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SLUG TO WIN
Get Fourteen Hits Off Gahagan and
Down Treasury Nine in De-
partmental League.

Union Printers slammed their way
to a to 4 triumph yesterday in the
Departmental League. Gahagan of
the Treasury team was solved for
fourteen safeties, totaling twenty
three bases. suess. with double and
and a single. led the assault. Four
runs, made in the third inning,
clinched the game for the Printers.
Bray held the losers to seven hits.
Ranying I'm the last two innings,
Barber & Ross defeated Carroll
Electric, to 1. in the Commercial
League. Ball. first baseman Of the
winners. clouted for the circuit. Steele
of Carroll Electric got three hits in
four times up.
Potomac Council nosed out Spal-
ding Council in a 1911 Knights of
Columbus League contest. Both
teams hit heavily and f1elded poorly.
Masons scored another victory in
the Fraternal League. drubbing the
knights of Pythias in 10 to game.
Buscher was hit by the Knights for
three runs in the first inning. but was
steady thereafter
Navy Yard blnnked Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing, 10 to 0. in the
Government League. The winners
made fifteen hits off Ferguson.
Humphreys held Bureau to seven.
Director Of Sales shut out Quarter
master Generals. 6 to 0, in the War
League Geib of the winners made
homer. The @. NJ. nine got only two
hits off Neidfelt.
Registers >outplayed Prohibition in
the 13 to 10 Treasury League en-
gagement. Darcy of the losers
clouted for the route.
Hecht Company vanquished Pepco
, Is to 8, and Peoples Drug Store beat
Swift & Company. 10 to S. in the
Merchants League. In the latter
game. Hawes granted the Packers but
five hits.
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CARDS MAINTAIN STRIDE
Capture Tenth Straight, Despite
Giants Triple Play-Piates,
Dodgers and Cubs Win.

Branch Rickey's Cardinals held to
their dizzy pace yesterday in the Ma
tional League. registering their tenth
straight victory. The triumph was
achieved. despite a triple play made
by the Giants. The league-leading
Dodgers nosed out the Reds and the
Cubs blanked the Braves.
The Giants made their three-ply
killing when Hornsby. on a hit-and-
run play, lined to Monroe. who threw
to Kelly. doubling Stock off first.
Kelly tossed to Patterson. catching
Fournier off second for the third out.
Heavy hitting at the expense of Nehf
and Ryan gave the Cards a 10-to-1
win. HaineS was effective after the
first inning. Mann made two homers.
The Pirates slammed Eaumgartner
for fifteen hits and drubbed the Phil
lies. II to 5. Hamilton also was hit
hard, but was effective until the latter
part of the game. Whitted made a
pair of homers and Bigbee and Carey
clouted one each. Maranville got five
hits in as many times at bat.
The Reds outhit the Dodgers.
twelve safeties to seven, but the lat
ter broke their losing streak with
3-to-1 triumph. Cadore and Mamaux
pitched against Brenton and Coumbe.
Kilduff got three and Wheat two Of
the winners wallops. Heine Groh re-
turned to his old position at third
with the Reds, and made two hits in
four times at bat, fielded perfectly
and scored his teams run.
A walk, double and triple retired
Braxton and netted two runs for the
Cubs in the fourth, and they went
on to a 5-to-o win over the Braves.
York was wild. granting six passes,
but he yielded only six hits and was
accorded sensational support by Fol-
Iocher, Barber and Flack.
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YANKEES POUND EHMKE
Get Sixteen Hits and Win Third
Straight From Tigers-As
and White Sox Score.

