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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Football Star Turned DODn Seven Times

R being turned down times
sv game football Uni
and Of the perfect physical
Of draft Of getting army
tried enlist football
his rejection Then and
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Gun that efficiency
M apes The defect kpt him the section
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
MORANS TROUBLES INCREASED
WHEN MIKE PRENDERGAST HURTS
ANKLEINLEAPING FROM STANDS
Phils Have Few Pitchers and Former Cubs
Services Were Needed-Good News
From Whitted Brightens Camp
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
st Petersburg. Fla, April A. couted the ball In

clouted the ball In midseason form. u.
also feJded his position WELL but favored
his throwing arm. Before the club star,s
north next Monday he should be in first.
class shape.
With Stock back OF the job and Whit.
ted on his way. according to reports. tbs
Phils do not look so bad for the openinv
of the season All that is needed now is
a pair of good pitchers to relieve tbs
veterans and Pat Moran will sail
through the season in the first diyisior
Nothing has been heard from Nlehof
and If he does not communicate win
Moran before the end Of the week he
probably will be placed on the market
and sent to another club. Bert has been
offered a fair contract and President
Baker feels that lie has done his part.
No Sympathy
The president of the Phils cannot bs
censured for his attitude this year In.
stead of slicing salaries he maintained
| the same standard as last year and In.
creased the pay of three of the plavera
For the first time i'm baseball historv
the holdouts deserve no sympathv for
their attitude.
Yesterdays gamo was a real ioI;a I'M,
the players put in a hard afternoon,s
work. Ihey ran the bases and scored
runs until they were too tired TO move
In one Of the later innings when the
sun was baking the diamond and ? bIvh
school kid pitching, Cravath, Luderu,
and Meusel struck out in Succession
! thus giving the natives something N
talk about this summer.
Eddie Burns Hero
Eddie Burns was the hero of the AFT
ernoon. lie caught for the high schoo,
nine and scored the only run. Edds
| learned the school yell and wore a
| school bag which contained his arith.
metic and geography. In the eighth
! when lie reached first on a single he stole
second and then stole the ball The
! theft was not discovered until Milton
/ Stock looked into his school bag and
| halted him at third. Then McKentv
! obliged with a wild pitch and a white.
| wash was ayerted.
The yangans and regulars play TODAY.
! The game was scheduled for tomorrow.
/ but there will be a big parade OH that
day and as parades are not as common
as baseball the grand old national game
vas sidetracked. The last game will be
played on Saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Kindis, OF the One-Thrty Club. is after
new gun. II Is said Fred Slear the popular
Collingswood, N. J. professional shot, Is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Tho tie IN the TrapshooLers' League be-
tween Wilmington and West Chester for the
championship will be decided IN u special
Shoot in the near future in Pennsylvania
Either the Lansdale or the S. White
grounds will likely be the scene Of the
shuot-oh battle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

THE hospital list in the pills camp
L was increased yesterday afternoon
when Mike Prendergast, the finger from
Chicago, sprained his ankle in an eilorI
to jump from the grand stand to the
ground. Mike was In good jumping form
and had lots Of technique, but slippery
step caused by some loose ice cream
caused him to make a mess of it. lie
landed on the side Of his foot and limped
to the clubhouse, where he was attehdeu
by Mike Dee the busy trainer.
At this writing an injury to the pitch
ing gtaff cannot be considered in the
light of joke In all Pat Moran has
only seven hurlers on the staff, and each
is needed i'm the daily workouts Prem
dorgast was depended upon to twirl some
# the practice games and sub in the
outtield, and his busted ankle has caused
the manager to change his plans. Mike
probably will be ready for action on
Saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Great of Golf

have gained 2 certain sort Of fame
for bringing out the best of my op-
poneut5, and ] recall over years of eX-
perienCe only one or two occasions Oh
which my successful opponents failed TO
play good golf, but this vas the greatest
golf J was ever up against
Along the green hedges IS We rode
home that sunny afternoon were big
white posters bearing IN enormous let
ters the legend, EXIT AMERICA.
We were indeed out Of IT, but speak
ing for the last two Americans, we had
enjoyed every hour of our stay in Kent
and even in our defeat We We're happy
and glad.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
COWLER-MISKE FIGHT
FOR THURSDAY Is OFF

