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Evening journal., 1919-07-26
CRAVATH HOLDS TO
TUP OF NATIONAL
lack Wheat Bangs Out 90
Hits in The Major
Organization
GENE DUBUC
HEADS PITCHERS

Gavyy Crsvath. the Phillies' man
ager, perches atop the balers with a
percentage OF 35i Zack Wheat, who
seems to have reached last years bat
ting form, banged out the most base
hits, 9s; he needs just two hits to gar
ner the ilrst century hit in the Heyd-
Ter circuit Max Flack OF the Cubs,
scored the greatest number OF runs,
30 Carson Bigbee Of the Pirates Is IN
the van for base-running h0nors; the
!. feet Pirate stole p bases. Gene Du-
( buc heads the pitchers with a pitch
ing mark OF s33.
A most unusual game was staged on
I. July 81. on the Polo Grounds. when
jess Barnes Of the Giants. hung a two
io-noihing defeat onto Jake May Of
. the Cardinals. This contest which
went s1s innings. the Giants not TAX
ing their ninth inning at bat. probably
. set record for service by the op-
: posing hurlers Jess Barnes, the victor,
pitched IS times in 9 innings to the
Cards agains' Mays IS serves IN 3 in
nings 10 the Giants Barnes hurled y
strikes, % balls and % pitches that
were hit, against Mays 81 strikes, 30
balls and % that were hit, total Of
i72 serves i'm regulation game last
: Friday. Barnes served exactly ~ times 1
to defeat the Cubs in a Ground affair |
Leon Cadore and The Robins busted /
Waiter Reuther's great winning streak
on July 10; at the time Reuther had
won nine consecutive games, 3 via The
shuout route; this is the best record
among The National League twiilers
for the year. Reuther's last previous
dofsof eor,o frnrn- -ftfa guhs on Nav e. !
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
FOX-KILBANE ON
EDGE FOR MATCH

The international featherweishi
match between worlds champion,
Johnny Kilbane and Jeoy Fox. holder
Of the Lonadale featherweight cham
pionshlp belt. emblematic OF the
championship OF Great Britain will be
held at the Philadelphia National
League Baseball Park on Monday
night
This will be the FIRST international
match in this class held in five years
and it has aroused an immense
amount Of feeling. Fox is an Eng
lishman Of lIebraic parentage and
kilbane Of Irish stock. As a cOnse-
quence there is considerable racial
feeling engendered as well as national
rivalry.
Both Kilbane and Fox arc in Philadel-
phia. Fox is finishing his training al
Hermann's gymnasium while Kilbane is
doing his finishing touches at "Phila-
delphia' Jack O'Brien's studio. Both
report in excellent condition and ready
10 step into the ring.
The preliminaries to the big battle
hAH fNA iAlAiN AilbiN Alioi usual lultItHls
Big Kid Norfolk, who has champion
ship aspirations is down to meet the
Jamaica Kid in the semi-nnale. These
two husky heavyweights have been
bitter rivals for a long time and as an
added incentive for Norfolk to win, he
will have a chance to prove that he is
a better man than champion Ja&
Dempsey's ex-sparrmg partner. the only
one Of them who was able to stave of
the big fellows tiger rushes and who
has the distinction Of having put the
champion out Of commission for ten
days while training for his fight with
Wizard. Cal Delaney. Kilbane's spar
ring partner is down 10 meet the hard
hitting Joe Welsh. The bantamweight
division will be represented by those
two old rivals, Max Williamson and
Battling Leohard and the opener will
be between Whitley Fitzgerald and
Willie Harmon.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
SHOOTS 46 YEARS;
never AT BIRD
Record OF Walter Gilbert
OF Philadelphia is One
Distinctly Unique
SHOOTS AT CLAY
TARGETS ONLY

