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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04
UMPIRES'
LOT NOT So
HARD At THAT
BY JACK VELOX
International News Sports Editor.


NEW YORK, August 4.-The UNI
pire may be most unhappy man at
times
one wouldn't have to be an UNI
pire to e.made unhappy by q shower
Of pop bottles or verbal abuse But
such is the umpire's happy lot. not
because he deserves t. but because
fans and players are temperamentaL
It's all in the game
The ump goes along taking things
as they come. and he gets a lot Of
enjoyment out OF the pastime. He Is
the one man who has the right to be
on top Of every thrilling play. He gets
tho FIRST peek" and has the last say
He also enjoys the funny side OF base
ball and though tight game may
mean harder work for him. be gets
the most out Of IT,
Bill Dineen and some OF his brother
umpires like to tell Of funny exper-
fences at times And Bill and his fell
lows are fun Of experience. Dineen
recently told 81 an experience in st.
Louis some years ago. Said Bill,
Cut in ST Louis several years ago
the umpire refused to allow a doubt
fill catch made 81 tricky fly ball hit
to right held Ii was one Of those
scoop catches and tt appeared that the
fielder had picked up the ball on the
first hop rather than catching II of
His shoestrings The stands set up
hoIler whom the umpire's decision was
made and then yelled louder than ever
when two fans jumped into the play
ing field from the right field bleachers
and started for the diamond to see
about it. 1t developed that the two
fans were 'corned up and they were
turned back finally before reaching
the diamond. but they came close 70
disrupting an otherwise good bail
game.
The hardest game I ever worked
Well. as I remember It. the Athletics
and washington were playing. Mack's
boys had the pennant won. but Wal
ter Johnson was pitching against
them and working his head off. At
1870 It began to get dark. l guess
they had played about four innings
and Johnson was sure putting some
thing on the ball He would wind up
and cut loose so fast that you couldn't
see the pill After several pitched
halls had shot BY both the batter and
catcher without either OF them see
ing the BAN I decided Il was time to
treke for the club house. 1t was too
dark to pl<~ ball. and I called the
game. on account Or darkness at 4.3o.
sure put in some miserable moments
that day. for the sun came out again
a short time later.
One OF the greatest plays I ever
saw probably would not appeal to
many as being great. It happened in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

Boston. with the Athletics PLAYING
there was playing with the Red
sox and we were hghting for the lead.
The game had gone TO tho ninth in
ming and we were one run to the good
with man on first and third and one
out for the opposing team. Jimmy
Collins was playing third The next
bitter hit sharply over third, but Col
Hns was playing just back OF the bag
and made wonderful enchanted
play. threw the ball to second and il
was relayed TO first in time to make
double play. putting the Athletics
out and erding the game Collins
was wonderful judge at timing
Ease runners. The natural play for
him wonld have been to Try to cut
The runner down at the plate as he
was IN Tosition to throw there 1t
happened. however. that the other t~a
$50 frrneTs wers talhct Sw sn'
Jimmy &c his 4 odlc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

ond, scoring Callan and putting Moll on
third. Right here is where Buckeye
came through with a homer owe. the
short left field fence making Hammond
four runs to the good.
The nfth inning saw Buckeyes finish
He passed the hrst man. Kilby followed
with his second hit and Perring lifted
one over the fence putting the home
team one run behind. The four base
blow sort Of uDst Buck and after pass
ing the next two Baichley was called in
to the rescue. Kavanagh tho first man
to face Baich scratched an infald hit
and the bases were full with none down
Raichlev pitched wonderful ball I'm this
pinch and should have pulled out Of the
hole with only one run being scored as
a result Of q wild pitch. With the
sacks loaded KERN bumped one to Blank
and Butcher was forced at the plate.
Joe Benz next up kindly obliged by
striking out on three pitched balls with
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