Yankees. White Sox and Athletics
triumphed yesterday in the Ameri-
can League. The Hugmen continued
their murderous clubbing and crushed
time. while the White Sox held the
Red Sox in check and the Macks
beat the Browns, evening their
series.
The Yanks got to Ehmke for six
runs in the first three innings and
slugged along to a l3-to-S victory.
Ruth was withdrawn from the slab
after yielding four runs in the fifth
inning. The Tigers slammed Mays
for the remainder of their tallies.
made by Hawks and Baker. The
Yanks made sixteen hits and the
Tigers thirteen.
Five runs made off Sam Jones in
the first inning sent that worthy to
the showers and the White Sox into
a commanding lead that helped them
to d 6-to-4 win over the Red Sox.
Eaber was batted hard. but never
was in serious trouble until the
ninth. when the Red Sox staged a
three-run rally. 1t was Faber's thir-
teenrh win of the season.
to 4. Six of the winners runs were
counted in .the sixth inning. Rich
mond hit Dykes. Tilly Walker
clouted for the circuit and Weich
doubled: Burwell replaced Rich
errors and a fielder's choice brought
two more runs and Harris double
ran the total to six. Harris also
drove in another run in the eighth.
Tobin, Ellerbe and Williams made
homers for the Browns. but Harris
kept the hits well scattered. 1t was
the thirteenth consecutive contest
played at Shibe Park, with home
runs as outstanding features.
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but the old hoodoo got out Of joint
in the sixth. when the Swede was
reached for a pair of tallles and IN
disorder after yielding three safeties.
Johnson essayed to halt the Red
skins, but was even more rudely
treated, being bombed off the hill pc
fore a single put-out could pc resis,
tered. AcoSta then was summoned
and did check the enemy. but he was
withdrawn in favor of a pinch hitter:
Milan. who didn't pinch hit. ana
Zachary met the same fate as his
giles for an aggregate Of twenty-five
bases were chalked up by the cham
pions, while the Nationals. although
they garnered an even dozen sWats,
could make no headway against Cove
leskie, who hurled the last three
frames.
Quick Exit for Caldwell.
Caldwell failed to last an inning.
Burns got Smiths roller. but Harris
walked, took third on Rice's double
over the initial sack and scored with
Sam on Browers .s. single to. TO- center: arnG
er taking third and Miller reaching
second when Jameson fumbled.
Caldwell faded from the picture mere
and Mails who got his job. was
greeted with swat to left by Shanks
good for two more markers. Shanks
died stealing and Charity popped.
ORourke reached the far corner in
round two on his double to right CEN
ter and Smiths tumble; 5 Smith also also
ORourke %as being run down on
Earl's tap to Sewell. Harris left him.
sRice's single and a pass to Shanks
availed nothing in the third and Earl
Smith was stranded at the far cor,
ner after he walked, stole second and
took an extra base on .Nunamakers
high heave in the fourth.
In the fifth Rice personally escorted
q tally to the platter by walloping to
the tarpaulin box in center. complet-
ing the circuit before Sewell could
relay Speakers throw to the plate.
and in the sixth another local tally
accrued from O'Rourke's single. Erick-
Smiths roller and Harris long ny.
Rice also scratched an fnfield hit
which led to nothing.
Tribe Gets Under Way.
1t was in the sixth that the Tribe
started the barrage, which sunk
pair of capital curvers, and resulted
In the visitors attaining the lead.
With Speaker out of the way. Smith
walked. advanced notch on Card
ner's bingle and tailed with Larry
on Sewell's double to left. ..
Doc Johnston started the big do
ings, which netted fistful Of coun-
ters in the seventh. Batting for
Mails. Johnston singled over second
and. after Jameson popped. scored on
wamby's triple past Rice, Wamby
counting when Speaker singled to
right. This ended Erick's regime
and in came johnson to the slaughter.
Walter lasted long enough for sin
giles by Smith and Sewell. triple by
Gardner, a double by Burns and a
pass to Thomas. Then Acosta was
called on and he halte6 the Tribe,
momentarily by tanning Johnston on
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TORONTO CREW TO VISIT
Will Race U. S. Fights in Peoples
Regatta at Philly July 4.
Dibble Not to- Enter.

PHILADELPHIA, June 14-The
University of Toronto's eight-oared
crew Will compete in the peoples re-
gatta to be hold on the SchuylkilI
river July 4. Other entries in the
eight-oared event include the Union
Boat Club of New York, composed
mostly of Columbia University oars
men. and the Vesper and Cndine clubs
of this city.
Canada also will send the Argonaut
four-oared crew. They will be op-
posed by crews from the Duluth A c..
the Fesper and Pennsylvania Barge
clubs. Dibble, the Canadian sculler,
has notified local rowing officials he
would be unable to enter the regatta
this year
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Caught OF, the Fly

