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Evening journal., 1918-03-16
Haddou Heights
Gosls
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snort Bditor EVENING JOURNAL:
Announcement in THE EVENING
JOURNAL that on Thursday night the
stanford basketball team defeated the
MerwicE team. ii2 TO 8 is mistake.
'rhe Stanford team went to defeat at
the hands Of the MerNNick team at the
beginning OF the season. % TO y, and II
The manager OF the Stanford basketball
team thinks he and his team can defeat
Merwick we are ready 30 accept his
challAnge. Merwick has never been
defeated by such a score as ii2 TO 8, but
has defeated Stanford by the score Of
q 10 -. Merwick would like 10 have
the mistake corrected and If Stanford
is willing 10 play, Merwick is ready
NerWick did not play basketball al
the I.aM IT. A. on Thursday night as
was stated in THE EVENING JOURNAL
Mer7Niok has no such players as Mona
han, Thomas and Mooney. II Stanford
wants a game with Mer,Nick all that il
necessary Is 90 address "a challenge ia
C.. Townsend. 2Oi i-2 n. Harrison street
Yours I'm sport,
CLINTON TOWNSEND.
Manager OF Merwick.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
HOPPE MAY ROLL HERE
FOR THE RED CROSS

Willie Hoppe, worlds champion bill
liardist. has offered TO return TO VIII
mington and play an exhibition match
Tor the benefit Of the American Billiard
Players ambulance fund. During his
recent visit here when ho played az the
Royal Parlors, Hoppe was asked II he
would help the local fund by playing
a match here and he declared that he
would be more than glad 10 oblige. One
stipulation was made by Hoppe and that
was that he should receive no part OF
the receipts. He also suggested that the
use OF some han with proper seating
capacity be secured from some patriotic
ally inclined organization. The New
Century Club has been suggested To
those who win manage the match and
an EFFORT will be made tO secure its use
The Royal Parlors have already offered
10 supply the table and other necessary
equipment.
n the match materializes 10 will mos'
likely be played during the second
week In April.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
POULTRY NOTES

Hope Farm poultry plant under The
direction Of 2. J. Ratledge is having
great success with matches this year.
The farm hatchery is Matching barred
rock eggs from Mrs. George A. VOLTS
prize pens.
J.. Wilson Greenfield Of Roselle. ship
ned several orders Of Matching eggs TO
The New England States this week.
Lewis Fell sold a pen OF White Boot
ed Bantams for George II. Spacsman
during the week.
PuUets hatohed this month viii make
the LAYERS next December and judging
by the demand for setting hens, incu-
bators and eggs, some peeps win b
brought out.
George F. Hyatt. Of Elsmere, has two
large incubators loaded with brown
Leghorn eggs.
Poultry breeders are hoping that th'
state Fair will he continued, feeling
that showing at this exhibition ha
been a business getter.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
eiandlnn LII ~ Tcama
p N. a M. A. A. TLFCTs

with a large attendance present. ihc
annual meeting and election of The t..
b. 4 W. r. r. Athletic Association vs7
held last night. The newly-elocted of-
flcers who viii be Installed next lhurs
day night are: ". s. Rambo president
James j. Donion. yice-president; J. h.
Quinn. recording secretary; Harvey +.
Taylor. financial secretary; y. g. Tac
rart. Au 0f the officers have beei
faithful workers for the association.
Addresses were made by both the oai
going and incoming officers. reports o'
what the association did during th'
past being heard while bright plans for
f the future were discussed. Kid Bad.
win. who viii be made boxing lnsirpc
/ Tor II the association takes up tho rims
game was called upon to ten or th'
/ successes and how they were possih e
OF his all-siar quolt champions. Tn
meeting was followed by smoker.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
HOW AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUBS LINE UP AS TRIPS

