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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
Seven Airplanes Do
"Stunts" Aboue Eaton

EATON, O., July II. - Seven air
planes from the Wright aviation field
Dayton, made flight to Eaton Wed
nesday and made landing in a big
hay field on the ]. E. Bruce farm, op
posite the county fairgrounds,
Before making the landing, the avi
ators circled over the city and per-
formed stunts for the entertainment
of the populace.
Several hundred people gathered at
the landing place. After a stop of a
half hour the planes started in the di-
rection of Dayton.
The Bruce field has been establish.
ed as landing place for planes from
the Wright field, and it is expected
that daily visits will be made here by
the aviators when weather conditions
are favorable for aerial operations.
The Bruce field is an immense one and
splendidly adapted to the require
nents of landing place, aviators say.
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Jack Graney, Indian outfielder, has
become one of the timeiest and dead
hest pinch hitters in the big leagues.
AS lead-off man for the Cleveland
club for several seasons, Graney led
the league as waiter. His small
stature and keen eye forced the pitch
ers to get them absolutely over or
walk him.
But several weeks ago Graney's arm
went back on him and he was forced
to drop out of the regular lineup. AS
soon as mis- arm improved enough so
he could swing a bat Manager Foil de-
cided to give him trial as pinch hit
ter. In his first eighteen times us as
emergency clouter, he was credited
with fourteen actual times at bat.
Three times he drew passes and the
In those fou cen appearances he
slammed out ren hits for a plnch
hitting average 500.
One of those us, a triple, sent IN
the tying and winning runs against
St. Louis, when the Indians needed
the game to help them climb into first
place. His sacrifice fly was off Eddie
Cicotte and rove in the winning tally
in the afternoon battle Decoration
day. Two of his passes helped score
winning runs in ather games.
Here's another little thing Cincin-
natl fans who are growing might con-
slider for a few minutes. They are
bowling because Christy MatheWson
hasn't made a pennant winning team
for them. Wonder if they have in
mind anyone who could do better
Job that Blk Six?
A. Rankin Johnson, former big
league hurler and lately with the Mil
waukee American Association club,
has said be will enlist in the army.
He will make the fourth member Of
the family in military service. His
father and two brothers are now in
the army. His father was lieutenant
in the Suanish-American war and has
retained his commission. Rankin ex-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
ONLY WAR GARDEN
PRODUCE TO Be SOLD
By McManus

Only truck raised in the war gardens
will be sold at the school garden mar
,Aet Friday in the city market house.
according to decision OF the board Of
public works Thursday morning
Children will not be permitted to
sell garden truck purchased from COM
mission houses, on account Of the fact
that the market space is donated free
by the city, and commission house
products would create a competition
with the regular market unfair to
those who rent space.
E, M, Campbell. representing the
Junior war garden committee OF the
Richmond Commercial Club. appeared
before the board of works and prom.
ised that hereafter the school children
will sell only products which they
raise themselves in their gardens. The
market will be open Friday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
SPECIALS DEFEAT THE
BETHEL A. N. {. TEAM

Wednesday afternoon at the Play.
grounds the Special team Of the Sun
day school league defeated the Bethel
A. NJ. Il. team 1875.
The Special team had seven players
and the Bethel had nine. The nine
players on the Bethel aggregation
were mostly outfelders and do not be-
long to the team as regulars. Parker
allowed the Bethelites twelve hits and
on those twelve they scored only i've
runs. On the other hand Nickons let
the Specials have nine hits and they
scored twelve runs on them. Three
errors were made by the Bethel play
ers and three by the Specials.
The score by innings follows:
Bethel. 103 900 001-5 II 3
Specials ..... 140 1902 O4x-12 .
Batteries--Nickons and Engelbert
Parker an dBentlage.
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was SO much ignorance among men OF
voting age. But, as rule the Ken
tuckians makethe best soldiers, for
when they are once trained they never
forget it and they generally take to
drill and like it. They also like to
carry a gun
About two weeks ago three air
planes started for this camp from
some place in Tennessee. One of them
fell, on the way, killing both occupants.
The second one was wrecked while
landing, but nobody was hurt. The
third plane flew around camp here
every morning for three or four days.
The planes are rather an uncommon
sight here.
1t is certainly hot weather down
here now, but think this is the hot
test month, at least l hope SO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
AMERICANS H0NORED
BY ENGLISH TOWN
(BY Associated Pressl

