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Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
BASEBALL is LOSING
OUT WITH SUN GODS
3EeacheriteS in Major League
Cities are Passing Away.
~ Big Days Fans Flock to Grand
stand and Overflow 1t to Discom-
fort, While Bleachers Ar
Comparatively Empty.

When proposals are heard in the ma
s5r leagues now and then to reduce
ne proportion of bleacher capacity
hey are accompanied usually with the
summation that the increased cost of
major league baseball requires it. But
How we hear proposal from veteran
minor league magnate that bleacAers
We abolished entirely, and it cannot be
sxIgtIy due to the increased cost OF
miner league baseball, since the pre-
MmDtion is that various economical
measures have been inaugurated, in
auding reduced player and salary lin
Is.
IL brings up the question: Are the
SHu gods dying out in baseball2 This
minor league magnate AYERS that they
are. and it might seem that conditions
IN the majors give Endorsement to his
view. IT has been noted that in ma
Tar league cities where the bulk Of
Ehe. attendance was in the bleacherS
"a seasons past the sun seats today are
3KstresSingly bare. Even. on big days
aASe fans VIII flock to the grandstand
gud overflow 1T to discomfort, while
ne bleachers present wide expanses
VI empty seats.
Rut we do not think it follows that
ale fan who used to sit in the bleach.
err HAS deserted the national game.
Rather he is giving himself the priv
&ege IN baseball as he is in general
RVIng conditions Of something better.
lie can afford it and he viii have what
aesean afford. Perhaps then, In these
xays OF big money for everybody and
sven bod carriers making So day,
1lR uncomfortable bleachers are taboo.
Ehey are passing, to become only q
memory of the days when the world
Easn't as good a place to live in as
IS n0w-and the former bleacherite
becoming a grandstand aristOcrat
Ind yet, the bleachers were no hard
1p In the days when many of us
Sere young. We took d pride in sit
ing nowhere else-that the grand
stand occupants were people who didn't
seaIly know and love baseball, but just
oilers drifting to a ball game out of
curiosity or to kill time.
Tn those days, though, the bleachers
we're the "close up" in baseball. Now
zEey give nothing but a sort of birds
sTe view, and that may be contribu-
Ing factor. The fan wants to be near
ne diamond When they moved the
aIeachers back and swung the grand
zsands around the base lines he nat
RraIIy drifted to the grandstands-as
SOOn as he found the price.
Afew years ago we would have said
mat gaps In the bleachers meant de-
slime in real baseball interest, but now
ne have new viewpoint and refuse to
9et when we see the sun seats empty.
Hail the slogan Of the New Era: A
-nndstand seat for every fan, and
-aOugh money for every fan so that he
ian afford it.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
BASEBALL MOTIFS

The Red fielders are working won
ders in supporting their pitchers.
Leslie, the Cardinals new first base
man, handles himself well at the plate.
With the Red Sox taking on winning
habits, Harry Hooper has started to
reach his batting stride.
Charley Jackson, st. Joe's center
fielder, tried to emulate Joe Without,
but 16 games was as far as he could
go.
Cincinnati newspapers are sending
scribes out to watch the Giants hit the
skids. They're feeling pretty sure of
the pennant.
Joplin, in spite of its Iowly position
in the Western league race, claims it
has the best third sacker in the league
in Frank Thompson.
A fire started by a cigaret, thrown
with no malicious intent, burned a
section Of the grandstand at Cardinal
field in st. Louis recently.
Wallie Schang is fast gaining on
Babe Ruth as the walking kid. Oppos-
ing pitchers are beginning to fear the
terrific punch that Wallie operates and
are passing him in the crises.
Frank Baker is all set to retire at
the end of this season, it is reported.
He has been quitting the game for
the last four or five years, but always
hears the call of a fat contract and
heedS it.
Pete Behan of Hamilton has proved
himself a capable pitcher, but his work
at short has been Of even more value
and it is the plan of Manager Shaugh-
messy to leave him in the short field
permanently.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

chant, to make the turn at second
and by whipping the ball to Fletcher
like a shot, which he did, hobed Il
catch Vaughn of the bag, but the Gu
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 q
Young and nearly everybody ii tie
park. Had Young waited moment
before making his peg he would have
caught Vaughn standing up, as be &
one of the best throwing outfeIders n
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 %
throw to Fletcher shot the BAH to the
ground and past Fletcher. letting Hip
po count. Herzog then tripled to left
center and Flack came across
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
REFUSE 5000 FOR PITCHER
Reading Of international WORT Ac-
cept Big Bid of Philadelphia
for TwirIer Brown.

