The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-31
BLOCK PARTIES FOR
WAR TOBACCO FUND
Ball Game This Afternoon and
Flag Raising Tonight to
Help Buy Smokes.
TRAP SHOOT OPENS TODAY
Atlantic Yacht Clubs Benefit
Nets 81, 288-Lake HOpat-
cong Sends S197.
TRAP SHOOT OPENS TO-DAY

In SO many parts Of the city will block
parties and flag raisings be held Tonight
that it is hardly exaggerating to say
that THE SrN Tobacco Fund. a bene-
fciary OF all OF them. Is being discussed
and boosted from the Battery to The
Bronx. Naturally the fund Is gratified.
but nothing like vanity enters into its
efforts to Increase the amount OF money
put at it's disposal by donors for the
purchase and delivery OF tobacco to our
splendid American fighters.
The list of block parties for this eve
nins is as follows
Seventy-second street. between First
and Second avenues, Miss Pollak. chair
man.
One hundred and fourteenth street.
between Third and Lexington avenues,
Frederick Schlafer. chairman.
One hundred and fifteenth street.. bce-
tween Third and Lexington avenues,
Emanuel Hirsch. chairman.
One Hundred and nineteenth street,
Eighth and st. Nicholas avenues, Frank
NJ Henstein. chairman.
Forsyth street (fiag raisins), between
Hester and Grand streets. C. L. Singer,
chairman.
Scoville's walk. Scoville village. Mrs.
Mary DAILY. chairman; George Scoville,
master Of ceremonies.
In addition to these out OF door affairs
there are several dances and entertain-
ments arranged for tonight in hotels in
the city and at near by resorts. The
week beginning Monday should see the
fund taking flight upward through
the receipt donations from these parties.
Baseball Games for Fund.
The baseball game between the Food
Administration Grain Corporation and
the Wheat Export Company will be
called at 3:l5 this afternoon at Wildwood
Oval Avenue and East Twenty-sixth
street, Brooklyn. Tickets are selling at
rs cents each and many have been sold
The proceeds of this game will be given
TO THE SUN Tobacco Fund.
Another game for the beneft Of the
smoke fund will be called at ) 80 p. NJ,
September Is, at the Jersey City Inter
national baseball park, which has a seat
ing capacity of 10000. When II Is known
that the contestants will be the mines OF
the American Railway Express Company
and the Ziegfeld Follies II seems very
likely that all the seats will be occupied
Admission to this game is IS cents.
The lineup of the Express company
boys Is as follows: Simmons. 8 g.
Moran, C. f.; Moylan. 2b. Ulfus, Sd
burnham. ID. Hoyt !. f.; Carr or Hart
C.; Brown or Krause. r. T.; Lynch or
Dunbar. p. (: utility: Reilly. Emmett Sell
kurt. Shaffer and Meurer
N Z. Simmons of the express forces
is responsible for the germ idea of this
game and at his request Fiorenz Zieg-
field. whose company opens in Boston
September IT, has consented that the
Ziegfeld nine should remain over to play
the game on the Sunday preceding.
To-day begins the handicap trap
shooting event for the smoke fund by the
Question Club at Atlantic City. the formal
opening being at A. NJ. The final NEE,
Ia to take place on Monday. The CUES.
ton Club is composed OF heads of lead
ing rubber and automobile enterprises OF
this country. The entries are hfty In
number and the entry fee is $40. As the
use of the Du Pont trapshooting school
is donated and so is all printing. &c
the total gained from the entries will
be given to THE SUN fund. Three auto
mobile tires have been put up as prizes
by the Pennsylvania Rubber Company
of which Seneca A. Lewis is general
manager and the Du Pont company has
offered as prizes ten solid silver spoons
Nine. DufneId VIII Sing.
Nine. Blanche Duffield is the --latest
volunteer to date of the splendid artist:
from the realm OF song who will appeal
on the programme OF THE SUN Tobacco
Fund party offered for the soldier:
smokes by Manager Boomer Of the Wal
dorf-Astoria. 1t is unnecessary to re-
mind the friends of the fund how fine ar
artist is Nine. Blanche Duff1eld and wha,
1t means to have her sing for the Una
Other volunteers are Miss GeoiAa