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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11
NOTHING LIKE THEM,
HOWEVER, IN FRANCE

But there aren't any such clubs as
IN" SoX in France, and the Ameris m
soldier insists on having Il bat so the
icu Triangle either had to get him ona
or confess its first failure OF the war.
Representatives OF the athletic depart
ment visited woodworking factories.
anc with tears in their eye pleaded
with the manufacturers to duplicate
bats that were submitted as models
The Frenchmcn, thinking that this was
aoHe new weapon invented by the
Americans 10 cave in the boche fea-
lures. said they would try Their first
Efforts rcsembled the club affected by
Jack the Giant Killer. according to
the best illustrators. They were too
heavy for an ordinary man TO lift and
We're shaped like George Morlarty's
legs which are SO formed that you can
tell the ankle from the calf only by
noting which end tho shoe is on
The Americans thanked their French
friends kindly. and assured them that
/ rs FAC siiniies Of the giant Sequois their
bats were excellent. hut that the
Yankee baseball rules require the fail
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postponed ms neither nine showed up
when the time Tor the start OF play
rolled around.
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TENNIS STARS ENTER
Nauohni lawn Tennis Doubles Cha
pionship Tourney Higgins
Monday
[By hauociated pea, ,

80 S~NSoNi~eeu FFeso-l
BOSTON. August 10.-Tennis
Today were entered In the nationas
lawn tennis doubles cha!npionship tourll
turf courts OF the Longwood CrictSnnee
Club. with lchiya Kumngae, or .Ia,SSst
the only ranking player OF 1916, en- a.
DRAWINGS indicated that the fontr
match Of the first round would be bse
tween Harry c. johnson and Irving
wright Massn chusctts State chs -
pions. and. Vincent Richards, na,inn,;
amateur champion. and w. 4 TiIdaaai
II, or New York. recent winner OF ~.
Clay Court title at Chicago. '"e
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Kind sir. can your mind such q pic
ture arouse?
1t can't? We confess. then, that
neither can ours;
When the temperature stands at lot.
o. how can We think of football
eleven?
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AMATEURS TENDER FANS
FINE BRAND or Gall

tcontinued From First Page,
sall times 'Cheesie" I.,iD@ pIay.I -
usual good game behind nc Gs., and
ran the team IN big league style.
DICK Bea!e was suddenly sw.;cI.G
from second base 10 short stoy. ana $40.
subsequent fielding Ia his new DnHitiI,r
was one of the beautIfu! I,olnts OF tbn
whole affair. ''''
Tho score by innings: J.
Old Virsinias ......00l00o0
Aviators O00006o0 o =
Hits--Old Virginiag 8: Av!ator,. :
Grrors--ojd Virg'nias. !. Aviators, !.
NErTHRR SILENT ATHLETIC
49, Non AsHURY SHOW III.
AZ The Silent Athletic Asbury duel of
yesterday was postponed, very much
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

protectors for New York must here
after be outstanding men. They must
measure up 20 a height OF five feet.
eiGht inches. according TO ruling just
at the suggestion OF the conservation
comm ISIS ION
The policy Of the commissioner has
becn TO improve tho personnel of tho
game protective forccs by giving more
rigid examinations to applicants. Tho
commission has decided that mini
mum height OF ivo feet, eight inches
that game protectors have 10 perform.
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FRENCH NOW TURNING
OUT GOOD BASEBALL BATS
For Time Army Overseas WINS
Threatened With Famine III
Ash Sticks.
ny T.. 4. BATCRELOR.

