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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-29
Yesterday, Sports

Chicago, March 2s.-erhe police
board Of s.ltimore dselinsa to !hsvs a
Fulton championship fight, for which
application had been made BY q Bal
tiHnore sporting man.
After the International league de-
eided TO disband at New York. steps
were taken to organize a new league,
Toronto, Baltimore. Rochester. jersey
CITY interests announced their inten.
ton to form clubs and Buffalo. SYRIA
cuse, B!nehamptpr. Newark, Wilkes
barre, Toronto and ElriFe have made
application for admittanee.
a. p Henry, eutfielder for the Gins
einnati Nattenals was released to the
Milwaukee American association club,
McHenry's nose was broken in an ex.
hipition game Wednesday at Mont
semery. Ala.
Johnny Noye won 2 technical
Knockout over Lee Mcmahon in the
seventh round at Rock Island, Ill.
Johnny Schultz and Jehnny Heiderer
fought six rounds to a draw.
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chow DAD TAUGHT
ME BATTING"
BY Roy Rowland,
Son of- Manager Garenoe Rowland OF
the World Champion White
'I Mr S0Y.

Take a position close to the plate
when Q are batting. Keep your
head up and don't lose your nerve IL
the opnoAing pitcher takes q shot at
your bean, Some fellows like to take
hold at the end Of the hat. This is
Nrepg. ! don't mean you should
choke the handle four Of five inches
fFem the and, byt try to grip it about
two inches from the tip. Grip tightly
s1a don't try to knock every ball u
Practice bunting for the sacrifice
hit eftentin1es is OF just as much linz
portance. in a ball game as a eleut
over the fence. Never stand back Of
tn plato when yeu bunt, for often
times tbs ball will squirt ef into foul
territory. Stand well up at the side
of the plate and keep your eye on the
ball. Don't 80 after every ball de-
liversd. Make them be over. A base
on balls in many instances does as
much to help win a game as a single.
Dent argue with the umpire. II
you are h~ot-headed you injure your
chances to connect with cool-headed
pitching. Above all be natural. DON'T
try to copy the style Of ether batters.'
Moreover get into batting practice
whenever you can for practice makes
perfect. S
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Interesting Facts
Of Last Years Game

New York's champion team had
the player who drew more psases last
year than anyone elsa and the player
whe was hit the most frequently. ac-
cording to the last instalment OF off
public by secretary Of the league.
fhese two men were George J. Busns
Obtaining rs bases On balls in 1s2.
games and the infelder being hit by
~ pitched balls in ISL games. J
It is the first time the National
league has reported the number Of
men hit.
Another innovation In the figures is
to make public the pumbsr 'of times
a player reached first base on 9 field
ing error, Harold H. Chase OF Cinetn-
natl vas: tbs leader in this respect,
casions through manual mistakes on
the part OF the Reds opponents.
Henry Greh, Of Cincinnati, wa the
runner-uD to Burns In the total OF
passes procured, with q total OF ~.
He played in four more games than
the New Yorker.
Ranking next to Fletcher in GAIN
ing casualty passes was his teamtaate,
Charles Herzog, now the propsfty of
the Boston club. He was hit 10 times.
David Bancroft, Philadelphia short
stop, had the second best record In
reaching first on errors, his total be-
in9 20, or nine lass than Chase's.
There wnre 81 National leasuefs
last season who took part in 100 or
more games, the greatest number be-
Ing members Of the st. Louis club
nine. OF these men the one who FAM
ned the least frequently was Ivy Win.
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GOLF TOURNEY
IS TO Be HELD
FOR RED CROSS
Novel Trophy is to be Plac.
ed to Stimulate Interest
in Meet. e.

Chicago, March ga novel trophy
~!teh is expected to stimulate inter
In the Weatarn Colt association this
aeaSon For the benefit OF the Red
Is today in the banda Of CTa,ftA
with HtagtnA assistant aecFetary Of
tho association.
The trophy which is now the rrep-
erty Of the Oahu country club Of Hon
elulu. the veAteYn outpost of the
Wsstern Golf association, Ia .sfhe Red
Cross Of Belgium" presented; by the
International association Of. the TED
Cross Of Belgium, to Colonel g. =.
laukea, member Of the Oahu club.
when he was in Europe in lla92 On 4
diplomatic mission for KinE Kaiskau.
reigning monarch At the Hawaiian u,
land at that time.
Al. two recent tournan,enta. at
which the emblem was h..&yed for the
Oahu club Bettsd a total OF IS, SOC, for
tina Red Cross, and the success Of TIE
contests led to the idea at sending
it to tn !, United States as q Rcd CPaF3
missionary" ana. the suggestion that
it be put up (. r. competition at differ.
A silver plate large enough fer the
inscription Of the winners name, date
and name OF the club for twenty
tournaments, has been added to. the
Oahu club.
When the events are epsr in the
states, the trophy is to be returned to
Honolulu. e5
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GARDENlNClS
DISCUSSED AT
SCHOOL MEET
Central Parent Teachers
Association Considers
80. -
Important Question.