Minneapolis, April 4.--The Tom Cow
ler-Billy Miske match, scheduled for
Thursday was Cancelled today. Cowler
is ILL.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

pionships and holding the lead up Til last
the worst setback Il ever ran intS ittS S5SSsn wSsn
the Pennsylvania Railroad team took ~
Win Crescent ana three % postponed tT4r ssss sg5iss
10 defeat at the hands OF the Melrose. team.
MelrOss gave fine exhibition OF topplng
the naples when II ayeraged 2925 pins Tor
6hEee games, or an individual game score Of
Star boWlers Of the nsbtlto5sine Pisi1S issnSS ths TIE
yp high SCORES Of 254 and 2is but 99 SIs9 wa9 Tsn
hlsh thEee-same scorer with $50 pins.
pennsyly yania Railroad team in It's Nrzt
series with Crescent totaled 074 in the frst
when II tossed them for 1O22 and In he
final getting $40 -
bowling scores, and from their scoring 5pI tig IN
the nrst series with Crescent were very sue
S9s5G npsn:. Era5er s5i S55 began with 2I5 and amid
tinal roll again tossed them for I7S, totslinss
pa5SS In 5I42e fB also s9t & on to good start with
zier by Is pins, scoring 23s, and on he
final trip g the boards tossed them "a agaiS ilS
TOT 2Q5. HIS total score was 636 Zisr
while he failed, to equal Frazier or Flood in
oIRRs S rs Ts 5s3Wsd sS So@s NJ p8 tossing
hnal. l7S. Martin. the fourth man on ipS
team, also had score Of POI ''7
keystone made II g cleanup with tb.
Phlllies, coping all three. E. XIV ~
the high scorers with three big do,ba
counts, 241. 212 and 913 Dugan spOtbstss
teamster, also had two doubles and oyeTI
2O4 and 2Ol. 'e''
Iioga cleaned up with the Camden sou.a
and with Morgan, Wells and Moi sSSfsIs,
tossing the naples for double centuries Ss 81,
had the edge on the Jerseyites Moreap ~ ~
2SS, Wells. 2O6. and McLachlsn. 2OS
Pennsylyanla Railroad team in It's s.sora
series with Melrose outrolled IL from sVerS
angle. running up score OF o97 IN ~
tirst game, S6T in the second ana IN ~
last the high score Of 1851 pins or a totsI
OF 2S5b. Frazier again scored two doubiss
226 and 2ll Flood also had 224. Jones Si9.
Maryland Gas. IN its series with Ast,s
N its fTst game. but on the rolI-ofT astpnss Ne
won out BARLEY tailed 200 in his Snsi
game. Rooster took two from the Fldsiifv
Gas Company Trans Mutual and TraVsisrs
also played q tie In their hrst Eame' bur oS
the roll-on Trans Mutual won out vbich
enabled II to make a clean sweep Of the
series
Wholesale and Contract. IN the Straw
bridge 4 Clothier League, played a tie score
In their final game, Rolling on. WhoIessi Ia
outrolled them which gave them the ssries
Dinendei had . score OF 2l6 In his second
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Secretary Walter Gilbert has a target
rhoot listed for Saturday at the popular
Bel leman .sportsmen's Association at Pen
sauken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

H. Z. Weles. a New York professional
gunner has been shooting here OF late ~
local tests Welles 10 saw the least. IS
gunner who bass his insntmate birds with
an average Of 81 per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Zin.- Collins Play Rehushed at Training Camp

CcORDING s
"a
Ayed OF the opobrum Of being the having
Eddie he
line of the play The Giants in the
hotel obbes and the Marlin
Skipper
the ball
ttneg he thinks that he did Then sure
ball, the
Rarden was not the
his when z began
nt the interests Of law and
hough they do not openly opinion among the
be that zn a headwok on
N4ndens part
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Notes of the BOWLers

Liberty Bell after having Won two cham
pionshlps and holding the lead up Till last
night IN the philadelphia League. was given
the worst setback u ever ran into when
the Fennsylvan!d Railroad team took 81,
straight games, three OF the regular series
with Crescent and three POSTPONED games
with Melrose. while Liberty Bell went dov'n
TO defeat at the hands Of the Melross. team.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

