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hat 4 o'clock is too late and 2 o'clock

that 4 o'clock is too late and 2 o'clock
too early for their game. We can IN.
derstand, too, that the Traction team
wants a big crowd and full sway 10
get the sack" 10 meet the expenses
League team to represent it on the
independent and city league circuit,
and II has a good team. But it may
be found that in cracking down"
without ceremony on the city league
and its fans, that they may be- com.
hitting that old Improbable stunt
Of "robbing Peter to pay Paul i is
the 'jack" Of the city league fans
which goes into the box office in these
exhibition games on the independent
circuit, and 1t goes freely, because
the fans. are fair and like to see out.
side games as well as league games.
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sim talking around town about
III curve ball OF Braithwood's. The
Consumers southpaw, working for,
DC Classics the DINER night. sure had
sCsre stuff on the old pill. The Trac-
fiUns lads will likely be called upon 10
iate this bird en- Sunday.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
'Cleyeland, Z; Boston. s.
Chicago, q; Philadelphia, 0.
New York. 6; St. Louis. 8.
Washington, 5; Detroit, 2.
sFourteen innings.
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tits rumored that Manager Har-
.fiesfy Is making plans to get one or
Two new players to brace a weak spot
or Two In the team, and that when
fiESam is called Saturday afternoon
.the fans may see some new faces IN
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-24

:f.is to be regretted that President
Bo1ier could not arrange to stage a
r:isSe at South Side park tonight. 1t
Is IN open date, but efforts to secure
4 ,1me were without result.
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Annabelle will play Shinnston at
Annabelle on Sunday. The game
will be called al 2::30. Byard and Mel
son will be the battery for the home
team. Aunabelle is anxious to ar.
range games with any team in this
section Of the state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-24
CANE ATTRACTION,

0rs Of the big games Of the season
Eill Be staged at Traction park Sun.
day afternoon, when the Monongah
iesfliWill hook up with Ida May in a
isff b6ttie. These two teams are an.
cent rivals and always put on q fast
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-24

Grant Town would like to have a
zane Sunday at home. Phone Fair
view S6-R-22. The Grant Towr man
agss will pay expenses to the visiting
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-24
RUTH CARES FOR HIS BATTING EYES
sy DEAN SNYDER.

No folks, Babe hasn't gone blind
YET. He wears the dinners while
playing the sunfield to protect his
$137.500 orbs.
He put them on for the first time
while the Yanks were losing 300
cial" series to the Indians at Cleye-
land.
The injury to Duffy Lewis knee,
which has put him out Of the game
for Of least two weeks. made a shift
in the Huggmen's outer works nee
essary and the infant drew the run
spot,
He isn't so very keen about the
switch, either. Ruth knows his eyes
are his best asset for when he can't
"see EN-" he can't fungo them over
the fence.
Early this spring there was some
speculation as 10 whether the prina
donna would draw the google assign
ment and Babe kicked good and hard
Higgins decided to save his prize pair
Of eyes for other duties.
~ give up the idea that could be
another Jack Dempsey" says Babe.
Boxing is bad for the eyes, es2ec,
tally when one is a beginner. 50 !
quit and will stick to just one sport;
AS long as Ruth can sell himself
for a $20,DOG q year job. and then
some, he wont have to be a boxer TO
pile up an attractive bank account,
But he isn't so peeved over having
TO loop the cheaters round his eyes as
he is at the way the pitchers are pur-
posely walking him. Hes a disgust
ed man when he has to 50 down TO
first On four balls.
Stanley Coveleskie walked him
three times in one game the other
day. Babe was so mad he could not
have seen the ball II It had been
straight down the middle. he said az
forwards. But Covey didn't know this
and had orders not 10 take any chan
ces.
"Thev amt giving me fair chance.
| don't mind this slowball stuff they
are handing me. But this intentional
pass Is getting on my nerves.
at amt giving the fans a run Tor
their nor ey.
Honesty, I'd rather strike out
than Larh a pitcher run up the white
flag and walk me"
Figuring the percentage Of chances
Babe actually gets 10 take a cut at
the ball he has to play in 40 games
TO get the normal number OF times at
hat for half that many games This
fact makes his present homer pace
all the more marvellous.
Yet the fact remains that lew
pitchers can pitch regularly to the
slugger for nine innings without be.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-24
Three andIw o.

