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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Opening of Air Route
Indefinitely Delayed
Postofice Department Says De
uaviIand Plane Is Unsuited
for Service
NetD York Tribune
" dshan0tOn Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec 3o-The trans
portation of mail by airplane from
New York to Chicago by way of Cleve-
land was indefinitely postponed to- day
by the Post Office Department. A
statement from the department said
the abandonment of the service, which
was to have been inaugurated January
2, was due to the failure of De Havi-
land planes, furnished by the War
Department, to carry mail in Cross
country flight.
Officials Of the army air service to-
day denied that De Haviland planes
were incapable of carrying cargoes Of
mail. They maintained that the mex
perencc of postoffice fliers and mech
anicians was really to blame for the
failure of the air mail service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Form Quentin Roosevelt Post

Quentin Roosevelt Post No. 10 is the
name of a new organization of veterans
of foreign wars, Just formed in Brook
lyn. The post was formed by Joseph
y. Marion, 1919 Prospect Avenue, who
gave out yesterday letter he had re
ceiVed from Colonel Roosevelt, express
ing appreciation of the honor paid to
the memory Of the young aviator killed
in battle in France
The posi- includes veterans of The
Spanish, Philippine and China cam
paigns, as we'll as soldiers recently re-
! turned from France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31

Manufacturers whose war contracts are
said to have aggregated $1,000, 900 900 will
meet in Cleveland, Ohio. Friday. to consider
methods of expediting their claims.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31

Two manhole covers in the vicinity o
Tenth Avenue and Thirty-seventh Stree
were blown off. with loud explosions, whicl
alarmed the neighborhood
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Joseph Piroth, of $50 East 1921 Street,
who to this country from Germany
thirty-four years ago at the age of ten, has
filed petition for citizenship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31

Deputy and Special Deputy Police Commits
sioners have been invited to a dinner which
Special Deputy Commissioner John A. Har.
Kiss Is to give for Commissioner Enright ant
his bride on Saturday at his home. lao Riv.
crside Drive. The Police Club at 145 River.
sside Drive, is to be opened week later
Many stores in East Orange, n j.. display
signs announcing: Nothing made in Ger
many sold here
Twenty-Five pedlers licenses have beer
issued to returning soldiers in Newark N /
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Yankees Divide
Honors Of Day
WithWhiteSox
By Charles A. Taylor

With nothing vital at stake for
either team, the Yankees and the
White Sox divided double-header
yesterday afternoon at the Polo
Grounds. The visitors captured the
first game by score Of to and the
home nine won the second encounter
by score Of to 2.
In the first contest both Mogridge
and Shellenback were driven from the
mound by the furious batting Of the
two teams, Heating being called upon
by Huggins to relieve Mogridge, while
Rowland replaced Shellenback with
Danforth.
In the second battle Danforth tried
to do an Iron man" stunt for the
White Sox, and Slim Love was picked
TO do the box work for the Yanks. Slim
was somewhat wild and was hit hard
in spots, but he came through a win
ner, and also had the satisfaction of
setting new seasons record in the
way of strike outs. Slim famed twelve
Of the enemy. The Yankees punched
hits off Danforth in two innings for
the runs that gave them the game.
10000 Fans See Game
The New Yorker just has to go gone
where Saturday afternoons, and that
possibly accounts for the attendance of
10000. The spectators didn't have
much opportunity TO enthuse over the
baseball exhibited. Both games were
too one-sided and poorly played, but
the presence of the Police Department
Glee Club made their afternoon worth
while.
The glee club brought along its own
organ, and carried it out to the home
plate at the end of the first contest.
Around the music box gathered some
hfty Of New York's finest" and they
certainly could harmonize. The song
that made the biggest hit with the
crowd was entitled "We'l Lick the
Kaiser IL 1t Takes Us Ten Years" Tire
glee club closed its programme with
"The Star-Spangled Banner" the ten
rnOuSANU iaNS 1Vl-4NS III tNe SiNkin
After the concert the police went
through the stands selling tickets for
their big carnival, which is to be held
at the Sheepshead Bay motordrome
next Saturday and the following Satur-
day They collected lot of shekels.
Sox Hammer Mogridge
The White Sox began the opening
game in the same fashion they wound
up their work OF the preceding after
noon. The hits came SO fast that five
runs were over the platter before Mog-
ridge remembered he was not warming
up in the per but was supposed TO be
pitching in real game Every man
on the White Sox team got chance to
take a swing a. the ball during this
nap Of Mogridge.
The agencies which brought about
the large harvest Of taIlies we're an
Continued on 71dQe foxr
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Reds Make a Clean S7veeb
With Dem0ruli&ed Giants

