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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-27
NATIONAL HOME

oficer of the day, Capt. John
Eagan.
Cadet Edward Machle. has gone to
New York City for short visit with
friends before returning to West
Point
Burroughs have been granted 10
Henry ~ Griggs to Wfnterport and
Alphonso Peniey to Rockland.
The returns from passes Friday.
were >Oglando Hooper from North
Arson and John Corrigan from Au-
gusta.
The returns from furloughs Friday
were William O'Connell from Provi
dence, James +. Tucker from Con-
| cord and James Collins from An
burn.
1t is expected that there will be
large crowd of fans TO witness the
Sunday baseball game with the fast
team. from Bath.
Religious services will be held at
the Home chapel sunday morning as
! follows: Mass and sermon by Rev.
Err. Mclaughlin at $50 and protes-
tant services by Rev. +. L. Phalen at
1910 o'clock.
Saturday and Sunday Concerts
March" EnGarde' ...... Clement
Overture America ........ Catlm
! Polka-"Jupita" -. ..,... Catlin
! (Cornet solo by Cornelius Murphy
Selection from Martina 49,. Flotow
/ GaVotte-"D Dreams of Love
| Robinson
"Reminiscences of 100 Years
Clement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-27
BASE BALL
and Band Concert at
No. VassalbOrO
NO. VASSALBORO
VS.
HARTLAND
SATURDAY. AUG. ~
SATURDAY, AUG. 81

o,. ms has the promise Of a good
u.m as Hartiand has won two
V YES and Vassalboro one, and the
sam" 'ooro boys are out after this
~ 20 make fifth game possible.
RE Concert by the Madison Boys
n. WIN be worth listening to and
"" admission is only Csc.
,ims s"d Concert at 100, standard
e; game called at $50.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-27
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CHICAGO

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Evening journal., 1921-08-22

homesick and returned to Ohio.
He's eligible now and will MI the
shoes left vacant by "Tarzan" Tay-
lor, Ohio's All-Western guard last
fall.
The other recruit Of whom much
is expected is Bonny Petcoff, giant
tackle from Scott High school, To-
ledo
He scales 212.
Last fan Coach wilce told Peacoff
to tear up the varsity line in scrim-
mage practice.
Smashcr.
Petcom tore at his man, who hap
pened to be Bob" Spiers, Ohio's
veteran star tackle. They carried
Spiers off the field four minutes
later and he didn't get back into the
game until the last quarter OF the
California game on New Years Day.
Stuart and Petcoff are sophomores,
Pixley is a junior
Ohio states lineup for the kick
off this fall will likely be: Ends
Myers and Styker IN. Workman or
Friend); tackles-Hunman and Pet
coff (Spiers or Lang); guards-PiX-
| ley andi Trott: backs-Blair and
Doig (Cott. Wiper, Briggs. Ken
nedy); ulibacks-Taylor and Wea-
yer OsabeD; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ center-Y
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
Some Cruy-Ohers Bald
But These Stars Shine On
SPARKS OF GENIUS
KEEPS THEM AT
TOP

The years have slipped Off the
backs of some of our brightest ma
jor league stars unnoticed. Stars
of yesterdays-1O or 15 years ago
they are stars STILL
What is their secret7 How do
they do st.? Is It genius?
They have courted the fountain OF
youth-all OF them.
Normal living has been their rou-
tine. Skipping the gay Of the prim-
rose path, they have stayed in the
middle OF the wholesome road.
Some OF them have gray hairs a
few are slightly bald, but their
nerves tick on as steadily as we'll
timed clocks.
Always they have tried their level
best in every game.
And in all of them there is the
spark of greatness.
They have saved their money, in
vested it wisely. Most of them
have families. Men of their type
succeed in any business they UNDER
take.
And here they are:
Babe Adams. Pittsburgh Pirates,
3S, leading National League pitchers.
Thirteen years in majors, in min
ors.
Frank Baker, New York Yankee
third baseman. So. Eleven years in
majors. in minors.
Ty Cobb. manager and centerfeld-
er, OF Detroit Tigers, 35. With De-
troit II seasons in minors.
Larry Gardner, Cleveland Indian
third baseman, 35. Thirteen years
in majors, one in minors.
Eddie Collins, Chicago White SO,
second basemen, "a. Sixteen years
in majors, never in minors.
walter johnson, Washington
smoke-ball king, "a Fifteen years
in majors, 3 in minors.
Grover Alexander. Chicago Cut
pitcher, "a. Eleven years in ma.
jors, in minors.
Iris Speaker. manager and cent.
erfielder OF the Cleveland Indians
33. Fourteen years in majors,
in minors.
Urban Faber. at 80. is having hi
greatest pitching year with the
White Sox.
other veterans. slowed up but still
good players: Jack Quinn, SO, Ec
Konetchy. SO; Ivan Olson, SO; Bill
Kilifer. 35; Harry Hooper. "a; Wal
ter Schmidt. "a; DOME Bush, 33
Clarence Walker SO; zack Wheat
SO: Ray Caldwell, SO; Joe Wood, 80
Jim Bagby, SO; Rube Marquard. 81
And OF the younger supers, Rog
ers Hornsby. 25; Babe Ruth, 27
Harry Heilman, 27; George Sisler
2s.
How long will they last7
Evening journal., 1921-08-22