PARIS, August 1O.-What at one
time threatened 10 be serious famine
III baseball bats among the members OF
The American eNpeditionary force in
France has been averted. and the ma
tional game will flourish as the green
bay tree. The athletic department. OF
the y. NJ. c. y. has solved the prob
lem. and is now able TO assure the
military Ty Cobbs and Iris Speakers
that there Will be no further dearth OF
ash material. This doesn't mean that
men are 10 neglect the ordinary pre-
cautions OF holding the grain the right
way. Nor are they TO be ENCOURAGED
20 use the sticks for hrewood But
with reasonable conservation every
thing Will be all right
FRENCH DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO MAKE THEM
The Red Triangle folks found when
they first started TO boom baseball in
France that 1t was not only Impossible
TO buy any considerable number Of
oats in France, but that the French
wood turner's hadn't any idea OF how
10 make them. a hurry call was sent
20 the United States to ship some over.
but it seemed that the bats acted as
Il sort or loadstone toward German sub
marines, and that every ship carrying
them sought a cool. soft spot on the
bottom.
The supply finally got so low that
the \. NJ. G. A. realized it was a case
or teaching the Frcnchmen to turn
out bats or getting along without them.
me alternative could not be accepted
because the rules require that every
man who goes 10 the plate take n club
with him. IL is part of his toilet.
or course, some players are lust
carrying excess baggage when they
lug a mace up to the rubber. They
never use it 10 any purpose. Left
handed big league pitchers. for ex-
ample, could save lot OF time and
trouble by just announcing TO the UNI
pre- when their turn to hit comes tina;
they concedc themselves out
Ruth Is an exception, of course
They ought to concede him a two
baEBer every time, and thus save wear
ana tear in outheldcrs. to gay nothing
OF conserving the supply OF balls.
Ihcre never was but one successful
Dali club that didn't use its bats occa
siohaliy for sonnet thing beside sartorial
purposes This was the Chicago Ameri-
can League club of 1906, winners o. n
penhant and 4 worlds championship
lheSe White SoX were most remarkable
people, and their ability to win with
out batting earned them the name of
"Hiticss Wonders" y base on balls
ana safe bunt constituted n batting
rally for them and any one whose
average was as much as .lS7 was re-
ierTed 10 III the home newspapers az
~itsSer or fence buster"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

Edward A. Morse. Of Hartford, and
tho leading trapshooting booster in
the Nutmeg State, has accepted tn
invitation Of tho United States gov
ernmcnt to establish commercial
school for tho training OF crippled SOL
dlerA.
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Sportsmen. do not shoot pigeons!
connne your shots to their clay models,
The Signal Corps has issued n state
ment to the effect that its pigeon sec
ton Is being seriously i.terfered> with
the course OF training. when cunning.
In many States shooting pigeons Is
against the law. But law or no law.
the training OF birds which are designed
to give aid to the sportsmen who are
after real. big game on tia other side
The result OF tho Heer-Troeh match.
Is touched by Peter Carney. who ex-
presses his surprise at the poor show
timo ago. IN tho early beginnings Of
the Grand American trapshootinK
,Sa, sn,s +ros When is considersd
strong at Chicago on Tucsday-the
former winning the national amateur
championship at doubles and the lat
ship at sing les-Carney's comment car
ries added interest. He says:
To those who have followed trap
shooting for decade. or moro. tho re-
surprise. but the poor shooting Of both
Heer and Troeh was indeed a aurprise.
1t was the feeling in tho trapshootinE
could be counted on one hand. and then
along came this total: Heer, 473;
Troch. 40.
Troeh> Is rated as the best squad
shooter In tho world and Heer is con-
sidered. by many. as tho best trapshot
Of all time-so when one misses twsn
ty-seven targets and the other thirty
there Is canse for surprise It was
Hers poorest shooting performance,
and more than likely tho poorest cx-
hioition Troeh has ever given. The
one scintillatinG feature OF the match
was It's closencss. The shooters started
the final day on even terma. Her went
straight on ten Of the twenty-target
events. while Troeh went straight in
four OF them. Troeh went straight in
two OF tho target events,
while Hcer was unable to make a clean
run.
Fl. r. Evarding. the greatest of all
gun bugs. and one of the most popular
traPshooters In the United states, has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

H. r. Evarding. the greatest Of all
;rapshooters In the United States. has
recently been presented with a life
membership In tho Portland (Oreson)
Gun Club.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

., 49, III .!IcHJ cENislnE traNEN0l one.
1own without . trapshuoling club and
! II SHOW You town where the nook
worm ah!dcth ana waNcth fat" Thls
diced. but with the country doi,cc Sy
traPsnoot!nE clubs i does seem ,hat
towns so represented are up 10 ina
naI IN eNer% hing That spells sue
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

IT 4sH ut+Med WISE . put an If
ones eggs ~ the same basket, sra -
you are inclined to he o0e-s,i5.,t
s Sports Pfchanco allowing soif.
t' hsh'hg o. the canoe 70 suffice,
peter give T"psaDoUug TROUT r.
as there that sou wi!l duI a spIIe-s,jf.
fening sport, conducive to health. h0S,
msn'ai and Dnysicai. and Tor coinpan.
en- that the ContiUea, pfodl,Sa, '''
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
Other Editors Than Ours
PUNISH THE GUILTY .
indianapolis Times.l

