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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-20

Of his reserve disappears. But
when he sits down by the woman
in the Eagle Hut, no invariably
finds himself. before he knows 1t,
telling her the long list Of his trou.
bles, and his mistakes, and his
grudges-everything, in fact, that
he wants to get off his chest"
SHE'S NO LECTURER.
And when the boy has unburd.
ened himself, she says few words.
They are only . few. but they al.
ways seem to be the right ones.
The soldier or sailor who comes in
with a crouch. for which the dam
ages to his apparel only furnish an
outlet, goes out. ten to one, with
grin. II IL isn't grin, 1t us a
cheerful, gritty look that is even
better. Mother has shaken hands
with him, and almost always he
has volunteered the promise to
write to her, If she doesn't mind
the first time he has q chance.
This sort Of thing takes place
not once but a dozen times a day
in the Mothers Corner" Of the
hut IN London. Moreover, the first
time the boy has a chance he does
write to Mrs. Raymond. AS q con-
sequence. not even general gets
more letters than she does from her
big sons" in France, In Russia, in
Italy and-the lucky ones-back
here at home. Her mail totals sew.
eral hundred letters q month.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-20
NEEDLE IS CAMOUTLAGE.

Over in the corner Of the big
London hut she sits, always busy
with sewing. The needle, however,
Is mostly camouflage.
A Disguised looking doughboy en-
tiers. To add to his evident disgust
ut things in general, there is
tear in his coat. He looks around
the hut, sees Mother and makes
for her. She glances up with a
smile at his torn uniform.
Certainly can fix that so you'd
hardly know 1t had happened" she
assures the boy. "Sit down and
talk to me while I do it."
In that sentence there is the cue
for the doughboy. and he never
misses 1t. Talk to me-" II there
Is any one thing that the Ameri-
can soldier away from home wants
to do, 1t Is to talk-providing he
finds the right person to talk to.
He Is not hankering for mere con-
versation, though when he meets a
girl "Y" worker from home much
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-20
Mother of All the D0ughb0ys
Is Worlds Champion Synpathizer
She Has ".Sons" In Euery
Country, and Gets Hun
dysds of Letters a Month.

AYO soldier that ever went to war
~ has had as many volunteer
. relatives as the man from the
q. 8. A. He has sisters" galore
IN every one Of the Y.M.C.A. huts
hero and abroad They feed
him, dance with him and show him
the sights In whatever city or coun-
try he happens to be in. In Eng
land several hundreds Of his Brit
1sh cousins" are doing their ut
most to give him good time on
leave. He has brothers" aplenty,
and In every country he has found
''uncles enough-between paydays.
But the American Y. NJ. c. A. IN
London has what 1t contends is the
one and only Mother.
She is Mrs. John I. Raymond,
and her home is in New Rochelle.
n. Y. She went to England to be
with her husband, who runs the
commissary and stores upon which
soldiers and sailors depend for the
three meals served every day In
the Eagle Hut, in the Strand. She
has remained for about the most
important Job that has been dis
covered. AS builder-up Of morale,
she has no rival. She Is the Of1cial
6ympathizer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
SUPPLY OUTFIT.
HELPS STANDING
Ties Up With D Battery
For Leadership in Sind
Artillery League.

Whirling eddies Of dust put an i'm
promptu end TO the nightly twilight
game Of the SIND artillery regimental
baseball league Friday evening at Fit
Bliss. The game was called at the
end Of the fifth inning with the score
standing 10 to in favor OF the sup
ply company over the F battery team
some pretty fielding and hard hit
ting was done during the game the
Supply company taking advantage Of
every opportunity to score. Battery
+ scored its only two runs in the
fourth inning when the players fell
on the delivery OF twirler Swanson
for successive hits.
Ties For Leadership.
The Supply company is now tied
with the d battery team for the lead
srship OF the league.
The lineups follow:
Battery i" team-McNeff 2b; Ro-
glaski, IS: Hyland, 3b; Sellrinser,
Ii: Morarity, c. White, pi smith, IL
Watson, II: Butterman. CT
Supply company team-Moore. CT
and D: Tice. ID: Bushnell, 2bi Putt,
sb: Lawton. IS; Zeh, II; Selentzer' c.
Kicker, IF; Swanson p; White, p
Score by innings
supply company -----.-----SS ~
Battery r. -------. gv' ~
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
SPORTOGRAPHY By Gray,