COLUMBUS. O.-Ohio state has
another fotball surprise for this
fall.
The surprise is Johnny Stuart, the
quarterback who will replace ''Hoge"
Workman. now ineligible
Stuart looms as real. successor
to Chic Harley and Pete Stinchcomb
Of All-American fame.
He is as fleet on foot as Harley
or Stinchcomb. He can pass pig
skin as accurately as the phenome-
nal Workman.
PIungcr.
Last fall. as captain and halfbaclS
Of the Ohio freshman team. he gain
ed more ground through the varsity
than all the backfeld men ohio met
in real competition combined.
Ohio States line which battered
down all Big Ten resistance couldn't
stand Stuert's plunging.
Stuart isn't the only strong ad-
dition to Coach Jack Wilce's 1921
machine.
Butch Pixley is back with his 24O
pounds. He player on the 1919 Ohio
team and won a place on the ALI
American.
Following the gridiron season Pix
ley let down in mis- studies and be-
came ineligible. He took a whlri al
Princeton in 1920, but soon became
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
Bob and Fay-Buddiesi
They'll Fight Again

BALTIMORE - "Over the top
again"
Bob Martin. who won the heavy
weight championship of the A. e. f.
by defeating Fay Kaiser. Cumber-
land. Md, in the finals at the Cirque
de Paris in 1919, will attempt to re-
peat the performance for the benefit
of his old buddies OF khaki days
when they meet here September 3.
The occasion is "Buddie Week"
Nearly 100000 ex-service men are
expected in the city during the re-
union.
While the ''Buddie Week" program
is sportive throughout. the one big
event is the Martin -Keiser fight,
which will be staged in big armory
seating $4,000 persons.
There will be track meets. relay
races. boxing tournaments and other
sporting events.
Invite Harding.
Spike Webb, who refereed over
seas and who was coach OF the tri-
umphant Olympic boxing team. is
chairman OF the committee promot-
ing the Martin -Keiser fight.
Invitations have been sent to
President Harding. Secretary OF War
Weeks and his assistant, Vain
wright, Secretary of the Navy DENLY
and his assistant, Roosevelt. General
Pershing and staff, and other army
officials.
Many OF the men from Maryland
West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Della.
ware and New Jersey. who saw ser.
vice overseas, were present wher
. Martin and Keiser met in Paris
Some rooted for Keiser and felt thai
the decision should have been q
draw.
Keiser is a wealthy young farmer
OF near Cumberland. Nd, and III
doesn't have to fight for a living.
But he does want to whip Boi
b Martin.
5 Fcud.
lie has many friends in Western
5 Maryland. A special train is coming
to Baltimore from that section
Back over the hills in West Vir.
ginia another clan is preparing &c
charter a special train to see Martin
win again. Sort OF feud, as IL
were.
Fay Keiser is no dub OF the ring
His one handicap is his weight. He
is n ght-heavyweight
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
Uncle Harry Talks About
the Famine In Russia

ers at least have a definite plan for
re-establishing and rebuilding agri-
culture and industry in Russia, and
if sufficient food can be sent into
Russia to break the famine, there Is
good prospect OF the Soviet govern
ment coming to terms with the other
governments. The immediate future
In Russia seems to depend on the
question of whether the Soviet gov
ernment will modify its plans suff-
ciently TO meet the demands of the
other nations. This is a big subject
and it has many angles, and we shall
have to have several talks about II"
Editors Note-Uncle Harry will be
glad TO answer inquiries from read
ers, either in this column or by per-
sonal letter. addressed to him Care
of the Editor, provided letters are
signed with the full name and ad-
dress of ,he persons writing Names
Of correspondents will not appear IL
the articles.
Copyright. 1891. by The NC Syn
dicate.)
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
EDEN PLANS FOR
FOOTBALL SEASON

