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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
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.CKIES In the Ameri-
can navy are classed
as the best fed body
OF men In the world.
In the ships galleys
every effort is made TO
eliminate waste.
In the upper photo
one Of the cooks on the
North Dakota Is oper-
ating a meat slicer that
cuts bacon with the
least possible wastage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
TO LIGHT MATCH IN WIND
Not Such a Difficult Matter II One
Knows the Right Way to Go
About IL.

To light match in a stiff wind ID
very easy if the wood part back OF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
"Hub" Perdue Hands Barons Neat Row Of Goose Eggs
Slapnicka Pitches Great Ball With Exception ot Fatal Third When Enemy Makes Only Runs of Game.
 MoIey Switches LneUp Without Avail

New Orleans, May 4.-(Special Una bility 10 nit Perdue when hits mean runs, and the breaks of the game caused the Barons to lose to the Pelcans today ? to O. in a game that was full of ac- ton By winning teGay the New Orleans team passed into first place in the league standing, and with a long home series before it. The Pelicans may gel far in front before they again hit the road and meet the teams on their own grounds
 Perdue pitched like the Hub of old to- day He seemed to toy with the Sir mingham hard htters. He would let them get men on the bases and then when a score seemed imminent would tighten up like a clam and turn the Bar ons back without tally. Twice good hit would have won the game for the Barons. but on both occasions fouls over the fence were the best that the Bir- minghan batters could deliver. Both teams played hard. They were in the game to win.
 The win was Perdue's third since the season started. He went after it Ike wild. He never slackened once. i1e kept sending them over the plate and making tNe batters knock them out. As a result he was touched for more safeties than SlapnicKa, who made good inn pression On the local fans. Buddy" Rezza, on whom Molesworth has his eyes if Dobbs ever lets him go, started the Barons on the losing side. It was Stans- ted beating that he started.
 The game was won in one inning, as after the third Slapnicka settled down and the Pels could do nothing with him or his delivery. He held the locals to three safeties in the other innings, and had them retire in one, two three order many times. Fast fielding marked the vided honors. The pair handled l6 chances between them, Hemingway mak- ing number of corking good stops Of hard-hit balls
 In the outfield Rezza camped under everything that came his way. Rezza eased a base hit in front of Mcdonald to start the third, and after Kitchens hoisted d spiral to Clark, Perdue sacr1- feed, Hemingway slashed single to right. Rezza counting, and on Stans- bury's one-baser which Altenberg mo- mentarily rumbled, Hemingway scored The run making ended then and there except for the Barons charging on Per- due only to be repulsed each time.
 The Moleys were unable to get together until after two men were down. With one needed to retire the side in the sec ond, runners were waiting to be driven home, but Hemingway stepped in front of the ball. The third found two more of Moley's men the bases. Perdue forcing Duncan to boost to Barbare. In the sixth, seventh. eighth and ninth the visiting athletes were taking fearful cut at Hubs delivery, and though he was in danger every round he managed to get by. The last inning promised more interesting baseball for moment than has been seen all season. The Barons mad the bases damned with two men out when Bernsen dropped foul on the left field line by an inch or so. Bernsen, however, finally grounded to Perdue, Bluhn. getting the last put-out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Scott Perry Wins Pretty
 Pitchers Battle in Eleventh

Philadelphia, May 4.-Davidson. re- cruit from Brown University, broke up a runless pitchers battle between Johnson and Perry today by beating out an infieid hit in the eleventh in- ming. Philadelphia winning 1 to 0. The play at first was close, and while Judge started toward Umpire Connolly, Burns dashed home from. third with the only run of the game.
 With two out in the eleventh, Burns scratched a single off Johnsons glove and took second on a passed ball. Gardner was purposely passed, then Davidson hit to Lavan at deep short, beating the throw to first.
 Harper wrenched his ankle in the fifth and with the bases filled and none out in the sixth. Johnson replaced the left-hander A fast double play followed. Score R. Il. E. Washington .. 900 900 900 o0-O , 1 Philadelphia 900 900 900 00--1 3 1
 Batteries: Harper, Johnson and Ain smith; Perry and Perkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

