The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1917, Page 6

‘a | i ’ i 1 1 1 q HEN You-THERES A LION GOT LOOSE. FROM & AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. * Po Club— Ww. iL. Indianapolis. 69 50 St. Paul . 46 Louisville 50 Columbus 51 Kansas City . 50 Minneapolis AS OF Milwaukee A258 Toledo Al 67 GAMES WEDNESDAY. St. Paul, 6-4; Kansas City, 1-0. Minneapolis, 2-7; Milwaukee, 4-6. Columbus, Toledo, 4 Louisville, 1; Indianapolis, 0. a ed ¢ NATIONAL LEAGUE. | CREE EEEEEEEE OES Club— w. LL. Pet. New York ... . i431 O74 Philadelphia . St. Louis . Cincinnati Chicago . Brooklyn Boston Pittsburgh .. GAMES WEDNESDAY. Boston at Cincinnati. First game— Club— HE Cincinnati . 53 Boston ... . 50 Batteries egan Wingo; Barnes and Tragesser. Second game— Club— RHEL Cincinnati re ee | Boston . way O73 2 Batteries—Rice, Toney and Wingo; Nehf and Tragesser. Brooklyn at Chicago. oof R.H.E |: Club— Chicago .. 27@ Brooklyn . -0 28 JACOBSO! BY PAUL PURMAN The war is already striking hatdeat baseball. and.before the 1917 world series is a. thing} of the’ past it may be expected that Batteries—Vaughn and Elliott; Mar-!q large number of leaguers will quard and Meyers. be wearing Uncle Sam’s uniforms. New Voruiat st Louls: Following the enlistment of Club— R.H.B|Hank Gowdy, the first major St. Louis ... .2 8 1leagner to. enlist, ‘‘Baby Doll” New York . 4 9 9! Jacobson and Sloan of the Browns Batteries—Doak and Snyder; Slat-)vohinteered for serviee and will ter, Perritt and Rariden. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh—rain. GAMES TODAY. Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. EEO eee ee eeoas & AMERICAN LEAGUE, ° BOSSES GOSS Club— WwW. WL. Pet. Chicago 66 40 623 Boston ... 62 40 .608 Cleveland 7 49 538 Detroit 48 49 58 61 66 New York . Washington Philadelphia . St. Louis .... GAMES WEDNESDAY. Cleveland at New York. First game— Club— RHE. New York . + 813 0 Cleveland Batteries: Bagby, Gould, (Wood and Billings. Second game— Club— R.H.E. New York . +160 Cleveland . i, 2026 Ratteries Walters; Covaleskie and O'Neill. Chicago at Washington. Club— é Washington . Chicago . Batteries — ‘Sicotte and Lynn. St, Louls.at Philadelphia, race track here. 4 Putney intent ha g o{tied during the recent Grand St. Louis .... - 5 2 5(Cirenit races. She was the prop- Batteries — Meyers and Schang; |erty of Chauncey D. Sears, of Fall Sothoron and Severeid. Detroit at Boston. Club— R.H.E. Boston .. wed 9D: Detroit ceetG. % 1 Batteries — Leonard, Pennock and Thomas; Dauss and Specer. GAMES TODAY. Chicago at Washington. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at New York. Tribune want ads bring results. ‘Ihim and the second officers’ train- -{Putney, the world-record trotting i {be carved the records soon join their mits. Dr. R., C. Hoblitzel, unteered for service and will join known as \Diek Hoblitzel, first |nish misery for dozens of soldie baseman of the Red Sox, had vol-|who need extractions and fillings.|feel they would rather choose AFTER HIM? Aint “YOU ‘1 DICK. HOBLITZEL bettersthe dental reserve corps and fur-| drawn. Lawton Witt, phenomenal War Begins Making Inroads on Baseball Stars Abandoned Game to Save git YEAR WTR Expenditures Heavier Than Us- nal, But Balance Remains After Paying Bills e <a The annual report of A. H., Peterson, treasurer of Mandan. Special School district, for the. year ending July 1 was passed upon at the meeting of the board, of, education. Monday evening. The report shows that the total re- ceipts for the Mandan school district schoolboy shortstop of the Ath- leties, was the first big leaguer to be called by .the. draft. From praetieally every baseball elub comes the announcement. that men not, drawn in the first: draft. will enlist as soon as the season is finished to avoid being Many of them are spe- ss in some line of work and their own branch of service. SPORT Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 9.--| “I'm not quitting, Mike, T’m go- ing home. to be a.soldier.”’ With these words, Sanford Burk, vet- eran piteher of rhe nneapel's Ameriean tion, parted vom. pany with M. TE. Cantillon, Presi- dent of the club. ~ Burk’s draft number was among the early ones drawn at Washington for the new national army, and Burk left for his home in Columbus, Ohio, to prepare for the tests which stood between ing camp, which soon is to open. Burk had little trouble passing the first test and expects to enter the Fort Benjamin Harrison eamp. He told his teammates that, in case he failed to enter the officers’ reserve, he would cheer- fully answer the draft call. Cleveland, 0., Aug. °9.