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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
JENNINGS WILL HAVE
REAL PITCHING STAFF

Detroit. March 25.-Early reports
from Waxahachie, Texas, the training
camp OF. the Detroit Americans have
brought the cheerful news that, Nam
ager Jennings expects to have a real
pitching staff this season.
wild Bill" Donovan, is in charge
Of the twirlers and the former man
ager- Of the New York Yankees has
become enthusiastic over the showing
of a couple of the recruits. Dauss.
James, Mitchell and Boland of the
Harry Coveleskie is trying to stage a
comeback and George Cunningham
hopes to have a<real season.
Donovan has been devoting much
of his time to the youngsters, Erick-
SON, who formerly pitched for Detroit
but was e to the Pacific coast part
ly because he could not~get along with
Manager Jennings, has impressed
Donovan and newspapermen are pre-
dieting that the smiling Swede will
get another chance, in the big league.
the National for about ten minutes,
and who also twirled for the Federals,
is being closely watched.
One of the recruits attracted imme-
date attention, before he broke a
curve yer the; plate. This man is
Doty Blades, who twirled for Sher.
man, Texas. in the Western ~associa7
ton last season Blades is a rangy
left handler and he has simply muir
dered the BALI in batting practice.
Regulars on the club declare he bats
more like Babe Ruth than any pitch
er they have ever seen. If Blades can
continue his sensational hitting he is
quite certain to get an extended try
out even If his pitching ability ia
doubtful.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
GRAND FORKS HERALD, MONDAY. MARCH Is, 1918.

tCOLLEGEe-ARE TURNING
ATTENTION. N4RAsEBALI
Indianajolis. March 2s.-With the
close Of the big Ten" basketball sea
son. Indiana colleges and universities
are turning their attention to base
ball.
At Indiana u~niversity. the fest few
warm days brought out q number Of
ball tossers andSth men began to pre-
pare in earnest for the weeks practice
within April with the. IndianapgOlis
American associationSteam: II s.
F%orty-four men. includihgssseyen
members Of last yearssSteam. answer
ed the first call FOR baseball players
at Purdue university. With thias dts-
play Of talent, the coaches look an
unusually suceessfulf season for the
Bo1lefmakers. - -.
Wabash, DePauwi Rose Poly;
|technic, Earlhams and Franklin all
have large squads out and with a few
more days Of warm weather the re.
soundine crack OF the willow" viii
be heard on every college campus IN
the state. - y \
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
Nine Games Arranged
For Louisville And
Camp Taylor Teams
Crack Team i. Praeticing =
. Camp to Meet All Corners
This Summer.

Louisville, KY, Marchs25.-A series
of nine Eames b~etweenStthe Louisville
club Of the American association and
Q crack. team from Camp Zachary
Taylor have BEEN arranged by the
camp athletic COMMITTEES
Dates tentatively agreed upon are
April 6, -. TO-, II. 20, ~. -. 81 and
lat Eclipse Park.
President o. n. wathen Of the
Louisville club agreed to assume Ill
of the. expenses Of the series and to
give. the soldiers athletic funds 50
per cent of the gross receipts OF the
games The Louisville club also will
furnish sixteen uniforms to the play
ers. ,
One Of the men helping to orgaiizd
the team for Camp Zachary Taylor is
Lieut.. Sauer, who, accompanied the
University of Chicago team, when 1t
made its trip to Japan. He is q can
didate for first base.
Ward Lambert. athletic director al
Camp Taylor, has issued a call for
volunteers for the big team" In Sc
lecting the players, both from officers
sisted by Lieut.. John Boyle. who for
merly played the inheld for Louisville
and the Philadelphia Nationals.
Among the candidates are:
Lieut.. Boyle. Unfold: Ward John
son. formerly Of Wabash college. sec
ond base; Sergt. Lyman johnson,
pitcher, formerly with Wheeling. Cen
trail league; Lieut.. Veder Gard. third
base. captain Of Indiana university
team last season: Lieut.. Sauer, ali
around t at the University of Chi
cago, first base: Lieut.. Dolly Gray,
Of 335th regiment. formerly of the
University Of Chicago, infield; Lieut.
Cassidy and Lieut.. Edgrin and Sulli-
van, all Notre Dame men; Winston OF
Baltimore; Lieut.. Saunders. S35th reg
iment, who had try-outs with Colum-
bus and Detroit. pitcher; Sergeant
Strieff. Carl Mers and Teetx, formerly
in the Western league.
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Six O'clock Baseball
Games To Be Played

Minneapolis. MINI, March est
may nj be necessary for the office
boy to kill of a relative to reach his
favorite perch from which to watch
baseball games this season since the
day light saving bill became a law.
Managers, of baseball team in this
section. and in particular Manager
Joe Cantillon of the Minneapolis
American association club have the
hdnch that 6 o'clock baseball will be
played here this season.
Cantillon points out that the office
men and many others who would be
at the ball park for nearly every game
if they could get away from their
work will be added to the list of reg
ulars IFS o'clock games were played.
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mss BOYLE ENTERS MEET.

