Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
BAT, BALL FUND
DAY ON JUNE II
National League Will Give
25 Per Cent of Receipts
to Aid Bows
ST. LOUIS TO BE HERE

Next Tuesday afternoon tho National
League will celebrate Bat ard Bail Fund
day. Twenty-Five per cent Of the gross
rcCttpts of every garnc played in Tener's
circuit win 60 to this fund. which was
instituted by and is being conducted
largely through the efforts of Clarke
Griffith. anagcr of the Washington
club of tho American league.
It has been estimated that there are
1000 baseball mines composed of Amer
lean troops with the overseas forces Of
tho United States in France. Italy and
Great Britain at the present time. Ev-
CRY one of these mines needs baseballs,
bats and other diamond equipment. 1t
is very difficult to supply the demand
both because of lack of money and ship
ping tonnage.
However. tho V. NJ. e. A. is making
n special effort to get everything shipped
across the Atlantic that Is donated, and
IT is believed by those in charge Of this
work that II the things are purchased
they will soon be sent to PershinK's
men.
Fans Can Help
Tho fans Of Philadelphia can ma
tcrially help this FUND by attending the
game at the Philadelphia park next
Tuesday when the st. Louis Cardinals
open "a series with Moran's folks. Pres
idcnt' Baker. Of the Phils, is anxious that
Philadelphia should make q fine showing
and urges every man interested in base
ball or the success of the war or both TO
800 IIr
next Tuesday, June II!
Mr.. Herbert l.. Frat. vice presi-
dent Of the STANDARD Oil Company. who
has just returned from organizing
Y. NJ. G. A. canteens In France, is
quoted in the New York World of Mon
day. among many other statements, as
follows: \
The United States must profit by
the experience of our Allies and must
plan now to enlarge our facilities over
seas for taking care of u men when
not actually fighting. The American
soldier il naturally higher strung tina
any of the Allied soldiers. He always
is on his toes. He's ever alert. Always
ready to go. he's a dynamo of energy.
And when he isn't actually fighting, he
seeks an outlet for that energy. and II
is Of vital Importance that his energies
ID" directed flgntly. Inc war Is most
depressing. one who rubs against the
realities of war Is overwhelmed by it's
seriousness. One marvels at wha the
men endured and what they are accom-.
plishing.
War First
The war O~Vershadows everything else,
and that is all the more reason why
everything that will result in cheering
up our men should be done now. A
great deal is being done. but a lot more
must he dom ] wish I could describe
just how the val affects one who comes
in contact with it,. He feels all pent
w. His emotions seem all bundled to-
gether. and naturally he seeks relief.
He welcomes the smile, the laugh. the
warm handshake, the word of good
cheer. Good cheer. All. that's II. The
cheer-up message that is needed over
seas.
"Dnc of the worst atsstrophes that
the Y, NJ. g. A.. abroad had was the
loss by submarine of $4,000 worth of
b~aseballs, bats and other athletic ma
terial and the impossibility because of
lack of tonnage to make it up, for 1t has
deprived thousands of our boys of their
ball games and that is what they needed
more than anything else"