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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Gun Club Range Like Battle Line
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBET.

Here we are at the halfway mark in
 the 1918 major league, battling with two clubs neck-andneck in the National and Tour so closely punched in the American that the pennant result may remain in doubt until the October stretch is req ched.
 It's a wonderful thing for baseball that no team in either league has been able to make a runaway race of it. Such a condition would have killed off almost all interest in the dueling from now on. and created vacuum as far as gate receipts are concerned. But, as it is. the races have provoked enduring inter- est that is reflecting itself in substan- tiai gate receipts in at least six cities in the two circuits.
 Right now it looks like the Giants or the Cubs in the National The Braves. fhililes and Pirates, who are waging a rather hard fight for third place, are more than 200 points back of first plac and 200 points, at this time of the year IS an almost impossible barrier. The Reds are hopeless and so are the Dodg- CTS and Cardinals as far as pennant heights are concerned.
 The steady, consistent game the Cubs have played up to the present time is one or the real surprises of the year When Alexander was lost to them it was felt by many that their chances were gone. But those who predicted that the CGps would crack" have been poor prophets. The Club is moving along with machine-like precision, hitting at terrific clip, fielding brilliantly and filled with a splendid fighting spirit It's pitchers are hurling in masterly fash ion day after day and the spectacular "comeback' of Douglas, after serious operation, has enhanced the team $ chances at least 9 per cent
 The play of the Giants, on the other hand, has been cratic They travelled a. whirlwind clip during the first three weeks and then fioundered around long enough to lose all of. their tremendous lead. Since then they have played spas modjcally, performing brilliantly for three or four games, and then perform ing exactly the opposite in the next three or four. If the Giants can steady down into their real stride, those who wagered SD heavily in the spring on their chances to repeat may cash their bets, because that club, despite it's losses in the draft still retains great driving power, a fine defense and some first-class pitchers.
 Ihe Amerlcan league hasn't staged a tussle for many years like the present one Here we have the Yankees, the Red Sox and the Indians, nose-and-nose, with the onrushing Senators only few jumps behind. Many are counting the White Sox out of it, but they are only a half dozen games or so behind and a sustained winnings streak would bridge that gap and put them into the running.
 The remarkable work of the Yankees "a a team not much stronger than last season, the Tanks pounded their way to the top and show every indication of fighting it out all the way for the pen nant. The reason is-Miller Higgins. He was considered managerial genius while with the Cardinals He has proved it at the Yankee helm- With little tighter pitching and the walloping that Baker. Pipp, Bodie, Pratt, Peck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Games -roday

Chicago at Philadelphia. . St. Louis at Boston.
 Detroit at New York Cleveland at Washington.
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Nearly all the big league games re- suited in the boob teams winning. De- troit took double header from New York, and still more remarkable, the Philies trimmed the Cubs twice in their own backyard.
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Cards Beat Braves

St. Louis, July 16.-St. Louis won from Boston, to $ today in a sensa- tional ninth inning rally, after the vis- itors had come from behind in their half of the ninth, driving May from the box and scoring four runs. With the game apparently won, Rudolph re- placed Ragon and after two were out, Cruise walked, Paulette singled, Mo Heney tripled and Heall, batting for Betzel, singled, driving in the winning run Score: R. H. E. Boston .......... 010 O01 O04-6 Is l St. Louis ........ 300 900 1O3-7 13 3
 Batteries: Ragon, Rudolph and Will son; May. Johnson and Gonzales.
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Among fhe Bleacherites
Hits and Foul Chatter Garnered From the National
 Past;me

widened the gap between them and their two rivals Miller Huggins' gang has apparently hit the soapy chute.
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Athletics Defeat Sox

Philadelphia, July 16.-Watson, the Athletics recruit pitcher, earned his 4-to- victory ever Chicago today by driv- ing nthe tying and winning runs in the sixth inning, with a two-base nit. Burns double opened the sixth, and sim gleS by Gardner and Dykes helped drive ShallenbaeE from the box. Score:
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The White Sox dropped one to Con nie's clan and the Cards trimmed the Braves, to say nothing of Washington's s win over Cleveland. You never can tell in baseball.
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Cooper and Grimes each went to the rescue of their fellow twirlers yes terday and the Pirate "ace" defeated Burleigh boy by blanking the Dodgers for the rest of the game, while his teammates showed over lone tally.
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Dazzy Vance got his bumps in that first Tiger-YanN contest in which the American league Gothamites received the worst thrashing of the year. South- ern league pitchers are having a hard row to hoe in the big tents in spite of the shortage of players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17