The regular meeting of the Central
parent-Teachers' association
was he'd last night at the high school
auditorium. &
Tho opening number on the pro-
gram a by Richard Raughnaan,
who gave a very impressive render
ing Of Ebert .Huhhard's famous
Message to Garcia" This was fol-
lowed BY vocal solos by Miss Leigh.
The first address Of the evening
was delivered by w. p, Davies, who
spoke on National Needs and the
Home Garden" the subject Of gar
dening having been selected as the
one for consideration. Tho speaker
discussed some Of the causes and de-
the United States, and emphasized the
obligation which rests upon every in
dividual to respond to tho demand for
service which the war brings to all
of US. The home. garden was dis
eussed in.sits material relation az an
important source OF faod to take the
place of other food of which our al
lies are in need. 1t was pointed out
further that the garden is useful az a
means of health. as a e Of culti-
waiting a love for and appreciation ct
AoSAAS, tG11N a. Oil N44 W S4S N0&S4S0~
ton of the home spirit among our
people. .
E. w. Kneeland discussed the prac-
teal side of gardening in a very in
teresting and instructive address. He
took up the preparation Of the soil as
the real basis of gardening success.
In h small garden, he said, where
the first spring work is usually done
with a spade or fork, it is important
that the earth be dug as deeply as
possible and that as each spadeful Is
turned over it shall be thoroughly
~pulverized before another is turned.
This insures a mellow. wen ssed bed.
with proper opportunity for roots to
spread. Mr.. Kneeland rave q detail
ed description Of his own method Of
raising the young plants which must
be started under I'VE in this lati-
tude. Special emphasis was placed
on the importance Of car in water
ing these young plants. and in prop
erly frming the soil around the roots
when they are tr~ansplanted. Atten-
ton was given to insect pests, and to
the use Of the various insecticides and
fungicides. In discussing the water
ing Of the garden MIR. Kneeland in
sisted that when this is dons1at all II
must be done thoroughly. The mere
moistening Of the surface. he said,
usually does nor harm than GOOD.
Much better results may be secured
by Yaking the surface to a hne dust.
when Watering" he said. ''you
should Hood the ground, and flood It,
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ACRES OF
LAND TO BE OPENED
FOR SETTLEMENT
Land is Irrigated and Ready 70.
Plew-1n Two Valleys
in Colorado.

