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LEWIS-ZBYSZKO BOUT
IN NEW YORK TONIGHT

New York, March 19.-Strangler Lew
is and Wladek Zbyszko will meet here
tonight at Madison Square Garden to
decide which shall be matched with
Earl Caddock for the heavyweight
wrestling title.
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nOTHE WELL-KNOWN INQUIRY
ARE WE DOWNCAST?' AMERICAN
LEAGUE MANAGERS THUNDER mo-
Organization Soaked by War, but Shifting
Players and Extended Recruiting Expected
to Improve Game and Enliven Race

x1front League
sl Also they
race on Of shifts
effects Of conditions con
erahy Every Ban Johnsons CIR
leading
managed the Red SoX In 1911 In
make countless deals
seasoned talent.
Is while describing
confidence that their teams
and
of opinion that the war VIII
the
Hugs In wv Yorka and Boston.
the
by the
talent
hanks high Battery
White Sox the time
o young
TIME virtually Rowland cannot
of conquest
kid bolster possible weak
nesses
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be considered
of the smoohs according to Hug
will and the
solid with Ping Bode to give the long
swee catch beat anywhere
according Hugh Jennings
recruit taking his
additional draftees develop figured that the Tigers
in will that
While
that he provided with plenty
able satisfactorily
Connie Mack comeback The
will areeaby surprised Connie is
home fill
stuny Dugan will through at
needu filling
hurng staff will have to be reconstructed
but altogether
is to be and the restored
Senaorsofer respective managers
opmic but Fielder Jones declares that whle
statistic which help
DETRor Cobb and Cleveland has Iris Speaker and Clark
Senatorial declares that
will material to surround Walt and to
and that chances therefore
y #
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Montgomery, Ala, March 10.
Failure to report for duty Of Fred
Toney. the Cincinnati Reds star twirler.
and Eddie Gerner, the International
League southpaw, is causing Manager
Mathewson to wear a large frown The
rest of the team are on the job.
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ALEX MUST JOIN CUBS
TODAY OR GO HOME
Big Twirler and Mitchell Will
Hold Final Conference at
Pasadena Today
NEWS OF THE CAMPS

Pasadena, Cal, March 10.
While the Cub recruits and veterans
get up their regular practice today Man
ager Fred Mitchell and Grover Cleve-
land Alexander, pitcher de luxe, will
hold one final conference in an effort to
get togetheri' 1t is understood that If
Alexander fails to come through today
he will be given his passport eastward.
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Kauf,s War Status Stirs U. S. and Huns

T1EryNIE waca
ID medical
of
naturally will hold tight breath while
is to
Il of
that his left
thanh it
ANYHOW Bennieh hast w arm
the is
may
nat now
Of Pcrneroy.
Football Like War, Says Big Bill Edluards
Princeton football
.
yands a to
in
OF
tn feet
! an Of athletics"
nig BIN with
A. and bring the boys back home
Tyler Mav Be Utility First Sacker
HIcAGo
n practice
lhpowst being
pitchersboth
ecsllent
~ Erhf1s Wrtsp, ork
<r veternp skhetc, 1eqf pprt In WORLDS series
7es3 119 81 Hsn wntss - sstas'y
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Must Plan Rising Ball to win at Tennis

WITH
w
the net ahead of the other
welknown
tty 1 olearn to take tn
the ball all the bound
striker him
in
Williams Bookes both do this we'll
and II they cand 10 others?
that wait back until the ball falls to play
in
Mac hits his forehnd
Of the right height to hit where be best
the rise he could
a after
to quickly.
ss AND be decisive because he would
"A ball hit quickly
and sharply else altogether"
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Marlin. Tex, March 10.

Marlin, Tex, March ID.
The Giants are being driven harder
than usual this spring because of a
shorter stay in camp. McGraw ordered
all hands to put on second speed today,
and the regular infielders and outfielders
from Kauff to Zimmerman were per-
mitted to cut Aoose with snappy throws.
Hubbell, Causey, Winters and Hoyt. four
rookie pitchers, are being closely
watched by the manager. McGraw ex-
pects to keep at least one of the new
cOmers
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jacksonville, Fla, March 10.

