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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
MATTY AND COBB DISAGREE
Two Masters at Variance on Benents
Derived by Ball Players in An
cient Game of Golf.

Christy MathewsOn, noted pitcher
and manager, today comes with big
boost for golf, insisting that golf Is
beneficial to any ball player, If not
overdone. In passing, 1t is interesting
to note that Ty Cobb, noted batsman.
is great lover of the ancient game,
but gave it up last year as he claimed
it "dimmed'' his batting eye.
Thus we have the two masters dis
agreeing. Both are artists, one In de-
ceiving the batter, and the other in
running" the pitcher. Ty says the
follow through in golf is different
from the follow through" stroke In
baseball, and that the perfection of
one will be the detriment of the
other.
Matty already has advised num-
Der of his youngsters to take up the
game. Cobb, on the contrary, has
tried to discourage it among the dia-
mond tossers. So there you are.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
VOGUE Of Initials.

That the new vogue of initials is as
bewildering as a writer in the New
York Statesman suggests Is made
abundantly clear by reports of commit
tees dealing with the Prince of Wales
fund. Those who have been initiated
into the mysteries Of its administra-
tion and are familiar with the termin-
ology in use may know that W. G.
does not indicate the west central dis
trict. but means war committee; that
N. r. f. signifies national relief fund,
and that L. r. G. is meant local rep
resentative, committee. But even they
must be bafIled by the problem set by
such a procession Of initials as G. c..
p. r. D., and fail to guess that what
is suggested by them is government
committee for the prevention and re-
lief of distress.--London Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
GRIZZLY BROOKS NO RIVAL
Testimony of Hunters Proves That He
Is Beyond Question Supreme in
His Own World.

The grizzly was once the monarch
of the Western ranges, says Walter
Prichard Eaton, in Harper's Magazine.
Nothing disputed his title till man
came with the rifle. OF man the griz-
Fly now has a most intelligent fear, ex-
cept in places where he is protected
and fed. Fierce and formidable fighter
that he is; he doesn't fight man unless
he is driven to 1t, but with the Keen
ness of his tribe (the bear Is one OF the
most intelligent of beasts) he avoids
danger so far as possible, and has de-
veloped much cleverness at 1t.
The testimony of all Western hunt
ers agrees on the great caution griz-
ely uses before crossing an open or APP
preaching a dead horse or COW put out
for bait, frequently charging all the
bushes around to drive out possible
foes in ambush as preliminary to
feeding. That the mountain lion is
real foe of the bears our hunter de-
MED. The mountain cat is q coward.
Once, he said, he had put out dead
horse for their bait, and watched from
tree two lions feeding on the carcass.
A grizzly (called silvertip by the
hunters) approached, shouldered in be-
tween the lions and began to feed also.
AS one fat grizzly can take up consid-
cradle room the lions resented this
third party at the feast and drew or
snarling. Then one Of them came back
and evidently clawed the intruder or
hit 1t. The bear, which had one fore
paw employed, swung with the other,
caught the lion tremendous blow and
knocked him so feet down the slope
Then Mr.. Silvertip resumed his repast
as If nothing had happened. He did
not even look around to see how far
the lion fell or what he was going to
do when he got up Evidently the bear
felt quite sure Of his position. He was
justified in this confidence, for the lion
rose and with his mate sulked, snarl-
ing, off into the timber.
The man who told this story had
been mountain hunter from bOyhoOd,
and he is, furthermore, an uncommon-
ly sharp observer whose knowledge has
been more than once employed by the
federal government. There is no rea-
son to doubt the accuracy Of his tale,
which seems to bear out the statements
Of other hunters that the grizzly Is SUI
preme In his own world, even con-
temptuOusly so.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
GIVE BOMBS TO TOTS
Soldier Tells of lnhuman Acts
Practiced by BocheS.
Deadly Missiles Disguised as Toys and
Set to Explode at Certain
Time