Here is a sportsman who has been
shooting for forty-six years, but never
hit a bird
His name is Walter Gilbert He is
the chief clerk to James Robinson, SUI
perintendent Of the Philadelphia. Pa,
Police Department, and bears the dis
tnction Of being organizer and the old
est member Of the Beideman Gun Club,
at Camden, n. J. Gilbert has served as
secretary and treasurer Of the club
for thirty consecutive years.
"What," you exclaim: IAN organizer
OF one Of the finest gun clubs in the
land and never bit a bird?"
"Yes. it is true: but let me explain
that Walter Gilbert believes IL cruel
sport TO shoot at live birds. and instead
has spent forty-six years in shattering
clay pigeons as they were released from
the traps.
/ have known Gilbert for a number
Of years. but I learned OF his aversion
TO shooting live birds only recently.
The chief clerk has an office in the
City Hall, facing the court yard. on
the window ledge beside his desk
stands a flower box containing plants
and flowers.
on this particular day ] was passing
the office when the noise created by
excited clerks attracted my attention.
Seized with curiosity, I entered the
office and saw the clerks crOwding
about the window BY standing on a
chair and peering over the heads Of the
clerks beheld Gilbert in the act OF
feeding cracked corn to a pigeon which
had built nest in The flower box. The
nest contained two eggs, which in due
time were Matched.
"When the pigeons grow up will
you use them to shoot ate" I asked
in a jest
NO, sir!" was the prompt reply. 81
think il is cruel sport to shoot at
birds. In all the years that l have
handled a gun I never aimed at a live
grid, nor do I intend TO start at this
late day. Clay birds are lots more
fun to shoot at"
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
COBB AGAIN ON
TOP IN american
Detroit, Star Holds Lead
With Batting Average
of .354
EDDIE CICOTTE
LEADS TWIRLERS

Ty Cobb leads the sluggers with a
percentage Of .35i sam Rice Of the
Senators, punched out the most hits,
40. the greatest number Of base hits
reaped by any one player in the Ma
jors- to date Roger Peckinpaugh and
George Ssler are tied for run-scoring
hOnors with 81 tallies apiece. cole
/ Doc" Johnston is showing the way TO
the base runners with p steals. Eddie
Cicotte tops the hurlers with IS wins
and Z defeats.
Bill Wambsganss quit 10 sam Jones
on July ~. after a hitting streak that
lasted 10 games. in which he banged
out n hits in 81 tries for .29s
Eddie Collins busted both a hitting
and scoring streak to Ernie Shores
elusive shoots on July % Eddie, up
10 this game. had scored Q talles in
straight games, besides hitting safe
iy in his last ten consecutive contests
In which he punched safely 10 times
In 80 batting trips for an even 800
Ty Cobb indulged IN a hitting frolic
that endured 10 straight games. until
July IS, when Rollie Naylor applied
the brakes. Ty kissed the pin 10 times
in 30 tries for an average Of .3Sj and
scored 10 runs.
Mike Menosky had his batting and !
slreaks broken on July |
n by Dave Davenport Of the Browns
Mike had tailed ~ runs in straight
games and hit safely in ten consecu-
live games in which ne maced 2i hits
mil attempts for a mark Of .5i2 Men
)sky, besides scoring Z runs i'm a game
smashed pair of round trips of
pitching on July 90 Babe
auth, two days before. hit two homers
n a game, one with the bases loaded
Joe Judge was stopped on July q
)y Claude Williams. after a batting
streak lasting g games, which yielded
IS hits in 81 trials for an average Of
400.
Roger Peckinpaugh quit TO Red Fab
ar, July q. after hitting safely in 7
games. in which he got hits in %
tries for .2Si
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
REHLFs UP sI.iO0 EEET.

NEW YORK, July 26 United Press
An unofficial American altitude record
was held today by Roland Rhelfs, test
pilot for the Curtiss Engineering Cor
poration. who flew to a height of 3i.i0O
feet at Nineola, L. l., in one Of the new
Custiss "wasps" The previous Ameri-
can record was credited TO Major r. w.
Schroeder, L. :. A., who attained an
altitude Of 2s.9O0 in British-built
Bristol. Rehlfs' wasp" is triplane
designed for the United States army as
pursuit plane and under government
tests has flown i6O miles an hour.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
AREN'T FANS
FUNNY BEINGS ?