For many months there have rumbIings OF wide
open gambling houses blind tigers and other criminal
agencies running under protection city
IL has been virtually impossible to down these
ports and ascertain the truth falsty of them.
police department been sporadicaly active
i'm the arrest of blind tiger operators an occasional
craps poker game and for "a time very publicly
active in rounding up immoral women and their assO-
ciates.
Recently prominent man arrested the
charge OF keeping gambling house. The arrest was
engineered a certain by a newspaper
reporter who still writes the paper which once was
openly his employer. 1t charged a the time that
the arrest attempt get" the prominent man.
In connection with this case. a man known as a pro
moter OF gambling resorts was held.
This sudden activity of the police department is
claimed by certain persons been maintained
for some time against the lesser outs of the gambling
circles the city and there have been some hints
that the charges against the chief of police a re-
taliation by the outs"
Whether the whole thing has been the result of
spite work emanating high quarter Indian
apoIis honest up a affairs
that is blot the escutcheou Of the city it should
result airing of dirty linen that viii rebound TO
the benefit of the city
Efforts through publicity prejudice the public
mind against witnesses against any OF The accused are
far from public spirited undue interference with
the operation of the the and city and
should he Immediately suppre,se
W OF the arrested guilty should be
the desireregardless of political Affiliations stand
Ing i'm the cOmmuntyOf every citizen. and agency in
ely. and the desire The Times they
properly and fully punished any iufraction the
laws d. the chief of police guilty ne should he
peached. prosecuted i'm the courts and given the
heaviest punishment the law holds any nfraction OF
the laws. which Ire has sworn TO uphold.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
THE MELTING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
LITTLE Boobies PA.
BY William 4. Kirk.

Well. sed Pa wen he calm hoam
last mite. ] see the All Gratest Kiser
is having the All Nitiest Retreat OF
his life The peepul of his deer Ger
many. sed Pa, are all saying Thare
goes Wilhelm going hack.
] Will oe gald wen il IS osver.
sed Nla. II Is Citing on my nerves.
Ma sed
IL viii all be oaver sooner than
sum pcepul think. sed Pa was
thinking OF running oaver 20 Wash
ington. sed Pa. & talking it oaver
with GenraI March. I have sum
idees that is worth splitting. sed Pa
wuddeut 20 oaver these hot
days deerest. sed Ma. Thay say IL
is awful hot oaver in Washington
just now. You better wait till YOU
are Congress Man. sed Ma. 4, then
YOU can help BOSS the land OF
the Free.
Well. sed Pa in the meantime
our gallant trupes are straitening
out them Dutch bulgss. sed Pa
think the Mailed Fist is about TO
be dee-livered, sed Pa. TO the Ded
Letter Offs That is a good line,
sed PA. Let us see that the Mailed
Fist goes to the bed Letter ofhs
Thare is a lot OF good lines. sed
Ma Dut good lines won't win this
war. What we need = good men
* plenty OF them, sed Ma, * then
il will an be oaver with a grand
rush. As my father used 10 say,
sed Ala, doant quarl if YOU can help
IT. but if YOU must lite, hit first *
hit 10 kill
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
YOUNGSTERS IN MAR

Answering the argument that lads of IS. 10 and 20
are too young for way. student of history presents
an impressive list of heroes who won glory before
they were of age There George Washington, for
instance, who a major with fine record before
he was 20. There Alexander Hamilton. who was
captain of am artillery company 49, There Capt
James Lawrence of Don't give up the ship fame. who
entered the at the of To- David Farragut is
said to have been ensign "a 70.
Lord Kitchener, the creator of the modern British
army, active service before he 20 The of
Wellington was aH ensign at Is. Napoleon was "a lieu
tenant at l.. Marshal Ney "a cavaryman IS.
Alexander the Great his first battle he was
rs. The list might be extended almost indefinitely.
Give these young fellows chance. Boys are prob
ably just good men they ever were.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17

That is a good policy, sed Pc.
yure father 4 me look al hteing
just the saim.
Ny deer father newer looked for
q ate. sed Ma. he was peaceful as
d smiling valley In the Spring.
That is the way 4 always was.
sed Pa. am that way nov. too
Pa sed. but like all still matters,
sed Pa. have sum grand idees
about how 20 win q battei-
Maybe you Wud better let sum OF
the yunger men do most Of the hte-
ing FOR the present, sed Ma. You
have had SO much Of that hevy go
ing in yure Lille that you deserve "a
rest from heering about Il.
I can Main-taine a rigid silence or
the subjeck Il you like sed Pa. /
can be as still as the sphinx.
dout il. sed Ma, the sphinx was
always a kind Of a silent Crouch,
Ma sed vou cant help bubDeling
oaver at Zines. sed Ma. You are
like a littel spring in the desert, sed
Ma. When do you leeve Tor Wash
ington.
] dOant know Tor sure, Seu Ia.
Every time / tell about sum CRATE
deed wich | am going 10 do for my
nashui. sed Pa. YOU look out Of the
window. / fear you lave skant
faith in yure husband, sed Pa.
on sum subjecks, sed Ma. my
faith in you is faithless. have
knew You many, many yeers. sed
Ma
4 then Pa put on his bath robe *
began 10 reed the. war news.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
REFORMED BOYS FOR THE Army.