grounds OF their own. the players
crossed the river to Jersey and
crossed bats on what was then
known as the Elysi-n fields. The
championship of New York was in
volved. and. while the affair didn't
arouse much enthusiasm, quite
sprinkling Of fans gathered about the
field.
Under the rules drafted by
Alexander &. Cartwright and
adopted by the kniekerbOckers
late IN 1915 and accepted by the
New YOrks in this historic en-
counter, Il game was Ito consist
OF Il cOuzts or aces. but ut the
conclusion an equal number of
hands must be played" In mod
ern baseball language. this meant
that victory perched on the ban
ner Of the club which first scored
Il runs.
Although the newspapers paid no
attention TO this historic conflict. the
names Of the players have been pre-
served Ionakers of Hibernlan origin
didn't figure as luminously as in lat
ter days. although one Murphy played
an important part in winning the con-
test for the New Yorks- The New
Yorlzs won the game in four innings
1y a score OF p to l. The victorious
nine consisted Of Ransom. Davis,
Case, Murphy, Thompson. Trenchard,
Lalor. WinslOw and Johnson The de-
leaLeu hulckeEDOcheIs EOA OF lle-1 q >
was Adams. Avery. Turney. Birney,
Tucker, Paulding. TryoR and two
brothers named Anthony.
Nearly five years passed before an
other regular ball game was played
The Knockers were reorsaniZed in
1S5f and met another New York club
called the Washingtons. afterward
called the Gothams- The first game
on Manhattan island was played on
the Red House grounds Of the latter
club, located at what is now the cor
ner of Second avenue and 106th street
TODAY IN PUGIIISTIC ANNALS.
1907-Jim Barry knocked out Fred
Bradley in eight rounds at
Philadelphia.
l9O7-Bnly Papke knocked out Eos
ter Walker in two rounds at
Detroit.
f910-Monte Atteil defeated Young
Britt in Is rounds at Balti-
more
walsh defeated Fred
Landsdowns in seven rounds
at Toronto.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
HAYDEN To MEET.
T. JOHNSON HERE
Blttle Will Be Held in Stu
dorium June 20; Oath
Athletes to Enter.

FL PasO boxing fans viii be gwen
an opportunity TO see what is ex-
pected TO be one OF the fastest battles
scheduled for a southwestern arena
in some time. when on Friday night.
June 20, Spedbal Hayden Of the 24th
infantry will meet Eddie johnson at
the Studorium in the motor group
The two men were originally billed 10
appear at Columbus, n. ", but the
transfer Of the gath regiment to Il
Paso made it necessary to cancel the
the previous contest Arrangements
for the fight 10 be held in the STU
dorium were made through the court
esy Of Lieut. c. r Gross, district
athletic officer, and Lieut. Carl
Studer, matchmaker Of the Studorium-
AS the greater part OF the gath reg
iment is now encamped at camp owen
Bierne and Will undoubtedly remain
here Tor some time due 10 the trouble
across the border. the fight should
prove TO be a greater drawing card
The members o. the infantry reSl-
ment are solidly arraved behind Hay
zen in his efforts to vindleate MS
record OF a previous defeat suffered
at the hands Of Johnson. one nalG OF
the arena viii be given the Z4th Tor
its own use while the other half VIII
and soldier boxing Fans and II neees-
sary Lieut.. Studer viii provide addi-
tionaI seats as he is determined TO
see that the regular fight goers viii
be conveniently seated as IN the psf
Athletes Of the z4th regiment rep
resenting every track and field event
Will enter the lists at Fl Bliss and
compete for the honors while TINS
regiment is stationed here Gross al
so stated that = team from the z4Jn
would be entered in the Fl Bliss
league which is composed OF teams
from border patrol units in this dis
tricL There are a number Of last
athletes in the negro regiment and
there is little doubt but that It viii
become q factor in athletics at Z
Bliss
An details for the Friday night
contest were arranged by Cap T. l.
Williams and Lieut. Hall0ran, OF the
gath Friday afternoon, working IN
conjunction with Lieut. Studer and
Lieut. Gross The preliminaries for
this contest viii be fast and snappy-
Rabbit Rogers Of the oath will meet
Sammy Johnson OF FL Paso, and late
Of Los Angeles in the semi-finaL
Gink Park and Young jeff Clarke.
lightweights. will also be principals
in one OF the bouts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