The advance guards Of several bis
league clubs are already In the spring
training camps working out the kinks
ln muscles and hardening themselves
FOR the 1918 campaign. Within a few
days every player, veteran and rookie
will be in uniform
The situation in the two major
leagues this spring Is the most compii-
cated IL has ever been. Practically
evory team has been hit by the war. A
number Of stars have been called into
service and their places must be fllled.
The winter saw the greatest arrov NJ
trades OF any yra~. Tn ''
task OF sizing up the prospects Of tlIs
i6 clubs is more diflcut than In a nor
NAL year
The situation in the American League
/ Is particularly puzzllng. The two clubs
/ which last year gave the league lead
ers the most trouble have been bit
hardest by the war Boston has lost
many stars and Cleveland is not much
better OF. Tho Cleveland case is per
haps the more desperate OF the two, al
Cleveland has not been able 20 benenl
by the winter trades, as has Boston.
TWO new managers In the league fur
ther complicate the situation. Miller
Hugglns, Of the Yankees, and Ed Bar
row. Of the Red Sox.
Miller Huggins, for the first time II
his managerial career, will have plent!
Of material and money 10 work with
In St. Paul Huggins was never able q
eet players or money to buy player
with. In New York he can have any
thing he asks for within reason.
I'd Barrow has no easy proposition
at Boston. But Ed knows baseball an
has usually been rather fortunate II
getting the most out Of the material a
, hand.
The following will give an accurat
idea OF how the clubs will fnd them
selves as the training season opens.
I THE WHITE SOX-This club has SUI
! fered less than any other during On
, winter Jim Scott, veteran pitcher, WI
o. was nearing the end Of his usefulnes
! 10 the club, was the only regular I
, leave the club. The same club whio
] won the worlds championship las
fall will take the feld in April Their
a is every reason for believing they wi
y repeat this year.
THE RED SOX-This club Is the er
/ igma OF the league. Nine regulars, II
) cluding Manager Barry. have gone inf
service and the 1918 club will be a
entirely different organization frol
that which finished in second place la
fall. Ed Barrow, the new manage
must build up a new inneld and rocoI
struct this outncld. The pitching sta
e is almost as good as last year, viii
g Ruth. Mays, Leonard and Joe Bush, an
r the possibility Of Foster being able
q work regularly.
s THE INDIANS Manager Lee FO
faces the problem OF having to sol
the nrst base question again. Harrl
l- who exceeding all expectations la
10 season. was called by the draft al
FOhl probably will have to choose fro
Marty Kavanaugh and a couple OF u
Evening journal., 1918-03-16

tried rockies. The Cleveland outneld,
one OF the best in the league, Is Intact.
and the pitching stan will be built
around Bagby. Coveleskie and Klepfer.
The Indians should be there or there
about an season.
THE TIGERS Hughie Jennings again
faces his old problem-a pitching stan
The Tigers promise TO repeat as the
hest hitting club In the league. but the
pitching stan Is weak Burns, the only
regular TO be called into service should
not be badly missed. His work at nrst
and with the stick last season was med
i0cre.
THE YANKEES club has its
OF problem TO work out again, that
OF getting on outneld that can hit the
ball Miller Huggins begins his lrst
season in the American league with a
strong inneld, a fair pitching stan, one
Of the hest catohers In the league and
a very doubtful outneld. The Yankees
were undoubtedly strengthened by the
acquisition OF Derrill Pratt.
THE NATIONALS-Clark Grimth
/ failed TO add any offensive strength TO
/ his club during the winter although
/ his inneld should be a tri1e stronger
/ with Lavan at short. The club lost
Menosky and Leonard, both Of whom
/ have Joined the colors.
THE BROWNS-n Fielder Jones can
smother the dissension which wrecked
his club last year he should nnlsh bet
ter than In 1917. The trading OF Lavan
and Pratt was the initial move toward
this end. Cullop and Shocker should
help the Brown pitching stan, but
Jones may find trouble In flling th'
holes in his inneld, and his outieid il
not particularly promising.
THE ATHLETICS-COnnie Mack wa
In the process Of building up a new ma
chine when the war came along anf
tore down all he had constructed
About everything that was left wa
traded, still Mack's case is not so hope
less as Il might seem. He receives
, enough players In his trades with tn
Red Sox to form a nucleus Of a new
, club, which should be even more dan
/ gerous than his youngsters OF 1871
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
CHANGE OF DATE
IN LEAGUE SHOOTS

The conflict OF dates between The
philadelphia Trapshooters' League nnal
shoot scheduled for April 6 and the
Lakewood shoot scheduled for the
same date, has caused so much com
ment and agitation, that FOR the best
interest Of the league, considering also
The interest OF the big tournament
scheduled for Lakewood, it has been
decided 10 change the date from April
S 10 saturday, March 30.
Therefore, league matches 10 be held
on March 30 will be as follows.
Pennsylvania r. r. at Clearview.
Meadow Springs at s. S. White.
Wilmington az West Chester.
Lansdale at Camden p. r. r.
Chester at Glen Willow.
In order that the individual mem-
bers OF an clubs In the league will
know about this change, b. Il. Calvin
president Of the league Is sending q
personally addressed card 10 each OF
them which they will receive within
the next few days.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
WARS TOLL on AMERICAN
LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUBS

Chicago Scott. jenkins, Kieser,
Payne. Won Kolnitz.
Boston Barry. Shore. Bader, jan
vrin, Pennook, MoNally, Gamer,
Shorten, Lewis.
Cleveland Harris. GuistO, Dicker-
sob. Smith, Torkelson, Petty, De
Berry
Detroit-Burns, Alien, Fuller,
oldham, Nicholson, Hollywood, Eni-
son.
New York-Fisher, Kane. SMALL
wood.
Washington Gibson. Menosky,
Leonard Murray.
St. LoIls-Fincher, Jacobson,
Yale.
Athletlos-Haley, MoAvoy, Ander-
son, Bates, Johnson, Noyes, Sci
bold, Sharman, Murphy, Witt.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
RY H. d. HAAnLTON
United press Stan Correspondent.

United Press STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK. March i6.-Jess Willard
has fixed things so that ne either Will
20 down iu history as comparable 10
the great heavyweight champions who
preceded him OF he will not go down
in history at all.
Announcement that arrangements
have been practically completed TO
bring The champion and Fred Fulton to-
/ rether for a bout on July means more
| 10 the boxing game than any single
/ happening since Jack Johnson collapsed
| under Wizards hammering In Havana.
Jess has removed all restrictions IN
debating terms under which he will
nght Colonel j. C.. Miller, who obtain
ed the signatures OF brth men after q
long session in Kansas City, declares
Jess is ready 30 fight any number oi
rounds. He viii pick a spot, II possible,
where the bout can go more than 20
rounds.
It is a peculiar series OF circum-
stances that has led up 90 the meeting
between these elephantine eXpOnents OF
boxing. 10 was Fred Fulton who was
! selected by Tom Jones TO meet the
, champion when Willard was prepar-
] ing 90 fight two years ago. A loud
cry ascended at that time against Full
ton. 10 was contended he was too much
! OF a novice 10 fight the man who had
whipped Jack Johnson and Fulton lost
the bout lt went TO Frank Moran and
was a very unsatisfactory affair.
1 Fulton has been fighting his way
3 steadily 20 prominence since that time
ii As a matter OF fact, his record reads
d much better than does the champions
q His recent bout in New York with Car
% Morris. in which Fulton was disQuali-
ned for striking low, started another
Z howl against Fulton, which he ha.
found hard 60 overcome.
Unjustly charged with having a "yel
low streak" The giant from Minnesota
has gone ahead without hesitation
c gradually making a name for himsel
= that has forced the title holder 90 Civ
n him recognition.
y Willard has been bounded into tn
!, bout. Dubbed a "paciist champion
" and derided because OF The fact that n
y, has been content to appear as a circu
a, attraction instead OF defending hi
=, crown. he has chaned considerably. Re
a.. Gently ne declared himself ready
n box and offered 90 give his share O
~ the purse to the Red Cross.
~ lie wanted TO promote the mill him
~ self. This finally fell through and Co
~ onel J. C.. Miller, one OF the owners q
~ the i0i Ranch, came through as WI
. lard's agent TO arrange a bout. He Of
~ tained Willard's signature agreeing {
g q the bout and then went after Fultol
- It is a matter OF much cOniectul
"a where the bout can be staged. Fee
~ places are available for a long fight.
te fact. there is not a spot in the Unite
y. states where the law permits more tha
o~ % rounds for a bout. With this IA
In mind, it is possible the bout will
staged al some point near the Unit'
States but in another country.
New Orleans promoters have Offer
a huge sum for The bout, and Alaban
So promoters are s0id TO be trying to a
'er range for it.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
TRAP SHOOTING
BASEBALL
FRESHIES ARE CHAMPS
IN COLLEGE SERIES

NEWARK, Del, March i6.-The Della
ware CoRege interolass BsskcthsA
Championship. last night. finished with
the freshmen going through the entire
series without a defeat winning six
straight games and the title. In the
games played last night, the frst year
men played rings around The seniors.
defeating them by the score OF a 10 B.
"sank" McCaughan, as usual, was he
star.
In the other game OF the eyeniDs
which proved rather rough at times
The sophomores surprised the Juniors
whom they defeated by the score q
i6 70 20. Both teams played hard an'
rough tactics crept In, here and there
The score
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
PAsToR ASKS RFLEAsF.

