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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
Wideawake Folks Entering Each
Day In Race For Seven Autsl

van rccr alone" il is equally true that
if you Civ" onC"uraGcm"nt 10 o'h''
you Will receive plenty "f encourage
mcnt in return. The truth or I'M" as
srrtion Is, borne out by the "nthuslaSl'-
rcsronsc accorded the call sent out TO
,h,. active contestants IL tho Automob;lc
and Diamond Campaign that they get ~
l,as, ono subscription on boosters
day Thursday. September 4. IhursdaS
is a big day.
.Boosters Day"
In MONDAYS issue the object OF
transfers Day" was set forth and tclC-
phone call after telephone call has oHrn
received in return. Several persons
who have not as yet started an acuH'
campaign. for subscriptions have phohcu
th, campaign department that lhey ma
be depended upon 10 get their one NJ
least. Well, talk about encouragement
You should have heard some of the
conversations. 1t looks as though
Thursday will be Boosters Day SURF
enough. and il Is expected that nearly
every active contestant who mas en-
listed his or her name thus far Will
rcspond to the call and cndcavor TO sehu
in at least one subscription on Boost
crs' Day" In a way. there is no special
reason why subscriptions shouia DC
handed in Thursday instead or To-Day or
tomorrow. hut there are many good rra-
sons why IL is better to turn in at least
one subscription Thursday than TO turn
il in the day after. Tho campaign man
ayers have an object in view in settin-
arart 4 certain day for Boosters Day
in requesting each and every contestant
10 turn in at least one subscription on
this particular day.
"who's Who"
In tho first place. il will in a grea'
measure show how many contestants
arc actively competing for the prizes
In the second place. ccch contestant
will be benefited by having one or NOR
subscriptions added to their crcdn. Zach
additional subscriber added to the list
will road the papcr-watch the credits
published opposite the various contest
ants names and will become more in
tcrcstcd in the campaign. subscriber
turned in on this particular day Will
doubtless secure nm additional subscrIo-
or for their favor!te contestant. Thurs
day fin be n rally day. rally to the
"Automobilc and Diamond Campaign
cause-lrt everyone do his or her level
best now and turn in at least one sub
scription on Thursday. or course Their"
is no limil placed upon the number of
subscriptions a contestant may turn In
upon Boosters Day" the more the
than others and secure two subscrip-
merrier. Some may be more fortunate
tons. Let EN- come" so much tho
.oetter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
SECTION TWO.

That territory within the
City Limits Of Wheeling
lying south of Wheeling
Creek.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
Mrs, Nancy Davis PrettynaA ).
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All territory lying 81
Of the Ohio River 90e
the City Limits ot
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02
THE INTELLIGENCER

Has the Largest Circulation of
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State of West Virginia.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
ORTS Three More Youngsters Join Baron Cre,U

receiving end of pink slip. The vet erans on the club. which will number around seven. will he facing the propo- sition of losing their warm places to some youngster if the said youngster shows more class than they. There Il be no more of lazy baseball in the Southern The athlete who formerly played the game merely to get it over with and who showed no life whatever and who never became excited enough to work his head off to win is gone forever. The youngster. many of whom have been burning up their respective cantonment clubs. will add the spice and ginger to the contests that have long been missing.
 Fred Clarke, former Pittsburg man. ager said the other day to Mike Finn, ex x-Mobile, Chattanooga and Memphis manager, that what baseball needed most was more fight on the ball field and less among the magnates. This is going to be the condition this season. at any rate, on the ball field. Wheth- CT the magnates will quit their scraps is not known. The prospects are not roseate for this happy state of at- fairs. But be that as it may, the fight that games in the Southern have lacked and which has been so badly needed to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
22OO. 1O53ss 64t This Advance Shown in Percentages of the Odds
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
ny JAMES ;. CORBETr