Detroit, March 25.-Miss Charlotte
Boyle, one of the fastest young :woh1-
en- swimmers in New York city. III
filed her entry for the National IA. "A:
U. meet for women which Will BE
held at the Detroit Athletic club on
the night Of March 80. Miss Boyle will
compete in the 50O-yard national
championship which is expected to
bring together Olga Dorfner, of Phila-
delphia, Claire Galligan, of New York
and Thelma Darby, the Ia. year old
wonder from Indianapolis
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
HARRIs HAS TOUGH LUCK.

Cleveland, March 25.-Joes Harris,
the hard hitting first baseman Of the
Cleveland Americans who is q mem
Der Of the 32eth infantry, Camp Lee.
Petersburg, Va. is having his share
Of tough luck. He has been in the base
hospital since his arrival at camp.
with the exception Of three days. In
oculati0n was his first enemy. Soon
after recovery he was again. sent back
suffering with neuralgia. -
There are plenty of players in
camp to make some Of the big league
teams hustle to win a game from them
writes Harris. One of his opponents in
camp is Ed Klepfer, his teammate on
the Cleveland club.
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Knot Hole Gang To
Do Business Az Usual

st. Louis, March 25.-The Knot
Hole Gang will do business as usual.
this season. Despite the war, and the
taxes incident thereto these loyal root
ers of the st. Louis Nationals will be
at their posts boosting for their favor
ties even If baseball club owners are
forced to dig deep into their pockets
to ave them there. This assurance
is given by Branch Hickey, president
of the club.
The Knot Hole Gang is an organiza-
ton Of St, Louis youngster less than
sixteen years Of age. every one Of
whom is an ardent baseball fan. The
boys are recruited from various Sun
day school societies in the city and
last year were given free tickets to the
Cardinal field. They occupied bleach
er seats and under the direction Of
their cheer leaders yelled their devo-
ton to their major league ~favorites.
OF course. h management exer-
cised subtle psychology in affording
this free entertainment as they fgur-
ed that the young rooter OF today is
the paid admission of tomorrow and
hoped thereby to build strongly for
the future.
But the war almost caused the
defamation Of the organization A
federal law imposed a tax upon
Of few cents on each of the free
tickets issued to the Knot Holers.
The management did some figuring
$4,000 and $4,000 for war taxes alone
on the youthful fans. The question
was: Should the club owners bear
this financial burden or should the
Knot Holers be asked to pay the tax
as individuals"
President Hickey placed the matter
before Commissioner Of 1nternafsRey-
enue Roper and asked whether a tax
need be collected. No matter what
the decision. he says, the Knot Hole
Gang will not disband and some
means will be devised to make the
members regular attendants at all
cardinal games.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
TEAM 10 T HOME.

Columbia. NO, March 25.-Beeause
of r~etrenchment in athletics in the
Missouri Valley conference, no south
baseball trip will be taken this spring
by the University of Missouri cam.
Twenty-Five men have been report
ing regularly for practice. William X.
Gardner, a sophomore. and son of
Governor Gardner, is competing for
right field. Missouri will play West
minister college April 5 and s at CO.
lumbia. The conference games which
have been scheduled with Kansas and
Iowa, n only competitors of Mis-
sour. Will be played in three game
series to cut down expenses. ~
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tyersityt Of Chicago. 200 to Lewis In
tstitute. Chicago 100 to NorthweSterrn
university, Evanston, Ills; 800 to
bradley Polytechnic institute. PEORIA
Iowa-ond hundred to New York
university; 400 to University Of Wis
constr, 500 to Rahe Auto and Tractor
IschooE, KANSAS City: 500 to Sweeney
Auto school; kansas City, MO.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
Yesterdays Sport.