CINCINNATI, Aug. 1.-THE Cincin-
natl Reds won their third straight
game from the Giants here to-day by
score Of to 3. The contest was
close and exciting. as have been all
the other games played here between
the two teams. the winner finally be-
irg decided in the eleventh inning.
Polonious Perritt pitched the entire
game for New York, but Matty was
Schneider and Eller. Pitcher was put
out of the game in the eleventh for
disputing called strike.
The Giants should have gained the
victory in the regulation ninth inning,
but Benny Kauff, who is spending his
furlough from the army with his old
team. muffcd an easy fly in the last
half OF the ninth when two men were
out. This error gave the Reds a chance
TO tie the score. 1t WAS bad day
for Benny all around, as he was un-
Able to strike q safe blow In FIVE ap-
pearnnccs at the plate.
The Reds scored two runs in the
first inning after two men had been
retired: Roush singled to right and
then Sherwood Magce banged the ball
+" the fence in right centre for a
home run. The Giants took the lead
in the third stanza, when they sent
three runners over the rubber.
McCarty walked and went to third
on Perrltts single to right. Thorpe
was drafted to run for McCarty and
the Indian beat Blackburnes throw to
the plate when Burns hit grounder
to short. Pcrritt and Burns each ad-
vanced = base ON Young's long fy to
Eoush. KAuH hit to Custo. who tossed
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

everything at the end. Terentia. tn.
lavorlte, IN a middle position, was
caugnt IN jam at the start, buffeted
ABOUT, almost knocked down and elimi-
mated, which made the way easy for
the long-shot winner. Tuscaloosa suf-
fered a kindred fate.
g. BET; the second choice, won the
Steeplechase. Weldship, the favorite
one on, of the surest jumpers living, stun,
pied at the sixth barrier and unseated
omoot. Garter lost his rider at the
field. - Vic
Keen Jane, backed from to / to 7
TO z took the closing event of six fur
longs; A. wonderful ride by walls ef-
1eeeeo .as,a. this result. The winner got off
poorly and was badly bumped on the
TAR turn, yet squeezed through on the
rais "a and won over Triumphant in a
Walls also landed the brackets with
Louise V, favorite Of the six furlonc
opening dash. He got off winginr and
made 1t runaway all the distance 'N
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

the Harknes5 Handicap in f9f7. but
its hair has turned white in the pas,
year and it locomotes with Dro-
nounced limp. It was announced upon
Looey's misfortune that NJ. Arthur
nuray, of Belgium, who drives q car
that IS unnecessarily camouAaged. since
it is generally so far back that il can't
be seen. anyhow. had extended to NJ.
Chevrolet the loan Of his own car,
which also is Frontenac, and the
hope that he could get more out Of it
than Duray had. Chevrolet did, In
the twenty mile race he got broken
valve out of 1t, which NJ. Duray prob
ably had not noticed before. and limped
with q funereal air into the MI MI m ~
the second lap.
Loses Two Cars
1t was the second car that our fa.
vorite driver, M. Chevrolet. had de-
stroyed during the day, and it was mo-
tlced that auto owners who had their
machines parked in the infield drew
themselves within their numerou.
shells when M. Louis slid along the
wire fence looking about as though he
could be prevailed upon to accent the
loan of still another car.
Chevrolet's turbulent dual misror
tune: the feet that Starter Waener's
hat blew off during the course Of the
twentv-nile race because he vereeo
too closely to the machines. his hat
answering the immutable call Of the
vacuum. ard the United States army
a"iator's exhibition overhead were feat
ures. every bit as exciting as De
Pa mas record smashing and = Il way
had moro of tho genuine about them
The United States Army flyer carrv-
inc an observer, "zoomed" up about
1900 feet and proceeded to play a
few rag+ime pieces on his guitar. He
looped the loop several times. executed
an lmme man turn. side slipped, banked.
tried spinning nose drive and eventu-
ally landed on the ground. light as
feather. and "taxied" across the field
while the $4,000 spectators cheered
with admiration mixed with envy.
The races yesterday we're run upon
point system-six points for first,
five for second, and so on. Thus De
Palma finished with score Of 80
Ralph milford was second with %
Dario Resta was third with 10. Durav
fourth with 6, Vail fifth with A and
Chevrolet. the grand old speed demon.
sixth. seventh and eighth with not a
single point
The fastest lap of the day was made
by De Palma in the ten-mile race, when
he completed the course in 1:02:2O.
which Is at the rate of 115 miles per
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
American and
Worlds Swim
Marks Broken

