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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
WiNard-Fulton
Match to Draw
Champion and Challenger Are
About Evenly Matched
Biggest Money Fight"

Miller and Willard. in dragging out
negotiations, are playing into the hands
OF the local promoters n another month
should elnpsc without definite conclusion
OF negotiations the Crescent City would
be an odds on fayorite to land the match
for November
As far as q tcn-round no-decislon scrap
Is concerned, Fulton may be counted on
to oppose II. The big plAstercr wants
tho title and ls confident he can win t.
As long Ms n chance exists 10 drug VIII
lard into championship match no never
viii agree to n tcn-rOund affair.
Yes fans, they finally have been hooked
that ia, they are Just about hooked.
Jess willard, worlds heavyweight cham
pIOn, and Fred Fulton, Minnesota giant
and challenger to the title, may meet on
the Afternoon or night OF July to a de
clsiOn. Denver, Minneapolis and New
Orleans are among the leading cities TO
bid for the match Minneapolis promoters
say that the Minnesota state boxing com
mission may permit decision TO be
given In n fight between these two
giants, II that is tho case, Minnesota
stands good chance to land this fight
Denver and New Orleans promoters are
bidug their heads of for the scrap. In
each Of these places 20-round bouts are
permitted.
Big Money Fight.
incidentally, It is said that this Is 60
Ing to be the biggest money fight In
the history OF the fight game Willard
has been promised 800 .0OO Fulton will
receive about 500 600 and the men will
fight for IS 600 side bet. These two
men, no doubt are the biggest fighters
ever TO get into tho same ring, Fulton
lips the beam Rt about 225 while VIII
lard In from 10 TO 20 pounds heavier
Wnard ls 6 feet 2!S inches tall; Fulton
s just one inch shorter They have
about the same realh, Ssh inches. II
Is said that this reach is the longest
u any fighter In the game today,
Fulton ls about eight years younger
han the champion. Each has an awful
lnCh and the first one to land a solid
punch may win the fight Fulton In
lis last two fights made host OF friends
Fulton Hates Self
He claims he took about 'steen" wal
ops on the chin from Frank Moran and
when no wanted to catch q train he
iropped Moran for the count As we
lid not see the fight, we don't know II
le really did take the punches on the
hin 80 as TO show that ne was not "yel-
Ow" or II II ls iust newspaper talk In
Iyng knocked out I'm the second round.
rhis shows that r. solid wallop can put
he Minnesota giant away When he
'pmo back md knocked Crowler out, he
,howcd that his is not as 'yellow" as
~ was first taken But knocking a
nan like Crowler out ls nothing, he has
,een put TO sleep In almost every fight
le has in this country and It is becoming
, habit with him.
Willard fought Moran when the latter
yns I'm his prime The champion claims
hat he could have put Moran away but
lad a broken thumb and so was contented
With winng the decision This will be
second fight since winning the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
HOPPE NOT EAGER
TO MEET COCHRAN
YOungSter Shows skill Which
May Influence Champion,

! The coyness shown by Champion VII
ne Hoppe In the matter Of a match with
welker Cochran Is beginning 10 attract
The attention OF billiard enthpsnsts all
over the country Hoppe, who has toured
the entire country In a series OF CN-
hibitlonH In now In the east, but 40 Tar
has taken no notice Of the numerous
intimations that he should defend his
title against tho clever lownn.
Must Post Forfeit.
In order to bring the tltleholder 10 the
center Of the ring Cochran VIII nave
10 issue formal challenge and post n
forfeit. and ms several enthusiasts In this
city have expressed "A willingness 10 back
the youngster against the champion, tho
formalties should be observed without
further delay, II In rurnorCd that HOP
pes manager Ia not enthusiastic about
matching the champion against Cochran,
and that no contest win take place un-
less the youngstcr gets backing Ut
once.
Cochran Shows skll.
Cochran need not confIne himself TO
balk 4ne billiards at which he Is con
ceded " ho Il real rival Of William f.
Hoppe He In n star exhibition perform.
or. That fact was cmphatcally revealed
Tom Gallagher played an exhibition
game Of 800 points 1872 halkllne. which
was followed by "A display Of fancy shots
by the young expert, Of which Mr.. Gal
iagher said.
Il was the most nstonished spectstor
IN the hall | had never seen Cochran
ettempt fancy work and expected to
witness an ordinary display. Instead
witnessed one OF the best exhibitions !
ever saw, Cochran executed series
OF extremely intricate and difficult
strokes with n dash. hrlllancy and ae-
curacy that reminded me Of the speCtac-
ular work of Wizard Schaefer. than
whom there was not a more eleCtrlfying
cue weldcr"
Cochran made run OF 50 in the halk-
nne game, which was terminated by
foul Line nursing amused and en-
Unused the large crowd OF spectators
When this was supplemented by won
derful display NJ fancy shots the onlook-
ers expressed lively appreciation.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
Goats Appetites
Will Save $4,000
Working for u. S

