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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
MASSACHUSETTS, IN
BIG BASEBALL FEUD
1t Exists Between Towns Of
Orange and AthoI.
Manager Pat Moran of Cincinnati
Reds, Says Strangest Part Is That
Fighting Always Takes Place
on Trolley Cars.

"There have been some awful base
ball feuds," says Pat Moran Of the
Cincinnati Reds, "but if I'm not mis-
taken, the worst Of all exists between
the towns of Orange and Athol, Mass.
These cities hate each other-in base
ball o~nly-worse than Rome and
Carthage, and the struggles between
them are something terrible to talk
OF. The strangest thing about this
rivalry is the fact that the fighting
doesn't, as a rule, happen at the
games.
1.-The games between AthOl and
Orange are played with only the
usual amount of scrapping, hooting
and bottle pegging-just about as
much as always happens at such in
tertown affairs-but after the game
good night, Fido! The trolley cars
running between the two towns are
rolling lunatic asylums, and the COM
bat is incessant-nothing but flying
fists on every car.
The ball players long since learned
not to get involved in these battles,
they never use the cars, but slip quiet
ly through the woods and hoof it
home. AS 10 the umpires-well, can
you imagine an imp taking a chance
on one of those trolleys? They slip
up side streets and take secluded
trails. On the cars the fight lasts for
hours; the fans of Athol smash the
fans of Orange; the fans from Orange
smash right back; the car crews are
powerless-and are usually in the
thickest of the fight anyhow, being hot
fans-and the battle lasts till the po-
lice at either end Of the line. collect
all the fans they can capture.
"One Of the first games I ever played
in-about twenty-five years ago-was
between Athol and Orange, and I still
remember seeing the cars pull out
with everyone hitting everybody else
on the nose. And it's been so ever
since-the feud never gets cold. A
business mar of Athol may have the
most confidential relations with a bust
ness man of Orange-may trust him
with any sum of money-but If the two
Of them board the. same trolley a
after one of those games, they'll be
found at the end of the line rolling in
the aisle and clawing each others giz-
yards. That's real baseball, with real
fans to help it on !"-Chicago Daily
News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
FOIL BIG GAMBLING CLIQUE
Secretary Bobby Quinn Uses Novel
Plan to Break Up Noisy Crowd
in Wing of Grandstand.

Bobby Quinn, secretary of the st.
Louis Browns, found a way to break
up groups of gamblers who were wont
to congregate along the right field
wing of the grandstand and ply their
nefarious trade in open defiance Of the
police. Quinn called in the munich
pal authorities, but got no satisfac-
ton. He employed private agencies,
but still the wagering went on. Fin
ally he went among the men himself
and tried to break up the groups that
INSTRUCTED the passageway. Finally
he hit upon a plan that caused the
gamblers to howl to heaven. He
strung a series of signs along the Cir
ders, utterly blocking the view Of the
playing field from the rear Of the
stand. That did more than all the
cops in the Mound City. One may
walk in comfort through the st. Louis
stand now without hearing the boots
and bowls Of the short enders.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
NOTES critic
DIAMOND

Perkins is getting to be a whale of
a hitter.
Fewster is proving a first-class lead
off man.
Rumors have it that John McGraw
is trying to get Rogers Hornsby from
st. Louis.
Playing on the Red Sox is a tough
job. A player has to be good enough
to keep his job and not too good to
lose 1t.
Now that Ed Barrow has discovered
the worth of Heinie Wagner, the Red
Sox are expected to show a little more
speed.
Rumors float around Brooklyn that
Ivan Olson is to succeed Wilbert Rob-
inscn as manager of the Brooklyn
Dodgers next year.
FOrd Ialley, VINO .coulun get going
right in Texas, is now a big winner
up in the Western Canada league,
where he is playing with Regina.
=
Three times this year the New Or
leans Pelicans have been ousted from
the Southern league lead only to take
it back. They ought to be getting used
to ii.
The Galveston club has been trying
on. q young brother of Tex Erwin. He
halls from Dallas, where he has been
playing on the lots. He is said to be
as fast as a rabbit and can field.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
An obsession.