Usually when baseball fans gather and discuss the relative merits of the Amer ican and National leagues, the consensus of opinion is:
 The American is far superior"
 Those who incline to this belief point to the fact that the American league has triumphed in of 14 modern world series clashes, and they declare, that
 in itself is the absolute proof of the supremacy of Ban Johnsons circuit"
 But, an analysis of the composite fig ures embracing all the world series played since 19O3, shows that the Ameri- can league has not any tremendous
 edge on the National either in defen- sive or offensive play. And when the unbiased fan looks upon the grand totals for those IA world series clashes, he realizes that the figures do not demon- strate a superiority great enough to ex- plain it's victories in 14 season battles. Because there is ever so much discus sion as to the relative strength of the two major leagues. l went through the records the other day and compiled the figures that make up this story. The summaries really surprised me.
 All along it was my belief that the Americans had outhit the National by wide margin. But to my surprise 1 dis covered that the grand world series bat ting average of the American leaguers for l4 seasons was only .2S4 against .226 for the Nationals-an edge" of only points.
 And when it comes to base running well, the National is miles ahead of the American league speed boys. In the 80 world series games that have been played, the Nationals committed 122 thefts, while 62 was the best the Ameri can league could do.
 In run scoring the American league has a lead of 1S scoring 2S2 against 264. Yet with an average of less than 1-5 run per game, they haze won AZ games, while the National gathered only 36 The American leads in fielding. .O6l to 95t But that is due very largely to the fact that the Pirate of 1903 defeated in an artocious manner. They turned in an average of only .9l4-the lowest in world series history. Since then the fielding of the National has been about on a par with the American. The Phillies of 1915 hold the world series record for highest fielding with percentage of .9Sd As to pitching:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Kid Caton's Triple
 Defeats Cardinals

Pittsburg, May 4.-St. Louis lost to Pittsburg here today in 10 innings, to 4. The home team scored four runs in the opening, but St. Louis, by scoring one in the third and three in the fifth, tied the score. A triple by Caton, followed by Molwitzs single in the tenth, brought in the winning run for Pittsburg.
 Prior to the opening of the game the Pittsburg players assembled at the home plate and bought Liberty Bonds to the amount of S6250. Score: R. H. E. Pittsburg .......... 400 900 GOO T. 10 1
 Batteries: Sherdell and Snyder; Cooper and Schmidt, Archer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Giants Add One More
 to String of Victories

Boston. May 4.-Tesreau held Bos ton hitless today until Wilson tripled with none out in the last of the ninth Herzog's single scored Wilson with one out, Salee then replaced Tes- reau and retired Pinch Hitters Rehg and Kelley. New York winning 4 to l. The visitors hit Hearn hard and often Score: R. II. D. New York .... 900 210 001-4 1a o Boston ........ 900 900 001--1 2 3
 Batteries: Tesreau, Sallee and Me Carty; Hearn and Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBET-r

The American hurlers have yielded total of 5S2 hits against 625 off the Ma tional league. Divided into 80 games it means that the Rational moundsmen have been belted for an average of 4-o hits per combat, against [ 3-5 off the American leaguers. That's nip-and- tuck affair with the Ban Johnson circuit still having a slight edge" The Amer ican lea guers have famed 40 National batsmen, while the Nationals were strik- ing out 362, but the Nationals have been a trifle steadier, granting only IFS passes to 197 by the Americans.
 Here are the summarized tabulations covering all the 14 world series clashes firm 1903 to 1918, inciusive-figures that may come in handy Tor reference pur- poses if you get into an argument later on concerning world series doings:
 GAMES AND SERIES SUMMARY.
 tl9o3 to 1917 inclusive.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Yankees Beat Babe Ruth
 by Bunching Bingles

New York May 4.-New York again defeated Boston today to I. The Yankees punched hits off Ruth early in the game and took advantage of his poor fielding in the third. when the pitchers two errors aided the Yankees in scoring two runs. Ruth hit a home run with Scott on base in the seventh and his double in the ninth scored Agnew Score: R. H. E
 Boston ... GOO 0s1 2O1--4 8 3 New York ... 112 o00 o1*-5 o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

Summary: Stolen base, Walsh Sac rifice hit, Graff Two-pase hits. Dis tel, Leach 2, Graf, Cueto. Three base hit, Hyatt. Double plays, Demoe to Phelan to Graham; Hardgrove to Fisher to Grimm; Brottem to Walsh to Fisher. Hits off Merritt, 7 with 4 runs in 2 1-3 innings, on base when taken out; or Lohman in , 2-3 innings, run; off flardgrove in 2-3 innings. 2 on pase when taken out Struck out by Merritt 2; by Lohman 2; by HMdgrove 7; by MHrchison 1. Base on balls. off Merritt ?; Lehman l. Murchison 8. Ilme, hours Empires, Carpenter and Kerin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Heilmann Wins for
 Detroit in Eleventh

