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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-19
TRANSPORTATION GROUP
Contributed but Little to Market, Al.
though Investments In Better
B3n1and.

New York. July 19.-The high pitch
of activity in the stock market this
week caused the authorities of the ex-
change to suspend the weekend ses-
sion, thereby affording an opportunity
to relieve the congestion OF business
reported by brokerage houses.
The daily turnover was far in excess
OF 1900, 900 shares, but consisted in
large part of the well-known specula-
tive issues which have provided the
market with much of its buoyancy
since the inception of the long sustained
boom.
Aside from minor or low-priced. rails,
the transportation group contributed
little to .the market although invest
ment shares, notably transcontinentals,
were in better demand with coalers. i.
Dealings in st. Paul common and
preferred, Missouri, Kansas & Texas
common and preferred, and several
other western and southwestern issues,
also New Haven, were of sufficient vol
ume to give Else to the belief that sub
stantial accumulation was under way.
Equipments, including leading steels.
and the entire metal division, were
variably benefited by trade advices
and upward revision of prices, coppers
failing, however, to make more than
moderate response to the increasing de-
mand.
From the banking standpoint, the
most interesting and disquieting devel-
opment was the collapse of exchange
on London and Paris, the rate to the
first named center declining to the
lowest level ever recorded here.
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CUBS TO FIGHT
TO BITTER END
Chicago Has Not Giyen Up
Hopes of Repeating,
Says Mitchell.
RACE TIGHT AS DRUM
Giants Have Been Hardest
Nuts for Champs to
Crack to Date.
(BY JACK vEIocK.

| New York, July ID. N. So
The champion cubs have not given
up hope of repeating. They are 60
ing to give the Giants and. Reds a
| battle to the finish for the pennant
according to Fred Mitchell, their
, two-fisted manager.
THE race is as tight as drum and
the season is only half over" said
Mitchell today.
"As far as / can see it's anybody's
pennant, and / am confident that the
Cubs will be heard from. We're due
to make a strong finish. We have a
lot of games to play at home and we
will finish on our own grounds.
"If It hadn't been for Charley Hol-
lochers broken thumb we would have
done much better to date. Hollocher
was out of the game for a month and
/ attribute the loss of. good many
games to his absence from the line
up. Killifer's injury and absence
from the game hurt us, too, but both
players are back now and we have
our full strength.
George Tyler Is the only member
OF the pitching STAFF who is not going
good now. Alexander looked mighty
good in Boston the other day and
think he'll win many game from
now on. Prior to last week he wasn't
right. He hurt his arm in the last
game Of the New York series at Chi
cago. can't account for the fact
that the Cubs aren't hitting as well
as they. did last year. You never
can explain those things Deal, for
instance, was the weakest hitter we
had last season. This year he is hit
ting harder than anybody.
"Our club isn't as strong as the
Giants and Reds with the bats, but
we have superior pitching, and l
think this will be demonstrated from
now on"
Mitchell added that the Giants
have been the hardest club for the
Cubs to beat. In fact, Chicago has
won only one game from New York
lhis season, while the Giants have
beaten the Cubs eight times. Against
the Reds, Mitchelps club has held 1t
down, winning six and losing six
games against Cincinnati
We're due to pick up" concluded
Mitchell. 1.-THE players are full of
fight. They refuse to admit that
anybody has the edge on them and
they'll have to be shown. ! feel
sure that, we will be in there battling
them an at the finish. I'm not pre-
dieting that we'll win the pennant,
because it will be an uphill fight,
but the club that beats us out will
know that 1t has been in a pennant
race. -
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Reserve Strength of New York Clubs
May Decide the 1919 Pennant Races
Both Reds and White Sox Are Handicapped by Lack Of Surplus
at Present Time.