Billy Evans, the well known umpire,
was the target for a pop bottle shower
in Cleveland The bottles llew from the
trse base bleacheos. following a deci-
sion Evans made disastrous to the Cleve-
land team. And Evans home is in
Cleveland. too.
Chief Folger, OF the League Park Po-
lice, stepped 10 the vicinity of the
pop bottle hurlers and said:
THAT was a cOwardly act and the
man who threw those bottles wouldn't
have the nerve to meet Billy Evans face
TO face"
"Oh, WAS that Evans" one of the fans
yelled. I'VE thought u was Nallin."
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
CULVER IN BRILLIANT FORM.

SEAFORD. Del, July 26.-Culver
pitched alright ball yesterday shutting
out fredericksburg, , TO 0. He missed
having his name in the no-hit, no-ruD
hall of fame when Dawson mlsiudged
a fly ball in left field. A running stab
by Holt was a brilliant piece OF field
ing and prevented a fredericksburg run
ner from crossing the plate. Score by
innings:
Seaford .....O OOO2OOO+s Al
fredericksburg .O0 100000 4 3
Batteries: Fcderalsburg, Bradley and
Jefferson; SeafOrd, Culver and Shipley.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
No Rest for Jess Willard
Keeps Busy Counting Jack

Jack Dempsey received S27,5OO for
his end. They cut Ollie Pecord's wages
from $500 to $500. THAT was more
than he earned.
Poor jess Willard He received $780,
600 on top OF about $4,000 he made
allowing The fans to see him train at
two bits a head Poor Jess
Poor Jess and the guys who sold ice
water at from ten 10 nifty cents a glass.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
SAILOR ROyS WANT GAME.

Paul Kemske, manager of the de-
stroyer Flotilla all-star baseball team
L. 5. ~, wishes to arrange with one OF
the Wilmington all-star baseball teams
for game The game can be arranged
by writing to Paul kemske, l. ;. :.
Trippe. League Island Navy Yard, Phil
adelphia, Pa The team will play any
day and at any place.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
LORRAINE JRs. WIN ALSO.

Lorraine Juniors defeated the Lake
wood team yesterday afternoon, score
10 10 8. LOrraine's lineup is as fol-
lows: Norris Beerman. catcher;
Joseph kuhns. pitcher; William Kuhns,
shoristOp; Edgar Shaffer, first base !;
Joseph Lond. second bases Ralph VOL
fond, third base; John Colonel. left
field; John Goebel. centre field; Harrell
Benson, right field Lorraine will ar
range games with any 10 10 iI-year-old
teams in the city. Address Joseph
kuhns, No. 90i dupont street.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
SOMETHING
NEW IN SPORT

one OF the first things Iris Speaker
did as manager Of the Indians was to
do away with the batting cage in pnac-
tice and TO send in Les Nunamaker and
Chet Thomas 10 catch the balls the
batlers missed. With Steve O'Neill
working regularly be figured the other
two catchers needed the practice.
lchiya Kumige, the great Jap tennis
star pronounces the family name thus
Is: "COme-aguy."
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
HERCULEs WINS FIRST ONE.

The Hercules team. recently organ
lied, opened its season yesterday after
noon by defeating the Atlas team, score
10 TO l.
The game was exceptionally well
played bv the new team and many fast
plays featured Heavy hitting was the
marked feature OF the affair, McKin-
ney being the big st.cker for the win
ners.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
MILLSRORn WINS.

GEORGETOWN, Del, July 26.-With
six successive games TO his credit.
James Jones, MillsbOrO's we'll known
catcher and slab artist, pitched the In
dia River boys to victory Thursday
afternoon against Newark, Md, win
ming by the score Of to 2. Since June
i3. Jones has pitched 30 innings and
during the six games in which he has
figured he has struck out 6s men. al
lowed but i2 hts and only seven runs,
six Of which were unearned The score
by innings:
Mllsboro .........iOOOOO32x-e
Newark ..........0 0 4 90 0 0 %
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
T0DAY'S BASEBALL
DEL-MAR LEAGUE.