Fishing has gotten to be the head line sport in the south since. base ball passed away Things .'ain't' the same, however, without the old "snake- bite" stuff
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Yesterdays Results
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
CANTONlNENT TYPES
THE AUTHORITY

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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
THE FIRST THLRTY-.SLX HOURS
ON SHORE COVER THERE''

voy on Social Morality" and Mass
Athletics" The field day OF the aft
ernoon was a practical experiment
along the latter line, being conducted
by six ''Y" secretaries without pre-
liminary plan or special equipment.
Every man got strenuous exercise
and plenty Of it and spent the eve
ming writing home about Some
Track Meet"
The next morning the same Red
Triangle speakers, DR.. John Nc
Curdy, DR.. John Coulter and DR..
James Naismith, addressed other
groups of men drawn up by regi-
ments on similar topics. 1t is sig
nifcant that the activities of the ar
irving troops for their first thirty
six hours ashore were put entirely in
the hands of the Y. M. G.. a. The
favorable comment of both officers
and men attested the success Of the
undertaking.
In the trench jump the men wore
their full uniforms and carried their
rifles and looked for all the world
like they were actually going over
the top. Following the trench jump
they were marched back to the start
ing point and a few moments later
dashed off the 220 yards in record
breaking time. In the company Soc
Ger game four balls were used and the
officials included four referees, two
umpires, four scorers and two time
keepers.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
BY CHAUNCEY z. HUBERT
Somewhere In France

Heaven help the Germans if they
ever get in front of that bunch.
There was good reason for this re-
mark. Across an open field came
charging 1,400 khaki-clad men as
fast as they could sprint.
Like q herd of buffaioes." re-
marked another observer.
At the end Of q minutes run the
1,400 men jumped a shallow eix-foot
trench and went flying back again.
If the dust had not been so muddy
it would have filed the air.
This took place at one of the great
French ports during the first after
noon the men landed from America.
1t was called an inter-regimental
field day and somewhat over 4 900
American soldiers participated in it
inside OF two hours. The events in
cluded company run of 220 yards,
the trench jump and Company Soc
Ger" Every man took an active
part and tho winning company was
announced amid cheers. This is one
example of what the Red Triangle
Is doing with Mass Athletics. ="
During the morning on which the
soldiers arrived on the transports
three members of the athletic and
recreation department of the Y. NJ
G. A. delivered nine lectures before
all the officers and men Of the con
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

have sacked Louvain: they have shot
to piec IS the great Cathedral of
Rheims; they have laid waste the
fairest portions of France, but they
have not broken the spirit of France,
and they will never scale the citadel
of the soul of Amcrical
That is the contribution that
America will make. All its guns and
all its men are only the outward sym
boil of the spirit which these men ex-
emplify by their lives and by their
labors.
The way may be long, but the end
is certain; the cost may be great, but
the victory is secure. Already in
Germany there are those who see the
handwriting on the wall. Perhaps
even the Kaiser has seen it; if not,
the time will come when he will look
back and know that when America
came into the war he met the insur-
mountable force of the American
spirit And that day the war for Ger
many was lost!
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
SOLDIERS SEND GrETs

1t was not a case of all take and
no give with the American soldiers
in France on Christmas Day. The
khaki-clad boys "Over There" sent
back more than 10000 sacks Of
Christmas presents to their relatives
and friends. The gifts included
hundreds of foreign novelties and
souvenirs of the war and will be
most highly treasured by the recip-
tents.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