JhcksOhNhic, Eiu', "dtSh 10
Pitcher Bill Evans left the Pirates
squad to answer the draft call. He is the
second twirler to be lost, Recruit Mil
ligan leaving last Saturday. Manager
Bezdek arrived yesterday and practice
was begun in earnest today.
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Hot Springs, Ark, March 10.
Dissatisfied with the hitting of the
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Mineral Wells. Tex Mar,

Mineral Wells, Tex, March ~ 4
The White Sox champion baseball;
team will get its first workout today
Manager Rowland plans to send the men
through a stiff practice in preparation
for the initial exhibition game Saturday
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Kenneth NJ. Bevier. OF Brooklyn, N Y,
Iehish's 125;pound wrestler has been
elected captain OF the team which will
represent Lehlgh in the intercoile giates at
Columbia on Friday and Saturday
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Parker, W. Whittemore,. of the Country
a. bestibail Of 80. 34-7O on the champion.
ship golf course at Pinehurst. They played
against Charles T. Crocker, Jr.. Of Fitch
burg. and Donald Ross. and won by . and 1.
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PAT MORAN AND HIS COLLECTION n
OF TALENT WATCH MACKMEN I'M
FIRST DRILL AT JACKSONVILTE
Phils Make Poor Train Connections and Stop
Over in Mack Camp-Connie Satisfied
With Looks of Squad
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL

practice was over. Oldring will bav. .
good year and be of considerable y,Ir.
to the club.
Shannon, at second, played A wan.
derful game In practice, and / exner,
him TO star in that position. He Is ~
ideal man for the keystone sack .c1
works we'll with Dugan. You know y, .
about Larry Gardner He has lots ~
aggressiveness and appears as IL he A,
joyed playing on my club. Despite m
fact that the infeld played together n,
the first time today everything was nm
of smoothly and In a short time II vii
bo a well-oiled machine. S
Needs Pitchers
"If had some pitchers I wo,ua.v
fear any club In the league. Thers 4,
where we are weak Hauser, Cen,v
Fahey and Watson arc only prospecs,
and no one can tell how they will turr
OUT AT present ] have only two sc,d
pitchers, with chance to get anofhsr
one. -
ELMER Meyers and Vean orsss
should do we'll and Jing johnson NAV
decide to play ball this year. I expert
| to hear from Johnson any day ahops
his plans for the future. But Won csr
rest assured that will do my bes, ~
strengthen the pitching staff and viii
get some good men IL they are on,
| tainable.
Chester Thomas. the catcher. has cs,
reAorted and I don't know II he intsn6s
tc. ] understand ne is in the movies ana
may stay out on the coast. However I
am not worrying"
Larry Gardner was enthused over hls
new job. THE change has made me feel
ten years younger" he said land know
I will have great year. For a long
time I have wanted to play on another
club. As l felt had been In Boston 81,
tirely too lcng. At rrst dreaded 4
change. but now that il has come
really like IT,"
Oldring Peppery 3
Rube Oldring looked like a school kId
when he appeared In the old uniform,
He seemed perfectly happy to get back
In the game and Is eager to make him
self useful. He liked the work of Kopp,
the outfielder. and did not hesitate 10
say so. f
This fellow Kopp is a wonder" hs
said. HE will be a sensation and Il
looks as If he would play left field. Hs
can cover the ground as well as any
outflelder ever have seen and will work
well with Walker and Jameson. Az
for myself. I expect to be a utility man
or something like that and help Connle
In every way I can. The club looks
good this year" 8-
The first exhibition game with Pitts.
b,irgh will he Dlayed pext Ga at,rdav
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Oldring Peppery

Dodgers in Sundays game with the Red
Sox. Manager Robinson injected extra
hitting into, today's practice session.
Several Dodger pitchers were permitted
to cut loose with curve ball. Dan
Griner, In particular. Jack Coombs ar.
rived today and took his first workout
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champion. has been barred from fighting
In the prize ring for three months by the
suit Herman's fight with Jabez White In
New Orleans before the Tulane Athletic
Club on March 20 has been indefinitely
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Macon, Ga, March IA