bkLMAR, N. j., Aug. 17-Residents
OF 'hls resort were treated to a rare
swimming carnival here to-day. during
the course of which American and
"orlos records were established. Har-
ola hruger. the Hawaiian back-stroke
wonder. and Claire Galligan were the
record smashers.
hruger topped his Eastern series Of
record breaking fcats when he was
timed in the 440-yard backs troke swim
IN 6:2S. This extraordinary perform
ance smashes by q substantial margin
the former record of 6 AT 10, held by
+. A. unwin, of England Leo Giebel
was second, but at no time threatened
to be serious contender for the
honors.
In successfully defending her Ameri-
can haif-mlle title, Claire Galligan bet
tered her own record of 1886, set in
San francisco. The local mermaid was
timed in 1881. She won by almost
htteen yards, taking the lead after
passing the 220-yard mark. Miss Char
lotte Boyle, New York, was second;
Miss Dorothy Burns, Los Angeles,
third; Miss Elizabeth Ryan, Philadel-
phia, fourth, and Miss Lucy Freeman,
New York, fifth.
Duke Kahanamoku, of Honolulu, cap
tured the 200-yard handicap from
scratch as he pleased in 2:l1 2-5, with
J. W. Newnon, Pelham Bay Naval Sta
ton, New York, second.
Newnon later won the 22O-yard swim
tor army and navy men, with Tom
Reilly second and j. w. Arfman.
campmate, third
In the water polo contest the New
York Athletic Club team, led by Joe
Ruddy, who scored three goals, de-
feated the Federal Rendezvous team by
so points to s.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
De Palma Has Monopoly of
Victory, but Manages to
Entertain Throng
By Louis Lee Arms

Since Ralph De Palma, the lustrous
Italian driver, won all five races yes
terday afternoon at Sheepshead Bay.
it is probably best to admit it right
now, instead of postponing credit and
misdirecting the praise toward Tommy
Milton, or somebody else, as all of our
famous men about town did at the last
Speedway meeting.
There was really nothing to It.
Speedway racing of the current vint-
age smacks Of the Hippodrome. and we
expect that, but yesterday it was lift
ed from puppets show on wheels TO
hieh-class exhibition, through the fact
that De Palma won all five races and
created four new American speedway
records in doing SO.
Might Have Done Better
The Italian might have done better.
There WAS no time in any race that he
could not have stepped abruptly away
from his field end left it weeping in
his wake. But the chivarous Mr.. De
Palma preferred TO jockey here and
there over this race and that, reserv-
ing his explosive fireworks and his
speed bursts for the final lap or laps,
with the result that ne only broke rec
ord by mere minutes and seconds,
when he might have beaten them by,
we'll, say hours.
In the order in which the records
were broken they were:
Won the two-mile race in 1905: so,
as against Dario Resta's old mark Of
1:12:S5, $50 made at the Sheepshead
Bay Speedway.
Won the l0-mile race In 5:23:8O,
beating his own mark Of 5:24;28, made
last July in Chicago.
Won the Bonnie race in 1s:s1:2o.
breaking Johnny Aitken's record of
Won the 50-mie race in 27:29:O1,
breaking Daro Restas mark Of
2S: 04 :63, made over the same speed
way.
That was all. Through bit Of re-
grettable loafing-or the effulgent Mr.
De Palma may have been interested in
the aerial exhibition overhead-the
Italian did not break the 2O-mile
American speedway record which Writ
ually got down on its knees and
begged him TO crack it on the prog
nathous Jaw.
But, instead, De Palma let Resta and
Mulford alternate IN setting the pace
occasionally flashing to the front on
the far back turn (Which is in good
position from spectatoria view
polnt) or in front of the grandstand
(where the cheers Of the customers
may be heard even above the thun-
derous confusion of the motors). but
latterly he always fell back until the
final lap arrived, whereat the Italian
stepped on it," as the saying in our
best motor society goes, and simply
walked away from the field.
Far be it from us to deprive of any
pleasure those people who thought
they were seeing genuine race The
trouble with yesterdays event was that
it was at no time race but was con-
genitally and by instinct a process on,
and should never have been anything
else, save that De Palma recognizes
the value of entertaining the speed
way clientele and thus manufactured
competition when there was actually
none.
Louis Chevrolet, the old, gray wiz
ard of the wheel, came II cropper right
at the start. In the first race of one
short lap he busted connecting rod
on his patriarchal Frontenac and was
out Of the going before the drivers
reached the mile post on the back
stretch.
This 10 the same Frontenac that won
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Dodgers Get an EUen Break
With Bezdek:S Buccaneers