The Presbytery Of New Castle will
meet in First Presbyterian Church
this city az 30 o'clock on March 26, 10
take action upon the request Of the Rev
Henry G. Martin for a dissolution OF
the pastoral relation between him and
the Rehoboth Presbyterian Church. Il
the way be clear The Rev Henry Gun
ningham is moderator
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
BRITTINGHAM OUT or ARMY.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, Del March i6-Larry
L. Briitingham, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Brittingham, OF this town. has
returned from Fort OSlethorpo, Ga,
where ne was sent with the contingent
OF siXty-nine from this county on
March 3. having been discharged be-
cause Of physical disability.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
HIGHIET GIRLS WIN.

Wilmington High School girls basket
ball team registered a cloan-cut victory
over Haddon Heights on the New Jer-
sey sextetie's floor yesterday afternoon
ny the score OF iS 90 "a. Although
played on a foreign court and lacking
the usual support, the cherry and
whste misses played their best same
OF the season, outclassing the Jcrseyites
IN many departments OF the game.
Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
SPECIAL MONDAY sHOOT.

The Wilmington TrapshoOting Asso-
citation viii stage special matches over
its traps on Monday. As an attraction
Lester S. German, worlds greatest trap
shooter and a former pitcher Of the
New York Giants, will give an exhibit
ton Of double target shooting, at which
he is declared to have no equal.
The sporting editors Of the newspa-
pers Of this city. Philadelphia and Cam
den have. been. invited to attend as the
guests OF the association
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
No. p. r. AND w. SHOOT.

on account OF the shoot between the
Delaware and Maryland teams at Belle
vue this AFTERNOON, there will be no
shoot held by the P.. b. and W. Gun
Club at Todds Cut today
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
Fulton Forces Willard TO
Defend PugiIistic Tile

Fred Fulton. challenger OF less
willard, win be q April rs next. He
was born al Blue Rapids, Kan. He
stands 6 feet, ~ inches tall and
weighs about 30 pounds. He has
reach about an inch and half
longer than Willard. Tie is naturally
lcft-handcd and is a deadly puncher
with this hand. He is a remarkably
fast and clever boxer.
Fulton's first Tight Of consequence
was with Al PalZer in 1914. Al
knocked him out. In the same year,
however. he met Jess willard in an
exhibition and Is said to have drop
ped the champion. Nearly all OF
FultOn's bouts have ended quickly
IN luOckOuts.
The largest purse heretofore offer
ed for a championship was the si0i,-
600 prize hung up by Tex Rickard
for Jack Johnson and James ]. Jeff-
ries. This fight also set the mari,
in gate receipts, the sum coming to
S270.775.
Willard and Moran drew down the
second largest purse on March IS,
1916 and drew Si50O0O at the gate.
Already Si5O,000 has been offered
for the Willard-Fulton 20.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16

The Want Ads VIII offer good
chances for advancement In selling
agencies, in canvassing and in mer-
camille positions
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
Amt
Nature
Wonderful
WHOSE FAULT? ?

The street car
Is crowded. 10
stops al every
Corner and more
Get on. The
Conductor knows
It's crowded already
But what does
lie care2 Foot !
The more, The
Merrier. Some
Squeezed citizen raises
A squawk. They
Pack 'em on
Like cattle etc.
He's wrong They
Don't pack cattle
Like humans.
There's a humane
Law against packins
Cattle Just the
same, Arnold.
Speaking about
Crowding 'em on
When the car
stops. and we
See its packed
Don't we say
"Oh. well. J
Guess there's room
For one more2"
And we get
ON. "All right
out ihere?"
Ding Ding
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
NJ M a ii RANlEIRAII.

f. The Delaware College Y. NJ. C. A. and
the local "Y' team win meet tonight In
the big cage In one Of the biggest games
OF the season. Delaware College win be
represented by The first team and VIII.
mingt0n by men chosen from the senior
League. The lineup Tor the game will
be as follows.
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
YM M A IuNIORs VIZ.

The Y. NJ II. A. Juniors again showed
their superiority yesterday afternoon
uhen they defeated the Darts OF int
". VI. C.. A. by the one-sded score OF
u to i0
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
Wilmington
DoIaWare

A scheduled IeaFue game WI D.
played between the Kewpies and ife
Red Cross. The Kewpies played great
game last week and have vowed io
make the Red Cross lose their lrst game
this year
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
HIGHLAND 4. c.
HoihIand Reds.

