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New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Boxing News and. Notes
BY FRED HAWTHORNE

While we have no desire to help
boost the sales of any quack pills, we
cannot help thinking that Billy Miske,
the St. Paul middleweight and gen
orally regarded as one of the "hard
guys" of the roped arena, has been
tapping the old medicine chest. For
the last day or two William has been
acting as though he had swallowed half
dozen Pink Pills for Pale People.
1t was only few days ago that
Miske was telling the wide world whv
he didn't want to box Jack Dempsey
at Bill Wellman's show in the Garden.
Jack is a terrible puncher," declared
Bill. "Hc would knock me out in half
round That guy don't know how to
box; he's a fighter"
But week later, and after Dempsev
had slaughtered big Fred Fulton in a
few seconds, Miske and his manager
lie awake nights trying to sign up for
siX-round bout with this same Demp-
scy, the affair to come off at Shibe
Park, Philadelphia, August 20. and YES
.erday thcy completed final arrange
ments for the mill, with the purse
fixed at $4,000, of which Miske is to
draw down $4,000.
What has caused this lightning
change in the size of Williams heart :?
II it wasn't Pink Pills he "et," then it
was Stuffy's Sure Fault Whiskey, per
haps. that he garelcd, or DR.. Win
Slows Soothing Syrup. Surely Will
lam doesn't mean to tell us that he's
going to accept that $4,000 Just for
going In there for half round with
Brother Jack.
All the stories Of the mule-kick wal
lop carried by Harry Greb, the Pitts
burgh middleweight, have failed to
worry Chief Clay Turner, who fchts
Harry at the Jersey City baseball
grounds Friday night. The chief Just
smiles ard says: easy stuff! VERY
soft!" when folks try to scare him
thus. After having survived week
as Dempsey's sparring partner, Turner
believes nothing can make him sick.
II Benny Leonard and Ted (Kjd
Lewis finally do reach an agreement
and meet in one Of the New jersey
rings, even tht~-n the bout results in
half dozen knockdowns and a double
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

other person, aside from the president
of the league, to serve on the National
Commission, and his refusal to act for
the senior league complicated affairs at
a time when cooperation was essential
Barney Dreyfuss, president of the
Pittsburgh club, represented the Ma
tional League at the conference in
Cleveland Saturday when it was de-
cided to play the worlds series as in
past years.
AS this series is played under the
control and direction of the National
Commission, it is necessary that the
latter organization be represented and
since Tener refused absolutely to have
further dealings with the commission,
1T is assumed he felt that the accept
ance of his resignation at this time
would clear the situation and pave the
way for more harmonious arrange
ment of the details for the proposed
series.
John Kinley Tcner was the eighth
man to be elected president of the Ma
tional Baseball League. He was chosen
os the executive officer of that or
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

Knockout, the thing will lack "atmos-
phere"
Can you imagine Lewis fighting with
out the aid Of James Jitney Johnston's
adjectives? We can't The Boy Ban
dit is no longer Lcwis's manager, so
Ted is no longer the "slashing, crash
ing, dashing" welterweight champion
OF the world, and while Leonard could
never win over Lewis and the Bandit
combined, he might very we'll put it
over an adjectiveless Ted.
We sadly feel the lack of blood and
IRON IN our daily existence, in fact.
Aunt Eleanor Ann, we haven't even had
bowlng acquaintance with our own
abysmal brute for several weeks W.
almost fear the brute wouldn't rccop-
nlzc us if it met US in the street this
morning. Something's got to be done.
Aunt Nell, and if you'll meet us at the
station tomorrow morning, on the ar
rival of the 1886, we'll slip you a ducat
10 the Greb-Turner muss on Friday.
and We'll see a FIGHT.
And don't bother about feeding tho
chickens before you hitch up the old
mare to trundle you to the depot. Tell
the folks you're going in to the citv
to attend one of the white sales" or
something.
Mrs; George A. Wheelock, perpetual
worlds champion rccruiter for the
navy, advises US that Commander Conn.
hero of the Alcedo, who is in charge
OF the recruiting station at 81 West
Twenty-third Street, will be on the iob
all this week, armed with a tape
measure and a rubber stamp, ready to
swear into the service all the fighters
IN IN the ring who have been told to
work or hght." JrDt to make it bit
easier, Chief Yeo.ian Whcclock will
play one of her famous recruiting rec-
ords W
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Dodger Errors
GiveCubsCane
In Brooklyn
National League Leaders
Strengthen Hold on First
Place-Tyler Pitches
By A. c. Cavagnaro

