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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
GOWDY LEARNING
TO GAS THE HUN
Tells of New Work in Letter
to Reulbach.

Hank Gowdy, who never was very
proficient at gassing umpires is learn
ing the use OF gas against the Huns in
u special school in France. Gowdy tells
OF his having been shifted from the
artillery to the gas division in letter
to Ed Reulbach. who was battery
mate Of Hanks at Boston. The letter
is published in the current issue Of Speed
Up, the weekly paper at Submarine Boat
Corporation works at Bayonne, where
Reulbach is doing splendid work. The
letter follows:
DEAR ED: We have been kept busy
and we have been at the front now just
about four months. Just returned from
gas school. Am acting as regular gas
non-commissioned officer and it's very
interesting. A Boche plane was brought
down here yesterday. 1t was on fire
and two Germans Just about burned up.
One of them jumped out. The club
(meaning Boston, is going bad and in
last place. according to the Paris paper.
hope they do not stop baseball because
1t would sure hurt the game. and another
thing the people need it,
But some OF tho fellows that are OF
age should enlist. ! cannot understand
how they can stand back. BY the way
give my regards to- Arthur Irwin. He
is a fine fellow If you get to Columbus
be sure to visit my folks, for they will
be glad to have you. I surely did miss
the Florida trip this spring. About the
time the boys were going South we were
getting little polite he'll. Sincerely
hope that you and Mrs. Reulbsch and
your boy are in good health. Very truly
HARRY GowDY,
May %, 1915"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
SMITH, KAY AND MEYERS
SHOWING WAY IN BATTING

Earl Smith. the Rochester catcher,
continues to show the way for the bats
men of the International League. with
an average of $50. Smith is being
sought by many major league clubs, but
Arthur Irwin will not sell him until
after the close OF the International sea-
son. Brooklyn had chance to get Smith
last spring, but the powers that be
there did not take the advice of Jack
Coombs, who had sean TIE young catcher
work for Tulsa. Coombs recommended
Smith to Irwin. and now Il young man
is the most sought after player In the
minor leagues. Smith has played almost
twice as many games as McLarry. the
nominal leader.
Bill Kay of Binghamton, Zitman or
of Jersey city, Mclarry of Binghamton,
Chief Meyers of Buffalo and Reeves OF
Rochester are others in the van in the
batting race.
Harry Hoffman of Rocf ester has
scored the greatest number of victories,
| fourteen, and has been beaten only
three times. Bsckvermit OF Binghamton
has won nine and lost only one. The
averages:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
ISLIP HORSE SHOW
TO HELP RED CROSS
Eighteen Glasses viii Be De-
cided at OakUood Park.

As has been its custom for the past
two seasons the Islip Polo Club will
donate the proceeds raised at its an
nual horse show, which this year will
be held on July 20, at lakewood Park.
to the South Suffolk County Chapter
of the American Red Cross
The prize list will consist of eighteen
classes. divided into events for saddle
horses, polo mounts, jumpers children's
ponies and farm horses. w. $. Blitz.
secretary of the club, with offices at
SO Nassau street. reports that the en-
tries are coming in in a manner that
promises keen competition throughout
the entire event.
The executive comittee of the club
is made up OF the following members
Edward C. Blum, Jay F. Carlisle, WILL
lam X. Dick. George A. Ellis. Jr
Horace Havemeyer, Charles F. Huhbs
Edward +. Hutton, Bradish q. John
son. Harry T. Peters and Simon F.
Rothschild.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07

bleachere In recent years it is fairly easy
to get home runs to left field.
The minor league home run record
was made by Roth of Evansville In the
Three-I League in 1901. when he hit
thirty-six home runs
Ping Bodie, now of the Yankees, set
a home run record in the Pacific Coast
League in 1910 when he hit for thirty
home runs while he was a member of
the San Francisco team. Ping always
was a much more robust home runner
in the, Pacific country than on this side
Of the Mississippi. He hit twenty for
San Francisco in 1916, when Mack
brought him back to the American
League.
Art Bues. who was tried out by the
Giants In 1912 and later played with
the Cubs. created a record in the North
western League when he knocked out
twenty-seven home runs while member
OF the Seattle club. The following sea-
son Les Mann. now with the Cubs. had
n chance at those same Seattle fences
while member Of the Seattle team and
tied Bues's figures. Leslie also hit
twenty-seven drives for the circuit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
Quakers' Park Helped CravOth.