There said TO be 10000 young men who are
barred from registry under the law though
hey are pathecaly eager TO enter their countys
vice They inmates of state tores-not pro
fessonal criminals the chaplain the Ohio state
feformatory explains. rather young fellows
who have repented the youthful folly for which they
'ver. imprisoned They regard themselves already
reformed and want to give proof of il by fighting
for the civilization which they formerly dehed
At present these lads even though on parole ars
pos allowed join the army navy. A formal re-
Guest in their behalf has been made TO the war depar-
'nent. and ruling the expected soon Iet
r. hope that it will be favorable We do not want
criminals among Hghting forces. But from all we
have heard and read of the dne of military life
pn young should be inclined regard the
rmy navy a good place for a foolish errng youth
T. the finishing touches his reformation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
SEPTEMBER II. 1918
FAVORED FARMERS

The New York World ezpIodes with wrath at what
considers the mpertinenco and inconsistency Of big
Farmers organization complaining because the
revenue bill fails 20 conasea-e au incomes in excess oil
$4,000 The fact is the World. the farmers
themselves have long been and are now the most fav-
ored class in America The matter OF taxation and
ARE paying anywhere near their share Of the war
burden.
The income tax returns for the hsca year 1916 show
hat not farmer in 400 paid a cent of income tax
despite agricultural war profits Last year large num-
bers Of farmers the class for the
rst time This year there will be more still the World
argues as class they benefited by mdeserved ox
emptor while most of those who are properly liable
10 the income succeed evadng IT, This too ON top
Of the that the have been specially fav.
ored By having liberal prices guaranteed for their pro-
ducts.
Perhaps this IS bt unjust 10 the farmers They nave
certainly their part admirably in producing the
food the country required, and ebody need grudgc
them the incidental profits they made The time
rapidly approaching however, when the farmers will
be held TO strcter as regards their share
OF the nations sacrifice Living i'm glass houses as
arge numbers OF them present they had better
be careful how they throw stones
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17

Vny Asoctsd Press Morning Paper Northern Indiana
fHper international SERVES IN
N~uth bend-fwO Leased Wires. Day and Night.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17

rolrns public official and The political chicane OF a
city administration what of it,
tIereut rhe people q right 20 know what b. going on
As-uredH the administration organ would never tell
thenltge truth. lt has proven that 10y il silence with
reference 20 local vice conditions the ir near
decade bur dearle. how =uDremeIy holy 10 was. two
years. three wears four i've six seven eight ears ana
500 on ago,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
HAI,n COAL

is getting scarcer each day People
viii be fortunate if they can get al
the soft coal they need Have Won
a soft coal stove See our line be-
fore YOU buy. Quality is mp TO our
usual standard and prices are close
ReimoId at 30 " Main ST.
Advt -26s-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
TIIE BIG DRIVE.

The DIG drive against the most
Ruthless king OF all King Winter.
viii start very soon. Prepare and
bus your coal now from o. IT. De-
Frees. 515 r. Taylor - Bell 27a:
Home 527q-Adyt. 71S1-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-17
Today Forest, Tomorrow
Building, Next a Workshops
That's the Story of L. 5. Depots

