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The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
FOOTBALL NOW
PARLOR GAME
Push Ball, as Played in
Camps and Cantonments,
Some Rough Pastime.

Remember the sport reformers of
few years back who lamented loud
and tearfully the roughness OF foot
ball and other sports.
Wonder what those same gentlemen
would do nowadays IL they happend
into an army or navy camp and saw
some of the games the soldiers and
sailors are playing.
Football, even the old football of
the flying and revolving wedge. has
become a parlOr game to some of the
games these lads are playing. The
new games are virile, they demand
strength and they cannot be played
by men with yellow streaks. And
afterward, when these boys go over
the top they will realize the benefit
of these games.
There is nothing OF the parlor game
about pushball
In the first place a fellows got to
be pretty husky to do much juggling
with the monster ball which is more
than six feet in diameter and weighs
about $50 pounds.
The huge ball is placed in the CEN
ter of the field. On either side ten or
fifteen yards away are equal sides
lined up. At the referees signal both
teams charge on the ball.
It's quite likely the big ball will
knock down a couple of fellows and
plaster them into the mud before II
gets up in the air.
Then outside of what the ball Is
likely to do everyone has to be pre-
pared for the rushing teams which
have any football rush ever seen
backed off the boards.
Oh. yes. pushball is nice game,
but not for a mollycoddle.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
BAN DEFENDS PLAYERS.
Protests Charge That Diamond
Athletes Are Slackers as a Class.

President Ban B. Johnson, Of the
American League, has come to the
front with, a letter demonstrating g
against criticism of ball players as
a whole in connection with the war
Replying to an editorial in the Chi
cago Tribune, panning some of the
Cubs as slackers, he wrote that
paper:
There are many who are prone to
believe the baseball family as a whole
are lacking in, courage and devotion
to the country in this period of
strenuous trial. am positive in the
thought this deduction Is not true as
1t may apply to a large percentage
OF our players.
AS an example, will cite the
Cleveland club of the American
League. There are today eighteen of
Its players in military service. One
wears naval uniform, another Is In
the aviation service, and the remain
Ing sixteen are In the Infantry. OF
the latter nine are listed with the
fighters In France. ....r
When we weigh the fact that
Cleveland's quota Of men under re-
serve IL not large, this must be re-
garded as most commendable show
ing. There are other clubs in the
major leagues whose military record
will measure very close to the Cleve-
land standard"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
VAUGHN A WAR WORKER.
Cub Pitcher Tolls in Nash Motor
Company Plant at Kenosha.

There may be quite a difference
between pitching ball and working
eight hours daily around a tRo-
story hydraulic drill press. but Jpm
Vaughn is finding the press more
interesting than the baseball dia-
mond ever was. The late Cub
pitcher found in Mr.. Crowder's
''work-or-fight" order a chance to
help win the war. He received an
offer of essential employment from
the Nash Motor Company at Ke-
nosha, Wis. HE works as good as
he pitches ball" say his employers.
which is saying a good deal for
Vaughn. First thing fans will hear.
it will be Vaughan getting promo
tion.
1t was Vaughn's intention to
make good before he took the new
position. He moved his family
from Chicago to Kenosha, bought
little cottage near the place of
employment and is finding life in
teresting. And he still gets a
chance to pitch ball. He serves the
strikes and balls for the company
team on Sundays and is bringing
that club considerable prestige
among semi-pro teams, both in
Chicago and in Wisconsin towns.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
News and Views Of Sporting World
WOOD REFUSED PAY UNTIL
AFTER HE PROVED COMEBACK

Much has been written about Joe
Woods great comeback in 1918, but
it may not be generally known that
Joe was donating his services to
the Cleveland Club for the first two
months of the season-that he was
not. in other words. put on the
payroll until June Is. and that he
began to draw pay from that date
for the first time since July /. 1917.
And 1t was Joe's own doing, not
through any restrictions of his club.
When Jim Dunn first purchased
Wood from Boston, Joe was signed
to a contract that called for an ex-
cellent salary. but when he affixed
his signature to the document he
informed his new employer he
would not accept money on false
pretenses and that If he could not
deliver he did not want any of
Dunn's money.
Joe proceeded to make strenuous
efforts to get his arm in shape to
pitch. He finally went to the
mound against New York in May,
1917. The demands he made of his
whip were too much and the arm
again refused to come through for
him.
Accordingly. when July 1 arrived
Joe went up to the ball park office
upon returning from an Eastern
trip and said:
Mr.. Dunn, i told you when ]
signed l thought i would be OF
value to the Indians. / know now
it is doubtful If 1 will be an asset
to the team this year as a pitcher.
know. however. that 1 can aid in
coaching the other pitchers and
also be of some assistance in other
ways. So, if you wish. ! will stay
with the club the rest of the sea-
son-but without salary"
That is generous of you, Joe, II
replied Dunn, and II it is all right
with you Ii is with me-"
During the following winter
neither Dunn nor Fohl banked
much on Wood being of any help
to the tribe in 1918. No contract
was sent him, but early in March
a message was received from him
that he was at New Orleans paying
his own expenses in a final effort
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
BULLFIGHTING HIT
BLOW BY BASEBALL

