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EXPERT 60LF PLAYERS DONATE THEIR
SERVICES TO AID RED CROSS SOCIETY
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:; JOINS TrtE ARTfttErtY
ANO CLEANS UP MULES :
A former ^HTpla yer "entef-edx
flit* ariuy and wax pltp^d ^ • •
artillery. Several week* later'
lie uwt j , < of riH-ip from
his old team, ana told some of
hU experiences.
"Oue of the things I had to
do was clean up a mule," he
«aid. "Now, Home of those
mules are rather stubborn. The
oue they assigned to me was a
corker.
"The sergeant told me I was
to finish cleaning the annual In
23 minutes, and you bet I spent
'Jl minutes clean-lug his neck."
WALLACE NOW DADDY
OF MAJOR LEAGUERS
An enthusiastic crowd witnessed a golf match Saturday at Garden City,
In which the competitors were experts who donated their services to the
American Red Cross organisation. Gratifying profits were the reward of the
golfers whose services were given with such a generous and ready spirit.
Photo shows Oulmet, Anderson, Trevers and Klrkby at the match.
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; i BASEBALL PLAYERS TO !:
TRAVEL IN MOTORCARS ::
Automobiles will be used by J)
the Pacific Coast Baseball league • •
In transporting the teams be- J)
tween San Francisco and Los • •
Angeles, a distance of nearly !
; ¡ ROO miles, It was announced by ¡;
! ! Allan T. Bauiu, president of the ■!
] ¡ league. J;
1 1 The Increased railroad and •.
I ¡ Pullman fares, effective June J ¡
1 1 10, made It imperative for the > •
j ¡ league to take this step, he said. ¡ j
' > The expenses of automobile 1 •
transportation, he said, would ¡ ¡
1 ' be about the same as railroad • >
fare under +he present rates. ¡j
FAMOUS ATHLETE AT
PHILADELPHIA MEET
SLOW ONE HARD FOR TURNER
©
Pitcher George Mullin Was Willing to
Let Opposing Player Maka
Perfect Average.
Terry Turner cannot Just remember
the date, but it must have been sev-
eral years ago, as Oeorge Mullin was
pitching for Detroit. During his first
five times up, Terry made four singles
and a triple off the Tiger pitcher.
Up for the sixth time Mullin said:
"Terry, I want you to make It six
straight In a row, as you fellows have
me beat anyway."
With that he lobbed up to Terry.
The latter swung with all his might,
but Instead of hitting for another ex-
tra base, as he anticipated, he lifted
a fly that came close to breaking the
altitude record.
The annual Intercollegiate meet at
Franklin field, University of Pennsyl-
vania, Philadelphia, was witnessed by
Lieut. John Paul Jones, world cham-
pion mile runner, and hero athlete of
Cornell university.
SCOUTS IN FOR TOUGH YEAR
Ivory Hyntera In for Most 8trenuoua
8eaaon, Says Jiik' McAllister
of Indiana.
The baseball scout who gets through
ibis season without nervous prostra-
tion or something worse will be lucky.
That's the opinion of Jack McAllister,
scout of the Cleveland Indians, who
predicts this will be the most strenu-
ous year the Ivory hunters have ever
"Every ball club will have to keep
plugging up holes during the season,"
McAllister said. "Men will be lost In
the army draft right along and the
wise manager and scout must antici-
pate these loases and get men who
may fill In as soon as the regulara are
called.
"What in even mora difficult from
our standpoint U that we cannot go
into the minora and take men in the
draft age, as It wouldn't be long until
their places would have to be filled. It
resolves Itself Into a proposition of. get-
ting meo either over or under the draft
age, and playera of thla class are either
apt to be too tuMqfcrienced for big
piny or too old to be of much
dial cutty la that the minora
are hit as hard aa the majors and ara
Mt willing to let looas of players as
laadtly as In normnl years."
LIS
STORIES
Bill Hlnchman still packs away a
healthy punch In that war club of his.
* • •
Joe Boehllng, erstwhile southpaw of
the Senators and Indians, has been or-
dered to report at Camp Lee.
• • •
Few runs are scored off Stanley Cov-
eleski of the Cleveland club. When he
loses It is usually by a low score.-
Arthur C. Tomllnson, captain of the
Wesleyan college baseball team, has
left college to enter naval aviation.
* • •
Once upon a time there was a ball
player who quit the game while In
his prime. He ducked to a shipyard.
• • •
Manager Barrow of the Bed Sox con-
tinues In his hunt for reserve materi-
al. The Bed Sox are very weak In this
regard.
* * *
San Francisco to the Coast league
is what New York Is to the National
and a tallen*! team there Is disturbing
to the magnates.
* • *
Lee Magee continues to hit the ball
for Matty's Beds, and lie has played
no small part In the recent successes
of the Bedland team.