LOS ANGELES-One thousand goats
of the kind that grow" in Harlem arc
to 90 to work for Uncle Sam Their
job is to chew off the accumulated
growth on the fire trails in the San
Bcrnardino mountains r II. Charlton,
chief of the forest reserve, contracted
for the goats. 1t would cost Uncle Sam
$1,000 " clean the fire trails BY hand
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
KNOWLEDGE OF BOXING
SAVED SOLDIERS LIFE

WY HEN the army and navy Of
WV ficials I'm Washington intro
duced boxing into all the
camps and engaged the best ring
talent In tho world TO teaCR these
boys, they knew its worth 10 n sol
dier. Proof came from over there"
when the following message was re-
ceived.
"On February IS a patrol Of French
and American soldiers went over the
top to inspect some German wire.
They hadn't gone far when the Ger
mans, surprising them, opened fire.
The Yankees fell TO the ground and
returned the fire, forcing the Ger
mans to retreat. Az they did our
patrol followed. when the Germans
were Cornered and couldn't find an
avenue Of escape, ono turned and
with his bayonet charged the on
coming Yankee Quick as flash the
United States soldier put his knowl-
edga Of boxing into play, brushed
aside tho bnyOnet, and uHabie 20 use
his own. struck out with his right
hand, II landed flush and knocked
the German cold Boxing saved this
American boys life"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
dave ROBERTSON
LEADS NAVY TEAM

NORFOLK, Va, March 23.-Dave Rob
ertson, outlielder Of the New York Ma
tional league club, and holdout. has ac-
cepted tho management Of the head
quarters team Of the Naval league, or
Eanized At the Hampton Roads naval
base. II was announced today He also
recently accepted the position Of coach at
the Norfolk high school
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
Let Oklahoma Help
Repulse That New
Hun Drive!

Sixteen thousand Allied soldiers and 200 guns
were captured in the newest drive just launched by
Germany. Sixteen thousand brave heroes must
now undergo the unspeakable horrors Of German
prison life. Two hundred guns, built to sound the
clarion call of Liberty will now be forced to send
their message of death upon the sons of American
mothers.
What are YOU going to do about it?
Are you going to twiddle your thumbs? Are
you going to grind your teeth and call the Kaiser
names? Is that ALL you are going to do?
Or are you going to HELP REPULSE THAT
DRIVE? You can do it right here in Oklahoma.
War Savings Stamps help arm American soldiers
help defeat the arch devil who has told his subjects
that this drive is to determine whether GERMANY
SHALL RULE THE WORLD.
Oklahomans! Cheer the boys in the trenches in
their hour of crisis. Let this message go over the
seas: "Okahoma is behind you! Oklahoma has to-
day bought one War Savings Stamp for every Allied
soldier caught in the Hun driVe!"
Don't wait for others to do this patriotic thing.
YOU buy your War Savings Stamp TODAY. 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
INDIAN DRAFTEES
REACH CAMP CRANE
Western Redskins and MeXi-
cans to Train at
Allentown

Allentown. Pa, April 4.-Camp Crane
soon to be converted from an ambulance
corps cantonment into a base hospital
training school, received unique con-
tingent this week when the 400 draftees
from Fort Riley, Kan, arrived.
The newcomers are full-blooded and
hafbreed Indians and Mexicans, Vir-
tually none of them can speak Eng
lish, SO an interpreter is necessary They
will do the hard work at the base hos
pitfalls. Most of the men como from
Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, New Mex
leo and Arizona
The camp officers believe tho new re-
rruits will make good soldiers, as they
arc Injured TO the worst kind of eli
matte hardshlps, Most of them were
dressed in cowboy outfits and say that
they feel anything but at home IA uni
forms. About 90 per cent of them have
lived on the plains most of their lives
and for a time Camp Crane had the
appearance of a Wild West show.
Additional officers have reached the
camp to take charge of the base hos
ptal training, among them being Cap
tains L. S. Blaine, X J. Osterhaus, G
+. Remy and r, y. Smith, and Lieu
tenants x. c. Austin, q, W. Mossman
!. +. Selleseth, ]. W. Frey, @ B. Lee
X. L. Rutledge. j. 3. Fritz, II. o. Pol
lock, H. s. Sonnenschein, NJ. II. Hobart
r. G. Packard and L. II. Winsmiller
Field work, Stimulating as closely az
possible the actual experience of med,
teal troops during a battle, Is daily
being given thirty sections of troops
The men are taken out to open fields
and to abandoned ore pits, supposed tC
be trenches, and from there imaginary
wounded men are rescued and taken tC
dressing stations the field hospital OF
the base hospital. as the case may re-
quire
From now on an altogether new
line of work will be mapped out fol
the Camp Crane men There win be g
reduction of hours for indoor study and
lectures and an increase in the mum
ber of hours for outdoor training. Re
views will be held Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons and on the other day.
of the week there will be long hike
and gas-masll training
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