Macon, Ga, March IA ~
special course of fielding Sprouts.
was prescribed for the Yankee pitcher
today by Manager Miller Higgins. Three
of the Yankee fingers, Love. Monroe and
McGraw. are exceptionally tall and
Huggins intends to see that they learn
to field their positions.
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Moline was selected for the 1918 regatta
OF the Mississippi Valley Power Boat AS
sociaton BY Ulcers Of the association. A
number OF fAS' 2s boats including the cham
pion Miss Dst-oit III and Miss Minneapolis
as well as Pugh's Disturber, have been
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Sports Served Short

Bob Cannefax, OF ST. Louis, was a win
ner over Gus Copulos, of Pittsburgh. in the
Inter state Three Cushion Billiard League
innings.
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AYLIGHT MOVEMENT WILL BE WARMLY SUPP


ANO eTOO HAVE a VAGUE
REcOLlec TON OF A Soor<
FILLED WITH ALL TAE Ks
AND Us IN TAE WORLD
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-13
PROPERLY CELEBRATED

Registration day passed off quietly throughout the
United States in general. In some places the day was
by formal interchangeable were held to
demonstrate the loyalty. Of the people and their appro-
val Of the steps which are being taken to place such an
overwhelming army in the field that the war will be
brought to a speedy conclusion. But there were fewer
Of these gatherings than on the hrst registration day.
June $. 1917. and the general attitude Of the people
was less demonstrative.
All Of this is natural and proper. The novelty Of
the war q wearing Oh. We accept It as an established
fac. aid the duties pertaining thereto ~ part Of the
days work. Those things which, s year ago. prompted
great public dernonstrations are nov accepted a. ma
tural andS ordinary. and = part o. he working out Of
the earnest purpose 81 the people.
The day ssas celebrated. however. 70 some purpose
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s.. HAIL TO THE CHIEF

It may have been in graceful recognition of the
birthday Of General Pershing that Marshal Foch started
the offensive against the st. Mihiel salient yesterday in
order that today, the anniversary Of the generals birth,
the men under his command might be able to report to
an important bit Of territory which had to be captured
before operations on a larger scale could be conducted
in that district.
In any event, today is the anniversary Of the birth
Of General Pershing, and no matter how adequately or
inadequately their sentiments may be expressed, the
American people wish for him many happy returns. and
full success in UNFOLDING the honor of the American ma
ton on the field of battle. 4 ~,
The past year has been a trying one for Pershing.
He is a fighting man. Fighting has been going on all
around him, fighting Of the most desperate character,
and with the possibilities Of tremendous consequences.
He and the men under his command have wished to be
in the thick of the fray: But their work, except in local
cases where small American units have covered them
selves with glory, has been more largely that Of organ
supply and transport, Of food and munitions. Of drill,
and of a thousand things of which the layman knows
nothing. But all this work has been capably handled,
and General Pershing has now, on this anniversary of
his birth, as fine q body of soldiers as were ever as
sembled, and the largest body ever assembled as a single
unit under one American general. What the days to
come may have in store for him and them we cannot
the American general, and the men whom he commands
will be found at all times doing their full duty. and
carrying out the high purposes Of the nation.
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THE FlpST SHOT
6yCORPORAL OSBORNE De MRlLA,
G.. sixth ~. S.FlELD ARTlLLERM
Who Fired HE First Shot Of the A1aerican Army
ty well camouflaged with. trees and
with other devices known to the