According to the latest reports
from Venezuela baseball beats bull
fighting. From the American point
Of view there is nothing remarkable
in such a statement.
We always knew it did. But
Pitcher Nuts, of the Borinuuen
:I-"s, the Porto Rican baseball club
That recently visited Venezuela for
.-r:es of games. says that the SEN
iiu"rt has got hold in the South
e nCrrcSn Republic. where for CEN
t''Ties la corrIda de toros" has been
taC EGt.OnaI sport.
''"Onle there still go afternoons to
e the ''toreedOr" give the deadly
tr-Is- to his victim. but a greater
s-H..-far attend the morning baseball
iae, and their enthusiasm at the
go de pelOta" is more intense
y. continuous. They howl at the
rr-Eers and at each other. convinc-
i7-. proof that the fan has appeared
t1 L South American Republic.
~ PLAYERS, tie natives have not
Pc ched Porto Rican standards: they
ere ra ,hcr weak fielders and batters.
I'"t throw, Ave MariaI How they
N throw, according to Nuts,
Frltcr johnson and Iris Speaker
.-oul' sit uo aud take notice il they
.1w the "NcnezOlanOs'' "tirando la
rrlCtr"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
CRANEY GREAT PINCH HITTER
In Eighteen Times Called On He
Batted Even 300

When the statistics on pinchhitters
who delivered are compiled and is
sued Jack Grauey. of the Cleveland
Indians, probably will be found lead
ing the list. for the Canadian had won
aeriul luck in his efforts as an emer-
Eency batsman.
In the first IS times Lee Fohl called
upon him to bat for a teammate, he
walked three times and delivered a
sacrifice fly on another occasion, Ieav-
ing him Il actual times at bat. In
those IA times he made seven hits,
an average Of 800 his most preten-
uous effort being on July .. when
he trtpled of Rogers, of st. Louis,
driving in the tying and winning runs.
His sacrifice fly was made off Ci-
" -" a"'l lruvs in the winning run
90 'E i;c"auUu Of Memorial day.
'e,- ,.8ys later he made a pinch sim
lie OF Joe Bush and drove in the ty-
ing run, Cleveland eventually winning
in extra innings. The next day he
drew pass from Molyneaux. of the
Red Sox' that forced a run across the
plate
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14

to learn IL he could restore his arm.
In the training at New Orleons it
looked as IL his arm was better than
1t had been in years. and Joe felt
hopeful. He intended to go to the
mound before the season was far
advanced. and he Impaired to fellow
players on the quiet that at last
he was all set for that comeback
he and they had been hoping for.
Then something unexpected hap
pened.
The tribe went to Detroit on its
first trip out of town after the cam
paign opened. The entire infield was
stricken with influenza. Most of the
pitchers were afflicted with the same
illness. Jack Graney threw his arm
out of whack. Fohl tried Ed Miller
in left field. The next day he sent
Eddie Onslow there. Onslow's work
was so deficient and cost so many
runs that Wood could stand it no
longer. He finally edged over on
the bench to Fohl and said: For
the love of Mike, Lee, put me out
there in left field before this game
is lost"
To the left field be went, and he
played that garden the greater part
of the time thereafter. He won
games, many of them. by his batting
and his excellent fielding. But still.
he was paying his own way. He
was not receiving salary.
Along in June Jim Dunn met Joe
before a game at League Park.
Joe" said the club magnate. IT
understand you are paying your own
way"
Joe admitted he was.
We'll, you know, Joe." said Dunn.
II cannot stand for anything like
that. 1 wish you would come up
to the office and We will fix UP q
contract"
Say. Mr.. Dunn" replied Joe. with
that smile that has made him pop
ular wherever he Is known, you just
fix up whatever you think / am
worth to you and I'll sign"
His answer did not cost Joe any
thing. Dunn wrote In a figure that
more than satisfied the man who
had come back and delivered. And
when Joe is through with baseball
Dunn will not forget.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
FLIERS UNABLE
TO CATCH BALL
Am erican Aviators in
France Fail to Equal
Bessolo's Stunt.

