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Evening star., 1924-09-29

In the past "a years in the Ameri-
can League. Detroit and Boston
teams have been champions with
winning percentages below 500. De-
troit grabbed the laurels with 5SS
in 1908, after a terrific struggle, to
finish a game ahead of Cleveland. In
1916. Boston. with .591. nosed out
Chicago by two games. and again in
1918. with .595. beat out Cleveland by
a game and a half
The National League was % years
old before Pittsburgh won pennant.
IN 1900. with winning average of
-6U3. the mark the Nationals may
reach. a Philadelphia club has been
the only one not to break 500 and
get rennant in the older organiza-
tion. The Phillies of 1915 did that
when they rode TO a championship
with winning average of .592.
Nervous Strain Disappears.
Revived by Saturdays triumph over
the Red SoX, while the Yanks were
bowing to the Macks, il is quite like
ly the Nationals will step out and
ciinch the American League pennant
today. Just before the second clash
with the Red SoX. the Bucks were
noticeable depressed. and another
Jolt Saturday afternoon may have
proved a knockout SO far as their
championship aSpira tionS were con-
cerned. But the week end happen
lngs in this stirring American Lea que
title race proved wonderful tonic
for Manager Bucky Harris aggrega-
ton.
That nervous strain, due to the in
tensive drive through the West. and
the mental depression following Fri
days loss here, have disappeared and
the morale of the club has improved
wonderfully. This reaction to the re-
moval of the pressure, under which
they have been battling. really, more
than half the season, ought TO make
a marked difference in the play of the
Bucks this afternoon
In Fridays engagement the club
showed only too plain the effects of
their efforts to stand off the deter
mined rush of the Yankees and
though they seemed to have a better
chance of victory Saturday, their
work was far below the standard they
mad been playing to. Moral courage,
thoueh, and the inspiring leadership
of Harris, pulled them through.
Now, stimulated by success, and
their fighting qualities intensified
truly brilliant playing by the Bucks
today would occasion no surprise All
are eager to end the race as quickly
as possible and once again the men
realize they can win if they have the
Will to win, for their mechanical abil-
ity Is great enough at least to match
that of the opposition here
Grif's May Face Ex-Grn.
Today the Bucks may have to bat
against a pitcher who was their team
mate the early part of this season
Fred Wingfield. who gave promise of
becoming a fair hurler while at the
Tampa training camp last Spring, but
failed to show much ability after the
campaign got going, is likely to be
sent to the slab by Manager Lee Fohl
Evening star., 1924-09-29
HOME-RUN HONORS
RECLAIMED BY RUTH

CHICAGO, September %. Babe
Ruth, stellar slugger of the New York
Yankees, has regained the home run
crown that he shared last year with
Cy Williams of the Philadelphia Ma
tionals. and which he lost in 1922 to
Rogers Hornsby of the st. Louis Ma
tionals.
With the season virtually ended
the Babe has 46, while his nearest
competitors, Joe Hauser. Philadelphia
Americans, and Jacques Fournier,
Brooklyn Nationals, have 81 each.
Hornsby and Williams are next
with 25 apiece.
Evening star., 1924-09-29
ORIOLES TAKE FLAG
BY 19.GAME MARGIN

BALTIMORE. Md. September %
The 1924 International League season
closed yesterday with the Baltimore
Orioles, piloted by Jack Dunn, win
ners of the pennant for the sixth
consecutive year.
The Birds again made a runaway
race of the campaign, winning III
games as compared with IS defeats
and finishing with margin of 10
games over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
in second place.
The final standing.
Evening star., 1924-09-29
MOUNT RAINIER is OUT
OF FEDERATION SERIES

Mount Rainier's championship
nine Of the Washington Base Ball
and Athletic Association has with
drawn from the National Base Ball
Federation titular series, due to
the latenesS OF the season and its
preference to meet the yfctOrS of
the Independent League for the
undiSputed unlimited title of
Washington
Evening star., 1924-09-29
MUST WIN TWO AS CRIFFS
DROP PAIR TO GET A DRAW
Standing About Settled in Old Circuit With Pirates
the Worst F1ivver-Inability to Cop Proves
Bitter Disappointment to Ty Cobb.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK September of the anxiety of the
washington fans abed
Nationals pulled of defeat There remains how
ever final fourth that the last inning of the
last game OF the
10 lie the standings and necesstate pay-of
It's still the old story of if the League the Yankees
todays and if the
than However if the Gfmen
Yanke can do -4' NN0f'N
In any event the edge the decidedly Washington
even Yankees today
he energy the Yanks expended catching them
Evening star., 1924-09-29
LOSS FOR YANKS OR WIN
FOR BUCKS MEANS TITLE
Nervous Strain Handicappng Nationals Is Dissipated
Due to Grab Banner by One of Four Lowest
Percentages Ever Recorded in League.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