MelrOss gave fine exhibition Of toppling
the NAPLES when It AVERAGED 2925 pins toT
Lhree games, or an individual game score ~
91J pins, Carey, Nolck and Guest being the
StSaar b9wlers, Of the night-tossing team for
239; 20 and 22O, and Guest not onlv ran
gp high scores OF 254 and PIG. but also we e
mgh thTee-same scorer with $50 pins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Mhitted Signs

There was a report last nightp that
George whitted had signed his 1918
contract and soon would join the Phils
I'm St Pete No one could verify 1t, and
Pat Moran said he had received no word
from the office in Philadelphia. How
ever, a wire from Durham, y. c.. stated
that Whitted had mailed in his signed
contract.
Il hope that the report is true said
Pat today "Whitted is needed in the
outfeld and he cant report here too
quickly to suit me. George is smart
ball player and | think well Of his abil-
ity. | am only sorry he has not been
down here for a couple Of weeks TO get
into shape"
According to Developments yesterday
and today the Phils have not given up
hope of securing Cy Williams this sea-
son. Moran is saying nothing, but is
keeping a close watch on all Of the
trains and seems disappointed when the
lauky athlete fails 10 appear. 1t is be-
ieved that Cy Is willing to reconsider
his decision to quit the game and will
take one more fling at it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

STONY" NCLmn formerly sporting writer
OF this city Is using the target sun with con
siderable skill these days. At Wilmington
last Saturday "'Stony' scored forty-two out
Of nifty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

This city's trapshooting brigade Including
two women-Mrs. c. o. Kindig and Mrs. H.
Mller-are looking things over at Lake.
wood. with twenty or forty Quaker City
marksmen in Jersey. suffice IL to say that
some Of the prizes should filter TO Philly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
DAY OF THE LAST BRITISH
AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
PROVES FATAL TO AMERICANS
MacFarIane, Later Killed in France, in De-
feating Evans Plays Unbeatable Game.
Physical Strain Tells on Weber
By CHARLES (Chick) EVANS, JR.

FTNHE fourth day Of the last British
Il amateur tournament was brilliant
and warm--hOt, even. in the American
sense The British grass never looked
greener, there were flowers IN every
dooryard and garden and the waters
Of the Channel sparkled in the sun
shine
Weber and / were to met two first
class players; my opponent was G. B..
MacFarlane, a brilliant Scottish internal
tionalist, and Harold's, Captain Cecel *.
Hutchison, a player Of fine reputation
and much experience: five years before
he had been tnalist in the British anna
teur at NIuirfield
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
BasebaH Chief Ltem of Interest in Cnmps

average run OF oaepa rams ubowners and managers
than ordinary
baseball
sufficient
make the soldier
athletics
games grip lads making ready
the finish
what the feners situation was
lined a
league in the
Leagues Why down here
worlds
los
d This pretty business
alike all the
possible is the
The forward to with the
interest
follow the work the
newspaper from one of the
big cities?
GLE DOESN'T glance
II 0
up he o rite team
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Stock in Condition

Milton Stock looks as if he has been
training ever since the season closed
last October The little third baseman
stepped into the game yesterday and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Wholesale and Contract. IN the Straw
bridge q Clothier League, played a tie scors
IN their fnal game, Rolling on WhoIesSL
outroled them. which gave them the serios
Dinendel had score OF 2lS In bis second
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Pennsyly ania Railroad team in It's Nrzt
series with Crescent totaled 074 in the FIRST
when II tossed them for 1O22 and in tbs
hnal getting $40 Wv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Cobb Most Valuable PLAYER of AH Time

BASEBALL authorities players
-
who have failed with fail
Raymond Cobb
Cobb who
small when Is
$s5OooO annually This
players performances
in
which
and that figure would
Chrsy MatheWson easily
The Great Dutchman made millionaire
a
to
Eddie Collins Alexander
iajoe Hornsby
the last named has passed from the big
$4,000 in
hfagnate Weeghman
$4,000 in
besides those
cost virtually nothing the list including
heatng Plank Mcnn Baker,
stamp acquisitions
a interesting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Pennsylyanla Railroad team in It's Second
series with Melrose outrolled Il from every every
hrst game, SGT in the second ana n tbe
last the high score Of 1851 pins. or a total
226 and 21l Flood also had 224. Jones Sis
and Price. 226 -A''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
FIRST Nine Holes in Il

tish steadily good until the end aud
ant end was a I-aud-2 defeat for me-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Iioga cleaned up with the Camden sousa
and with Morgan, Wells and McLseSis5
tossing the naples for double centuries ss sfl,.
had the edge on the Jerseyites. MORGAN tof
23S. Wells. 2O6. and McLachlsn. POS nv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

ffvERY ONE wants to let zim the play II
~ never mentioned in his presence"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

- Keystone made 4 2 cleanup with the
counts. 241, 2l2 and 913 DuganN s1oVbDttss 1oVVbDts
teamstsr also had two doubles and oyeT.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
catchers in the Lead.