Reading International league club
has received an offer of $1,000 from
the Philadelphia Nationals for Pitch
er Brown, the youngster who has been
doing such remarkable hurli1g this
season. Manager Doom and the Read
ing association have turned down the
offer, as Brown was to be delivered
to the Phillies Immediately.
Never in the history of organized
baseball has Reading received such an
offer for a player. 1t is more than
was paid for Frank Baker, the home
run king, when he was a member of
the Reading Tri-State club Ia 1908,
and more than paid for Maurice Rath,
Jack Leliyelt, Mike Lynch, Pitcher
Jake Northrop and other star players
WHO were sold from there to the ma
inrs.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
MOTIFS ofM
DIAMOND

Perkins is getting to be whale =
hitter.
Fewster. is proving a iirst-class Jew
off man.
Eddie Cicotte has world q e0D
tidence in his ability.
Rumors have it that John Mes ~.
is trying to get Rogers HOrnsDy ~
st. Louis.
Cincinnati is steamed to q nillll0-
IF Pat Moran cops he is a miracle lnar
If he blows he is mackerel man
PLAYING on the Red Sox Is Q fouss
lob. A player has to be good enOps X
to keep his job and not too CIV
lose it.
Now that Ed Barrow nus 49, I. uod
the worth of Helnie Wagner, Us -. ~
Sox are expected to show Q nlus
speed.
Rumors float around Brooklyn p -
Ivan Olson is to succeed Wileer s ~
fnson as manager Of the Df0
Dodgers next year.
right in Texas, is nov a big We, s,'
up in the Western Canada l,, -
where he is playing attn he
Three times this year the Nss ID. 4
leans Pelieans have been ousles M
the Southern league lead only ussa
It back. They ought to be ge1'iD
to it.
The Galveston club has 80 b
out > Young brother Of Tex Ersl ~
nails froE. Dallas, where Re NJ i
playing ON the lots. He = 49, 80
as fast as a rabbit and can -
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

pected to change his completet base
bail thinking process. He can not do
so. And he is invariably bad UNI
pire.
at is a mistake to make umpires out
of veteran players. Young men should
be secured. When they get on in years
they should be replaced as ball play
ers are.
Umpiring Is Mediocre.
'Under the present scheme of things
the umpiring in the major leagues is
mediocre. I'll bet there are not FIVE
umpires on the combined stats Of the
National and American leagues who
can read a newspaper without wearing
eyeglasses"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
CINcINNATPS TURN TO WIN
In Each of Past Five Years Different
Club Has Won Championship
in National League.

Perhaps it is Cineinnati's turn to
win the pennant this year. La each of
the last five years different club has
won. It went entirely around the east
ern end of the circuit and now 1t seems
the West is getting crack at it. Bos-
ton won in 1914, Philadelphia in 1915,
Brooklyn in 1916, New York in 1917.
Chicago in 1913 and Garry Hermann
says Cincinnati will win in 1919. At
that rate Branch Hickey may order a
pennans pole for the Cardinals by
1921.-New York Sun.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

Bill Donovan, now managing the
Jersey City team, has something to
say about umpires. Among his oh
servations are the following points:
1.-THE ex-player is bad umpire be-
cause he is always figuring plays out
before they are completed. He knows
what ought to happen on certain stu
atoms. And he makes up his mind in
advance on his decisions.
Is Thinking Ahead.
"He cannot help this. A player is
always thinking ah6d of the play.
This is so even as he is sitting on the
bench watching the game.
when veteran player gets to be
an umpire, therefore, he cannot be ex-
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
MAY PUT SHINE BALL
UNDER BAN OF LEAGUE