New York, Oct. 13-Last July at
Kelly Field, Texas, Corporal Bessolo,
a member of the S19th Aero Squadron,
established a world record when he
caught a baseball dropped from an
airplane flying 700 feet above the
ground. Since then several attempts
have been made by aviators in camps
here and abroad to equal or break
Bessolo's record, but all attempts
have failed.
Recently in France several Ameri-
can fliers tried to smash the Texas
record. On the athletic grounds close
to where the Americans are quar-
tered a 150-foot white circle was
marked, and the contestants. num-
bering fifty. stood within the white
lines. A few moments later a small
plane, piloted by Lieut.. Soleman,
came into view. flying low over the
field. The machine rose to a height
of $50 feet and then turned so that
It was directly above the circle, and
then the pilot received a prearranged
signal to drop the white baseballs.
After Coleman released his grip on
the first ball 1t could plainly be seen
glistening in the sun on its downward
flight.
As soon as IL was dropped the men
in the circle, faces skyward. moved
about rapidly. first trotting. then
walking in order to Judge the ball
as a catcher does a high foul. But
the white object came down too
swiftly, and fell inside the circle
untouched. The aviator again few
over the circle at the same height
and dropped a second and third ball
and the result was not different from
the first. While the second ball drop
ped from the plane was on its way
to the earth a high wind suddenly
blew and the white object was car
ried out of reach of those in the
circle
With the wind increasing the air.
man ascepded to the 9o0-foot level,
nearly 200 feet above the point from
which the ball caught by Bessolo
was dropped. From this height sew
eral balls were dropped within the
white Jcircle, but none was caught.
After the white pellets had struck
the ground, the soldiers examined
them. and they were surprised 10
find Iat they were not damaged by
the flight. The baseballs dropped
at Kelly Field were badly damaged.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
EMPIRE TRACK
OPENS TODAY
Kingsbridge High Weight
Handicap to Be Feature
at Yonkers Inaugural.

New York, Oct. l3.-A great meeting
Is being looked for at Jim Buffers
Yonkers race track. There, on Mon
day. the ponies will shift their base
Of operations, and II the stake book
issued by Secretary Schaumburg Is
any criterion. there should be racing
Of the first-class order at the Empire
track until the last bugle is sounded
on October IS.
A stake a day Is offered and the
very best horses in training have
been entered. The opening day will
see the running OF the Kingsbridge
lightweight Handicap. and some OF
the best sprinters yet in training
have been named to go.
And the meeting will be another
source OF good for the liberty loan.
some new blood" win be injected
into the sport up there. and no doubt
81 10000 will be added to the fund by
those who will go to the track.
Yonkers Is a track which gathers
new people to the game at its every
Bleeting. Up-Staters patronize the
meetings there, and from them will
he. no doubt. many thousands of dol
lars raised. That's a cinch II Jack
Adler is on the job.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
Quartermaster Viii
Issue Full Buyers List

A list Of bidders on ell articles pur-
chased by the ouartermsSter Corps
OF the army Is being compiled IN the
office Of the QuartermaSter General
1t will contain the names OF all those
concerns which have been doing or
bidding on work for the office or for
the quartermaster depots throughout
the country. and 10 Il will be added
the names Of manufacturers or deal
ers who make application for q place
on the list The object in compiling
the list IS to furnish the procurement
officers with a comprehensive means
Of quick reference 10 dealers In any
article which it may be required to
purchase.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
TY COBB MADE
GAME BETTER
Players Owe to Peach
Their Ability to Play
Better Ball.
Baseball is over until after the

Baseball is over until after the
war.
When 1t is resumed there will be
dozens of well-known faces missing
from the big league diamonds.
There will be those men in the
service who will have lost the high
efficieng necessary to a baseball
star; there will be the killed and
MANNED. There will be the men
who evaded military duty. who
probably will never be allowed to
play ball again.
All of this group of fans was be-
ing discussed by old-time players
in an Eastern city a few days ago.
There will be a lot of faces miss
ing" said one fan refectively. II
don't expect to see Jack Barry back
there again. or Speaker. IL the war
lasts long. or Gowdy or Cobb or a
lot of them"
IT guess outside of Detroit, there
won't be a whole lot of grief amoAg
the players If Cobb doesn't come
back" commented another.
Which brought forth the follow
ing monologue from a ball player
who left baseball soon after the
Peach had arrived. To every one
present 1t was a new angle on Cobb
ism in baseball.
I've been out of baseball a good
many years. but keep pretty close
ly in touch with the game all the
time. I've heard all sides to the
Cobb controversy and II may be true
that Cobb isn't liked by a large
number of'ball players.
But regardless of whether they
like Cobb or don't like him, there
isn't a man in the American League
today that doesn't own something
to Ty Cobb.
"Cobb's advent into baseball
marked a new era in the game.
Cobb's baseball was new baseball.
He was continually pulling some
thing to make his opponents look
like dubs'and a greater part of the
time he was getting away with ii.
THE result was that players who
had to play against Cobb were con-
tinually trying harder. playing bet
ter baseball, to stop Cobb. 1t made
better ballplayers of them. An in
fielder, pitcher or catcher who
caught Cobb mapping of base got
more satisfaction out of 1t than he
did all the rest OF his put-outs of
the game. The minute Cobb stepped
to the plate every man was on his
toes.
II really believe Cobb has been
responsible for. the superiority of
play in the American League over
the National League during the
last ten years.
1T doesn't make any difference
what these fellows think of Cobb.
they all owe him something"
Whether or not this ballplayer's S
reasoning was true. it's something
! for the fan to think about.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
FULTON WANTS ONE
CRACK AT DEMPSEY