YORK, England, Wednesday, July
10.-This city today observed a special
holiday in honor of American troops,
500 of those soldiers parading through
the main streets. The Americans were
received at the Guild hall by the lord
mayor, the archbishop of York and
General Sir John Maxwell, commander
in chief of the northern command.
The lord mayor read letter from
the American embassy, conveying
President Wilson's thanks for the help
full visit of the archbishop of York to
the United States last March.
General Maxwell in q speech at the
Guild hall said:
The American soldiers already have
shown their grit in France and are
fighting magnifcently.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
S. A. L. Teams Propose
Use Of Outside PLAYERS

At meeting of the managers OF the
S. A. l.. League teams Wednesday
night. a new amendment was brought
up, proposing that any team could use
four outside players in any S. A. L.
game from now on.
The reason for this proposed change
in the constitution is to make up for
the loss of men who are entering the
service.
The amendment will be voted on
next week at the managers meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11

poets to finish the baseDalle season.
though, before leaving his wife and
two children, to serve his country.
l. Eddie Ainsmith, the veteran receiv-
err who always handles Walter John
sons shoots when Griff sends the
speed king to the box, was called
home by death in his family recently.
Griff wanted to work Johnson, so had
to pick another catcher for him and
Van Picinich, recruit backstop. got his
chance. Sport scribes all give him
redit for doing a good job of handling
the fast ones His work in throwing
to bases was good, too.
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Sergt. Laurence Sturm
Home on Furlough

Sergeant Lawrence Sturm, of the
quartermaster department, now sta
toned at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ken
lucky, is spending short furlough
visiting with his parents here, Mr.. and
Mrs. August Sturm, on South Seventh
street.
Sergeant Sturm was employed in
the printing department OF The Pal
ladium before his enlistment in the
army. He Is now in charge of the
government printing shop at Camp
Taylor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
REDS GET "TURkEY."

The Cincinnati club has taken on
Pitcher Thomas (Turkey) Boman from
the Little Rock club of the defunct
Southern League. Boman is an Ala
bama collegian who had a trial with
one of the Sa. Louis teams. He had
previously pitched in the minors I'M
der an alias while maintaining his
amateur status until he finished his
college course He is an all around
athlete and has made a good record in
Little Rock
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
Two Killed in Explosion
at Government Arsenal
(By Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, July H. Two
workmen are known to be dead and
four others injured in an explosion to-
day at the government arsenal at
Frankfort, suburb
The explosion is said to have been
caused by workman dropping load
ed shell.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
French Ace to Fly From
Detroit to Chicago
,Bv Associated Press,

CHICAGO, July 11-Lieut. Georges
Flachaire. a French lace with a
record of twelve German planes
brought down. announced today that
he would go to Detroit and fly from
there to Chicago next Sunday in his
Spad machine, late type of French
fighting machine. The lieutenant said
he expected to make the flight from
Detroit in less than four hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
American Association
GAM ES TODAY
National League.