Grand Junction. Cole, March 2s.-
IN Grand Junction ,. today and in
Montrose, Colorado, a week from to,
day the United States government
through its great land lottery scheme
Is opening to settlement 10000 acres
OF irrigated land which is ready for
the pillow In two Of the pYettiest val
leys in the Rocky Mountains,
Not only is the land ready for the
tically all Of it Ia within four miles
OF q railroad. Schools have been es-
tablistled. roads laid cut and many
neishbcrs already in range, on other
prosperous farms. There is little OF
the. pioneering necessary which has
been true Of many other western
projects.
The government farms contain for
ty to eighty acres each and all are
under the two completed reclamation
gnaertakinks known az the Grand
projects. Nearly ali = level.
Prospective settlers through gov
ernnent order were compelled hrst to
visit the project they were interested
in and select the site, they desired.
Altar selecting the site the settler vas
compelled to execute a water rental
application with the project manager
Grand Junction valley at Grand
Junction and fer the twin project Of
|QncompaEhre at MontFose. accom-
panying- the application with So per
the unit selected. To be entitled to
the drawing at Grand Junction the
application had to be made between
March %. and today at 9 a. m. Z
For the Montrose project appliea-
ton begins today and ends April 5 al
8 a. m. the drawing taking place for
both in the afternoon.
Successful applicants must present
the water wight application from the
reclamation service to the land ofice
at Montross within three days after
application ana obtain his
receipt. Failure to Ale within three
days will forfeit the applicants right,
and all payments made will entitle thu
next applicant for this particular farn
to make fling. Unsucceasful appli.
cants will have their payments re.
funded Immediately.
The first payment is required FOL
water rental and entities the entry,
map to two acre feet Of water ire,
each year for three years. Additions
year. For 1913 the price has beef
hxed at 50 cents per acre feet.
BY renting water in this manner tn,
government not only encourages auicl
|cultivation. but defers for three yoar,
the building charge for the PROBES
which has not yet heen annoHncsl
and also thus allows the settler 10 us,
his capital in developing his land,
The government believes each ap
plieant should possess at least $3.50
Ito be fully assured success, and will
this amount 1t seems certain 70
siailar lands in the eams projects las
lyear returned from 3l4 pop acre ii
Grand Valley to 35S in Uncompaghre
Maximum returns exceeding 800 pc
farms on which it is possible to gro,
most any fruit or vegetable with tn
exception OF citrus and ethar tropica
or semi-tropical fruits.
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90. of Cincinnati. He. miased Is times
n 1871 contests j. Ed Ro4sh,S Of the
same club, champion National league
batsnan. struck ost - times IN l3e
engagements,
The team lenders Of the eight clubs
in drawing passes of both kinds and
in reaching first on errors were as fol-
lows; " VI
Bsston-smith in passes, Rawlings
in being hit by pitchers, Maranville in
reaching first on. errors.
reaching first on errors, DapbArt in
being hit by pitchers.
& ChicaSo-Flaek in passes Williams
In being hit by pitchers, Mann In
reaching first on errors,
CineinnaI-Groh In passes and in
being hit by pitchers, Chase in reach
ing first on errors.
New York-Burns in passes and
Fletcher in being hit by pitchers and
in reaching first or errors.
acknowledgements in passes,
Luderus in being hit by pitchers and
Bancroft in reaching first on errors.
PittAbQrgh-Carey in passes and in
being hit by pitchers, Ward in reach
tnE first on errors.
st. Lpuis-Hornsby in passes and in
being hit by pitchers, Long in reach
Ing first on errors.
Most bases on balls; OF me- playing
in 100 or more games-Burns. New
York. Is; most hit by pitched balls o.
men playing in 100 or more games
Fletcher, New York, 10; most first
base on errors Of men playing in loe
or more Bannes-Chase, Cincinnati,
II; smallest number Of strtkeouts Vt
men playing in 100 or more games
Wipgo, CINCINNATI, 10.
.LL
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en- Idah NecGlone Gibson,

ny 1AQ8n MC&1tOAS 6An040.1
Returning from over there. two
First,@ef course. come the questions.
When do you think the war Will
end;2.ss and *no YOU think. Il will be
overssbefore next Christnlas?
1t seems to me that everyone wants
to be assured that the war with end
before America has suAered-before
its people know hunger. pain and
grief.
No one in France ever asks this
question or hazards the answe The
men who are fighting English, French
has to be done IS to make those Huns
who have murdered people like cattle,
and perpetrated atrocities that not
only unthinkable. but unbelievable,
feel the world at their threats.
This will take quite some time.
The other thing that seems very odd
after the silence that everyone keeps
abroad, IL the free way in which
everyone discusses the war with
everyone else.
1 was told the other day-in conf
are now hEhtins over there, by a man
who said he belonged to the secret
service and I was a perfect stranger
to him!
We should have the signs displayed
all over America that IRE displayed in
France-'Be or guard, keep silent,
watch out. The ears Of your enemies
are always open"
I was going to one Of Dur training
camps in France and l noticed a
young, dark cemplexioned man hang
around the door Of our compartment
where I was talking with another
American woman.
In a little while my companion left
the train and the man sat down be-
side me with the remark, II see you
are an American. Did o come over
recently22"
YES" / answs<ed i~nnocently.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-29

Socialists 11sd Anti-spcialists
Engage in Debate After
Strike.