Joe Judge. who turned his ankle
in a collision with Burns in Sundays
game, may be laid up for a week
In his absence Brewer covered the
cavorted in right field.
Smith failed to accomplish any,
thing at bat in his first start as a
throw to kill off Wamby. trying to
score from second on Smiths single
in the ninth. however. and made a
spectacular leaping stab of Burns
fly in the eighth. after misjudg-
ing it.
Smith showed a fine turn of speed
in getting from the plate to third
while O'Rourke jockeyed on the line
between the far corner and the
counting station in round 2. He also
swiped second after getting a walk
in the fourth.
Brewer had little to do in subbing
for Judge at first. his days work
there consisting of only four put
first inning. but failed to get the
ball out of the infield in four sue
cessive appearances.
Joe Wood probably will be able to
get back into service within a day
or two. An X-ray examination of
his injured foot disclosed no frac-
tured bones.
These heavy hitting games are
salty affairs-when the home crew
gets licked. Yesterdays affair oc-
cupied two hours and forty-five min
utes, the only consolation for the
toilers in the pest" box being that
Tim Jordan had some ice water on
tap.
In view of the fact that it was
Coveleskie who held the Nationals
scoreless after the Indians had taken
the lead in the seventh. he was given
credit for the victory, which gives
him the distinction of recording two
wins in the series
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his second appearance of the round.

ms second appearance of the round,
causing Jameson to loft to Rice.
The Redmen increased their advan-
tage at the expense of Zachary in the
eighth, Acosta having been with
drawn in favor of Milan, who failed
as pinch hitter the inning before.
Wamby singled and stole He count
ed on triple down the right field
line by Speaker. who also tailed, aft
er smith walked and Gardner famed,
when Sewell forced Elmer Their
tenth tally was chalked up with two
out in the final frame, when Jamie
sons Texas Lacquer and walks to
Wamby and Speaker preceded Smiths
safety to right. Wamby also tried
to register on this blow. but was cut
down at the plate on Earl Smiths
perfect peg to Charity. .......
The Griffs' could do little with
Coveleskie's damp shoots in the last
three frames.
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ILLNESS OF BILL TILDEN
MAY COST TENNIS TITLE
BY WALTER CAMP.

THOUGH Bill Tlden world tennis champion will not be called
upon challenge round of the British title matches
Wimbledon possible that his physical condition
him from defending his honor then This column
predicted before the St Cloud play that den reaching
low physical
abes There than tennis played the
Tlden the only
S
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Twelve Crews on Hudson.

POUGHKEEPSIE n. Y. June H.
Twelve crews. the largest number
that has been on the river since train
ing for the coming regatta started.
were out for practice yesterday. Only
the Cornell squad was absent. The
Ithacans will arrive tomorrow morn
ing.
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Home Run, Pair of Doubles
and Two Singles for Rice

sam Rice established the sea-
sons best record for hitting In
n nine-inning game yesterday
when he was credited with a
safety ON all i've of his appear
ances Mt the plate. In the hrst
inning he shot double down
the right field line. plunked q
single to left In the third. hneo
the ball past Speaker to the
limits in center for q home run
In the fifth, scratched a safety
to Sewell in the sixth, and
wound up with another two
baxger to right center In the
eighth. And yet the Grins were
licked.
Maranville of the Pirates. who
also has made nve hits In m
many times Mt bat. got nothing
but singles.
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Totals. ............... 43 10 II %
Rated for Nunamaker in sixth.
TBatted for Mails in seventh.
Batted for Acosta in seventh

cleveland. o o o . ) . Ito
washington. W o 1 o o o. 8
N Two-base hits-Rice (2). O'Rourke. SeweIl,
Burns Three base Observation-Disclosures Gard
heT; speaker. Home run-Rice. Stolen bases
Earl Smith. Wambssanss. Sacriices-Erick-
S1n. T Harris. Left ON bases-Clevcland. Il:
w asMng ton. TO- Bases on balls-Of Caldwell,
on on Coyeieskie. 1; OF Zachary. 8. Hits-on
Gsaidweii. in 1-3 inning; of Mails. in 2-3
Erickson. in 1-3 innings; OF johnson, 1
1.-TWO runs scored. three on base. one out in
seventh; on Acosta. 0 in % inning; of Zach
ary, IN innings. Struck out-By Erickson,
I: BY Nails. 2; by Acosta, 1 by Coveleski 8;
Q! Lachary.. i. Winning pitcher-Coyeleskie.
Nallin. Chill and Owens. Time Of game
hours and 45 minutes
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burgh. Leather hasn't been so high in
base ball since the old game started.
st. Louis National won their tenth in
SUCCESSOR, new seasons record in the
National League for consecutive vic
tories. going Pittsburgh one better
Heinie Groh played his first game of the
season for Cincinnati, deciding no longer
to try to make a touchdown against
Commissioner Lands.
For the thirteenth game in succession
a home run was made on the Athletics
field. Two teams. the Yankees and
Pittsburgh, each made four home runs
on the same day.
Out of it all Pittsburgh and St. Louis
in the National and the Yankees and
Cleveland. in the American reaped the
substantial gain, but it was a thirteenth
day of June that won't be forgotten in
hurry in base ball.
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NATIONALS PLAY FINAL
+ FWITH THE TRIBE TODAY
Indians Hammer Erickson, Johnson and Zachary
for 1910 Verdict, After Griffs Pile
Up Big Early Lead.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

FOHIIS
the of of
- Nrough Sunday Nationals
returning with
Mckmen departing July for hike and all
through the not appear their lot again until July 2
of
expected make things hum here despite the
OF climbing higher.
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WINS ASCOT
British Royalty Sees Sir H. Cum
liffe-0wens' Entry Take
Famous Stakes.