Hammond's game with the Gunthers
nearly ended in a riot in the last half OF
the tenth inning when the umpire called
one o. the opposing players safe on
play at second base. that looked like an
easy out, not only TO Hammond players
and fans. but also TO many regular fol-
lowers OF the Gunther club. who wanted
to see the visiting team ge4 a square
deal The decision was so raw that Cal
Ian lost his head completely and coming
in on q dead run from left field he
tackled the ump and began shaking him
UP rather severely. but before he could
do any real damage players on both
sides crowded around and fans from all
sections of the stand began pouring on
the field. After the wrangle quoted
down the imp threw Callan out of the
game and right here IS where the fun
began.
Hammond had used up all their extra
men and did not have another player on
the bench TO put In Callan's place. Not
withstanding this fact the umpire re-
fused to allow Callan to continue and
after a lengthy argument between play
ers. umpires and the managers of both
teams. the game was finally forfeited to
the Gunthers. though all bets were de-
cared OIL Nagel VIII Me = protest a.
tonight's meeting Of the Chicago League
as he feels that under the circumstances
the umpire should have fined Callan and
then allowed him 10 continue to play so
as to complete the game AS it was
fans left the park thoroughly disguised
ct not being able to see the finish Of the
most exciting game played at Niesen's.
park this year.
The Gunthers were the first to score.
getting a run in the opening inning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

! Driscon at bat Baichley let loose OF a
wide one that counted Reilly from third.
tieing up the score. On the next pitch
DriscoH lifted an easy ny to right field
but Walsh lost It in the sun and it went
four a base hit scoring both kavanagh
and KERN. Driscou went to second on
the throw III and then counted 4 minute
later on two successive passed balls. lie
Beau UP for the second time iii the
same inning got another base on balls,
stole second but died there when Kilby
finally ended the agony by striking out.
Neither side scored from the fifth 10
the ninth and with two men gone in the
final frame Hammond's chances looked
hopeless. Rhode started the inning with
a single but after he was forced by
Baichley and Baichley in turn was fore
ed by O'Nen the crowd began to hurry
through the exits Some Of the bugs
hesltated when Kennedy followed with
single and more OF them came back ARA
took their seats as Blank busted q dou-
BILE along the left field foul line With
Walsh coming up OLeary. the Gunther
field leader signaled Dave Black to so In
and finish the inning but Manager Mes
en- stepped cut and motloned Benz TO
stay in tho box much 70 the delight o.
the Hammond fans Walsh had already
poked out two hits and here was his
chance to comb another and redeem him
self with the fans for making mess q
DrIscolis nop rs fla that awful seventh
inning with the count two balls and
ono strike Benz stuck over a fast one
much to walsh's liking and he kissed II
On 4 lien out toward right field. good
for three bases. The Hammond bugs
simply went wild as tile tying run
scamped across the plate and the game
had to be DELAYED while the PLAYERS pick-
cd up tile cushions thrown en- the fetd
by the excited mob &c Hammond root 4
ers. After the field WAS cleared Nalace 4
ended the inning with fy e Reilly
RaichIey set the home club down ~ I
order in their half Of the ninth and n I
the tenth Hammond again started the 4
Callan. who already had 8 I
triple to his credit in the fourth inning +
was first up and he greeted Benz with g 1
loud double to right This was all lot I
the Butcher boy and Dave Black ascend
ed the mound. Mol was there with !
neat sacrifice. Kilby TO Butcher and then
Cronin. a new man hitting IN place OF +
Rhode got hold Of groove ball and
landed it out in deep center Tor Two
bases scoring Callan with what looked
like the winnig run. Baichley and OMEN
both followed with fly balls TO Reilly IN
centerfeld.
In the last of the tenth KERN got on
on a low throw BY kennedy and was
sacrificed to second by Black. Wlth
KERN taking a long lead Driscoll hit ono
TO Baichley and KERN was caught on
the bag on Baichley's toss 70 Kennedy
han q Z =
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04
HAMMOND
PUTS Up A
GREAT GAME
But Refuses to Play When
Umpire Raises Rumpus
With Rank Decision.
4YEAR-OLD FAN NEAR
DEATH IN KNOT HOLE