AS the sixteen clubs in the big
leagues are travelling at the present
time most Of the baseball experts
would pick the White Sox and Gin
cinnati to win the pennants and
clash in the worlds series. But each
of those teams is severely handi-
capped by lack of reserves. E
Cincinnati, well stocked with classy
pitchers, needs both infield and out-
field utility men OF class--second-
stringers who are almost as good as
the regulars.
The White Sox need one or two
good pitchers TO help out the present
overworked force. .t
The Giants and the Yankees have
plenty of reserve power in all de-
partments, though individually their
regulars hardly class with the Reds
and White Sox.
Cicotte and Williams have been
doing the bulk of the work for Chi
cago with Eaber furnishing good as
sistance. The rest of the team is
o. X. and there are utility men to
take the places Of those who may
suffer injuries.
Slumps and injuries are bound to
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come, II seems. Once In while a
team goes through a season without
serious losing streak but very sell
dom is this the case.
A team is no stronger than its SUBJ
stitutes, Is an old axiom fitting base
ball as well as other sports.
Cleveland in the American has a
first class aggregation of catchers,
infielders and outfielders but more
strength is needed in the box unless
some of the youngsters. or unreliable
veterans, can hit winning pace. Hi
Jasper has been going well and may
add the necessary punch. Cleveland
has had its share of slumps already
and with good pitching and no more
long losing streaks the Indians stand
a chance to put 1t over.
=. Something unheard of would be a
worlds series in which the Cleve-
land and Cincinnati clubs were the
principals. 1t would be an all Ohio
affair with enough fans in the buck
eye state to make 1t go.
New York is perfectly willing to
support it's own worlds series.
The Cincinnati Chicago combination
wouldn't be bad, either,
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GILBERT NOW
TOPS SOUTHERN
Fast New Orleans 0utfielder
Bats Way Into First
Place.
JACKSON LEADS AMERICAN
First Baseman Grimm, OF Lit
tie Rock, Now Below
800 Mark.
JACKSON LEADS AMERICAN

Gilbert. of New Orleans, has battec
his way from fourth to first place II
the Southern league. Unofficial fg-
ures relesade today, and including
Wednesdays games, show he has ar
average of 1888. Other leaders are;
Mcdonald, Nashville, 1872; Peters
Birmingham, 1928: Christenbery
Memphis, 1927; Duncan, Birmingham
.31s; Mayer. Atlanta. $40; Sullivan
New Orleans, !, .307; Grimm, Little
Rock, .298; Griffin. Atlanta, .297.
jackson First.
Joe Jackson, the hard-hitting out
fielder of Chicago, is the new Amerl-
can league batting leader. Unoff1cia
figures released today show he has an
average of 1854. Peckinpaugh, New
York, leader week ago, dropped into
third place, while Cobb and Veach. 81
Detroit, are tied for second, with .348
The averages include games OF
Wednesday.
Babe Ruth, of Boston, is out to es-
tablish new home run record. he
has poled eleven circuit drives, the
number he collected last season
johnson, of Cleveland. who fell from
sixth to eighteenth place in batting,
continued to lead base stealers, with
nineteen.
Leading .batters for twenty five or
more games are: Jackson, Chicago,
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to the final round by defeating Walter
T. Hayes OF Chicago. and Robert G.
Kinsey, of California, respectively.
California players will monopoize the
playing in the doubles finals, when
three of the four contestants will come
from the Sunset state. Kinsey and Alex
Graves, of California, will be pitted
against Johnston and Sam Hardy, of
Chicago, in the fight for the doubles
title.
In the finals of the women,s singles
Miss c. B. Nicely will meet Miss Corinne
Gould, of ST. Louis. the playing through
champion. Miss Gould has not been.de-
feated in tournament play In three
years.
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CHAMP MEETS JOHNSTON

Finals Reached In National Clay Court
Tennis Meet at Chicago.
Chicago, July 19.-Wiliam Tilden. Jr.,
of Philadelphia, playing through cham
pion, will defend his title in the ma
tional clay court tennis tournament here
this afternoon when he meets William
Johnston, of California. A red-hot
match is in prospect.
Johnston and Tilden won their way
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ARROWHEADS TAKE TRIP
VIII Play Cleveland In Bradley County
Metropolis Sunday Afternoon. -

Cleveland, Tenn, July 19.-The local
baseball team has arranged a game
with the Arrowheads, of Chattanooga,
for Sunday afternoon. and the game
Is to be called at $3.50. Jimmie Lowell
will not be at first base. as he leaves
Friday for weeks vacation at his
homie at Columbia, and Magette. Of
Chattanooga. will cover the first sack.
Shell, of Athens, will cover the third
sack. and the locals are hoping to put
up one OF the best games Of the season.
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MOORE DEFEATED WILDE
This is the Opinion Of South African
Champ-Storm of Protest.