DEL-MAR LEAGUE.
New Castle vs.. WiIdeI, at Military
Grounds.
ElktOn VS.. r. H. H., at Seventeenth
and Spruce.
LL-WILMINGTON LEAGUE.
Triangle vs.. Richardson Park, at Rich
ardsOn Park.
Parkside VS.. Brownson, at Second and
DUPONT
NeighborhoOd VS.. silverbrook, at Sill
VerbrOOk.
Keystone VS.. Eleventh Ward, at
BrOWntOWn.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26

Who sets the styles, the city
slickers or the hicks? Chicago
indoor sport circles are now
drinking hard cider.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
'CRAR-RAGn snnnr ron,N

Ihe P, B. q W. Gun Club Will hold
a grsD-Dag shoot this afternoon. at
iodds Cut The shoot Will commence
at , o'clock.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
HIGH AND Low SCORES YESTERDAY

Runs scored by National and Amer
lean Leagues, July 10 to %, inclusive.
National League.
High-New York, G.
Low-Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadel-
phia, st. Louis, o.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
81. HEnMIG WANTS GAMES.

ST. Hedwig's Jrs. would like TO ar
range games with Phoenix A. c. and
also with Happy Valley for August 2
and August g. Send challenges to JOS
eph Little, No. l3S South Van Buren
street
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
American Leaaue.

At Boston R.H.E.
New York ..0i002 ii--6 ~ 3
Boston ......0 0005 5iO2x-s 20 2
Batteries. Russell, shore. McGraw and
Hannah; Ruth and Schang
At Washington R.H. z.
Phna. "a OOOi2O02-6 . 2
Wash. 000002i 00-4 If I
Batteries. Perry and Mccoy; Erick-
son and Picinich.
At Chicago R.H F..
ST. Louis ...0ii 0200 0 0 o. 10 0
Chicago .002i 2i0003 3 Ks 3
Batteries. Davenport and SEVERED: f:
William and Schalk.
At Cleveland r. II. z.
Detroit 400-I2 oil i6 0
Cleveland Il 000020 o. ) Il
Batteries Dsuss and Ainsmith; Jas
per and 0'Neill.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26

American League.
High-Detroit. f.
Low-St Louis. Washington, 4.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26

They're having as hard
time organizing the League of
Nations as they did getting the
old Federal League started.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26

The Want Ads. viii rent houses and
apartments TO good advantage.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
GAMES TODAY.
National Icanne.

Boston at New York
Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 2 games)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Chicago at St Louis.
Evening journal., 1919-07-26
American Iennnn

american League.
New York at Boston.
Detroit at Cleveland.
St Louis at Chicago
Philadelphia al Washington.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.
At Polo Grounds RHE
Boston .......0 5000 100000 3
New York 20 t0OiO3i 1
Batteries. Rudolph and Gowdy; Toney
and McCarty.
At Philadelphia RH,E.
Brooklyn % iOOO2O 2OO-5 a O
Philadelphia OOOOOOOO-O 1
Batteries. Pfeffer and NJ. Wheat /:
Hogg. Packard and Adams.
At Pittsburgh R.HE.
Cincinnati 20 2OOOi-i Q 1
Pittsburgh 20 10000 5000 4 0
Batteries. Eller and Wingo; Adams
and Schmidt
At st. Louis R.HE
Chicago .....f 10000 OO0O-i , 4
ST. Louis ..O0O 10000 , 2
Batteries. Vaughn and Killifer; Doak
and Clemmons.
The sun., 1919-09-21
Explosive Flour,

TOR many years II has been known
that various forms Of dust "neh
mingled with air In certain pro-
portions are capable Of producing de,
nuctive explosions when oronEh'
Into contact with fame.
This danger sometimes exists IN
-four mills. an instance being the eN'
plosion of three -four mills AZ MIN
ueapohs in 1878. II was then dnmon'
strated by experiment that TWO ounces
Of -four in two cubic feet OF conhne1
Gir, when ignited. would cause VI,
olcnt explosion, and It was yalc-''tan
that the contents OF a hour sack al'..
tr!buted through 1000 cubic feet gi
air would cause an explosion o-laa'
OF throwing a weight Of $500 tons "
n height OF 100 feet,
An instance IS known whcT' sIsa,
dust in confectionery facu'y 81 's5u
ar explosion and in another case ~
seep proved equally dangerous
The sun., 1919-09-21