A young fan named Shea narrowly
escaped death OF Gunther Park yes
terday when he tried to crawl
through a knot hole big enough for
2-year-old, but not for 4-year-old
boy. HIS convulsive breathing at
tracted the attention OF men over him
in the grandStaad and they pulled
him out and applied first aid. when
discovered young Shea's chest was
firmly wedged IN the hole. He had
gone in feet nrst and was unable to
breathe or extr1cate himself He saw
the game In style after being revived
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04
HUDSON COLTS
WIN ANOTHER

The fast Hudson Colts showed their
heels to another team Sunday when they
beat the West Ends Of West Hammond
BY 1913. With Mears putting them down
as fast as they came UP they had no
chance. The Colts put il on ice in the
first inning with two runs With such
hitters as the Colts have they hit from
the start Eight out Of the ten who
played getting at least one nit and one
run each. The Colts knocked the West
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04
IT'S CONTAGIOUS

EVANSVILLE, Ind. Aug. Cad
dies at the Evansville Country club
struck Saturday for q minimum wage
OF SO cents an hour Golfers carried
their own clubs and chased the balls
despite the temperature Of % de-
grees.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdav's Resnlts.

Chicago. 7. Philadelphia. /.
St. Louis. 2; Brooklyn. /.
Brooklyn. Is; St Louis. 4
New York, 4; Cincinnati, O.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04
GOLF At
HAMMOND
c. CLUB

Mrs 4 NJ Johnson y,itb $780, -
~ TOT 70" gross
ana MIS- Aines with l21-So-97 won first
prize for low net at the ladies' day
cl,,b
Dr Long with handicap OF 81
Saturday with G. c. Deming second.
Scores.
Gross. Hdp Net
pr Long -------------99 80 s.
The first flight for the club champion
ship was held on Saturday with quite
large field j. s. Coleman with gross
Of 30 was low score.
J. s Coleman ------45 IS %
Mr. Hammond ----49 - ~
Z. P. Deming 48 IS a.
c. NJ Hick 49 - %
The Hammond players viii match N
with Michigan City or next Saturday.
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Yesterdays Results
Cleveland, 4 Washington Q.
New York, 10. Detroit, ..
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

The Hammond players will match W
with Michigan City or next Saturday.
August g. at Michigan City.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

COvELEsKIE shut out the senator.
with quintet of bingles and the Ind
ians slipped into second place.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

A SUNDAY crowd of 10000 saw the
Yanks beat Ty Cobb at the Polo grounds
wallie Pip hit a homer with two run
ners on the bags.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

FOUR umpires were assigned TO the
Red-Giant game. which was witnessed
by $1,000 fans.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

JESS BARNES refused to be awed by
the biggest crowd OF the season in Gin
cinnati and shut out the Reds with i've
hits
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-04

CHARLIE HERzOG put some new
pep into the Cubs and they took tho
Phillies 10 a real cleaning with Jim
Vaughn pitching in great form
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27
EASING THE CARES
OF Soldiers families

The ten thousand Home Service Sec
tons of the American Red Cross, in
their work of looking after the fami-
lies Of the enlisted men, are doing won
ders for the morale of the army Our
fighters are not men who are going to
worry about themselves, but if they do
not get cheerful letters from home, or
if anything goes wrong there, they are
going to worry, and that delicate thing
the army men call morale is going to
be disturbed. 1t is to safeguard
against this and also to prevent need
less suffering and to promote that splr-
1t Of neighbOrliness and kindly aid that
binds each community into an organic
whole that the Home Service was Or
ganized.
Over $4,000 workers are serving on
these ten thousand committees, when
reach into every corner of the country.
however remote. Not a town or vii
lage or crossroads that is not within
reach of the Red Cross; not wife or
child or mother of man in service
who cannot claim the ready aid of the
Red Cross workers.
More than 100000 families of Ameri-
can soldiers and sailors have been re-
lieved Of money troubles, legal difficult
ties and worries Of all sorts by the
protecting arm of the Red Cross. II
the allowances of allOtments under the
War Risk Insurance law do not come
the matter is at once referred to Red
Cross Headquarters, taken up with the
proper government bureau and prompt
" straightened out. If, through the
delay, the family finds itself in need
of money sums are advanced to tide 1t
over until the allotment arrives. Dur
ing July over sixty thousand inquiries
of this kind were received, and more
than a third of these were taken clear
through to headquarters before they
could be Strengthened out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27
AMERICANS FIGHT
GERMS IN italy
tuberculosis Experts Sent by
Red Cross will Use Lat
est Methods.