The favorite American sport just
now appears to be boosting prices.
The prices advance while you sleep,
and in the morning you r quite like
ly to find a new schedule awaiting you
with a uniform increase all along
the line.
At least, that's what a Cleveland
man believes, and he points in proof
to a certain conversation he claims to
have overheard recently in a down
town store. Here it is:
Clerk Ito proprietor)-Isn't it about
time for us to mark down our shelf
worn straw hats?
Proprietor lin horror)-Mark 'em
down! You NEAR mark 'em up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Unfortunate Arras.

Arras, on the River Scarpe, was the
capital of the Gallo tribe of Atrebates
in the time of Caesar. Later the CAPT
tai Of Artois, Arras is now the chief
city of the department Of Pas-de-
Calais. Since the fourth century Arras
has been famed for it's wooden cloth,
and particularly for fine tapestry hang
ings.
Arras was invaded in 1914, when her
grand palace and petit palace were de
stroyed by bombs. The great cathedral
was absolutely shattered, as well as
the railway station. Not n house
was left intact. Just one of the former
inhabitants, an old woman, was left
there. Although it teemed with mill
tary life, beautiful Arras became a
corpse-a dead city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
OLDTAGEA STARTS
WITH YOUR KIDNEYS

Science says that old age begins with
weakened kidneys and digestive organs.
This being true, it is easy to believe
that by keeping the kidneys and diges-
tive organs cleansed and in proper work.
ing order old age can be deferred and
life prolonged far beyond that enjoyed
by the average person. NsR =
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil has been relieving the
weaknesses and disability due to advance
ing years. 1t is a standard old-tine
home remedy and needs no introduction.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil is inclosed
in odorless, tasteless capsules contain
ing about 5 drops each. Take them as
you would a pin, with a swallow of
water. = The oil stimulates the kidney
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

action and enables the organs Co throw
off the poisons which cause premature
old e. New life and strength increase
as you continue the treatment. When
completely restored continue taking a
capsule or two each day. GOLD MED
AL HARLEM Oil Capsules will keep you
in health and vigor and prevent a return
of the disease.
Do not wait until old age or disease
have settled down for good. At the first
sign that your kidneys are not working
box Of COLD SS ME MEDAL SAIss Haa nie Oil
Capsules. Money refunded If they do
not help you. Three sizes. But REL
member to ask for the original imported
GOLD MEDAL brand. In sealed pack.l
ages.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
PIX

When a smart play goes wrong in
baseball the player executing 1t usual
ly looks like a deuce. That is precise
ly how Ross Young, right fielder for
the New York Giants felt and looked
when he did some quick thinking--in
fact, he thought too fast-in the
eighth inning in trying to catch ].
Vaughn on second base. That play
was the turning point of the game,
and resulted In the Cubs winning it,
3 to 1. Young was blamed by the
New York supporters, but this was
simply an instance of where a smart
play went amiss.
Surprised Everybody.
Vaughn was on first, with 4 gone.
Flack raped sharply to right. Invari-
ably on a hit of this sort the runner
on first will dash to second, make the
turn at that base. turn to look where
the ball is and what the right fielder
intends doing with it. Young expect
ed Vaughn, who is not a speed mer-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

helm Of what is left Of the 1915 Ma
tional league champion derelict. Need
ham once caught for the Braves, the
Giants, and the Cubs, and as manager
Of the Newark international league
club two years ago, displayed first
class ability. However. Needham
will not be considered until after the
heavy-hitting Cactus has failed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

chant, to make the turn at second
and by whipping the ball to Fletcher
like a shot, which he did, hoped to
catch Vaughn off the bag, but the Cub
pitcher, thinking he saw Manager
Mitchell give him the signal to come
on to third, kept on going and reached
that bag, much to the surprise of
Young and nearly everybody in the
park. Had Young waited a moment
before making his peg he would have
caught Vaughn standing up, as he is
one of the best throwing outfielders in
the league.
Play Upsets Giants.
This play rather upset the Giants.
Manager Mitchell saw it, and sent
Vaughn home on a double steal, with
Flack. Gonzales in his eagerness to
throw to Fletcher shot the ball to the
ground and past Fletcher, letting Hip
pc count. Herzog then tripled to left
center and FIack came across.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
His Renret.