some extent. and piled up q middle
ground or bar. just Oh the point. that
may be the saving Of the tower and
the lighthouse reservation 1t may be.
but such storms play some queer
pranks. as all the village folk win
testify.
The lighthouse service had just got
ten well under way IT'S wall and jetty
operations. Five hundred tons Of rock
had been dumped along the shore to
form breakwater. and spurs had been
run out as jetties. These canght the
shifting sands and piled them up. The
next storm may carry them all away.
and the village folk would not be sur
prised. They remember the old legend
of the days OF sail and steam packets.
when some irresistible power drew
vessels to the beach at Barnegat, when
full sail or steam should be carrying
them to seaward. Many saw such
things happen. but none could explain.
Capt. woodmansee collected as many
as fifty name boards Of ships drawn
in and tossed up In the night by this
unknown power There were times
when two a night So upon the bar.
when by rights they wer- making out
The sun., 1919-09-21

The agreement called for sailings twice
u month for eight months OF the year
and once a month during four months
of the year from New York to Liver
pool.
The Government stipulation was
that the vessels we're to be of 1000
tons each, but Collins went beyond
this and constructed steamships big
ger than had ever been seen here be-
fore. They were the Arctic, 1855
tons, and the Atlantic, 2,S45 tons.
They were regarded as palatial steam
ships, although their cost was only
about $765,ooo. compared to $575, 900
for the Asia, crack ship of the Cunard
Line.
All these vessels were driven by
side wheels and side lever engines.
Their engines developed about 500
se-power.
The entry OF American liners into
the transatlantic trade caused some
thing OF a sensation on both sides Of
the Atlantic. The Yankee ships i'm,
mediately began to show their speed,
and with their handsome fittings and
liberal management they were soon
getting big share of the trade. The
British monopoly OF that time was
broken.
The cunarders had been crossing in
from ten days six hours to fourteen
days three hours. The Collins
steamships averaged from nine days
seventeen hours to twelve days nine
hours. They made a great record
during their early years and usually
beat the Cunarders by about a day.
But 1t was the old story, Lighter cost
of operation and the entrance OF
politics into the American side Of the
game finally put the American line
out OF business. During its decade
of service, however, the Collins Line
had won more than It's share OF the
trade, and favorable Congress in
1858 raised the subsidy TO 1868 900 a
year. more than meeting the Cunard
increase. '' 's
Two Of the fine Collins ships, the
Arctic and the Pacific. were lost. Fol-
lowing this the refusal OF Southern
senators IN 1853 to lend any further
assistance In maintaining ship sub
sidy put the finishing touches on
Americas first pretentlous attempt AT
a Transatlantic passenger service.
Shipping men here hope that his
tory Will not repeat itself in the case
of the new 1000 foot liners, but they
sec difficulties in the path OF their
! success
The sun., 1919-09-21
ON of Barnegat Light Heard the Pounding Of the Ses

