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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1918-07-11
PRESIDENTS FOURTH IF JULY SPEECH
Was Read in Wrangell Independence Day by Repre-
sentative of the Four Minute Speakers
Organization

Iou my fellow citizens, commemorate the signing
of the Declaration of Independence which marked the awakening
OF spirit in the lives of nations Since the birth Of
republic have the spirit We have heard the demand
and watched the struggle for self government spread umphs
among many people,
We have regard the right political liberty the
right of humankind Year after year within the security
of borders have continued to rejoice the peaceful increase
Of freedom and democracy throughout the world and yet
suddenly confronted with which endangers
thing that have and everything the world has In all
its old nsoene with all its ancient cruelty and injustice military
auocy has again armed itself against the pacific hopes of
Having suppressed sefgovernment its people by an
organization maintained part by asehood and treachey has
set out to impose its will upon neighbors and upon
One by has compelled every civilized nation in the world
either foeg0 its aspirations declare in their defense
We fnd ourselves fighting for national existence
We face face with the necessity asserting the
fundamental right free make their and choose
their allegiance else permit humanity become the victim
of ruthless ambition that is determined destroy what
Against its threat the liberty loving people of the world have
arisen and allied themselves No fear has deferred them and
bride of material well being has held them back
They have made sacrifices such the world has known
and their resistance the face of death and suffering has proved
that the aim which animated the German effort hope
rule the spirit mankind against the horror of military conquest:
against the emptiness OF living IN bodily against
the resolution to become of that knows neither
truth honor.
The world has evoed that people long dominated and
suppressed by force have begun stir and themselves
Centuries of subugaon have destroyed the racial aspiration
the soIdd ideas of their political and military They have
survived the slow prosecutions Of peace the agone
and demand recognition for their just autonomy
and self government Representatives of these you
today, vong their loyalty ideals and offering their services
in the
ask YOU fellow citizens, unite with them making this
independence Day. the first that shall be
laraon of Independence for all the peoples of the world
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1918-07-11
NOTICE

All bills due for professionalism
vices rendered by me have been
assigned to William Patterson.
same are now payable to him at
St Michaels Trading Co.
Dr.. s. c. SHuRICK.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1918-07-11
Wrangell Lodge No. 866
Loyal Order Of Moose

Meets first and third Fridays in
June. July and August at 9:ooP.M NJ.
in Reimen's Hall.
Visiting Paps welcome.
J. l.. BULKLEY, R. Dictator.
J. W. PRrTCHETT, Secretary.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1918-07-11

NAoiINGTDN Roosevelt today asked Congress
Eo, peace pza which promoting
peace which has been He proposed
expeud II VAR
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
TWO GAMES BOOKED
In SCHOOL LEAGUE

This afternoon Central High School
basketball tossers will meet the
Western quint in the "Y'' gym in
what may prove the deciding game Of
the interscholastic series. Western is
out in front with three wins and one
loss and Central is second with two
games in the won column and one
loss. II Central wins il will put the
Blue and White out in front of the
procession and il will be next TO i'm
possible TO overhaul this fast aECre-
cation.
Eastern High five will meet Bust
ness basketball tossers in the second
game Of the afternoon in the school
sCries
In the first meeting between the two
teams, Central gained the victory In
one of the hardest fought games Of
the series in which the Mt. Pleasant
five had hard time breaking through
Westerns defense Since this con-
test Coach Morse has been building
up his offense and now that his scor-
ing combination has become accus-
toned to work together IL is hard for
any team TO beat them out.
Eastern will be there with the old
fighting spirit and will make the Stem
oEraphers hustle to gain a victory.
The Stenographers have been showing
some improvement in their play in
their last games and should come out
strong in this contest.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
MANY: JUMPERS
WORKING OUT
Capt. J. E. Davis Has Large
String Training at Ben
- ming Track.