Chicago. March 25.-Earl Caddoch,
has been matched to meet Joe Stecher
in a wrestling bout at Omaha or Des
Moines, probably on July 4.
Mike Donovan. former middle
weight champion and former boxing
instructor Of e~x-President Theodore
Roosevelt. died at New York.
Richard Hoblitzel. first basemau.
was appointed captain OF the Boston
Americans. 80
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Preliminaries To
Establishment OF
Government School
Have Been Finished

Washington. March 25.-Prelim-
inaries to the establishment of the
first general government school for
training men for STAFF corps duty have
been completed. Provost Marshal
General Crowder announced today in
calling 4,5o9 draft registrants to as
sist In the maintenance Of Americas
air fleet.
The call was made on Illinois, Min
'nesota. Iowa and Indiana, and men
will be given a thorough training
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PACIFIC LEAGUE LEI
READY TOOPEN
BASEBALLSEAS0
Six Teams Devoting Time
to Intensive Training for
First Contest.

San Francisco, Calf, March %
With only a little more than a week
remaining before the official opening
of the Pacific Coast league baseball
season, the six teams in the circuit
are devoting the interim to intensive
training in order to be prepared for
the opening contests.
On the. whole, the reports that have
come in from he various training
camps have been encouraging. While
all of the teams are reported to nave
their weak spots, the OF
opinion is to the effect that h brand
of ball that will be offered to the pub
lie this year will compare ~faVorablS
with that OF past years.
While the early training season
games against the semi-professional
army, navy and other amateur teams
has shown the leaguerS to be ragged
and with but little team play, it Is con-
tended that this is to be expected.
New men have been tried out n the
personals of the teams shifted by the
managers in their endeavors to find
the right men for the right places. AS
soon as the final selections are made
and the men have the opportunity to
play constantly together the team
work is expected to follow quickly.
writes Harris. One of his opponents in
The schedule calls for the opening
games to be played or Tuesday, April
Q. Vernon will open hostilities against
Sacramento at the latter place. The
senators are back in the circuit after
an absence Of a number Of years, TAX
ing the place of the Portland club
which wound up its existence in the
Pacific coast league last fall. San
Franciscans will see their team open
up with the Oaklanders on the for
mer's home lot. Extensive prepare
tons are being made to usher in the
season with parades, and the usual
accomplishments of bands and speech
making. The Salt Lakers will line up
against the Los Angeles club at Los
Angeles. :.
Seattle. Wash, March 25.-The Pa.
cifc Coast International league. for
merly the Northwest league, will be
cut from six to four clubs, Robert
Blewett, of Seattle, president of the
league, has asserted. Blewett made the
statement, he said. in answer to ru.
mors that the league will be reduced
in size because, it is very probable, ii
will have no Montana representation
Last year Butte and Great Falls had
teams in the league. Because of lack
of support and the high cost of the
long railroad jump, Great Falls has al.
ready dropped from the rolls. Blewet'
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HUNTIS ELECTED.

i Charlottesville, Ind, March u.s.
Lester Hunt, acting captain Of the
Wabash college basketball quintet,
was unanimously elected captain Of
the team for next season. Capt. Hunt
"Wonder Five" of 1861 now at
tending Wabash. He played forward
on that team, but this e was shift
ed to floor guard. His home is in
Crawfordsville.s
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D NeUS
predicts Butte will.be dropped for the
same reason. "

pESAASb outt0 WAIAeOo AVI SAAo
same reason. t
Portland. Ore. will replace n Of
the Montana clubs. and from present
indications. Vancouver, Wn., will re-
place the other. Reports received here
from southern Washington said Van.
couyer seriously was considering APP
plying for q berth. AS Vancouver Is
just across the Columbia river from
Portland, and as grounds are reported
hard to And In the suburbs, all OF
vancouver's home games may be
Oregon metropolis continuous base
ball.
The other teams in the league will
be Seattle. Tacoma, Spokane, and
Vancouver, b, c. Games will be play
ed regularly at Camp Lewis. Tacoma.
The league directors meet here March
~ to make their final plans and ar
range their schedule.
Spokane. Wash. March 25.-Basil
Doane,/ Washington State college~full-
four years, and Tom, D Tyrer, for
merly assistant coach at the Stats col
lege, have been called to Berkeley,
Calf, to take an eight weeks course
in aviation at the government training
school there.
Doane played fullback on the State
college team in most OF that institu-
tons big games in the last four years.
Moscow, Idaho, March 25.-Jean
Hyde OF Boise. Idaho, running guard
of the champion University Of idaho
basketball team this season has been
elected captain Of next years team.
None of h players who received
their honor letter this year had ever
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PHILLIPS IS

Bloomington, Ind. March 25.-Ar-
dith Phillips. a sophomore, will cap
tain the basketball team OF Indiana.
university for next season. Captain
Phillips, who played guard last year,
lives in Ano. Ind. Seven members OF
this years squad were recommended
FOR basketball letters and Of the. sew
en-. only one, Capt. Bowser, will be in
eligible to play next season. :
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a. c. HAS SCHEDULE.