10 sea. Some suggested tides or thu
great undertcw that could carry OF
yards OF beach, In bite, but Cant
woodmansee silenced those who dared
set up a claim TO knowledge against
the great unknown.
Some years ago. the need OF steam.
ships and larger vessels for an of.
shore warning signal at Barnegat was
met by the placing of whistling IA.
buoy and submarine signal five mile.
or the light. This Is outside the Ftva
Faihom Bank, which ordinarily il thu
mark Of safety. For the benefit OF thu
layman, II is well TO say that the Five
Fathom Bank is the dotted line on ALI
nautical charts that shows where IN.
beach shelves to a thirty foot depth
Outside the line there is at least thirty
feet of water. Inside there is less ana
danger to any but small craft.
.~, would Cost sI.sOo.ooO.
Officials here agree that the sbor,
line at Rarnegat could be he'd against
the worst of natures furies IL 1t were
worth while. The only way II can h.
done. however. they say, is TO build
q great seawali for a mile or mora
around the southern point upon which
the lighthouse and village stand. Tho
Government can not do this. II IL
limited by law and technically in
the expenditure Of funds to the light.
house reservation, and question ia
reised as to, whether the land that
would be saved Is worth while II
would take million and a half to do
II. ta4 .S@En 49, &
The Government is unwilling to
spend It, and the sum is beyond the
ken Of the village folk. The hotel at
Barnegat has been moved back 10
safety. T'hs ramshacl1le three story
fJame structure is empty and has not
been operated for some time, but Il "a
safe from the sea for a time at least
The cottages, It seems. are doomed, to
fall one by one into the sea The end
of the railroad to the village was lost
in the August storm, but this is con.
sidered a minor matter. 1t Just made
the road that much shorter. The cot.
tages are east of the lighthouse and
on the very, ocean front.
All of the bay towns suffered in the
storm, rain and high tide of August
is. Hundreds of boats were torn from
their moorings and many sunk. One
of the bridges from the mainland was
carried away. Mill dams broke, and
all of the cranberry bogs were flooded
The meadows were under sea, and the
Atlantic City road under many feet
of water. Havoc was wrought in
Wareton. Tuckerton, Toms River,
Ocean Gate. Fine Beach and Beach
Haven,
The Lighthouse Service is to finish
the seawall and jetty work about tho
lighthouse. More brush is to be put
down and piled with 1900 tons Of
stone to hold the sea. An effort may
be made to dam the channel between
the beach and the middle ground, or
bar. that is building up to the north
Whether the effort will be successful
and the light will be saved time alone
will tell.
Should the tower fall, 1t is likely
that another will be built on the
north point Of the inlet, that is grow
ing and moving south. It would bs
q smaller light for the benefit of the
| fisherfolk and the small craft making
the inlet, but progress probably will
result in placing a great beacon miles
out to sea, on the ten fathom curve.
The sun., 1919-09-21
Getting a Shave Down East

can Revolution and with at least ons
stirring incident OF the Revolutionary
War entwined in its history.
"As we roll uearer, toward this
centre, we pass fine old big houses
in grounds well kept. There are big
trees everywhere, and now here we
are in the town itself, passing the
perfectly kept village green, upon one
side of which stands an old church
with a tapering spire of the sort you
see across country. a land mark, and
having also a big town clock while
on the green's other side stands
stone church of modern design.
AT the business centre the main
street is lined for two or three blocks
with shops, some of which prove to
be surprisingly large and to have
surprisingly large and varied stocks
This is not great big town. but It IS
a pleasant old town, and a thriving
centre to which people come from
all around. at all seasons, with
greatly added number in summer
and the streets are filled with auto
mobiles. Our hostess leaves me at
tio pdrperS Wills Sne seIS OuS " NN
some shopping.
And now the barber shop. was
1t the old time village shop with car
pet covered chairs and leg rests and
that sort of thing? Well hardly.
The proprietor is a man who knows
Palm Beach and New York and Bos-
ton as we'll as he does this fine ola
New England town in which he is
now established; and his barber shop
is fitted out in every detail with
equipment of the most modern dc"
scription, all kept In the most spio
and span condition; and the BARRIERS
to be found here and the work they
do are all just such as you woula
and on Broadway
Then I sought our hostess where
she had told me she would park the
car and found her and the children
already aboard; and then we drove
past those big, square, restful ola
chimneys again. back TO my friends
delightful summer home; after trip
to the BARRIERS that was really Some-
thing quite different. Here IN me
city 10 get TO my favorite shop walk
one block east and three blocks south'
TO the BARRIERS and back. there. was
a matter OF twenty miles"
The sun., 1919-09-21

this little prayer for the success OF our
soldiers. Men halted in the streets,
Women paused in their household
duties or wherever they happened To
he, and every one offered up the Pc
ition. Men who never were known
TO pray before bowed their heads in
prayer.
The news Of this beautiful and
unique custom. 30 faithfully observed
by the old and young of Verbena,
spread far and wide. and letters came
from Florence. Italy; Paris, Halifax
and cities In other countries asking
about the prayer OF the bell'' and
stating that their towns wished 10
adopt the custom,
II may be interesting 10 know that
the prayer Of the bell" was sug-
gested by Verbena resident, a nephew
OF the famous American poet Sidney
Lanisz.