Footballs first call OF the season
in Wilmington was answered by a
large gathering Of players and fol-
lowers OF the gridiron sport at a
football open house meeting held by
the Southside- Eden A. c. in its
quarters yesterday afternoon. Judg-
ing from the material present Man
ager Joe Condor, who led ChesroolS
to severl championships. and Coach
sam Rudley, should produce another
eleven OF titular calibre.
Plans for the season were dis
cussed and the FIRST practice and
try-outs for candidates will be called
in the near future. Among the
players present were Joyce, Num-
bers, Reid and Gabriel, of Chesrook
McCuliion and Volkmann, of Park
side.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
SIMON'S 4S WINS
AT GREENHILL TRAPS

George Simon was in the 50bird
race Of the practice shoot, held at
the GreenhiH Club Saturday. A
large field participated and Simon's
as barely nosed out Walker. with AZ.
Sylvester. with as, was third.
Simon also led in the doubles
with 21, Sylvester and Simonton get
ting 90 apiece. A number Of begin
ners tried their hand and looked
good for future competition.
An interesting shoot was held by
the Diamond State Rife and Pistol
Club. over its range, at Shellpot
Saturday, despite the absence OF
several members who are at Sea
Girt. Burkins had a big day, win
ming the 50-yards prone and the
off-hand at so yards and finishing
second to George Pierce in the 100
yards prone. ]. Lester won the
other event on the program at zoo
yards with the Army Springfield.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
18th Ward Cabs
BY she Knocker.

Ray August has been given his
release for Indifferent playing.
Tony Bradley is not going to
Princess Anne this season, as there
are rumors of a vacant chair on
Lancaster avenue.
Slig Brennan is pitching good
ball lately since he has been play
ing regularly with the boys
Grandpop Crossan will draw his
first pay today at Todd's Cut, all
out for a big party.
Who wants to buy the Fourth
Ward City League infield? Not
much is expected.
Bull Fallers has been ordered TO
do better or be benched or released.
Sugar Tooth Connolly was left at
the pier again when the boys went
on their usuel weekend at River
view.
Ham" Gill, the local claiment to
Joe Dugan's title, has been released
for inability to fill Joe's shoes.
Hay" Sheehy, our scintillating
shortstop. will have a game played
for his benefit to get his trousers
repaired which were badly torn in
the contest with St. Hedwig.
Willie Lynch, the Penn's Grove
kid. sure is a good picker.
Rum McKensey. why don't you
give a blowout; the gangs wise.
Klaxon Hogentugler was sent to
Akron, Ohio. to get his nose guard.
Jelly McKenna was caught red
handed Saturday going into a GER
tain store. For further information
consult Jack Gilligan.
st. Mary's Cats will start the pig
skin arolling in a few days
No matter what position you can
or wish to try for. be there when
practice is called.
The Twilighters are stepping at a
fast pace now and are expecting to
add three more to their streak of
seven. II the City Leaguers could
do that good we would be all right
The figuring parrot o'Donnell,
! our manager. is still travelling at a
fast clip hunting games. Maybe he
expects to invest in a pair of pants
as our ex-manager.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
TRACK, FIELD MEET
ON RAILROAD FIELD

Plans are completed for another
big twilight meet at the P. r. r.
Field, to be held tomorrow and
Wednesday evenings. The events
comprise both track and field con-
tests. and each night will start at
6 o'clock, this early start being
necessary owing to the days getting
shorter.
Representatives of four clubs or
organizations will compete, as fol-
lows: Y. M. c. A.. st. Mary's A A,
Peoples Settlement and Crescent A.
c. The prize TO he awarded for the
most points attained is a handsome
silver cup, donated by 1.-The Hub"
Clothing Company.
The meet is being staged under
the direction of James T. Godfrey
who so successfully managed the
twilight meet held at the p. r. r.
Field a few weeks ago. in which up
ward Of $50 athletes took part.
From among the winners of the
contest this week will be selected
representatives from those organi-
cations who will take part in tho
big athletic meeting to be staged at
the State Fair on Monday afternoon
Labor Day. September S. The Labor
Day affair will be under the direc-
ton of the Community Service
which so successfully conducted the
meet on the opening day of the
1920 fair at Elsmere.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
RAYMOND D-HORBA
BOUT IN CHESTER

Ralph Raymond and Johnny
Horba will settle their argument as
to who is the best welterweight In
Delaware on next Monday night be-
fore Jimmy Dougherty's club on
Smedley field in Chester. The boys
have signed articles to meet at that
time and place.
Several Wilmington fighters and
others who have appeared in local
areans will be on the same card.
George Morrow and Jimmy Vincent
will meet in what should be the first
step toward settling the bantam
weight championship in the second
bout. Battling Barnes will appear in
the opening bout and Happy Jack
McWilliams is scheduled to go on in
one of the other preliminaries. Ray
mond and Horba will fight in the
semi-windup.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22