OSTON September 2oBig league base ball history
Nationals Red scheduled
Park here. while Philadelphia
Shibe Park. A victory the
Yankees would Washington the highest
pionhip
The Nationals champions would
the expanded American
mails of both big
Th best the Nationals beating
ended their below that while
Evening star., 1924-09-29
THREE HOME RUNS MADE
BY FORT WORTH SLUGGER

FORT WORTH. Tex. September
29.-Fort Worth of the Texas League
made it two-all in the Dixie world
series" by taking the fifth game from
Memphis of the Southern Association
yesterday. to 3. Kraft got three
home runs on his first three trips to
the plate.
Evening star., 1924-09-29
LITTLE WORLD SERIES"
UMPIRES ARE SELECTED

NEW YORK. September 29.-Ollie
Chill Of the American Association and
Harry c. Geisel of the International
League arbiter staff have been selected
to umpire the little worlds series" be-
tween pennant winners of the rival
leagues starting next Thursday at Bal
timOre.
Evening star., 1924-09-29

with all the fire of youth apparently
rekindled.
Cobb has surpassed the record Of
keeler for batting in consecutive
years and is the maker of so many
records that he is the sweepstakes
winner of records since they have
been kept in base ball.
Ty thinks the Detroits failed be-
cause Heilmann fell off SO badly in
batting. He was disappointed in
Manush. He admits that the team
had no second baseman until
ORourke helped. out, and. of course
he suffered a body blow in the loss
of Blue. whose injury deprived the
club of first baseman without su-
periors.
Copyright, 13o4)
Evening star., 1924-09-29
FANS EXPECT ACTION
IN BARRACKS FIGHTS

Washington fistic fans expect IL
slashing rounds of milling when Honey
Boy Finnigan and Goldie Ahearn meet
in the feature attraction tomorrow night
at the Washington Barracks.
Both scrappers are reported to be in
fine condition.
Plenty Of action should result in the
four six-round preliminary bouts. Jack
Cafoni of Walter Reed and Gardner
Johns Of Baltimore will be opponents
while Jack Lee of Gaithersburg will
tackle Joe Rivers of the Washington
Barracks.
Kid Groves Of the Mohawk Athletic
Club and Frank Humphries of Fort
Myer and Kid Hogan of the Mohawk
Athletic Club and Louis Guglimento will
figure in the other two bouts.
Evening star., 1924-09-29
NEW TO CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 90
For the first time in nine years rain
yesterday prevented an American
League Sunday base ball game in
this city, the final contest of the sea-
son between the Cleveland and st.
Louis clubs being Cancelled.
Evening star., 1924-09-29
LOWER POSITIONS IN RACE
DUE TO BE SETTLED TODAY

time in IA years that a Sunday battle
was called off in Cleveland and no
holiday engagements have been in
terferred with during that period
Evening star., 1924-09-29
RECORD FOR PAST WEEK
IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES

The past weeks summary of major
league games, including games won
and lost, runs, hits, errors and op-
ponents, runs, including games of
Saturday. follows:
Evening star., 1924-09-29
SHAMROCKS CLOUT BALL
In BEATING DOMINICANS

HAMROCK cop
Independent League by downing Dominican Lyceum II
terday in the first of thegame decide the title
that loop.
Lefty kuhnert Shamrock hurting
hand He yielded but aee
Evening star., 1924-09-29

Miss Helen COrt, clever girl sculler
of Worcester. Mass, cannot swim a
stroke. In fact, she is afraid Of the
water.
Evening star., 1924-09-29

Id Vlctlmlzed fOur batterS on strikes.
Plans for n banquet will be dis
cusSed by Linworth members at a
meeting tonight at o'clock, at 1910
street southwest
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05