Capt. ]. E. Davis has several good
horses at the Benning track. AL OF
them are Jumpers, and about the best
known one is Brooks, the winner of
the Manly Memorial Stakes at Pim-
lico and the highest money winner
over the jumps last season. DR.. Bar
low. a recent purchase, gives excel
lent indications that he will be a
high-clasS thoroughbred. The De-
cision, a sprinter of ability as well as
meritorious jumper, is about the
and DR.. Barlow are being pointed for
the Green Spring Valley Handicap at
Pimlico.
The remaining horses are Melo-
drama. who fell at the last jump
when five lengths in the lead in the
Harbor Hill Stakes at Piping Rock,
and the 3-year-old maiden Supermaid,
who has been schooling very well.
Jack Carl. the last horse in the stable.
is a 4-year-old maiden, and was raced
only once last year. as he did not
train.
The stable is under the control of
Matt Brady, well known for the long
SilOlS ne puts over. NlCklduSs lIlc
stable jockey, has enlisted in the
army. and the riding will be done by
billie" Wolf. il he is able to get re-
instated. Wolf has been on the ground
for two years for rough riding and
he has been schooling horses since
that time.
Good 3-year-olds are few and far
between at the Benning track, but if
looks count for anything 2-year-olds
will have a banner season. Mr.. Viau,
the Canadian sportsman and owner OF
Westy Hogan and Omar Khayyam.
has a likely looking youngster in a
big numbering colt well named, The
Tank. The Tank is about the largest
horse in the stable and much is eX-
pected of him Startling is the best
horse owned by r. F. Carman. the
trainer of the Viau stable. but he ex-
poets to bring back Achievement TO
the races as good as when he was a
3-year-old.
Tom Lynn is the foreman of the
string. and his 2-year-Olds are the
best-Iooking ones at the track, as he
has not had a bit of sickness the en-
tire winter. Butwell will undoubtedly
be the stable jockey. Butwell and
Carman are hard to beat Jimmy
Rowe, the trainer of the main string
of H. p. Whitney's horses. was in
town yesterday and was well pleased
at the condition of the horses.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
JOE LYNCH Is ONE
OF MOORE'S VICTIMS
q

Baltimore. Jan. 51.-The knock
out victory OF Joe Lynch over Kid
Williams in Philadelphia on Tues
day night only goes to strengthen
Pal Moore's right to be considered
the best real bantam in the game
today. for less than three weeks
ago he was awarded a referees de-
cision at the end of a 12-round bout
in Providence over the boy who on
Tuesday stopped the Baltimore bat
tier in four rounds. In that bout
Moore weighed just> four ounces
over the real bantam-weight limit
of 116 pounds. which is a far cry
from 125 pounds, the weight attri-
buted to Lynch by several Philadel-
phia papers in his Tuesday night
bout, All of which leads to the
statement that the real bantam
weight in action today, at least
bantams of any class, can be count
ed on the fingers of one hand.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
NINE LEADING CATCHERs.
NEW INDOOR GOLF
GAME BEING PLAYED

A new indoor golf game has made
it's appearance in Boston. Soak the
Kaiser or Three and Out" is what
they call il.
The net is similar to other indoor
affairs. The ball is driven from a
mat against a sheet of canvas. down
the center of which is a two-foot
strip Of the same material. Stenciled
on this strip is a likeness of Kaiser
Bill, with Soak him" printed under
meath. A drive which strikes the
strip is measured as 80 yards; one
which misses il but hits the main
sheet goes for 900. A brassie shot
home counts go yards; I75 if il hits
the canvas background. Cleeks and
irons are also played at this net
with the distances marked on the
wall
Mashie shots are played at another
strip. The idea here is to pitch the
ball through a hole six inches in di-
ameter in the middle of the strip.
II the shot is accurate and goes
through this hole the player is left
with a five-foot putt: IL il misses
the hole but strikes the strip he has
a twelve-foot putt. The putting green
Is IOhS SlIlp VI carpet sulClenl-
ly' undulating TO satisfy the lover
of humps on the putting green.
The course played measures S,9e5
yards, the odd holes all being as
yards and the even ones a.. The
par is set at S2, or 81 for the IS holes.
and 1t is impossible to beat par. 1t
costs 20 cents 10 play a round The
name There and OUT is derived
from the fact that whenever a player
is three over par he drops out OF
the game. He can play again by
paying another entrance fee.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
O'NEIL MAKES NEW
DUCKPIN RECORD

Tip" O'NeiI. of the Treasury team
of the departmental League, last
night at the Manhattan Bowling Al
leys broke the high indiI idual duckpin
score of the District when he hit the
little naples for 1S3 count in his
first game in the match against the
Marines. Treasury won the three
games. going 619 to IA in the first. sic
TO sol in the second, and so to 479 in
the final.
Dave Mccarthy. of the Evening Star
team. held the high mark until
O'Nei's attack. his figures, which
were made three years ago, reading
lS2.
O'Neil gathered three spares and
four strikes during the game, the
strikes coming in succession in the
sixth, seventh. eighth and ninth
boxes. Two counts of six were gath
cred on two spares, while he obtained
five on another. A ten in the fourth
and anime in both the sixth and tenth
boxes Tung up his high total O'NeiI
! missed a one-pin spare in the final.
which, if he had obtained it, would
have placed his mark far out OF
reach. The following is the way he
gathered the pins:
O'Neil-l6 y A. 81 66 96 l36 l5J ia
Isis.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
Looking to SheeIey.