BY the Associated Press.
ASCOT HEATH. England. June IA
The Ascot stakes of 1000 sovereiSns
over course of two miles. run here
today, was won by Sir H. Cunliffe-
Owens Spearwort. J. Shepherds s
Kings Idler was second and w. NJ.
G. Singers Chat Tor was third. Thir-
teen horses ran.
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TOMORROW for Cardinals Staging Annual Squirt
RICKEYS HAVE CHANCE
FOR FLAG IN NATIONAL
Mound City Club Has Swatted Its Way to Vic
tory'in Sixteen of Last Nineteen Games.
June 13 Day of Records.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

HE ST. Louis Nationals have diversion
the National fagpoe sturdy
swang Shomakers of the have of nineteen
beginning May H. when they after their
ball they have been playing since they began their the
Polo add
That them wins out OF the last they
have
Cards sorry they such bad April
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talnly they've chance. Anything and
anybody has a chance in base ball
these days There's one thing always
to be remembered about St Louis.
The Cards have kicked up like this
before. It's the prettiest thing they
do. After they have threatened to
lift the beaver worn by that staid old
party known as National League,
their execution has been bad and
they've skunk back to the corner of
the dance hall to sit down and peeve.
If they keep on rocking down the
pike for the next fortnight at the
same pace as now. it will be time
for New York and Pittsburgh to sit
up and look behind.
Meanwhile the st. Louis birds are
singing sweet praise to Hornsby, ask
ing him Isn't he glad that he didn't
get tied up with a poor team like the
Giants?"
Southpasvs BotherinE Ruth.
OF the twenty-one home runs which
have been made by Ruth in 1921. nine
teen have been batted against right
stuffed up with elation in conse-
quence. IF left-hand pitcher throws
a natural left-hand curve low to that
big guy he can't hit it," said Oldham.
Low, slow and a natural break down
around the knee-and goodnight"
That's what you Think retorted
another. I pitched to that bird before
was Yankee. fooled him two or
three times and / allowed that / had
something at last which would keep
him off the home-run map. He got me
one day just like he gets all the
others. When he centers that old bat
on the center of the ball he can make
a natural home out'n any variegated
curve that any pitcher ever threw"
BY the shift of Frisch back to third
base, those who argued that the Giants
were very much in need of Groh insist
that they've won their point Attention
is called to the fact that the Giants be-
gan to brace last year after third base
was well taken care of and not before.
Monday n Record Day.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh lead the big
league sweepsteaks today. just as they
had been doing, but see what happened
Monday. Ruth made two home runs.
record even for him. He batted the ball
into the centerfield bleachers in the
Polo Grounds for the first time in his
tory. He made his twenty-first homer
and is ahead of last year at this time by
twelve days.
Ehmke, the Detroit pitcher. hit Schang
on the arm. and the Yankee catcher will
be out for two weeks. Ehmke plays no
favoriteS. He pitched the ball that put
O'Neill, Cleveland's catcher, out of the
game.
Fifteen home runs were made by both
leagues. That tops the single days
record. Ruth was not the only one to
make two in a day. Mann of St. Louis
grabbed a pair. and Whitted of Pitts
burgh took two for his share. Carey hit
the ball over the left field fence in Pitts
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Fifteen home runs were made by both
leagues. That tops the single days
record. Ruth was not the only one to
grabbed a pair, and Whitted of Pitts
burgh took two for his share. Carey hit
the ball over the left field fence in Pitts
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Monday a Record Day.

