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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27
A MERRY CHRISTMAS

With the holiday season again with us, and
with SO many good things to be thankful for !
am glad to acknowledge the excellent business
patronage that has been accorded me during
the past year, and extend the greetings Of this
christmas-new-year-season to the people Of Mil
bank and vicinity, and wish them every happi-
ness and prosperity in the new year that is
about to dawn upon Us.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27

A Happy New Year.

In greeting my patrons and the public gen.
orally with christmas and new year acknowledge
ment | would thank them for the business courte-
sizes extended me during the past year, and solicit
a continuance of their patronage for the year.
have recently moved into the large double
store building on west side of main street former
~ occupied by the c. P. Leach company, and in
vite the people Of the community to call and look
over my furniture and household goods
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27
Merry Christmas.

While extending the greetings Of this hap
~ holiday season to my friends and patrons, and
thanking them for their patronage, ! wish to call
attention to the fact that | carry . full line Of
Plumbing and Heating apparatus and materials,
M have ! competent tinsmith for sheetiron and
tinwork and general repair work of all kinds.
All calls promptly answered. Phone q.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27

The arrival If the holiday season, the great Christmastide. the
closing o the old year and the opening r a new year, brings to u
enorie Al we review the past year, the thought O our nterdepend-
ence upon n another, in business matters a 8 we'll IS in all other
lines Of life. It 8 with this thought in view that We swish t o express
~ thanks % the people Of Milbank IN the farmers Of h county for
the generous position o. patronage that a been extended is during
" all other lines o business, las had unusua difficulties to con
with during the past year Q n ccount f necessary ar restric-
lions and limitations. ut with the country again on a peace basis,
business Q = all kinds will SOC be in a rma condition, and more
satisfactory to the dealer as we'll as he onsumer With this expec-
tation " extend the greetings # he eason to all our friends md pa
irons n wish themh happiness n prosperity for the coming year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-27
Over the Top for 1919

At THU arrival Of the holiday season it is
our with that our business friends and patrons
nav "a find ! full measure Of the joyous christ
mas ma happy new year spirit. With . new
snr1iiens AZ peace among the nations Of the earth
nkbR mpopect, md with the business outlook
IINsouatgine 6lrrhest wishes 50 out to al for .
lIII1l - 1pnof golden opportunities and
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
SHORT SCHEDULE
MAJOR PROGRAM
So Learns Bill Phelon as a Re
suit of His Interviews.

A late start and an early closing for
next years major league schedules,
Five months Of the game, beginning
May I, ending Oct. l. and leaving ample
time for the worlds series and for the
special series which will surely be de-
handed by the fans, with the cham
pionship military team meeting the
winner Of the regular classic.
A schedule consisting Of l40 games,
each club playing 20 games with every
team, instead of the former set of 22-
such are the ideas now prevailing
among the magnates, according to
Scribbler Bill Phelon, who has done
some interviewing. Long ago the clubs
played 126 games, then raised the limit
to $40, but soon hoisted this to 1874.
During the time between April 10 and
May !, the players can be conditioned
under the climatic zones in which they
have to do their regular playing, and
considerable money can be made by ex-
hibition games.
The Southern trips are not so much
in favor as in former days, and at
least half the clubs are likely to drop
them entirely.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
2,o75, SS4 Men Shipped.