Chicago, Oct. 13.-The day of won
deEs is at hand. Fred Fulton-you
haven't quite forgotten him entirely
has come up for air.
The Rochester giant, recently
squelched in no uncertain terms by
the man-eating Dempsey, is able to
sit upright and take nourishment, IL
it is only chicken broth. Also, as
the warmth Of said nourishment finds
its way through his vitals. he is ap-
parcntly willing to talk fight again
the usual custom Of forgetting ahcut
rhe retirement talk being followed in
his case.
Fred be it known, wants to fight,
and strangely enough he wants to
tight Dempsey. He says he does, at
least-but so. oh ZaTathustra, said
Willard-was it years. years ago, or
when?
Denny Scanlon, of St Paul, is the
man who carries the message to Gar
cia. Dempsey, now in Uncle Sans
dress suit as athletic director of the
aviation mechanics training gch~ ol
Of that city. believes Fred means II.
He was in Chicago the other day en-
route for Camp Gordon. Ca, to take
course in bayOnet practice.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
PENN STATE LOSES STARS.
Gehring and Way to Join Machine
Gun School

State College, Pa. Oct. 13.-Penn
states football eleven suffered a rude
Jolt today when Bill Gehring. the full
back, and Charlie Way. the quarter
back. were designated for appoint
ment to the Machine Gun School for
Ofhcers at Camp Hancock, Ga.
They will leave here tomorrow morn
ing Tor the Southern camp. Dave De-
tar, captain-elect of States intercol-
leGiate champion westling team, will
also be in the party of prospective
officers
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
EMPIRE CITY ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE-Fiys and half fnrlunss.
Bright Lights. 10; TipSer. IL; Lackzwanna
le; Tiger Rose, 100: rhistledon, iG; Umbsta,
l0l; sherman A, IL; Peter IL; syrdarya
III; Wissst Fool. l0s; wffreda, q; Fair ana
Square. IL; osgood. los; Gosler, ls: Won
derman. 10.
SECOND RACE-siI futionss. Everest. 10;
star spansisd. 10; Bathilde. 10; Golden
Flag le; Ultimate, lio; Thistle los: Arrah
60 On, 10; Liberty Star. los; Fritz Ernest,
10,
THIRD RACE-One mile. Matinee IDOL IN :
8anistertoi. M Kashmir, Nj; African Ar
row, le; stromboh. II Hank o'Dsy, nj.
FOURTH RACE-About sir furionss. Tea
Caddy, los; Naturalist, ls; Star Spsnxied, M;
High Cost, MS Out the Way, IH; sslvestra,
us; JOCK Scot, lls; Panlman, lis.
FIFTH RACE-One mile and seventy yards
Orderly. ll2i Everest. 10; Paddy Dear, LIS;
Jlck Mpunt. rs; woodthr,sh. 10; whippoor.
win, los; Irregular. n5: Hsrwood II, lD;
Bar On. 10; W. Il. Buckner. M: Snap
dragon ii, ns.
SIXTH RACE-Ffve and one-haH fursour,
Deisssre. LIS; DrImmocd. lis; Leading Star,
rs; Somewhere in Fr,nc~. rs; War Cry, rs;
Tspsseur. rs; Hurricane, rs; Over rher.,
~; Tabsssa d'Honner. LIS; y1itiaa Boy,
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
CHICK EVANS CHECKS
UP On OWN FAULTS