for the q NJ G A. The IafNtN trit|
ever gwen for athletic supplies AZ ono
tine--for 100000.
The shipment win include 100.001
Testaments and thousands Of other
books.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Camp Meade, Admiral. Md, April

Camp Meade, Admiral. Md, April ..
~ EAR BETTY-Please omit any ref
IL erence to passes In your next let
ter. I get a pass TO visit. Philly every
four weeks, and that is going some when
one considers that Nels Anderson, d.
rector of the 31Oth Field Artillery Band,
has not obtained one of the precious
little rarchments since 1915, and proba-
bly won't until the Kaiser takes the
count.
Anderson would like to go home, but
IL Colonel Landers gave him a pass 70
visit his wife and kiddies lie would not
get back in time to catch the boat Tor
France. To satisfy your WomanlN curl
osity, | will tell you that Anderson VINO
ioiued the army in 1898, went 10 the
Philinpines in 1899 and remained there
for sixteen years. He married Span,
ish woman and established a home. HIS
family is cut there now and will not see
the soldier until after the war.
During the battle of Santiago, Ander-
son served with the sixth United states
infantry and for many years inoculated
the Filipnos with democracy After
his return to this country he Joined the
Seventh United states Cavalry and went
on the hike after villa. lie says Gem
eral Pershing is a real soldier, but don
infer from that assertion that I am a
toy warrior. Now, VIII you poster me
about passes?
Anderson has the task of developing
a band that will compare with the
| famous military bands of France in
| suap and military efficiency. Colonel
| I.anderg. who has Just returned from
| France. has Informed Anderson that he
wants the best band I'm the National
| Army
| Anderson says he will obey instruc-
! tions and has made a good start. He has
| some splendid material, too, and among
| the Pennsylvanians in his outfit are
| Elden T. Troxell, John L. Purcell, De-
dele Marchioni, Elmer Althouse, Jasper
! Hill. Giuseppe DiGiacomo, John Kandra,
! Stewart w. Kline and Steven Semanich.
! Charles y. Carnovale, bugler sergeant
is the lone Philadelphian. I shall give
YOU the names of the other men, who
| call Maryland their home State: Don
aid T.. Foresman, Harry z. Farley
Henry F. Skinner, Francis J. Wydra,
Maurice r. Stuller, Daniel \. Spadel
Michael Smarsh, Irwin Miller, ]. B. Ii
Compte, John J. lmhof, Ralph Iendale
John II. Emerson, Jacob 4. Correll Johr
II Carstens, Elwood NJ. Bartholomew
George II. Mitchell, Hoagland Gates and
Fred =. Numbers. Jr.
The 312th Field Artillery, an all
Philly outfit. will not participate in the
hike TO Baltimore, so the boys in Bat
terry A are planning a big house party
for next Saturday night. Captain Clar'
ence Tolan, Jr., of South Philadelphia
the battery commander, has given the
boys permission to invite their relative:
and friends and Top Sergeant Stepher
LeBold, IN charge of arrangements
makes the boast that it will be a regular
affair.
There will be an entertainment and
dinner. The latter is styled a banque
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
COLLEGE GIRLS EAGER
FOR FARMER'SLFE
Hundreds of Students Will
Help Increase Food Pro
duction This Summer
Boston, April 4.

