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New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
FREBERG THE VICTOR
Dr. Roller Is Forced to Retire From Contest On .Acount of Injuries Each Grapplcr Secures a Fall.

Springfied, Mass, Jan. 1.-John Freberg won his wrestling bout with Doe Roller last night at the Gilmore theater by a forfeit. Roller took the first fall in 19 minutes with a double arm and body scissors hold. The sec ond fall went to Freberg in 42 min utes and 50 seconds. Freberg used the flying mare on three occasions and when Roller went to the mat the third time he was knocked cold and unable to continue. The referee waited 10 pearance and then gave the match to Freberg on a forfeit.
 The bout between John Devers and Louis PappaS of Boston was the real show of the evening, the former talk ing two out of three falls. Pappas took the first fall with a head chan cery in 31 minutes and 10 seconds. Devers turned the tables on the sec ond fall by pinning his opponent to the canvas in IA minutes and SC sec onds with a head scissors and double arm lock The last fall went to DeV- CTS in 10 minutes and 40 seconds by means of a head chancery and arm bar lock.
 Dick Strangford and Arthur John went 30 minutes to a draw in the pre- liminary. John took the first fall in II minutes with a body scissors. The second fall went to Strangford in nine minutes and 10 seconds by means of an arm and head lock.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
BUSTERS MAY HELP
Amateur Teams to Be Called Upon to Do Share Toward Winning World War.

Cleveland, Jan. 1.-Sand-lot base ball may be called on to do it's share for the war
 Clayton Townes, president of the National Federation of Baseball, made up of amateur ball teams in Toledo Chicago, Dallas, Birmingham and nu- merous other cities, announced today that he would confer with Joseph RaycrOft, secretary of the United States Training Camp Athletic Com- mission, in New York with view of staging games next summer between soldiers and teams in the federation.
 Townes, with Frank P. Coles, ot Toledo, vice president of the federal ton, left for New York today They propose to raise half a million dol- lars from the proceeds of the games to buy baseball equipment for sol dierS,
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
MAY SELECT MAHONEY.
Holy Cross Track Team to Choose
 Leader Soon.

Worcester, Jan. 1.-The appoint mcrt of a track team captain at Holy Cross is expected to take place soon after the holidays. The delay in naming a successor io Captain Tom Burke, who is now a first class yeo- man in the Naval Reserve, is hard to explain There is no doubt but that Tom Mahoncy, of Wcsttield, will be the next track captain to lead the Purple squad, and his appointment may come any day.
 Prospects for d fast relay team at the college are not promising. Cap tain Andy Kelly, now a lieutenant in the service of Uncle Sam, and Jack Dunphy were graduated last June. Goose Reilly, who substituted on the four. did not return to college. Tom Mahoney and Tony Doyle are the only members of the relay team in college. Doyle has been rejected five times in efforts to enlist in the Army or Navy Mahoney is too young to be affected by the draft and, as he is a senior, will probably not enlist before grad uatiOn next June.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
LAWRENCE CLUB
 BEST AT FIELDING
Jack Flynn'S Clan Noses Out Mur-
 IinS by One Point

The Lawrence club Of the Eastern League, which finished second in the league race for 1917, topped the list of club fielding averages, according to E the official compilation. However. theN Lawyers gained this position only byH the narlowest margins as they nosed + out the champion New Haven aggre-.a gation by one chance, having had IN 342 chances against 4,341 for the "A Muriins with an equal number of err1l TOTS. Both clubs are credited with] a3 fielding percentage of .959 Portland7 ranked third in club fielding, andI Hartford while they finished last in the Standing were only a fraction ofU 2, point behind in fourth place.
 Tom UcNoville of New London wastl the leading first sacker having only | twelve nisplays out Of 1,097 chancesll for an average of .9S9. Bradshaw, first with Springfield and later with4i New Haven, topped the second base iI men, his average being 960. Harry Lord of Portland led the third baseti guardians, the former big leagueriI fielding for .951. while Fletcher LowY of Hartford ran him for second place.l having an average of .93S. Schreiberl of, Lawrence who was sold to the Boston Braves and who has since en- listed to serve under the colors, did the best work at shortstop, having and average of .930, and playing 110i games. Move of Springfield was onlyz one point behind him, while Murray of Worcester, who also was caught inj the draft, ranked third with .922.
 Trout of New London showed the way to the left fielders, having a. mark of .9S6, while Brown of Portas land, who cavorted in that garden1 during no contests, fielded for .984 l Reichie, who was secured from thel New York State League by Hartford during the middle of the season, E topped the center fielders with .9S4, and Pop Daley of Lawrence showed up as the best of the right fieldersa
 having an average of .973. Paddy4 Martin and Fred Rieger, both of Newa London; Mayberry, at first with Port-} land and later with Springfield, andS
 <eefe of Hartford, showed up as thed best fielding pitchers, each having aH perfect fielding average.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
TENNIS WINNERS.
Dornhcim and Emerson Come
 Through With Victories.
Come