MICHIGAN A. G. HAS SCHEDULE.
East Lansing, Mich. March 25.-
The 1918 baseball schedule jof the
Michigan agricultural college has been
practically complete. With two ex-
ceptions all of the games thus far
scheduled are with Michigan colleges.
Notre Dame will be here on May 4;
and the University of Indiana team
comes on May Z. Plans for an eastern
trip were abandoned because of war
conditions.
The citizen., 1918-10-03
Soldiers Letters

and were adrift on the deep and
briny.
My principal occupation has been
sleeping. I've quite a bit of work
to do before arriving in France, but
am resolved to devote the first week
TO Morpheus.
When you read in the papers next
month that SO many more thousands
Of American soldiers have been
landed in France, | and my handful
of men will be part of that number.
| am infinitely glad Of the chance
for foreign service-Td rather be an
overseas lieutenant than a domestic
captain. Not that IL makes any vi
tai difference 10 the service. I'd
probably be Of just as much value
in Camp Jackson as in Samur, but
it makes a big sentimental differ
ence TO me.
Every now and then one catches
a bird's-eye view of some phase of
war work which is very illuminat-
ing. Our Divisional Review at Camp
Funston gave me some understand
ing of the word Army" The Re-
placement Depot at Camp Jackson
made me appreciate the labour OF
making civilians into soldiers. Win
chester's great plant at New Haven
helped me TO appreciate the prob
lem Of Ordnance supply. My trip
to the port gave me a glimpse into
railway transportation. And now
have vivid picture of a grey
white-capped ocean, covered with &
thousand grotesquely painted ships
each carrying its mite Of men anC
supplies TO feed the Army in France
Life is wonderfully rewardinl
these days.
4 There is a possibility of my beint
able to get this letter ashore befor,
we finally head for Europe. Jus
now we are beating up the coast Il
join a convoy at another Atlantic
port. There is a possibility of m!
being able to land there, should W,
have TO wait day or so for a con
voy. But the chances are that thi
will be mailed from France.
The citizen., 1918-10-03
SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE

Problems affecting the welfare OF
every man, woman and child in
Kentucky will be discussed at the
combined meeting Of the Indiana
Conference of Charities and Cor
rection and the Kentucky Confer
ence of Social Work which will be
held in Evansville, Ind, October
5-S, and in Henderson, Ky, October
%.
Among the matters which will be
discussed by authorities Of state
wide and nationwide Importance
will be the training Of blinded and
crippled soldiers TO earn their own
living; the care of soldiers depend
ents: ways Of removing the growing
menace which is imposed by our
great numbers of feeble-minded
people: the Governments plan for
close linking Of federal, state and
local authority in treating and pre-
venting disease; the ways in which
the new Injunction and Abatement
Law may be used to fight CONNER
ciallzed vice: the progress which
has been made in freeing soldiers OF
venereal disease, means employed
by the War Camp Community Serv-
ice i'm making the soldiers play
time clean and wholesome; the dan
gerous attacks which are being
made on the child labor law; and
the horrible condition Of many Ken
tucky prisons. New forces will be
given by this Conference, it is eX-
pcctcd. to the already strong move
ments which are steadily working
to make Kentucky a better place for
all its people to live, to work and to
play.
Official meetings Of Red Cross
Home Service workers and Of mem
bers Of the Women's Division, Coun-
ell Of Defense, will be part of the
Conference.
Everyone in any way Interested
i'm the welfare of his community
and his state is invited To attend
this Conference. Reservations for
sleeping and eating facilities both
in Evansville and Henderson may
be made by writing to Miss Lucy
Short Warren, care Public Welfare
Association, Henderson, Ky. In
quiries as to the program should be
addressed to Elwood Street Secre-
tary. Kentucky Conference of Social
Work, 100 Starks Building, Louis
Vile, Ky.
The citizen., 1918-10-03
ARCHIE FLANERY'S LETTER
Somewhere in France,
August IS, 1918.
Dear Mother:

huEuob TO- lJlcs
Dear Mother:
made my trip all o. X. and am
feeling fine. They sure have some
hot weather over here, but it is the
first | have found since | left the
States. like it much better than
thought | would. | get more tn
eat than / thought | would, and the
water is fine, the best water | ever
drank. We get real old u. S. A.
grub, and that is what like. France
is a peculiar place in many ways.
never dreamed it was so old fash
ioned. | thought England was pret-
ty much that way, but France has
got it beat a mile. IL is as far be-
hind England as England is the
U. S. A., and England is much
more beautiful country. II sur
passes anything | have ever seen
for beauty. France seems so old it
is impossible TO imagine such back
woods way of living. They work
everything from a.dog up; and you
hardly ever see anything but two
wheel carts, and they are about
five feet high. They work these lit
tie dOnkeys; some of them are not
any larger than a sheep. The
houses and barns are all together,
and they set their threshers and
thresh their grain right in the
streets, and they put the straw up
stairs or on the second floor. They
have good looking COWS; and they
bring them down the streets to
milk every night. They also have
good many goats. and most Of the
people wear wooden shoes. You
don't see any young boys at all; you
see all old people doing the
work, and the women do as much
work as the men, even the old
women that look to be seventy push
wheelbarrows loaded with different
things.
will write more next time, for
this is all the paper | have or can
get. We don't have very good ac-
commodations here, but will have
soon, when we get located. | re-
ceived your letter that you wrote
me when | was at Camp Mills, July
2i. | will write you real often
when get settled. With love tC
all. Arch.
The citizen., 1918-10-03
THIS is THE MOTHERS LOAN

Heisa member Of the British Com
mission 10 this country, and he was
commenting on the achievements OF
America in France.
when the full story is told, it
will be one Of the most inspiring
records Of history he said. mo
one who has not been there can
imagine IT, The port where your
troops land has been transformed
as il by miracle. Great piers
stretch out into the harbor; lines
Of railroad laid with American
rails by American engineers and
Travelled by American locomotives,
stretch away toward the battle
lines. Huge storehouses cover the
adjoining acres for miles. tell you,
it is marvellous what you have ac-
complishedl
And then he added, in otter
thought:
"You are pouring out money as II
il didn't cost anything
Pouring out money as il it didn't
cost anything-that is our record in
the war thus far. Our first year cost
us billions more than the first year
Of any other nation. And now we
are asked to raise in three weeks
the largest loan ever subscribed by
the people Of any nation.
We are running this war in the
most eXtravagant fashion; and there
is not man. woman or child in
America who wants 10 conducted in
any other way. Why? Because we
value speed more than money; and
speed is always eXtravagant.
Speed means more guns brought
more quickly into play, and more
ammunition TO feed them. Speed
means ships built at high cost be-
cause Of overtime wages; ii means
airplane plans discarded as fast as
new improvements come along. II
means all this-and we bear the
cost Of it gladly, without regret For
speed means quicker, surer vic
tory. and our boys earlier home
again.
81 beat the Austrians because they
did not know the value OF five min
utes." said Napoleon. His rule for
victory was TO be on the ground first
with the most guns. 81 owe all my
The citizen., 1918-10-03

success in life 10 having been a
quarter Of an hour before my time,
Lord Nelson once remarked. His
victories, too, were victories Of
speed.
The cry, of every American woman
to her Government to-day should be
"Spend money fastcrW Every ounce
Of her thought and energy during
the three weeks dedicated TO the
fourth Liberty Loan should be en-
ployed in arousing in her own
household and the households Of
her neighbors an eagerness to lend
every possible penny. and TO lend
il quickly.
Thus the fourth Liberty Loan may
become q message Of far-nung en-
couragement to our boys across the
seas; a message Of unpleasant au-
gury TO their foes. For every bull
letin of the mounting millions will
cry out in tones unmistakable:
I'VE are raising a greater fund
than men and women have ever
raised. We are raising il in three
weeks, when smaller loans have
taken four. Money is nothing to us
we sacrifice il gladly for the sake
Of speed. For the sake Of a quick
er victory, and the return Of our
boys 10 their homes"
In the spirit Of that message let
us face the greatest loan in history
loan too large to be subscribed by
banks and business houses-so large
that il must come out of the little
economies Of women. A Mothers
Loan-a cry from the heart Of Amer
lean womanhood for Speed.