Detroit, May IA long drive into right field by Heilmann. with the bases full. in the eleventh inning, gave Detroit a , Q victory over Chicago this afternoon. 1hicago had taken the lead in the fifth ming on three consecutive singles, but Detroit tied it in the sixth when Bush, who had forced Dresser at second, scored n Cobb's two-b base hit. Score: R. II. F.. -hicago ...... GOO 0l0 coo CO., 1 g ? eeti oft ............. O.0 col 0}9 C1-3 l
 Batteries: Cicotte and Schalk: Lynn. Roland and Yclle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
As Usual Sisler Is
 Hero of Browns Win

S. Louis May 4.-St. Louis rallied in the eighth after Cleveland had talk en the lead in the sixth and won to g. In this inning Sisler singled. took second on Morton's wild throw to catch him mapping, was sacrift el to third and scored on single ny Demmitt Score: R. II. F. Cleveland ... GOO 003 000--3 St. Louis . 100 10l 01*-4 12
 Batteries: Morton and o'Neill; Gal ia and Nunamaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Barons Drop Second Game 10 Pelicans
CHICKS HAND VOLS
 ANOTHER SHUTOUT HOyt Loses to Vance on Breaks of Game-O'Brien
 Makes Fine Catch

Nashville, May 4.-Poor defensive play ing by Nashville gave Memphis the third straight game, 2 to O. Hoyt and Vance pitched beautiful ball, but the breaks ot the game went against the local twirler. A shoosstring catch by O'Brien which cut off two runs featured the game, the second successive shutout which Nash vile has sustained Score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Burleigh Grimes Holds
 the Phillies Scoreless

Brooklyn. May 4.-Brooklyn shut out Philadelphia to today winning tho fifth of it's last six games. Grimes allowed Philadelphia three hits in tce first three innings, but for the rest of the game the visitors could not con- meet with his curves. Score Philadelphia .... .000 900 000-0 Brooklyn ....... 900 300 000-3 O
 Batteries: Prendergast and Burns; Grimes and Krueger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
SHADES OF CONNIE! CRACKERS WIN TWO Frank s Hirelings Rise from Slough of Despair and
 Strike Bears Again

Mobile, May 4.-Atlanta made it two straight from Mobile. winning a 1o-in- ming game today by a score of 4 to 3. Atlanta used three pitchers and Mobile two, and while Mobile could not hit any of the three effectively, Lynch and Thor burn were remoS ed for wildness. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
.TRAVELERS LIKE HOWARD MERRITT. Elberfeld's Clan Shows Fondness for Slants of
 'Noogan Twirler

Chattanooga, May 4.-Little Rock batsmen knocked Merritt out of the defeated Chattanooga. 5 to 3. Chatta nooga rallied in the last three innings, and batted Hardgroye hard, but Murch- ison, who relieved him, stopped the box for the third time this year and home team two runs snort of tie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Cubs Make It 8 Straight
 by Shutting Out Reds

Chicago. May f. Chicago |made it eight straight today by shutting out Gin cinnati, I to o, in a pitching duel be- tween Tyler and Eller Hollacher's walk, Hacks sacrifice fly, Mann's single and sacrifice fly by Paskert, scored Ire only run of the game. The visitors had two opportunities to score but two fast double plays spoiled them.
 Score: R. H. E. Cincinnati ............. 900 coo 0O0- o 2 Chicago ............... 900 001 coz 5 0
 Batteries: Eller and Allen: Tyler and Killifer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

Earned run, Hoyt l. Base on balls, Hoyt 1, Vance l. Struck out, Hoyt 6. Vance ,. Double play, Aragon to Slat- tery. Left on bases, Nashville 4, Mem phis z. Stolen bases, Stark, Cruthers. Hit by pitcher Nye, Aragon. Time, 1: :4o Empires, Chestnut and Breitenstein
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Mobile ................... 010 coz 900 0-S
 Summary: Two base hits, McDoweH, Mcdonald. Damrau. Sacrifice hits Me Cornell, Galloway. Sacrifice fly, Ponds. Double plays, Bues to Damrau to Has brook; Coleman to Damrau. Stolen bases, Bates, Moran Pitching record. 1 run with 3 hits off Lynch in 1 inning C on bases, none in second when relieved); runs with hits off Thorburn in innings no runs 1 hit off Brennan in innings 8 hits with 3 runs off Ching in 6 in- nings q on, none out when relieved in seventh; 3 hits with 1 run off Bennett in innings. Struck out, Ching l, Ben nett ?, Lynch l. Thorburn 3, Brennan ' Base on balls, Ching 2, Bennett 1. Lynch 9 Thorburn 3, Brennan l. Wild pit3h, Thorburn Balk, Thorburn. Left on bases. Mobile 1O Atlanta 8. Time of game 2:1O. Empires, Robertson and Schaefer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
COLLEGE BASEBALL
t Auburn: Auburn ', Georgia ?.

