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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
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If batting means anything at all, 1t
means smashing offensive work for your
own club and an ability to demolish the
defense Of the opposing team. Cravath
has done this year after year, and al
though he is famous throughout the
country. he Is not given the full credit
he deserves.
He Is the most valuable man in the
National League today, and although
nearly thirty-eight years old. fields his
position well and is not truck horse
on the bases. He Is the undisputed
home-run king but, more than that, he
should be monrch of all he surveys In
the hitting line.
Never Considered Star
He lever has been considered star.
In fact, he is too modest to claim any
honor for himself. Gavvy will tell you
frankly that he Is not the best fielder
In the world. does not shine on the base
paths and Just plays q mediocre game
but his records disprove 1t. He Is a
star, but never has commanded stars
salary. He has received less money
than any other slugger in the league, but
he never worries about II. He never
has been holdout, never worried about
what would happen TO him in the fu-
ture, hut kept on delivering day after
1ay. doing his bit and driving in runs.
Last year Y - ltxeA fhat crs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

Sohnstown, Pa, June 15.-The Ma
tional Baseball Association. in an an
nouncement published yesterday gives
notification that entries for the annual
competition to determine the sand-lot
baseball championship of the United
States will close July I. The executive
board Of the association will meet in
Detroit. Mich. July Is. at which time
lated.
Many teams located in large cities of
the country will take part in the compe-
Cleveland. Canton. Akron. Toledo. De-
troit. Chicago, Cincinnati. Louisville,
New Orleans and others. There will be
two classes In intercity series. amateurs
and semiprofessionals. Each city will
conduct local elimination series to de-
termine the team which will represent
1t in the national championship games
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
GAVVY CRAVATH HITS
HIS HUNDREDTH HOMER
Only Four Other Sluggers
in Majors Have Reached
That Mark Since 1884

TAVVY CRAVATH established a
" major league record yesterday after
noon when in the tenth inning of the
first game he knocked a home run in
;he left-field bleachers. This was his
hundredth circuit clout since entering
the big league ten years ago. Others
have beaten his mark in their ma jor
league career, but Cravath is the first
to reach the century in such a short
space of time as nine years.
Only four other sluggers have reached
this mark since 1884. Sam Thompson,
who played with Detroit and the
Phillies from 1886 to 1898 and ended his
career with an average of 341. walloped
120 homers and leads all of the others.
This mark, however. was made in
thirteen years. Roger Connor. the old
first baseman of the New York Giants,
made III homers from 1885 to 1897.
This was made in the olden days when
the pitching had not reached its present
high standard. Ed Delehanty piled up
1O5 four basers in sixteen seasons.
Wagner Also Made 100
Hans Wagner also broke into the Sc
lect circle, but it took him exactly twen-
ty-one years to accumulate an even 100.
Thus Gavvy's record stands out as the
best since 1884.
Cravath has raped out ninety-eight
homers since joining the Phillies in 1912.
His hitting always featured the games
and now, despite his age, he is consid-
cred one of the best players on the
club. He broke into the big show in
1908 with the Red SoX and made one
home run that season. In 1909 he went
to the White Sox and biffed another.
In 1912 he joined the Phillies and made
eleven his first year and followed with
nineteen, nineteen, twenty-four, eleven,
twelve and two. When he gets two
more he will have a record which should
stand for years. In 1916 games he has
been at bat 3105 times and hit ninety
eight homers. His record since join
ing the Phils is one home run for every
10 1-3 games, or one out Of every thir-
ty-two times at bat.
Remarkable Record
This is a remarkable fence busting
career but the remarkable part of it
Is that Gavvy seldom hits for an aver
age above 800. His best year was in
1918 when he tied Schulte's record with
nineteen circuit clouts and hit .341. That
year he made more hits than any other
batter, led in homers, was second in
more runs than any other man in the
league. He had total of 119 extra
bases, which is going some.
In 1915 he smashed all previous marks
with twenty-four long wallops and to-
tailed 266 bases for the season. However,
he made but 149 hits and his batting
mark was .285. This is far from being
a swell average when you look at the
mob in the 800 class. but Gavvy was
more valuable than one of those rare
birds. He scored more runs than any
other man in the league, and drove in
more runs than any other batter. He
was seventeenth on the list of hitters.
but should have been first on point of
service. Here Is his home run record:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
WALTER JOHNSON AND
JIM VAUGHN FIRST TO d
WIN 10 GAMES IN 1918
George Burns, Athletics,
Tops Sluggers in Ameri.
can League With Aver.
age of .359