Tn the list of managers who started their taams on pennant campaigns this season catchers of olden days are more prominent than pitchers in fielders or outfiielders. In the Nati- onal league are four managers who formerly worked with the mask and big gloves-Moran of tht PhiIlies, Robinson of the Robins, Mitchell of the Cubs and Stallings of the Braves, while the American league can show two former receivers Mack of the Athletics and Lee Fohl of the Indians. Mathewson of the Reds and Griffith of the Senators are the for mer pitchers now managing major league clubs. Huggins of the Yankees was second baseman, Jennings ot the Tigers a shortstop and McGraw of the Giants a third baseman. Jones of the Browns and Hendricks of the Cardianls were outfielders in their major league playing days. Barrow of the Red Sox, Rowland of the White Sox and Bezdek of the Pirates never were players in the majors.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
Ashland vs. Thread Co.

, For the week Manager Carpenter of the Ashland Club has scheduled two games with the American Thread O. team of Willimantic, Saturday. the two clubs play on Recreation Park in Willimantic and Sunday the Thread City players are visitors on Ashland Park, Jewett City. Ashland antici- pates tive of the fastest games of the season and the Willimantic manage ment is strengthening his team in ev- cry possible way to avenge his 1 to Q defeat at the hands of Ashland last year.
 About 15O rooters will accompany the Ashland club to. Willimantic on Saturday afternoon and although over confidence is not always the best thing to have. every player in the Ashland club is confident of adding two more victories to their list of six straight
 For Saturdays game Claremont will pitch and Chase will catch Clare mont is a new man. to local fans and if he pitches in the same style as his first appearance with Ashland on Me morial Day, he will have little trouble in keeping the Willimantic hit total low.
 Sunday Van Dyke will twirl for Ashland and Chase will catch. Van Dyke needs no introduction and has won every game he pitched this year. His winning for the Ashland club is getting to be so regular that it's just like well regulated clock.
 Sunday undoubtedly the largest crowd of the season will turn out as the fastest game of the season is ex- pected.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07

'versity Button, our other pitcher, does not need any introduction, as you all know he is the fellow who threw all the pebbles out of the in field of the Falls grounds. West, Knowlton and Day are our outfield- CTS. Ask the Sub base pitchers about them. I say they are there with the wallop You shall see. Martin and Siebler will be there always waiting for the chance to pinch-hit So our club will sEely be in shape.
 We are P sure. of winning both games that Sam Rice promises to sing q song for the fans if you beat us. And as singer that bird is some ballplayer Just tell the boys to all come out and watch old Terry sick em- up good and proper.
 Sam Rice will pitch both games for US. He went to Washington as a pit cher and could hit so well that Griffith made an outfe1der of him.
 I am yours for some good clean sport.
 sERGT. S. K. LAWLESS,
 Manager Fort Terry Ball Team
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS DULL.
Lowest Quotations Were Registered in
 the Final Hour.

New York, June 6.-Stocks drifted rather aimlessly during the greater part of todays dull and uninteresting session, but reacted one to four points in the late dealings, when support of the usual favorites was not forthcom- ing.
 Foreign developments and the war situation as a whole exerted very lit tie effect at any time, these being viewed. with further confidence, but domestic happenings were a more po- tent factor.
 Reduction of dividends by several of the porophy mining companies was not unexpected in view of the refusal of the war board to advance copper prices and further delay in announcing the progress of the mercantile deal occasioned no surprise.
 Rails were under partial restraint because of the apprehension expressed by important holders of such securi : ties respecting the proposed powers of the director general and their possi ble effect on guaranteed net incomes.
 Lowest quotations were registered in the broader selling of the final hour. shippings. industrials mad spe- cialties, notably tobaccos, yielding to general pressure Sales amounted to 530,000 shares.
 All call money loans were made at S per cent, the hardening of rates being attributed to pronounced in- crease of demand Time rates con tinued easier for the short maturities but without any increase of supply. Efforts to stabelize Italian exchange were seen in the firmer tone of fires neutral remittances showing no mate- rial alteration.
 Bonds. including Liberty issues, were | irregular, Paris 6s making another ap- ] preciab1e advance Total sales. par value, aggregated $6.375 900. [ U. S. bonds Gold issues) were un- | changed on call
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
BAN BANJOHNSONNOTTOPROTESTR R. R. RATES
American League President Announced He Will Not Ask For
 Lower Rates For Ball Players of His Crcut-National
 League Is to Ask For Hearing to Plead Their Case = Cubs Take Lead From Giants in National League Race.