Ehmke, the Detroit pitcher. hit Schang
on the arm. and the Yankee catcher will
be out for two weeks. Ehmke plays no
favorites. He pitched the ball that put
O'Neill. Cleveland's catcher, out Of the
game.
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seasons.
witch grass Is an annual which
must be prevented from maturing
seeds by cutting and removal or burn
ing. 1t is not serious pest, but the
seeds are found quite frequently in
field seeds.
"The dodders are ANIMALS which are
found very often in clover and alfalfa
fields. They are parasites, growing
from seeds, but soon losing all connec-
ton with the ground and living onu
the host plants, about which they
twine their tiny straw colored stems.
Small isolated patched should be bur-
led. Badly infested fwields should be
plowed UP and some cultivated crop
grown. In no case should seeds be
saved from fields containing dodder.
Canada thistle is a perennial that
Is hard to eradicate. 1t is propagated
both by seeds and rootstocks. While It
is very serious pest, its noxious
character prehaps has been overrated.
Repeated cutting with a hoe and ap-
plication Of, salt, coal oil or sulphuric
acid to cut the stems in the ground is
the cheapest and most effective rem
edy."
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lNelW'Yol|.:'l|
Letter
BY
LUCY Jeanne Price

New York. - Any one who looks up
on New York as a cold, mind-our-own
business city, should talk to Lucinda
Flynn, of Life" No one can tell the
story like Miss Flynn, but it's pretty
good even at secondhand. She was
lunching at popular tea-room the
other day, when a brick, commanding
woman took the seat opposite her.
What is that you are eating?" crisply
she asked. Cheese souffle," murmur-
ed Miss Flynn. "Is it good?" No. It's
cold and the cheese is too strong"
Really" exclaimed the woman,
"And | notice you have eaten soup.
You shouldn't do that luncheon. It's
really quite bad for you" Miss Flynn
murmured again - to the effect that
she like soup at lunch. "You seem an
interesting sort of person. said the
sociable one. do you mind if | look
at you through my glasses?" mot at
all" replied the by-this-t ime-subdued
Miss Flynn. wouldn't you like to
join my luncheon club?" was the next
startling query. There are just
twelve. But one Of the members died
and I should like to have you fill the
vacancy" "Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm not
a club-joining perso nat all. I'm too
busy, too. I'm sorry apologized the
member of Life's staff. "That's quite
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all right. Any number Of people are
very anxious to join 1t. Do you ever
parade? Wouldn't you like to march
in my parade? BY the way what Is
your name?" Lucinda Flynn" she
said meekly. "And may l ask what is
yours thinking she would like to do
something except answering the cate
chism. "Oh! Really! Don't you know
me?" exclaimed the catchising woman.
"I'm Mrs. john. Well, wont tell
it, but is was an exceedingly we'll
known name in New York club circles.
will you join our parade?' Again
Miss Flynn had to murmur regretful
declination and fled before any more
questions or EXPLANATIONS could be
Forthcoming.
Ny
If you were REALLY going to steal
anyway, wouldn't you choose the best
thin gof its kind lying around loose
and unguarded? l wonde why people
compromise so often by stealing -
mildly, as 1t were. For instance: Yes
terday sixteen automobiles were stol-
en- in this city and nine of the sixteen
were of the sort known flippantly as
"flivvers." l don't approce of stealing
autos, of course, and anyway "fliv-
vers" are perfectly good cars, but if
thew were going to steal anyway-I
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For Sheriff.

The Public Ledger is authorized to
announce W. A. DOWNING Of the
Lewisburg precinct, as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for SHEER
IFF of Mason county at the approach
ing primary election.
The Public Ledger Is authorized to
announce MIKE BROWN as a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for SHERIFF Of Mason county at the
approaching August primary.
The Public Ledger is authorized to
announce CAREY M. DEVORE as a
candidate for SHERIFF of Mason
county subject to the action Of the
Republican voters in the August pri-
n.ary.
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For County Judge

The Public Ledger is authorized to
announce l.. M. COILS as a candi-
date for the office Of COUNTY JUDGE
of Mason county, subject to the action
of the voters at the Democratic pri-
mary, August 9Th.
The Public Ledger Is authorized to
announce H. P. PURNELL as candi-
date for reelection to the office OF
COUNTY JUDGE Of Mason county,
subject to the action Of the voters Of
the Republican party at the August
primary.
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DRAGNET FOR GAMBLERS.

Covington, Ky. - Following reports
received by Chief Of Police w. A. Sell
er that an army of gamblers" was
planning to invade Covington and
other parts of Kenton county, and that
they intended to conduct poker and
dice games with the sky as the limit
police and county officials have been
active.
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For Tax Commissioner,

The Public Ledger is authorized to
announce w. F. STEELE as candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER
at the approaching primary election.
The Public Ledger is authorized to
announce STANLEY BRADY as a can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for TAX COMMISSIONER Of Mason
county at the approaching August pri-
mary