New York March a9.-Socialist and
anti,socialiat newspapers OF Germany
have been INDUCING in q sharp and
rathsrsd smhittered debate since tho
ending Of the greas strike In Fehru-
airy, yer the question ~ to who OK
serious Labor disturbance. According
to German newspapers received here
the socialist party not only refused to
disapprove OF the strike but tried to
Tx the blame for it upon the govern
ment, asserting that its methods Of
dealing with the public had given
grounds for the trouble.
The North German Gazette. an Of
fetal organ, declared that the strike
was a form Of war sabotage In the
interests OF peace.
the interior, saiaSthe strike sarved in-
mensely the interests of GerHnany's
enemies but that the confidence Of the
government and the Prussian people
had not been shaken and 1t would. ~
heretofore, press the internal reform.
The social democratic party leaders
were accused of encouraging the
strikers. Resorting to this charge the
Berlin vorwaerta. an outspoken So
won Dandle Of Bavaria as having
ers in q speach in the Bavarian cham
Der o. deputies, 'for assuming control
Of the strike movement ~ thereby the
strike would be forced into normal
channels"
In the course Of the heated arsu-
nents' in the budeet COMMITTEES, Of the
Prussian diet on February 3 . social
list member attributed the strike to
increased difficulty In Obtaining food,
to inefficient government measures
Tor food distribution, to postponement
of the franchise reform, methods of
censorahip and the existing, state of
siege. He declared that the ,prohibi-
ton of public meetings In Berlin and
the dissolution Of the strike commit
lee had caused bitterness. Philip
scheidemann, the socialist leader. the
speaker declared, had been brutally
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INKS. GIBSON TELLS 0FLANDlNG
SPY INTO NCRETSERVlCE NET

II. too. am IN American from
Brceklyn.' he assured me. "a he asked:
"Eow many men do you think
America has over here Aov!'et
II haven't the SliRhteat idea" !
answered truly.
me sunset that iii III" ssas ncs SiSSt With
the gsRslemaA ana I. In turn, hAS1A
10 pump" . little.
! found out very quickly that the
follow, who said he waA . couRier
plying between Berns and Paris. knew
nothing about : Brooklyn whore he
chained to have been bern. &
Whom WE arrived at = place whore
we had to change a ! he aid. TN
course he Vas the man Tlsht behind
me when we arrived at the place
where ~ had 70 show "our papers.""
Thet1 seemed to BE- a little coAtFe-
versy &boQt his passport although It
looked regular enough, hut I under
stood enauSh; French to be aware that
he told tho otaeials that he was my
courier.
This CONFIRMED me in my suspicious
which I knew was a regular hct-bed
Of spies. / lost nc time In reporting
the case 70 the young English secret
service ofBcer. \
I'VE will look into the matter i'm
mediately." he said, ast saw TIVE
mon leave the room, at a significant
look from him. Z
The next morning I stspped in at
the Office and asked caAually, We'll.
what about my spy?" s.
He answered, YOU really don't
want to know what has become Of
him. Mrs. Gihscn. but l think you
should he decorated" and he walked
over to the corner and handed me his
English walking stick.
Although l had one Just like it. /
accepted the cane as a souvenir Of an
interesting experience and have CAR
ried it ever since. J
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$50 &c ls{tesES r. sWF S4affSs6
ANCHORS AND HAS
bEENS ARE WINNERS

The Has Rasns took Two from the
last eveainis railes. No wa reiiins
with ths Has Repn aid s~xcepuenally
high work., gettsAs 90 In three
games with = $50 acero in the last
one. His 'tesEN Alse had the hifh
total. 1924, In the Last game.
In the sNeoHd sNqia % the evening,
the anchors took three staaishe from
the Grand Alley tsaAn!. The feature
Of this game was the exceptionally
high bowling Of Suhrke. who made q
teal ekovsr 200 in each Of the games.
with = high total Of es7,
The scorer are;
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CIVILIZATION SKIN DEEP.

We suppose civilization is only skin
deep. Tor instlnce, we are not CON
scious Of that lofty attitude Of mercy
and forbearance toward a foe that
President Wilson says Americans &C.
cupy. 1t is the plain truth that our
feeling toward the H~chenzollerns is
an intense yearning to capture them
and then torture them. And it is no
use to lie about it.-Houston Post.
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EXCEPTIONS ARE NOTICED.