New York, Jan. III. N. Dorn- helm of Philadelphia and Gerald Emerson of East Orange, ". J., won the junior indoor national indoor ten his doubles in the final of the tour nament here yesterday. The winning pair defeated Vincent Richards of Yonkers and H. l.. Taylor of Brook lyn in the limit of five sets. The score was 6-4, 6-S, 4-6, 6-3 and 10-S.
 It was the fine driving of Dorn- helm combined with the excellent lobbing of Emerson that turned the tide in their favor. At the critical stages of the fifth set Dornheim and Emerson outsteaded their opponents and outspeeded. them. Richards, the national boy champion, was strong at the net in the early games but the frigid cold toward the end ap- peared to bother him so that he be- came cratic.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
RED S0X VS. BRAVES
H. H. Frazee of American League Team Signifies Willingness to Ar range Spring Series With StaIIings' Club.

Boston, Jan. III. H. FraZee, president of the Boston American league baseball club, today announced his willingness to stage d city series here with the Boston Nationals before the opening of the regular season in April. The Red SoX will start South for spring training on March 15, ar irving at Hot Springs, Ark, two days later, and will move north after d fortnight's stay there
 Referring to the trade by which the Boston club obtained Bush, SchanG and Strunk, MT. Frazee said he had been offered $50,000 by Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago club, for Bush alone. He added that the Cleveland club had also made him an attractive offer for Bush.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01

of which he was in charge. It was as follows:
 Maps of France; A History of the Civil War; Agustus Hare's Walks in Paris; Algebras; GeometrieS; Trigo- nom etries; William Cullen Bryant's poems; Robinson Crusoe; The Life of General "Chinese' Gordon; Life of Sir Philip sydney; Longfellow's Poems; TCn1Y&On'S Poems; Alan Seegar's Poems; Caesars Commentaries; Lat~ n-EInglish Dictionary; Hugos French Grammars, and French English Pock- ct Dictionaries"
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
AGGIFIS AFTER GAMES.

East Lansing, Mich., Jan. 1.-Ches- ter Brewer, football coach of the Michigan Agricultural College, it be- came known today, is negotiating for games next fall, which will give his team one of the heaviest schedules it ever has played. In addition to the annual game with Michigan, tentative dates have been allotted to Indiana Purdue, Notre Dame and Syracuse.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
TO SPLIT SERIES COIN
Winners and Losers of Title Contests
 to Receive Set Sum of Money and
 Rest Will Bc Divided.

Rest Will Be Divided.
 Chicago, jtn. 1.-Teams finishing < in the first dsa asion in the National and
 American Leagues pennant races will M hereafter share in the players rS< ceipts of the worlds series. This de & cision was seached at a conferenceE here yesterday between August Herr-I mann, chairnr&1 of the National Base-
 ball Commissiln, representing the National League, and and PresidenW
 Ban Johnson of the American LeagueX
 The new plan of dividing the an
 nual baseball prize means that eight& clubs will share in tre money insteaVk of only the winners Of the two league pionships. Under the new scheme players on the club winning the worlds championship will receive& $2,OOo each, while the losers will be awarded $1,400 each. What amount& the other six clubs in the two leaguesl will get has not been definitely de&& cided upon, but it will be figured ouf according to & percentage basis, Chairman Hermann said.
 The present plan vii be given a try
 out next fall and will be made perry manent if it proves satisfactory
 After awarding the winning playSN CTS, $2,00O each and the $1, 400 each, we will divide the remainder of the prize money among the players on the teams which finished second, third E and fourth" Chairman HerrmanN said, "Originally, we intended to place al of the l6 clubs on a percentage basis, but decided to make a flat sum for those who participate in the series.
 1T think the new division will be satisfactory to all concerned It will stimulate interest in all the races. The clubs that are third or fourth or fifthS S q month before the close of the sea- E son will strive to better their posi- tiors because it will mean larger share of the prize. I do not believe there will be any tagging of clubs hopelessly out of the championship. E. l am sorry to say that has been the case in previous years"
 The new arrangement is the out%& growth Of an agitation which has been on for several years. When the worlds series plan was formulated it was thought it would never reach proportions. Those who E drafted the early plans of the base ball classic believed the winning play CTS might receive as much as $2,500 K in some years but they never thought the individual players prize would reach $3.500 or $4,O0O E
 There will be no change in the method of deouctng the players. . share from the series receipts. They will continue to share in the first four l games. The series between Chicago and New York last fall netted the K players $152.8SS. The White Sox's share was $91,733, and that of New York, sell Members of theV champion White Sox each received ap- $3,600 and the defeated Giants, approximately $1,000 less.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
SPEAKER FIRST DREW $50.