In addition to spanking out 1Ol big
league home runs Cravath has great
assortment of minor league home runs
TO his credit. He created new Amer
ican Association record with twenty
nine, which he hung up while sojourning
in the old mans home at Minneapolis In
1911.
without any intention OF discount
ing Cravath's ability as an extra base
hitter 1t must be admitted that the
Philadelphia bandbox was made to
Cactus's order. Though right handed
hitter Cravath knocks many balls to
the right field at the Phlllies' park where
they cleared the wall The left field
bleachers in Quakertown were made to
order for Cravath.
Frank Baker, with still about three
years of good baseball ahead of him.
already has knocked out more home
runs than any player that ever has APP
reared In Ban Johnson's circuit. When
Baker hit a home run on the Fourth Of
July In Washington 1t was his sixty
ninth, three OF which were worlds series
home runs. Bakers home runs were
made as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
Ruh Assaults Babe Plays Often Eng
Cobb and GrOh Jump
to Fore in Batting Rolls
Ty Picks Up Thirtyfour Points Last Week, and Takes
Lead in American League-Heinie Passes
Merkle in Race for National Honors

After laying low most of the season.
Ty Cobb. famous Detroit slugger. has
como to life with vengeance and again
Is the Same dashing. rollicking Tyrus Of
yore. In two weeks Cobb travelled from
.304 to the apex Of the American League.
Ty picked UP - points last week. He
reached the 1851 mark. which puts him
In the lead where Tvs name looks thor
oughly familiar.
Frank Baker. Yankee star, is right
behind Ty. He picked up 8 points him.
self last week. advancing his figures
from $40 to .34S. Baker has been try
ing to pass George Burns of the Ath-
letics all season. and now that he has
Cobb has come from behind and passed
Bake"
The National League also has a new
batting leader this week in Heinie Groh.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
SERVICE TEAMS TO PLAY.
Camp Merritt and Naval Mines Mt
Dexter Park To-day.

The Camp Merritt baseball team and
the Naval Auxiliary nine will be p!tted
against the Bushwicks in double
header at Dexter Park. near the Cypress
Hills L." this afternoon. The day has
been designated as soldiers and sailors
day and to celebrate the affair band
will furnish martial airs,
The Camp Merritt team will have
four former Phillies in the lineup. Whit
ted. lineup. Dilhoefer and McGafiigan.
The first game will be started at l 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
POWERS WILL TEACH
BASEBALL IN FRANCE
Organizer of Federal League
Joins Y. M. G.. A. Forces,

LAKE GENEVA, ILL.,. July John P.
Powers. organizer and president OF the
Federal League. arrived here to-day to
take four weeks course Of intensive
training in the Y. NJ. c. A. College to fl
himself for Red Triangle work along the
western front IN France and Belgium.
He will teach baseball to French soldiers
in the trenches. Powers was succeeded
by James Gilmore as league president
year after the circuit was organized.
Powers was born in Sheffield, ILL.,,
forty-four years ago, and this is not his
first fling at the military game. He
served as gunner aboard the ba;tleship
Indiana during the Spanish American
war and had q hand in the sinking Of
the Spanish fleet at Santiago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
Baker Also Heavy Hitter.

Had Baker played with the Athletics
during the time that Harry Davis. Socks
Seybold and Danny Murphy made a
habit of driving home runs over the
right field fence at Columbia Park his
home run record would perhaps be the
equal Of Cravath's. as Baker is a better
hitter than Gabby. Baker Joined the
Athletics the year the Mackmen
moved to Shibe Park. and in the first
year the club played there Ave home
runs were knocked over the right field
wall all season. Baker sending over four
of them. The drive over the right field
wall at shibe Park is now a healthy
wallop. but through rearranging the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
FLAGSTEAD Il; FRONT.
Heads Final Batting Averages of
the Southern Association.