GAMES TODAY
National League.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at Pittsburg.
American League.
Chicago at Boston.
Detroit at Washington.
ST. Louis at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at New York.
American Association.
Kansas City at st. Paul.
Milwaukee at Minneapolis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
.ROMAN0FF'S SON
REPORTED KILLED
CIV Associated Press)

LONDON, July 11.-Swedish news
papers publish a statement by a
Swede just returned from Moscow that
Alexis Romanoff, son of Nicholas Ro-
manoff, the former Russian emperor
has been killed by Bolshevik soldier
by means of a bomb, says an Elk
change Telegraph dispatch from Cop
enhagen today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
NAVY ENLISTMENTS

Walter G. Renner, age 81 Williams
burg, and Earl Pierce Antrim, Spice
land, enlisted in the navy Thursday
Renner has been operator at the c. &
0. Railroad station and has enlisted
as landsman electrician for radio
service. Antrim enlisted as seaman,
second class.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
cOLORED SOLDIERS MAY
ENLIST IN BRITISH ARMY

NEW YORK, July 11.-Authority to
enlist colored soldiers in the British
army has been received by the British
and Canadian recruiting stationsin
this country. it was announced here
today. Heretofore this has been re-
stricted owing to the limited number
OF colored battalions in the British
army and to the fact that a great
number of colored men have been
enilsitng in England. The applicants
must be British subjects.
USE PALLADIUM WANT ADS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11

Kansas City -. 900 100 000-1 8 8
St. Paul ...... 020 O34 OO*-9 Z 2
Batteries-Hoff and Adams; Hall
and Hargrave.
At Indianapolis R. H. E.
Toledo ........ 900 01o 000-1 o
Indianapolis -. 900 800 0O*-3 s O
Batteries-McColl and Kelley; Fall
kenberg and Schang.
At Columbus r. H. E.
Louisville 900. $50 200 000-5 8 2
Columbus . 900 900 040--4 6 6
Batteries Boardman, Beebe, and
Meyer; George, Sherman and Wagner.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
TROOP TRAIN IN WRECK.

SHREVEPORT, La, July 11.-No
one was killed when four coaches Of
troop train turn over into ditch. Six
soldiers were injured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11
Yesterdays Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia r. H. Z.
Detroit ...... 100 900 0O0-1 6 0
Philadelphia 70. 030 010 OBJ 9 l
:. Batteries-Kallio, Bailey and Stan
age; Perry and Perkins
At New York r. II, E.
Chicago ...... 30 200 000-5 l
New York $50. O10 500 600 5 4
Batteries-Russell. Shellenbach and
Schalk and Jacobs; Mogridge, a. Rus
sell and Walters and Hannah.
At Boston R.H. E.
Cleveland .......... 600 90 l
Boston ........... 600 20-2 0
Batteries-Coumbe and O'Neill; Ba-
der and Agnew.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Cincinnati first game)-R. II. E.
Brooklyn ...... 600 600 600 3
Cincinnati ..... 600 OBS lO'-7 IA U
Batteries-Coombs and Miller; Ring
and Wingo
Second game HE.
Brooklyn ...... 900 900 1000 2 4
Cincinnati 400. 102 010 OBS 10 0
gan and Wingo.
At ST. Louis first game)- r. H. E.
Philadelphia :. 030 600 000-3 10 0
st. Louis ...... 900 400 00"-4 s 0
Batteries-Oeschger, Watson. Davis
and Burns, and Adams; Ames and
Gonzales.
Second game r. H. E.
Philadelphia 200 001 100 IL 4
St. Louis ...... O24 100 00s-7 IL
Batteries Ocschger. Hogg a d
Burns; Meadows and Gonzales.
At Chicago r. H. E.
Boston ..... 900 020 011-4 9 l
Chicago ..... 900 010 000-1 6 2
Batteries-Rudolph and Wilson;
Carter, Aldridge and Killefer.
At Pittsburgh r. H. e.
New York -. All 210 000-9 IA 3
Pittsburgh $50. 900 040 600 9 2
Batteries-Demaree and McCarty;
Slapnickar, Comstock and Shaw and
Schmidt
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At St Paul r. H. e.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At St Paul r. II. e.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-11

At Philadelphia r. H. E.
Detroit .. 100 900 O00--1 6 0
Philadelphia -. 030 010 01*--5 Q l
:. Batteries-Kallio, Bailey and Stan
age; Perry and Perkins.
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
By II. {. HAMILTON
Press Staff Correspondent