Errors gave the Chicago Cubs vic
tory over the Broolyn Dodgers in the
first game OF their series at Ebbets
Field yesterday by score of to 3.
Incidentally, the win enabled the Cubs
to materially strengthen their hold on
first place.
Chicago clin-hed the game in the
first two innings, when the Superba
folk committed their glaring raisp!ays.
Three runs pattered over tho pan on
bingles, while another was turned into
run. Most unfortunate was Mack
Wheats misjudgment of Leslie Mann's
long fly in the first inning The hard
working player, who replaced Hy Myers
in the centre field, allowed the ball to
sail over mis- head for home run,
with a runner counting before Mann.
In the second Ivy Olson threw badly to
Daubert on Tyler's bounder, and the
Cubs were helped to two more runs.
Cubs Given Real Shock
Chicago anticipated an easy victory
with the sending of George Lefty
Tyler, their crack southpaw, to the
mound, but they received a shock early
in the contest. The Dodger batters,
eager to avenge their poor fielding,
showed little respect for Tyler's offer
ings. driving him off the mound in the
fourth inning. However, in "Speed"
Martin the Flatbush brigade found
real stumbling block, as ne held the
Dodgers runlcss for five innings. Mar
tin was in trouble on several occasions,
but he cXtrcated himself with more
than the skill of a recruit.
more satisfactory result should
have been the portion of Colby Jack
Coombs, the Dodger iron man, who
faced the Cub batters. The "old mar
ster' pitched craftily enough to win
game, but his mates wavered at the
start. After the Dodger men had
gained their equilibrium Chicago
found it mighty difficult to score off
Coombs. Jesse Flack touched Coombs
for two doubles, but two double
plays killed off other Chicago rallies.
In all Chicago collected eleven hits
from Coombs
After Chicago had scored two runs
each in the first and second innings it
took two hits to add another in the
third. Mann also played telling part
IN this tally as he sprinted from first
Pick then came along with a slow in
field hit which tailed Mann. Chicago
was kept far from the plate until the
eighth when Paskert led off with
double, advanced on Merkel's sacrifice
and scored on Picks hit through short
field.
Tyler Gets Unsteady
Tyler became unsteady in the fourth,
apparently from the torrid heat. and
he was quickly driven to the cooling
shower bath by the Brooklyn batsmen.
he began his march to the clubhouse
by passing Olson and Daubert, the
first two batters. Zach Wheat then
contributed a single, filling the bases.
and subsequently, making it the TWEEN
ty-hfth straight game that he has Sc
cured one or more hits Mack Wheat
atoned in a measure for his error of
omission by hitting sharply over third
base scoring, Olson. O'Mara hit into
double play, on which Daubert
scored, whereupon Mickey Doolan
douoie to centre, scoring. Zach Tyler
ers; with Martin supplanting him.
The score:
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

John K TENER Con and Clark Griffith below) who
Inquired prominently in the baseball of yesterday Iener
y who time of the of Pennsylvania
and who for the last few has directed the destnies Of the
National League, announced his resignation This action
Pected time but the decision Of Mr. Tene quit
undoubtedly the result of his with the
baseball politics has been conducted Of late
lener took with Ban Johnson, head of the American
League, the Perry recently
Clark Griffith needs introduction basbaldom, and he
looked Johnson
OF the American League If, the opinion Of the
American League indicate johnson has
lived his usefulness Griffith be the right take
the helm His magnificent work with "Ba
Ball FUND.- his pleasing personality and the ability he
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

attention of Captain Anson, who
brought Tener to the Chicago Ma
tlonals. He played two seasons with
Chicago, winning seven out of twelve
games the first year and being ere edited
with fourteen winning and two tied
games out of twenty-five the next sea-
son: He was a member of A. G. Spald
lng's team which made the original
arcund-the-world trip in 1889, and in
addition acted al treasurer % the
party. Tener cast his lot with the
Players League Club, of Pittsburgh.
the following year. but after the col
lapse Of the brotherhood he decided to
abandon professional baseball.
Mr.. Tener became cashier of the
FIRST National Bank of Charlero;.
Penn, in 1901, and later was made
president Of that institution, a position
he retains to-day in addition to being
director in stveral financial and
commercial concerns in New York and
pennsylvania. In 1907 he was elected
to Congress on the Republican ticket,
and three years later was elected Gov,
ernor of Pennsylvania.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