JOHN STEWART BRYAN, Chairman.
Fl. e. Adler. Chattanooga Times
c. II. Allen, Montgomery Advertiser.
T. T. Anderson. Macon Telegraph
II. s.. Baker. Tacoma Tribune.
w w. Ball, Columbia State.
John Stewart Bryan, Richmond News
Leader.
Harry Chandler, Los Angeles Times.
Anon G. Garter. Fort Worth Star Tele-
gram.
Elmer e, Clarke. Little Rock Arkansas
Democrat
Gardner Cowles. Des Moines Register
r. A. Crothers, San Francisco Bulletin.
Charles 8. Diehl, San Antonio Light.
w A. Elliott, Jacksonville Times Union.
f. x. Gaylord Oklahoma City Oklaho-
f. y. Glass. Birmingham News.
Bruce Haldeman. Louisville Courier
Journal
Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitution
James KeTney, Trenton Times.
Victor h. Lawson, The Chicago Daily News.
Charles II. Ma:ah, Waco Morning News,
Frank p. MacLennan, Topeka State Jour
nal
A. L. Miller, Battle Creek Enquirer News
D. ID. Moore. New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Fleming NewboId, Washington Evening
Star
Cough ]. Palmer Houston Post
Bowdre Phinizy. Augusta Herald
Don C. Seitz, New York World.
Rudolph c. Siegllng Charleston News and
Courier.
H. D. Slater, n Paso Herald
w p. Sullivan Charlotte Observer.
Charles H. Taylor, Jr. Boston Globe.
James M Thomson, New Orleans Item.
Published under the auspices of the Ma
tional War Work Council OF the Z. NJ c, A.
of tho United States, with the cooperation
Of the papers above named.
Distributed free TO the soldiers in the
National Camps and Ca:ltonments
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
SIX NEW MAJoR-GENERALs

The following brigadier-generals
have been promoted to be majorgen-
erals: George H. Cameron, Andre
w. Brewster, Charles c. Ballou,
George w. Reed, Charles H. Muir and
Charles T. Menoher.
These colonies were made brig
adier-g generals: Malvern-Hill Bar
mum, William H. Hay and James Mel.
Carter.
Col. Alexander J.. Dade was made
brigadier-generaIo OF the Signal Corps.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
rHE uNBREAKABLE LINE

One of the higher commanders of
the French Army now on duty in
America recently prepared memo
randum for the French Institute of
the United States, in which he pointed
out that Germany would make her
supreme effort to win the war before
June /, 1918. Already the German di-
visions Ahat have been set free on the
Russian front have been hurled
against the northern borders of Italy.
France and England and America are
calmly waiting the advent of new di-
visions for fighting in the Champagne
district, in front of Verdun, or any
where else the Germans may choose
along the line Of trenches from the
mountains of Switzerland to the
North Sea.
We speak of trenches and we have
in mind one narrow trench three or
four feet wide and five feet deep, but
how many Of us stop I'd think that
behind this trench there is another
trench, and then another trench, and
then another, until the whole system
from where the FIRST front line
trenches face each other all the way
back to the rear line covers distance
of more than fifty miles? 1t is this
network of trenches; it is this long
and carefully prepared system of de-
fense backed by the artillery Of France
and that of her allies that has made
France so sure that Germany would
not pass that way.
AS the attack on Paris failed in
1914, as the great drive at Verdun has
since failed in spite of the hundreds
of thousands that the Crown Prince
lost, so this new drive against the
integrity of France and the success
of the Allied cause will also fail.
But one thing this French comman-
der did not emphasize. He spoke OF
the fact that America would be there
- help, and she will; he spoke of the
fact that the French artillery and the
British artillery were now able to
dominate the German gunfire as they
had never been able to do before in
all their experience, and he COM
mentcd with evident satisfaction upon
the fact that Germany had been forced
to GO back TO the old method of mass
formation which, though it gives more
courage to the men who are march
ing, exposes the whole body to de-
gree of destruction from gunfre that
is not possible where men attack III
open order.
These are some of the conditions
which make the Allies line seem un-
breakabl-S but there is one fact that
surpasses them all. 1t is the spirit oi
the American soldier. These men dc
not have to be herded along like cat.
tie by their second lieutenants; they
did not cross the ocean in pursuit o.
loot or lust; they have not beer
fed for a generation on hatred. MOI
is their national industry founded or
war They are come to face deatt
because they wish that life may b.
preserved for themselves, their faith
crs, their mothers and their children
They have made war that they nigh
q insure peace. They have brought sui
fering that they might do away will
sorrow. They are fred by the high
est ideal that aninates the heart 0
man, and that ideal is the unbreakabl
trench which no German soldier car
ever take, and no German shell eve
aesnoiiSh. The Prussian barbarian
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
Trench and Camp

Published weekly at the National Camps
and Cantonments for the soldiers Of the
United States
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

ADVISORY BOARD OF COOPERATING
PUBLISHERS
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THE RED TRIANGLE
Can appeal in behalf of Y. Nj. C. A. War Work.