Boston, April l.
hundreds of New England college
girls. eager to help Uncle Sam win the
war, are organizing agricultural UNITS 10
aid In cultivating and harvesting inc
record crops that are planned for TINS
sectior of the country this year. Ihe
movement is in charge OF the + arm a.
sociation in cooperation WITH the S'S's
Board of Agriculture. ,,,,,
At wellesley College squads OF youtis
women. twenty to squad, VIII se
through the crops on an adjacent taIsil ar
from planting to harvesting tihe. lIss
Catherine Hughes, daughter OF Charles
70 Hughes, Republican candidate LOT
President in the last national electlol,
is a member of one squad Inc laIlu
which the wellesley girls will TIL com,
nrises about seventy acres and is locateu
near the college. From the volunteer :
for farm service work NUMBER ol
,,o,,rp women will be selected to nam
lain one of the smaller buildings on tme
college grounds, where they and the IN
ers of the soil will live during the sum
mer. -, , large
farm unit, under the directioh 1i T' n
Tosenhine A, Clarke, head librarian
| Fiftv undergraduates and alumnae OF
| the last three classes will make up tn, tne
unit 1t will be named after the an
TOD" Miss Clarke's ffty-acre place al
Chesterfield, where the crops VIII DC
| raised. -, -.
Radcliffe College, too, will have
| farm unit. A committee OF student yolun-
! teers, of which Miss Priscilla hlhg y
! chairman, is working out organization
arrangements. These include the leasing
OF a nearby farm. In preparation for the
summers work many Of the Radcllne
students are taking free course or
vegetable raising. l.
scores of young women students II
other New England institutions OF learn
ing are making ready to lead the aa'
vance guard Of women PACK 10 th'
farms. many of them, to take the places
OF men called TO the colors. All these
prospective girl-farmers are taking
| emergency war courses on agriculture
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
CAMP DEX ARTILLERY
MAKING FINE SCORES
Infantry Also Makes Good
Record on Range-Circus
Is a Success
Special Dispatch to Ererr0 Ledyer
Camp Dix, wrightstown, N. j.,

April A.
Exceptionally hne scores are being
recorded by the artilerymen and in
fantrymen who are now occupying the
two ranges at Camp Dix. a report
made by officers in charge of the SO7th
Infantry shows that the batteries made
three perfect hits out Of fifteen tries at
a hidden target. This Is considered ex-
Ceptionally fine, In view of the fact that
It is argued by experts that nearly 800
shots are required before any perfect
hits are made The record made by the
Dix artilerymen may have been aCcl-
dental, but the officers and men attribute
It to the fact that they have been giving
close attention all winter to the study
of artillery practice and have been very
successful I'm theoretical work.
The infantrynen who are doing 80
well are those from tho 3t1th Regiment
who are now occupying the range. AL
though the companies are filled with
men who came down In the February
draft and have little opportunity of
studying gunfire, record average Of
more than forty was established yes
terday.
The threatening weather kept down
the crowd of visitors expected for the
opening performances of the Camp DIX
Circus" but the successful presentation
OF the program leaves no doubt win
the committee that the rest of the
week will see capacity audiences, for
| the performances arc to be repeated to-
night, tomorrow and Saturday, with q
matinee on the last day. \ parade OF
all the performers is given before every
performance and wild west exhibition
presented by men from tho remouni
! station. Major General Hugh L. Scot
was an interested visitor yesterday.
Word has been received here of tue
death Of his home on Eutaw street, Bal
| timore, of Private Bernard J. earn, 9
student at the officers training school
/ Pneumonia was the cause of his death
Criticism has been directed by ON
GERS and men at the caliber of the shows
which are being presented at the Liberty
Theatre here, and Manager VIII Q
Wheeler and William J, Jackson com
munity service director of the War De
partment commission on training CAM
activities, have taken the matter VI
with the New York men who are book
ing the shows, i'm an effort to Obtain
relief Unless something is done a
once the men threaten to blacklist tn
theatre.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
LOBSTERS, WITH CLAWS.
INVADE BROADWAY AGAIN

New York. April i.--That extra bit of
pep which Broadways collective chorus
served up in the neighborhood of Forty
second street and other Whitley lighted
lntersecting highways last night had its
inception Down i'm Washington but went
az tue way to Halifax before IT was
ielayed to New York III the form Of an
announcement which sent more than
one footlight favorite to her downy
couch happy fog the first time since viii
liam q. McAdoO began being railroad
man.
The cause of the burst of glee which
perNaded dressing rooms and kitchens
was the fact that, after many weary
weeks of waiting and grumbling and
IITaXed appetNes, Secretary Saunders. of
| Trade, made known that the dear old
| lobster. without which no authentic cho-
rus girl can chorus at all had beer
restored to good standing on the Nc
| Adoo railroads.
As soon as Mr.. MCAdoo took charge
OF the railroads he placed a weighty
| embargo against the only food that ever
| helped stage manager or a Broadway
| Johnny TO keep Dollys temperament in
suspense. He merely said lobster Couldn {
| be transported on American railroads
| outside OF New England points.
! The result was that since the embargo
went into effect q respectable lobster had
! not dared to lift its claws anywhere
south OF dollar a pound.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
pop BY THE MILLION
FOR SOLDIER BOYS
Also Moving-Picture Machines
and Athletic Supplies in Next
Y. NJ. c. A. Consignment
New York. April 4.