Included in the unit OF medical and
lay workers which the American Red
Cross has sent to Italy are number
of the leading anti-tuberculosis work
ers of the country, sponsored by the
National tuberculosis Association
DR.. William Charles White, who heads
the unit, is medical director of the
tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh
and DR.. Robert Ell. Bishop, the assist
ant director is secretary of the Anti
Tuberculosis League Of CLEVELAND ds
well as health commissioner that
city. DR.. John III. LOwman OF Cleve-
land, a former president f the Ma
tional Association, is an cher prOmi-
nent member of the uni Others are
DR.. Robert G. Patters' a, secretary Of
the Ohio Tubercul sis Association !;
Seymour H. Stone until recently sec
rotary of the M .ssachusetts Anti-Tu-
berculosis League; Dr. Gertrude Stur-
gis, secretary of the New York City
Association of tuberculosis Clinics,
and N. A. Nelson, superintendent of the
Cincinnati Anti-Tuberculosis League. \
These men and women, at the re-
quest of the Italian government, will
cooperate with that country in apply
ing the latest approved American
methods for combating the spread Of
tuberculosis. Some OF them will be
charged with the establishment Of
clinics where people Of all ages may
be examined and treated; others will
devote their attention particularly to
preventing tuberculosis among chill
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27

will last.
The fertilizer industry is even now
sending out an appeal to it's customers
to order and accept for shipment in
November and December, goods which
would normally go out in February
and March. This it seems will mate
rally lessen the pressure in the spring,
which has always been the peak OF
production" period. BY spreading the
manufacturing and shipping season
over a longer period more goods can
be made, even with fewer men.
This request ought to meet with a
hearty response from the farmers. Not
ouly will it insure more fertilizer,
which is badly needed, but it will help
the farmers by spreading their labor
over the time when they have the least
to do. Hauling fertilizer to the farm
takes time and labor, and if 1t can be
done in winter, when there is least to
do. and removed from the spring sea-
son when there is most to do, it ought
to react to favor both producer and
consumer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27

maximum of its vigor, and you will
find that the roots scarcely meet be-
tween the rows. The great mass OF
feeding rootlets are Immediately I'M
derneath the whorls of potato-bearing
stems. The sketch shows this-and
this is the reason why part of the fer
tilizer should be applied in the hill.
Just how much is needed in the hill
depends on climate. In Western po-
tato-growing regions not more than
300 or 400 pounds should be so used.
The rest should be applied broadcast.
In the truck-crop regions of Maryland,
Virginia and Delaware, the amount
which may be applied in the hill may
be somewhat larger. In the Aroostook
region of Maine many growers put 1t
all in the hill, finding this the most
economical way of handling the fer
tilizer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27

only two fist-big potatoes to hill.
The average yield of the United
States, however, is slightly less than
one such potato to a hill.
Now for the figuring. There are
about $4,000 hills to the acre. At least
there should be, with normal planting.
When there are not approximately this
number it means that the seed was
poor, or the man on the planter went
to sleep, or the soil was ia poor condi-
ton, or that there really wasn't plant
food enough to grow good crop.
Not every hill can be like the Illus
tration. That would represent 400
bushel crop. Many soils can't furnish
plant food enough unless helped out
by fertilizer. Yet it costs just as much
70 pillow and plant for an average 100
bushei crop as for one that goes 400.
It costs just as much for seed and it
costs just as much for land rent. The
big difference is on the income side.
The bank account for 4O0-bushel
crop is what makes it SO attractive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27