Lift TIP the Red Triangle
Beside the thHnderinq guns
4 friend, a shield, solace
To orr ten million SOUS!
90 build q hut or dngont
BY billet or by trench.
4 shelter from the horror
The cold, the filth, the stencil!
Where boys sVe I0ve returning,
From out the CORY loan
Can sight the Red Triangle
Ind find a bit of home!
Lift up the Red Triangle
Against the things that main
1t coHqners Boose, the qwecker!
1t shafts the house of shame!
Go make friendly corner,
So lads can take the pen
lind get in toucIt~q0ith mother
lind Gods clean things again!
Where HeiFs destroying forces
IRE Ieagmed 2eith PotSdam'S creqV,
Lift Up the Red TriGngle-
lind help orr boys Come Trough!
DANIEL NJ HENDERSON.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-31

each cake a thin slice of bacon and
fasten with toothpick. Set in a hot
oven or under the gas flame till the
bacon is crisp aud brown.
Ham Baked au Gratin.-Take a two
inch slice of smoked ham. freshen by
soaking in cold water one hour. then
drain and wipe dry. Cover with a
fourth-cupful of molasses. rubbing IL
In, let stand Is minutes. then bake ~
minutes Ia moderate oven. adding n
little water occasionally. When the
meat Is cooked. pile seasoned cooked
rice over IL; sprinkle With cheese and
set In the oven long enough to melt
the cheese.
Orange NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all
but six Of a half-pound OF marshmal-
lows over boiling water. Mix four tea
spoonfuls Of cornstarch with two we'll
beaten eggs and n cupful of honey, n
cupful of boiling water, one and a
fourth cupfuls OF orange juice, one
fourth of a cupful Of lemon Juice. both
strained; cook, stirring constantly.
Pour over the melted marshmallows /;
beat for Ave minutes. Garnish with
cut marshmallows and serve cold.
Rice Surprise.--Soak a tablespoon
sul OF gelatine in three tablespocnfuls
Of water until soft. then add to one
cupful OF hot cooked rice with two
tablespoonfuls OF sugar. fourth OF a
tenspoonful ot salt and teaspoonsul
Of VANILLA beat well until II begins ~
CONCEAL then fold in the whipped
cream. Pour into a mold to harden
and serve on platter with an orange
mnrinalade sauce poured over IL.
Nut Loaf.-Ccok one cupful OF rice
In boiling saited water. drain and add
tablespoonful Of chopped parsley
two teaspoonfuls Of salt. one and &
half cupfuls Of peanuts ground fine, a
tablespoonful Of sweet fat. one egg
well beaten. and enough milk "a
moisten- Mold In loaf. sprinkle with
paprika and bake twenty minutes
Serve with . tomato Or cAsese sauce
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-31