mo doubt it is the continual gnaw-
ing of your conscience, because of your
outrageous ~profiteering, that prevents
you from sleeping!" we sternly de-
clared.
ooh, mol" returned the human hog.
"What keeps me awake is the thought
that there is no way by which I can
collect a drawback on the goods I sold
for reasonable profits before the pres
ent era Of high prices."-Kansas City
Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
A Born Optinist.

"That fellow Jones is a born OPP
timist-most hopeful fellow l ever
knew"
"Yes?'
"He certainly is. No matter how
hard a job you've got, no odds how
difficult, you can be worrying yourself
to death, but he won't; no, sir! He'll
just smile, and tell you to keep on,
dear heart; behind the sun the clouds
are darkest; lever say de- until you
could almost waste a brick on him !"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
str,vjno 20 Excel Yourself.

Think of every achievement as a
starting point. Never say to yourself:
'sThat is the best I al do" Bend
your energies to excel yourself. Re-
solve that tomorrow shall better the
best of today. The secret of growth
is to be striving constantly to surpass
your own record.-Girls' Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Play Upsets Giants.
FANS ATTACK EVANS,
THINKING HE'S NALLIM

Billy Evans, well-known UNI
pire, was the target for a pop
bottle shower in Cleveland. The
bottles flew from the first-base
bleachers following a decision
Evans made disastrous to the
Cleveland team. And Evans
home is in Cleveland, too.
Chief Folger of the league
park police stepped to the vicin-
ity of the pop-bottle hurlers and
said:
"That was a cowardly act, and
the man who threw those bot
ties wouldn't have nerve to meet
Billy Evans face to face"
"Ch, was that Evans?" one of
the fans yelled. 1--WE thought it
was Nallin."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Enough to Go Ahead.

The success of others should stimu-
late us to win success Let us not
envy them their triumphs, nor grudge
them the honors nor happiness they
have earned. There is success enough
to go around. Only small souls need
envy as a spur. The g~reat-hearted,
while bending all their energies toward
achievement, can rejoice in the tri-
umphs of others who are struggling to
reach the same goal.-Girls' Compan-
Ion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Appropriate Music.

"Can't you play something else than
that everlasting March from Iohen-
grin at my wedding?" asked the sew
eral times grass widow, who vas ar
ranging for another of her matri-
monial events.
Certainly, madam" responded the
courteous organist. And as the bridal
cortege wendell its way down the Isle
the church shook to the laundering
forth of that popular classic:
"Over and Over Again."-Exchange.
If you bury the Ratchet, cover up
the handle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Battle for Batting Honors.

c. C. Cravath, Philadelphia; Law
renee Doyle and Benjamin Kauff, both
Of New York, are having a great bat.
tie for the honor of making the most
home runs this season in the National
league.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

We offer $4,000 for any case OF catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is TAX.
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
%. ]. Cheney 6 Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Iuderus DeIixers Goods.

Hearing that he was only left in the
game that he might make a record for
continuous service, Fred Luderus set
out to show 'em that he was in there
because he delivers the goods. Here
of late F'red's hitting has been n of
the features of the play of the Phil
lies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
The cuticura Toilet Trio.

Having cleared your skin keep it clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume. No toilet table is complete
without them. Csc everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
TOM NEEDHAM NEXT MANAGER
Expected That OId-Time Backstop
viii Succeed Cravath If Latter
Fails as Leader.

Should Gavvy Cravath fail to obtain
manager, it is believed that Tom
Needham, famous speed merchant"
may draw the assignment to take the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
strange Transformation.