Yachting ant a poor mans game.
Of anything like that
Unless you own q bank or two
Your tub is in your flat.
Imagine Lipton's derby
Three miles out on the sea,
While only milIionaires look on
And sip the old gents tea.
Il Tom could somehow arrange
To pull this on a river
with folk picnicking on the banks
Twould not be such a fliyver.
/ hone this Irish sportsman
COPS OF that measly cup
It's no good In America
For we are all "dryed up.
\ Bring your own yacht II you want
10 attend the America cup race TINS
year.
The most approved way to watcl
one o. the scrooner derbys Is TO READ
Tie newspapers and the bulletin
boards.
Those who feel that they must see
schooners in action again might get
feseryationslon the steamer chartered
hy the New York Yacht club. The
pleasure tug will set the club back
1890 per diem.
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~ HOW they
iSSEAND!
CITY LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULT
No game. wet grounds.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Brooklyn. S: Pittsburgh. 2.
New York, 2; Chicago, l.
Philadelphia, 8; Cincinnati, 0.
Boston s; St. Louis, 2.
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of a days work if given an even
chance like other batters get:
It is just as natural for Babe to hit
EN- as it is for a duck 10 swim and
that birds technique is perfect.
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srANnINa oE ma CLUES.
GAME SUNDAY.

No games scheduled today. EasIGl
clubs on way home from West.
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srANnlNe oE ma CLUBS.

GAMES TODAY.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn:
Cincinnati al Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
st. Louis at Boston.
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-24

Bring ycur own yacht II you want
/ 10 attend the America cup race this
.Ynar.
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! Tomorrow night the Mining Ma
chinery will tackle the Owens team.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
Another Apostasv

Emma Goldman's apostasy from
Bolshevism is followed by a like
apostasy by Mrs. Philip Snowden,
long high priestess Of the cult of the
Lenine lovers of Great Britain. AS
one of the heads of the Independent
Labor party of England, she is of
the sSocialist-pacifist type which hates
war except when waged by noble
champions of destruction and chaos.
Mrs. Snowden has been to Russia.
member of the British labor dele
cation dispatched to investigate
Soviet land. The cure was drastic.
but it has been effective. She went.
she saw, she was conquered by the
facts-and it takes some facts to
pry prepossessions out of a seasoned
radical. They commonly pack Sheir
conclusions into their luggage before
starting, keep them sealed and. on
return, bring them back unchanged.
Lenine was urbanely gracious,
Trotzky smirkingly polite, and the
stage work was up to standard. But
Mrs. Snowden has a nose as we'll as
eyes, and if her eyes were fooled her
olfactories kept sh-ielling to her that
conditions were rotten. She looked
for democracy and found autocracy;
for socialism and discovered a sys-
tenn of forced labor far worse than
capitalism; she looked for freedom
and gazed on slavery. The phrases
OF Lenine are different, but his
methods are those of a Monaghan
despot. His communism is a fraud
and a meager minority rules by the
terror of the firing squad.
Mrs. Snowden reports that the
labor delegation has learned that
Soviet Russia can teach the Western
world nothing. What she means. of
course, is obvious; but, taking her
words literally, they are inaccurate.
Soviet Russia teaches much. It in
structs mankind what to avoid.
The great experiment lauded as
marking the dawn of new day has
been tried and it has failed. The
scheme in whose advocacy an ocean
OF ink has been used and whose lit
erature has the tonnage of a hun
dred Aquitanias brings starvation
and misery to the many. 1t stops
production, just as contemplate
middle class economists have pre-
dlcted it would. With the stoppage of
production, again as the bourgeoisie
foretold, there is dearth to all and
most grlevously to the masses. Dur
ing the centuries Russia's dark story
will warn the world what not to do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
Third Parties

