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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-25

Friday to the members of her card club
There we're twcutN-two guests.
Tho Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Pcnnsylva-
Tia Commanders will give an entertainment
TINS evening in the recreation hail at League
Island for the sailors aud marines.
Miss Leila Randall. of Fraukford avenue.
entertained AT luncheon. followed by knit
tinS for the Red cross Society Her guests
were members of the Sigma Phi sorority
The thrty-cighth division of the Thirty
eighth Ward, which has organized "A Service
Mems Comfort League. at Lehigh avenue
ana Dover street. has given complete knitted
outfits comfort kit worth 50 and Testa-
mont or prayorbook To each Of the twenty
seven men leaving today from that section for
service ia the army and navy Mrs. Charles
osmond and Mrs. Charles :. Freebooter will
accompany the men to the railroad station
to represent the league.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Wolf. OF North
Broad street, have gone to Augusta Ga, for
the remainder of the winter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-25

South Philadelphia Business Mems As
socation meets; Broad and Federal streets.
Free.
Church Club meets. Twelfth and Walnut
streets Members.
Address, "The Food Problem" by DR..
Alonzo f, Taylor before Contemporary Club ;
Bellevue-Stratford, Invitation.
Lecture by Lieutenant Patrick O'Brien,
American aviator of Royal Flying Corps ;
Academy of Music, Admission charge.
Joint meeting, American Institute OF City
Planning and the National Housing Associa-
tion Bellevue-Stratford. Members.
Lecture, structure, Origin and CIassihca-
tion of Mammals" by DIR. Spencer Trotter
Academy OF Natural Sciences. Free.
Lecture by Major X. Tsit Mckenzie, Art
Alliance, 1898 Walnut street Admission
charge.
Pictures and talks ON France In Arms"
Union League Members
Presbyterian Social Union, dinner, Belle
vue-Stratford Members.
robin Hood" PbiisdeIphia Operate So
ciety, Metropolitan Opera House Admission
charge.
Commander Payne, OF Naval Home, will
address Lit Brothers Red Cross Unit En-
ployes and friendA
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WAR TEA GIVEN
IN MOORESTOWN
Delightful Affair in Jersey Town
Last Week for Relief
Association

RESTOWN-Corporal Norman B.
Rogers has been promoted to sergeant OF
Company +. Twerty-1fth engineer corps.
war tea" was given last week at 10
East Main street. the county home of Mrs
William j.. Reeves, for tho benefit of the
Moorestown branch of the New Jersey Re-
lief Association. Mr.. p. .. Osterhus who
represents the war representative commu-
nifty service for Camp Dix, gave very in
teresting talk.
BURLINGTON--Mr. Elmer Sampson, a
member of the naval reserves. has been vis-
iting his father, Mr.. William Sampson, for
a few days.
Mrs. Vaughn MARSHALL Of wilmington.
Del, is making an extended stay with
friends in this city.
EDGEWATER PARK--Miss Frances Il
Ward. after spending few days with her
aunt. Mrs. =. S. GARRISON at Spruce Acre, has
returned TO Germantown, Pa.
Mrs. Louis Christie. of Lancaster, Pa d.,
is spending fortnight with her neice, Mrs.
Hugh Z. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Buzhy. who are now
at Passac for q few months. are visiting
MIR and Mrs. Paul r. Buzby. at Moorestown.
MARI.TON--The Red Cross branch which
organized here few weeks ago opened
its worlirooms at the home of Mrs. Harriet
D. Lofland last Monday with eighteen mem-
bers. who started the work for the branch.
During the day several hospital garments
were completed and wool was given out to
the knitting classes. Friday has been the
day appointed as the working day. and the
workrooms will be in charge of the various
committees of the branch each week. The
newly organized branch has nearly 200 mem
bers. who very anxious to have their
branch one of the most talked of in Bar
lington County as having real workers,
CROSSWICkS-Tht FED Cross branch is
certainly busy these days. Each member is
trying in some way to do her 'part. Mrs.
Charles W. Brick entertained at her home
n few evenings ago. giving a real old-fash-
ioned social. The guests contributed $40,
which was at once turned over TO the treas
urer of the Red Cross
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Social Activities

