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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
SPORTS LOCALLY WIRE
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES ;. CohBETT

on at all. Miske. some days before the date of the bout. developed an ah- scess in his nose. He claims he thFu notified the men behind the benefit that he couldn't go on with Dempsey. But no such announcement was made to the public. It went to the arena on the promise of Dempsey -Miske battle. Either the promoters or the fighters deliberty double-crossed the fight fans. The indignation over the tricking at the benefit affair in New York city had just about died down when another tournament was arranged. That was staged in Brooklyn. The headline at- traction was scheduled contest be- tween Jack Dempsey and Battling Levinsky. The fans were all excited
 over the prospects of clash between
 the gladiators. For more than week before the contest, the newspapers speculated considerably on the out come of programmed match and interest in the meeting between these two men grew greater.
 On the night that the affair took place a crowd in the neighborhood or 25.0o0 turned out to see Dempsey and
 Levinsky mix 1t. They suffered a bit- ter disappointment, Dempsey didn't battle with Levinsky, and when asked for an explanation after the benefit. he declared:
 T never was matched to box with |Levinsky. I was asked by the men be- hind this benefit if | would appear at
 the show, and gladly consented l told them I would box an exhibition with
 Clay Turner, my sparring partner, and
 asked them if that was satisfactory. They assured me it was So 1 made the
 trip from Chicago to New York simply
 for that purpose.
 "I would have been glad to box
 Levinsky or anybody else if I had been. asked and had chance been given me to do little training>But no one said |anything to me about boxing Levinsky, and I want the public to know that 1t
 wasn't my fault that the programmed
 match between Levensky and myself didn't go on."
 The fight fans are very keen about
 doing everything possible to, help war
 charities and would turn out in volume
 for any contest in which there was the
 absolute assurance that the pro-
 gramnie would be run off as per sched-
 ule. But apparently they have been
 double-crossed twice, and that's enough
 for them.
 It is too bad that such an unfor-
 tunate condition has come about. Had
 those responsible played fair. with the
 public boxing show could have been
 run off every month or so in New York.
 and the war, charities would have been
 benefited wonderfully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Reds Blank Cubs
Giants Win Short Game

New York, August 30-In one of the shortest games of the season, which took I57 minutes to play, the New York team
 defeated the Superbas, 1 to Q. at the
 Polo Grounds here today. It was pitchers duel between Perritt and Coombs. The Brooklyn team got no hits
 until the<seventh inning, when they put two singles together after two men were out The Giants scored the winning run in the ninth on Doyle's single, F1etcher's safe bunt, on which OMafa made wild throw to first, zimmerman's pass and Comtlon's single. Score: R. H. E. Brooklyn ............... 900 600 ooo--0 3 New York ......... O00 000 O0i-1 i Batteries: Coembs and Miller; Perritt and McCarty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
You Will Never Be Cured by s Local Treatment With
 Sprays and Douches

Catarrh Is Q condition of tho blood and can not be treated by local applil cations of sprays and touches; this has been proven by the thousands who have vainlyA resorted to this method of treatment.
 Catarrh should not be neglected or experimented with. The wrong treat ment is valuable time lost. during which the disease is getting firme hold upon It's victim. and making 1t more difficult for even the proper treatment to accomplish results.
 Though Catarrh makes its first ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
3914 Youths Registered
 in State Last Saturday

Montgomery, August so.-Under the registration conducted last Saturday for youths reaching their twenty-first birthday. 3914 vas the total registered with the several boards of Alabama. Of this number 2577 were white reg istrants and 1917 were negroes.
 Colbert county, the scene of tre- mendous governmental war industry, where the Muscle Shoals work Is be- ing carried. on, registered 15S, Jeff ferson county. so7: Montgomery coun- ty. 11S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Five Shipyard Teams Play.
 for League Championship

Philadelphia, August so-Former big league stars are expected to participate in the ambitious series of five post game series for the baseball championship of the Atlantic coast shpbuilding yards, to be played on the Polo Grounds, New York, and National league park, h this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Japanese Embassy Staff
 Leaves Moscow for Home