HANK GOWDY has not yet recov-
l ! cred his batting eye, which seems
to have been dimmed by IS months
service overseas with the Rainbow di
vision.
4 little over a month ago. while the
Washington Senators were in New
York for a series with the Yankees at
the Polo grounds. outfielder Clyde
Miller lett the team and underwent
an operation for appendicitis Three
weeks later, when the Yankees fin
ished uu q series with the Senators on
the home grounds or the latter team,
Milan appeared on the coaching line
in uniform. He had left the hospital
after two weeks rest following his
operation, and during the first four
games Of the Yankee series at Wash
IngtOn he sat on the bench IN street
attire. he viii be ready TO take his
place in the regular lineup within a
few days. Milan has almost certainly
broken a record for speedy recovery
from the dread malady-
Iris Speaker and Chick Gandn have
been in the game long enough TO
know that unbecoming conduct on the
part of players viii not be tolerated,
pension by president Ban Johnson. Of
the American league Speaker and
Gandil engaged in rough and tumble
fight on the diamond in Chicago and
were suspended indefinitely pending
an Investigate Gandil. convinced
that Speaker had deliberately at
tempted TO spike him at first base in
the course OF a recent game between
the White SoX and the Indians. took
a punch at the Cleveland star. who
retaliated in kind. The players were
mixing matters at a lively clip when
they were dragged apart by their
teammates and the umpires-
rs YEARS SINCE FIRST
REAL BASEBALL CLASH.
Seventy-three years ago today the
first regular baseball game was
played in Hoboken. y J. The game
had been played before by impromptu
clubs on teams with names FLASHED
on the diamond. The contesting clubs
were the New York Knockerbockers
the pioneer outfit Of baseball. and the
New Torlzs. a rival bunch formed a lit
tie later than the ~Knicks," having no
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

82nd Artillery
Teams on Tour

The send field artillery baseball
team has been chosen instead of the
Seventh cavalry team for the recruit
ing tour Of this district. II was an
-onnced bv Col. A. A King Of the
General recruiting office Saturday.
The team will be in charge of Lieut..
L. H Barnes Of the send. and will tour
west Texas commencing Monday and
returning in two weeks TO play the
Fifth cavalry team The Fifth cav
airy team viii be in charge Of Lieut..
Hal Daniel Of the recruiting office
and will tour New Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

esTEX' RICHARD. promoting the
/ Dempsey-Willard fight at Toledo
on July 4. has wired police chief P. II.
Phoenix in an attempt to stop FL Paso
firemen from putting on a competi-
ton boxing show at the Central fire
station on the same day at the same
time. according 10 rumOrs current
around the fire station.
Too Much Competition
Richard is said to have alleged that
the competition would be too great
and he might have to call off the pro-
posed championship fight II the FL
Paso firemen hattlers would not cali
OF their performance.
The Pass City smoke eaters as
sert, however. that they are going
TO put on show on the afternoon
of the fourth in spite of Rick
ards appeal.
"Pawnshop" Billy Adams and Isl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
Turfn1en Like
Sande's Work

Turfmen returning from Pimlico re-
Gently expressed the opinion that
Sande. under contract to J. K J..
Ross, is the best jockey IN the saddle
today. They declare that Sande ex-
cells all other riders in judging pace.
placing his mounts and riding them
out when the pinch comes. Sande
probably will be seen on the New
York tracts this year. as the Ross
stable has many important engage
ments here.
the recent losing streak Of the Next
can boys and the fact that Feldman
has won two out Of the last three
games played
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
Johnson Fights a
Draw With Waugh

Silver City. y. NJ. June 14.-Eddie
Johnson. welterweight, Of Pueblo.
Colo, and Bobby Waugh, OF FOR
Worth. battled to a 20 round draw
here Friday night in one OF the n9ro-
local ring. Johnson outweighed
Waugh, sealing Isl pounds with his
fighting toys on, while the articles
called for a contest at las ringslde-
Waugh probably weighed 13S or $50
pounds, being only a heavy nshl-
weight Johnson is scheduled 10
meet Rufus Hayden at FL Paso on
Friday. June %. and will leave sun
dav for that city. where he viii com
mence light training.
Johnson defeated Hayden in a pre-
vious battle He is very confident OF
repeating his first victory.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
BURNS|N
DOUGLAS, ARIZ.
VIII Instruct Soldiers Of
That District in Art
Of Self Defence.