Mr., and Mrs. Clarence w, Dolan and their
daughter. Miss Alice Dolan. will leave Rose
mont. Wednesday. to spend the balance of
the winter and early spring at their home in
Aiken. S. c.
Mrs Isaac III. Clothes L., OF Sunny
brook Farm. Radnor. has seLt out invita-
tions for dinner to be given on April
at the Art Alliance before the meeting of
Mrs. Charles Stewart Wurts's dancing class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ID. Ritter. Sd. of
Germantown, are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a son, Henry d. Ritter. 4th
Miss Mary NJ. Wilson and Miss Gertrude
B. Wilson. of 1897 South Fifteenth street.
are spending the Lenten season at Atlantic
City.
Miss Josephine Wilson has left for New
York. where she will be the guest of Mr..
ana Mrs Joseph T. Pocher.
asrs Alfred 3, Evans. Of sss7 Busileton
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ing that these prov
inces are quite Ger
man in their sympa-
thies and that their
only desire Is to be
reunited to the en-
pire which claims
them. Nothing could
be further from the
truth than this as
sertion. II is only
the large land own
ers, those one calls
in Russia the Bal
tic barons, who have
any affection for
Prussia.
The population Of
Courland IS. and al
ways was. quite
Russian i'll its SYM
pathies and II a S
never wished to be
ennnratnd from the
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Chats About Several Thngs-Card
Party at tAdelphia-Harvesting Association
to Be Started on the Reading

avenue, in northern Philadelphia. announces
tne engagement OF her daughter. Miss Violet
shaffer Evans, to Mr. Harold Purves Murphy,
OF Germantown.
Miss Rose Brown of 242 Morris street.
has returned from trip TO New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Klein, OF 620e Pine
street. entertained last evening in honor OF
Sergeant William Wirtschatter, who has just
returned from Camp Gordon. Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kolsky,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clair, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. l.. Swnge Mr.. and Mrs, II. l.. Parnenn
and Mr. and Mrs. z. clair.
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ledger provided they are written on one side
name and telsphone number Of the sender. as
dress "Society Editor" Evening Public
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Evening star., 1918-08-07
Foster, Batting Star

Eddie Foster was the batting star,
with four safe cracks in five at
tempts, and Joe Judge was the hard
luck boy in having three near hits
turned into outs by lucky stabs OF
Indian infielders-
Shotton was partly to blame for the
Indians victory. as he permitted
Woods clout down the left field foul
line in the tenth to roll through ms
legs to the fence. Smokey Joe being
credited with a triple. Wood should
have had no more than two sacks on
this rap. Getting the first man up TO
third base put Harper in mighty
ticklisn situation. whether me ne &c eouba he
known, for after he had walked Bob
Bescher, pinch hitting for Johnston.
because he is a right handler. Grin
took Harry out and sent Matteson 70
the mound to pitch to Turner. Fohl
countered by yanking Terry and call
ing on Chett Thomas, a left-handed
sticker. Bescher was allowed to steal
second and Thomas then dropped
little single into right and the game
was over
tionals on third and first base with
one down in the opening round. but
Milan's rap to Wood resulted in Eddie
being run down on the lines, and with
third and second occupied. Scnulte
lifted to Roth.
Another splendid chance to score
was offered in the eighth. when Shot
ton hit to center and took third on
Fosters safety Turner killed it by
scooping up Judges slow roller with
one hand. mailing him at first. Again.
in the tenth Shotton and Foster dupli-
Gated their hitting performance. also
with two down. This time it was
Wood who shared Judges drive over
near second and forced Foster.
To date more than one-fifth of the
games the Nationals have played have
gonesovertime. yesterdays ten-inning
affair being the twenty-drst extra
inning game the Griffs have partici-
pated in in the 1o1 contests they lave
played. One was a tie, in which Har-
per battled Erickson of Detroit for
sixteen innings in Washington on Fri
day. May "a. OF the twenty which
have gone to a decision Washington
has won eleven and lost nine. The
longest of these battles went eighteen
innings. johnson winning the first from
Evening star., 1918-08-07
W|LLPLAY SERIES
FOR LEAGUE TITLE
Marines and Operations to
Meet for Navy Interbureau
Circuit Championship.
BY Il. c. BYRD.

Final games for the championship
of the Navy Interbureau League.
shortly will be arranged for. While
Operations and Marines were sched-
uled to meet today in the contest
which was to determine the champion
ship of the second series, there was
a disagreement which resulted in the
contest being declared of and the
Marines named champions Of the last
half Of the season. 1t also was de-
cided that the Marines and Operations
would get together in a three-game
series, beginning the last of this week
or the first of next, for the league
title.
No doubt exists that the final series
between Operations and Marines
should constitute three of the best
games played in amateur base ball
this season. Both clubs are strong.
numbering in their lineup some ex-
ceptionaily capable semi-professional
and professional players. They have
been putting up good base ball all
season and one or two of the games
in which they have met have been
hair raisers."
Somebody asked Tom Crooks. man
ager and captain of the Cloffeps, in
the Navy Yard League, il he thought
there was much chance for any of the
other teams to beat out his club for
Evening star., 1918-08-07
TRYING TO STRENGTHEN
Yankees After New Players, Even
if It Is Late in
Season.