Amsterdam. August 30.-The Japanese consul general and the embassy staff, the last entente representatives at Mos COW, have left for home under special safe conduct provided by the bolshevik government. according to a Moscow dis patch to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Grand Circuit Races
 Postponed Until Today

Rockville. Mass. August aO.-On ac count of the muddy condition of the track the grand circuit races were postponed until tomorrow. The first race will be started at noon tofnor- row to permit of running off the post poned events as well as those on the regulated programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Mays Plays Iron Man

Boston. August so.-Carl sMays pitched and won two full games of a double header against Philadelphia today. The first game was Boston runaway 12 te 0, and the second was a pitchers bat tie it which Mays, even better than in the opener. was winner over Perry and Johnson. to 1. Boston needs but one more win out of it's four remainine championship games to clinch the Amer. ican league pennant Scores:
 First game; R.H.E. Philadelphia .......... 900 600 000- o Boston ........... o33 OOp s0412 ii I
 Batteries: Johnson and McVoy: Mays and Schang.
 Second game: R.H.7. Philadelphia ..-. 900 100 OOO-1 Boston ................. 003 010 00s-4 5 2
 Batteries: Perry, Johnson and Perkins; Mays and Schang
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Drs. DOzier' 6 Dozier
Oldest Established Firm of Medical SpseiAlists in Alabama Twenty five Year. in Birmingham.

We treat scientifically and with wonderful success. all man .ner of chronic dlssasea of the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. Lungs. Heart. Liver. Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and All diseases of the Skin and the Pelvic Organs of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
: International League

At Buffalo 2-1, Newark A. At Hamilton. Hamilton l, Baltimore G. At Rochester: Rochester 2. Bingham ton $.
 At Toronto: Toronto T, Jersey City 8
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
floE Corner Guardians Look
 AwfuI Weak for Champions
Doed Against Worlds Series Pitching, Charley Deal and ICoffey Won't Hit Their Weight-Barrow Has
 Several to Plug Gap With
Offensive Defensive Total
THE THIRD BAsEMEN
By HUGH $. FULLERToN

The worlds third baseen the worst lot of players when dopd fielding that n such
 that of the class A players of year who paicipat din +bo1 o1 obop shins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Games Today

Cincinnati at Chicago.
 St. Louis at Pittsburg.- Boston at Philadelphia (two games). Brooklyn at New York (two games).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31

i that vital defect in his defensive
 team. He tried and failed with Me-
 Innis he has tried all sorts of men
 Whitman, Miller. Coffey-anyone that { came along, and he has found that Cof-
 fey, veteran who is smart and fair , man in all respects, but never of real major league class, was the most sat- isfactory in steady work But for a worlds series. against the pitching of the Cubs. Coffee figures down to grounds. He gains in one respect and that is that he ought to do fairly we'll
 against Vaughn and Tyler, although either Hendrix or Douglas would make
 him do juggling act with his bat. l can't figure him above .150 hitter against the Cubs pitchers, if he hits
 that well, but then we must figure fur ther when we remember that George
 Rohe, who was about the same type of player as Coffey, was the hero of one
 worlds series
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
PITCHING BIG FACTOR

The series, it now seems. will be de- cided on pitching, but even with the best of pitching against weak hitting teams there is huge danger in hay ing leaky infield.
 Chicago has the better constructed in. field for defensive work, regardless of whether Zeider or Pick plays second. It lack class, but is better balanced Bos- ton is weak at second and bad at third, while extraordinarily strong at first and short. The chance for a game, or pos sibly the entire series to leak away through third base is the worst feature of the Red Sox defense.
 Tomorrow we will study the catchers- and remember that the catcher in posi- ton value is almost twice as valuable as any one of the infielders-and in this series even more vital to the work. Copyright, 1918, by the Bell Syndi-
 cate, Incl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Games Today
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

New York l, Brooklyn Q. Cincinnati 5, Chicago O. Boston 0-S, Philadelphia Ia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Walter Holds Tanks