Troops encamped in The Douglas
military district are due TO see some
snappy boxing within the next Few
days as instructor Bobby Burns. who
recently conducted a class OF mitt
singers in the FL Paso district is
now stationed in the Arizona city.
Bobby left FL Paso several days ago
pursuant to orders from Fort sam
Houston following his report 10 the
department commander that his Work
had been completed in the FL Paso
district He viii instruct members
OF the 18Th infantry. 18th infantry.
First cavalry and Tenth cavalry regi-
ments which are on duty in that
zone.
Organized Class Here.
While Burns remained in FL PasO
but a few weeks his Work made a
decided impression on glove fans at
Fort Bliss, where he daily instructed
a class Of approximately 13U soluier
boys When Burns arrived here very
little boxing was being done Insofar
as instruction was concerned He or
ganized a class in which men IRON
every unit OF the border patrol We're
represented. These men in turn Will
teach the members OF their respective
troops, companies and batteries Just
what they learned while working I'M
der the eye Of the veteran bantam
weight
May Come Back Here.
Burns may be brought back to Fl
Paso for a fight within the next two
months. as Lieut. Carl Studer has
announced his intention Of putting
him on with the winner Of the sec
ond AIcCarty-Gundy battle He chal-
Ie1red the victor Of the cOntest-if
one was returned-Thursday night
by wire and as he is well and favor
ably known here the fans would not
be surprised to see him climb through
the ropes as q principal in headlner
in the future
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
Dempsey-Willard Fight To Have
Opposition In Local Fire Boys

lent Caywood are slated to 90 the ten
rounds OF the main event although
both said Friday morning that the
other would not last a single round
The men will weigh 15S pounds &C
cordinc to articles which are said 70
have been signed
Big Fellows on Card.
slim TAYLOR and Frank hutz
light heavyweight will go six rounds
in the semi windup.
The curtain raiser will be three
round affair between Fatty Arbuck-
lie" Harrison and oscar Nations.
heavyweights.
The fircuen's Invitations say
call orphans accompanied by their
parents will he admitted free"
Ice cream will be served free 10 all
who bring it along. according TO the
firemen-
Training has already been started
FOR the bouts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

Let US outfit you properly for FISH
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50 to 81; Bristol rods -. IrouI
fiies. tackle buckets, nainnow baskets.
Isaalx Walton Boots, auto lunch kits
and camp stoves are only some OF the
items we supply We also issue the
New Mexico Hunting and Fishing Ii
cense-
II YOU take a Kodak along be surs
and send Us the films 70 finish-as Il
should be done.
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Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14

Rio Grande park manager Harry
Kane. who keeps a constant eye out
for the entertainment Of the fans. is
making plans for the reception OF the
biggest crowd that has passed
through the gate at the sandy base
bail forum this season. Sunday AFTER
noon, when a double bill between tie
leading teams Of the league is sched-
Advance sale Big.
And Harry is not counting his
chickens before they are Matched
Something like 1000 tickets have al
ready been sold for the Sunday after
noon games which viii bring together
the strongest teams Of the league as
the fans are taking no chances on
missing this classic card Of the sea
son. More than 500 tickets alone have
been disposed OF at the Zone supply
office, whose representative team is
now a runnerup for the pennant. hay
the Eighth engineers and the erst-
while leaders manager Cordero's fast
1905 aggregation.
Team Looks Good.
MAI. Conlin. who handles the busl-
ness end Of the management OF the
Zone team. has more than one reason
to feel encouraged. however, as be-
sides owning Mulcahy. star southpaw
of the league. he has obtained the SER
vices of Dick LeRrand catcher ex-
10
Both Of the men hail from Arizona,
where they have been playing fast
baseball and aside from being capable
OF handling everything that comes
their way in the receiving line are
touted as excellent hitters who can be
relied upon TO line the bail out in
tight position
Engineers Ready.
Nal highlands team Of Engineers
has been practicing steadily. at Rio
Grande park for the past week and is
not to be Outdone when condition is
TO be taken into consideration. He
has assembled all Of his strongest
players in IN attempt to break the
victory streak Of the Zone and mas
much as II seems an assured fact that
Mulcahy viii be on the mound he has
coached them on left hand twirling
Muicahy in his last appearance
against the Eighth had them at his
mercy hut the soldier boys declare
that they are coming out for revenge
on the second occasion.
Dodgers and Terriers.
Duty's Dodgers which has been the
shadow in the dark for the Terriers
this season will face the scrappy cav
alrymen in the first game. The Ter
riers are the present leaders Of the
percentage column and Will find IL
necessary to get down and play their
usual brand OF spirited base ball in or
der TO retain their hold on the place.
Fritz BEDFORD will doubtless start the
mound work for the Dodgers as the
big fellow while hit hard last Sunday
was effective in the pinches and can
he relied upon. He is also a good hit
ter and IS valuable when considered
from this angle
Saturday afternoon the Feldman
and 4S05 teams clashed on the Rio
Grande field Much interest centers
in the work OF this team in view Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
SPECIALS
FOR BIG FIGHT
Three Hundred Trains OF
Fight Enthusiasts Will
Go to Toledo, o.