New York, Jan. 3l.-The Cleveland
club. with all its first-base candidates
gone TO war, may be saved by Salt
Lake. 1t is reported that Manager
Walter ,McCredie, Of the Morrnons.
has agreed to turn over First Base
man Earl Sheeley TO the Indians
Shelley has been rated as a bear in
the Coast League, and only a bad
ankle that makes him slow in run
ming has kept him out OF the majors.
Cleveland's embarrassment NAV give
him the chance he seems entitled 10.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
HAVANA ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE-Claiming: purse 500: Syear.
nids and upward; five and a half fIrlOngs Lady
Cap-iciOus, los; Dainty Mint. lO5; Snip, I6-
Miss Barn Harbor. lO6; Bill Wiley, l07; Wizard,
l6: Page White. l07; Juaquin, l0: Captain
Zen. l0; Morristown. 10; Fuzzy wuzzy. no
Thomas CalIaway. ll0.
SECOND RACE-CIaiming: purse 500: ,
yeArolds and upward; five and a half frIrlongs
ZunI. %: Betterton. lG; beaumont LADY los
Aselia. l0s; Chstterbox. liz; Ruth stricklapd
H4s BendIet. ia: Du F1oss, l1s; Beverly James,
le; Noonst0ne. Is; Shoddy. lis; Deyiltry lis
THIRD RACE-Claiming: purse $40; swear.
bids and upward: six furlOnu. Bob Blossom.
y: Aesmer. 100; sAgue. l0e; Investment lbs:
Pecos. los; Wodan. lG: Milton Campbell loe:
sandel. 100; Primero. llo.
FOURTH RACE-Claiming: purse. 500; ;
TeaT-olds and upward; six. furIOngs. Thirst, S:
Eastsrn Princess q; Rochester, l6: Merry
jubilee. 16; YorkTilIe. l0; Lady spendthrift.
O: Detour. l0; Schemef l0e: Brown Prince
le; Circulate. 100: San ion, III
FTFTH RACE-Claiming; purse. 500. swear.
aids and upward; SIX huioues. Fckle Fsncy.
": 'Albrey, l6e; 'Gilden List, los: yictrola
lG; Radiant Flower. lp; Quin, 100; Luzzi. no.
lady Jane Gray, no; castara. 10; Panlson, IlO;
Dr. Cam, IL; Frascuolo, Ii
SIXTH RACE-Claiming: purse, 500: swear.
slds and upward; one mile and ffty Yards
Tippo Acton. %; King Of the scarlets. n,
Princes Janice. l0l; swaTering, lO4: sAIe,rdf'
os; Battle Aboey. l0
sAPpreutics allowance claimed.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
EDDIE PLANK WILL
NOT PLAY THIS YEAR

New York, Jan. 3f.-Eddie Plank.
veteran southpaw recently secured
by the Yankees from the st. Louis
Browns has officially notified the
NewN York club of his retirement" !"
He has threatened to withdraw to
the seclusion of his Gettysburg
farm for several days. but informa-
tion to thai effect had only reached
the New York club through the
newspapers.
Contracts have been mailed to
both Plank and Del Pratt, second
baseman, secured by the same deal.
Pratt has also stated that he will
not sign up until his suit with Phil
Ball. president of the st. Louis
team. has been settled. but he has
expressed his willingness to<pIay
with the Yankees.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
FIGURES FAIL
TO TELLSTORY
Pratt Example of Player
Whose Hitting Is Hurt
by Averages.

What constitutes the great hitter
In baseball?
DO batting averages really convey
to the fan the actual batting value OF
the ballplsyer?
Does the mere fact that a batter
hits safely a certain number Of times
in a given number Of trips 70 the
plate tell his real value to a ball club.
The recent trade of Derrin Pratt 70
the Yankees makes this subject In
terestingsr
Pratt has never been regarded as q
great hitter. Only on one occasion
has he crept into the 80 class and
then only by the scantiest Of mar
gins.
Yet looking at Pratt's batting from
all angles he is one OF the most dam
gerous hitters in his league.
When Pratt connects with the ball
he hits IL hard He is not a slugger.
but his hits are usually very long
singles or doubles. He Sis not a
speedster on the bases and his singles
must be longer than those Of fast men
like Cobb. Speaker or Collins. He
bats from the right side and this also
makes him slower than the Ieft-hand-
ed batter.
Pratt is a potential 20 batter. but
the extra .O2O or .6S per cent do not
get into the PERCENTAGE columns
With a fast man on bases ahead Of
him there are few Of his clouts which
are not good for two bases for the
baserunner,
Pratt is only one example Of the
fallacy of batting averages TO show
the worth of batters.
Wally Pipp has never broken into
the 300 class. yet he is one Of
the hardest hitters in the Ameri-
can League. There are few batters in
the National League who rank with
Cy Williams as hard hitter. yet
he has seldom broken into the 80
class
Batters Of this class are often more
valuable in driving in runs than the
speed merchant who piles up an
average well over 800.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
Baseball Leak Peeves
Genial Ban Johnson