United Press stan correspondent.
NEW YORK. May 2i.-Those mind
league baseball magnatcs who last No
vember refused 10 sanction the meet
lng at Louisville probably arc begin
ming 10 see the nght now-wheu 70 Is
too late.
several leagues which are steering
nearer and nearer the rocks OF destruc-
tion. and those which went over the
brink. might have been saved n the
vote had gone differently
The day has gone now wheu con
oerted effort can be- made 20 save the
minors. They must live or die To-
gether. and the territory they leave
open II they do succumh may be picked
up when better days come again.
The international league. one Of
those 20 vote In favor OF rodlstrlctlng
offers an object lesson 20 other leagues
When this league skldded around the
corners Of mld-'vinter and voted 20 dis.
band, the territory was left wide open
and PLAYERS were declared free agents
The Toronto club. for instance. losl
heavily when Napoleon Laioie signed
20 manage the indianapolis club. anC
several other players were snapped uI
by the American association n ih'
best cities Of this league had been com
hlned with the best Of the American
association there never would have
been any trouble. The teams dropped
from each circuit could have been EN-
braced In stronger and more compac
organizations
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
HIGHLETS-G0LDEY
AT IT AGAIN TODAY

TWO games are on Wilmington High
Schools baseball program this week.
This afternoon Goldey College will be
met IN the third and deciding game Of
the series, and on Friday the Cherry and
White Will clash with Chester for The
first time this season. Both games will
be played az the Front and Union street
grounds,
The Goldey series now stands tie and
each team has one game 20 us credit.
Chick Lannen Is slated 10 hurl for
the Hlehlets, and they feel confident
Of victory.
On Friday afternoon the local team
will lock horns with Chester High. This
ls the FIRST game OF tho season with
their old rivals, and It will no doubt
be bitterly contested. Nut" Tollin
will pitch for Wilmington. and "Curley'
Ogden brother Of big Jawn' Ogden,
will do mound duty for the Chesterites.
The fnal arrangements for the an
nual duel meet between the Wilmington
High and Chester High track teams are
rapidly being completed The date is
set for June s. and the meet will be
he'd on the SwsrthmorA College track.
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
GOLF EXPERTS TO
AID RED CROSS

A special four-bsll exhibition golf
match between four Of the leading pro
fesslonais in the country for the bene-
NJ OF the Red Cross viii be played al
the Wilmington Country Club next
Saturday. in the match Gil Nichols, Of
New York, former Wilmington profes-
slonal and well known here, will pair
OF with Alex Smith, Of Wykagye
Country Club, OF New Rochelle. n. Y
against Wllfrisd e. Reid, the present
Wilmington professional. and Fred Mo
Leod. OF the Columbia Country Club
Washington, D. q
The match will be played IN 80 holes
is IN the morning, starting al a
O'Clock, and rs In the afternoon. start
ing al go O'Clock Tags will be sold
on the grounds and the entire contri-
buttons will be turned over to the Rec
Cross.
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
pocKFr RILIARp TOURNFY

Claude Brown, pocket billiard cham
pion Of Delaware and manager Of the
Colonial Parlors, has arranged one OF
his interesting pocket billiard tourna-
ments which will open al the Colonial
tonight. The biggest feature Of the
tournament is a $50 Liberty Bond,
which will be awarded 10 the winner.
Eight entries will participate In the
tournament and each viii play seven
blocks OF 400 points each. the contest
ant with the highest number ~ points
at the end Of the tourney being sd-
Judged the winner. One block will be
played each night until the tournament
Is completed. The opening block TO-
night will be played between ". A.
HUFF and Walter Pats.
Evening journal., 1918-05-21

The batter strikes al the ball
plunk, simultaneously with the swing
Of the bat the ball sinks into the
catchers glove with dull thud:
Or-crack-snd the frst thins you see
is the ball saling over the heads Of
the 1elders or skimmlng over the
ground 10 the inneld
Glance al the above pictures, they
will show you that the thump OF the
ball into the catchers glove was not
simultaneous with me swing and that
the hit ball had not gone far from the
bat before tho batter was started to-
ward 1rst.
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
BONING AT PENNsGROVT.