Domestics. cooks and mattresses
win ind excellent positions at good
wages by watching The daily Want
Ads
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
$4,000 FOR FULTON
WIN OR LOSE FIGHT
n ND IInlIed press

hN lIAH AlIlNfu ATAHNHs
KANSAS CITY, No, March t6.-Jess
Willard will light Fred Fulton July 4
Evening journal., 1918-03-16
Innlnrs
Sophomorcs
Final standing OF Teams

IONtlr sssssasaass asssss ~
Fouls committed-Juniors i3. Sopho
mores g. Referee e-Horsey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02

New lot Renrew Devonshire Cloth these bought regular
way worth 40c to-day. This lot 35c per yard Fast
colors; 32inches wide.
New Voies in all the shades
We have very cloth in yard-wide Mercerzed Otto
that than popin and very pretty This is 39c yd
New Madras Ginehams. 32inches wide; these in pat
at 35c per yard
40nch Coored Voes these of our very best rade
29c per yard This but little than last year
These prices do half indicate the market value
these goods them for less money than do and
all we ask is enough profit to pay store expenses.
Buy early, kinds that appeal to you good trades.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02
CROSSED MARINE BATTLEFIELD.
Private c. Ray George Saw Many Sights
There.

Pvt. c. Ray George, well known in
Barre and Williamstown, where he for
merly resided, has written very inter
esting letter to George l.. Wheeler of
Plainfield, extracts from which follow:
Somewhere in France, Dec. 25, 1917.
Dear Cousin George and all the folks
at home: / viii try and write few
lines to let YOU know how glad | was
to hear from you and Flo. | had a letter
from mother to-day and one from Ina.
1t was the first / had heard from home
since | came across and | was pretty
glad to hear that all at home were well
this winter.
Although I can't make it seem that
it is most New Years and winter most
over, and yet here we have not had any
snow of any amount. / am in the cook
shack trying to help out what / can to
feed the boys. They are drilling the
boys pretty hard nowadays,
would like to tell all of the news, but
l can't, because it is against orders.
/ crossed the battle-ground of the
Marine when | was ON my way here. The
land is so fiat you can see for miles in
either direction. Being on the train
could not look the ground over much,
but believe he, / saw some sights
| became acquainted with an English
fellow when ! was in England. He was
wounded II times and going back again.
have a button and shoulder bar that
he took off dead German.
| am getting along pretty well, al
though | have had hard cold and nv
leart has not been very good since hav-
ng measles. How is everybody at home2
Viii close now. Write soon Ray
Co g, l03 Y. S. Inf, A. Il. f., via New
York
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02
TALKOFTHE TOWN

For eye glasses or spectaeles, go to
Magoon's.
Sheet music, Zoe copy, Bell Brand
harmonicas 4oc. violin strings and bows
at Bailey's Music Rooms, IA Elm street.
George r. Durkee of IL Orchard street
| has flock of Rhode Island Reds that is
contributing its bit toward supplying a
part of the food that is going te win
the war. Out OF setting of "a eggs, Mr..
Durkee recently received II chickens,
and to tell of other achievements of his
feathered proteges would make long
story.
A representative from the internal rev
enue service will arrive in the city Nom
day TO occupy the assessors room at
city hall until Wednesday Feb g. The
income tax deputy, as he is called, will
be ready to advise all persons whose
incomes are affected by the new income
tax legislation. Most of the, deputies in
the Vermont and New Hampshire dis
trict are acting under the direction of
Deputy Collector Fred Whittemore of
Burlington.
Among the Barre boys who have sailed
within recent weeks for France are Lieut.
Neale W. Hooker, L. 5. A., and Private
Allen b. Morgan. The former was TEN
porarily stationed in New York while
awaiting orders to embark, and it is
thought that he was assigned to duty
Immediately upon his arrival overseas.
Private Morgan is member of the l6lst
u. S. infantry, which was stationed for
a time at Camp Mills, n. Y.
Over night the X. of c. war fund
Jumped to 81 ,5so.03, with number of |
precincts yet to be heard from. As a |
matter of fact, this sum represents the
actual cash subscriptions made here in
Barre, and does not include the contribu
tions from outside towns included In the /
territory assigned the local committee.
Reports of progress have been received
from other towns, but representatives of
the committee asked for an extension of
time in which to file their returns. Be
cause of the manifestly serious obstacles
N the way of travel, etc, the committee
gladly extended the time, permitting the
outside collectors to defer reporting until
.o-day. BY tonight it is expected that
/ tabulated list of contributions from
outside towns viii be available. and
'eport on the entire district will be for
varded TO state headquarters in Bur
ington.