CHICAGO, August Though the
1918 base ball season holds little for
the Yankees other than big disap-
pointment. Miller Higgins declines TO
sleighride along to the close OF the
season with the material now at his
disposal The Yankee manager Is out
to do some Strengthening II needed
strengthening is possible. and before
he leaves Chicago he hopes to nave
one more outf1elder under his dlrec-
tion. possibly two.
Beofre leaving St. Louis, where
weakness in the outfleld was very
pronounced, Higgins wired to three
players who were among the best OF
the American Association outfelders
asking for their terms. One was LWll-
ling of Indianapolis. another was
Schultz of Kansas City and the third
was Rondeau of Minneapolis. None
of the trio had been picked up by
other major league clubs at the close
of the season in the American As
sociation and Huggins decided that
he would grab off two of the trio.
On his arrival here Higgins made
inquiries about these players, as he
had received no answer from any OF
them. He learned that Zwilling had
gone to shipyard at the close of the
association season and that Schultz
had taken employment with con-
cern that is represented in the steel
league. This left only Rondeau as
available, and it is possible that he
may be d Yankee by the close of
another day. He is supposed to be at
his home in Wichita and Huggins Is
trying to persuade him to join the
Yankees and help out until the close
of the season.
1T is difficult matter to do any
~
leader of the Yankees, but If 1t can
be done 1 am going to do it. Col.
Rupert has instructed me to give
the New York fans the best possible
base ball to the close of the year.
even though the club is way out OF
the race and has little chance to
finish any higher than it is today.
Getting players who are any better
than those now on the club is one
difficulty, and the disinclination of
certain players to get into the game
for the short period still remaining
is another"
Evening star., 1918-08-07
HERMANN NOT SURPRISED.
But Regrets to See Tener Leave
Base Ball.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, August T.
while l regret to see John Tener
quit the game, 1 was not in the least
surprised to hear of his resignation"
said President Hermann of the Cin-
cinnati Base Ball Club last night
"He resigned several months ago, but
for the good of the sport we asked
him to remain at the head of the Ma
tional League. He did so under pro-
test, and we were glad to have him
stay. But he is busy man, and his
private interest takes up the greater
part of his time. I understand that
John Heydler is back on the job and
will remain until Tener's successor is
named. 1 have not the least idea who
that man will be. In the meantime
Heydler will act in Tener's place, and
am sure everything will go along
smoothly"
Evening star., 1918-08-07
ACTIVE
ON MEXICAN LINE
Foe Propaganda Disseminat-
ors Come Under Investiga-
ton by United States.

Activities of Germans or German
Americans from the United States
across the Mexican Lower California
border, where a wireless plant is To-
Gated. are under investigation by gov
ernment agents.
Reports reaching here indicate that
for months groups OF about half
hundred Germans, changing every
week or ten days. have been found
in Mexicali. a torrid little collection
of baked shacks just across the Dor.
der from Calexico. Cal. and about
fifty miles from Yuma, Ariz.. on a
spur Of the Southern Pacific. The
town is inhabited by shifting popu-
lation of Mexicans. Indians. japanese.
Chinese and women with few appar-
ent means of making a living.
The Germans, who were never
known to visit the town before the
war, now congregate at store start
ed recently by a German known TO
work in the United States before the
war, and have used the wireless sta
ton there which is capable of COM
municating with Mexico City.
Government officials here profess
not to know how the Germans reach
ed the town from the United States.
since the railroad from Yuma and
Calexico is carefully watched.
1t is suspected they crossed the
border at a number Of points in the
sparsely settled communities Of the
Imperial valley or the desert through
which the California Mexico boundary
runs 1t is almost impossible to con-
troll every mile of the forlorn boun-
Diary country, officials say.
Most of the Germans in Mexicali are
believed to have been part of the de-
funct German propaganda system in
the United States. In the face of
prosecution and the breakdown of
their system it is believed they have
scurried to Mexico and chosen Mexi-
cali as rendezvous because 1t is
less frequented than other border
towns on the Texas and New Mexico
lines
Evening star., 1918-08-07
BALL SLOW
IN DEVELOPMENT
Forty Years After Games.
Birth Many Did Not Believe
Feat Possible.