Iris Speaker passed through Hous- ton a few days ago and got another glimpse of the first baseball contract that he signed. He got $50 per month from the owner of the Houston club. The contract is highly treasured in Houston.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01

Miller Huggins aftei~ spehding Christmas at his homo in Cincinnati, has returned to St. Louis to renew negotiations for the services of Der Till Pratt. No manager in recent years has made such a determined effort to lanG d particular player as Huggins has made and is making for the St Louis second baseman. The new manager of the Yankees has seen Pratt in action on numerous oc- casions and he makes no secret of the fact that he has a high regard of the players ability. Huggins cN- poets to close the deal on this visit or call it off for all time. He plans to come direct to New York after finishing his current visit in the Mound City. and will spend most of his time at the Yankees home office from carly January until the players leave for the training camp at Macon in March.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
CUBS LEAVE MARCH 12.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-The Chicago Ma tional League baseball team will de- part from Chicago on it's training trip to California, March 12, it was an nouncCd yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01
SHOOT IS CALLED OFF.

Holyoke. Jan. 1.-The Paper City Rod and Gun club yesterday decided to call off it's holiday shoot scheduled for this afternoon on the smiths &Ary range because of the cola
New Britain herald., 1918-01-01

Earl CaddoCk of Anita, la. claimant to the worlds wrestling championship, is now a full-hedged private in the National army. He was sworn in at Camp Dodge, la, and donned the un- iforln of a private and was attached to tho divisional headquarters troop. "I am anxious to do my share" he said, and am ready and eager to go any where and do anything called for"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

men are spattered with mud from
head to heels. they often escape the
steel splinters. Their helmets also
save them many wounds.
American patrolling parties dur
ing the last few weeks activity
showed the greatest ingenuity in
carrying out their missions. Men
who are usually talkative and
laugh much maintain the strictest
silence hour after hour and other
wise careless ones are crawling
miles on their stomachs following
their leaders orders. Temperament
tally hot-headed soldiers showed
the utmost restraint In every in
stance when their officers ordered
to withhold fire because it would
have been unwise to reveal the pa
trolls presence, they refrained from
shooting. even when an enemy pa
troll was very near them.
The way the men are obeying or
ders, wearing steel hats, always keep
ing their gas masks strapped to their
chests ready for use at an instant's
notice, and keeping the masks on un-
til the signal is given to unmask, ex-
cites the amazement OF the officers
who feared that the Unborn reckless
ness of Americans would make this
difficult
Even the French and British had
dif1culty persuading their soldiers to
wear the heavy steel hats and 1t took
many months before the men finally
saw the soundness of the protection
by the reduced number OF casualties.
The Americans. following the ma
tional custom, have thrown Them
selves whole-heartedly into the actual
fighting. ready to follow suggestions
and orders and anxious to learn.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
MAKES
LIVELY START.
IN CAMPAIGN
Starts Battle Against Evil
in Chicago with Old
time Energy.
special to The Washington Herald.