An old woman in a red cloak was
passing a field where q goat was feed
ing. What strange transformation
suddenly took place?
The goat turned to butter Quit her)
and the woman into a scarlet ann
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Another Trial for Devine.

William ("Skull") Deyine. catching
for Pittsfield, is declared to have
shown wonderful Improvement in his
work and his admirers are predicting
that he will be In the big show next
season to stay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

No sooner had the New England
league announced that it had disband-
ed for the season than the Boston
Braves came forth with the news that
they had nine of the best players in
the league signed up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
WAY ain rock the Nickel.

Little .Dorothy-Oh, mamma, Bill
has taken a nickel out of my bank!
Mamma-Bill, what did you take a
nickel out Of sisters bank for?
Small Bil-'Cause | touldn't Diet a
dime out from it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
No Heat to Liohts.

How can a place be lighted by a
thousand fires, and they afford no
warmth, neither car we put them out?
When lighted by firefiies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Brewers Get Pitchers.

Pitchers Enzmann and Petty. for
merly of the Cleveland American
| League baseball team, are now play
ing with the Milwaukee American
| Association club.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

With your fingers! You can lift off
any hard corn, soft corn, OF corn be-
tween the toes, and the hard skin cal
luses from bottom of feet.
A tiny bottle Of "Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apply a few
drops upon the corn or callus. In
stantly it stops hurting, then shortly
you lift that bothersome corn or callus
right off, root and all, without one bit
of pain or soreness. Truly! No hum
bug ADV.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Fishburn Goes to READING.

Sam Ffshburn, the ex-Lehigh col
lege player, has been turned over to
the Reading club by the st. Louis
Cardinals.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
c.ravato a Bench Pilot.

Gavvy Cravath is doing his manag-
ing of the Phillies from the bench
these days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Roth Bio Help to Boston.

Bobby Roth has been a big factor
in the recent improved showing Of the
Red Sox.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
New Orleans Gets In6eide,

Nal Barry, first baseman of the Mil
waukeee American association team.
was released to the New Orleans
Southern association club.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Binahamton Disposes Of rmo

Binghamton has sold Catcher John
Haddock to Toronto and given Pitcher
Rags Faircloth his release.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
knight Always Has Job,

Jack Knight, after being off watch
for quite a period because of injuries,
has rejoined the Seattle team.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

Football Job for Thorpe.
Jim Thorpe will manage the Canton
professional football team this fall.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

No man who listens to doubt will dc
what he intended.-Herbert Kaufman
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02
Jud Daley With Waterbury.

The veteran Jud Daley is playing
the outfield for the Waterbury team
In the Eastern league.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-02

Nose a Foot Long.
If your nose were twelve inches long
what would it be? A foot.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Slams of Life
u robIems Of Existence
I reated in JAZZ" Verse

StA Ms CF LIFE. BY J. =. 1IcEvoy. P.
Mr.. McEyoy has an irresistible pas
sion >for turning every incident of his
life into Jazz" poem. Even if he
should slip and roll all The way down
has frontdoor steps-an accident which
is apt to rob the ordinary mortal Of
III power Of expressing anything ex-
cent VIGOROUS PROFANITY - he would
probably write an ode on the subject
within the next half hour. No mere
reviewer can attempt to do justice TO
Mr.. McEvcy's verse; it leaps, and gal
Tops, and roars, and blares, and sug-
gests nothing so much AS Irving Ber-
lin interpreted by vigorous saxo-
phone band. And speaking of saxo-
phones. Mr.. McEvoy has composed
some lines on the subject which should
nneNl to every one who has been kent
awake III the wee sma' hours OF the
morning by neighbor practicing on
that sonorous instrument.
You bear, barbaric beast
I've often heard you moan
And naSsionately pant and sigh
a nd earEle grunt and groan
I've heard you sta.nmer, heard you sneeze.
| We listened 10 your neigh,
We hsrd hsard you cough and anort and
But I've never heard you play"
Mr. McEvoy's range OF subjects is
altogether unlimited. lie treats Billy
S""dav in a snirit of tolerant humor;
and he goes into lyrical ecstasy over
porternouse steak which should win
the heart Of every gourmand. In ex-
tremely rare moments he is serious, as
in MS poem, God Give Us Men"
written on the anniversary Of Amer
ica's entrance into the war. But the
bulk Of his work is simply an inter-
pretation of American life through the
medium OF carefree, rojlicking verse,
On, cterlzed by q s~tiric to en- wnlch
Justities the authors descriptions:
with malice for all and charity
toward none"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
'Prejudices, by II. l.. Mencken
Few Authors Spared in Brilliant Satirical
indictment of American Life and Literature