Chicago.-The thrilling story of his
experiences against the Huns in
France was told by Sergt. Christopher
Jones of the Royal British Field Ar
tillery, in the psychopathic court here.
Three times he was wounded and
Eve times he went through the hor-
rors of being gassed "oyer there"
He has been doing duty at the Brit
ish recruiting Office here since his
discharge in 1917. He still carries a
piece of shrapnel in his skull, re-
ceived ar the Battle Of Ypres, when
for five days he lay in shell hole.
without food or drink, until hospital
dog rescued him.
zones was In the fighting at Albert
when that city was attacked ard the
cathedral destroyed.
"Tbat was where the B0ches gave
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

bombs to the children, bombs painted
like toys and set to explode in few
minutes said Jones. '"The poor kids,
they never had chance. Yes, / saw
some of these explosions. And | saw
old women given the bayonet.
1--WE charged them, but our officers
wouldn't let us xiii them. We had
to take them prisoners when they hol-
Tered 'Kamerad.'
when / was captured the Boches
threw me into 40-foot pit with a lot
of other prisoners. They told me /
could get out if / worked in the mu-
milton factories. told them to go to
h, and stayed in the pit.
Zone night two of US overpowered
a guard, climbed upon the rope which
they used to let water down to us, and
escaped. We went through woods and
swan rivers until we got to the sea.
We got on a fishing boat and woke up
on the coast of France"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

Walter Camp, the Yale advisory
coach and football. authority, is hard
working member of Uncle Sans train
ing force in preparing the country's
athletes for war. Camp is stationed at
the government aviation school at the
University of California, Berkeley, Cal,
as an athletic instructor. They say he
is of immense aid in putting the bodies
of the young aviators in splendid form,
which greatly increases their chances
of coming unscathed through the Sc
we're tests required to make flyers
capable of holding their own over the
heads of foes in Europe.
: Despite the danger, there is a fas-
cination about flying and daring work
that appeals to many American lads,
who figure they can learn as we'll us
did the men now flying abroad, and
see no reasons why the feats of the
past cannot be duplicated. Camps long
training at New Haven has fitted him
well for the work he is doing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

casions it Is dangerous to haul down,
for the position of the winch is thereby
given away to the enemy gunners. At
last, after a cloud of shrapnel smoke
had appeared almost under the basket
and no response came down the tele-
phone wire to inquiries as to whether
everything was all right, the ground
officer gave the order TO haul down.
Ten minutes later the car touched the
ground, and the observer was found
lying at the bottom of the basket. un-
conscious but unhurt. 1t was Il bad
case of shell shock, from which the
officer was several months in recov-
ering.
A few days ago, at a nearby station.
balloon suddenly caught fire, for no
apparent reason. The two observers
tried to escape in their parachutes, but
the blazing balloon overlook them, and
they were killed. Theories as to the
cause of the disaster were numerous.
but the one most generally accepted
was that the balloon had been fired by
an electric spark from thunder cloud.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

male examiners, there has been little
mention of the women. The recent
decision of the authorities to remove
some of the secrecy which shrouds the
woman censor will lead the right wOm-
en- to apply for the work, though nat
urally there will be no disclosure which
can possibly be of use to the enemy,
and the discipline habit of calling ev-
erything confidential will continue.
The necessary qualifications are not
merely languages, and what they do Is
not just to read other peoples dull let
tiers, as seems the general impression;
it is much more interesting than that.
There are women there who know no
tongue but their own; they have been
chosen for their judgment and their
unquestionable discretion besides their
education and general knowledge. One
would emphasize the value of judg-
ment and the opportunities for exer-
cising it; it is a question of weighing
up facts and coming to wise and rea-
sonable decisions the whole time. To
women with a happy blend Of imagi-
nation and common sense the work Is
absorbing, at times thrilling.
It is an experience and an educa.
ton, privilege to be part of this Won
derful mechanism, even as the hum
blest cog in it's wheel of progress; to
observe the details of it's construction
and to watch it expand week by week.
Censor Tightens Net.
For as the war widens the censor
throws his net still further overseas,
tightening 1t until one marvels how the
German secret service agent can slip
through it's manifold meshes. Slip
through them he does, and that is why
the country needs her daughters to
help to outwit him.
Tn the womens army or navy the
average pay of officers is 1925 to $S75.
with free quarters. They must leave
their homes, and to the woman who is
settled in London this is difficulty.
But if the London dweller has not the
robust health that enables her all day
to stand on her feet, though she can do
y good days work ION her head" If her
family falters at the thought of France,
LET her come forward to the censorship
and stay in England. Here, as an or
binary censor or examiner of mails,
she will have responsibility, with scope
for individuality and the great chance
of bringing a spy to book by her keen.
ness in drawing close the net.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
GERMANS SHOOT
DOWN 6 BALLOONS