At Auburn: Auburn :, Georgia ?. At Charlottesville. Va: University of Virginia 14, Virginia Military institute 4. At Lafayette, Ind: Wisconsin 9, Per- due s.
 At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania 9, Co., lumbia g.
 At Princeton: Princeton s, Yale 1. At West Point: Army 9, Catholic uni versity 4.
 At Amherst: Springfield Y. M. c. A. college 3, Amherst Q.
 At Lewiston, Me: Colby 4, Bates 0. At Williamstown: Williams Colga te cancelled.
 At Orono. Me: University of Maine [, Bowdoin 6.
 At Middletown. Conn: Wesleyan r. Trinity 5.
 At Cambridge: Boston navy yard r. Harvard O.
 At Worcester: Boston college 1. Holy Cross 1.
 At Annapolis. Navy F. West Virginia university 4.
 At Swarthmore: Swarthmore 6. Della ware college o.
 At Macon Georgia Tech 10, Mercer uni- versity 0.
 At Columbia, S. C.: University of South Carolina Il, Newberry college ?.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

SUMMARY Two-base Hit-Stansbury. Stolen Base-Altenberg. Sacrifice Hits-Perdue. Barbare. Double Piays-Duncan to Clark to Bernsen; Hemingway to Barbare to Bluhm.
 Struck Out-Purdue ?. Bases on Balls-Perdue 6, Slap nicka 1.
 Time-2.04 Umpires-Brennan and Pfenninger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results

New Orleans ?, Birmingham 0. Atlanta 4, Mobile 5.
 Little Rock ,. Chattanooga 5. Memphis 2, Nashville 0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Games Today

Birmingham at New Orleans. Atlanta at Mobile.
 Little Rock at Chattanooga. Memphis at Nashville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

eSIeTUdy ReSUItS St. Louis 4, Cleveland ,. Detroit 2. Chicago 1. New York 5. Boston 4. Philadelphia 1, Washington 0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results Chicago 1, Cincinnati o. Pittsburg 5, St. Louis 4. Brooklyn 3. Philadelphia 0. New York 4, Boston l. Games Today St. Louis at Chicago. Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE

At Kansas City: Kansas City 5, St. Paul ,.
 At Milwaukee,: Milwaukee g. Minneap- oils l.
 At Toledo: Toledo 1. Indianapolis 4.
 At Columbus: Columbus 5, Louisville Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

Games Today Cleveland at St. Louis. Chicago at Detroit,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16

heroine of that lovely parody on the
Blessed Damosel who had three
fingers on one hand"
Home-making is far more neces-
sary than much. she acquires at
school. Doubtless she will be taught
the name of the capital of Persia,
and in the time of Caesar, "all Gaul
was divided into three parts"-use-
full information, certainly, but hard
ly as valuable as how to make cup
of good coffee, or the best method
of preparing n pot roast.
Appetizing pot roast and coffee IN
dicate a home where useful citizens
are trained to carry on the torch OF
civiliZation-and we can't have
enough OF them these days-whereas
the capital OF Persia may change
and all Gau1 has been divided and
subdivided many times but has al
ways come out on top, thank God!
Let the girls knit, by all means,
and dance and play the piano. and
study Greek if they want to, but do
not neglect to teach them the Diff
ference between a rib and a chuck
roast, and that the best way of
cooking one wouldmean the destruc-
ton of the other.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
Began in Time
To Build Up His
System With TonaII

81 just began to feel that 1 was
slipping and needed a tonic to build
me up" said Charles Seelmeyer, 240
East King ST., York, Pa. Il felt all
out of sorts and was bothered with
catarrh and dropping in my throat
and would sneeze quite often.
"A friend of mine told me what
good he. had obtained by taking
Tonall, and how it relieved him of
his stomach trouble. 1 thought
would try bottle and 1 am very
glad 1 did, as 1 am feeling already
a great Improvement 1 can hardly
get enough to eat. My wife can
testify to the improvement of my
appetite. 1 sleep sound and wake
up feeling refreshed. There is no
doubt in my mind at all but that
Tonall is a great Tonic and System
Builder, and does all that it is
claimed to do"
Tonall is sold at Gorgas's Drug
Store. Harrisburg, Pa, where the
Tonall chemist will explain its mer-
its.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax

A curious case occurred the other
day in Chicago, and as the details
. recorded in the daily papers might
be called: why men come back af-
ter leaving home" the story will bear
another telling.
1t seems that Mr.. John Franz
used to board with a lady by the
name of Mrs. Geraldine Cade, who
was an excellent housekeeper. Her
cooking was such that not once was
Mr.. Franz driven to tender RETROSPECT
ton concerning his mothers pies or
coffee. The pies and coffee of Mrs.
Cade were so excellent as to create
new standards of their own.
Mrs. Cade was soon treading the
old reliable well-worn footpath to
mans heart-the stomach. And Mr..
Franz was going the way of all men
he was falling deeply in love with
his comforts. They became engaged
and everything seemed as happy as
the final act of an anti-problem play
when something went wrong.
Perhaps Mr.. Franz took a meal
down town and contracted dyspep-
sia, perhaps he wanted to go to
France and become a soldier, per-
haps as the day approached he got
a plain case of church fright-the
details are vague-what he did was
to flee Mrs. Cade's house.
Mrs. Cade was a sensitive wo-
man and feeling keenly the asper-
sions cast on her chicken a la king,
Irish stew and biscuit Tortoni, she
sought heart balm to the tune of
S25, 900
The Old Reliable Route
In the meantime, Nemesis caught
up with Mr.. Franz, who had taken
to "eating round lunch houses"
How different everything was. now a
grimy bus-boy slammed down cut
lery, and a waitress, with the piercing
note of a callope, called for beans
and" There was pie to be had,
but the less said of that pie the
better. Mr.. Franz began to realize
how blessings brighten as they take
their flight
He called up Mrs. Cade's lawyer
and said he wanted to go home.
He married the lady, and they are
presumably enjoying those final
chapters of romance, which in the
fairy stories of childhood, are sum-
med up in: They lived happily ever
after
There is a whole library-several
libraries, in fact-on the subject of
domestic happiness bound up in this
story from the daily news. Where
good meals abound. there the heart
of man fingers. Something may
drive him away, temporarily, but
like the cat, he always comes back.
Keeping House We'll
In the face of this truism, why
are not all girls - irrespective of
position or prospects - taught to
keep house we'll? 1t they can't DE
taught at home because their moth
ers unfortunately belong to the great
school of delicatessen and "ready-to-
serve" housekeepers, why can't
schools of domestic economics be
established in every town, city and
community of the United States?
] know some attempts in this di-
rection have been made in the pub
lie schools, and it is well enough in
!. its way, but it doesn't go far enough.
Domestic science courses should in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
Judge DEGREES Death
to Confessed Murderer

Allentown, Pa, April 16.-In an
opinion handed down last evening
Judge Clinton A. Groman fifixed the
degree of crime at death in the MUIR
der charge against Frank Ressler, of
West Coplay, who confessed to the
murder last October of Mrs. Mary
Roetusch. At the January term of
court Ressler, under an old law,
pleaded generally guilty." leaving
it to the judge to take testimony
and fix the degree of crime.
This was the first time in the his
tory of Lehigh County that a Judge
alone placed the death penalty on a
felon. The defendant has thirty days
to take exception, in default of which
he will be sentenced to the chair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16

clude marketing and a thorough
knowledge of meat cuts, and how to
get the best results from each in the
way of nourishment and flavor.
But so many women are lambs-or
rather sheep-led to slaughter, in the
hands of the butcher.
Girls should be taught to market
systematically, and taught to buy
everything-me fish, vegetables,
and then keep cash accounts afteT-
ward. 1t is the telephone, and that
fatal Zine of least resistance that
are at the bottom of so much OF
"the high cost of living
The war has brought American
women face to face with their short
comings as housekeepers as nothing
else could have done. They want 70
save, but they don't know how. In
the back part of their brains there
has always been a little contempt Tor
this quality; now they discover 1t 10
be q fine art.
For it is a fine art as understood
bv the French that intelligence that
gets a full value for every penny eA-
pended and at the same time pro-
duces results so excellent as never 10
suggest the sordid. American wo-
men-I am speaking of the traVeieu
class - have always admired thlS
quality in the French, but they nave
also felt that it was not for them
to emulate. They were too busy with
large affairs-which they were al
ways bit vague about, when pinned
down for details.
Now with husbands, sons and
sweethearts "oVer there" they are
confronted with a problem that finds
them little awkward and inept.
1 am not thinking of the women on
farms or in rural communities, but
the city woman who skins through
her housekeeping and gives the fin
est flower of her energies to some
philanthropic project away from
home. For, like the poor, we al
ways have our Mrs. Jellybys among
us.
Something Lacking.
A woman who can't make a home
has some vital ingredient lacking,
she is as defective as if she were
color-blind, tone-deaf or like the