Seldom has there been more adj
vertlsement of third party and
more effort to get one in motion.
But the various projects anguish.
They are as unkempt and dissipated
looking as a turnover pivot heel.
Hearst talks Of the desirability of
a new political organization, but has
given out the freezing intelligence
that one will not be energized by his
checkoook. Mr.. Hoover for time
permitted the thought to spread that
perhaps he might be groom to a nom
partisan bride, but when he more
closely examined the features of the
lady he fled. With him departed
the zeal of "The World" for the
doctrine that the old parties had both
survived their usefulness. Hiram.
OF California, has parted all sug-
gestions chat he captain a political
experiment. The professional Labor
ties meet little encouragement. Even
the Forty-e Fighters have been re-
buffed by Mr.. Bryan. The only DOS
slble victim seemingly surviving is
Senator La Toilette, and he is sadly
shopworn.
The citizen who wishes effectively
to influence the November election
must as usual, vote with the Republi-
cans or the Demonstration Senator
Harding or for the unidentified per-
son who Is to be drawn from the
Wilson hat. A considerable number
OF citizens do not like this, and Of
two evils cay they want neither.
Nevertheless, the God Of Things as
They Are still rules. Our old friend
Actual Conditions disdainfully grins
at efforts Of amateurs to unhorse
him.
IN 1912 third party advocates had
candidate, cause and what thew
regarded as just grievance. Not
even this trinity was able to put the
new party across. It's membership
withered to disappearance in less
than two years. And what Colonel
Roosevelt and the Progressives were
not able to achieve there is no pros
pect OF any person or group achiev-
ing.
The patter is familiar that there
are but artificial differences between
the two major parties. But the
American people by an overwhelm-
Ing majority deny eds, and perhaps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
Scandal or an Arrest?

For those who love scandal the
activities Of the District Attorneys
Office in the matter Of the murder of
Elwell are satisfying and admirable.
Each day brings forth it's new mys-
ferrous woman-in black, or gray or
"mud-gutter hair" Barring the ex-
ceptional miss Wilson," each of
these mysteries has, at the psyche
logical moment, been barred to the
public. No expert scenario writer
could build up better climaxes than
those constructed by Mr.. Swann's
assistants.
This alienation of mystery with
revelation can, of course, go on for
ever. There are plainly enough
romantic episodes in the Elwell
biography to keep the public's appe-
tite for scandal tickled indefinitely.
Meantime it is gratifying to know
that the police work goes on. What
ever dissatisfaction Police Head
quarters felt at Mr.. SWANS effort
to take over the whole investigation
has apparently been assuaged. There
is not apt to he much detective
genius in any police activity. But
there can be hard and thorough
work, a complete turning over of the
whole field of Investigation. For this
kind of labor our detective force has
plenty of experienced men. This
search must go or. 1t does not lend
itself to scenarios or scandal. 1t
may uncover clew that will lead to
an arrest; and with all Difference to
Mr.. Swann's office, we think it is an
arrest rather than scandal that the
public really wants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26

elected next fall, pressure will be
brought on him to protect the South
ern rotten borough organizations.
Federal patronage controls the
South's vote in conventions. The
Administration can have the South
ern delegates in 1924 if it wants
them. Yet the party was split in
1912 by steam-roller action on the
contests.
If the national committee will
prepare a reduction plan before
election, that plan can be carried
into effect without much difficulty,
and the presentation Of such a
scheme will strengthen the party
with those who have deplored the
inadequately representative charac-
ter of past Republican conventions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
Do It Now

MIR. R. B. Howell, Republican
National Committeeman from Ne
oraska, helped materially to get
through the Chicago convention the
resolution authorizing the national
committee to change the basis Of
district delegate representation. In
an interview with a Tribune cor.
respondent he now urges PROMPT
action by the committee. The rea-
sons for such action are plain.
Reform in representation was
blocked for many years because it
was attempted in conventions before
candidates had been chosen. No can.
didate wanted to offend the over
represented South at such iunc-
ture. Even in 1908, when Mr. Taft
was nominated on the first ballot
and opposition 70 him was poorly
organized, the Taft managers de-
feated the reform. In 1912. after
the election, the national committee
reduced Southern representation on
III own initiative. This year the
convention, after the nominations
were made, authorized a further re-
duction. This can be best made
while the scandal a. Southern con-
tests are still fresh and the injury
donc the party by them fs still kcenly
recognized.
4 q . Republican President I.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26

