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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
Death and Its Mystery

France, with the scars Of war on
every heart rhat beats, is so deeply con =.
cerncd with the question of personal
immortality that its readers have al
ready required 10000 copies of Camille
Flammarion' : "Dcath and Its Mys-
terry" The book has been published
recently in America by the Century Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06

marries. sally's desperate battle against
odds leads up to n climax as sudden as
IL Is electrical. and the reader Is left
with several questions unanswered, but
the conviction that he has read an en-
thralling and most unconventional story.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
STRAWBERRY MANSION

Miss Cecilia Keller and Miss Ger
trude Keller. Of 1920 Sedgley avenue,
Gre occupying their apartment at ia
Gramercy place. Atlantic City.
Miss Lena Harmelin, of 1913 North
Natrona street. Is spending the sum
mer in Atlantic City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
NORTH PHILADELPHIA

Miss Sadie Il. Cohn. of 1914 North
Marshall street. has left for the Cat
eklls and will not return till late In
September.
Miss Elizabeth X. Peall. of North
Broad street, is spending the summer at
Prospect Bungalow, Willow Grove.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
ROxBOROUGH

Mrs. Joseph w. Glass, formerly OF
Roxborough. and her son, Mr.. JOSEPH
W. Glass, Jr., are spending the remain.
der OF the summer at the cottage OF
Mr.. Glass sister. Mrs. John MaclElree
at Margate CITY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
Mark TwaIn's Growing Popularity

Harper & Bros. discover that
out of it's large family Of authors, Mark
Twain seems to be the pet of the press.
They have received 5221 newspaper
and magazine clippings relative to Mark
Twain since January l, 1921. The
Harpers announce as a further proof of
the famous hum mrrist's growing popu-
larity that the royalties paid to his
estate during the last year were four
times as much as those paid to him dur
ing the last year Of his life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06

ter avenue. will spend some time at
Eaglesmere, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Heckenhorn, and
their daughter, Of West Central avenue
are at Wildwood
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
ALONG THE READING

voorhees and their son. Mr.. Theodore
'''shses. Of Prospect avenue, Elkins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
Fiction

MILE HIGH. BY Henry {. Rowland. New
York Harper G. Bros.
A novel Of an aviator's love for a coy
Western beauty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
coAsrwlsE AND HAWAII.

u,yona. Canal. Los AnGelcs. San Franoisc,
and Hawaiian Islands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06

HAWAII. PHILIPPINES. EAST INDIA.
Honolulu. Manila. saigon. Singapore. Co
lombO. Calcutta.
From san Francisco.
Arxus, l3-Creols STATE l0ol
Cc1rerher l4--wolyer!ne State No5.
october i5--Gran!te state l00).
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
BAUER5 BEAT
HALLS GIANTS
LOCAL TEAM HAS LITTLE DUFI-
Guilty IN DEFEATING CRACK
NINE FROM PITTSBURGH.
Pitcher Hall Batted Ont Of the BOX.
Neuhardt Had Game on Ice
All tho Way.

RaucrS experienced little difficulty In
defeating tho crack lFalrS Giants. OF
Pittsburgh Il, l.eaCu" Park, Martins
Ferry. yesterday afternoon. bE tn" sc"r"
OF 1914. before la-g" crowd IN view 9:
,hc very unpleasant weather. TIL" Bauers
started OF with a rush and were never
headed. Seller EIall. ono OF 'hc rSi
pitchers in the Pittsburgh district. WAS
hatted from 'hc box ~ tn" sixth inning.
while Neuharht was master at all times.
Hamilton Wa the hitting demon "f The
day connecting for two triples. ~" d"n-
hlcS and i single out Of rs many tr:ps
to the plate rrys"ck and N"u-
hardt also lamha slrd tn" appl" hard.
Raucrs has stimulated IN interest among
the players and 4 decided Improvement
can tc expected in games 1" como. NcN'
Sunday the locals meet the Columbus
Pauha ndlcs in what promises /" l." the
lid bit event Of tho entire season.
Box score and summary:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
INDEPENDENTS DENY
PLAYING AT BELLAIRE