J. CORBETf
 it came to me would Indicate that John son tried his best to win, and failed. Ap- parently he wore himself out trying to fiatten Willard. And then 1t was an easy thing for Jess to land the knock -ou; punch on the worn and weary champion.
 Since Johnson's outburst some persons have come along who insist that after all, Johnson is more or less of a false alarm as fighter" think that such statements are far from wrong. Johnson may have been a fakir in some fights and have pulled some queer looking stunts. But that doesn't alter the fact that Johnson. in the heydey of his career was really wonderful ringman
 The negro race produced many great heavyweight warriors. but of them all Peter Jackson and Jack Johnson stanc out above the others. fought Jackson and I ga him in many fights. neve, met Johnson in contest, but saw hirl against jim Jeffries when the negro was at his superlative best. And I saw him ill other fights He was one of the mos; skillful boxers that ever. stepped into the ring Johnson knew practically every trick of oefense,- was. splendid ring general, cool and crafty, and a hard man to floor. No better illustration of this can be presented than the fact that only twice during his career was Johnson knocked out, once in 1901 by Joe Choy nski and the aeeond time 14 years later, by. Jess Willard.
 Any man who can mingle in hundreds of ring contests during f7-year stretch and go down to defeat via the knocl.on, route only twice. certainly must be chased as pusiiist or great ability
 Johnson did not as s5em5lc very i'm, posing knockout. record, but Johnson. Hks, Packey Mcfarland. Mike Gibbons and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23

q ny JA M ES Jack Johnson's cry of fake con-
 corning his fight with Jess Willard seems to have no effect other than to bury | Johnson deeper under the avalanche oi public opinion.
 A peculiar feature concerning Johnson { | story of "frame-up" is the fact that
 he has remained comparatively silent foi ! four years. His friends claim that. his
 silence for 50 long g time was due solely to the fact that he was guaranteed cer- tain things if he would lay down, and l that through the past four years he has | made no outcry because he hoped that the promises made to him would be full
 filled
 "But now Johnson knows that those who promised him certain things if he
 would lay down are not going to make i good, and so Jack has come out with the real story of the fight insist his sup porters. Frequently since 1915 there have been whisperings that the battle in Havana was not exactly on the ''up and up. It was charged at times by some persons who saw the battle that the fight was not decided solely on its merits. There
 weer accusations that Johnson quit. It
 may be true that Johnson quit. but ths
 negro quit only because he was beaten and not because of a pre-arranged plan.
 That is my opinion. 4
 Johnson lost to Willard, and lost fairly. That is how I feel about 1t. It may be
 true that Johnson wasn't in any real condition to fight. but that doesn't mean that the battle vas a frame-up. The ne
 gro perhaps underes.imated Willard ana did not train properly. Or it may be ti1ae he couldn't get into shape at such an
 age and after so many years of dissipa-
 tion. But the description of the fight as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
''CAP' HUSTON SAYS . SPORTS BENEFITED
 BY THE WORLD WAR
Baseball and Other Games Were Part of Regular Routine in Army, Says
 Returned Officer

New York. March 22.-War may be everything the late w T. Sherman said it was on one side, but like the cele- brated cloud. it has silver lining. And Cap" Huston, half-owner of the Ameri- can league New York ''Yankees,' just back from r months of war service over seas, takes the liberty of looking at the war cloud from the silver side. which (says "Cap'), is a tremendous boost for all kinds of sports.
 Cap has a longer name than that Caps complete monicker is Lieut., t,-Col- Tillinghast LHommediou HustonAno less And Caps war service entities him to speak with authority.
 Just listen to what Cap" is, and what he has done, and what he says about athletics, and other things.
 Gap" who was the first man inter ested in professional baseball to volun- teer after the United States entered the lists against the Teutons. went lover there at the head of Company A. Six teenth railroad engineers, which he or ganized and trained in Cincinnati and Detroit He left these shores on June 1S 1917, was in continuous active service abroad from that date until the armistice was signed. returned to this country in December, 1918, and was mustered out on February l. last. In May, 1918, while working with the British back of Arras. ne was made a rf3.oT ana m the nludie of the following September was advanced to lieutenant -colorelcy.
 There is no question:" he continued
 that the physical and mental condition of the American troops was the deciding factor in the war and that our boys were able to throw into the balance the fighting power which broke the deadlock sent the Huns reeling back and, ulti- mately brought about their complete de- feat And the reason that the Americans many of them but hastily trained troops, were able to make such a splendid show ing was becouse of-their athletic bring ing up-their physical fitness, thetr ability to think quickly and to act individually in emergencies. And these qualities they acquired on the ball lots, the gridiron and other fields upon which brains, muscle and brawn were put to the test.
 Tn a way. before we went over, we re- alized what American sports. particular ly baseball, had done for the youth of the United States. Today we appreciate fully that it supplied most of our fighters with the physical asset which enabled them to do those things which caused the German military machine to gasp in amazemcnt from the outset The Amer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
YOUNGSTERS ID PUT
 SNAP INTO THE GAME
Post-SeaSOn Series With the Texas League Winner
 an Innovation
Fly BoB PIGUE