Champ-Storm OF Protest.
London, July 19.-Referee Eugene
Corrrs decision in the Wilde Moore
fight, which declared the English boy
winner in twenty rounds over the
American lad, has reused storm of
comment in sporting circles.
Writing in the Express today, Ste
phen Block, ex-amateur champion of
South Africa, said:
Moore was not beaten in nay
opinion. The decision was aston
ishing in view of the manner In
which Moore punished the Welsh
wizard"
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FORMER MAGNATE DIES

Chicago. July 19-James A. Hart, one
of the pioneers Of baseball and former
president and owner Of the Chicago Ma
tIonal league club. died at his home
here yesterday. Mr.. Hart was 81 years
old. Death was caused by organic
heart disease. He lie survived by
widow and two children.
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EXPERTS FIGHT TYPHUs
Important Medical Expedition Goes 70
Poland.

Poland.
Paris. July 19.-(A. P.)--The most
important medical expedition ever SEM
TO fight typhus will leave Paris IN
few days to try 70 stamp out tne .uart
ease in Poland and to attempt 10 avert
n Threatened epidemic In central Eu-
rope this winter.
Col. Harry l.. Gilchrist, OF the med
ical corps, u. s. A., will command q
group of $50 American army onicers
and volunteers, all sanitary experts.
The first expedition will be to eliminate
typhussin Poland,
American and British authorities
have sold Poland the larger part OF
their delouslng equipment and the POI,
ish minister of health Is gathering All
such equipment left behind by the Ger
mans. l
Eight hundred railway cars and 100
motor. trucks will be required 70 trans-
port the equipment and chemicals OF
the American medical expedition. Per-
mission has been obtained to 60 through
German territory to Poland. Il
Typhus now is asid to be exipdemic
from the Baltic to the Black sea. New
ertheless 1T Is hoped the expedition can
exterminate the typhus- bearing lice be-
fore cold weather permits the disease
to become violent. The interallied re-
lief expeditions throughout Poland are
giving every possible assistance to the
people. 1t is planned to disinfect the
people. their clothing and their homes
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WILSON'S PLAY BUSTERS

zeal Feature Game on This Afternoon'c
City League Program.
The battle between the Wilson's and
,iusters at Andrews field this after
noon features the weekly Offering OF
the city league. The schedule follows
Buster Browns VS.. Wilson's. ct An
drews feid Umpire-Bazzeile.
Arrowheads VS.. Wunderhose. at East
Chattanooga. Umpire-Mallett
Luceys VS.. Fort oglethorpe. at Alton
rark. Umpire-Ritchey.
The Andrews Box company will play
the Evans Exporters Sunday afternoon.
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.LOHMAN And
NOEL TO WORK
Boone and Roberts Selected
for Mound Duty by
CholIy Frank.
WEATHER AGAIN CLOUDY
National Hopes to Stage Four
Games After Rain In
terfered.
WEATHER AGAIN CLOUDY
TODAY'S BASEBALL
: SOUTHERN LEAcul


SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Chattanooga at Atlanta; cloudy.
Mobile at Little Rock; cloudy.
New orleans at Memphis;
cloudy.
Nashville at Birmingham;
cloudy.
IA SOUTHERN TOMORROW
Birmingham at Chattanooga.
Atlanta at Nashville.
Mobile at Memphis.
New Orleans at Little. Rock.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh at Boston; cloudy.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn; cloudy.
Chicago at New York: cloudy.
ST. Louis at Philadelphia;
cloudy.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
washington at Chicago; clear,
New York at st. Louis; clear.
Philadelphia at Detroit; clear.
Boston at Cleveland; clear.
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O'D0WD AND GIBBONS

MIddIewelohts VIII Clash over Ten
Round Route on Sept. I.
Minneapolis, Mimi, July 19.-Mike
ODowd, claimant OF the middleweight
championship. and Mike Gibbons, the
St Paul phantom have been matched
for a ten-round bout here on Sept l, II
was announced today.
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PRESIDENT lNDISP0SED
SIlaht Attack of Indigestion Prevents
His Going to Hampton Roads.