anywhere. - se'''"s
Simpson, however, was right on the
{4o when the contenders began to tire
az ne came like bullet through the
;;s'etcn 81 and simply ran over everything
/" front or him except Sun Briar.
M'dway.s Squirt made both the con-
LOOK foolish at the end and beat both
OF these leg-wearv ones for the Mace
by lengths. viz pi"'e
fou me steeplechase was thriller. The
Iavorlte, Max Meadows, laid off the the
early pace, but stepped out into the lead
@nen Sn ready about half-mile from the
nnish. nm LIE Marsouin and Game Cock.
n. wnacn nad always been prominent, both
tI wen. a1ter the favorite after clearing
the SECOND to last jump.
LIE Marsouin was outfooted for a
time and there is little doubt Babcock
mlgnt nave won handily enough had
ne kept straight. He swerved a BIT and
iost several lengths. AS it was Max
meadows and Babcock took the last
renee on almost even terms.
lie Marsouin Moves I'm
They set down, then, to whipping
nnlsh which had everyone enthralled
so even and spirited it was. For the
moment LIE Marsouin was entirelv
overlooked. He was two lengths to
the bad when he cleared the final OBJ
stacle, but he came fast on the out
slde and just managed to get up in the
last stride.
The bangtails ran we'll to form again
to-day. Four choices landed brackets.
very good average for a six-event
card. CIV
Pigeon Wing, Harry Payne Whit.
ney's brown two-year-old fllv. looked
like real stake horse in winning the
five and half furlongs, sixth. It was
romp for her all the way. All Rob
inson had to do was to keep her out of
the fence.
Jockey G. Byrne was set down for
period of ten days for misbehavior at
the post in the third race. Byrne was
overanxious to get off to a good start
with Flyaway and broke through a
couple of times. In this race near
the finish 1,, Byrne, who finished second
over the fence. Quentin Preece. who
rode Madge, claimed a foul, but evil
IDENTIFY Byrne's senseless roughness had
escaped the officials
Lively did everything but vindicate
MS name in the first race This
favorite quit like pig at the top of
the stretch. Taplin almost tossed the
race off at the finish by easing Master
Karma, the winner, too soon. Kohinoor
came like a bullet on the outside and
would have nipped the winner in an
other jump.
Golding, the winner of the mile and
q furlong, the fifth, was one of the
best bets of the meeting, as his race
proved The flly trailed Elderken, the
early pacemaker, until the turn into
the stretch then stepped out and won
as far as she pleased for little God
frey Preece
To-day's crowd was considerable i'm
provement over the attendance of
Thursday and Friday of last week. If
the Improvement continues to the end
of the week Saratoga will once more
be humming under a real, old-fash-
Toned, 22-karat meeting.
The feature of to-morrow's card will
be the Albany Handicap. at six fur
longs. The sensational Western geld
ing, Billy Kelly, will carry top weight
of 1873 pounds. Ten good ones are
named to 90
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Dempsey Accepts Gibbons's
Challenge for Ten Rounds

MILWAUKEE, Aug G.-Jack DENIM.
sey toda" attempted the CHALLENGE is-
sued by Tom Gibbons, boxing instruc-
tor at Camp Meade, Maryland and de-
clarcd he would meet Gibbons in ten
round fight here any time Gibbons de-
sired.
Dempsey said he would donate his
share Of the rccents to the war fund
az Gibbons bad announced he would.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Sun BrinY SmnSheS
Worlds Mile Record
Defeats Old koenig, Motor Cop and Westy Hogan il
Delaware Handicap Around the Turns at Saratoga
Midway Captures Place
By w. ]. Macbeth

SARATOGA SPRINGS N. Y, Aug 6.-W,is Sharpe Kimer,s
colt Briar which
his when he won
Handicap of $4,000 in tho
though he record for mile
the turns n accomplishing his task
the English Sundrdge everv handled
rider Willie Knapp came awav whn
the brush that was
nothing ead sixteenth
the astonishing :36 tho ost
thoroughbred distance around uns
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Totals. $3.50 24.l2 Totals. 5

Totals 81 24.l2 Totals sl4sTNi
'None out when winning run was scored
Cincinnati. ....... o 2 !
New York. ....... o 0 3 -
Two-base hits-Sichng Doyle s.rrsfce NJ .a,
Roush Sacrifice ny-Chase Double play-B1;iIss.
bourne and S Masce Left On bases-NN ~. 70,
:: Cincinnati. Q. First base on eTors-Nss. a.. i'H
/. Bases on balls-ON Steele. 2 on sns :,
Hit hy pitcher-By Steele s Maseel. s1''
out-By Steele. 8. by RING. ].
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Standing of Major League Clubs
AMERICAN LEAGUE