Uncle Harry. do you think that
conditions will ever be normal in
Russia again ?" asked Helen.
III you mean by the word normal
like they were before the Car was
overthrown and the revolutionary
trouble started" replied Uncle Har-
ry, then l think ] can say definitely
that Russia never again will see that
kind of normal conditions. But II
YOU mean that some day all the
troubles that have been disturbing
Russia during the last four or FIVE
years will be smoothed out, and
things will be running in an orderly
fashion, then I think ! can say that
some day Russia will again see nor
NAL conditions"
American Prisoners Released
Right now. it is a food shortage
that is bothering the Russian gov
ernment and causing a great deal of
suffering among the Russian people
In fact, the food shortage is so Sc
vere-due TO crop failures in certain
sections-that a virtual famine faces
hundreds of thousands of the Rus.
sian people The food shortage has
become so acute that certain OF the
leading citizens OF Russia have ap'
pealed to the American Relief Com
mission for food. You will remember
that within the last week or so the
Russian government. complying with
the demand made by Secretary o.
state Hughes, released a small grouI
Of Americans who had been held a.
prisoners in Russia for various al
legged offenses against the Soviet gov
: ernment Secretary Hughes, in hi
| note TO the Russian government, sais
, that so long as these Americans wer'
: detained in Russia. the United State
could not extend any relief TO tn
= Russian people. The promptnes
r with which the Americans were re
! leased indicates two things: First
y shows that the need for food in Rus
Z sia is keenly appreciated by the Rus
Y sian government, and second, tina
/ the government itself is APPARENT.
very ready to enter into relation
e with the United States government.
= United States Senator France re
{ Gently visited Russia, where he ha'
= a number Of conferences with tn
!, officials of the Russian government
Q II may be that he viii bring will
d him a definite plan suggesting the re
establishment of friendly relation
between Russia and the Unite'
States. In the meanwhile. IL is ex
y pected that large quantities of foo'
y supplies will be sent into Russi
e through the American Relief Com
y mission.
y Food May BE the Key 10 Peace
Conditions in Russia are certainl
le perplexing. The Soviet government
u has within the last few month
ID granted a number of concessions I
the peasants, who are the farmer
he Of Russia, with the idea Of encour
rs aging the peasants TO produce large
crops and 20 send larger quantities {
he food into the cities The Russian goN
i'd ernment has also entered into bus
he ness contracts with number of bul
We mess m en- and manufacturer
n throughout Europe and also in n
United States.
How long il will take to adju
all these matters and work out a de
Of mite program of relief and recoi
It struction in Russia. it is hard TO sa
in Many of the people outside Of Ru
tir sia who do not agree with the Sow
OIL government say that the Soviet lea
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
NEW ..CuRE' FOR HAY FEVER

NEW 'sCURE" FOR HAY FEVER.
CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-There is a
simple remedy for hay-fever vic
Tins. according to the National As
sociation of Naprapaths. who are in
convention here. They declare also
that II they we're turned loose in the
insane asylums of the country they
would have so per cent. Of the in
mates free within a short time.
Hay fever. the naprapaths declare.
is caused by a short ligament along
the spinal column. which produces
nervous irritation. rendering the
victim susceptible 10 the pollen with
which the air is filled in the late
summer. BY getting this iigament
stretched the victim will be relieved
Immediately
The human body. as explained by
DR.. Charles Smith. president OF the
Chicago College OF Naprapathy, is
like a harp or a piano, with the liga-
ments as strings. II one of these
ligaments gets stretched, It has the
same effect on the system as If one
OF the strings OF a musical instru-
| ment were out of tune.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
EAsTnAKE VS.. PARKsIDE.

Eastiake. leaders IN the City
League, fresh from their victory
over the National Guards on Satur-
day which advanced them within
easy reach OF the second half PEN
nant, will take on Parkside at
Twenty-ninth and Market streets,
tomorrow night. The Lakers ex-
pect some real tough opposition as
they believe some Of the Kirkwood
Park aggregation who have been
playing down State win be back.
The game will start at 6 o'clock.
The second game Of a series between
the two teams will be played at
Kirkwood Park on Thursday even
ing. Eastlake has two games pend
ing with Krebs. leaders in the Sub
urban League. for next week.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
SEASHORE HOTEL
RATES TUMBLE
One of Principal Places
Takes Initiative in Slash
ing Prices
SEEK RETURN TO
AMERICAN PLAN