Memphis, Tenn. March 22,-(SpecialD
 If the approaching season in the South
 ern league fails to be the scrappiest.
 most hustling year in the history of
 the Dixie major. every fan within the
 confines of the circuit is going to be
 given the surprise of his life. The fact
 that half of the men on the various
 clubs will be youngsters and the other
 half will be scrapping for dear life
 to hang onto their jobs, all of this,
 coupled with the fact that the winning team in the Southern will get the juicy
 assignment of playing the championship club of the Texas league and draw
 down flock of dollars for their trou-
 ble, is certain to bring about this very
 desirable state of affairs.
 Ballplayers love the root of all evil. as they do their base hits, and they can already picture themselves count ing their share of the receipts from the post-season series between the championship clubs of the Southern and , Texas circuits. This is going to prove the biggest incentive for hustle that the Dixie major has ever had, and the result is going to- be wonderful race from the first day of the season. April 24, until September 7 when both the Southern and Texas leagues will end their regular seasons.
 The young ballplayers on the eight clubs in the Southern will hustle. That goes without saying They'll hustle | because they'N have to if they are to ! retain their jobs. They. must hustle to keep up with the fast pace set in this neck of the baseball woods. Unless they
 keep their heads up and are in the game every minute they're out there. l they'll discover that they'll be on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23

 IOCAI-WY MIRE
LoCAI-Ry WIRE

attract the mobs of fans who formerly paid their money to see the games arr going to be one of the features ol the 1919 race.<
 Young ballplayers are always hus' tiers and they will work their heads oh to make good. It'll make the league fully as fast as if all the clubs vert composed of veterans, the majority oi whom give not a tinker's dam wheth' CT their club wins or not and who mere' ly go out there to mechanically play the nine frames and back into their shells
 There's considerable contention go ing on throughout the league about the Southern's plan of having seven play CTS below Class A on each club, but after it has been given thorough trial after the fans see that they will have additional pep. and fight to make up for what difference there may be In ability. the change will be recognized as the one plan to bring the Southern back into its own.
 Other minor leagues ara watching the Southern and if the Dixie circuit gets by with it and makes success of the half -and-half teams, watch the whole caboodle of minors fall In Nine next season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23

than one who singled. E@a ctiy 2l.f3 per cent of those who reacLe1 first on 8 misplay chalked up runs, The per centage for doubles and triples. es- peoialy the latter, however, will as- tonish even the close student of the game .Ft
 Of 120 men who tripled last year only 57 scored. while those who hit two-taggers Trad a scoring percentage of ,yi.56 per cent, Commenting on the Speculative side of baseball. an au thorty says
 "BasebalI has maintained admir- able stand on the gambling evil. Pros fessionaI baseball is as free from thls wf-herinR taint as Is possible to pre- erve game. It is the cIe0nest biz sport in the world. And the discussion of baseball odds which follows is not designated to relate In any way to this evil. But study of the odds of the game is purely legitimate one. for 1t is by mn accurate weighing of oddx that ucnnDrfs Ire yyOu.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
Y. M. l. WILL HAVE
 GREAT BALL TEAM Birmingham Boy, Veteran of Last Year, to Play
 ! Third Base