Clark Griffith may yet win his
fight against the shine ball. Ban
Johnson, after seeing a recent
game at Washington. in which
the pitchers were shining the ball,
declared before leaving for Phil
adelphia that he would leave it
to American League club own
ers to keep or legislate against
the delivery at the next annual
meeting. When Cicotte first in
troduced the shine ball Griff
fought it. Getting no relief, he
declared he would have his
pitchers use 1t until it was
forced out of the game. With
the exception Of Johnson, they're
all doing it now. 1t may end
the sinner.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

header between the leaders and the
Yankees in Chicago, pitched ons-third
of an inning in one game and two in
ings in the other. Not hit was made
against him, and Kerr, who issued no
passes, struck out four batters.
Kerr seems to have good control.
He has pitched about 100 innings Of
ball for ''Kid" Gleason this year and
has issued only about thirty bases on
balls all year.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
FANS ATTACK EVANS,
THINKING HE'S NAllIN

Billy Evans, welI-knoWn UNI
pire, was the target fora pop
bottle shower in Cleveland The
bottles flew from the frst-Dass
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 yieln-
ity of the pOp-bottIe hurlers and
said:
"That was a cowardly act, ana
the man who threw those BOT.
ties wouldn't have nerve to meet
Billy Evans face to face"
"Oh, was that EvansT one q
the fans yelled. 1--WE thought 7
was Nallin."
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

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.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
LOSS OF PITCHER MARQUARD
Much Of BrookTyn's Misfortune At.
tributed to injury That Has
Kept Rube on Clutches.

III Rube Marquard were available
and able to give his best efforts, WIZ
bert Robinson believes the Dodgers
would be close up to the Giants by
now. The DOdger leader attributes
Huch OF BrOOklyn's misfortune to the
injury that has kept RUDE on crutches
br the last few weeks.
81 hardly expect Marquard to be
Able to do much pitching until late in
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

Los Angeles club in the Pacific Coast
league when he became aware of the
truth of the assertion that "they never
come back" Two years ago Hughes
arm first went back on him. This sea-
son he started out with the Los An
geles club, but he gave up the ghost
after three months of daily effort and
one disastrous trial on the mound.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
TOM MEEDHAM NEXT MANAGER
Expected That old-Jime 1ackstop
Will Succeed craVath IL Latter
Fails as Leader.

Should Gavvy Cravath fail to obtain
winning results as the Phillies' new
manager, it is believed that Tom
Needham, famous "speed merchant"
may draw the assignment to take the
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
EASY WINS FOR sox PITCHER
Credited With Games After Pitching
Third Of Inning in One and Two
Innings in Other.

Pitcher Kerr of the White Sox, who
receives credit in the records for win
ming both ends of a recent double
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

Ae season." declared Robbie last
zfgbt. 'and even then he may not BIO
able 10 do his best His leg was badly
Fractured and is healing slowly. 1t
vas tough break for US when fate
llucced i'm out of the cast"
Marquard, after .'oor start had ba-
gun 20 show his best stuff when he
x4s Injured while running bases in p
gatne arr inst the Reds ct Cincinnati.
5Ence TINT time he has been compelled
10 hobbIe on crutcles.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06

Blnghamron Disposes Of TWO.
BinghamtOn has sold Catcher John
Haddock to Toronto and given Pitcher
Rags Faircloth his release.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-06
"LoNG" TOM HUGHES RETIRES
Career of Former Boston Braves Pitch
er Ended-Gave Up After Die
astrous Trial.

The baseball career Of ''Long" Tom
Hughes, former Boston Braves pitch
er, has ended. Hughes was with the
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19
Items from Entwistle Mill.