view the country and the Republican
party are indebted for the publication
of this interesting document which car
ries a message from him 'who, being
dead, yet speaketh." In the leading
article Of the current number of the
North American Review Colonel Har-
vey sets forth the vital import Of this
last penciled notation of Mr.. Rouse
welt. He says:
MIR. Roosevelt died the acknowl-
edged leader of the great party into
which he was born. His last written
words penciled by his own hand a few
hours Lefore his death and addressed
in the form Of a memorandum for the
brilliant young man for whose selec-
ton as Chairman of the National or
ganization he was largely responsible,
were these, as reproduced above in
facsimile:
"'Hays
see him; he must go to Washington
for 10 days; see Senate and House;
prevent split on domestic policies
"Here is evidenced as clearly as if the
few words filed a volume Mr.. Roose-
~elt's realization of both his response
bility and his obligation. The simple
memorandum marked the Inauguration
of definite party policy, to be carried
through to a no less definite conclusion.
1t was more than a passing thought or
a mere suggestion. 1t was Message,
signifying the need of immediate and
unremitting vigilance in achieving
complete unity of action in resolving
domestic problems before attacking
those of wider range soon to be thrust
upon the country-a true soldiers call
first to close the ranks.
Nothing could be more Characters
<fc or more clearly illustrative of the
breadth Of vision, the foresight, the
.directness in method and the painstak-
ing attention of the man. Nothing,
too, probably could have served his
purpose better than that these words
should have been his last. Difficult as
it is to reconcile oneself TO the decree
of Divine Providence that the re-
moval of that great patriot at this cru
cial moment was not untimely, we can
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27
ROOSEvELT'S DEPARTING
WORDS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN

Col. Roosevelt died about o'clock
on the morning Of January 6. The
previous evening at a great patriotic
rally in the New York Hippodrome a
message was read from him, written
especially for the occasion. In it was
this striking sentence:
"We have room for but one flag, the
American flag, and this excludes the
red flag, which symbolizes all wars
against liberty and civilization just as
nuch as it excludes any foreign flag
of a nation to which we are hostile,
and we have room for but one
soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the
American neOple"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27
FERTILIZER INDUSTRY APP
PEALS FOR EARLY ORDERS
Shortage of Labor Reflects on Coun-
try's Food Production.

BY the irony of fate, two of the in
dlstries upon which the production of
food depends have been most seriously
crippled by the call of war. These are
farming and the manufacture OF fer
tilizers. Both have been hard hit by
the shortage of labor, and the fertilizer
business particularly has suffered by
having it's most important raw mate
rails taken over by the government for
the manufacture of munitions.
BY working hard and utilizing labor
saving machinery and methods to the
fullest degree, both have managed to
produce their usual quota of goods SO
far, but it is hard to say how long this
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27
LAST THOUGHTS
OF; ROOSEVELT
Desired Republicans to Close
Ranks and Give Attention
= to Domestic Issues. !;
TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF WISH.
Colonel Harvey in North American Re-
view Presents Facsimile of Pen
ciled Memorandum Left by
Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt's last thoughts
were of the great domestic issues OF
his country, issues whose determine
ton will decide the veal or woe of the
next generation. He saw in a united
Republican party, just given vote OF
confidence and commission to formu-
late and carry into action policies of
reconstruction, the guarantee Of the
prompt recognition and successful
handling OF these domestic problems.
Tangible evidence of this is memo
randum, the last penciled thoughts of
the late President. To Colonel George
Harvey and the North American Re-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27
THE RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION
ASKS FOR EARLY DlSTRIBU-
TON OF FERTILIZERS.

Washington, D. c. - The United
States administration has asked that
farmers, agents and dealers all over
the country cooperate in getting
spring fertilizer moved at the earliest
possible moment. Winters congestion
may this year, as last year, reduce
movement of fertilizer. Fertilizer
shipped now insures at least a part
getting to consumers in time for use
and at the same time helps in freeing
the railways for what may be more
important service later in the season.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-27
Potatoes Are Not Good Foragers and
Must Have Some Available Plant
Food Close at Hand.

One essential to success in raising
potatoes is to have some available
plant food in the Hill (although not
touching the seed piece) so that the
new rootlets can begin feeding imme-
diately. This makes big difference
in many ways-in the start which the
young plant gets, in it's ability to out
grow weeds and in it's power to shade
the ground and thus prevent water
from evaporating.
The reason why fertilizer must be
close at hand is, of course, that the po-
tato is not a good forager. Dig down
into a hill after the tubers are well
formed and when the plant is at the