Discussing the cmharkation service,
MIR Baker says that In ~ months a
total Of 2,075. SS4 men and 5.l53. 900 tons
Of cargo were shipped overseas. the
great bulk Of these movements having
been handled after Ian. | Of this year,
when hostilitieS veased, the service
was engaging 5000. 00O lightweight tons
Of American shipping and SOC, GOO more
tons had been ailocated its use, with a
half million tons additional per month
being delivered
In closing his report Mr.. Baker
speaks this word for the men who
fought the var at home.
u desire again to express regret for
its (the report's) nsufficienCies. | am
conscious Of how lar il falls short in
the matter OF just recognition Of the
accomplishments of my associates, OF
exhibiting in adequate measure the
heroic achievements Of our soldiers
abroad, or Of Il soldiers and civilians
at home, who have worked together to
make this demonstration Of Americas
purpose and efficiency successful,
Perhaps a special word ought tn he
said In recognition Of those who from
Civil life have come at the Countrys
call to places Of eXacting toll and have
been denied the opportunity to p%artict-
pate abroad in the heroic adventure.
but have nevertheless worked on. some
times In uniform and sometimes with
nut even that badge Of distinction.
Theirs has been in unusual degree the
call to solf-SaCrifire, but they have
been none the less soldiers and ave
contributed In no small way to what
ever success has attended our arms"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
EARLY DISCHARGES.

Now that Uncle Sam has notified the
baseball heads that he favors baseball
next season, it is reasonable to believe
that the discharges of the ball players
who fastened into the service when
their country called will be coming
shortly.
without those players now in the SER
vice baseball will be hard put to operate
next season. Many are already on
these shores and others are on the way
over, Some are in camp. They are anx-
ious for their discharges, They want to
take up where they left of in baseball,
They feel they've done their bit and are
ready to doff khaki for baseball span
giles.
As long as the war was going on the
ball players were sticking to the ser
vice and anxious to remain until they
had run the entire Potsdam gang Of cut
throats off the map. But now hat it's
over over there, they're ready to resume
their former status. They want to re-
turn to civil life-and baseball.
1t Is felt that with the earnest CO.
operation that baseball gave the coun-
try during the war, the wal department
will reciprocate and will hasten the dis
charges of the men now in the service.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05

The happlest baseball tidinos that
have filtered over the Associated Press
wires in many days came today, When
GEN. March, chief of staff, notified
Ban johnson, American league presl'
dent, that baseball, the king OF sports,
was CHANGED from the nonessentlai
ranks to the essential.
Which a
Baseball will be back with bells on
next season.
Such an announcement from the war
department has been expected Tor some
time, for the quick response on
the part Of the baseball maanates n
closlna up their parks when the work
or floht order was made is said to have
made a big hit with officials at Wash
Inqton. Now that the worst Is over,
the first thing Gen. March does Is TO
relieve baseball Of any restrictions
whatever. Gen. March goes further
and says that "basebaIPs discontinue
ance would be a great misfortune" If,
saseba!ldom all over the country WI,
now begin preparations with reneweo
all leagues next season.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
AVIATORS TAKE
UP BASKETBALL
Park Field Officers Organize
Team and Start Play.

Now that the football season Is over,
the Park field aviators are taking TO
basketball, and already a crack team
has been organized by several Of the
officers at the Millington flying station.
Among the officers on the team are:
Lieuts. Payne, Dow, Yoeman, Lowry
Brown, Young, Hall, Potts, Moody ana
Farabee.
The team is being coached by Lieut.
Alperin, an ,old basketball player, who
is thoroughly familiar with the game,
and who is expecting to arrange a fast
team. The first game on the schedule
of the aviators is slated for Friday
night, when they will go over to Jones
boro, Ark, to play the Y. M. c. a;
team there. From Jonesboro they viii
move over to Little Rock and meet
the Camp pike basketball team Satur-
day night, They will return to Mem
phts Sunday.
there will be several other good teams,
as the enlisted men are taking to the
, game with a rush, and several good
games are promised. A number of
contests will be staged between the
men at the field, and some warm COM
"petition is certain to result.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
Stars Coming Back.