Miss Matte Dawkins was visiting her
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Dawkins, of Gibson
Station, last week.
Mr.. Arch White has new Davis car.
Mrs. J. H. Dawklns and family were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bounds Sun.
day afternoon.
Mr.. H. Blue was visiting friends in
Hoffman last week.
Mrs. Wallace, of near Sanford, is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Dunn.
We are sorry to state that little Ella
Baldwin has scarlet fever.
Mrs. F. P. Dunn has gone to the hospi
tai at Sanford.
We are glad to state that we will soor
have new, as the work is progressing
finely.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Wilkes attended
preaching Sunday at Roberdel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colen, Mr.. Willie Wilke,
and Mrs. Morgan, of Cognac, we're visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Wilkes Sunday
afternoon.
Blue Eyes.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19
School Children Can
Secure Hand Grenades.

The war savings stamp organization
has devised a plan for affording each
school child in Rockingham and Rich
mond county an opportunity to secure
hand grenade savings bank, according
to letter received yesterday by Super
intendent L. ]. Bell from W. R. Tim
mons director of educational and rural
division of the war stamp organization.
These grenades were manufactured
by the government for the purpose of
presenting them to the Germans, but the
war ended too early, so the school chill
dren will get them instead. However,
the ingredients which would be contained
in the grenades when the Germans got
them will be missing when the school
boys and girls get them:
The plan for getting grenade is as
follows:
One grenade will be loaned by bank
to any child under II years of age who
signs thrift agreement. When present
ed by the child filled with stamp money,
it is to be opened by the bank and thrift
or war savings stamps given in exchange
for the nickels and dimes in the grenade
bank. 1t will become the property ofthe
child as soon as he has purchased
through the bank one or more war saw
ings stamps. The bank will fill out and
give the child at the end of the vacation
period certificate of his summer savings
in order that he may present the certif-
cate to his teacher and get credit in the
war savings society which is now or may
be organized in his grade. The child
must earn the money with which TO- buy
the stamps.
The agreement which the child must
sign states that Il accept this hand gre
made savings bank, loaned me with the
understanding that | will do odd jobs
during the summer, keeping all the
money that can save in the grenade.
will bring it to the bank to be opened
from time to time before school opens
and will invest my savings in thrift ant
war savings stamps l understand tina
when have saved enough to purchase
one war savings stamp the hand grenade
becomes my personal property. Other
wise it still remains the property of thu
+ bank. If do not earn the grenade b.
, October, /, 1919, will return same t.
the bank.
The banks here have not receives
these grenades yet, but MIR. Bell said h
E would endeavor to encourage the schoc
: children to try aud win a grenade, an
the banks are expected to secure ship
, ments soon.
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Mayors Court.

The following cases are record
ed on the records of the Mayor
of Rockingham for the past week:
A. c. Hines, colored, submits
Tuesday to speeding on Sunday;
fined SIS and costs, $1.95.
Alex Mcqueen submits Mon
day night to simple assault on
Texas Johnson, an employee of
the Pickert company; fined SIS
and costs, $3.55.
M. w. Blue fined Monday S.
and costs, S4.85, for drunk Sat
urday night.
Oliver Ellerbe, colored, sub
mits Tuesday to being drunk
Saturday; in Jail from Saturday
to Tuesday; fined SIS and costs.
is. Boggan submits Monday
to charge Of disorderly Saturday
night; required to pay costs of
$1.95.
George Best fined SIS and costs
Saturday night for disorderly
conduct.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19
Ellerbe Items.

Miss Mable Dauson, of Greensboro, re-
turned last week after a visit to her
friend Miss Hanolula Farlow.
Mrs. J. T. Lisk, of Spencer, is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ad. Ingram.
Misses Thelma and Dick Hurlie, of
China Grove. returned home Monday af-
ter visit of several days to MIR. and
Mrs. G. Gardner.
Mrs. J. M. Maness has returned from
New York where she spent some time
with her husband, Dr. Names.
Mrs. dallie McRae and children are
visiting friends and relatives in Raeford,
Little Miss Grace Baldwin, of Charlotte.
arrived today TUESDAY to visit her
aunts, the Misses Baldwin.
Miss Annie Vurcannon of ASHORE,
came this week to visit her bsother, Mr.
Everett Vuncannon.
Miss May Green spent last Sunday at
her mothers in Rockingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Mccormick, of
Wilson, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Bennett last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. Billie Baldwin, of Rockingham, is a
frequent visitor at the Baldwin House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Nance arrived in
Ellerbe this week. They have been on
their wedding tour. Mr.. Nance has
charge Of the hardware store here. We
are glad to have this young couple with
US.
Mrs. M. E. Sanford spent last week ir
Star.
Mrs Dan Dunn who underwent an op
Grafton at the High Point hospital, has re
turned and is at Carthage with her mother
Miss lea Goodman spent last Sunda.
with her father at Roberdel.
Ellerbe Springs is on boom.--quite
number of guests there from Rockingham
and other places. We are glad to kno,
, Mr.. Capel is bringing this place to lif
again.
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Items of Route S.