Tho following letter was received late
Yesterday afternoon by the Sporting Ed
iicr Of The Wheeling 1ntclligencer. de-
nying the report that the Pittsburgh In
dependents had played in Bellairc. O.,
on april %:
Sporting Editor.
The Wheeling TntrlliEenc"r.
Dear sir: The management OF the
itshurgh independents denies the
charge that his team was defeated at
Rcllairc. o.. Saturday. April %. 1891.
by score OF Is to 5. Rumors have
come TO him from Bellaire and Wells
burg and two games have been can
Celcd.
TIL" tram that was defeated wah prob
ably from Pitt sburgh, but can verify
thLt none nf my seventeen players
played at Beliairc on that date. or any
other date this season. Furthermore,
We do not open the season until Satur-
day. May I. our name has been cory
rightrd and all other teams in Penn
Sylvana are prob bitcd by the state
laws from using it. Hoping this will
clear our club from the defeat we were
supposed tn have suffered, ] remain,
Yours.
DONALD MILLER, Jr..
Manager Pittsburgh Independents,
S. Dewey Ave. Ingram. Pittsburgh. Pa.
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MOUND CITY BOXERS
CLAIM UNFAIRNESS
SHOWN IN FIGHTS
SAY THEY ARE ALWAYS MATCHED
WITH OVERWEIGHT OPPO-
NENTS AT BOXING
BOUTS HELD
HERE.
Ask That They Be Given Equality IN
Weight When Matched With Other
Tistic Artists.

Several Mound Ci,y EStic artists are
all wrought up over tho manner in which
they arc matched with other boxers
when called uron to perform IN the
Market Auditorium arena. The down
river boxers lr" no; in accord WIN me
manner in which the selections ar" MADE
when they are dated for bout mere
II is claimed. for Instance. that IN the
last boat held hero. in which Mounds
villr man. Bill Marks. was n principal,
his opponent. Fob Rodncr, Of MinEo
junction. weighed in at the ringSide
thirteen pounds more than Marks
This It IS claimed by the Mound city
fighters il quite unfair. not only ~
themselves. but To tho enthusiastic hght
fans. The contention has been put forth
that more care should b. shown IN ar
ranging for an opponent for a Mounds
will" boxer Although The last match.
In which Marks fought. vas Il decisive
victory for him. it Nigh, have been 9TH
c-wi$r with just u few more pounds
added to that of his opponent.
That case. however. has not been IN"
only one debated by the lighters and
fans of MuundSvillr. Another instance
Of significance is that Of rrench!e 'CE-
clon"" Miller. who. il is claimed, has
fought at the boNing shows held here
with opponents several pounds heavier.
The fight fans Of tn" down-river city
are confident that they have fight win
ncrs among them. but mat their men
have not been given a chance. in view
OF the selection of opponents for their
men that weigh much more than re-
ported at ringside.
This matter. il Is urged by Mound
City fans, should be given considerable
attention. and in the future when their
fighters arc booked for bouts, It IS urged
here that they hc opposed by men equal
to them in weight at least.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
YANKEES DEFEAT
BOYDSV|LLE 14.3

Tho strong Boydsville A. C.'s proved
no match for the champion Yankee A.
C.'s on the Boydsville grounds yester-
day, and fell easy victims by 1913
score. Robertson hurled masterful ball
for the Yankees and held tho Boydsville
team to six scattered hits. and struck
out nine men.
Tho Yankees have been travelling at
a fast pace this season. and would like
To hear from tho Rayland A. C.'s. Will
son Packers or any other fast team in
the Ohio Valley for games any Sunday.
Summary: r. n. L
YANKEES ...5O115on 2-14 Is 2
Boydsvillc % a q q o Is s 5
Ratterics--R Robertson and Pfeff"rman:
Pieper and Roskovich. Three base hits
--kiIlcen. Two base hits-Coppengcr,
Flatley. Robertson. rfrn"rman. Bell,
Long and kiIlecn. Base on balls on
Robertson. !: off Piepcr. :" Struck out
BY Robertson. .; by Picrcr. ..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
Three Straight for Detroit

Detroit May I.---D"troit made it three
straight from St Louis today by win
ming to in the eleventh inning. Kolp
weakened in the eleventh. passing three
men. Young then singled. Tobin made
sensational harehand"d catch or
Vcach's linrr in the tenth inning, hold
ING Vcarh to n single and preventing
Detroit from winning Al that time. The
hi; otherwise would have gone for
triple due to ground rules.
Score by innings:
Ct Louis n o q q 0 o.
Detroit o q o 0 n q u u l. II
Kop and Billings. Oldham: Emkc and
AinSmith.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
PLAN GYPSY TOUR"
TO WHEELING JUNE IS