Washington August S0.-Johnson held New York safe at all stages of today 8 game and Washington won, 6 to 1, by batting Finneran ehard Score: R.H.E. New fork t...,....... GOO O01 0O0-1 Washington ......... s02 100 004--6 12 1
 Batteries: Finneran and Hannah Johnson and Ansmith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
COFFEY IS A DARK HORSE

The fact that Coffey,s manner of hit tingf is practically unknown to the Cubs ought to help make him more dangerous. We find this feature prom inent in the history of all worlds se- ries that the batters who are unknown to pitchers usually hit hard: vide Hank Gowdy and Rohe
 However, in figuring this series we must calculate upon the resoucefulnesS iof Barrow in gap-plugging. He has Wally Schang, who was tried at third and found wanting, and remember that Schang can hit left-handed pitchers and that he can wallop that ball hard when he gets hold of it.
 | am figuring that Barrow is certain to use Schang at third base in some of the games, and that~A Agnew will do practically all the catching. In taking Coffey off third Barrow will lose only 29 points in fielding, and will gain SS points in batting ability. If he uses Schang only against the left-handers of Mitch- ell's team his next gain will be even larger.
 Clearly it is Boston's problem to utilize the best points of the playing of both Schang and Coffey, which is considerable of problem and at best the team gains strength in one department at the cer- tainity of losing in another. Schang can not field the third base position so that. in putting him on that bag Barrow would be gambling largely that he would hit and that few balls would be hit in his direction. His ability to hit left-handers makes for scoring strength, and the speed of Bush and Mays tends to force the Cubs batter to hit toward right field, so that would relieve the tension soma- what. But when Jones pitches that slow ball it is different matter. This season both teams are compelled | to take chances that they would not take under ordinary circumstances. If Cleveland could get into the series the Cubs show considerable less attack ing power (although that is like making it rninum quantity, but have less Of Fan advantage Evans is not ranking major league infielder, although in some respects equal to or better than either Rnstnn or ChicagO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies and Braves Split

Philadelphia, August 0--Philadelphia
 and Boston split double header today The Phillies won the first game. to O, in the ninth innning on Meusel's double and Cravath's single after two were out Fortune was hit hard in the second game and Boston won, to B. He gave nine basses on balls.
 First game: R. H. E. Boston ................. O00 600 O00-- 0 Philadelphia .......... 600 GOO O01-- 1 0 Batteries: Rudolph and Wagoner: Oeschger and Adams
 Second game: RHE Boston .r.............. GOO Oil 321-- S~12 0 Philadelphia ......... GOO 0O0 3O0- 3 1 1 Batteries: Ragan and Wagoner; For tune, Jacobs and Devine, Adams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Indians Are Still Kicking

Detroit, August 3.-Cleveland won both games of double header with Detroit, taking the first ? to 1 and the second to ?. Loose fielding by the home team marked both contests. Tn the first game Coveesxie allowed Detroit only four Sratfpred hifS Sanrao.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results Cleveland 2-4. Detroit 1-2. Boston 1924. Philadelphia 1-1. Washing ton 6, New York i.
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Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
Mourning the Departed.

The newest thing in mourning is
dark blue. 1t is not for the sod half Of
the menage, but for the widow who
disagress with her other half, who
seeks the courts to cut the knot. Such
a person was seen yesterday and when
asked if she had lost some one replied:
"Yes, my husband" "When did he
die?" Don't understand" 81 di-
vOrced him. l felt for a time that
should retire quietly, and now that I
have emerged wear a compromise
color-blue. 1 didn't really dislike my
husband. but 1 had to divorce him. The
mourning is half for him and half for
the memories. But, poor boy. he mar
red again. His stenOgrapher."-New
York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
A Real Compliment.