GAMES TODAY
New York at Chicago 1.-TWO games)
Philadelphia at st. Louis
Boston at Detroit
Washington at Cleveland
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Chicago, s; New York. N5 in.).
Cleveland, /; Washington, 0.
Boston, 7; Detroit, 5.
Philadelphia, 6; St. Louis, 4.
STANDING OF TEAMS
W: L.. Pct. w. l.. Pct.
Boston. 81 40 sos Chicago. 1882 .4so
Clevel'd. 50 "A .573iSt. Louis 4554 AS
Wasn':. 90 40 o45 Detroit. "A 81 .43S
N. 1ork. 40 81 .49OI Phlla :. Al So .41O
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY

Cincinnati at New York
Chicago at Brooklyn
st. Louis at Boston
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
New York, 4; Cincinnati, 3.
Chicago, 6; Brooklyn, 3.
Pittsb'gh, 10; Philadelphia, 2.
Boston, 10; ST. Louis, 3.
STANDING OF TEAMS
W. l.. Pct. w. L. Pct.
Chicago. 65 33 .663 Cin'nati. 43 50 .453
n. York. SO 40 .596 lB'klyn.. 1883 AS
pittsb'g. 81 As .53l Boston. Al 55 444
Phiia. 49,. A 50 1855 Louis AZ 81 .4OS.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
7 lTN SNOl
CHICAGO
Totals. .35 6 II 81 1911

Totals. 35 IL 81 10 Totals SO 40 ~ 10
Chicago ............. 0 | 0-6
Brooklyn. ...,....,.. 0. O--s
TWO base hits-Flack (2). Paskcrt. Tyler. Doc
Ian. Homo run--Mann. Stolen baso-Joinston
Sacrflce hits-Mcrkc. Zedc.. Double plays
!iollochcr. Zeder and Nferke: Olson Doolan Mil
ler; O'Mara and Dooan; Johnston and Darbcrt.
Left on cs-Chcago. g. brooklyn. Q. First bas.
on errors-Chicago. | Brooklyn l. BASE, on balls
on Tyler 2; OF Martin, ! or Coomls. 2. Hits,
on Tyler in 3 % innings; Oft Martin 5 in
5l-3 innings. Struck out--Dy Tyler 3 by Mar
I'm. 81; by Coomhs. .. Wild pitcl--Nfartin. Win
nln2 p1tcher-Tylcr. Losing pitchcr-Coombs
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lung
securing " inc maj strides Thrills non0 Closed
~ added
ncasy:
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

's and i
s1tcnth ~ "ouo0
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

quarter and had no trouble In drawing away Fly
Drummond closed ground from a poo- bcrinr,no
y ohF for three-year-olds and upward; SO 500 addei
"; start good Won easily: place driving Time
owner. W. :. kilmer. Trainer II. Mcdaniel
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

fur9ns then took tho lead win easily Mw,r ~
GUS In ''
~ ~ M od 5000 added One mile At post,
v Owner Mrs c. Trainer n Tr,rcrs '"'' i'- Winner
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

Giants. to-day. with Cincinnati. ilnn.siASs
I.sePM. Polo Grounds. ADM ss' :
Evening journal., 1918-05-09
DIES OF EXHAUSTION
WHILE FIGHTING FIRE

SALEM. n. j.. May "a fierce forest
flrc consumed about 1000 acres Of valu-
able timber land in what is known as
the Barrens. below Qulnton. The 1re
started, it is alleged. from some one
burning weeds in the rear Of a small
tenant house, and This, together with
the timber. was burned before the
nsmcs were soften under control.
The fre started distance about two
miles back from the Salem and Bridge
ton turnpike but by night had worked
its way TO the main road. where the
small army Of IRE fighters were able to
check the flames.
James B Scudder, who owned the ten
ant house and Is said 10 have been
nearby when the fire got beyond con-
troll. died from exhaustion in nghting
the flames. He had worked some little
time before assistance came 70 his res
cue. lie vas a respectable farmer OF
Harmersville. and all his life had been
spent in these parts .
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-05-10
Rigid Health Measures
To Safeguard Soldiers
Communities must back up Army by
Minimizing chances of exposure to
disease as well as by giving money
to war charities and funds.