President johnson understands that
the stars of baseball who Joined the
service, among them Ty Cobb, Benny
Kauff, Hank" GOwdy and others, viii
he among the first to receive their dis
charges, so they will be able to JON
their clubs on the spring training trips.
Cobb is a captain in a chemical dlVl-
sion now in France,
Definite plans for the resumption OF
the game will be launched at the an
nual meeting of the major leagues this
month. The National league will hold
its sessions in New York on Dec. ~,
and the American league, in all prob
ability, will convene in Chicago TWO
DAYS later.
johnson said he did not believe there
would be a joint session of the two
leagues, although the National league
has requested it. Committees from the
two organizations, together with a com
mittee from the National Association
If Minor Leagues, probably will meet
soon after the sessions OF the majors
10 settle a number of questions of pol
icy confronting them. ,
The minor leagues, at their annual
convention in Peoria, Ill, two weeks
ago, demanded that the major leagues
~relinuuish the right to draft their star
players and also urged a number of
other reforms. 4
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
SOLDIERS TO STAGE
Big ATHLETIC MEET
Finals of Contest To Be Held
in Paris, France.

- AMERICAN ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN FRANCE Dec. 8. CBy the
Associated PressD-Plans are under
way in the army for the most extern
sive series of athletic contests ever
held. The series is to terminate in a
great interallied military Olympic meet,
While yet tentative, the plans have
been approved by Gen. Pershlng,
American commander-in-chief and the
finals of the contests will be held in
Paris, IL possible.
The plans provide for competitive
games, such as track and field sports,
shooting matches and the like. The
competition will begin by platoons and
progress through companies to regi-
ments, brigades, divisions and army
corps, and to the allied armies.
When completed, the program will
embrace events for every branch of
the service, such as competition be-
tween machine gun organizations, the
artillery, trench mortar and other
branches and between platoons and
companies of infantry.
The army will be assisted by the
athletic trainers Of the Y. NJ. C. A,
the KNIGHTS Of Columbus and other
Organizations in rounding out the men
for the track and field events. Purely
American events will be confined to
the American soldiers, but British.
French, Belgian and Italian soldiers Will
he asked TO meet the Americans in
the finals of other events.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
U. S. GIVES ITS
. SANCTION TO
y BASEBALL
Gen. March Says There's No
Reason Why Game Should
Not Be Resumed in Spring.

CHICAGO, Dec. 5-Uncle Sam must
have his baseball. The great national
game is going to come hack with a
boom next spring, The sport which was
declared nonessential during the world
war has now been placed in the list of
essentials, and next sTging every league
that a muster enough players will
open the season.
Gen. March, chief Of staff of the army,
who was among those who declared
baseball a nonessential last summer,
is the man behind the gun in bringing
the game back Gen. March was IN
suited by Ban Johnson, president Of the
American league, relative to operating
next season.
THE war department closed us down
last September by declaring baseball
nonesser tial, and it was only proper
9at the department should be consult
y ed in regard to our plans for reopening, :"
President Johnson said. Consequently
l put the entire situation before Gen.
March for his aDprOyal'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
BIKES FAIL TO CHANGE.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, N. Y.
Dec. 5.-While many attempts were
made yesterday to steal a lap in the
six day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden, none Of the teams succeeded
in changing its position during the last
"a hours,
At midnight - Of the teams were
tied, having covered 1,273 miles and 9
laps, The Bowker brothers were one
lap behind. The 72-hour record made
in 1914 by Goullet and Grenda is Laos
miles { lanS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
PARK field FOOTBALL eleven
DISBANDS AS PLAYERS SCATTER

Memphis with a peculiar looking lineup,
coached by Kid Elberfeld, Little Rock
baseball manager. The Kid admitted
that his team was a weak sister and
said he hardly hoped to win. But the
Camp Shelby squad played like cham
pions, and with such men as Bender
and Peckinpaugh starring, the Park
field bunch was unable to stem the tide
of defeat, going down by the score of
10 to 0, Several Park field officers,
who had heretofore been barred from
playing on the camp eleven, were given
an opportunity to have a place In the
lineup, but the punch wasn't there.
and the team found itself unable to
make any Roadway against the Camp
Shelby soldiers. The Camp Shelby team
was composed of commissioned and
noncommissioned officers, with Capt;
Bender serving as quarterback and
handling the team on the field.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
cWzT}>Y
ON1HHeCGQ