ATLANTA, Ga. July 6.-Final averages
OF the Southern Association. which sus-
pended its season June IS, show Flag
stead of the Chattanooga club batting
1873 as the league leader. Barber of
New Orleans topped the base stealers
with % thefts and tied Graf OF Chat
Gnooga for sacrifice hitting honors with
90. Ham" Hyatt OF Little Rock led the
home run hitters with five. Little Rock
was out in front in club batting with an
average of 26S and New Orleans in team
fielding with 500. The ten leading bat
ters for 35 or more games: Flagstead.
Chattanooga. .379 Compton. New Or
leans. 1927; Hyatt, Little Rock. .322 4;
Haworth. Birmingham. .322; South
worth. birmingham. .322 Bates. Mobile,
,3l6; Cueto. Chattanooga, ais: Hauscr,
Memphis. .3l5; Smith, Birmingham.
800 Altenberg, Birmingham. 3O9.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
ROYALS VS.. LINCOLNS.
Teams VIII Play Fourth Double
Header of Series To-day.

The fourth OF series OF double head
ers to decide the Oolored championship
of the East will take place this after
noon at Olympic Field, l36th street and
Fifth avenue. with the Royal Giants and
the Lincoln Giants as the opponents To
date the Royals have won five of six
games played.
Last Sunday Cyclone Joe Williams
beat Donaldson, the Western phenom,
to 0, in the only game won by the Lin
coins. The same pitchers will face each
other to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07

The Cincinnati inflelder has passea
Merkle. Groh now leads the National
League inflelders with an average on
$50. Merkle Is 3 points behind him.
Larry Doyle still is the nominal leader
but since getting back in the game his
average has come down from .42s 10
.414.
At present Doyle is the only Giant IN
the regular lineup hitting better than
800. as both George Burns and Ross
Young have been in slumps which car.
ried them under 800. 1t is the first
time Young has been under 800 since
the first week Of the season.
Perritt leads the regular pitchers in
the National League and Thormahlen Of
the Yankees has the highest percentage
among American League regular pitch.
ers,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
MORE BALL PLAYERS CALLED.

SALT LAKE CITY, July 6.-Members OF
the salt Lake and Sacramento clubs of
the Pacific Coast League OF draft age
were notified before the opening Of to-
days game to appear before the boards
Monday and show cause why they
should not engage in an essential occu-
patton or be placed in Class Al of the
draft.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
CAsHION BATTING LEADER.
Kores Drops TO seventh Place in
American Association.

INDIANAPOLIS. July 6.-In the Ameri-
can Association Cashion, with an aver
age OF .336. leads the batting list, Kcres.
Louisville. who topped the association
last week. dropped to seventh place.
Wagner, Columbus. trails Cashion with
324 and is followed by Good Kansas
City, with ace. Lajoie Is holding fourth
place with .322.
Other leaders in the list are Lelivelt.
Louisville, .321; Owens, Minneapolis
.s2l; Taggart. Columbus. .3l5.; Becker
Kansas ely. .3l2.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07

ings:
IF Keller. Clark and the other stars
OF 1896 had been in the game In 1911
how many OF them do you think would
have hit better than 1902"
"That's a rather hard question to an
swer," declared the Braves leader. Just
the same l feel that II the eighty three
men who hit 800 or better in 1896 had
bAen in the game last year, not more
than ten or twelve of them would have
gone beyond the 800 mark. They were
great hitters, but most of them would
have funked when faced by the spitball
and menaced by the foul strike and the
wonderful instinct OF the present day
pitchers in knowing each batters veal
ness and strength"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
80 MEN BATTED IN
800 GLASS IN 1895
81 Years Later, in 1917, Only
Six Players of Almost
400 Turned Trick.

George Stallings was recently shown
Of the National League in 1896. The
records showed eighty-three who batted
500.
And how many hit 800 or better in
1917 he was asked.
In 1896 eighty-three men out of 25s
who wore National League uniforms
batted 800 or over. Twenty-one years
later-in 1s17-just six men out Of
nearly 400 who cavorted on National
League lots broke into the 800 list.
whats the answer" was the next
question put to him.
There are a number of reasons" he
replied. "One Of the most important is
the foul strike rule. which wasn't in ex-
, istence In 1895. The second reason Is
the battling spitball. Furthermore. the
horsehide twenty-one years ago carried a
very high polish. That made It difficult
for a pitcher to handle a new ball. The
shine was abolished some years ago,
and 1t is much easier for a pitcher to
control the ball now than 1t was In the
gloss covered days.
But the most important reason OF all.
in my opinion. is that pitchers of to-day
ere smarter than those OF twenty-one
years ago. They use their heads as well
as their arms. In 1896, most twirlers
used only their arms Their sole aim
was to try to throw the ball past the
batter. II failed. as the batting aver
ages OF 1896 will show In those days
only a few pitchers made a study of the
strength and Weaknesses of the vari-
GUS batters. Change OF pace was pract.-
cnlly unknown. Pitchers didn't try to
work on the weakness of the hitters.
They just put all the speed they had
into the heave and took a chance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
Big Bass Takes Anglers Fish.