Columbus, Ohio,-Is your com
munity proud of its Liberty Bond and
Thrift Stamp Sales, its Red Cross
subscriptions and its other war
services? /?
1t has no right to unalloyed pride
in these bits" declared the State
Department of Health today, unless
it is also carrying on effective work to
protect the public health.
eve must back up our soldiers
with health as well as with money"
the departments statement said.
"The community which, through
careless health administration, allows
a visiting Sammy to be exposed to a
communicable disease, is guilty of
aiding the enemy. Strict enforcement
of sanitary regulations is necessary
and important at all times, but it is
doubly important now, with men so
congregated in the environments that
the exposure of any one of them may
mean scores of cases of illness and
perhaps death"
Scarlet fever, diptheria, measles,
whooping cough, infantile paralysis
and meningitis are important sources
of danger at this season and the
prompt reporting and strict isolation
of all cases should be insisted upon,
according to the health department.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-05-10
By Chester M. Wright,


Representing the International Typo
graphical Union on the American
Labor Mission to Great Britain.
London-The perfidy of the Huns is
being understood by the working
people Of all Allied nations now as
never before, and is bringing the
working people of those nations to-
gether in such common understand
ing and determination as they have
not had since America entered the
war.
This the American trade union mis-
sion now in Great Britain is finding out
with more surety as the days pass.
If the peace by Cancellation" idea,
with its "co-belligerent conferences"
forerunner has entirely lost its foot
ing, it also has surely lost all its
menacing possibilities, and no longer
constitutes danger of even the re-
motest kind
Its most ardent proponents plainly
are fighting rearguard action and
evidently are on the way to complete
abandonment of their ill-sponsored
child.
Organized labor in the Allied ma
tions is more closely united in
thought, policy and spirit than since
Americas belligerency began, and
this unity promises to develop ra-
pidlyand be firmly forever cemented
before the American trade unionists
take ships for home
1t became more apparent as the
time passes that there has been much
misunderstanding due almost wholly
to what appears to have been cam
paign of studied misrepresentation of
both the British and the American
workers to each other.
The American delegation SO far
has met and conferred with each i'm
portant national division of British
| labor movements. 1t has met with
the parliamentary committee of the
British Trade Union Congress, which
corresponds in a large measure to the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor 1t has met the
executive committee of the General
Federation of Trade Unions, the
purely trade union organization of
which w A. Appleton is secretary.
1t has met the representatives of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-05-10
Trade Union 1isSiOn
Finds Perfidy In German Peace
Propaganda Now Is Realized
And Workers Stand Stead
fastly Behind Government.

fast and infiexible. There can be
agreement only upon the basis of abb
solute refusal to even have discus
sion with representatives from the
Central Empires while the war lasts.
However these conferences may re-
suit, it is certain already that the la
Dor movements of the two English
speaking nations are unit on every
essential point in the programme of
war aims and that no wedge can be
driven between them or between them
and their governments.
AS Alexander Willie, of the great
shipwrights' union, phrased it, "The
war is paramount" so also declare
Henderson and his co-workers.
"Not one of US is for a German
peace" said Henderson in an address
in the presence Of the American dele
cation, and he said it with great force.
Not only has the situation almost re-
solved itself in the political arena of
labor, but on the industrial field there
is marked change within the past
month.
What friction there was between the
engineers and the government has
been ironed out. There is no dispute
of Importance in any part of the Brit
ish realm, and none is on the horizon
so far as can be seen.
In almost every angle of the situa-
tion here is the guiding and inspiring
influence of President Wilson is seen
British labor holds the American
President in the highest esteem and
his name is cheered at every mention
He is looked to by organized workers
here as the greatest statesman in the
world of democracy. No influence has
contributed more than his to develop
ing the unity of the workers here for
having interpreted for all the real
significance of the meaning of the
colossal conflict between democracy
and autocracy.
The American trade union delega-
tion has been accorded an unusual re-
ception and an unusual opportunity to
see and learn in every direction
Seldom has greater attention been
given to foreign delegation; seldom
has more strenuous programme OF
activity been laid out for one. The
delegation has been permitted to see
and inquire into things not disclosed
to any other civilians, and it's knowl-
edge is expected to be of great value
to America
In addition to an intensified pro.
gramme of public speaking the dele
cation will visit and inspect the
British crusier and destroyer fleet anc
the Allied fighting fronts in France
The tour of France will include the
sector held by the American forces.