rnEyuDlcEs: FIRST SERIES. Nv n :.
Nenckcr. Alfred a knopf. New YoriS
Mr.. Menckcn in this book reveals
himself aa veritable Ishmaelite of
criticism his hand raised arainst everv
man Neither age nor sex escapes the
lightning OF his terrible, swift, sword:
nc respects neither the hoary respecta
bility of age, nor the ardent dreams of
youth nor the most touching outpour-
,ngs OF feminine sentimentality. The
most severe critic ordinarily has a
small esoteric circle of political or i,t-
erary sympathizers whom he exempts
from oas.igation; but Mr. Mencken is
equally merciless to realist and roman
ticist. 10 radical and conservative. So
far as he subscribes to anything he
subscrihes TO the @sthetic ideals of
Nietzsche, and there IS very little in
contemporary American literature that
,uld escape condemnation by the
eiet.schean canons.
Mr.. Mencken is not only destructive:
se is also highly and dangerously brill
ant. His writing is altogether free
from that taint of humorless earnest
nes that often spoils the best meant
Anglo-Saxon criticism. He is not con-
6ent to laugh very effectively at his vic
Tins; he adds insult to injury by
laughing st himself while he does it.
One of the best of his essays in depre-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Irish airy Tales
Sharp Wit in Stories
OF Seumas MacManus

10 AID BEHOLD VI. 81 seuras ..c.
Manus Frederick 4. stoisas Cosaeany. on
New York.
These are the tales that seumas
NacManus says ne heard in his child
hood "on many a merry night bv the
bright turf fire OF my father Pat Mac
Manus-God rest his soul" With the
fondness of childish recollections none
of US would quarrel, 4u I'd the tales may
be dear to the MacManus family, but
'ortunately the reyt of us have only
rad ator to reAd them by and we
lind the charm 6i>appointingly thin.
Ihey seem les o. fairy stories and
tales Of robust adventure than speci-
mems of the agility Of Irish wit
Ablllty to quUble with words and so
outwlt the cr4el master or the jealous
wife IS the prime requ rement of the
hero. Thee is little of the fighting
lrlsn" abo,UG Crohoo1e, who washed the
1eet OF ~ o hundred cattle by cutting
them oc tat the hoof and carrying them
to the CROOKS. thereby saving time and
labor For himself
IFc c same sharp wit seems 10 be the
mo IT adorable Of all womanly qualities
to/your true Irishman, and leads to the
luery if feminism after all, is a flare
back to Irish wit There wasn't
iunnier, jokiner, or hearter or wittier
three women in the whole parish" says
the legend of Mad Man, Dead and
Devil" To prove the marvellous wit
Of these three wives we are suppo7ed
to listen with delight to the tale of
how tho first one painted her hus-
bands face white with paste while he
slept, lit candles at his head. and when
he waked told him he was dead; the
second painted her spouse black with
red horns and convinced him he was
the devil, and the third so befuddled
he'.. man with buttermi'k that she had
him believing himself mad. And when
the three came to their senses and
found out what good jokes their wives
h"d PLAYED on them, ins cad OF beating
them they became soberer and wi CT
men. "and they died bequeathing to
the world fer legacy the sure knowl-
edge that though all men are fools,
every woman can make her husband
a fool -