* • *
Bill Klem Is the only umpire In the
league who announces In a loud clar-
ion tone, and literally right off the bat,
when a batter Is out on an Infield fly.
• • •
Looks like John MoOraw really had
helped the Cincinnati Beds when he
let Matty have George Smith. Win or
lose, this colleglnn Is pitching good
ball.
* •
Boy Lanahan, the young twlrler
who joined the Pirates from Provi-
dence, has been sent hack. Bezdek
found he wasn't ripe enough for the
big top.
• • •
Uncle Sam has settled all questions
as to whether Bill James will come
back with the Boston Braves. Uncle
Sam says no, for Bill has been called
In the draft.
a • • •
Eddie Collins Is accused of trying
to help Mike Murphy In his garden
work on the White Sox. One can't
blame one of the old A's for attempt-
ing to help another.
• • •
At a recent meeting of the Pacific
Coast league magnatea It was voted
to complete the season unless some
new snd drastic measure puts a stop
to baseball altogether.
• *
American league pitchers frequently
ara heard to hum a new tune as they
wend their way to the refreshing
showers: "I was going grant whan
Along Came Ruth."
• a •
Oeorge Davis, the scout who discov-
ered Harry Harper for the Grlffmen.
has turned In n new battery for the
St Louis Cards. Walter 81mpson,
ias been hurling for the New
tl„ and Dick Maynard, catch-
Amherst university star.
Turner Another Veteran Who De-
fies Ravages of Pop Time.
Both Are Well Psst Age at Which
Average Player la Passed Into Dis-
card—Two Exceptionally VaU
uable Ball Tossers.
Bobby Wallace and Terry Turner
are still defying old Pop Time.
Both are hardened veterans, well
past the age at which the average
player is passed Into the discard, but
they are basking In the warm sun-
shine as usual this spring. They ara
hanging on.
Wallace, at the age of forty-three,
with 24 years of professional base-
ball behind him, Is still considered
valuable eaough to draw a salary from
the St. Louis Cardinals. He may not
get into many games as a regular pluy-
er, but he 1s a valuable mun to have
on a ball club, and no one appreciates
this better than Branch Blckey, who
was the means of bringing him back
to the National league after an ab-
sence of 15 years.
Turner, now going on thirty-seven
years of age, celebrated his twentieth
year in professional baseball with the
opening of the present season, tfad his
uame Is still on the roster of the Cleve-
land club—the only major league club
with which has ever been listed as
a regular.
Here are two exceptional ball play-
ers. Two players whose names have
been emblazoned on the roster of base-
ball fame many times. A peculiar
coincidence lies In the fact that both
are veteran third basemen, though
both have played at second and short,
a«l Turner was once a first baseman,
while Wallace broke into the game<as
a pitcher.
For years Bobby Wallace ranked as
the best third baseman In the business,
even better than Jimmy Collins, of the
old Bostons. Turner, because of hla
consistency and versatility, has always
been classed as one of the most valu-
able players In either big league, and
his name in Spaldlngs' baseball hall
of fame has grown dusty there.
Many seasoned major leaguers will
never see 20 years of experience in
professional ranks, and dozens of
youngsters just breaking In look at
such players as Wallace and Turner
with profound respect and admiration.
You've gotta hand it to this veteran
duo. They've set marks for all corner*
to shoot at
WRECKS HOSPITAL. BUT NOT A BABY HURTiDEPT" CHAROB EFFECTIVE
cTeatH
Narratives From Reliable Sources Ro*
fute German Assertion of
Ineffectiveness.
1 London. — Interesting narratives
from reliable sources refute the Ger-
■ man assertion regarding tlie alleged
' Ineffectiveness of depth charges and
other methods of destroying subma-
rines.
tin a bright moonlight nigh' a Brit-
ish patrol boat observed a submarine
half a mile distant, apparently re-
charging. The captain Immediately
ordered full speed in the direction of
the U-boat, with the object of ram-
ming her before she was able to sub-
merge. The l'-boat succeeded In sub-
merging. but the patrol boat came up
and dropped six depth charges and
! then tired 11 shell at the center of the
j visible disturbance. Large quantities
of oil came to the surface and cries
! for help were heard. Oniy one survl-
I vor was found.
j A British submarine recently
I rammed an enemy submarine. The
British boat cut through the enemy's
plates and remained Imbedded. Both
endeavored to extricate themselves.
The envni.v, through using his ballast
tanks, almost came to the surface,
bringing the British submarine along.
Then the Herman drew away In great
difficulty, apparently frantically en-
deavoring to keep afloat, but subse-
quently sank.
the freak things that bombs and explosives are known to do
re interesting than that which this photograph of the wreckage
euve, near Paris, illustrates. The explosion covered all of the
ie babies' ward with broken glass, knocked down the walls and
■ral havoc without seriously harming a single baby. The Amer-
ican Bed Cross nurses In charge still marvel that there was no loss of life.