SIlqht Attack Of Indigestion Prevents
His Going to Hampton Roads.
Washington, July 19.-President Will
son was bothered today with slight
attack of indigestion, it was stated at
the White House executive offices. The
attack was only trifiing. 1t was stated,
and did not keep him away from his
desk. He was first affected late last
night.
The president had hoped to go on the
Mayfower to Newport News to witness
the start OIL, gthe Pacific fleet for the
west coast, but because of the unfa-
yorable weather and the press of official
business, he was forced to abandon
the trip.
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The Lookouts will return to their
native heath tomorrow. meeting the
slumping Barons in double header.
The second contest Is the tie which
was played when Birmingham was
Inst IN Chattanooga. Neusel Will make
his first appearance in the local out
aofa tfr RI
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Stop paying rent. Buy your
self a home; be independent.
Read News want columns for
bargains.-(Adv.)
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Atlanta. July ls.-The Lookouts
ana Crackers expected to play a
double header here this afternoon,
weather permitting. Lehman and
Noel were slated 70 pitch the brace
for Chattanooga, and Boone and
Roberts for Atlanta. The line-up
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National League.
Southern League.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Il, II. 4
At Boston (Rudolph, Nehf and
GoWdy) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Schmidt) ................. 2 10
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Crackers Stage Double Bill Weather Permitting Here Sunda
National League.

AKA: yeach, Detroit. .s4s; Cobb; De-
troit. .s4s; Peckinpaugh, New YORK.
National League.
lin. Thorpe, Boston. continues 10
ION fine National league hitters, win
373. Other leading batters for TWEEN
~ Ave or more games are: Cravath,
Philadelphia, 1854; Myers, Brooklyn.
327. McHenry, st. Louis. .32S;
Young( New York. .S2b. 49,,
Hendrix, of Louisville, still leads
American association batters, with
.2h5.-/
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the ball
Cleveland Harry Harper pitcher and Ed
"sun scored
This
baseball
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S0X SIGN SULLIVAN

Chicago Seml.Pro Pitcher Gets Chance
In Big League.
Chicago, July lS.-John ]. Sullivan, a
left-handed pitcher who has been play
ing with leading Chicago semi-profes-
sional clubs for several years, was
signed by the Chicago American league
team yesterday.
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ct BdHIts' IdIII.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
At St. Louis (weilman and Sew
New York (Russell and =
Atcle aahaad ijasper., Meyers
Coumbe and ONeilD 49,. 7 2
Boston caldwell, Jones and .
At Detroit tLeonard and Ain =
ph Smldep i' (Naylor and
Perkins, .............".. o 2
At Chicago Cwiliia M s and
Schalk) ..,.,....,.....'.'. IL
Washington QIarper. Zach
cry and Picinich) pam. /
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
|, At Atlanta Chattanooga. rain.
At Birmingham Nashville, rain.
At Little Rock (Karr and Brot-
Mobile day and coleman). . 0
At Memphis (Fen tress and
Block) ...,..,.............
New Orleans (Roberts, Tor
<elson and GILBERT ...... 4 10 0
Memphis (Foster, Barger
and Bshoff) ...........,.. l 6 4
New Orleans (Torkelson and
AgneW( ............. ....'' IL
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
Shreveport 4; San Antonio, 3.
Waco, Z: Galveston, o.
Fort Worth Beaumont, rain.
Dallas-Houston, rain.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
Binghamton, s; Baltimore, 4.
Rochester, 6; Reading, 8.
Newark 8: Buffalo. 2.
Toronto, q Jersey City, l.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Yesterdays Results.
Columbus. 8: Kansas City 0.
Louisville, Il: Milwaukee, 3,
St Paul, 6; Indianapolis, 2.
Toledo, 2; Minneapolis. l.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.
Augusta. 2; Charleston, 0.
Columbia 6; Spartanburg, 0.
Greenville 10; Charlotte, s.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
All games postponed. rain.
S0X SIGN SULLIVAN
Chicago Seml.Pro Pitcher Gets Chance
In Big League.
Chicago, July lS.-John ]. Sullivan,
left handed f,ifrhpr Nyhn has heen NAV
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-23
YOUTH WHO JOINED
 ARMY AT 14 BOASTS
 REMARKABLE RECORD
Now 15, He's Over Six Feet Tall and Man Enough to
 Stand Calf.