Billy Sunday has had many compll.
ments, but the one he prizes most
dearly came to him. oddly enough,
from a criminals lips.
1t was in Philadelphia. Sunday had
visited MOyamensinOg prison. There
he had talked with a housebreaker so
convincingly that the nsn had prom
tsed to lead, OD his discharge, a Chris.
sian life.
This hOusehreaEer, discussing Sun.
Gay with guardian afterward, said {:
HE come in here, Sunday did, and
ne fairly turned me inside Out-made
me sick o. meself, that's what he done.
Oh, he's a winner. think he's one of
us-one o. the gRng-rofOrmed, you
know
Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
CANNOT MATCH THE BIBLE
Great Men Can Find No Other Book
That Combines Its Literary or
Historical Merits.

The bulk of the peOple-business
men, lawyers, doctors ana others
don't read the Bible, but writer's uni
versally recognize it, as the greatest
book, Prof. William Lyon Phelps of
Yale university said in a recent ad-
dress.
"Being a serious book, IL is weak in
humOr," Professor Phelps said. 'But
think Job intended a grim joke when
he said, Would that mine adversary
had written a book
mo narrative writer's can match the
style of the Bibles Old Testament
stOries-Hume, GibbOn, ROse-they are
all inferior. This is the day of the
short story writer, Kipling, De Maupas-
SAINT, o. Henry, but their best efforts
fa4 short of the stories of the Bible.
So 1t is with its poetry in the Psalms.
Its wisdom of the Proverbs is just as
up to date as the morning paper. and
there is no political economy equal to
the Book of Gospels.
at is possible to overestimate the
Bibles influence on English literature.
Bunyan wrote a great book because he
was saturated with the Bible, and 1t
trickled out when he wrote.
"LincOln knew only two boOks-the
Bible and Shakespeare-and yet he
was a splendidly educated man. To
know the Bible is to be educated. One
of the finest metaphors in Keats ode
fn Inf 10 FOL In
from the Bible; Nearer My God to
Thee is simply a paraphrase Of the
Eible."-DetrOit News.
Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
Americas First Cartoon.

Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania
Gazette was the first American news
paper to print a cartoon. There were
rumOrs of a possible war with the
French, which resulted in a call for
meeting at Albany of the representa-
tives Of the British colonies. Frank
lin was one of the commissioners, and
to increase the force of an appeal for
united action, on May O., 1854. printed
a cartoon representing a snake cut into
eight parts, the head representing New
England and the other seven parts the
various colonies outside of New Eng
land. The legend read: "Join or die"
Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
LIGHTNING KILLS MARKSMAN
f. w. PancOast, dupont Employee,
Meets Death Behind the Traps.

II. w. PancOaSt, duPOnt Employee,
Meets Death Behind the Traps.
One man was killed, two others
were stunned and seven were hurl-
to the ground when a lightning bolt
descended among group of dupont
Powder Company Employees who had
congregated at the company's trap
shooting grounds at DUPONT City,near
the Deep Water Point, n. j., plant
late Wednesday afternoon to shoot
at targets. f. w. Pancoast, aged
about % years, of Twelfth and Wash
ingtOn streets, WilmingtOn,w killed
just as he raised his gun to fire at
clay pigeon to be released from the
trap. E. r. Jennings and Fred
DOwnley, both of Pennsgrove, were
stunned, but were soon revived after
being taken to the company's hos
pital at Plant Mol. The other men,
bers of the party of ten were hurled
to the ground, but were not injured.
The employees had gone to the COM
pany's trapshooting field between 5
and o'clock, and about the time they
assembled there were indications
OF storm although it was not be-
Heved that it would be severe. Jen-
nings had just fired at target step
ped back to break his gun, and
PencOast had raised his weapon to
aim when there was a terrific flash
OF lightning, the bolt killing Pancoast
and bowling over the others. Pan
coast had evidently been killed in
stantly, and it is thought that the
lightning ran down the barrel of his
weapon and entered his body.
Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
HORACE DAVID
Auto Truck Express
Smyrna and Wilmington

Round Trips every Tuesday Thursday
and Friday. Leave Smyrna at a. m, re-
turning. leave Wilmington ~ D. m.
Stop anywhere along route to receive and
deliver fruit, produce, etc.
= Special attention to moving Household
PHONE 114-2-Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
SMYRNA, DELAWARE