WALTER JOHNSON is the first
w American League pitcher to win ten
games this season when he blanked the
Tigers 1t was Johnson's tenth shutout
over Detroit and his fifth shutout this
season. Scott Perry is the first ma jor
league twirler to lose ten games this
year. Derrill Pratt quit to Guy Morton
after a hitting streak that lasted for
nineteen games During this. the second
longest hitting streak of the season,
Pratt got twenty-four safe ones in sew
enty-eight tries, for an average Of sos.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

ID
Perry Boston is need Of pitchers and the Maman would fit
a
quit without struggle will
according baseball
deemined-f
e
/ a
with Cincinnati second improved little the
the 1dest local There
Charley nfd Red Smith
has climb higher Perry finally Boston
will lose will Boston
Organized baseball will who In the draft
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
amateur Notes

st. Francis Xavier B. b. c. would like to
arrange game, with any seventeen and
vania New Jersey ot or Delaware m offerins ffhimsS,,
reasonable kuarantee. Thomas r. x. Fahy
or ca Possr ss5 sna
nine, has open dates. from June % to Sep
tember I and would like to hear from first.
r. Rothermal, manager. Delair, N. j.
a fast trayelins team would like to OBJ
tain the services of q good shortstop. second
to play for their expenses only. As w'''"s
FairhilI Professionals has July 4 "a. m
open and would like to hear from some
fast team offering reasonable guar sntes
Orkney street. or call Kensington 0588.
t., Georsia r: q; a semiprofessionaI travel
ing nine; would like to arrange Sunday
guarantee. o. 4. sehiilins. manager. ese
North Lawrence street,
like. to arrange sunday games with teams teams
having home grounds and offerinG a reason.
Holmesburg. or call Holmesburs los j.
Ball PLAYER VINO has played in the Main
Line and Suburban Leagues would like to
League. Ball Player. 1929 Poweiton ave
Nativity G. c.. a .irst-clsss home ana
travelling team, would like to. hear from
teams having open dates. Nativity has
played such teams as Bridesburs. Coriey
9. C., Me,rose and other teams of that "a IL
Cedar street. -
Tenerysw sftevnees the Painonia Glass
e ths stokes : sa,Ith ~ oeSsl VII ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Fred Merkle Leads Batters'
in Tener's Circuit With
Clouting Figure of .384
Paskert Hits for .375

DIG JIM VAUGHN, of the Cubs, is the
~ first major league hurler to win ten
games this season, getting his tenth
victory last Monday from the Phillies
via the shutout route. Bill Perritt halt
ed both Merkle and Paskert. the two
Cubs being on hitting streaks. Merlle,
the leagues leading batter. had hit safe<s
ly in fourteen consecutive games for IN
average tof .4S1, while Paskert, in eight
contests hit for 1875. Gene Paulette got
four hits in one game of the Giants
pitchers. S
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Pocket Billiard Player Dead

Washington. June 15.i - Frank Sher-
man, former world champion pocket bill
lard player died at his home here yes
terday. Sherman defeated Clearwater
and De Orc at Boston for the world 8
championship
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Cards and PhiLs Still Tied for Sixth Place

THE bitter
IooieC
the
double
Hendricks has smart ball club The their
a a and
ball
/ a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Bezdek Has Only Sir Pitchers on His Club


= Bob Harmon who ability do
William Phnues Bob
owedo on his three
Schmidt brother Of
many and
Molwtz
first
record Of having made eleven straight
711nes al bat
in
Is the National
Hincb-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Pirates Are Here Today for Three.C Game Series


Pirat Kind sends in the
The Pittsburgh
Phes
s-cessf
"The Pirates here with
showed on May with
pitching
day o 2.
Forbes also a
his season
pitcher Elmer Marcus Mlgan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Natlvity q. C.. s nrst-cla.. home ana

Tenerfsw sftevneea the Painonia Glass
B plays the Weidner p. G.. n. .. yeturn eams
II = J: i;;:ii \: s''3 - s;''' y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

Ball player VINO has played in thu Main
Line and Suburban Leagues would like 10
play with some team in the Main Line
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

Diamond A. C., of Holmesburg, would
like to arrange Sunday games with teams
having home grounds and Offering q rea son.
able guarantee. Thomas A, Cody msnager
Homesburg. OF call HolmesburS los j.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHING AVERAGES s.