ton Of prohibition to crime and mis-
demeanors sensible prohibitionists
are averse to drawing sweeping con-
illusions, saying that the period is
too brief to say much is established.
In regard to drug users DR.. Sim
mons, editor of "The Journal of the
American Medical Association" de-
clares that, contrary to expectation,
there is a decrease instead Of an in
crease of victims. The facts thus
far seem against those who have
contended that to prevent access to
alcohol would lead to the use of
something worse. The inference is
that alcoholic excuses, lowering
physical tone, have promoted the
drug habit rather than that the drug
habit flows from denying to those
constitutionally weak access to alco-
hol. But also as to this a positive
judgment is impossible.
That prohibition thus far has not
brought industrial depression does
not seem open to question. The saw
ings bank statistics are most elo-
quent. The great army of those en-
ployed in the liquor business has
been demobilized without percepti-
bic jar. The structures used by the
trade have been speedily turned to
other purposes. Prohibition had the
good luck to come in when the labor
demand was strong and when lack of
building erection had caused great
shortage of rentable space.
The public, not excluding a large
number of anti-prohibitionists,
wishes to be fair to the new system.
and to this end seeks accurate infor-
nation. The prohibitionists will be
wise if they furnish it, and while
doing so avoid exaggeration and
overclaims. Prohibition will be
Judged not on theory, but according
to the way it works.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
How 1t Works

The five months since prohibition
went into full effect, of course, do
not furnish time datum line long
enough to warrant general conclu-
sions. Yet 80 far as the facts are
developed many predictions of evil
have not been verified.
NO hegira of thirsty aliens to
Europe has occurred. During 1919,
with prohibition almost completely
in effect, the emigrants numbered
but 1882, which is less than half
the average emigration of the years
since 1907. In view of the natural
desire Of the foreign born, cut off
from home lands for nearly five
years. to go back, the outflow is
small, while the inflow wakes
stronger monthly.
Nor have il! effects come from
driving from their employment those
engaged in the liquor trade. Frank
Morrison, of the Federation of
Labor, testifes that these men have
been rapidly absorbed into other
work with increased remuneration.
A large decrease in the number OF
men awaiting trial for criminal
offenses is reported. The arrests
Tor drunkenness are greatly down
and In the hospitals the wards for
merly used to accommodate those
from alcoholism have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
The Oil Stock Roundup

The financial community's attitude
toward the "Get-Rich-Quick" stock
vender and his victims is curious
one. Operators in dubious securi-
ties, sold through Misrepresentation,
infest the market and wear purple
and fine linen while the going is
good. The deceived investor figures
in the general estima ton as "rube,"
and if he utters yelr of agony is
jocularly reminded that one of his
kind is born about every minute.
The practice Of the fraudulent
vendors is menace to honest bust
ness, for it creates distrust Of all
vendors and their assurances. 1t
seems left chiefly to a remote and
indirect agency like the Postoffice
Department to conduct the only real
war made on these pests and plum
derers. They arc indicted for a
misuse Of the mails. Yet their real
offense is not against the postal
regulations, but against the funda>
mental rules of social conduct.
The Postoffice Department is
entitled to the highest praise for it's
crusade against fraudulent sellers
Of stocks. 1t is doing a work which
the criminal authorities of each
state ought to do. 1t is bringing to
account rascals posing as brokers
who ought to be ostracized and sup
pressed by the respectable brokers.
1t is clearly to the interest of those
who handle securities to exterminate
the Adventures who now prey ON
the inexperienced investing public.
But when it is proposed to pass a
blue sky" law or something of that
sort at Albany objection is raised
by some Of the reputable brokers to
more stringent definition of the
sellers responsibility.
Should a broker who offers Sc.
curities make himself accountable
for misrepresentation in the litera-
ture sent to his customers? The
"Get-Rich-Quick" promoters have no
conscientious scruples. Their circu-
lars are Of the crude "come on"
variety. They mean to deceive, and
do deceive. But the reputable
broker wants to deal fairly with his
client. His business standing de-
ponds on the trustworthines of the
assurances he gives. Wouldn't it be
good policy for him to accept full
legal responsibility for all his state
ments? 1t seems as if the honest
sellers Interest and the investing
public's interest could be merged in
reasonable "blue sky" law which
Will eliminate the jackals who hang
about the edges of the market and
live by traf1icking on the credulitv
and naive cupidity of the small
investor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
Why the Churches Fail
Ncper. Freshcr Modes of Life and
Thought Are Ignored bu Clcreu