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. ga Bit
ter hotel rate war, with price reduc-
tions far-reaching In their effect, was
forecast yesterday with the an
nouncement by the management Of
The Breakers. one Of the leading
beachfront hosteleries. that It would
be back to pre-war prices September
10. 1t was learned that the action
was taken Independently after a
futile effort to get beachfront hotel
men TO agree TO drastic reductions
this fall. Despite the failure TO
agree upon reductions It was gener-
ally admitted tonight that other
hotels would cut rates to equal OF
exceed those announced by The
Breakers
The new schedule announced by
The Breakers is a minimum OF s2.5C
day. European plan, as compared
with IS a day at present and a min.
imum OF s42 a week single. and 81
a week double, American plan. a,
compared with $50 and s95 now pre-
vailing. Announcement OF reduc
tions was accompanied by a state
ment predicting return to popularit.
Of the American plan OF hotel man
agement. we contend that a well
balanced and well-prepared menu
selected from seasonable products
can be assembled and distributed a
appetizingly for great deal les
money on the American plan thai
where the selection Of viands is lef
to the diner. who. generally speak
ing. is unfamiliar with good condi
tions." said Assistant Manage
cottman. This fact frequently
the explanation for the APPARENT
high prices on menu cards" Tn
question Of labor also enters yer
largely into the cost Of meals serve
American plan and a Ia carte.
Hotelmen today agreed that tn
announcement Of sweeping reduc
tions would be reflected throughou
the United States. With the excep
ton Of Chicago, il was pointed ou
hotels in every city In the UnDe
States have consistently maintaine
wartime prices until this time.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
READY TOSTART
TRADE CAMPAIGN
Wholesale Section of Com
merce Chambers Plans
For Peninsular Drive
TRUCKING SERVICE
NOW ESTABLISHED

Arrangements were completed to-
day for the luncheon. at 1870 o'civcK
tomorrow at noon. In the club room
of the Hotel dupont. which will be
given by the advertising and finance
committee Of the wholesale Section
Of the Chamber OF Commerce to
mark the beginning OF a campaign
for trade expansion on the Delmar-
via Peninsula Newspapermen will
be guests OF the section.
For the first time a concerted ef-
fort is being made by the wholesale
firms of the city to convince the
more than 5000 merchants located
between the Delaware and Chesa-
peake bays Of the fact that Whining
ton is the logical wholesale shopping
center for the Peninsula.
A fund of $4,000 has been sub
scribed for the trade expansion cam
paign, which is confidently expected
10 result in much larger business.
Greatly improved motor truck SER
vice already has been established by
the Wholesale Section. and manag-
ers of wholesale firms of Whining
ton declare they now are in better
position to supply the trade gen.
orally than either Baltimore or Phil
adelphia firms.
Complete cooperation has beer
established between the Delmarvia
branch OF the United Commercial
Travellers Association and the whole.
salers. It is realized that the inter.
ests OF both are mutual and depend
mainly on the combined efforts o'
both. It is also proposed to publish
a monthly bulletin devoted TO th'
wholesale interests of the city.
Among other measures to advance
the movement is a visiting trip b,
the wholesalers through the Pen.
insula to familiarize merchants
with the opportunities OF service
the wholesalers of this city are
offering An effort will also be mad'
TO bring representative merchant
from the various towns TO the cit,
in order that their communities ma,
he Informed through their own rep
rcsentatives of what Wilmington
offers
The Mercantile Section OF III,
Chamber Of Commerce is heartily IL
favor OF the activities of the whole
salers and is cooperating to the en-,
that a Wilmington week be inaugur
ated twice annually.
Evening journal., 1921-08-22
Watching the
Sc0reb@ard
inrEET1zUUExHTE1nTEzKrrTTTsTzEEVn

Yesterdays hero - Billy Bayne,
Brown pitcher. who shutout the
Yanks. 10 to o, permitting four hits
and whiting 10.
Urban Shocker did almost as well,
striking out and winning s to 4
from the Yanks in the first game
Taking advantage of New York's
double loss at St Louis Cleveland
drew away in the American race by
whipping Boston. to O. Sothoron
did the pitching.
Howard Ehmke, working for the
first time after a long vacation
caused by an injury. shut out the
Athletics for Detroit, to 0.
Tight. pitching by Mogridge al
lowed Washington to win easily
from the White Sox, to 0.
Just plain baseball, strong in all
departments, enabled the Brooklyn
Robins to throw Cincinnati for q
to loss
The Cardinals bobbled four times
The Giants stole six bases. The diff
ference won for New York, 2 to 4.