been secured with the Danielson Cot ton Co.,, Conn. Mills. Manhassett Mills of Putnam. Sherman Mills, and also Providence High School. On July 4th the H. N. $. will go to Waterbury to play the Waterbury High School.
 Now the question is can the Holy Name arrange for a game with that fast Norwich Free Academy aggrega- tion and the Shore Line Club?
 The Academy has received couple of challenges from the H. N. S. but have ignored them, seeming to think that the Jewett City boys are too in- significant to. play. However the H. N. s. boys have an idea that high school baseball is not in the least too fast for the style of baseball that they are playing. If the N. F.. A. Manager and the Manager of the Shore Line wish to give the H. N. s. a game please write to Emile Liberty, Jewett City. %
 The II. N. S. lineup for Saturday will be as follows: w. Liberty c, F. Liberty p, T. Melady 1b, L. Jarvis 2b, U.,, Jodoin ss, J, Faber Sb, A. Cyr If. M. Rail- of, W. Adams If.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
Times Have chanaed.

You'd never think that Grover Cleveland Alexander, who recently re- fused to join the Cubs until a little matter of $10,000 bonus was settled, would consider an arduous 36-mile trip with a $2 pitching job at the end of it. Yet once upon a time he did. "Ona of the most enjoyable games I ever pitched" was Alex's introduction to the tale. was at Aurora, Neb., long before dreamt of following baseball as profession, I wi~s pitching for Elba my home town, and Aurora was a strong rival. The teams were finally matched and so Important was the game considered that some generous citizen of Elba promised me $2 if l would pitch and win.
 "To earn that hoodoo bill I had to ride horseback seven miles out from St. Paul, Neb., and go from there II miles by stage with the rest returnine and I won that game 3 to 6.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
Huaains Has Sturdy Raekston.

Miller Higgins has been unusually we'll fortified behind the bat since he first became a major league manager, and he begins his duties in the Am erican league under similar conditions. He had a great catching staff at St. Louis last season with Frank Snyder and Mike Gonzales to call upon, but his worries about catching will be as light this season as in 1917.
 In Al Walters the Tanks have the best young catcher in baseball a pep perry player who can throw as well as Ray Schalk and hits harder than the Chicago veteran, according to the 1917 figures Higgins has two. capa- ble substitutes in Muddy" RueI and Truck" Hannah. Ruel is play CT of the Walters type, while Hannah is a big fellow who can stand all sorts of work, play his position we'll and is hitter of the long distance school.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-07
INTER-CITY TENNIS
 CHAMPIONSHIP OPENS TODAY
New York, Boston and Philadelphia Represented at Philadelphia Event.

New York, June 6.-Inter-ci tennis championship and the possession of the George M. Church cup will begin at the Marion Cricket club in Phila- delphia tomorrow afternoon with the teams competing from New York Bos- ton and Philadelphia. The Boston combination will meet the New York players on Friday in six singles and thre doubles matches and the winners will play the Philadelphia team on Saturday, the latter having drawn a bye thus avoiding completion in the opening round.
 A number of the leading racquet ex- perts of the east will take part in the two-day play. The Boston team will be composed of Nat w. Niles, H. c. Johnson. Irving c. Wright, R., c. Seav- CT. Harold Bretz and w. H. Abbott. New York will be represented by Fred erick Alexander, w. A. Campbell, Ray mond D. Little, Walter Merrill Hall, L. F. Mahan, Elliott Binzen T. R. Pell and s. Howard Voshell. The Phil adelphia team has not been elected as yet but will include w, T. Tilden, End, Wallace F. Johnson and Samuel Der ger.