Games Lost by Pitchers
to These Clubs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHING AVERAGES

Games Won by Pitchers
From These CIubs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

Georgia r. g.. a semiprofessional travel.
ing nine. would like to arrange Sunday
games with teams In or out Of town having
home grounds and offering a reasona Bile
North Lawrence street. - 7'7-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
Crude Oil Is Consumed in
Excess of the Production

It is interesting to read that the
country Is consuming crude oil at the
rate of &c, 600 barrels a year In ex-
cess of production. A demand to rush
production Is raised. There is refining
capacity for 1,25O,OOO barrels a day.
while the production Is about 100000.
Many Of us who are not yet superan-
nuated a remember when oil was
put to use. Since that time how much
has gushed or been drawn from under
ground? Nobody can calculate, says
the Hartford Courant.
We know where the perpetual
brooks and rivers come from. The wa
ter flowing to the sea returns In rain
and the supply Is continually self
renewing. But how about oil1 How
can that return. to the inner earth after
being separated and burned1 Every
body takes 1t for granted that there II
an unlimited supply Of oil to be had,
and nobody discusses the possibility Of
It's giving out. What would the world
do today II It suddenly found itself
without oil3
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
Rats, Pets Of Miners, Warn
Workmen Of Unseen Dangers

There is one place in the world
where rats r pets. Such is the case.
says the public health service, in the
deep gold mines Of the mother lode In
California.
In those underground workings there
are great numbers Of rats, which are
petted and fed by the miners. When
the latter assemble at noontime to eat
their lunch, the hungry rodents like
wise gather to receive scraps Of food
thrown to them. They are very tame.
The miners cultivate their good will
because they believe that the rats
warn them of unseen dangers, and that
the little animals can tell by instinct
when the roof Of q tunnel or gallery
Is unsafe. In the latter case they
scurry away. II poisonous gases are
present, they give notice Of the fact
by showing symptoms of distress.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
How Work Helps.

Count yourself among the blest n
you can work, and work hard. Work
has specific healing for your trouble,
although on other grounds I I'm tn
disciple-a pilgrim to its shrine. I had
always liked my two hands inordinate-
~ for what they could do, writes Mar
garet Baldwin, in the Atlantic, but
when, long ago, I learned how int-
mately and fundamentally the hands
had had to do In primal ages with the,
evolution Of the brain Of earliest homo,
when 1he yet struggled with his eolitha
and his unprotected thumbs. I revsr.
enced them anew. The power Of the
hand visibly to recreate the mental
conception Of q Raphael and . Prax1-
teles n inde6nable and exquisite. The
hands hold the sublimity Of the spirit
70 the power OF the flesh.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
SWINE NANCE NOT UNCOMMON
Parasite 10 Microscopic In Size and
Looks Something Like Dat Grain
Hard TO Cure.

We hear much about mango in horses
and cattle, and scab In sheep, but
mango in hogs is not at all uncom-
mon. The parasite that causes mango
III hogs is microscopic in size and looks
something like an oat grain. 1t imbeds
In the region Of the hair follicles, es-
pecially around the snout, eyes and
forelegs, causing the formation Of
small pustules. The skin becomes
thickened and rough. Where q hog Is
much affected the carcass should be
condemned for food.
This kind of mango is readily trans
mitted to other hogs and treatment is
difficult. Since there r some who
believe hog cholera may be transmit
ted by these and other external para
sites, such as lice, 1t is well to keep
q lookout for hog mango.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28

that govern profit. It seems to be well
established that the problem for the
farmer is to produce and carry the.
calves to weaving time as cheaply as
possible. as the calves produced cheap
" make just as good feeders and bring
just as good price per pound as the
more expensive one The weight at
the time Of sale seems to have very
little effect on the profit, except that
they are usually heavier in the sum-
mer which is the time when heavier
calves are put upon the market. An
expense entailed in feeding the calves
up for weight in anticipation Of sale
Is a loss, Is being sold for feeders,
their flesh and fat weight does not
count unless obtained without cost.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
MANAGEMENT OF BROOD soWs
Strong Lltters Secured II Preparation
10 Made Before Breeding
Ration Favored.