balloons escaped safely on this occa-
sion. They are not always SO fortu-
nate. At this same station few days
before an officer was shot and killed
when dropping in his parachute. His
balloon had been set afire by Ger
man airplane, and, as usual, he and
his companion took to their para
chutes. They had hardly got clear of
the balloon when the attacking air.
plane swooped down on them. its ma
chine gun in full play. One of the offi-
GERS was killed, and, although the 9TH
er escaped, his parachute was torn by
bullet
The balloon commander told the
story of an officer who had gone up
alone and whose balloon was shelled
when flying at 1000 feet. On these oc-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
DIAMOND
NOTES

Ping 3odie is not Yankee. He's
an Italian. Right name, Pizzola.
The Robins go South in the spring,
to get the kinks out of their wings.
Taking Jim Thorpe to Texas with
the Giants Is disease with McGraw.
Outlook for the Mackmen is as
bright as bird's-eye view of Pitts
burgh.
Carlisle Indians will play baseball
this spring for the first time in a
decade.
This is the season when every ball
team is pennant winner and the man.
ager can explain just why.
Some folks say the Cubs will win
the rag. TO be Frank, it's a long
time since they've had Chance.
Pat Moran has q Chinese infielder
named Lai Tin. He ought to cover
lots of ground, being from China.
Des MOines of the Western league
has purchased Outfielder Walter Sand
quist from the Washington Americans.
Mike Mulcahy, who played on the
Georgetown nine several years back,
is trying for place on the Camp Dew
ems team.
This daylight-saying idea is sure to
appeal to the baseball fan who is tired
of having games called on account of
darkness. ~r
Baseball will be played on the exten.
sive scale in the army and navy train
ing camps where more than 100000
men are under military training.
Supporters of the plan to get Sun
day baseball for the East, see an open
ing. Army and navy teams will be
permitted to perform in and around
Boston.
Clark Griffiths Senators think they
have found a way to "outhoover
Hoover" They decided as means of
getting in shape quickly to cut out the
MONDAY lunch.
Jack Lewis of the Newark Interna-
tionals, who has been reported sold to
several clubs, is out with a statement
that he will accept no diamond en-
gagement this season.
The Pirates have another Joe Jack
son. He is Lee King, Pennsylvania
miner. He started training in his bare
feet, but Bezdek soon converted him
to the use of baseball shoes.
Irving Porter, for several years re-
puted to be the fastest ball player in
all New England and who made such
record with Lynn several years ago
that he was sold to Cincinnati, has
Joined the army.
Wallace (Toots) Shultz, Providence
pitcher, doesn't care whether the In
ternational starts or whether Proyi-
dence goes into the Eastern league,
for he hassjoined the navy and has re-
ported FOR duty at Newport, r. !.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

baseball it wouldn't be surprising to
find him writing sport. He has the
ability and knows a good story when
he sees it.
John l.. Sullivan's greatest ambition
was to be farmer and when he left
the ring he settled down on a little
farm near Boston.
Home Run Baker would rather be
considered successful farmer than
great ball player Hal Chase thinks
more of his billiard playing than of his
graceful work around first.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
PRAISE FOR BOB GROOM

Umpire Billy Evans, who has
worked behind Bob Groom a
great number of games since he
broke into the American league,
is of the belief that the former
Brownie will be of much use to
the Cleveland Indians this sum-
mer. 1t is the opinion of Evans
that Groom showed about as
much stuff last year as he ever
did. Grocm has fine speed, a
corking curve and most decep-
tive splitter, which he. uses only
occasionally. Evans believes
that Foil will make much use
of Groom as relief pitcher
since his curve and splitter are
often oe great advantage in stop
ping batting rally.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
"Work. War or JaiIU

Wapakoneta, O.-"Go to work, go
to war or go to JAIL" This was the
order just issued by Harvey Smith,
mayor of st. Mary's, near here. And
Mayor Smith means what he says, ac-
cording to orders issued to the police
for the treatment of loafers, both
men and women, found lettering about
the city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
FAMOUS PLACE SOUP KITCHEN
House of Seven Gables, Written of by
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Now
Dispenses Soup.