—Mary filly, has been buried under a cluster of elms at North Randall marble t rest- aft will in four big Futurity stakes and a world mark whieh Ma made in mile races as a 3-vear-old and also as a 4- year-old. Milwaukee, Wis August 9.— Paddy Livingston, the veteran eatcher, is ‘‘making good’? as pil- River, Mass. A broad shaft soon will mark he ing place. Upon thi GOSSIP__| for the Sioux City-club: of : the Western League last season, the Milwaukee’ ‘scouts came to the conelusion that he would be a valuable’ man for the Brewers. Livingston, was approached and, declared his willingnesg to join} the Milwaukee club. Tle was. made manager of the ,club, it was. said, with the understanding that! in case he pulled the team. out of last place. he would be given a ract. for. several. years more. Livingston got the team going and now has it out of the cellar; Cleveland, 0., Aug. 9.—Anoth- er amateur. boxing champion has joined, the forces of Unele Sam. He is Johnny Russell, and he ds driving a motortruek in the army. Russell: participated in many am- aiteur boxing matches here in the past three years and was hold- er of; the 135-pound — western states’ championship, Ohio state; championship and — Cleveland championship. He is of Italian parentage and was born. in “Sr, Paul, Brazil. His real John Spetrino. name is my Gibbons, brother of Mike, and iGeorge Chip, the Newcastle mid- dleweight, will be the headliners jin a boxing show at the baseball park here the night of August 22. Virginia, Minn., Aug. 9.—Grov- er Land, former catcher for St. Paul and well known in big league jeireles and in the defunct. Federal jleague, is, doing the receiving for |the loeal club. The Head-of-the- ot for the Milwaukee American association club. While catching \Lakes Range league, in which St. Paul, Minn, Aug. 9.—Tom-, fuge for American Association players who are tired of playing in. organized ball. Cleveland, ©., Aug. 9—Joe Evans, third baseman of the Clev. eland Americans, .whose draft number. was among the early ones drawn at Washington for the new national, army, has filed his application: for. exemption. Ev- ans has one more year to go in order to finish his medical. course and asked that he be exempted for the present.’ When he finish- es his course, he hopes to join the army medical department. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 9.—Billy Miske, the Minnesota boxer, and Gus.Christio have been signed to battle fifteen rounds at Ohio, Labor Day; it is announeed here. , Aug. 9—Paul Jes, rdien,..University. of Chi- eago footloll and baseball star, and. all-American center, has heen offered the job of gridiron coach at the échnieal ‘High school Hi. W. Strickler, ‘another of Chicago man, is also being considered... Alfred Jaek- son, who coached the team last year, has been aceépted for the Fort Shelling; training camp. Dayton, | far, the:,past. year, amounted, tq. $46,- 39f.18 This amount, added to the cash on hand in the sinking fund at the beginning of the 1 year, July 1, 1916, which was 839.47, makes the grand, total $82,234. The expenditures for the special school district.are.shown to be $56,- 959.32. The school. board has been under a considerable expense during the past year on account of the erec- tion of the addition to the new: school, but the public generally appreciates the necessity of the expenditure and there is little or no complaint being made. i \with all bills paid to June 30, 1917, there was a cash balance on hana, in- cluding the amount in the sinking fund, of $25,275.33. -_* & Women Coming Into Their Own--Studying {To Fill Hubby’s Job Women are coming into their own. Already several pre working in freight depots, offices and shops along the lines of the big railroads. Now comes news: of another fleld of activ- ity. The wife of every married agent and operator along the Northern Pa- cific is to be instructed in the duties of agents and’ operators. The men reccived orders quite recently to begin at once to give such instructions, thor- Pat iononaees name is O’Brien, One would rather expect’ him to be an_in- strretor in the art of using a shil- lalah. Nat Lewis says Benny Leonard won't sign for a mateh with Charley White. We expected him to it; but thought he would do it sooner. J Ed Walsh