Three-fourths Of all the male
under forty years OF age
who have played base ball have been
able at ono time or another to throw
a curve ball. Probably the estimate is
conservative. Nearly
everybody who can chuck the horse
hide at all can perpetrate q round
house outshoot. There are any num-
Der of young inhelders who cannot
put any zip on the ball without twist
ing it, and must allow for that short
coming when firing at the first base
target. The commonest asset OF a
young pitcher nowadays is a curve
that swings out with broad, lazy
bend. 1t Is so common that 1t is
worthless against even those persons
who are only ordinarily versed IN
craftsmanship. Good pitchers use DE,
livery that insures a sharp and small
break. A wide. slow curve-with a
twisting course as apparent as the
eyrations of a spiral kick in foot ball
or the English on a billiard ball-is a
cinch achievement for grammar school
lids
Evening star., 1918-08-07
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

CLEVELAND, August THAT was
q solar plexus wallop the Indians
handed Grif's aspiring athletes yester-
day when they copped, / to 0. in ten
innings. AS result, Cleveland's lead
over the Nationals was increased to
three games, and, what is moro, Bos-
tons Garrison finish In Detroit
enabled the Red Sox to pull still
farther away, their margin over the
Capitalians now being six and one
half games.
The Washington outfit is not dis
couraged. however. and is determined
to quit the sixth city with better
record than it held on its arrival by
taking both the remaining contests.
The major part of the burden today
will rest upon the broad shoulders
of Shaw. Jim showed fine form
against the Indians the last time he
worked here and he hits well In
Cleveland He made triple at the
league park grounds that won ms
game, although he turned his ankle
sliding into third and was out OF the
lineup for ten days. Jim never mas
forgotten that three bagger. He Is
hopeful Morton will hurl for the
tribe today. as he is anxious to dup
licate the wallopS
Without in the least trying to ais
parage Bagby's splendid mound per-
formance yesterday. he was lucky to
escape being scored on in several
instances, while Harry Harper. by his
work. fully merited shut-out VIC.
tory in the regulation number OF
rounds Nearly every explanation OF
a, defeat is regarded by some fans as
an alibi, pure and simple, but the
fact that Harper allowed only hve
scattered hits until Bagby was
touched UP for eleven, two coming
together on three different occasions.
clearly indicates the Indians had al!
the better of the breaks gin six OF
their ten turns at bat F,ohls men
were retire in order, while in only
one of the Nationals ten attacking
sessions did they fail to get one or
more men on the bases.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Herrmann's End Near
as Commissions Head I

NEW YORK, August 7-Ae-
c0rdins to influential base ball
men in both mapor leagues, Au-
gust Hermann Will not be the
chairman Of the national COM
mission after his term Of ONCE
expires in January. Hermann
In charged with playing politics
I'm order to hold his position.
His antipathy to President
Tenef OF the National League
has caused much I'll feeling.
Furthermore. the Perry case
hns convinced the American
League men that Hermann
must be succeeded a. chairman
Of the national c0mmfssion by
. non-partfnan. The idea OF
permittinE two National League
men to Dominate the supreme
court Of base ball has lost ia
vor, with the result that Herr
mann appears slated for re.
moval. The game must be
thoroughly reorkunised before
1t can be Guceessfully revived
when the war 10 over.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
HEER wins TRAP TITLE
Takes Amateur Shooting Cham.
pionship After q
Tie.

CHICAGO. August 7.-William H.
Heer. Guthrie. Okla, q former pro-
fessional trapshooter. won the ANA
teur championship Of the United
States at single targets yesterday in
the Grand American trapshooting
tournament.
Frank Troeh of Vancouver. WASH.
q former champion at single target.
won the national amateur champion
ship at doubles. and A. R. Chezik.
champion Of North Dakota. won the
Chicago overture.
Heer and Fred s. Tomlfn Of Penns
Grove, N. J.. each broke SO targets,
and on the shootoff at 20 targets
Tomlin missed his third target. while
Heer broke all the 20 thrown him.
Troeh in winning the doubles title
broke 80 targets in SO pairs and
Chezik won the overture with 80.
after shooting OF d. Faukee of Wor-
thington. Mimi. and B. ]. Ebert Of
Des Moines. Iowa.
The high scores follow:
National Amateur Championship at
singles-F. s. Tomlin, Penns Grove.
IS; Charles Hummeil. La Porte City.
Iowa, 81; W. M. Foord. Wilmington.
Del. s6: A. R Chexik, Portal. N. OAK,
ss; C. H. Newcomb, Philadelphia, Pa.
96; F. NJ. Troeh. Vancouver, Wash, 96;
g. L. Becker. Ogden. Utah. s5.
National Amateur Double Cham
pionship-F. M. Troeh, Vancouver.
Wash. 30: J. S. Day. ceurco. Tex. So:
c. c. Collins. Kankakee, ILL.,, 81: r. A.
King, Delta, Colo. 81: W H. Heer
Guthrie, Okla, 86.
Chicago Overture-A. r. Chezik,
Portal. N. D.. 80: B. F. Ebert. Des
Moines. Iowa. 90; D. Fauskee. Worth
ington. Mimi. 80: ]. E. McCurdy. sgd
ney, N. S.. 50: ]. D. Dodds. Los Angeles,
Cal. Or: Marc Arie. Thomashoro, III.
90: F. n. Troeh. Vancouver. Wash, 90;
G. A. Smith, Marshalltown, Iowa 81:
E. F. Woodward. Houston. Tex, ss.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
McGraw Hands Out Praise
to President Ban johnson