Announcement VAS made yesterday
afternoon that IN" pittsburgh MOTOR
cycle club is contemplating Il gypsy tour
OH Juno 1870 form the Smoky CITY TO
W'hCclinE Between 500 and Gao riders
are planning 10 make the trip, which
will be enjoyed by many.
Since the Wheeling riders will h" out
Of the city on the above days. the Smoky
city boys are planning IN arrangement
OF hill climbing events. etc. such rs was
held by the local club yesterday.
The Pittsburgh club. which has tho
largest membership OF any along the
Ohio river. has plans under way at
present for this tour which all the mem
bers will enjoy. Additional arrange
ments and program for the day events
will be announced in a later edition OF
this paper.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
Washington Loses Lead.

Washington. May I.--.WashinEto re-
linQuishcd its Lead in The American
league race today when il was defeated
to I. by the Athletics. Bryan Harris,
pitching for the visitors. was in exec J.
lent form, yielding only seven scattered
hits and striking out nine. Mogrldge
was hit freely before he made way for
- pinch hitter in the sixth. Rain de-
layed the start OF the game for an hour.
Score by innings:
philadelphia o 2 0 0 l 2 0 o 0-5 IL ]
Washington 90 0 0 % G--1
Is. Harris and Perkins: MoGrldgc,
Schacht, Courtney and Charity.
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INDIANS POUNCE
On JOE HARRIS;
MIN BY 81

Chicago. May Joe Morris. making
his first start "f The season for the chi
CaEo White Sox had two bad innings TO-
day. in which Cleveland punched hits ne
hind couple &c passes ana won inc
final game Of the series. 10 !. C"reI-
cskie held Chicago /" six hits. three or
which eyre made ny Fax. and one or
which was home run into the right
field bleaCherS Score:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
IMPER|ALS BEAT
COLORED GIANTS

The Colored Giants OF this city felt
defeat at the hands of the Imperial A.
G. yesterday afternoon in good game
which was played at the Elm Grove
ball park, the score being - TO E. Tn"
colored lads were crippled up to some
extent, which caused them TO lose.
-Four two base hits were made at diff
farent times during the game by
Blotcher and O'Brien of the Imperials
and Brown and Argo OF the Giants. Bat
teries for the Imperials wcr" Lewis and
Jones. while Bryan was on the mound
for the Giants, who was ably assisted
by Argo.
The Colored Giants will play their
next game with the ImpcrIalS on Sunday.
May 81. which promises to be much
hotter. = Next Sunday they Will journey
20 Washington. whore they will meet
tn" fast nine Of the Keystone State.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
.FOLLANSBEE FIELD
MEET ON FRIDAY

Follanshee, W. Va. May 1.-THE
schools Of Cross Creek district will hold
their annual field meet here on Friday.
May eth, according TO announcement by
District Superintendent \. +. Young
All the schools Of the district. including
Golfers. will send teams here for the
meet. 4 majority OF the contestants
will be from the central schools Of Fol-
tansbee. however The program calls
for the usual running and jumping
"vents and handsome prizes will DO
awarded the winners
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
Now york Z, Boston 2.

New York. May i.-Th" New York
Nationals won another easy victory to-
day from Boston. : TO l. Ton"y pitched
splendid bail after the opening innings
and drove n two runs after Smith Yves
Intentionally passed in the sixth inning.
Walker and Smith both drove into the
right field stands for home runs in tha
fourth inning. Score by innings:
Boston n u y u u O.
New York o q ; y . NJ ,
McQuillan. fillinsim and O'NeH:
Toney and Smith.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
ADAMS A|RT|CH{;
P|RATESBLANk
CHICAGO s TEAM

to hit Babe Adams today and FITS
hurgh won . to 0. Only three singles
were made off Adams. Doubles by
Whitfield and Schmidt in the second in
ming scored PittsbuVShS first run, and
tho second was Il homer by Carey int"
the left field bleaChers in the sixth in
ming Score:
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brooklyn Wins Tenth Game.