AVALON, Cal, July Erred T. New
comb OF New York almost brought
"a large yellowtail to gan when a black
sea bass came along and devoured the
yellowtail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
Pitchers Now Use Their Brain,.

But in the present era a pitchers arr
Is not his whole asset. Christy Mathew
son was star long after his arm went
back because he used his BRAIN Eddie
Cicotte hasn't a wonderfully powerful
wing. but he has brains and uses them
The moundsman who reaches the crest
OF the pitching wave and stays there
longest is the one who has brains, who
studies each and every batter, uses STRAIT
egy and plays on the weakness of the
batter.
only once salce 1906 has n National
League batsman reached the $50 mark.
That was in 1913, when Jake Daubert
Of the Dodgers Just reached that figure.
and. of course. was the leader OF the
older circuit but in 1896 two National
leaguers went beyond 400, while mir
teen hit better than $50.
What a form reversal! II wa, IN
that year that Willie Keller, OF hit
EN- where they amt fame, amassed the
mightiest swatting record of his career
He figured in l2s games that year, went
to bat 562 times. scored l47 runs and
cracked out 243 hits for an average OF
432"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-07
List of $50 Hitters,

Here is the list OF men who hit $50
or better In 1896:
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Democrats Start
Building Machine
In Massachusetts

BOSTON, Nov. 6.-High spots in the
"day after" election interest are found
in the extraordinary statement issued
this afternoon by Governor Mccall, in
which he says in effect Senator John
w. Weeks never had chance of be-
ing reelected Senator; the demands By
both Congressman-elect Fitzgerald and
Congressman Tague, of the 10th Dis
trict, for complete recount of yes
terdays vote which showed Fitzgerald
elected by a margin of less than 400
votes; the rejoicing by the suffragists
over the defeat of Senator Weeks; the
surprisingly big vote for Walsh for
Senator. and the adoption Of the con-
stitutioual amendments.
While the Republicans elected their
entire state ticket, they lost the Sena-
torship. They have biz of balm. how
ever, in the technical gain of one
Congressman, in A. T. Fuller, in the
9Th District, who was elected this year
az straight Republican, where his
previous election was as an indcpcn.
dent.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Nugent to Contest
Election of Edge
On Technically
(Specia, Dispatch to The Tribune,

TRENTON. N. j.. Nov. 6.-Governor
Walter Z. Edge, Republican. was
elected to the united States Senate
yesterday by a majority somewhat in
excess of $4,000. Senator David Baird
was chosen for the unexpired term of
the late Senator William Hughes by
about the same majority. Nevertheless,
the Democratic party won q substantial
victory in New Jersey.
The outstanding feature Of the day
was the announcement that James r.
Nugent, the Democratic leader of New
ark, will contest the legality of the
Governors election. 1t is the plan of
Nugent to question the constitutional
right of tbs Governor to be elected
United States Senator during his term
OF Office as Governor. Nugent will
first carry the fight to the floor of the
next Legislature and will then take it
to the courts of the state and of the
United States.
The strength developed by the Demo
cratic ticket was remarkable. Presi-
dent Wilson's home state gave him five
Democratic Congressman, which is an
increase of two over the present Con-
gress. The three Democratic Congress
men reelected were: Scully Of the Sd
Eagon of the 1lth, and Hamill of the
18th. Democratic successors to Repub-
lcans are Cornelius McGlennon in the
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Democrats Defeated Because They
Didn't FAVOR War, Says Taft

fected on the Republican minority. This
it was which aroused the Republicans
and many Democrats and stirred their
sense of justice. They felt he should
have been grateful to the Republican
minority, which saved his selective draft
bill from defeat by his own party and
voted him money and power without
stint. Instead of being verdict against
vigorous prosecution of the war to
victory, it is verdict in favor of that
end and object. Nor is there any doubt
of this created by the vote in this
country or abroad.
The Senate's Power
The Senate will be called upon to
consider the terms of the peace. The
President will in the first instance help
frame and agree TO the treaty. When
he lays the treaty before the Senate it
may approve or reject it, or it may ad-
wise and consent to the treaty on condi-
ton that terms contained in the draft
submitted should be amended or sup
plamented. That is called an amend
ment. This is a misnomer 1t is
merely a rejection unless the conditions
are accepted by the President and BY
the nations with whom the treaty i.
being made.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
-Four States Defeat Candidates
For Whom President Lntervened