oxygen tanks and the great stocks OF
hospital and medical supplies.
The signal service has two large
buildings and much open storage.
with huge stocks of telegraph and
telephone wire for the army com
munication system which now
spreads all over France.
Warehouses for Food.
The warehouses for food. clothing
and all quartermaster's supplies eN-
tend along a frontage of several
miles all the buildings uniform, 900
by so feet Uniforms. clothing. flour
and what are called sack goods are
kept under cover in the warehouses,
but much of the stock in crates.
boxes and barrels is stacked along
the depot streets TOR miles.
The one item OF gasoline is a huge
thing owing 10 the part motor trac-
ton takes in warfare. In one month
our army uses 100000 gallons, or
an average OF five gallons a man for
an army OF million men This
means a steady movement of 10
900 barrels "a month.
To step into the army Refrigerator
Oh a hot midsummer day is rather
a novel experience. The thermome
ter was about 90 as we went through
the yards. but as the colonel opened
a door Of the big refrigerating plant
We We're struck with an Arctic chill
OF below Zero-a drop OF 80 de-
grees as we crossed the threshold.
Inside the worlImen were bundled
in fur coats wrapped around their
ears. The floors We're slippery with
frost and the long ammonia pipes
above dripped frosted icicles like
stalactites in a cave. Frost an inch
deep covered the burlap coverings OF
the big sides and quarters of beef
and the beef itself was frozen as
solid as stone.
Packers from Chicago.
Many Of the workers in this place
are from the big packing houses Of
Chicago. Besides more than a mill
lion pounds of frozen meat always
on hand. there is Olenmargarine.
butter lard and all kinds OF fats. It
is arranged like q ship with water
tight compartments. except that
these are cold apartments. 80 that
the freezing is carried only 10 those
compa rtments required. 30 ice Is
used, as the freezing process is car
ried out by the forcing Of ammonia
through pipes al high pressure.
The German prisoners stockade
was not far beyond. Here some
1000 Germans are housed and fed
while they take part in the con
struction and warehouse work.
Around the stockade runs "a wire
netting 10 feet high. with q number
of armed guards.
The prisoners show no desire 70
get away. and when an exchange Of
prisoners was being carried out not
long ago two OF them actually
broke down in tears az the thought
OF going back 70 their native land.
They sleep on cots and their rations
are about the same as those fur
uished the labor troops. The German
officers have their own barracks i'm
side the stockade wear their uni
forms and medals and have rather
comforta Bile equipment with spring
cots.
Altogether il takes some 1905
labor troops. besides 100 Chinese
1000 German prisoners. and a con
sidera BILE number OF French Anna
mites. 70 run this mammoth army
/ establishment and keep the streams
Of supplies moving steadily 70 the
fighting front.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30
BERLIN COAL TICKETS.
New Plan Gives 5000 Pounds of
Fuel to 7 or 10 Persons a Year.

amsterdam, March &c. --fCorrespondenee
Of The Associated Press Dissatisfaction
tion with the system Of coal distribution
which WAS employed IN Berlin during the
past winter has led to the adoption Of an
entirely new system, which goes into
effect during May The chief feature Of
the new scheme is the establishment Of
customer lists which means that n re-
taller is bound TO supply those customers
who register with him with the amount Ut
coal To which their tickets legally entitle
them The plan is intended To operate
over n full year so that consumers can
utilize their allotted fuel supply as they
sec fit.
There will be two coal tickets, ono Tor
coal for cooking purposes and the other
for heating coal The cooking coal ticket
is graded into three kinds according To the
number of persons IN the household 4
family Of one or two persons will receive
,2O0 pounds; three to six, 600; seven
To ten, 3, 300.
Coal for heating purposes Is allotted
according to the number Of rooms IN n
house One room is allowed 800 pounds
two rooms, 900 pounds; and so ON up to
5000 pounds Persons who used moro
than six tons for heating purposes last
winter will be allowed Just half the
amount they consumed then
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30
CAMOUFLAGED ESCAPE.
French Aviators in Blue Horizon
Cloth Walk Out of German
Prison.

Paris, April Is, Correspondence of The
Associated Press).-ln escaping from n
German military prison, Lieutenant Ro-
land c. Garros and Lieutenant Antoine
Marchal, the two celebrated French
aviators, repeated the exploit of the
famous German Captain Kocpcnick.
After having been twice caught and pun
ished for attempting to take French
leave" Garros and Marchal recalled how
gullible the people and soldiers proved
themselves in the case of the shoemaker
Noigt who, under the name OF Captain
koepenick" and i'll an officer S uniform
laid everything under contribution and
was saluted and honored as only Ger
man military officer should be.
So they made French blue horizon cloth
uniforms resembling rs closely ms possible
those of German officers. When they were
finished all they had to do was to SIMPLY
walk out of their prison, out OF the camp
and out of the town, saluted on every
hand by sentinels, soldiers off duty and
civilians.
Once clear of the town they dofled the
uniforms and made their way To the
frontier of Holland by rail quite comfort
ably. Their greatest difficulty was IN
crossing the line 1t took them three days
during which they crcpt on hands and
knees backward and forwards alternately,
lodging Sentlnels.