New York Times, leading democratic organs of the land, are fighting for it and denouncing democratic partisans in congress who are opposing the pro- gram for political reasons as stupid and mischievous.
 Propaganda is being carried on for and against the soldier bonus. The president himself said: "I do not favor the granting of a bonus" The Am ercan Legion is conducting propagan- da in support of the bonus. Yet with in the legion there is an active anti bonus element It is called "The Elk Service Mems Anti-Bonus League" ITO seek reward for patriotic serv- ice is an act repugnant to the ideals of American citizenship" it proclaims.
 The committee will have no diffl-- culty in uncovering a hot-bed of pro paganda," for "prOpaganda" is now our country's middle name. Wheth- CT it will find any sinister influence behind the propaganda on both sides of national issues remains to be dis closed. But we are all eagerly wait ing to be mortified and scandaliZed. Let the committee proceed
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05

fishing in this creek" and, if our friends have their way, No 4 will read "You must not fire a gun inside the 1-mile limit on each side of the rail- road track"
 I do not want any man or club of men to tell me what to do or not to do on my own ground. Gentlemmen, let us protect our game and protect one and all inside the law. Let us be true sportsmen if we only need one moose. Let us only kill one if we need two, the law as it stands gives us two. Let us not do anything we will be ashamed of or something that will work a hardship on our neighbor. Let us do this, and then watch them come and watch Seward grow.
 JAMES MCCONNELL,
 Woodrow, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05
A COM MuNICATION
Seward Game Club,

Seward Game Club,
 Seward, Alaska. Gentlemen:
 In regard to the proposed changes in the present game laws 1 would like to call your attention to a few facts that apparently have been overlooked
 First, in regard to the proposed reserve one mile each side of the rail road It is not quite clear to me whether it is the idea to eliminate all in this reserve, or to limit it to small game; however the outcome would be practically the same, for, unless this reserve was surveyed and plainly marked no hunter COULD live up to it, and unless it as constantly patrol ed practically none WOULD. Why?
 We will assume that John Smith in tended to obey the law, went out for track he took a course diagonally from it. Now, after travelling for some time he sees either a bear or moose. Jack really wants to obey the law but he doesn't know whether he is a mile away from the track or not conse- ouently he will get his game and in vestigate the distance later. Or,
 After hunting all day he heads for home and knowing the direction the I o1y t~ hi "a a for it through timber After travel ing for some time he runs into some game and, thinking he is we'll out of the reserve, kills game. He then con- tinues his journey home and after travelling few hundred yards comes out on the railroad track. Uninten- tionally Jack violated the law, and is just as guilty as though he had done it Intentionally. Now
 How about the man that lives along the railroad? Is he going to leave his cabin in quest of meat, find it slthln few hundred yards of camp, pass it I'D and go on for a mile or more in the HOPE of finding another prize? He is NOT, neither would you or l. Again,
 If you were five miles from the rail- road track and jumped moose, then tracked it for four and half miles to- ward the track saw it standing hun dred yards from you, would you pass it up because it was in the reserve? POSSIBLY you would but l doubt it.
 To my notion this proposed law ere ating this reserve would be harder to enforce than the Eighteenth" Am endment, and would receive just about as much support from the public; pro bably not quite as much if such is pos sible.
 Now as to the proposed change ID the Moose Law I will admit that il the season was extended to February the first it would be VERY much eas fer to get a moose and considerably
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05
ohE.MAN CAR JUMPS RACKS

UNE-MNN CNH JOWFo THV0r<o
 NEW YORK, Feb 5.-Sixty were hurt, and ten being seriously injured when a one-man street car jumped it's track and coasted into larger car.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05

easier to get it home after it was kill ed, BUT, the point is this: TT WOULD BE ALTOGETHER TOO EASY. It would be nice indeed, for one to be able to leave here on the train in the morning go down Kenai Lake when it was we'll frozen over, arriving at the Landing" that same evening, then go out next morning and find on account of deep snow that the moose was all punched on the flats. It would then be an easy matter to kill your moose that same day and start for home the next. Fine! Great! BUT, how about the moose? How long would they last? 1 can assure you they would not last long under those conditions.
 Respectfully yours,
 w. R. SHELLHORN.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05
A COM MUNIcATlON
Editor Gateway:

Editor Gateway:
 Just few lines to explain my posi- ton on the game that seems to be oc cupying the time of sporting men and hunters in our game lands.
 Our game laws as they stand need improvements in some one or two points. One point is hunters coming into Alaska hunting moose for the head or horn and leave the meat to be destroyed or spoiled. Every hunt CT that kills moose should be com pelled to deliver the meat to some fa- mily or to citizens of Alaska who will see that the meat will be taken and at the same time do some good One oth- CT point is to open the season the 1st of August for the reason the one moose killed about the first of August is better meat. It is fatter and has a better flavor and will give better sat- 1sfaction than two moose killed the first of November Open the first of y. There is one other question that should be allowed to stand as it is and that is the number of moose to be killed by any or all hunters in Alas ka. One moose is not enough for man with a family to give him meat 1 for the year or until the season opens again. There is many a hunter that treks to the moose country to hunt and try and get moose, because he needs the meat. He figures like this: I have not got any money to pay for 1 transportation and I am entitled to 2 moose I can kill two and give one for my fare and for carrying my meat home, but, as the law stands, he can get moose if you change it to one. This man will get no moose. Now there is one more point that I Inder- stand one club is agitating and that is to establish a reserve one mile each side of the railroad. Now gentlemen, what is the cause for this change? Our game warden in his last report states that the moose and big game. Moose and bear, grouse and ptarmi- gan are all on the increase, then. why this precaution? See it mentioned a. bout what the the men on the rail road do destroy game and so on. l have been along this railroad for the past fifteen years and I have never vet seen a section man or any other railroad man kill a moose out of sea | son or kill COW moose. But, l have known of men coming from Seward to kill a COW moose and calf and also kill ! other game out of season. We have a few goats on one of those mountains close to Bear lake that we tried to pro tect and the law did protect and some of you would be club men and sports men of Seward sneaked in and killed them and carried them to Seward at night.
 Now, I for one, as my home is close to the railroad and if you put this re. serve over on us can't you see what position it puts us in? All you have to do now is open your eyes and read, "No shooting on these premis
 es." No two will read, No trespass
 ing on these grounds" No. 3, Nc
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05
GEORGE SEXTON FILES
 DELEGATE CONVENTION

George Sexton, the pioneer hotel man of Seward, has announced his candidacy for National Committeeman to the Republican convention at Cleveland. Mir. Sexton has been one of the Republican wheelhorses of this vicinity, having lived in Seward for many years and serving in various ca pacities. MT. Sexton served several years as game warden for Kenai pen insula and westward points, and has a very large business and political ac- quaintance both in Alaska and the States.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05
SUBSCRIPTIONS
"PROPkGANDA"

Without opposition, the senate has ator James Reed of Missouri, for the appointment Of a committee 10 investi- gate and report to the senate wheth- CT there is an organized effort being made to control public opinion and the action of congress upon legislative matters through propaganda or by the use of money by advertising, or by control of publicity"
 Probably the Box peace plan was chiefly in the mind of the democratic senator, but the committee will also take up the Mellon tax program, and the soldiers whether or not the profiteers of the war are now con tributing to the defeat of the soldiers adjusted compensation bill by money or influence and what if any, such in fluences are being employed either by American citizens or the representa- tives of foreign governments or for eign institutions to control or affect the the foreign or domestic policies of the United States" The commit ice is given power to subpoena such persons, books and papers as within it's discretion may be necessary.
 It may be that the ''irresconcilable" senator has some knowledge of infam- ous means that are being employed as the resolution insinuates is being done: and if that is true the country should know it.
 But the larger probability is that nothing tangible will come Of the ln-- yestigation. It is common habit ot congress to start an investigation al the least provocation. That propa eanda is being employed in support oi and nopposition to the programs GU ed is evident. Senator Reed, arch en emv of the league of nations, hlnts that foreign governments are behlno the Box scheme. Recently the klns of England, in his speech from tne throne. said his government wouic strive to make the league greater newer in world affairs. But it IS no nrobable that any foreign governmen is supplying Box with the wherewl1h al to put over his plan. In fact, there is plenty of money in this country a yailable for the purpose. It IS no possible to carry on propaganda Wltf any degree of success without ample funds. Whether Box is supplying al the money from his own purse on' does not know. Maybe the commit tee will uncover an international con spiracy. But the greater probablllt! is that it will not The Box plan pro bably was inspired by worthy motives but it will get nowhere, regardless the source of supply.
 Of course, propaganda is being con 0ucted in behalf of the Mellon plan Some of the leading newspapers ant magazines of the country are strong ly supporting it. Roger Babson fore most statistician, has an excellent al ticle on the subject in one of the re cent issues of the Saturday Eveninj Post. The New York World and tn
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05
coRDEL LFLAYs GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Chairman 5. Cordell of the Democratic national committee issued a statement declar- ing the oil reserve disclosures was an other evidence that the government was dominated by crowd of ruth less reactionaries." He flayed and barred various republican scandals of the past three years saying the issue is bluntly-"shall we have corrupt or a clean government"
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-05
CHAIRMAN WAYS AND MEANS
 COMMITTEE