About the FIRST club TO operate under
the new boxing law IN the State Of New
Jersey. will be the opening show Of the
pennsgroye Athletic Association, on
Memorial Day. A new auditorium,
which is now under construction. will
scat about 1000 when completed and
will be the most up-to-date arena for
athletic purposes In the state
The following list OF oflcials have
been selected by the association. Dr.
Newlin, mansEer; NIuggsy Taylor,
matchmaker. and Johnny Eckhardt,
referee.
The card arranged for the initial show
by Taylor will bring together the fol-
lowing well-known boxers Patsy Wal
lace and AT Moore Young Rohldeau
and Young Ty Cobb. Rem Rowlands and
Henry Hauber. with Jack Brasso and
Young Joe Borrell Tor the main bout
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
RFGIIARs REAT rIRs

Special 70 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOWN, Del. May 2i.- The
newly organized Middletown Regulars
defeated the Cubs in listless same here
Saturday, ~ 20 2 The Cubs were great
ly Handicapped by the ahsense Of sew
eral OF their star players, necessitating
numerous changes IN the lineup Wal
lace, the old Odessa hurler, pitched a
heady game, allowing but two hits.
Buddy Walker, another old-timer
showed that he has come back by slam
ming two hits and making two sem
sational catches The Regulars will
play their FIRST two games next Satur-
day. The score.
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
YANKEEs 81 REnIENT.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, May o. Hugh Bcdient
Bostons hero Of the 1919 worlds series
when he defeated the Giants In the de-.
Gliding game of the series. is 10 wear
a Yankee uniform. n was announced TO-
day
Bedlent. who declined 10 report tc
Toledo. has been purchased by tho
Yankees. Il was stated He will fl
the place lof, vacant by Bob McGraw
Who has Joined the army.
Evening journal., 1918-05-21

The eye Of the modern speed camera
Is much faster than the human eye.
These photos were taken al a speed
~ i-500th part OF a second
In the upper picture George Winters.
the batter, Is Just al the end Of his
swing. He has hit the ball, shown as
4 streak a short distance in front of
the end OF the bat
10 the lower picture, Winters batting
left handed, is shown as he has missed
the ball and has swung completely
around until. al FIRST glance. t appears
that he Is batting right handed
The ball Is shown lowering between
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
|HOW they 171iJe0 Them

the plate and the caichers glove. wait
ing TO smother u.
The pictures show another interesting
sdelieht 10 baseball-the difference In
speed between a thrown ball and a
batted ball
The thrown ball. pitched with speed
by a pitcher was stopped dead still
by the camera set at i-500th part Of q
second that Is the ball did not travel
Far enough In i-500ih part Of a second
10 blur the Photographic plate
But the batted ball photographed az
the same speed leaves a short stroak
on the plate, showing that the ball
Travelled some distance In that time
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
Light Comes Too Ldfe
To MagnafeS of Minors

Now Lincoln and Denver have faded
from the scenery in the Western league.
Providence has gone into the Eastern
league IN the East. Richmond has been
left without a club. Montreal has no
baseball of the professional kind These
cities could have been taken care Of
In the disirioting plan figured out by
Ed Barrow The men who fought the
redlstrlciing knew they wore ready FOR
the skids. but they grimly held on
hoping against hope that something
would happen
Evening journal., 1918-05-21
cprFNIFAF BFATs FINK.

With a spectacular uphill rum hslp'.
Greenleaf came from behind and beat
out Morris Fink. OF Philadelphia. IN
the opening 100 point block Of their
b0O point pocket billiard match, at the
ROYAL parlors last night
c;reenleafs % was the high run 81
the night. while Fink got away al one
time for o.