Philadelphia. Pa. Jan. 81
Ban B. Johnson. president of the
American League, is peeved because
somebody gave out the fact that the
schedule makers had decided the
four Eastern teams were to begin
playing ball on April Is. while the
Western teams remain Idle till the
next day.
The publicity given the depar-
ture from former schedules was an
noying. and Mr.. johnson said in Chi
cago yesterday:
That wasn't ready for the public
and l was surprised to read it in
the papers. Dreyfuss, Heydler,
Harridge and myself finished the
drafting of the dates in Pittsburgh
late in the afternoon. We saw no
press representative, but the next
morning the news was printed.
There was a leak somewhere. We
may switch back to the original
date, April 16."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
'GUYON SECOND :
jim THORPE?
Georgia Tech Indian Star Is
Great All-Around
Athlete.

Georgia Tech claims to have !devel-
oped in Joe Guyon one of those prodi-
gies of sport which bob up now and
them and are known as al-around
athletes.
The phrase is a very broad one
and In its best sense there ara few
athletes who may ever be so classed.
Jim Thorpe was perhaps the great
est aIl-around athlete in any American
college. He was one of the greatest
football players who ever kicked a
pigskin; his college baseball was phe-
nomenal; on the track and in the field
he was almost invincible.
Howard Berry, of Penn, was anoth-
er. Berry was a wonder at football
and on the track. He played. quite
remarkable baseball.
Elmer Oliphant, of West Point. the
only man who ever annexed four ath-
letic stars at TIE army school, is an
other. Oliphant is almost equally
good at baseball, football, basketball,
polo and track.
Guyon, 1t Is said, is equally remark
able. Last year he was one or the
bright shining stars in football. per-
haps one of the six best backfield men
in the country. He Is a crack base
ball player and several big league
managers have been scouting for his
services. Guyon, however, has refus-
ed all offers as he wishes to retain his
amateur standing until he finishes a
course in engineering at the Georgia
school.
On the track Guyon has been. clock
ed in ten seconds for the century and
has covered the go in twenty-five sec
onds. He has negotiated the high hur-
dies in Is 3-4 and the 29O-yard hurdles
In "a 3-5 seconds. In the jumps Guy
on is equally proficient, having COW
cred % feet in the broad jump and
cleared the bar at six feet in the high
jump. He is also shot putter and
jayelin hurler of merit.
In addition Guyon is something of a
boxer and wrestler.
Guyon is q years old, stands two
inches over six feet and weighs about
200 pounds. His athletic career began
at Carlisle in 1872 when he played
tackle on Thorpe's> great team. The
next year he was picked on Walter
Camps .all-American team. He is a
full blooded Cherokee Indian.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
Suggests Wartime Prices.

Boston. Jan 5l.-President Harry n.
Frazee, Of the Boston Red SoX, yes
terday sent a telegram to Ban John
son, head Of the American League,
suggesting admission prices for base
ball games this season to be increas-
ed to 30, s. and 10 cents. in order TO
avoid delay. which would necessarily
be caused in making change in pen
nies. All money taken in over the war
tax shall be given to the American
Red Cross, according to Frazee's plans.
He estimates that IL both major
leagues agree to this proposition, the
Red Cross will receive approximately
81, ,C0e
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
~ AkKING STARS.
xAULING SPORT
By JACK VEI0CK.
No. Arhe Cateher..