l.. - IlA
The complete nnanclaI returns o. Sne
boxing shows helu tnr0usnous tie ~
try under the SUPERVISION Oh AN A. 90 Gnr
troth in the united war "oIh N.Y. M
FUNDS nave not yet neeU oV'pr,u o heen
hoxing did its bit for the soldiers. The
five shows given In New York, san
francisco, Boston, Bridgeport and VII
mington netting about $b5, 600. the New
turned over to the fund whlIe san
Francisco produced the second largest
amount, $13, 900,
The boxing show In Bridgeport VIII"
was attended by the munltion WolMa
ers, amounted to nearly SH'ouV. Wnme
Boston accounted for S,ooo. inc pI"-
moters Of that city are planning a SEE
ond show for the war WORKERS "iu ~
pect to do better than they d1u M une
first. In Wilmington, where s9,"Uo W."
raised, the committee, upon helhk ny.
fled that the money came througn wy
medium of boxing reluSeu ~ a',Jtv
II, but as the tlght, rams o. 'nat nis
| turned out to the snow WIN tne 'Ho"
that their money was going - NC Nv
| mated to the united war WON chu,n
| paign, 1t would be untair w 'tH sW nm
| game to omit the amount from Tue SUN
| realized from boxing. od
Philadelphia JACK bIle" VA
the Wilmington snow aIu ho sold
committee spurned the uioieE Nv TO- hnr
that he would donate u 70 S",,u ui ran
organization, probaoly the N"e''''
Red Cross.
Connie Mack will be one Of the out
standing figures in the reconstruction
OF baseball. He can reconstruct a ba''
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
~Signalized Defeat.

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ruIlod imam tn renlace rasunties while
r" :" noH, Months mo flnw ~ American
tUr , r."' ~ WANT to angmcnI thc r"rro
MJWl' ,n,bIcd Tn gnrno evinnt tbis
49, rfsnt he odds Nv thn rnr grcntrr
t, =" s,ort lion diCfiruliies nf The Amer
tc"m mroicrt
R~n,aniiulntIng thc total Amoricnn
cos,,nitLss S9G I0S mon M already an
n0,Inrod Mr. Rnker said the deaths dine
~ hatt,o alone we're a. 600 and that
ha,f of tho am rcnortcd "prohnhIy
suffered s,ight injury" lie adds that
Federnl hattir fatalities In the Civl- war
totaied ITO 600. Japnu lost $4,000 mon
In Inc Eusso-Japancgc war. and der
nnany lost ~ 900 In the rnnCoupr lssian
var
Sncatinv of tho sclcctIyc service. Mr.
paEcr makes this observation. without
disrussinp the question Of universal
military Training. soon to arise.
""At mat time Cwhon his preceding
annual report was issucd) there was
annie evidence that the So
| ]Iectiye draft was a swift. ef-
! f]ertiye and lust means of securing
9 tho military strength necessary fnI
r the conduct OF a great war. Tho ex.
perIence of the past year has strongl,
reinforced that conviction"
, Discussing the extensive engineering
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05

The question as to whether Ray
Schalk or Steve O'Neill Of the indians
league is stiil open to debate and prob
ably will be for some time, But there
is no question about the fact that the
two hig-mitt wielders stand head ana
shoulders above the rest of the back
stops in the circuit when 1t comes TO
filling in behind the plate.
They were the only catchers In the
league last season who caught 100 or
more games in that short season.
O'Neiu was the real leader OF the
league in clean fielding. He caught 1lS
games and made just 10 errors.
Perkins of the Athletics stood first
in the fielding averages with a percent
age of $50. But Steve, placed second
with a $50 average really led the bunch,
Schalk caught 106 games and is charged
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
BABE RUTH ON CRUTCHEs.