has made a come- back. Boy page Frank’ Isbell an’ Johnny Kling. Mathewson . better put some sap.) under his wheels before: he skids any further. Since that. house of representa- ties has held up the vote on ta- tional prohibition bowling assosia- tions can go right-on with their plans for tournaments, ' oughly: schooling -their-wives~in their work and various duties. The object is that, should the men be called upon to take up arms, or to. move to. new points to take the place of men who have gone into the service, their wives. will be able to hold their. posts. So if the war con- tinues, we may have lady agents. in the smaller stations along the.N. P. + * [KO CONCERT SUNN FOR BENEFIT OF HESS ‘Second Regiment Organization Scheduled to Play in Palace Theatre The Co. F mess will be benefitted ‘by a special show at the Palace the- ater Sunday evening. The attrac- tion will be the tamous Second Regi- ment band, which will put on a full two-hour concert with ensemdle num- bers and specialties. The boys of the company are pteas- ed with this opportunity afforded by; the kindness of Harry Hartman, man- ager of the theater, to enlarge their mess fund. They are all out industri- ously selling tickets to the entertain- ment. The band, of course, donates: its services and the full proceeds of the house will go to the boys. Aside from being a splendid musical organization ,this band has a number of solo artists and special attrac- tions. There are a single and a dou- ble quartet, a trombone quartet, trom-, bone, cornet and French horn solo-' toot wheel was set up and put in op- eration, and a 150-barrel tank was mounted on a 20-foot frame for the storage of water. onsidering the height of the station, this is not a great depth to drill for water; and the supply,is seemingly unlimited and of unusually fine, grade. 5 Mr. Beers states that one of his out- fils is now working on various: farms in the Almont vicinity and the other is spending this week on the Joseph Soucy place, south of this city. Mr. Beers was in the.city and visit- ed Bismarck the middle ‘of this week on business: matters. eee } MAKE FAST TIME Autoists Ramble 271 Miles in Less Than Ten Hours ‘ Rambling at the rate of 30 miles an hour between ‘Detroit; Minn., and Fargo,. and ‘better than 29 -miles an hour between Fargo and Mandan, T. G, ©. Kennelly and sisters, Mrs. H. ‘H. Williams andMiss Margaret Ken- nelly, reached home Monday night, af- ter traveling a distance of 271 miles in less than 10 hours, -m ‘the Cleve’s Dodge automobile. ‘ Included in the time of 10 huurs, the auto tires had two “blow-outs” and the party stopped at Valley City, Jamestown and Fargo for several min- utes. Cleve admitted it was “some ram- \bling,” but claimed that. the ‘roads were very good and all he had to do was to “go!” - so ‘OHANGE IN TIME CARD Trains Nos. 1 and 3 Arrive~ in Mandan Trifle Earlier ’ Under a new time card, ‘put into ef- fect Monday, by the Northern Pacific Railway company, ‘No. 3, westbound arrives in Mandan at 11:00 a. m., railroad time, instead of 11:10 a. m., ists, and other novelties. All varie- ties of music, popular, patriotic and classic are offered in the course of the program, No. patriotic Mandanite can af-' ford to miss this opportunity to. help; the boys of Co. F and hear North Da- kota’s, famous military band. so 8 # Dynamite Cache Found, |Under Northern Pacific Bridge Near Killdeer “Where did you get that dynamite?” asked the elevator man at Kildeer of his 6-year-old son last Friday evening.. the reply of the little fellow, who, with ‘his sister, had come home carrying a huge stick of the explosive. Investigation was immediately made, and. 20. sticks of dynamite were found shallowly buried under the end of the bridge. The local roadmaster has not completed his investigation, ‘but is inclined to believe that no plot is involved. A crew blasting ice last winter in all probability stored the material and ‘later overlooked it. ene NEW WELL FOR STOCK Cattle ‘at Great Plains Station i Assured Good Water The stock at the Northern Great | Plains Field station.is drinking from a: new well. B. M. Beers, well known ; local well driler, competed — driling and equipping a 365-foot well in the pasture at the station last. week. A windmill with. 40-foot tower and 10- BY PAUL PURMAN On Honus :Waener Fests the chance. of Johnny. Evers’ ambition to be realized. Evers has had about all --the honors it is. possible for baseball players to get. Three times he was with elnbs that won world series and twice wag at the losing end of the world series games. He held down the keystone sack with the Cubs, one of the great- est. machines in -baseball and played in the same capacity with the JBraves during their reeord breaking drive for a pennant in 1914. 