NEW YORK, August 1T am
surprised By the attitude Of
some Of the American League
men toward Ban Johnson" said
John McGraw yesterday. @He
has done many thinEs for base
ball and II entitled to better
treatment. He has made the
American League from top to
bottom. and deserves all the
credit for it's success. johnson
is big enough to take care of
himself in the present contro-
versy. He fs a smart base ball
man and I can't figure how his
enemies have a chance to down
him. These base ball quarrels
are unfortunate just now, when
the game needs help from every
One.o
Evening star., 1918-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

True charity consists Of opening
the purse and keeping the mouth
closed.
A preferred creditor is one who is
willing to wait until you get ready
to settle
Success is apt to come to those who
count every cent and make every cent
count.
It's only when a piece of property
IL offered for a song that man dis
covers that he can't sing.
Many an honest man might be 9TH
erwise II an opportunity worth while
knocked at his door.
If people were credited with their
good intentions the recording angel
would need a few more assistants.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
BOXER UNDER ARREST.
Richie Arrested o. Result Of OPP
ponent's Death.

JERSEY CITY. N. J.. August 7.-As
the result Of the death of Nelson Pap
erman. his opponent in a lightweight
boxing match here Monday night;
Victor Ritchie yesterday was placed
under arrest on q charge Of man
slaughter. Paperman died in q hos
pital shortly after the bout, and 1t is
said death may have been caused by
an injury received in the fight or by
heart trouble. An autopsy will be held
Evening star., 1918-08-07
HARD BLOW FOR GRIFFMEN
TOLOSE CAME TO INDIANS
Cleveland and Boston Increase Lead, But
Nationals Are Not Discouraged.
Harper Pitches Brilliantly.

Williams Of the White Sox in WASH
ington May Is and losing to -Dauss in
Detroit last Sunday. Walter has been
concerned in thirteen Of the marathon
contests, his record being seven VIC
tories and six defeats. Ayers has won
all three Of his extra round tits, and
Harper has accounted for one. In ad-
dition to the six johnson has lost,
Harper was nicked in two and Ying.
ling in one
Evening star., 1918-08-07
WILLARD TO BOX.
Heavyweight Champion to Help
Salvation Army Fund.

CHICAGO. Augut Jess Willard.
champion heavyweight puGilist, will
box here Saturday for the benefit Of
the overseas war fund Of the Saliva
tion Army. This announcement was
made today. based on q telegram from
"Have altered business arrange
ments and will be with you August
TO-"
The man to be pitted against the
champion has not been selected, ac-
cording to the arrangement commit
tee of the athletic carnival which will
be held at the White Sox Base Ball
Park.
Evening star., 1918-08-07

the title. Toms reply was charao-
teristic of him:
Say, do you think there's. much
chance of nine or ten men suddenly
breaking all their arms and legs.
Which indicates that Tom has some
little confidence in his players.
After Marines and Operations fight
out a series for a league champion
ship and one is eliminated. both Will
get another opportunity to play again
for the city championship. Whoever
arranges the classes of teams for the
final series ought to see that Marines
and Operations go into the same
class, so amateur fans will not be
treated to the proposition Of seeing
two teams meet in one series for .
league title and shortly after meet
in another series for the city cham
pionship. Let the schedule be ar
ranged so that Marines or Operations
will go against Meigs or Clarendon
or some other club in the final series
for the District title.
Finance and Accounts took the
measure Of War Risk in the Depart
mental League yesterday by 9 to 4.
The winners hit the ball harder and
played much better all-round ball.
OBrien played mighty good ball
around third base for the winners
and pitched creditably during part of
the contest
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Columbia Grid Captain Wounded.

NEW YORK. August Lieut.. JEFF
ferson A. Healy. captain of the CO.
lumbia University foot ball team in
1916, and all-round amateur athlete.
has been wounded in France and is
now in a hospital, according to q
cablegram received by his family here
Monday. He Is twenty-three years OF
age.