Weber. Frcshcr Modes of Life and
Thought Are Ignored BY Clergy
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | read with interest the letter
entitled "Why the Churches FAIL" which
appeared on your editorial page of to-
days issue.
The last paragraph-"They have No
approach to the modern mind. They
talk over the heads of the people and
soar in regions far removed from their
vital living concerns,"-is, 1 think, put
ting wrong construction on the
matter.
AS 1t appears to me, Mr.. Talbot has
a misconception of the facts. | can.
not conceive of such thing as the
average minister Of to-day talking cover
the heads of people," l have heard sew
eral sermons of late and have only been
impressed with the idea that the priest
mood has got in rut to the extent of
what, in the vernacular, might be pro-
nounced bromide. In those sermons 7
heard nothing but the commonest of
platitudes, or the thinnest of logical ar
rangements Of threadbare thought con-
tanning not the least of verve or com.
polling force.
Life to-day Is to be translated and
expounded as much by what Emerson,
Spencer, Whitman, Huxley, Thoreau.
Shaw, or any one Of hundreds of other
prophets and disciples of advancement
and of the "life beautiful" have said
as we'll as by the sayings of Moses, St.
Paul, John the Baptist, or any one of
the remainder of the forward-lookinp
writer's of Biblical days. The minister
the average one, at least-overlooks this
very important side of affairs.
To-day people are thinking, not fol-
lowing only. They detect the cant and
mummery of the churches quite natur-
ally. Not so in Puritanical times, when
superstition was almost life Itself, and
consequently religion; because life and
religion were so closely related in those
days.
AT one time all knowledge was held
by the priesthood. At present knowl
edge is held by the people as we'll. Edu-
cation and its broadening influence are
responsible for the change toward the
churches, because they have not kept
abreast Of the times The average law
mans life Is much broader, freer and
healthier than that Of the average
priest or parson, because it is less
bound by creeds and "isms." The aver
age person wishes to feel at liberty to
change his mind tomorrow should
greater light be thrown on subject.
he has not that freedom if he is bound
by creed that admits of no elasticity
no change of construction. To this fact
the priesthood is blind. They still con-
tinue to shout "Thou shalt not" to
world that has awakened to newer.
fresher, better modes Of life and of
thought and action.
AS some one has said: ain spite of the
clergy, l. still believe in God" This
thought is intuitively felt by the rank
and file in all walks of life, and further
more, accounts for the Rev. Mr..
Straton's walls and discomfort
ARTHUR N. HOSKING.
New Rochelle, N. Y, June 23, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
DR.. Iildsley's Patriotic Services

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; There has been considerable aci-
tation among Socialists and other radi
Gals calling for the resignation of DR..
John L. Tildsley, associate supcrinten-
dent Of high schools. The reason given
is that DR.. Tildsley, in his zeal for the
Americanzation of the public schools
of this city, has had removed several
teachers who were found preaching
anti-Amerlcansm in the schools
Now DR.. Tildsley is very valuable
man, especially at this time, when radi-
ca!lsm is endeavoring to undermine not
only our school system, but our form of
government
May | suggest, therefore, that all
friends Of public order and pure Ameri-
canism send to the Board of Education
their approval Of DR.. Tildsleys reten-
tion in this very important position?
G. MOWBRAY WHITE.
Brooklyn, Juno "a, 1890