Toledo. O.. June 14.---So less than
800 special trains viii be run to To-
Iedo for tho heavyweight champion
shin contest between Jack Dempsey
and Jess willard on July 4. Tex Rick
ard, promoter Of the contest, said to-
day.
weight About Same.
willard announced today that he
expects TO weigh githin two Or three
hounds OF what he scaled when he
won the championship from JACK
Johnson in Havana in 1915 Willard
tipped the scales at 24s1z POUNDS
then and he was only two and half
pounds above that figure when he
finished his workout yesterday
II the cut over Dempsey's damaged
eye is sufficiently healed, the enal-
lenger will be allowed TO resume box
ing tomorrow
KcteheI Leaves Camp
sailor Bill KetcheL the young
HEAVYWEIGHT, who Joined Willard 3
staff Of sparring partners yesterday,
is on his way back 70 New Aotk 10
day. Willard sunk left hook into
Ketchels midsection and ne alioWeo
that he had enough
Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey
will meet in their worlds heaNy.
weight championship contest IN a ~
foot ring instead OF the regulation
- foot enclosure, it vas announced
nv Tex Rickard, promoter. Friday
night. after he had obtained the con-
sent of both men Richard said tnas
reducing the size Of the ring VIII en-
able him to save 400 square feet AZ
the rlngside TO install additional press
seats, the demand for Wnlcn mas eA-
ceeded all expectations
Make II Small
you can make it IS feet square ror
all I care" was Dempsey's reply 10
Richards proposal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
-:GLBLETS:-

Jack Britton. so it is said, IS going
to give Dia Dollings. his trainer. a
gold medal in appreciation OF the way
he handled the welterweight cham
piOn in all his fights. II must be
true. for We haven't had any hot
weather yet
Cactus Cravath continues 70 show
the fans why he is leading the Nation
al league hitters. Hardly a game
goes by that he does not get his brace
Of hits.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-14
BASEBALL
At RIO GRANDE
Dodgers and Seventh Ter
riers in First Game, Then
The Zone and Eighth.
Some Fast Games on Bill
Next Week; 18th Here

-Four successive days Of baseball
at Rio Grande park viii be the
menu to be dished up for next
week. on Thursday and Friday
picked team from the 24th infantry
viii meet the regimental club Of
the Seventh cavalry. Thursday VIII
be emancipation day and the negro
team from the 24th will pitch its
strongest twirler it is said The
Seventh will start either Wilson or
Faulkner. The first named pitcher
in the past has been very effective
against outside teams On Satur-
day and Sunday the regularly
scheduled games OF the Army and
City league Will be staged.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-31

inst before The railroads were taken
over by the government. the aet income
was N7l.pe.ooo and that they e&rnei
5-5 per cent. whereas uneer govern
rsnt control fraght ana Tzzssenge-
rates were generally Increased from 3
10 20 psr cent. throughout the ccrntry.
and although The revenues were inc-e2s-
sd 10 5.5e.m 600. the net revenue
amounted 10 but ssse.ooo.Oo. q decrease
OF about s4eo. .g0oy0oo from the average Il
the three years prtor TO the war. The
income. he stated. has been insufficient
10 pay The interest and liked charges.
and IS result dividends were entirely
out OF the question
Dwelling rpon The effect of The gov
eminent control on the Maine Centrni
Railroad. Mr. White asserted that n
lsii this road earned surplus Of ssee
ooo- IN Is months Under federal control
the operating revenue incree sesi ss pr
cent. while the expenditures increase
approximately no per cert. and 5urFaE
his period th7 Maine Central fnilea -
earn IT'S guaranteed compensation ~
nearly fovr rniIlien doliarr From 81
net income of ssg5s 40 the Maine Ce.,.
tral faces deficit Of sl.5ss 0pn. he state
Unless something Is in-e 20 res-o-.
me situation 20 point where il was
two ,srld th'ee years aEo. The --sss -sc4
disaster ~ I mast appalling cha-actr- .
- declared n c2oFtar.