
Saturday, will he in Auburn lineup
here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
All Teams Hard at Work.

An three teams are hard at. work.
although the M. L.. s. squad broke
training after Thanksgiving. Coach
Schloss now has his men again hard
at it, and by Saturday he says he'll
be ready to meet Normal or any other
team desiring to take a licking. Schloss
felt that all the breaks went against
his squad in their game with Central
high, and is confident that his team
will be able to trounce the Normal
bunch.
In case NJ. U. S. beats Normal, Coach
Schloss would like very much to get a
return game with Central high, though
it is hardly probable that he will be
able to do 50 on account of the fact
that Central has already defeated NJ.
I. S. decisively, and that there would
be nothing to gain by such a game.
Both Central and M. u. S. are giving
Normal a chance to come back into it's
W by playing the S. A. r. C.'s, but
the outlook is not overly bright for a
return affray between Central high and
M. U. s..
Much interest in the approaching
game is being manifested by the
student bodies and it is certain that
when the first whistle is blown there
will be arrayed the clans of both in
stitutions ready to back their favorites
to the limit, both in roofing and other
wise.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

Only one pitcher climbed into the
wagon of the no-hit stars in the
big league cas- Of 1918.
That II was Dutch Leonard of the
Red Sox.
Leonard later dimmed that bit Of
fame by ducking to the %shipyards.
The Boston southpaw let down the
Detroit Tigers June 3 with nary a
bingle, z
In 1917 by the time June had rolled
around six no-hit contests had been
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
Comedies Championship.

The Normal team is not looking for
any championship honors, and in its
efforts to secure the coveted games
with Central high and NJ. u. s, all
claims of the city championship were
waived. Normal only desires to recoup
her lost fortunes. and to prove to foot
ball followers that the soldiers know
how to play football and are not the
lot OF dubs they appeared to be earlier
in the season, when they were the
victims Of Indifferent coaching.
Central high defeated N. L. s.
Thanksgiving afternoon for the city
championship. and had the season not
been prolonged, the team would not
consent to again play. The Central
nigh team, when it was prevailed upon
TO meet Normal, told the Normal forces
that when they defeated NJ. L. s., then
they would be eligible for a game with
Central, but that NJ, L. S, must be dis
posed OF first. Lieut.. Wagner got
busy right away and secured the con-
sent Of Coach Gilbert Schloss, of NJ. L..
s., for the game to be played next Sat-
urday. Coach Scharff agreed to meet
Normal in case the soldiers managed
to get the decision over NJ. U. S.
The big series is certain to be a
for there is much keen rivalry between
all three schools, and when their teams
meet on the field Of battle, there Is
always a hard-fought struggle from the
first whistle to the last. And in next
Saturdays game there is considerable
promise Of something not on the pro-
gram, and every indication points to a
warm old time at ROSEWOOD regardless
of how cold the weather NAV he
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
R WHIPS MANDOT.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec, 3.-Pal
Moran was awarded the lewiston over
Joe Mandot in a l5-round fight here
last night. Both men are lightweights,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
SAME AS OVER THERE.

Race item: "kuItur led his field to
the last furIonq, but weakened badly
when challenged"
President Wilson probably figures
that one president at the peace table
is worth two over here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
TkeSporti%
SpOti$M
RYBobP i$Ne

ers, whereas in New Orleans the eorks
pop loud and the lights burn bright at
all hours.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
Would Make Class IA Majors.

1t means, that the class AA leagues
would become virtually major leagues
in effect, as players could not be draft
ed from them, while they are permitted
to draft from the other classes. The
Texas league draft price by the majors
is now 81, 200 and to class AA $3.50. Thus
it is plainly seen that the AA leagues
may come in and draft a man from the
Texas league for $3.50, whereas under
the old rule the majors , would give
81 200, so the Texas league stands to
lose $3.50 on a player Of major league
caliber. a.
mo salary limit has been placed on
the AA leagues, while the salary limits
Of the lower leagues have been cut. or
course the lower leagues would stand
no chance to get a good player II the
AA went after him.
"If the majors want to help the min
ors, and they a not exist without
they, they should enter into an agree
ment to sign no players who have not
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03

Baseball magnates visiting Peoria
went to see the place where the tanks
are made. A pleasant time was had by
al
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
Joe Gardner, Who Speaks for
Himself a la Tearney,
Thinks It All a Glass AA
Scheme.