Alexandria, La, Nov. 22.-J. J. Baillis of this city, father ot Pri- vate Carl Joseph Baillis of the Unit ed States army, who is now with the post command, school of fire at Fort Sill, has come forward with the claim that Missouri was mistaken ln its claim that Corp. James E. L. Wlller- tion, one of it's native sons, was the youngest soldier in the American army. The birth records show that Willerton was born April 20, 190Z, while Bahlis says he can prove tha, his son was ushered into the world April 22, 1904, or two years and two day after Missouri trooper.
 The elder Baillis made his claim so emphatic that some of his nelghbors who possess a full measure of state pride, have become interested to the extent of assembling the data and proofs necessary to establish the claim. The history of young Baillis as gathered by those who seek to question the Missouri claim, show that he enlisted in the Veterinary corps at Camp Beuregard at Alex andria, June IT, 1918, and at that time he was six feet two inches 1T height and weighed 160 pounds. H. then lacked five days of being l. years and ? months of age. Follow ing his services at the Alexandrii camp he was sent to the artillery school at Fort Sill. It is also show that though he is but 15 now, he l: married, which cannot be said of th' Missouri claimant
 While the people of Alexandria art proud of their state and its achieve ments in the blithesome task of whip ping the Kaiser, they at the sam time are proceeding bit cautiousl, until they can get all the availabl data in the Missouri case. So ia they can show that their candidat was very young when eh enlisted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-23
Picks Cotton from Boat Which Was
 TOwed by Mule

Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22.-Comment ing on published reports that a Kaufman county farmer has been picking cotton from boat lowed by a mJle,JI. l.. Brin, of Kemp Texas writes local newspaper:
 Il note what you say regarding the Kemp farmer. own a farm near Kemp and possibly it may adjoin the farm you referred to. We'll, ev, erything that could happen to crop has happened to mine. At one tims last summer it looked like it would make one bale per acre, and then the bollweevils, bollworms, caterpillars grasshoppers, etc, ate up the larger part of the crop and it now looks like the catfish will eat the balance. Al the chickens on the farm were drown ed and the only thing l nave to b, thankful for is that the dicks coul1 swim"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-23

New York, Nov. 22.-The spread of boxing to countries which prev ious to the war were not familiar with the ring game has resulted to a number of novel incidents viewed in the light of American pugilistic traditions. Berlin has been the scene of belated attempts to develop the fistic art and at a recent series oi contests the announced gave httIe harangue in advance, pointing out that as Germany wanted to be or even terms in all sports, boxing as fostered by French, English and Am ericans had been introduced.
 The first pair of boxers came re- spectively from Berlin and Vienna and weighed in at l15 and l20 Ger man pounds respectively. The Ger man pound is one-tenth heavier than the American. 1t was characteristic that no two boxers weighed the same. One was invariably heavier and had the advantage.
 The tlrst victim, after putting up a far show for two rounds, ran afould of a wild swing of his oppon- ent, and, so crude was the oppon- ent. the "swipe" was with an open glove, and was really nothing more than slap in the face. They were elgnt ounce gloves too.
 Down went the boxer" who had done so well for two rounds. lie took the count of nine, rose, and m a few seconds went down again from a blow that could not have been more than tap. He seemed to have lost courage, and though he was never tout" or anything near It, he lost al interest in fighting, and obedientls perched himself on elbows and knees as the referee counted him out.
 The last bout was very short anc sweet, principally because the fal heavier man was German who hat lived in San Francisco for long time-Hans Breitenstraeter he caii ed himself on the program. Han showed just a bit of ciass, and th' knowledge that he had been in Amer ica and presumably knew something
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-23

but there is no record of overseas service or decorations of any kind. Their investigation so far shows that while Corp. Willerton, born in St. Louis and reared in Hannibal, had his beginning in 1902, he enlisted shortly after the United States en- tered the war and then only after re- peated attempts in which he found it necessary to incorrectly state his age. The record also shows that he crossed the sea in December, 1917, and served with distinction in the fa- nous First Division, and at the fin ish came back to Missouri with three service stripes, a wound stripe and the chevrons of Corporal. They have also learned that when the Mis- souri boy did achieve the goal on which he had set his heart, he was a few days lacking his fifteenth year.
 Despite the record made by the Missouri claimant, the Baillis family and their immediate circle claim that their boy has the honor, since fig ures cannot fabricate, and they have the word of the physician who off, ciated at his birth and other conylnc- ing evidence that the soldier boy who is now doing duty at Fort Sill, was but II years and trifle less than ? months old when his offer to serve his country was accepted and he was formally entered on the roster.
 The Louisiana historians like those in other states, are compiling the rec ords of their sons who served their country, and the fame of young Bail lis will receive due consideration in these annals, regardless of the claims of Missouri and the other common wealth that offered their boys gladly in the time of stress.