NEW MEXICO, Michigan West Virginia and Alabama
didaes for whom Woodrow Wilson had individually expressed his
preference repudiated the polls.
Senator Albert B. Fall reelected New Mexico IN
spite of his condemnation from the the President letter
addressed to the Socialist candidate for the Senate
Senator George w Norris the Senate from
Nebraska The President Norrs former Gov
John H. Morehead telegram addressed Mayor of
Omaha in which he said Of Morehead
I'VE need with his seadast loyalty the which
stands in need of unfatering support"
Wilson Watson the slogan West Virginia, where
the expressed their preference Davis Ekns
Henry Ford who insists he sought election
Michigan only because the President wanted him. have
H. Newberry Secretary
Navy.
In Alabama interviewed the primary
of Huddleson
t He nevertheless given the nomination. and has
formally reelected to the House of Representatives.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Election Of Ball, Edge and
Walsh Assures Success
in 66th Congress
Immediate Action
May Be Deferred
Return of Baird Leaves One
Ballot Short in Com
ing Session

Woman suffrage gained at least three
votes in the United States Senate
through the election. This makes GER
tain the passage of tie woman suffrage
amendment in Congress, which con-
venes in March, in case the suffrage
vote is deferred until then. The thrae
Senators-elect on record as favoring
the suffrage amendment are Walsh, OF
Massachusetts, in place Of Weeks;
Ball, of Delaware, in place of Sails
bury; and Edge, of New Jersey.
For the short term, which expires in
March, the suffragists gained one vote.
Pollock, Of South Carolina. They
failed in their campaigns to elect suf-
fragist advocate in place of Senator
Baird, of New Jersey. and Senator
Drew, of New Hampshire. Therefore,
they will lack one vote of the necessary
two which would carry their amend
ment to victory before the convening
of the Sixty-sixth Congress next
March.
Hope for Early Action
They have hopes of winning one vote
! through a change Of heart on the part
of one of their erstwhile enemies.
"A number of men in the Senate
have said that they would not stand
out against us, when it came to the
point OF our lacking only one vote,
said Miss Rose Young, head of the SUI
frage publicity bureau, last night. Ut is
one thing TO vote against woman SUI
rage when you have company. but when
q man is all alone against the women
of the country he begins to hesitate
We cannot be positive about bringing
up the amendment for vote in the
short session, until all the election re
turns have been carefully canvassed
but personally feel sure that we shall
have a vote before March
In New Hampshire, where the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso
citation centred it's energies on an ettor'
to defeat Governor Moses because o.
his anti-suffrage declarations, there wa'
some doubt of the outcome last night
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, president o
tire Suffrage Association, received
telegram from Miss Louise Hall, sui
frage organizer for New Hampshire
which read:
Hope for Jamieson's Success
"Jamieson defeated by less than 100
Charges of fraud. Federal agents max
ing arrests"
Miss Young said there was pos
sibility that Jameson would turn ou
to be elected, and in that case he woul
provide the extra vote needed Tor Tn
suffrage amendment.
The sutfragists put in busy da
rejoicing over kilograms from tn
states where they won victories IN rel
erendum votes. These were Mlchlga
ard South Dakota
As for Oklahoma, they were informe
by kilograms from Miss Marjori
3, shuler, Campaign organizer, that tn
/ suffrage amendment apparently ha
: won a majority, but possibly not SUI
l fciently large one to make victory cel
tain, though there was still hope. Th
suffrage amendment, in order to pas
had to receive not only majority
the votes cast on it, but majority
the largest number Of votes cast fe
any candidate in the election.
November 5, 1913, scored more VIZ
, tories for woman suffrage than wei
ever before crowded into any one ele'
ton day." said Mrs. Gait, and she
pleased.