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 3.-The action
Of the National association in declaring
war In the majors and passing the
''antidraft' resolution did not make
much of a hit with the class B circuit
known as the Texas league. though
President Walter Morris does seem to
favor it. Texas magnates feel that they
owe a great deal to the majors, and
while the opinion Of the writer may not
bear much weight with the powers that
be, he feels that he should lodge an
emphatic protest against the policy Of
the IA leagues to throttle the interests
of the small minors. The big minors
want the draft restrictions removed as
related to the majors, but want to
exercise the system, which they consid-
er so bad, on the little fry in the MAJ
tional association. If the draft is good
for the IA leagues to put on the lower
class leagues, why is 1t not good for
all leagues?
Joe Gardner. formerly owner of he
Dallas club, and well versed through his
30 years of experience in baseball with
all it's politics and phases, has exposed
what looks like the ''nigger in the
woodpile" in the action taken at Peoria
and he figures it out that the class AA
leagues were out to slip over something
neat and tasty on the lesser minors, and
we regret to say it looks like they had
s~uCCeeueu, ds lar DIS tney can go IN the
matter. Gardner, interviewed on the
antidraft action, had this to say of the
legislation as he learned his facts from
newspaper reports:
1T looks like this resolution passed at
Peoria will provoke a war against the
big leagues, which would set back the
game for several years. The majors
need the minors to develop players and
the minors need the majors to take
their young players when they become
too expensive for a minor league club.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-11
STRIP TOWNS OF FOOD
In Evacuated Districts Died
of Starvation, Says American
Red Cross Worker.

Rome, Nov. 11.-Hundrets Ct per-
sons die! Ct starvation in the evacuat-i
/! districts of Italy after the Aus
TRANS CT off their food supply just
lefore tie withdrawal, Major Lowell,
u the American Red Cess, arriving
from the war zone says. The situation
!; still critical.
THE food situation in the evacuated
districts is appalling" Lowell! said.
"The~ populations who received daily
,ations frcm the Austrians were cut
OF from this source three days before
the evacuation. Hundreds died as a
result.
eve found s.; k and wounded letI-
:ars and Austr:ans who had oeen three
DAYS wi,'iuut food. In orc town more
.ann 100 had died of starvation, IN
another 80.
"Tcwns were absolutely stripped OF
everything in the way of fcoo an
clothing. The first day after the enemy
Withdrew we shipped into the liberal,
G. districts Is carloads Of supplies
and medicines. Five left the next day
Cur 90 rolling kitchens are feeding
90. 900 people a day. Formerly they
,..ere attached TO the American bri-
aadcs, now they are attending to
civilians.
We have placed ourselves at the
DISPOSAL If the Government for aiding
i. the relief Of the occupied districts
md are sstabli Jung additional ware
houses"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-11
ykTo,l Truck DK'ave rs
Vdnleu--- good salary,
permanent position.
Apply ARMOUR s Co,
1919 Cameron Street.

Secretary Baker, in commenting
OH former statement, assures the
thousands of war workers in the Ma
t.onal Capital that the war program
of the Government has not been
checked N the slightest by intrrna
!ional developments. An immediate
announcement of any change would be
made, he said, upon official receipt of
the signing Of the armistice.
\ statement issued by Chairman
F;aruch or the phase Of peace as it
concerns the war workers says:
"A committee ramed by the Presi-
dent is now at work to devise the
best meJrs Of bringing about the re-
adjustments from war to peace
basis. The report of the committee
l.ay take the~foim of suggested legis-
lation. Tie whole plan will be car
ried OUT with as little dislocation as
possible
A denial of any wholesale reduc-
ton at an early date, even if the war
should cIG, is given by an official
statement of the Civil Service Com
mission, which IS in chse touch with
the iubor situation in Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-11

shores come with political principles
we wish they had left behind. LII
During the Hayma4set excitement
in Chicago in 1886 a German social
ist who had recently arrived in this
country went toc:an acquaintance to
hid good bye, as he said he was
about to leave the country. r Upon
being asked why he desired to cut
his visit short he replied: "Well, !
SOC no difference in conditions here
and those prevailing in the old world.
Rich people over there enjoy their
possessions, and the opulent here do
likewise"
This clover of liberty" supposed
democracy meant the privilege OF
looting others.
Republcanism is now On the ram
mage in Germany as the curtain
falls upon the war. 1t may raise its
head in other European countries
and, like the Spanish hu,. it may
go elsewhere.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-11
RISE OF DEMOCRACY
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-11
LEGAL NOTICES
VIRGINIA.

VIRGINIA.
In the Clerks Office Of the Circuit
Court 81 the Ctr of Alexandria OIL
tie Nh cay of October, 1918.
i'obe.'ta L. Smith, Complainant ".
Ra=el ID Smith, Defendant. In Chan
cer:H.
Memo.
The object of this suit is to obtain
Z divorce vincuIo matrimonl! for
the complainant from the defendant,
on the ground of deserCior, and tor
special relief
It appearing by an affidavit filed
in this cause that the defendant
Bazel NJ. Smith 5 a nonresident CT
this State: 1t is Ordered, That SAD
defendant appear heEc within fifteen
days after due publication Of this or
Ter and 10 what IS necessary to pro-
tect his interest in this suit.
4 Cepy-Feste.
Newell S Greeraway. Clerk
Edmund Itlll, Jr., P. Q.