Lexington, Va, March 22.-Ba sebal:
 unusually large squad of men are out.
 It has been so large up to the present
 time that it is very difficult matter to
 pick the probable team. Coach Sprughum, with the assistance o: Captain Gillespie, is working the men out daily and has indulged in light field . 1 ing practice. The monogram men who
 are back are: Sullivan (captain, Mo David, Cutchins, Martin and Jernigan, all of last years squad Stroud, Fair lamb and Everett, members of last years | team who failed to make their mono-
 grams, are showing up very well. Among the new material that is showing up promisingly are: Stuart, formerly ot
 John Marshall High; Tinsley of Virginia, l Bunting of Salem High, and Wescott. 1 Thomas, Fletcher, Carter, J. P. Ingram,
 Harrison, Purcell, Higgins and Winner. 1 From all indications the infield will be
 composed of: Jernigan, first base; Stu | art, second base; Sullivan (captain}.
 shortstop; McDavid third base, with Ev- 1 erett as utility man. This gives the in field three monogram men and Stuar: the promising looking young athlete froT 1 John Marshall High of Richmond. The outfield positions are uncertain, as Mar tin is the only old head back. However. ] the coaches will soon have a formidable defense for this part of the diamond. 1 A number of men are out for the pitch l ing staff, but it is impossible as yet to
 make any choice. Carter of LynchburS | and Fletcher of Accomac Courthouse look especially good Bowie, who was the l best on last years varsity, is expected ! back soon.
 1 It is too early in the season to make 1 any predictions, but from the looks or l things and the large number of men out l it is certain that Virginia Military insti- ! ute will give any of the colleges on it's 1 schedule a race for the championship l March 20-Virginia Christian college, at ! Lexington.
 April 5-Lincoln Memorial university. i at Lexington. April civilian and Mary college, at | Lexington.
 April 13-virginia Polytechnic institute, at Lexington.
 April 15-University of Delaware (pend- 1 ing), at Lexington.
 April 17-Hampton- Sidney college, at Lexington.
 April 19-Georgetown university, at | Lexington. ! April 23-Penn State, at Lexington. l April 2S-Maryland State Agricultural
 college at Lexington. l April 29-Eton college. at Lexington. | April 30-Roanoke college, at Salem. 1 May 1-Virginia Polytechnic institute at Blackshurg.
 May 2-University of Virginia, at Char l lottesyille. I May 3-United States Naval academy, | at Annapolis. ' l May 10-John Hopkins, at Lexington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23


 Mir Lane bases his figures on the performances of 220o batters who reached first on singles, passes, dou- bles, errors and triples Of the 1oof runners who got to first on a single S89, or a little more than half, ma0e second in, safety. Of this SS9, 320 were killed while going to third. leaving s569 safely at the hot corner. Between third sand the plate 211 more were put out. leaving 95S. of the 1854 who started to score. y. %
 In Other words. only 23.04 per cent of the, men who singled ever get safely across stlle plate. The statistics also show the percentage of those passed that were put out on their journey around the bases. Of 562 men who drew bases on balls only 112 scored, an average of 1928 per cent. e
 The figures in cases of errors arc a surprise to most fans who. held 10 ' the idea that a man who made first on an error usually scored more often
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23