hpsc1al 10 me Warrington Herald.
Chicago, Ill, March 11.-Fresh from
his rest OF q week at his home at
Winona Lake, Billy Sunday, despite
his strenuous day here Sunday when
more than $1,000 persons cheered them
selves hoarse at three meetings at the
Tabernacle, did very little resting to-
day.
Monday is Billy's Official day of
rest; the day on which he and Ma are
supposed to have a little quiet time
to themselves and Billy is expected
to gather the energy he will expend
In his sermons the coming week. But
Billy'E store OF energy Is large and
the famous evangelist had too mych
pep to rest
Took short Rest.
For q short time after dinner
Billy and Ma did actually rest.
Seated before a warm log fire. Ma,
dressed in a plain gingham wrap
per and Billy in a dressing down.
Billy recalled bygone years Of his
life in which Chicago looms large.
1t was in Chicago he played ball
with the old white Stockings"
playing center. right and left fields
under old Pop" Anson. Once be-
fore since he was Ieaped into fame
Billy has held a revival here.
While relaxed. leaning back in hts
armchair. before the fire, Billy
talked. He talked first about the
war. then wandered back through
his life from his boyhood days
Billy's solicitude for the welfare OF
our soldiers was explained by Ma
Mr.. Sundays father. you know,
died in . camp in the civil war"
she said. and that's why he's al
ways thinking about our boys in
camp"
Yes" Billy assented quietly, with
a far-off gaze. And / was brought
UP mostly in soIdiefs' and orphans
homes. The FIRST one was in Glen
wood, Iowa, and when that was dis
continued they sent us all over to
one at Davenport. used to be
crazy about baseball even then. Used
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
FARMERS HOLD
MUCH LESS OF
CEREALS now
Department of Agriculture
Notes Reduction Com
pared with Last Year.

Corn. wheat, oats and barley on
farms March last was far below the
amount Of these grains held on farms
on the same date last year, the De-
partmsnt Of Agriculture announced
yesterday.
Corn on farms March I was 1.292,-
$500 bushels. or 4O.s per cent OF the
1917 crop, against 7S2. .30S 900 bushels.
Twenty-Five per cent OF the crop will
be shipped out Of the counties where
grown, as against I7.6 per cent of the
1916 crop and ls7 per cent of the 1915
crop so shipped. Sixty per cent. or
I 1896. -. 600 bushels OF the 1911 crop Is
merchantabIe. This compares with
SO per cent or 2,15I, ls7. 600 bushels. OF
the 1916 crop and III per cent, or
2.l27.O65. 900 bushels, Of the 1915 crop.
Wheat on farms March I. 1913
amounted to Il1272. 900 bushels. or Ill
per cent, OF the 1917 crop. On the
same date last year 100 $50 900 bushels.
or 15.s per cent, OF the 1916 crop was
estimated to be on the farms,
Fffty-one per cent Of the crop will
Be shipped out Of the counties where
grown This compares with 567 per
cent and SIT per cent OF the 1915 and
1915 crops. respectively, so shipped.
Oats on farms March last amount
ed to 59J.195.O00 bushels. This was SIS
per cent OF the 1917 crop and compares
with 3l.j per cent Of the 1916 crop on
farms March l. 1917. Thirty per cent
Of the crop will be shipped out OF the
counties where grown. compared with
S-4 and 301 per cent OF the two prev
ious years 50 shipped.
Barley on farms March ] totaled
g. $4,000 bushels. This was 20.S per
cent OF the 1917 crop. On March l. 1917.
1S2 per cent. or S3,244,0O0 bushels Of
the 1916 crop. was on the farms. Thirty
nine per cent Of the crop will De
shipped out OF the counties where
crown. In 1917. E3.5 per cent. and in
1916. 49, per cent. OF the previous years
crops were so shipped.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
viii Help Little MissIou.

Every cent I receive In Chicago"
Billy said. will go TO that little
mission. and ! hope it will grow 50
great that its converts will be num-
bered by the thousands"
-Billy'E first evangelical work was
with Rev. Wilbur Chapman. After
the latters death, however. Billy
continued the work. setting up the
one small tent. and doing everything
connected with the revivals himself
Chicago has opened her gates 70
Billy and thrown away the key
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Religious Sect Wants
Special Draft Ruling