USE F AT CAR DS
IN SWITZERLAND
#
They Have Been Added to a Long Kame r<>suits- Even the pits of apples,
pears and oranges can be made to pro-
RUSH FOR BRITISH GUARDS
List of Food-Saving
Measures.
MANY COMPLAINTS MADE
FORMER BASEBALL PLAYER
WINS COMMISSION IN NAVY
-
Jack Leary, formerly of the St. Louis
American league ball team, has won
his commission as ensign In the navy.
Leary enlisted ns ordinary seaman and
won an appointment to the Harvard
Naval Training school. He was one of
the class who recently received their
commissions from Admiral Woods. H«
will be put on active duty.
People Urged to Use Peanuts and
Fruit Stones as Substitutes-
Planting of Sunflowers Along
Roads Recommended.
Zurich.—Neutral countries are now
feeling the scarcity of articles of
food and are compelled to adopt ra-
tioning measures, thus following the
footsteps of belligerent countries.
Switzerland Is adding to the bread
card, meat card, coal card, etc., a new
saving device—the fat card. Com-
menting on the Impending innovation
the Neue Zurlcher Zeltung says:
'Of course the coming of the fat
card Is greeted with a general chorus
of howling and cursing. The bread
card received the same sort of wel-
come. However, systematic rationing
of all our fowl Is only to be welcomed
when you consider the necessity of
Justly and equally feeding a whole
people.
"It Is the only way to make pos-
sible a fair distribution and It Is the
only way to suppress maan egotism.
The fat portion prescribed by our gov-
ernment is sufficient for these extraor-
dinary times of general food shortage.
But even In. peace times the house-
wife could hardly use .r>tX> grammes a
month for each person.
Wholesome Lesson.
"It does no harm at all If we are
dome what restrained In the use of
fats. It will be a wholesome lesson
to many of us. Some people were In
duce oil. Pumpkips, too, contain a
wealth of oil. Mostly all of these oil-
yielding particles are thrown away as
useless.
"Children should be taught to pick
j them up and collect them. Depots
j should be established where the chil-
| dren—and others too—can turn In
, their collections. The rising genera-
I t'on must become Imbued with the de-
All
Classes of English People Eager
to Enlist in Crack Reg-
iments.
London.—The glamour of the Guards
has appealed to men of all classes of
society, and a vacancy in these regi-
ments either of commission or In the
ranks seldom ueeded hours to All.
At present these regiments are open
to recruiting, with the result that there
is a positive rush among young men to
enlist. The hundreds of young min-
ers who have been released under the
combing out order, especially men
from the northern districts, are com-
ing to London for the purpose of en-
listing In these crack regiments, and
the recruiting authorities are working
night aud day.
The men are all of splendid physique
and show by their action that they
have not got over the good old-fash-
ioned Knglish dislike of waiting uutil
they ere fetched.
The majority of the men are enlist-
ing for the full army period of service
sire to serve their country. Plnnting \ Hn(j for ti,„ duration of the war.
of sunflowers along roads, walks and
railroad tracks must be encouraged.
"If all this Is done systematically
and faithfully the present shortage of
fat will mean nothing to our people.
It mny be felt as an annoyance In the
kitchen and the palate may miss some-
thing, but It will not cause any mal-
nutrition of the people."
Said Wife Needed Shave.
Milwaukee, Wis.—"He told me I
needed a shave," was the plea of Mrs.
Ciarn Nltz, aged fifty-four, who Is su-
ing her husband, Arthur B. Nltz, aged
fifty-eight, for divorce. She alleges
cruel and Intiumun treatment.
ONE-TIME JUNGLE
PASTURES CATTLE
Now Furnishes Beef and Milk for
150,000 People in the
Canal Zone.
DONE BY DITCH DIGGERS
Men Who Are Now Running Canal at
Time When Its Importance In Win.
ning War Is Vital and
Imperative.
Chrlstohul, C. Z.—It may safely be
said that nowhere else In the world
the habit of wasting fat In shameful i except In the Canal Zone could have
HOOPER GOOD FIELD LEADER
•Inoa Hit Appointment.as Captain af
Red Box Hs Has Bsen Playing
Exceptionally Well.
If Harry Hooper Is an example. It
might pay a manager to fire a captain
occasionally and appoint a new ona.
Since his appointment aa field leader
of the Bed Box. the Boston right field*
er has played stellar hall In fielding^
hatting, base-running and hearing to
the plata.
Plratse-Dodgers Deal Butts
Hugo Besdek and Drsyfass ara still
chuckling over the deal they made
with the Brooklyn ctufc last winter.
manner. It belonged to the require- |
merits of an elegant kitchen to soak |
everything in fat. It became custom-'
ary to trim the fat off boiled and |
roasted mcnt nnd even off ham and
leave it on the pinte. Anil then fat j
such as butter was added to meat !
and eggs, which contain enough fat '
of their own. Here the cooks squan-
der a lot of fat because It is the eas-
iest way.