Representative William R. Greene of Council Bluffs, Ia., Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the rFouse, and spokesman of the old line Republicans.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-14
WINNERS IN
ELKS CONTEST
AREANN0UNCED
Miss Olga Neugebauer Takes
First Place in Flag Essay
Contest of Lodge

Prizes were awarded today to the
winners in the Flag Essay contest
conducted by the Elks lodge of this
city. The first prize is $50, the
second $500. and the third 81 80, foI
each Of the high school and grade
school awards. About one hundred
essays were entered i'm the compcti-
ton.
Fer the high school the following
awards were made:
First prize. Olga Neugcbauer; see
ond prize, Clarice Belk: third prize
Emma Weber. all Of Bismarck.
Honorable mention: Mabel Aaberg
Dorothy BirdzeIl, Mary HasSel, VIII
liam Hillman, julius f.. Herr, OF
Wishck; G.. Mcleod Margaret Me
Allister, Mary INGALLS,, of Dawson;
Kenneth Preston, Clara Spcrry, and
Alice Strand of Regan.
For the grades the awards were:
First, Jean Converse; second, Car
olne Barbie of ST. Mary's school
and third, Louise Koffel. Honorable
mentions: Winifred Ellithorpe, Ruth
Gordon, F.. Newton, James Book
house, Marion Strutz, Frances Sper-
ry, Ellen Pherlinn, Buell. Quain, and
Dorothy Ward.
The Judges were: Miss Clara Bald
win, L. +. Crawford, chairman, and
Mr.. Robinson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-14
GIRLS SOCIETY
0PENSSESSI0N
IN BISMARCK
TO be Followed by COnvOca,
ton of North Dakota, at
Episcopal Church

The Girls Friendly Society in Am
erica, MisSi onary district of North
Dakota, are holding their second an
nual convention today. Following
the luncheon At the Country club,
at noon, II business session was
held, and Bishop Tyler spoke
At $3.50, dinner will be served to
the delegates at the parish house,
held in the st. Georges church, dur
ing which the delegates will be ad-
dressed by the visitors.
On Sunday the program will be
begun at 7:D, with early commun-
ion, to which all members Of the
congregation and of st. Georges
church are asked to come. Bishop
Tyler will deliver his annual address
at II a. m.
The Sunday school rally will be
held at $3.50 and all members will
attend. At 1880, the young peoples
rally will be held. In the evening,
at 500, DR.. Paul Matthews will
preach.
The forticth convocation tomor-
row viii bring many visitors from
various parts of the state 1t will
continue Monday and Tuesday.
Congress has appropriated $1,000
600 fer Improvement Of roads in the.
n AL al
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-14
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

The boys were divided into five
troops in camp, under the patrol
leadership of Russell LeBarron, John
Sloan. Boots" Dire sbach Harry Lo-
bach and Walt Leroy. Scout Mas
ter Hanson, Mechanic Herman Sor-
TONNE and Mr.. Macleod constituted
camp executive committee.
Each troop was placed on duty for
day being made responsible for
the days grub" and general camp
care. The daily program generally
was as follows: $3.50 a. m. Reveille.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-14
OIL OPERATORS
PLANNING CUT

Tulsa, Okla, June l4.-Twenty-two
leading oil operators in the mid
continent field agreed at a confer
ence here to an absolute shutdown
of operations in the Cromwell field,
a new pool in Seminole county.
The agreement was described rs
one of the most rigid ever formu-
lated in the mid continent area.
The shut down is expected to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-14

blankets out, weather permitting; ;
setting up exercises; flag raising.
After breakfast tents were set in
order, family prayers and camp coun-
Gil held. Scout craft and Scout
games continued until after dinner
after which tent inspection was held.
Scout, craft, hikes and games took
up the rest of the afternoon. Sup
per- was at 6 p. m. after which there
was a camp council and the daily
paper in which the inter-troop con-
tests were reported.