Five million bottles of pop will be
sent overseas to cheer American soldiers
in France as a part Of the April ship
ment made by the Young Mems Chris
ian Association.
w. d. Turner at the head of the over
seas purchasing department of the Y.
NJ c. A.. said today that the order for
the next month also includes 10, 900, 900
sheets of note paper and 5000, 600 en-
velopes. Among the canteen supplies
Will be 2,10s,0O0 pounds Of sugar and
1.19S,4O0 pounds of flour, both bought
through Herbert Hoover; seventy-five
tons of coffee. 100000 packages Of
chewing gum, 321, 500 tins of condensed
milk, 2l2,O00 cans of fruit, 215,OO0 pack
ages of crackers, $4,000 shaving sticks
and $4,000 tubes of tooth paste.
Two hundred moving-picture ma.
chimes will be sent over for the new
huts in April, 100 talking machines and
25OO monograph records. one hundred
thousand dollars has been spent for the
athletic supplies that will be sent over
next month. Mr. Turner recently placed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
MUSICIANS FROM PHILADELPHIA
PICKED FOR CAMP MEADE BAND
And Nels Anderson, Grizzed Leader Of Organization
Won't Go Home Until Wars Over,
Writes Bob

by tho boys and VIII be served I'm Ritz
Carlton style. Chicken noodle soup, roast
turkey, Candied sweet potatoes, endive
SALAD, mince pie ice cream, sweet cider.
malaga grapes but why mention all the
eatables on the Hoover list?
Prominent on the arrangements COM
mittee are Sergeant George Il. Sugg,
Corporal Winfield S. Smith, Sergeant
Luther u. Melcy, Corporal Joseph Hurst
c. c. Goodwin, Private Frank \. Con-
molly, Sergeant Edward Dickson, Pri-
Yates p. G. Ptister, T. V. Henry and
William Green and Sergeant Joseph 4.
Devine.
An entertainment. dance and banquet.
And then you have the nerve to question
me when | say that Camp Meade life
is one good time after another
Good night, Sis. Your Soldier Brother.
ROE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
KILBANE is TO HAVE
CHARGE OF CAMP BOXING

Camp sherman, Chillicothe. o.. April
Johnny Kilbane, of Cleveland.
featherweight boxing champion. who has
had charge Of boxing instruction here.
has been placed in general chargo OF
boxing instruction in military camps Ell
over the country. according TO word re-
ceived here.
He will install the Camp Shermfn
system in the other camps and will 80
personally to Camps Custer and Grant
Camp Sherman is reported TO be the
only camp in the country where every
man has been taught boxing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
hoHgtvlIIe Business Man Dead

...Paster. Pa, April 4.--Hacob r.
I|..f y director OF the Mountville Ma
bhnk and the MountHlle Manu-
rt Company died last night In
+'.re, after a protracted illness He
'1'eFtY-f'S years old
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
CHARLESTON WOMEN
SHINE IN WAR WORK
Break Record for Articles
Contributed to Red Cross
in One Week

The women of Charleston the last
week broke all weekly records for arti-
cles contributed to the local chapter OF
the Red Cross Here is the list:
Seventy summer bath robes, or con-
valescent gowns.
Ninety heavyweight winter pajama
suits.
Three hundred hospital bed shirts.
one hundred and fifty-nine oakum
pads. 12 by 12 inches fifty small paper
backed pads f. by Il inches seventy.
five II bandages and 1870 triangular
bandages.
Six hundred and forty gauze COM
presses, 4 by inches, and S25 gauze
wipes, or sponges, 4 by inches.
Six thousand four hundred Eauze
wipes, or spOnges, by 4 inches
Five muffiers fifteen wristlets. forty
five pairs of socks and 265 sweaters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
Award $4,000 Road Contract

Mount Holly. y. j., April 4.-Con.
struction of another link In the inn
provement of the road from the Centrai
section of Burlington County TO Camp
Dix was authorized, when the Bur
lington County Board of F'reeholders
awarded to the Utility Construction
Company, of New Brunswick, the con-
tract to build the second section of the
concrete road from Pemberton to the
Government reservation boundary near
lewistown on a bid of s49,O0540. sub
ject 20 approval by the State Highway
Commission
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
AMERICAN AVIATORS
AID IN BIG BATTLE
British War Office Pays Tribute to
Americans Attached to Royal
Service

London. April "A high compliment
to American airmen Is given in the ON
cial statement issued last night on aerial
operations.
During the last fortnight of intense
fgthing in the air." says the statement,
the assistance rendered by the person
mel of the American air service attached
to the royal air service has been inValu-
able"