have in small or large quantities "a
circumstances permit. Various canned
vegetables will be found In plenty on
our shelves this winter. canned from
our own war gardens.
Drain a can Of lima beans. put into
shallow earthen dish, cover the top
with strips of bacon and put into a
not oven. Bake until the bacon Is
crisp and brown. Serve piping hot
from the dish.
Pimento saIad.-Take one small
can Of red peppers. three cupfuls of
finely shredded cabbage. a teaspoonful
each Of salt and grated onion, n half
cupful OF finely minced celery and a
cupful Of mayonnaise dressing. Serve
In nests Of shredded lettuce.
Junket With Pineapple.--Dissolve a
junket tablet in tablespoonful OF wa
ter--one-half n tablet is sufficient for
a pint OF milk. Heat the milk until
lukewarm, then sweeten. flavor and
add the dissolved tablet. Pour into
sherbet cups and when firm put on ice.
Serve with teaspoonful of shredded
pineapple and tablespoonful Of
whip. I'd cream on top of each glass.
Even those who do not care for milk
in other forms will eat this dainty des-
sert.
Crab Saiad.-Add cupful of crab
meat to cupful of shredded cabbage
and the same amount of tart. WELL
favored apple cut in dice. Mix and
season well and serve with any good
boiled or mayonnalse dressing.
Pineapple With MarshmaIlows.-
Arrange slices Of canned pineapple
with marshmallow in the center and
small cubes of jelly around It or a
maraschino cherry pressed into the
center of the marshmallow.
A can of home-prepared soup which
has been canned Is most satisfying
beginning for meal.
Canned chicken with white sauce
and covered with baking powder bis
cult. makes nice chicken pie In a
hurry.
Corn Fritters.-Take q can Of corn
three-fourths of cupful of corn -four,
three eggs. three teaspoonfuls of bak-
Ing powder, salt and pepper to season.
Fry in deep fat or in n hot frying pan
with a little corn oil.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-31
WoRDsWoRTH's EARLY HOME
House In English Village Of Cocker
mouth, Where Poet Was Born,
Is Still Standing.

Cockermouth Is one of those Eng
lish villages OF the lake region where
you feel that you would like to spend
your declining years In cottage with
the Inevitable English Ivy and a gar
den decorated with borders of peri
winkle and other oldfashioned flowers.
A river following twisted course
through Cockermouth completes the
peaceful, back-to-nature atmosphere OF
the village.
You might easily spend some time
In Cockermouth before you discovered
that II was wordsworth's birthplace.
-he historic home Is still standing. the
same stolid. substantial British resi-
dence where the poet spent the greater
part OF his boyhood.
The house Is decidedly home for a
student Of books and not at all the sort
which Wordsworth, the nature devotee,
would have chosen In which to grow
up. The yard and garden. however,
make up for the unpoetic gray store
walls. II Is shady yard. surrounded
by low stone fence.
The Wordsworth house is not a
shrine for the llterati to inspect and
write verses OF appreciation on the
walls. or sign their names in ledger
along with the autographs OF famous
visitors and tourists. II Is a quiet
home, as In the poets day. home
which you would pass n dozen timea
without suspecting 1t had been the
birthplace OF such a famous person.
Chicago Daily News.
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a baking pan and score 1t across four or
five times. Mix one cupful OF fine
bread crumbs. a dessert spoonful Of
minced parsley. one-eighth Of tea
spoonful Of ground black pepper. two
dessert spoonfuls of salt. milk to mois-
ten well. Put good-siZed Jumps of
sweet fat in the gashes. Cover the
bottom OF the pan with milk and put
into hot oven. When well-cpoked. lift
from the pan to the platte and gar
nish with hard-cooked egg ai.,l lemon.
Serve with the gravy in the psn.
Goldfish With Green Peppers (itaIian)
Soak helf-pound Of salt Goldfish.
remove the skin and bones and cut in
small squares. Roast two good-sized
green peppers on the top Of the stove,
remove the skins and seeds and cut
In narrow strips Put three table
spoonfuls Of olive oil into n saucepan
with one small onion chopped. cook
until the onion Is yellow. then add two
large tomatoes. salt. pepper and then
the peppers. When nearly done add
Goldfish and spoonful of chopped pars.
ley. Cover and simmer until the fish
Is well seasoned.
Black Bean Soup.-Soak one cupful
OF black beans in cold water several
hours. Pour off the water, add fresh
water and simmer until the beans are
tender. then rub through n sieve. There
should be pint Of water. Add a table
spoonful of cornstarch in little cold
water and cook eight minutes. Sea-
son with salt. pepper. little mustard,
juice of n lemon. Serve with squares
OF fried bread
Leg Of Mutton Pie (canadian).-
Grease "A deep baking dish and lay in
the bottom few slices of fried salt
pork and then slices of mutton cut
from the leg: on top of this lay sliced
cooked potatoes, salt, pepper, fried
onions and parsley. Pour over a clear
gravy. Moisten the edge of the ;esh
and cover with n good rich pastry.
Bake an hour and twenty minutes In
moderate oven.