Now is the time for golfers to
take stock of their strength and
weakness, according to Charles
Evans, 1r. national amateur and
open champion. In his own prac-
tice. Evans says, he keeps a diary
OF his mannerisms and habits. II
he finds himself pressing he makes
note of it, and the next time he
Will be on guard against this fault
The "readin', writin' and 'rithmetic"
of golf are relaxation, rhythm and
repose, and a careful study now will
pay big dividends in the form of
low golf scores.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
Burns-Ertle Match
At Weehawken Oct. 2l

With Indications that the influenza
epidemic is abating in New Jersey
the much-discussed match between
Frankie Burns. of Jersey City, and
Johnny Ertle, Of st. Paul. will take
place at the New Jersey Sportsmen's
Club, Weehawken. on October 81. The
bout originally was carded for next
Monday, but the malady caused it's
postponement. Both OF these popular
bantams, however, have continued
their work of preparation for the
bout, Burns at Long Branch. under
the direction OF Jimmy De Forrest,
and Ertie in New York. 1t promises
to be one of the fastest bouts staged
in New Jersey since boxing became
legal.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
Horsemen Have Hopes.

Baltimore, Oct. 13.-By order of
the State Board of Health the rae
ing at Laurel is suspended until
such time as the board may di-
rect 1t is hoped that the sus-
pension will not last many DAYS,
as the "infiu" is said to be under
control now.
This is a very serious matter for
the horsemen, as IL takes the bread
out OF the mouths of many of
them, but they have cheerfully
submitted to what they deem an
order for the common good. The
stake events scheduled for the
coming week will go over and be
run on when racing Is resumed
again.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
LEAPS FROM WINDOW.

Psulus Kolaason. %. OF ITO Four
teenth street northwest Jumped out
Of window at his home yesterday
and received injuries which necessi-
tsted his removal to the Emergency
Hospital. The police. In investigating
the case, could not ind out why
Kolaason jumped. not even from the
man himself. consequently he wac re-
moved from the Emergency Hospital
and sent to the Washington Asylum
for mental observation.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
Navy Football Captain
Recovering from Influenza

Jenersonville. Ind, Oct. 13.-William
A. Ingram, captain of the navy foot
ball team at Annapolis, is at his home
mere today, recovering from an at
tack OF influenza. He became i'll after
attending the funeral Of his brother,
Lieut.. Homer L Ingram, U. s. N,
who died of the same disease. His
return to the gridiron probably will
be delayed several weeks.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
Leach a Solicitor.

Tommy Leach. veteran of vete-
rams mas been acting as a liberty
loan solicitor In Pittsburgh. That
ne Is some hustler is shown by his
report for his first days work, when
ne turned in subscriptions Of over
$4,000. most of his subscribers be-
ing factory men taking $50 and
800 bonds.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
Those St. Louis Fans.

Charley Kelschner drew pay from
the st. Louis Cardinals last season
as a scout. At the same time
Kelschner. as an employment
agent" for the Lebanon Steel Mill,
kept busy trying to induce players
of the st. Louis Browns to desert
to the Steel League. How those
two st. Louis ball clubs do love
each otherD
The Washington herald., 1918-10-14
Missing I'm Action.
LIEUTENANTS

LlEIIENANTS.
Norman 6. Archibald, Seattle. Wash.
John ". Artz. Old Fort. y. c.
Alton A. Brody. New York, n. Y.
Charles ". Drew. Philadelphia, Pa
THOMAS H FARNSWORTH. lls
EAST CAPITOL ST. WASHING
TON, D. c.
F. Y. C. Foster. East Orange. y. J.
7. J. D. Fuller. jr.. Cambridge. Mass
VIM. F. Gallagher. Philadelphia Pa
Paul H. HuChcy. Washington Court
house. Ohio
johnson n. Kenyon. Waus"ou, Ohio.
David Eer. New York. Y Y.
Alfred w Lawson Brooklyn. y. Y.
Ernest 4. Love. Prescott ArIz.
II. L Stevens. NonckS Corner. s. c.
Robert H. stiles, FitchhurE. Mass.
William A. Stuart New York. n. Y.
Francis A. Wood. New York. y. Y.
Harold H Peterson. ChicaE 60. III
Raymond A. Phillips, Newcastle, Pa
Frank Pietrovisk. Chicago. Ill
Myrl Odd PIatt Detroit Mieh.
Lee Ramsey. Newport. Tenn.
Thomas Reifsnyder. Pottsville. Pa
Dalton c. Robinson. Randolph. Miss.
Nelson Rose. Corbin. Ky.
Earol Sadrakuls. Madison. III.
Clarence C. Schmidt. Freeport, III
william a. Shay. Atlantic. Iowa.
Lester C. Sheror. Sebree. Ky.
Donald C. Smith, Mason City. Iowa