PITTSBURGH, Aug II. - Frank
Miller saved the Pittsburgh Pirates
from q double defeat here to-day
when he defeated Brooklyn in the sec
ond game of the bargain bill here this
afternoon. Burleigh Grimes, the Dodg
er star, accounted for the visitors
victory in the first game when ne let
down the local men with five hits. 1t
was Grimes's ninth straight win. The
score was to O. In the second game
Pittsburgh won to /.
Brooklyn gained its victory by SCOT
ing two in the ninth inning. These
came when Johnston, Daubert and
Myers singled and Wheat was passed.
The first two managed to score, but
both Myers and Wheat were nipped
at the plate. Hill, q Pirate recruit
pitcher, worked commercially. holding
the Dodger batsmen to three hits until
the ninth inning.
The Pirates outbatted their oppo-
nents by nine hits to four in the
second game, but the sensational field
ing exhibited BY, the visitors killed off
several runs. Miller, the local mounds
man, was faced by Dick Robertson,
of the Dodgers. and with each per-
forming at their best, hits were few
and far apart. Boone continued to
pound the ball, collecting three Of the
Pirate safeties.
Pittsburgh went to the fore in the
third inning. Miller paved the way
with a single; Boone followed with
another safety. Bigbee forced Boone,
but Carey singled, driving home the
pitcher. The winning run came in the
eighth. Boone was again the trouble
maker with double, scoring later on
Southworth's hit.
After being retired In order for the
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Staten islanders Win

Following up its good form Of last
week. the Staten Island Cricket Club
was again rewarded with win yes
terday in its Association match.
played against the Columbia Rovers.
at Livingston. S. l.. and won the match
by 100 runs. with totals of 152 to 43
This result was mainly due to the
F. A. w. Ireland and F. F. Kelly, for
Ireland ran up total Of Al with the
bat In addition to capturing Eve wick
cts at a cost Of "a runs. while Kelly
scored 25 at bat and secured 6ve
V3nknHa tor niustaon rvna
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
IS, OOOLiStgu TO Mad Vhiy
OF Autos as Records Fall
ON Sheebshead Bay Track
Records Broken
BY De Palma in
Big Auto Race

ID ALPH DE PALMA, the Italian
IN race driver, created four
new American speedway
records at the Sheepshead Bay
Speedway yesterday afternoon.
He drove two-mile lap in
l;O5:60, breaking the former rec
ord of 1:12:85, made by Dario
2esta over the same course. He
came back in the sen-mile race.
winning in 5:23:8O, thus breaking
his own record of 5:24:2s, made
last July at Chicago.
In the thirty-nl;le race he broke
Johnny Athens mark of IS:56:lO
by more than two minutes, going
over the course in 16:3l:2O. He
wound up the day by driving the
fifty miles in 27:2e:1O. which
breaks Resta's 28:O4:53, also
made at Sheepshead Bay. The
races were electrically timed.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Red Sox With
Ruth inBoxW
From Indians


BOSTON, Aug. 17.-Boston took the
first game Of the critical series from
Cleveland to-day, 4 to 2, Ruth holding
the visitors to five hits. Scratch in
field hits by Ruth and McInnis in the
fourth off Morton with one out, fol-
lowed by Miller's single to left and
Graney's wild throw to the plate,
scored two runs for Boston.
Bagby was pitching in the eighth
when Mclnnis's single to left with the
bases filled scored two more runs.
Graney's triple and Speakers double
gave Cleveland one in the fourth. Gra-
ney's single, an error by McInnis and
q helder's choice gave Cleveland its
second run in the ninth.
The score:
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Hiuheehee Yacht Victor

GREENWICH, Conn, Aug. l7-In a
Light breeze, the Hiuheehee. owned by
j. W. Lewis, and sailed by Walter H
Rowes, won the three mile race over
indian Harbor course. The Hiuheehee
finished four minutas ahead Of the
Salome, owned by H. NJ. Whittlesey
which was sailed by Abott P. Brush.
In the race Of Arrow class. f. C. Shows
RAM won first against Hawk, owned
by r. Z. Lavens.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

to Wingo too late to catch Perritt, the
pitcher tallying and Burns going to
third. Burns counted on Doyles sac
rifce fly to Neale.
The Reds tied the score in the ninth
Roush flied to Young and S. Magee
went out, Fletcher to Zimmerman
Griffith walked and Cueto singled to
centre, Griffith stopping at second
Blackburne flied to centre. Kauff drop
ping the ball. Griffith tailed on the
error.
In the eleventh Neale opened for the
Reds with q single to deep short and
continued on to second on Sickinc's
wild throw past first. Roush sacrificed
Rarden to Rodriguez. and S. Magee hit
safely to left, bringing Neale across
with the winning run.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Manhattans Easy Winners