"Some restriction nnd a little more
thoughtfulness In preparing dishes
will harm nobody. Overanxious people
are howling about starving. They for-
get that the poor who form a very
numerous part of our population al-
ways had to economize In the use of
fats. Besides, man can get along with-
out fat for a time. For most of our foods
contain fat In another form. A short-
age of fat might become serious If we
had no substitutes, such ns cornstarch
nnd sugar. Every ounce of fat can
be replaced by two ounces of starch.
"Of course weather nnd climate af-
fect the amount of fats required by
the hitman body. A person working
bard during cold weather needs more
'fats than otherwise. As a whole,
though, man Is able to ndapt himself,
and his craving for fats Is more a mat-
ter of habit than of necessity. In the
kitchen butter should be displaced by
oils. Oil Is cheaper and well answers
all | urposes In frying and baking.
Psanuts as Substitutes.
"Peanuts may he used as a substi-
tute for fat In the preparation of
many dishes. All kernels and stones
of fruit should be collected for the pro-
duction of oil. A kilogram of cherry ,
developed a great pasturage area out
of primeval Jungle and put the cattle
on It to support a population of 150,-
1100 people with beef and milk in a
year's time.
But this Is what the men who dug
the canal and nad it running ahead of
schedule time have done. War's
threat of famine has no terrors for
them. It Is also literally true that
this Industrial feat has been accom-
plished by the real ditch diggers, the
men who were the rank and file of a
few years ago, but who are now run-
ning the canal at a time when Its Im-
portance In wlnnlr™ the war Is so vi-
tal and Imperative. The gunpowder
material for the allies passes through
the canal, and It may win the war
before the great atmospheric ni-
trogen plants get Into operation In the
United States.
Economical Independence.
To make the force of men engaged
In the maintenance, operation and de-
fense of the canal economically
Independent of outside sources of food
supply to the greatest possible extent,
has become the fixed policy here, and
the progress of the war dally vindi-
cates Its wisdom. There are hundreds
of thousands of Idle acres near the
canal aud hundreds of thousands of
Idle or comparatively Idle men In ad-
joining countries, and the «se of both
these unemployed assets Is self-evident-
ly desirable.
Pineapples and sugsr from Hawaii
constantly pass the canal, when cane
and pines both grow freely and lux-
uriantly here; oranges are Imported
from California and Florida; even
stones will yield 720 grammes of shells i flsh from Europe sometimes, when
for 4(X) years, but at Inst It Is being
remedied.
To Whom Credit Is Due.
The main nctlve agent in this work
is the chief quartermaster of the
cannl, It. K. Morris, who Is one of
the "boys who grew up on the cannl "
He began as a clerk at a little over
twenty years of nge, some 14 years
ago, and has now become the Hoover
of the zone and perhaps the biggest
agriculturist In Latin-America. Mr.
Morris has taken up the work with
intelligent enthusiasm, studied It from
many angles, got a corps of prac-
tical experts, and Is bidding fair to
solve some of the most tanportant nnd
difficult problems that have ever con-
fronted tropical pioneers. He Is In
line to do with tropical agriculture
what General Gorgas did with tropi-
cal sanitation.
The time Is very propitious and the
results will be well worth watching.
VICTIM OF U-BOAT
BELITTLES MENACE
Spencertown, N. Y.—Joseph
Satriale, radio operator on the
President Lincoln, recently sunk
by a German U-boat, survived
the hardships of being adrift
many hours only to come home
here on furlough and be taken
seriously III, due to reaction.
Satriale, with several ship-
mates, was adrift 18 hours be-
fore being picked up by an
American destroyer. He says
the U-boats will have no great
effect on shipping as long as the
American destroyers and chas-
ers are turned loose. Every
time a piece of float wood ap-
pears on tbe water's surface
there is a swarm of small boats
making for It.
nnd 280 grammes of Inner kernels. The
latter will yield 6T grammes of oil.
"Peach and plum stones may ha
treated similarly and will give the
Panama's waters abound in excellent
red snapper and Spanish mackerel. It
It a curious comment on Industry that
German Is Banned.
Charlestown. W. Va.—The German
language will be eliminated from the
course of study In all th schools of
West Virginia. The state board of ed-
ucation by unanimous vote adopted
« resolution to this effect.
One-Eyed Man In Draft
Camp Lee, Va.—Peg-legged men and
men wearing crutches have been sent
to this camp, but It remained for a
North Carolina board to send a draftee
this situation should have existed bera t who had hnt one (ft
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Savage, H. B. The Belton Evening News. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 250, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1918, newspaper, July 25, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177213/m1/2/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.