It's one thing after another with
Babe Ruth this off season. The latest
is some sort of an accident at the
factory he was engaged in that put one
OF the Babes legs on the blink and he
is hobbling around on crutches. Two
weeks ago 1t was the flu that had him.
Before hat something else. and right
after the season closed he was singed
and blistered when a kitchen stove
kIauy IN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
RELY TO SPEAK.

MERIDIAN, Miss. Dec, s. CSpl)-
Marion W. Reilly will deliver tho adj
dress next Sunday in Merchants cele-
bration Of Britain day A musical pro-
gram is being arranged by the matinee
musical club and songs of England.
France, Italy and America viii he sung.
The celebration will be held at the
courthouse Sunday afternoon at 8
n'pIpgk
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
CHILEAN ENVOY LEAVES.

LIMA, Peru, Dec b-The Chilean
stating that his government has ad-
vised him to take the archives with
him. The boycott against Chilean ves-
sells continues, forcing those which have
brought Cargoes TO Peruvian ports to
return home In ballast,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
BIG O BARRED

TRENTON, N. j., Dec. Sam Lang
ford, pugilist, has been disbarred for
six months by the New Jersey athletic
commission from taking part in boxing
bouts in this state under the commits
sion's direction. He was charged with
violating the states boxing regulations.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
GREECE GETS LOAN,

WASHlNGTON, Dec. b-Greece was
given a credit Of S23, 76t,O 36 Wednesday
by the treasury. This made the total
Of the Greek governments loans from
the United states $50, 5b4 ,036 and the
total of all allies loans S., 220, $40, 702.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
Won One Game and Lost Two
to Show for 1918 Seasons
Record.
BY BOB PIeuE.

~
Football activities at Park field aVia-
ton school are bottled up for the dura-
ton of the winter and approaching
summer. The eleven representing the
a~viatOrs has ~disbanded, the players are
scattering and all hat is left of the
team is memories,
After a season which proved disas-
trous it was decided by those handling
the team to disband, as many men were
being discharged, some of the stars
were injured and unable to play, n
other circumstances combined to make
1t advisable to bring the season to a
close as far as Park field is concerned.
The first two stars to 60 were Eich-
elberger and TwifOrd, two of the strong
cogs in the Park field machine, they
having received their discharges from
the service and returning to their re-
spective homes. Others had been dis
charged prior to this pair going, and
with the declaration of peace and ev-
erything considered, the aviatoRs de-
cided to pass up football.
Won One and Lost Two.
The flyers team won n game and
lost two, The only decision the Park
field boys managed to get this season
was over the Mississippi Aggies, who
were routed by the flyers by the score
of SO. a blocked punt in the last period
resulting in a %touchdown for the Mil
lington aviators. In their next two
starts the birdmen were walloped,
The Payne field aviators came to
Memphis and waded through the local
boys by the score of II to 0, the Park
field men being unable to stem the tide.
This game proved disastrous in that a
number of the best men on the team
were injured, which seriously crippled
the eleven for its Thanksgiving day
affair with Camp Shelby.
The Camp Shelby layout drifted into
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
.NeSportM%:
Spotlight.
Pi$Ne

Ing a bandanna handkerchief In front Of
a dyspeptic bull.
The National league is going to meet
next week to elect a president and to
arrange for next season. John Heydler
looks like the one best bet for president
Of the old organization, because John
says he doesn't want it.
The modest violet Is not the favorlte
flower Of some baseball m%agnates.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05

An after-the-war suggestion: An
exhibition at the Art institute Of the
various works of big league ball play
ers who have become painters.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05

iris Speaker, sta hatsman for tho
Cleveland American league baseball
club, is to succeed Lee Foil as man.
aEer of the team, Announcement Of
Speakers promotion viii he made at
the annual meeting OF the league In
Chicago next week. it is said. Foil
will be given the option Of remaining
with the Indians as coach OF pitchers.
the position he held before becoming
manager