The Manhattans easily won their
league game against the Longfellows.
played at Prospect Park, by Il runs
with wickets to spare. Several good
stands were made, and II. Shanholt was
still at the wickets with a splendid not
out total Of "a when stumps We're drawn
for the day
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
All UL0ng7g00d Cheers
Sixteen YenY-OM Bow
Alexander and Wright Put Up Pucky Battle for Doubles
Crown but Are Beaten in Match That Goes
Five Sets-Mrs. Wightman Wins
By Fred Hawthorne

BOSTON, Aug 17.-Vincent Richards, York,s
old marvel Of the courts paired with William Tden 3D. Of Pb
dephia the doubles the United
this afternoon the championship the Cricket Cub
by defeating Frederick Alexander Wright at
3-6 26 62, match that will long remembered aoono +h
followers Of the S ~
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

Totals 80 8 s t3l 20 2l Totals. ...s74es ssto
.Ran for McCsrty IN third inning
zone out when winning run was scored
tBatted for Nng in eighth inning
New YORK .... 0 3 0 0 o o.
Cincinnati 800. o q 0 O IA
Three base hits-Roush. Young. Home runs
Magee Sacrifice hit-Roush. Sacrifice ny-Doylr
Double pay--Cueto TO Hlaokburns g. Maqse
Inft on bsses-Now York. &: Cincinnati g. First
bass on srror-Cincinna.i Hxses on balls-OfY
Ring. l.; OH Schneider. 2: on Psrrttt 2. Hits--On
Ring, In . inninss on Schneider mono in TIM.
ins; Oh Ellsr none In innings. Struck out,--Hy
Ele1. g.; By PGr1ts, 3. Winning pltchsF-Ellsa
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Split
win Bill With
Cardinal Crew

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17.-Boston and St.
Louis broke even to-day, Boston taking
the first game, 2 to 0, and St. Louis
the second, to /.
Errors by Hornsby and Tuero mate
rialized into the two runs which de-
feated st. Louis in the first game In
the second game triples by Anderson
and McHenry, with an error by J. c..
Smith and Brooks sacrifice fly, put St.
Louis in the lead.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

KilmerS Crack Racer
Beats J0hren by Nose
Biggest Crowd of Season at Spa Thrilled by Brilliant
Display of Horsemanship in 900 Feature Event
Passing Shower Captures the Spinawav
By W. J. Macbeth

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N Y, Aug. 17-Wils sharne Kimera
the imported of the English Sunddge
self Of the dates the -
outfoueh and od
Whtny Johren the Stake lo
nd contested here to-day. -
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

IRAN for Crandall in ninth inning
rBatted for Ragan In eighth inning
Boston ............... o--l
st. Louis. ......-..... 1-2
Two-bass hits--Hornsby. McHenry. Three base
hits-AndcrBon. McHcnry Sacrifice hits--Betael.
McHenry. Sacrifice fy--Brock Left on bascs-Bos-
ton g. St Louis. s. First base errors-Bostnn,
/, St. Louis. l. Bases on balls-Of Ragan. !; Of
George. !: OF Doak 2. Hits-Or Ragan. In 7
innings: OF George mono In inning. Struck out
BY kagan. s. by Uoak. 6. Wild pitch-Doak Los
ing ptcher-R2gan.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Columbia Oval Beaten

The association game played at Ul-
mer Park between the Bensonhurst and
Columbia Oval teams resulted in a win
for the former by thirtytwo runs, with
totals of 126 against 94
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
BOSTON IA. H.

Total. 90 t7 27 II Il Totals 3. 20 "a IS 2
CleleYand. .......... o % Q . !.
Boston .............. 0 0 : 0 Y
Tvo-bsse h,,s-s0eaker. Wood sirlnk. r7ar..
base nut Graney Stolea bases --Bescher McInnis
Sacr1ac hif-Shear Double plays-Sheau, Scot,
Cleveland, 3 Boston. 9 First base on errors~Bos
J.; OF Ruth ,. Hits-or Morton. =. in : .nnlsgs
Of Bagby. IN J inning. Struck 0ut-By Aforton
3; by Ruth 8. JNslna p.tcher-- Norton