|ty well camouflaged with. trees and
with other devices Known to q
French.
A large portion Of our sector is
wooded, and there r picturesque
little lakes here and there that CLEAN
ward lines parallel a low ridge
along which are several towns. Be-
hind this ridge is concealed q net
work of American batteries.
On a clear day we could see the
distant towers Of the Gothic cathe-
dral in the German-held Metz, the
capital Of German Lorraine
front line are the French cooperative
stores which are run by the French
army. They have been thrown open,
to the American soldiers. The prices
in these stores r very reasonable.
The gloves they sell are very warm.
we have them beat in he matter OF
underwear but they have rpany
things which our supply chiefs had
not stocked. up on, when we got into
the scrap. These include flashlights.
caps. self-startng pocket fuses iSi'
lighting cigarettes, and other knick-
knacks which make life in the front
lime worth living.
Every one in our battery enlisted
as artillerymen, Of course, but we
did an kinds OF extra work without
a whimper. Besides potting away at
miles of light railway, made a lot OF
camouflage and constructed dumps
for ammunition.
Fixing camouflage is interesting
work. The best kind of camouflage
is the wire netting sort, covered with
marsh grass and stretched overhead
like a roof. 1t looks like a bit of
green field to the German aviator
flying overhead, and prevents them
from mapping out our, positions. In
going to land and from dugouts we
were allowed to walk along on paths
that had been carefully camouflaged.
If we had taken other paths the en-
envy airmen would have gotten a line
on eur. positions. ~
Frequently we constructed -camou-
flage carelessly decoy. The
German airmen would fall for the
bait and signal to their batteries:
The .boche gunners would get the
range of the spot covered by the fake
camOuflage, and they would pepper
away probably with the thought they
were raising Cain with an important
American position. We .gunners
would laugh hilariously and fervent-
ly wish the boches would keep on
wasting their ammunition that way
forever.
Continued tomorrow.)
The dignity Of many a man over
shadows his position.
People in the world are so much
alike that if you find fault with one
you hit a thousand. 1t
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TRENCH TALK. .
Continued from Yesterday
Doughboy. !

The cavalryman's name for an
infantryman. \
Duckboards.
Planks which are laid along the
bottom Of a muddy trench to give
solid footing. Usually two boards
are laid down { with crosspieces
pedient has made 1t possible to
live in trenches which would 9TH
wise be nothing but mud-holes.
Dugout.
A cave excavated in the ground
and protected above by sandbags,
steel plates, etc. used by officers
and by men in the trenches TO
protect them from shellfire. In
the trenches it is commonly
known as a "funkhole."
ENGAGEMENTS.
Barbed wire strung on steel
posts driven in the ground OUT
side a trench for a depth of some.
ten to forty yards ito make it
harder for the other fellow to get
at the men~in the trenches. Be
fore an attack this wire is blasted
away by a barrage Of high-explo-
siVe shells.
FaS.
The soldiers name for u cigar
cite. often a carce article in the
trenches and the first thing the
wounded soldier asks for when he
gets to the dressing station.
Firing Data.
The instructions as to elevation,
DETECTION, kind Of shells to be
used, etc., given to the comman-
der Of a battery of artillery.
A white rocket sent UP at night
which illuminates the ground in
front. It is the bane Of night
raiding parties, who are taught
that if they stand absolutely still
they cannot be seen. The least
movement, however, brings a
blast of fire from the machine
guns of the enemy, which is apt
to prove fatal.
A piece Of French money worth
about twenty cents in American
coin.
French "75."
The wonderful little French
field piece which has a bore of
about three inches. The poilu
calls this piece the Little French
man. or Charlotte" This gun
is capable Of firing twenty shots
a. minute of shrapnel or h;gh-ex-
plosive shells.
CONTINUED Tomorrow.)
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CHAPTER XIV.
Strafing the Enemy.

We relieved q battery of French
Moroccan artillerymen, curious
looking chaps. decked out in khaki
informs red feZzes, puttees and reg
ulation French hobnail shoes.
These fellows are smashing good
fighters, but r tho dirtiest in their
personal habits of any soldiers in
France with the exception, perhaps,
OF the Indian troops from India.
mustaches, and are>continually scrap-
ping among themselves. They have
no fear Of death and will never adj
nit defeat.
The dugout we moved into that
night had been occupied by these
troops for nearly a year, and was
aDve with vermin. It was quite evil
lished Its capital there, for the place
was ovarrun with rodents. Some Of
hem We're big enough to wear he'll
NETS and gas masks and go owe b
top in a bayonet charge. When I
walked up the next morning I found
that q rat had eaten his way through
my overcoat and blouse and Nstolen
q cake Of chocolate out OF my shirt
pocket Part Of the uppers of one Of
my shoes was eaten away. Before
breakfast I shot one of the pests and
found he was nearly as big as a house
cat.
And the cooties-say. I never saw
such coolies. They were fully a quar-
ter OF an inch long, and when they
drove their pincers Tito you, it felt
like being stabbed with a pair of gar
den shears.
The whole outfit was on the scratch
that morning; we adjourned to a SUM
ny spot and took off our shirts and
went on a still hunt through them.
We were thus engaged when a shell
dropped within a 10 yards OF us and
exploded with a fearful bang. We
did not linger a second. Leaving
our shirts lying on the ground, we
scrambled head first into the dugout.
There was another bang that shook
the sand out Of the turf over our
heads.
When we peered cautiously out Of
the dugout we saw our shirts were
gone; the second shell had landed
right on top of them and blown them
to shreds. There was n consola-
ton, thOugh-the blasted coolies had
gone into kingdom-come with the
shirts.
After much study of the cootie
problem, 1 discovered a way to out
wit them. l wore two vests and
turned each one of them inside out
every two hours, on the theory that
1t took the pests about two hours to
make the round trip of the garments.
BY this method 1 managed to keep
them on the outside all the time. that
is if I didn't forget to urn the vests.
l quite frequently forgot to turn
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FRIDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 10, ISIS.
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THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY

So many things enter into an election, and eSpe-
cially a primary election, that conclusions which are
drawn at Assistance are very apt to be entirely wrong
because Of the existence Of a multitude Of local condi-
tons with which the outsider cannot be familiar. But.
whatever causes may have contributed to the results,
sound-hearted American citizens everywhere will be graf
Illinois have declined with emphasis to nominate Mayor
William Hale Thompson, of Chicago, as their candidate
for the United States senate. In the recent primary
Thompson was defeated by Medill Mccormick by a
plurality of $1,000 in a three-cornered fight in which
the third candidate, Foss, crowded Thompson closely,
and, apparently, received a vote most Of which would
otherwfse have gone to Mccormick.
During his fncumbency as mayor, Thompson has
been more noted for bluff than for achievement. he
Is noisy, shallow and bombastic. Because Of his type
and temperament his presence in the senate would
have been an insult to the American people. His sue
cess Just at this time would have been particularly ex-
asperating because of the activity and persistency with
which he has catered to and cultivated pro-German
sentiment, and with which. by his own acts and through
has opposed the war work Of the United States and
sought to throw suspicion upon the motives Of those
who were engaged inxsit.
III is@lard to understand how or why the same PEG
pie Who repudiated Thompson should have renominated
III congrsssnan 81 Iarss william =, Mason, who nov
Aiscrsdits sthaA honorable position. and whose war rec
ora Il sSovf&on = pr With that % Thompson.
81 fes Etghtssnth distset conssressunan Cannon,
sssI,ncas ~. ~ reconstructed without opposinon g ~
I&&HA XH.f
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old canal, which in times Of peace
connected Germany and France. be-
ing the artificial waterway from the
Rhine to the Marine river. In 1870
Toul was captured by the Germans.
and is much coveted by the Huns.
First American Sector.
The country where the first Amer
lean sector is located is generally low
ground spotted with little hamlets
and towns, mostly shell-torn and
criss-crossed by succeeding lines of
trenches, strong points and battery
positions, all part Of the defense Of
both Toul and Nancy. The principal
roads in the district have been pref
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$3.50 E-EAEr -. Erata-Es ..Nt.t GAN
our mon at the front. On The day
devoted at home to the registration
Of what remains Of the full man
power Of the country for military
sexvice our soldiers in Francs We're
doing their part by attacking one OF
tho strongest, positions held by. the
German armies and n which has.
been held by them without interrup-
ton since the first autumn Of the
war. They observed the day not only
by making an attack, but by Advanc-
Ing their lines and driving b enemy
before them. II WI at home will
handle our end Of the Job as we'll Is
the boys across tho water : ham
ding theirs Ne will do very wei.
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own party. and he viii have opposition at the general
election only from a Socialist. Uncle Joe will de1vat
the Socialist, and he will enjoy the job. and he will be
elected to serve his twenty-second term in congress.
Everyone knows that he is a strong party man. But
no man in or out of congress has given to the war meas
ures OF President Wilson more hearty and undivided
support than he has given. Fe is an old man., in years,
He has won his honors worthily. May he live to wear
them many more years.