Brooklyn. May. 1.-The Brooklyn Ma
tional champions won their tenth
straight victory TODAY. Crimes shutting
out Philadelphia Ia -. TIL" Superhaa
virtually won without thc aid Of II haSe
hit scoring twice in the first inning on
passes - sacrifice. Rings wild pitch
and a hs,der'S choice. Score hy Innings:
Philadelphia u " u " 0 ID .
BROOKLYN $3.50 Il y X-% ) q
Ring and NJ. Wheat; Crimes and
O"Miler
Order Cherry BiRque to-day and enjoy
the best Ice Cream ever mAdc-lmpcr-
ial-Adv.
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made a mum Der OF
n. D. "a 1.gf Snn decade

made number OF
kdw IN tho last two decade
Us one respect in which no
mas been registered beyond ,D-
more umpireS. Dissatisfaction
BciSions perhans always Will en-
b the chief sourC" OF trouble a
decisions on bats And strikes.
the angry kicks and the serious
A.oall heldS arise rom base d.
on one gets playSrs or talhs
they Will tel YOU that Il =
trikes or balls that they
put bad umpire on az
ruin p pitcher | hay"
ga mas this season thl;
not BY the players but by
cisions balls and StrtSeA
he pitcher IN trouble in a.
inning by miSca,ling his
II. and every one in baseball
it is easy TO hit and 10 make
hen the pitcher is compelled
ball over the plate. \ .cO0
hit 400 IL ne could hat each
the count three and two
II even the best pitchers.
a Queer peoroe.
6thc- day nut came TO see
9TH a idea which has been broach"d
eToral times He il an electrical
engineer. and he claims that by some
device he has invented ne can cIectrty
y air the width OF the place and at any
heighth. He claims that he can senSi-
tie il so that when the bail passes
through the charged area It will regis
ter strike either by ringing a bell or
flashing a signal II the ball fails 20
- come in contact with the charged area
90 1t will be a ball.
Whether his invention is practical o.
not I cannot say. asked one Clectr;-
cal expert whether such thing is pos
sible. and ne replied casualty that thcr"
was nothing TO prevent Il being done
successfully. as the thcory is sound.
Such a scheme IL successful would
make baseball lot more satisfactory.
/ think more pitchers cNplod" and 20
TO pieces in anger over what they think
Is miscalled strike than for any other
reason The other day in Rrooklyn. IN
a close game, pitcher broke . fast
curve ball over the plate for perfect
third strike The ball broke very
quickly and fooled the umnire who
called IL ball. Tho pitcher WAS angry
49, HS shot the next ball across without
idyinE or thinking. and il was driven
tie fence for triple which cam"
ar turning the game upside down. No
re but the Jump was responsible.
A Real Sporting Event
There is an event which will take
place until late this fall which already
Is attracting more attention in the east
ern part Of the United states and can
ada than any world series ever will at
tract. 1t is the which will be
held this fall between the fishing
/ schooners OF the American and Canad-
ian fishermen.
The other day the Blue Nose, which
= in all probability will be the Canadian
tor, rather. Nova Scot;an) entry sailed
out OF Halifax for the banks. The crew.
aboard her is tho pick OF the fleet. They
will spend the summer fishing on the
banks, for. according TO the terms OF
the agreement between the Gloucester
fishermen and their Nova SCotian rivals
no schooner may enter the race that
has not spent season on the banks in
actual fishing.
- TheeSlue Nose was built by the Nova
ScotiAns TO win bac Ethc houorS cap
N tHl by the Gloucestermcr last f2l'
aeonsidercd by experts to be the
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Two-base hits. Whitfield. =; Schmidt
Home run. Carey. Sacrifice, Whitfield
Double play. Whitfield to Grim. Left on
bases, Chicago ); Pittsburgh. s. Ease
on balls. off Vaughn, ): off Adams, :,
Struck out. by Vaughn. ;: by Adams ).
Empires. Rigler and Moran. Tim" o.
game. 1:29.
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PITCHERS BATTLE GOES
TO ST. LOUIS BY 10

St Louis. May l.--Fournl"r's triple
and Lavans long fly in the second n.
ming. decided Il pitchers battle between
Haines and Marouard and gave st. Lou
is To Victory over cincinnati to-
DAY. Cat; her Raridcn reported TO the
RadS today.
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CHALLENGES

The I.oratn Coal and Dock team wouio
liz, 4 game for next Sunday afternoon
To he played on their home grounds. ar
rinGrmrnrS can be made by calling
Frank Lrdvinka. and asking for Charles
I.isk. be- wr"n 5 and s o'clock. Tele-
phone number. Bridgeport =.
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Two base hits-Hamilton ;. Ford.
Giles
Three base hits--Prysock. Neuhardt ..
Hamilton >.
Struck out--Hall. {: Nruhardt. ..
Tmpires-Morgan and Yochum.
Time Ia.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-02
HOW THEY STAND
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Games.