Syracuse. N. Y. March 11.-W. E.
Van Amburgh, of Brooklyn, leader
Of the International Bible students
association appeared at the draft
board here today, in a test case to
determine whether pastor RusselTs
followers are entitled to deferred
draft classification on religious
grounds.
He declared that the association
would abide by the governments de-
cision providing that the ruling
ruling came direct from President
Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

al baseball. Prom baseball he went
into Y. NJ. c. A. work. and the church
at which he was cOnVeTted-the Pa
cihc Garden Mission-Will soon re-
ccive proof that Billy has not for
gotten.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Green Coffee Importers
To Profit Only 212%o

Revised regulations governing
licensees in green coffee were is
sued yesterday by the Food Admin
istration. They provide that a rea-
sOnable profit for an importer shall
not be more than "a per cent and
for a jobber not more than 5 per
cent gross margin over cost. plus
brokerage, or commission, and the
usual ex-ship or in-store, and ship
ping charges actually incurred by
the licensee.
More than one resale within the
trade will be permitted only under
very exceptional conditions.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

to make balls out OF rags. Sew rag
covers on them and play every
chance l got.
Had TO Hustle.
But just as soon as / got old
enough l had to hustle out and get
Job. just like the rest Of the poor
kids. l got one with a man named
Welton, in Nevada. Iowa. He had
some horses and there was one lit
tie mare in particular that l used
to take care OF that taught me how
to run. used to put a halter on
her and take hold of her name and
run by her side. BY and by got
so l could run that mare OFF her
feet for LIS yards"
He first came to Chicago in 1893
unknown, unsung and with 81 in his
pocket. and began playing profession
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Missing Du Pont Manager
Kills Himself in Hotel

New York, March Il.-While the po-
lice were conducting a search for John
w. TyrriIl, manager OF the New York
subsidiary Of the Du Pont Powder
Company. who disappeared last Sat.
urday. the missing man today com
mitted suicide In the Hotel Brsslin.
Going to the hotal and engaging
room under an assumed name. hs
locked the door and slsshed his throar
with a razor. He was found several
hours later by hotel attendants.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

Similarly. since 1917 she has pa
trolled the China Seas and the East
Pacific. Now Nippon Is watching
happenings in Russia. Cooperating
with Britain and this country, she
is seeing to II that the great supply
base OF the Pacific, Vladivostok,
does not become a menace-in the
hands OF Bolsheviki governments
or German pawns-to the allies.
Watching 10000 miles of sea
lanes. guarding against disorder
threatening our Chinese ally,
awaiting the turn of events in
Russia-Nippon is the allied Do
llceman OF the East.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

destroyers to take like steps at the
Kwantung port OF swatow. Fukien.
off which lies Nippon's possession
of Formosa, is earmarked to Japan
hence Nippon is using watchful
waiting here.
The Mikado's government has
announced Japan ready to take fur
ther steps to meet danger from
China or Russia.
The sunrise flag OF Nippon has
kept the Indian Ocean safe-help-
ing BTitain put down disorder in
India and the Straits Settlements
fomsnted by Teutonie intrigue.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

Everywhere he goes, the cry ''There
goes Billy is heard. and he is kept
busy answering cheers and "a
Iutes that greet him at every turn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-12-06
FEMININE CANDIDATES
{, FARE BADLY

San Francisco Gal.,-Femininc as
pirants in the far West who bought
seats in congress failed without ex.
ception in Tuesdays election. Two
women candidates for the United
States Senator representative jean
nette Rankin of Nuntana, and Miss
Anne Martin Of NEEada-made cam
paigns, but were Ha,y ; distanced by
their masculine i}qepponents. Four
women we're ele{tkd to the lower
house in California and three of them
without oppositio3A In all California
put forth twelve Memen candidates,
but four only wife elected. They
were all REPUBLICANS In Utah three
women were elected to the lower
house of the Legislature; n in the
Senate; two werafhosen as county
treasurers and TWO as records. Prac-
tically all were democrats.
Nevada elected only n woman,
and she will sit in the lower house of
the Legislature. in Washington sew
eral county officials will be women,
and n woman soes to the legisla-
ture. In New Mexico. where women
may not aspire. to elective Offices,
other than those concerning the
schools, four were elected county
school superintendent. Arizona
elected two women to the legislature
and elected another county recorder.
Colorado elected a woman state sup
%erintendent of public instruction and
two other women to the legislature.
successful. Three were defeated for
In Oregon women were uniformly un-
congress and six for the legislature.
The Montana legislature will have
two women members. Several coun-
ty officers also will be women