No. -fhe Outchers-
New York, Jan. 5.-The catcher Il
the real workhorse of every bail
club.
He is required to be the most wide
awake player on the team in the field
and he must have a quick brain.
coupled with all-around ability to
rank as a real star,
1t is nothing for the really good
catcher to work 100 or more games in
a season. When he Is good, the
management keeps him in there as
long as he manages TO escape injuries,
and for the amounut Of work he does
in a season the catcher gets but a
small amount OF praise
The talents required of a good
catcher include a split-second radio
active brain; a knowledge of the
weaknesses Of batters and the ability
to judge weaknesses: a good arm
and a world of fielding ability in his
nosition.
Such a catcher is Bill Kinifer, late
of the Phillies. Killifer is not the
fastest fielding catcher in the bis
show, but he is sure and he has
everything else. Aside from WaIlit
Schang. he ranks as the best hitte,
and as a rule be finishes the season
In advance OF his rivals in fielding
percentage. Killifer last season
caught l2O games of baseball. and or
his consistent showing deserves toI
rank.
Wallie Schang. now with the Red
Sox, and Ray SchaIk, of the White
Sox, are the two most wonderful
har rl Gf in A n
1t Is hard to choose between them
but Schang gets the edge because Of
his hitting. Schalk is a weak sticker
though he has all the other talents
Both are capable Of catching 100 oI
more games every year, and winning
many Of them. Schang is ranked sec
cd and Schalk third.
Ivy Wingo, of the Reds, a real work,
horse. a consistent fielding player and
always a dangerous hitter, with on,
of the best arms in baseball. is rank
ed fourth. Hank SEVERED, OF tn,
Browns. who has bIossomed into q
ranking star. is placed fifth and Bill
Rariden, the steady matter-of-fac
wind-paddist of the Giants, gets sixth
place. Rariden. on his showing las
year. is a better all-around catcher
than McCarty, though not as good Z
hitter.
Gonzales. of the Cardinals, anC
Snyder. Of the same club. are giver
seventh and eighth places, and Ed,
die Ainsmith, OF the Senators. IL
placed ninth. Ainsmith. like SchaIk
is a great performer behind the bat
but weak with the willow. The rank
ings, with 1917 figures, follow:
NINE LIZ AnINE t.ArNrur-S
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE-Purse, 500; claiming: 3-year,
Olds; five and half furIongS Mildred En-
retta, 10: Clean s.; Postmaster l09; Honey.
suckle. s6; Wow. Io5; 'Omico 100; Vannesss
Welh. lO4; French. IS; Miss Agnes g; 'Dio
scoride. 96; Oriental Girl. ss: Breezy, IS
Also eligible: Quarette. lO2; 'Green Grass. lOe
lima Schor. lO5; Paul Connolly, los twelve
excluded.
SECOND RACE-Purse, 500: maiden 3-year
olds: six furlongS Magikon, II6: Stanley Fay
II. lOe; Petrograd. llS; Gaffney Girl, l0I; DR.
Embrey, ll6; Hasty Mabel, lOl; Paytime. ll6
Tolerance, l9l; Southern League, Ill: Blacl
Bass. lOl: FOx's Choice. lO6; Beautiful Kathryn
lOl. AlsO eligible: Peace and Plenty, l0l
Charles Nahm, lB; Miss Gorilla. Ill; Hell
mick. lOl (twenty-three excluded.
THIRD RACE-Purse. 500; claiming; 4-year
Olds and upward; six furlongs Top O. tn,
Morning. III; Ora McGee. los: COunterblast
NJ; Engelbert Gmp.), I7; Manokin. lol: 'JohI
W. Klein. 100; BrOnchO Billy, us; Bond limp }
III: Dimitry, ia; Pomp. 100.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. 800: claiming; file.
and mares; 3-year-olds and upward one mile
Mary Belle, 100; Queen Of the Sea, l07
Courier, ~; Jessie Louise, 100; MARY R., LOG
'Marianao. lo9; Fairy Legend. lo6; 'Legent, 100
FIFTH RACE-Purse, 500; claiming; 3-year
olds and upward: one and one-sixtecnth miles
Fly Home. ia; The Norman. lOs; Jack Snip,
timp), l04; Black Broom, ll4: PleasureYille lOs
J. Rufus. lO4; Amalgamator, Il2; Keso, lO6
Honolulu, lOe
SIXTH RACE-Purse. $500; claiming; S-year
oids and upward; one and sixteenth miles
Dartworth, rs; Maxim's Choice, 10: Executor
no; John Hyner IS; Tarleton p, lIO; Amulet
ll0: Miss Waters. los; 'Sea Urchin, los; .Sur
passing. ITO; Ambrose. 10; Miss Folly, 10
Athena, les. Also eligible: Mary Warren. 10
Augustus Heinze, 10; Minda, 100; BABY Cal
lO5.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, 500; claiming
5yearOlds and upward; one Ond one-sixteentl
miles. Sam Slick, lis; Booker Bill, 10; Grea
Dolly. lO3i RED Cross. LOG; King Mart. no
Ben Hampson. 1Os; Evelyn v, los; .Conhagra
ton. l06; Weyanoke. 10; Little Bigger, lo5
Waco Boy. IS; Erin, los. Also eligible: PHI
Money. lis: Stir Up. los; Edith Bauman, los
Miss Represent, % twenty three e1ciudsdl.
sApprenticn aJlouance rl.ined