To,Inu. :. Sew Norn. I.
T.. ltdrlpn . brooklyn, ).
~" 4u.Sh. =. Chicago. ;.
,!ucfEna'.. -: 81 Louis, !.
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rwo haso hits. Scwrll. Speak,

Two base hits: ScW"IT. Spcak'T' HI'PH-
rnsnu Home runs: f'aIk stolen base:
Gardner. Sacrifices: Johnston. Johnson,
Hooper Gardner. r0v"lcSEic. Double
plays: Strung To Collins 10 Johnson;
Gardner To Stephenson 10 Johnston. Ioft
on bases: Cleveland, 5. Bases on balls:
Off Morris. Z: off Gov clcSkic. G.
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The StanGL.5.
Today's 4ameR

St. Louis al Detroit.
Washington At Philadelphia.
New York at Boston.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Games.

Cleveland. ); Chica 20. J.
So. Louis. |: Detroit. >.
Philadelphia. j; Washing 'cn, l.
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bast-paub"rt. Sacriiices-Bohne, It,
van. Haines Double plays.-FonSeCa
Crane and Daubert Torporcer. Dlho"-
for. I.avan and DiihO.i"r Left m
baseS-Cin"innati A. 81. Louis .. Base
on halls-Orf Hatnes |. Hits-Oif
Marquard. in I innings; off Napier.
0 In |. Hit by p:tch"r--Ry Marquar l.,
CFournier1. Struck out-Ry Haines
Losing pitcher MarQuard. Cmpires--
O'Day and Ouiglcy. Time-l:2>.
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up WITH OUIMET
FRANCIS oUINIET

s (, sion.
How clearly
1914 when
bres in high
uc ribbon OF
h title. And
Emory of Tie
10 our lot. We
uccess. that is
His downfe!!
hot due 10 the
happened to the
his opponent
IS and played 4
is marvellous 20
us-well, TO u
,t tt we were eliza
Fere in no Sen:e
hything eXtr2ord-
3England was rep
M their crack ami
r event last fall
y was theirs. BIT
ost wholesale fail
Ito A difference IN
play a Qualifying
hich OF the thirty
ible for match play.
tremendous interest
which enters. thu
n accommodate the
players is to start
Itch play of eighteen
dttIons to Meet.
greatly surprised
hen Cyril Tolley. Brit
hpion, failed 10 qualify
|ut when one considers
over two hundred
fact that unless man
Is game 1t is not un-
at the post. Some Of
pions have met with
the past In addition.
Ne never competed in
an scarcely appreciate the
nfronting the contestant
trick 10 be able TO adjust
b meet these conditions.
doubt all these things
he disadvantage OF the
RS. with the one exception
hour. Armour happened -
Pre- long enough IN advance
fize himself with customs
certainly were odd 10 HIM
another point about playing
ign land that the casual OBJ
erlookS- Every body wants TO
golfer in action with the re-
one Just cannot help but feel II
him 20 be in top form every
This naturally prevents your
easily. know that was ny
In 1914 in England. It seemed
that million eyes were on Inc
~sr ! played Il round. Al this is
ing and prevents concentration
The sort or thing We have ben
g about IN the cable MESSAGES
England concerning tbs matches
Stirling has been playing. Now
Is a girl as calm and cool on, 4
ing green as an iceberg in mid
IN. Yet she evidently Is feeling this
he strain.
t was so In 1914. Whenever any Of W.
q foot on the British links a number
golf writers followed and the next
~ there would be an account OF our
ay in all the papers. When our play
las good we heard about 1t. When il
vas not we also heard about it Every
BODY seemed to expect US 10 do we'll.
KNOWING this we tried all the time with
be fatal result. in all such cases. OF
owing quite poorly. 1t was Just
out impossible TO look upon the Brit
Amateur as merely an ordinary