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devoted t., the welfare of the town it repre-
sents and the State of which it is a part. 1t
also gives the items of importance OF the East
ern Shore of Maryland.
ADVERTISEMENTS-TH SMYRNA TIMES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
resents but for the outlying district of which it
is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton,
KentOn CheswO!d Townsend, Leipsic &c
rate OF 80 cents an inch for first insertion and
25 cents for each subsequent insertion will be
charged for transient advertising. Locals and
Reading Notices. 10 cents per line per issue.
A special discount on all semi-annual and
yearly advertisements
Smyrna times., 1918-08-21
TWO FARMS FOR SALE
Kennard & co.
Founded l846
Founded l846

Store closes Saturday at 1890 p. M, during July
and August.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-16
FIRM
AGAINST BILL
tBy Associated Press)

Washington, May 16.-The presi-
dent has renewed his fight against
the Senate's adoption of the Cham
berlain war inquiry resolution. He
has advised Senator Thompson that
the amended resolution is still OBJ
jectionable and said that, even as mod
flied, it would in affect authorize a
"dragnet' Investigation.
The president wrote: 81 protest
most earnestly against the adoption of
any such action and shall hope that
every senator who intends to support
the present administration in the con-
duct of the war will vote against it.
These are serious times and it is abb
solutely necessary that the lines he
clearly drawn between friends and op-
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-16
j. s. METHODS
DAMAGE LANDS

That the attention of the govern
ment should be called to the damage
caused the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict by the Reclamation Service rip
rapping on the east bank of the Col
orado river, was the plea made by
Joe Simons at the last meeting of
the Imperial Irrigation District
board.
= Mr.. Simons takes the position that
the riprapping has caused the cur
rent of the river to be thrown against
the California side. Had it not been
for this, he says, the river would
have found natural course on the
Yuma side. The heavy cost of main
taining the levee on the California
side is the result of the government
methods on the Arizona side, he
maintains. Properly presented to
Congress, he believes an appropria-
ton for the maintenance of the I'm
perial Irrigation District levees would
be forthcoming.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-16
AUSTR|ANS CRY
FOR PEACE THAT
NEVER ARRIVES
Correspondent Says Entire Country
Regretted the Departure of Count
CZernin, Because He Was WGrkins
lard for Peace-HOping Ikrains
Harvests Will Be Sufficient.
(By Associated Pr, ss)

Amsterdam, Wednesday, May 16.-
The Tijd prints the following cen
sored letter from Vienna corerspon-
dent:
"The reason why all classes of the
population regretted Czernin's depar-
ture is that in him they saw her
aid of peace, and the people want
peace above all. This is not surpris-
ing, because the misery is extreme
The people will probably hold out
through the next difficult months
until Ukraine grain arrives in suffi-
cient quantities, but it is natural that
everybody should yearn for peace. A
hundred times daily one hears the
lament:
"'How long is this crazy destruc
tion to last?'
"Only the conviction that the en-
peror honestly desires peaces and has
given evidence of this in recent Incl
dents keeps the people going"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-16
DISTRICT AND INTER-
IOR DEPT. HAVE AR
RANGED NEW AGREE
MENT, MORE FAVOR
ABLE THAN OLD.
Mutual Water Companies
A isOry Board Has
Dropped Further Study of
Contract Until New One
Is Framed.

At the mass meeting to be held in
the Tulane theatre at II a. m. on
next Wednesday, a new contract be-
tween the Interior Department and
the Imperial Irrigation District will
be placed before the people for adop-
ton. This contract, in form, has
already left Washington by mail and
should reach Ell Centre Monday.
In this contract is embodied the
majority opinion of the mass meet
ing regarding Mexican questions, an
all-American canal, and power
rights, with the addition of two more
more clauses which the directors have
threshed out and which will not be
made public until the mass meet
ing.
At the meeting of the advisory
board of the mutual water companies
in Imperial yesterday the subject
was not taken up. The secretary of
No. l states that the consideration
of the contract has been dropped un
til the ne wone appears.