Nothing lis more productive of sci
entthc error than examining a few
individual specimens and concluding
that the whole species is like that
and the fact is that most girls 60
around pretty well covered up.-
Ohio State Journal.
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chow DAD TAUGHT
Me FIELDING"
BY ROY ROWLAND,
Son of Manager Clarence Rowland OF
the Weird Champion White

.-
OF the four positions ON the infield,
1 believe / prefer to play, secofd base,
for this I think IL the spot where .
ballplayer finds the greatest action.
No position, on the infield requires
greater Judgment. than the keystone
sack. The boy playing this must Dc
. bear 1t holding swiftly thrown balls
and in looking out for high fly balls.
Moreover he must be quick in put
ting the ball on a runner, also very
active ia backing up the shortstop
and fitting into double, plays.
Another important part OF his play
is to study the style Of the various
batters for his position in the field
ID governed by the character OF the
batting he ts csllsd upon to face.
When tbs first baserasA runs In Tor .
ball it is up to the second basemap
Always tins your sthrsv 70 first
base and take good: aim. when .
runner is on first base and another
on third the second bRSeman should
be on the alert 70 make . gulrK re-
turn to the catcher vhan the later
pegs to second in order to CT down
the runRer at third should he star
for homo On the double steal,
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and food it-and then put on more
water" Evidence Of tho interest
aroused by Mr., Knasland was shown
by the number Of suestions asked by
members OF tho audience, all of which
he answered clearly and concisely.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THE IMPORTANT THING
ABOUT TRAP2HOQTISG
(By DR.. c. r. COOK
Of New London, Iowa.

Among the many sPerts, acne when
once established is SO hard to get
away from, as trapshoetina. I
From the boy phenomenon to the
ninety : two : years > young 'Wlseonsln
aMatuer, who on his n~inety-first
birthday realized an am httion to break
100 straight, eveEy shooter always has
specially selected shells. that This may
DO his time. and maybe, he will get
gazing and bring horne the, bacon"
Many readers, no doubt, have many
times started in one Of the big inter-
state events and were emily one or two
down in sixty when Elmer Shaner, the
dean OF trapshaoting managers, called
la halt. :
When you>went to bed you pictured
jyey shot the last twenty over and cvsr
again and hlew them ''eut Of the sky"
Then came your light breakfast and
always present good. fellow, who
never made I straight IN his life.
So you wondered NO how you miss
cd the four or ave Of your last twenty.
but how you byoke the ~ or ~ II: the
other four events.
Almost all Of the scod shots we're
always good. Even as boy they
could piek tho sparrow With their air
gan; thay could . little later Eli ..quail
with reeuls rity, Where you And one
Of the made-to-order shooters you
will find a hundred who are not.
Every community has q shooter
who is always q Grand Anhsfiean pos
ability. An Iowa club 9roomed such
a man last year to win this event. He
could break 9s. 81 and SO with sur.
|prising regularity, and he thought It
was earelsssnesa ia allowing the other
two or three to escape. t..
He was lauded and became .imhued
with the idea that winning was easy.
Hearing OF a tournament In a town
some little distance. he slipped away
and was going to clean it up.
Whether it was. the rneettns and the
appearance Of Gilbert, spencer and
jain, or whether it was an attack OF
mental jaundice. he failed to =
in, a program ofr,l50 and has never
shot at q target since.
There Is no sport whore luek plays
such . small faetor as in target SHOOT
ling. There are many essentials that
will assist any shooter in being bet
ter. Mental concentration is import
liant
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The bear that walks like a man is
proving his bearishness by the tenac-
ity with which he huSs-his de-
lusions.
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A pIFFICUN CASE.

Old Gentleman-What are you
crying for my little man? Z
Rey-Boe-hoc! I'm lost. I'M lost!
Old Gentieman-TheFs, there my
boy. You mustn't give up hope so
soon. Where do you live?
Old Gentlemap--Well. what's your
name? z
Boy-Den't know that either.
M-m-mether married again today!-
Passing Show,
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"A LOOTLESS PEACE.
The Germans continue to indicate
that in their opinion a lootless peace
would % a bootless peace.
The Keota news., 1918-09-13
SPORT.

Boston won the third game OF the
worlds series At Chicago. giving them
two out Of three games. The rest Of
the series will be played in Boston.
Statistics compiled by the Y. NJ. C..
A. officials show that baseball Is by
far the most popular sport among
our soldiers and sailors, both here
and abroad.
Miss Detroit III. won the second
heat OF the race for the International
challenge trophy at Toronto. Can :.
covering thirty miles over q five-mile
course in So minutes and Is seconds.
Miss Minneapolis finished second.
War made its hand felt In the at.
tendance and receipts Of the first
game Of the world series. The figures
on the opening game at Chicago and
a year ago: l9lS-Attendance,l 1924;
receipts. $so,sas: players share. $l6..
SS7.es; each clubs share. $S,l6e.64
national commission share, $3.0S4.S0.
lsl7-Attendance. $4,000: receipts,
$7s.ls:: players share. 3s.So2O6: M.
tional commission share. $7.3l5.20.