TO get strong litters Of pigs begin
before the sow is bred. II aged sows
let them be q little thin In flesh; then
from two or three weeks before You
want to breed them put them on a ra-
ton Of middlings and tankage, con-
sdsting Of nine parts middlings to one
Of tankage, made into a slop. Add
ear corn and get them up to all they
win eat up clean each feed 90 they
VIII ret to gaining fast.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER

An e%gg-laying strain cannot be pro
duced by inbreeding. In order for g
hen to be q good producer, Tom Bar.
O writes, she must be In good health
and full of vigor. Use a male that was
bred from a hen that laid 200 eggs OF
in a year. Breed for high aver.
ages instead Of exceptionally high in.
dividuals. A good layer usually stands
high in front and her back Is not on
q level, or the e q higher than the
front. The best producers usually
have large combs, q high tail, and q
prominent, large, bright eye. Prefer
the wedge shape, rather narrow In
front but wide behind, and wide be.
tween the legs. A hen inclined to be
sQuirrel-tailed IL the best layer.
Not always the largest hen IL the
best layer; generally the smallest one.
The heavy laying hens are those
with white legs.
A tight-feathered bird rs q better
layer than. q loose-feathered one.
A hen that does not lay we'll in win
ter should not be used.
As q rule, the first pullets Of a brood
to begin laying make the best layers,
and the first cockerels to row usual
" make the best breeders for egg pro-
duction.
The laying hen is usually nervous
and active, according to 81. A. Nc
Keene; she has a strong appetite, EVIL
denced by a full crop at night; she
is the last to retire at night and the
first to be about in the morning; she
is also late to mott in the fall; she Is
distinguished by width and depth of
abdomen; the comb Is usually large
and the eye bright.
Professor Kent says that an exam
ination Of the earlobe is considered to
be almost infallible. A chalky white
earlobe indicates that a bird is laying
heavily, whereas a cream-colored one
shows that the bird Is laying moder-
ately, has just started or has just stop
ped. A milk-colored earlobe shows that
the hen has laid slightly OF has stop
ped laying. A very yellow or dark ear
lobe indicates that the hen has not laid
at all. An extremely white earlobe al
SO may mean very low vitality. The
more velvety the texture Of the hens
comb the better her health, and it IL
almost q certain sign that she 10 lay.
ing heavily.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
Popular Science.

Compressed peat u being d.
veloped by q European inventor
% q sound insulating material.
No matter In what position Il
II attached, the seat OF = nsw
bath tub chair remains level.
Six varieties Of seawosd ar0
5sn1a1 BY the japanese n ~
mnnRfacture Of vegetable -lsin-
Gi&aA.
4 patent has been 4fanted Z
DsGrclt woman Tor i screw hook
TINT holds . plats aboys e md
. emp below II q IL Same nms.
y hand-operatsd snsry whsea
which en- - clampeo o any
txse has beea hy01tod O slax-
- To tools g nenWsG11og T.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
ALFALFA VALUABLE FOR HOGS
Ianoolajiy True This Year More Than
9yer On Account of The High
Price Of Alfalfa.