Crops are growing fine in this section
now. The farmers are all about through
cutting wheat; they are getting ready for
the threshing.
A lot of young folks enjoyed an ice
cream supper at Mr.. Hamp Bottoms last
Saturday night.
Glad to see Mrs. Archie McNair able
to be out again.
Mr.. John L. Mcdonald and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson were pleasant
visitors at MIR. S. D. Peele's last Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. E. T. Gibson and family made a
call on Mr.. Hamp Bolton one day last
week.
Sorry to say Mr.. jim Morse does moi
get much better.
There seems to be lot of widower:
in this section who wants them girl, a:
they seem to like to talk to them so well
Sorry to know that Mr.. Robert Gibson
is right sick at this writing; hope he will
soon recover.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19

Of oil the most vital times in Q woman's
life the coming Of baby Is fraught with the
greatest meaning. Care should he exercised
TO insure that the crisis Is parsed in safety.
Apprehension Is avoided by tho timely
use Of Mothers Friend. a preparation Of
penetrating oils and medicinal Ingredients.
which renders the muscles, CORDS, tendons
md ligaments pliable, and thus tension Is
nyoided.l The usual nervousness, nausea,
6earng-down and stretching pains arc coun-
teracted and the period 10 one Of calm re.
pose.
The broad, fat abdominal muscles relax
with case, and when baby comes the time
ut the crisis % less and pain aad danger Is
avoided.
Thousands CT wo7ca for half century
have used this penetrating external applica-
lion, prepared especially for expectant moth
crs, and every woman awaiting the crisis
ehould give nature a helping hand.
Write the Bradaeld Regulator Company,
DEPT. F, Lamar Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
!. Il their ...~..sr..sol Jock, CT great value
10 ~ womca, aal obtain q bottle Of
ltotis;''s -.,,4id f.c-a the GTugsist and be.
IN L...:.lce:.sl -rSI----..7 night and
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19

R. ]. Pence, Carrier for Route
3, has two sons in Marlboro
County, S. c., four miles from
Clio, who made a good thing in
raising Irish potatoes this year.
D. F. Pence made $50 barrels
on 8 acres that he sold for $3.50,
and R. F. Pence made 80 barrels
on 2 acres that he sold for $572.
The potatoes were planted be-
tween rows OF cotton, which
really made five full acres of
potatoes for which the two re-
ceived $2122. Of the joint 800
barrels, only rs were No. rs.
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Notice of Summons and War
rant of Attachment.
Bonny.

North Carolina. Richmond County.
In Superior Court.
w. H. Thomas, Plaintiff
VS.
A. H. Harrington, Defendant.
The defendant above named will take
notice that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court of Richmond county. North Carol
ina, for the recovery of $4,000 alleged to
be due plaintiff by defendant on contract
regarding stock and other matters, and
defendant will further take notice that a
warrant of attachment of attachment has
been issued against the property of the
defendant and defendants real estate
levied upon by the sheriff of Richmond
county; and defendant is hereby notified
of the same and to appear at the term of
the Superior Court Of said county to be
held on the sixth Monday before the first
Monday in September, it being the 2lst
day of July, 1919, at the court house in
Rockingham, when and where said pro-
cesses are returnable, and answer or de-
lmur to the plaintiffs complaint or the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the re-
/ lief demanded therein.
This the 18th day of June, 1913.
]. A. McAULAY,
Clerk Superior Court