Salem, Mass.--The House of Seven
Gables, made famous by Nathaniel
Hawthorne, has renewed it's youth and
blossomed forth as soup kitchen,
from which it despenses meat soup at
II cents quart. 1t is now the head
quarters of the Liberty soup kitchens.
Two huge wash boilers rest on large
gas stove set up in front of the fire.
place which three centuries ago glowed
with cordially and comfort.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
EVERS WANTED TO BE SCRIBE
Like Lot of Other Athletes, Former
Cub Player Nursed Ambition to
Be Something Else.
A lot of great athletes have nursed
secret ambitions to be something else.

Bob Fitzsimmons
wanted to be an
animal trai In r
and used to keep
a tame lion.
Bat Nelson and
J o h n n y Evers
cherished similar
ambitions. Both
wanted to fOrsake
the fields Of
sports and be-
come writer's. Bat
took q whirl at 1t,
but wasn't much
of q success.
When EvprS units
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
EaoIes Historic IN the Navy.

When Secretary Daniels christened
Henry Ford's submarine chasers
Eagles" he perpetuated a name that
Is historic in the navy. According to
naval records 10 American fighting
ships bearing that name have distin-
guished themselves in the Revolution
arv war. the naval war with France.
the War Of 1912, the Civil war and
the Spanish war.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
Conway Has Good Record.

Dick Conway, an infielder, with Wor-
cester in the Eastern league last sea-
son, has been secured by the Boston
Braves. He was the Eastern's leading
hitter last season. among the regulars,
batting .3O9 and is said to be coming
ball player. His home is in st. Paul,
Mimi
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
Fancy Work Taboo.

Eugene, Ore.-Tatting, crochetting
and all other varieties of fancy work
will be taboo at the Lane county fair
this year. Instead there will be prizes
offered for the best work done in al
tering and mending garments, cutting
adults garments down to fit children
and such work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
WORK OF CENSORS
FULL OF THRILLS
Women of England Find in 1t a
Most Attractive and Lucra-
tive Professor.
HELP DRAW net ON SPIES
System Is Perfect; One Marvels How
German Secret Agent Can Slip
Through, but Slip Through
He Does.

LondOn.-The latest and, to a wOm-
an, the most attractive profession is
that of postal censor. To the we'll
educated woman in her service, the
postal censorship offers opportunities
for Advancement not to be found else
where. The pay ranges from $7.25 a
week while learning, rising by incre-
ments of 81 to SIS a week, the maxi
mum for an examiner, with additional
! war bonus. There are, at least fifty
women earning more than $1,000 a
year, supervising thirty or forty exam
liners each. They. have all risen from
the ranks.
Now they hold the proud title of l..
A. G. deputy Assistant Censor), to
which they have been elevated not so
much for their languages as for their
general capacity. One girl OF nine
teen, engaged two years ago as a
typist at So week, rose to $15 with
in six months. Another, beginning at
$40. drew $50 within eight weeks.
Yet the plant of the deputy chief
censor is that 1--WE cannot get enough
of the right kind of women to be GEN.
sors." The latter is the executive
head of that vast machine, created
mainly for restrictive measures, which
vet feeds with valuable information
not merely the war office. of which 1t
now forms an integral part, but thelad.
miralty, the foreign Office with its off
shoots, the propaganda department,
contraband committee, and on which
the whole of our blockade activities
are based.
| Is there enough Of the right kind OF
women anywhere? The right kind OF
woman has many avenues open to her.
Some offer service in France-adven-
| ture, romance, the making of history,
| the glamor of the uniform and a
chance of honor and glory. But the
woman censor, catch spies though she
may, gets but little limelight.
| Heroines in Bureau.
There are women in the censorship
| today with three or more years service
who are not least among the heroines
of war. They work In secret and in
silence, behind closed doors, and their
successes are hidden. They will not
even tell their friends where they
work, let alone what they do. AL
though the women examiners Of mails
number some 1000, against some 500
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
SIx-FINGERED PITCHER