7 There is little in the line of baseball achievement that Evers ean wish for. For many years he Two St. Lowis Browns have en- listed in the army. Probably fig- ‘no worse than working Fielder Jones. Virginia plays, is proving a re- A Jdiu-jitso teacher says his uring that the trenches could be| iwas regarded. as the greatest sec- ‘ond baseman in‘ the game. Now Evers wants to retire from ‘baseball .as. the oldest. player in Johnny Evers Would Retire As Oldest Player in Game This spring, when the _ retire- ment of Honus Wagner was an- nounced he thought he had re- alized his ambition, for Wagner is the only man in baseball who has been ‘‘up there’’ longer than Pepper John. ‘Then’ Wagner came __ hack. Right now he is playing great baseball and it will be surprising if he is not in.the game next year. Johnny, in the meanwhile, is going back. Tllness and. his fiery nervous make-up. have. combined to undermine his constitution. That he will finish this season is not to, be doubted, but wether he will-be able to weather another jstormy year is questionable. This year he has not been able to play regularly. His recent transfer to Philadelphia may lengthen his days in the game for “Under the bridge over there,” was} , as in the past. . Train-No; 1, w bound, now arrives in Mandan at 10 p. m., instead of 11:00, railroad, time. There is a difference of 10 minutes earlier in the arrivine, time of No. 3 and.5 minutes earlier in the arriving time of No, 1, % te Tt was ‘announced’ by Vice'President |G T. Slade of the'N. P., while in Man- dan several days ago, that a change in the timetables was soon to be made, but he was unable at. that.’time to state iust how much of a change would be made in the main line trains. There has heen no change in the runs of the branch trains as yet, but it is understood there aré ‘some changes contemplated. eee Palmer Paulson of New Mexico is in Mandan, visiting with his ‘relatives and friends fora few ‘days. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flanagan arriv- ed in the city. yesterday:: afternoon from Dickinson and ‘are :spending a few days in-:Mandan,: :visitiag. with relatives and: friends; ue Supt. G. H. Jacobus of the Yellow- stone division arrived in the: city. yes- terday from Jamestown an@-is spend- ing a few days..in: Mandan, looking after official ‘business. matters. 4 Dr. B. S$! Nickerson departed yes- terday afternoon on No. 8.-for.,Fort Riley camp in Kansas, to immediately take up: governmental . work’. m:-the medical corps-stationed: at: that place. A large number -of: friends ‘were::at the train to bid him good-bye: and a speedy and fortunate: retarn..- =-- Mis: William’ Thompson, of Bis- marck was in’ Mandan, : visiting with frierids the fore part-of the.week and returned home yesterday afternoon. Mrs. William . ‘Meisner .” returned home yesterday afterneon from. Bis- marck, where she: had -been visiting. Dr. Lloyd Erickson’ returned home Tuesday afternoon from :Minneapolis, where he had been on business ‘fora few days. Alvin’ Krumfuss of Elgin, Il, is in Mandan, visiting with’ relatives and friends fora few days. 4 Roy Weeks, who is now working on the railroad, braking out of Dick- inson,. was in Mandan yesterday, visit- ing with friends. ‘He left for Dickin- son this afternoon. i Mrs. B. F. Underhill of Cannon Ball is in Mandan, -visiting at“the A. E. Thorberg home for a: few'days: Harty Ingalls of Sweet Bria¥ 1s in ‘Mandan, looking after busiitess mat- ters today. 7 John Dawson, president of the Mis- souri. Slope:-Fair association, was in Mandan: yesterday on business. There will bea meeting of the fair asso- ciation at the-offices of the-secretary Monday evening. Line NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS All owners of property having weeds thereon in the City of Bismarck, North Dakota, are hereby notified to cut the same or the: city will do the work and charge same’ against the easy-going Pat Moran while every day was a tempest with the quick- ‘point of service in the major,tempered George Stallings at. the leagues. helm. 3 property. ‘ D. C. McLEAN, Street Commissioner. 8-246