Alfai1A hay 10 especially valuable
1ogshoaa and that 10 true more than
'eysr this year, with the price Of tank
- - high.
Every farmer should be surs that
m Of the waste leaves around the
feeding places Of the cattle and horses
asse saved carefully for IL hogs or the
eAickena Then It will my 70 feed
haY 20 the hogs directly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
Aridity and Crops

n ancient civilization W ind the
people showed . preferences for aria
countries and there tho sodls were
most fertile. Egypt, Palestin4, Persia,
s6yria, Gases n the Libyan ma -
IhaRa deserts, Al1bla, ~ both ades q
to Meditefranean; nsfaet. evegyNhere
IaI1dity occurs q cloGely fnkG6 VIII
- ysel1ss e1sAtl6e Gn1Ene -.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28

VAA4 SO WI VA AS ROSSlDl0 0V UdyA
May comes next, with Is and an adj
ditional Sunday o otherwise cele-
brated, thus actually tying November
In the number Of days closed to BUSH
ness. March, on the other hand, is
the longest all around business
month, having only 10 holidays. Thus
at, least two-thirds Of every month in
tefferes with the free play Of inter-
national business.
Even such generally observed festi-
walls az Christmas and New Years
Day can't be depended upon by the
banker without consulting the inter-
national calendar. /.
New Years Day il the only holiday
universally observed. But, alas, It
falls on IL different dates in different
parts Of the globe, and some countries
observe more than one Of them. An
exhaustive study Of these New Year
celebrations would give n a pretty
fair knowledge Of the ancient history
Of the world. Curiously enough. one
Of our own states, Massachusetts,, does
not make this a legal holiday, though
her citizens generally observe 1t.
Where chIstmas 10 Not Observed.
Christmas Day, due to its religious
Significance, is not 90 generally OBJ
served as New Years Day. 1t has,
moreover, only three different dates.
1t was not generally observed on De-
cember 25 until the fourth century.
The early church, lacking any au-
thentic knowledge az to the date Of
Christ's birth. celebrated 1t without
uniformity In May, April and Janu-
airy. The Armenian Church still OBJ
serves January 9. Why the Decem-
Der GATE was finally selected Is uncer-
tain. Some see in 1t a displacement
Of the Roman Saturnalia; others de-
clare It a survival of the Feast Of the
Winter Solstice, and still others point
to its coincidence with the old Ger
man Yuletide Feast. Countries where
the old style calendar prevails still
celebrate January I.
In the Puritan days Scotch Presby-
terians and English Non-C onformists
rejected Christmas Day altogether al
"savoring Of papistry." and in New
England Thanksgiving Day was de-
vised to replace It It seems a curl
ous thing that there r today Christ
tian countries where It 10 not OBJ
served legally. Such u Norway.
Panama, Peru, Portugal and tho
South African Union.
The last named, however, still OBJ
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
BY oARRET SMITH.

lille man plays or prays the
NAl worlds business will be in
" terfered with on 28l days
during 1918. In other
words, there viii be only 81 days in
this coming year that are not Sum
days or special holidays in one or
more important commercial regions
OF the earth. Nor II this an unusual
condition created by the war. We
are accustomed to jump remarkable
conditions into the category OF war
evils these days. On the contrary,
some OF the fighting nations have Tor
the time being stripped their decks OF
minor and unusually supernuous holi-
days
Ever since man wa condemned to-
earn his bread By the sweat Of his
brow he has been putting IN 4 lot Of
spare time trumping up methods Of
beating the game. Next to working
into the boss's job the invention Of the
holiday has been one Of his abiest
little achievements In this line. Like
Wise ever since bosses and holidays
evolved, along about hlstory's sun
rise, the former have been curstngI
the lattsr @ troublesome breaks nj
the years work. BY the Middle Ages
holidays had become 20 numerous
that th1y seriously interfered with,
industrial pursuitA A valuable ~
o1lt of tn Reformation not generally
Appreciated Nas the abolition ot q
large portion 81 these holidayA
But 90 time went on political
and religious m~ilestones accumulated
again. Today. while tAs years over
load n any one country Il ~ no.
neans = serious q n. the Middle
Agsa. the growth Of international
1nance has made the worlds agore-
rate Of closed days Z serious factor
and On expensive one. Not until now.
ihowsvse, has any attempt been made
10 compile On exhaustive list OF holt
days Tor the guidance of bankers ana
nslchanta. This task has just besn|
<ompletad by the Guaranty Trust
Company cf New York city. Tho ~
1plt1 havs been published = ! book
1ot that should she 4 valuable additionl
y ~ r~ofsrsnce iibrarySof every bank
= the country doing more than = purS1
MJlokals hnnfnoa
Mpoteanee oank hell1ayA
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