Agitation against the use of
the so-called 'freak" deliveries
in baseball will have no effect
on the most unusual style OF
boxmanship of Benjamin Pei
iowitz, Philadelphia school boy,
whose unique pitching is nat
ural.
Pellowitz is fifteen years old.
That old saying about the awk-
ward boy, His fingers are all
thumbs" acts with reverse Eng
lish in this case, for it is on his
two thumbs that Benny depends
for his success in pitching. One
is a growth of the other thumb.
Gripping the ball with his two
thumbs and first two fingers,
Pellowitz discovered that he
could control what he calls
"four-finger" curve that is
difficult to hit safely.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

Edward G.. Barrow, ex-president Of
the International league, photographed
soon after his appointment as man.
ager of the Boston Red SOx.
This is not Barrow's first expert
ence as manager He led the De-
troit Tigers in 1908 and part Of 1904,
but his career has been almost entire
" in the minors. Since 1911 he has
been president of the international
league, resigning in December because
of a salary cut. The Red Sox's new
leader is fifty years old. He succeeds
Jack Barry, who is now enlisted In
the navy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
THE RED SACRAMENT

BY Amelia Josephine Burr of n.
VigiIantes.
A comrades blood had stained +bo,.
ration red;
The very wine of life was In their
bread
And yet on that grim sacrament tbav
fed
And rose up strengthened to fulfil the
task
The dead man left undone.
o God, we ask
That we by sorrow may be doubly
strong
To fight thy war against j:lperiai
wrong
Until the dragon--or ourseives-be
dead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
Had Enough Eggs.

First BARBER bet that fellow is
bum actor.
Second Barber--Why?
First Bafber-When l asked him II
he wanted an egg shampoo he put on
his hat and walked right out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
Barber Talks Too Much.

Marinette, Wis.-W. e. Young, a
barber at Pound, paid fine of $25
and costs because he said: ''The Tus-
cania disaster was a joke. That's
what it was. They should have stayed
at home where they belonged and then
it wouldn't have happened"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
Loan Sharks Busy in Army.

Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala
In an order from the war department
officers are warned to keep sharp
lookout for loan sharks, many of whom
have been reported operating In Ma
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
HASN'T Letter Man for Nine.

Wesleyan hasn't last years varsity
baseball man in college. Such con-
dition is not known to have existed at
Wesleyan before in the history of the
snort.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

| tional Guard and National army
camps. The order states that many of
the money lenders have been taking
$50, SIS and $500 Liberty bonds. fire..
quently charging as much as 10 nor
cent interest on short time loans
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
Quits College to Ely.

Russell D. Blakeslee, captain anu
coach of Pennsylvania States basket
ball five this season, has left college
70 serve in the aviation division Of the
army.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
Eordham May Get Trip.

Negotiations are under way for
football game next season between
West Virginia and Fordham in the for
mer'S field.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09
immense Export Of OILS.

More mineral oils were exported
from the United States during the fis-
cal year 1917 than ever before, the
total amounting to 2,749,4SS,4S4 gal
Ions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

Hugh Caravan, Worcester Eastern
league pitcher. has been purchased BY
the Boston Braves
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

Our home, our birthplace, our m.
tive land.-Southey.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

Wallace (ToOts) Shultz, Providence
pitcher, doesn't care whether the In
ternational starts or whether Proyi-
dence goes into the Eastern league,
for he hassjoined the navy and has re-
ported FOR duty at Newport, r. !.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

Irving Porter, for several years re-
puted to be the fastest ball player in
all New England and who made such
record with Lynn several years ago
that he was sold to Cincinnati, has
Joined the army.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-09

The Pirates have another Joe Jack
son. He is Lee King, Pennsylvania
miner. He started training in his bare
feet but Bezdek soon converted him
to the use of baseball shoes.