ican army heads and the directors of the Y NJ. C. A. and other agencies which op- ern.ed for the welfare of the men in the camps here and abroad thoroughly ap- precated the value of outdoot games, boxing and general athletic stunts and
 from the moment the men began their military training athletics was made a part of the regular routine And this pro- granme was continued on the other side.
 SPORTS WERE LIFESAVERS '
 Our men embraced this innovation ber ciuse it offered popular entertainment; and increased interest was created by the eI4viable contests which always are a part and parcel of physcial endeavor among bodies of men over there base ball. boxing and other forms of athletics were 1ife-savers' for the soldiers, and thousands became active participants in all manner of sports who previously had possessed only the interest which Is shared by all Americans who had ceased
 to play in the open resu!ariy. After a time one and all began to appreciate what atheltics had done for them as sol diers and fighters. and now our boys are coming home determined to carry on with this physical programme as never .n the past. In fact. I believe the war will have a beneficial influence on sports of all kinds and classes for many years to come. 8
 Most of the time the engineers, with who I was associated were too far ahead
 of the regular troops to see what actuai-
 " was being done, but we heard all about it and witnessed the results. In two ways, in particular. the Y. M. c. A. was of in- estiraable assistance to our hghtng forces. and these were in supplying ath- letic equipment in such abundance that practically all Of the men In camps, leave areas and even close to the lines could indulge in sports and pastimes and CT entertainment, all of which was thor oughly appreciated. x
 The men from Canada and Australia initiated our athletic programme closely, and the French and Italians made a sin- cere effort to conquer the intricacies of American sports, and even essayed to play baseball I really believe that some day the youth of France and Italy will master America's national pastire, as the Canadians have done, and the Aus tralians are trying to do. But from my observation I am frank to confess that baseball never will become popular pastime in England. I believe that it would be a good thing if organized base ball in the United States would send teachers to the other side to promote the sport which is so popular here. We could use the older ball players when stars in their day. have outlived their big league usefulness. think if we started by send, ing a few of these to the leading Flu. ropean universities and paying their ex- penses, it would not be long before the other seats of learning abroad would be sending to this side for coaches Thit plan also would solve the problem o1 what to do with the baseball player"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
The Fee Simple

Adelaide, Lyons. in the World Outlook, E 1 Everywhere chickens are favorlte con ,tribution to the church, but in the Philip pines this gift has a special meaning.
 When the missionary sees AleJo coming up the steps with a chicken under his arm, he immediately begins to rehearse the vernacular for Dearly beloved. we are gathered together"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23

other clever men, never went out with the
 sole thought in mind of landing a hay
 maker. Johnson was a boxer, not knock 'em dead fighter He elected to win on
 points rather knockouts, except in cases
 where championships were involved. Johnson was one of the most powerful
 men that ever donned boxing glove.
 Back in his stevedore days his strength
 was almost uncanny. Johnson used to
 toy around with big bales of cotton that
 two other huskies were almost unable to
 lift. All during the years of his fight
 ing greatness Johnson retained that
 strength. Yet, for some peculiar reason,
 Johnson could not put that power into his blows.
 Just what influenced Johnson to make the cry of fake" at this time is some what of mystery. And perhaps it will
 always remain such. Certainly Johnson did not cry fake with the serious idea in mind that by so doing he could ger another fight with Willard. Any self f. confessed fakir is usually through as far as topnotch battles are concerned. And Johnson, furthermore, is fl now. an age far beyondya pugilistss prime, and an age where Johnson would be the softest sort of picking for any youthful heavy weight who took a chance with him. It is really too bad for Johnson's own 1 sake that he cried fake" while in Ha- 1 vana, because he gained absolutely noth ! ing by 1t, and lost the esteem of the few 1 friends he still retained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
AAGuge Your
 Rupture Like
 I Cured Mine
Old Sea Captain CuTed His Own
 Rupture After Doctors Said Operate CT Death"

His Remedy and Book Sent Free.
 Captain Ceilings sailed the seas fer many years; then he sustained a bad double rupture that soon forced him to not only remain ashore, but kept him bedridden for years. He tried doctor after doctor and truss after truss, No results, Finally, he was assured that he must either submit to a dangerous and abhorrent operation or die. He did neither! He cured himself insteed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23

Captain Ceilings made a study of himself. of his condition-and at last he was rewarded by the finding of the strong. vigorous and happy man.
 Anyone can use the same methods it's simple. easy. safe and inexpensive; should have the Captain Ceilings book. telling all about how he cured himself. and how anyone may follow the same treatment in their own home without any trouble. The book and medicine are FREE. They will be sent prepaid to any rupture sufferer who will fill out away now before you put down this paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-23
Less Than One-Fourth or
 Men on First Cross Plate
Statistics Show That Mortality Among Base Runners Be
 tween the Initial Sack and Home About Per Cent


 
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