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CLEVELAND INDIANS' !
OFFER turned down
®id cf'312,500 for Pitcher Leon
Is Refused.
«>n»fler Miller Hugging Turn. Forme,
oston Red Sox Hurler Over to
- Tigere for $2,500 Lese Than
Jim Dunn Offered.
lnf an # y ° U Ima * lne a ball club dispos
♦h- pltcher «or $2,500 less than
___. f^est L>ld? Well, auch a thing
ably wouldn't happen in any bust- i
eaa other than baseball, but such 1»
. e ca f® °f "Dutch" Leonard. Presl
ont Dunn of Cleveland wanted the
a*ry ces of "Dutch" Leonard for the
ndlans. When It became known that
ew York was willing to dispose of
Leonard the Cleveland magnate at once
started to angle for the services of the
star southpaw. Dunn realizes that the
one and only weak spot on his ball club
is his pitching staff. It has been said
that a pennant-winning club must have
a crack southpaw. Working on that
theory, Dunn set out to do business
"with the New York club.
Now, it so happens that Miller Hug
Kins of the New York Yankees Is
hopeful of winning an American
league pennant for Gotham this year.
Huggins is a wise old owl and full
well realizes that Cleveland and Chi
cago loom up as the strongest con
tenders, with the Boston Red Sox as
atill a possibility, despite the bad
start of that club. No one knew any
better than Huggins what the coming
■of Leonard would do for the Cleve
land club. It would have just about
made Cleveland the one best bet in
the American league. Huggins real
ized that he could not afford to so
strengthen the Cleveland club and
thereby jeopardize to a great extent
the chances of his team.
It is a matter of record that Jinx
Dunn was willing to pay $12,500 for
the services of Leonard. He knew
that "Dutch" would get him back
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to
"Dutch" Leonard.
several times that amount at the gate
If he — the Indians a stronger pen
nant contender, if not a winner.
Yet Frank Narin of the Detroit club
bought Leonard for $10,000. an even
yo mn less than Cleveland was willing
to pay. The Detroit club at the time
the deal was made was going poorly.
Ybe pitching staff of the Tigers was in
tor worse shape than that of the In
diana. New York realised it could sell
Leonard to Detroit, strengthening that
yet in no way lessen the chances
of the New York dnb to win. A mere
matter of $2£00 in such a case meant
nothing to toe millionaire owners of
toe Yankees.
Such is the tale of why Leonard
was lost to Jim Dunn, even though be
was willing to raise the ante of Frank
Navin.
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CONSISTENCY A JEWEL
The New York Sun pertinent
ly remarks : "When Chris
Mathewson and Branch Rickey
played ball each had clauses put
In their contracts that they
would be exempted from Sunday
ball games. Matty coached on
8unday, but Rickey does not go
that far. He won't even manage
a on Snnday. But suppose
all his players took the same at
titude? What then? Seems to
be a 'conscientious objector' on
the question of Sunday ball and
yet not averse to profiting there
from. To be entirely consistent
Mr. Rickey should have no con
nection whatever with any or
ganisation that aids and abets
Sunday baseball for profit"
PLANS OF FATTY ARBUCKLE
Präsident at Vernon Team to Usa Play
ora in Baseball Pletura—
Has Good Talent.
Präsident Fatty Arbuckle of th eYer
bob dab la going to uee hie players
Car something else beside* stoats oo
too diamond. He 1*
tore baseball picture, to which toe
Vernon players sm to be
roles. Arbuckle aaya there la a lot e#
•ood movie talent on Hi* Tiger town,
but that may be Jost bull to coax them
nto the ulctore. -—- -
CATCHER RAY SCHALK iS GIVEN LOT OF
credit for excellent showing of sox
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Chicago baseball commentators are giving a lot of the credit for the
I present fine showing of the White Sox to Ray Schalk. Naturally, being used
to a high-class brand of backstopping from Ray, one doesn't hear so much
about him as when he was breaking in as a new sensation, but George^ Rob
bins, In Chicago News, declares he is catching at the "top of his career." and
results seem to indicate It.
The White Sox pitchers are going grandly, and every one knows the
secret of a pitcher's success lies in good handling from the receiving end.
Schalk is catching practically every game his team plays, hitting well
over .300 and seems to have lost none of his speed and dash.
MEYERS QUITS AS MANAGER
I Former New York Giant Catcher Re
signs as Leader of New Haven
Club in Eastern League.
John "Chief Meyers, former New
York and Boston National catcher, has
resigned as manager ot the New Ha
ven club of the Eastern league, which
post he has held since the opening
ot the present season. It was an
nounced last night that Danny Mur
phy, formerly of the Philadelphia
Americans, and more recently manager
of toe New Haven and the Hartford
of
of
"Chief" Meyers.
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teams, has been appointed manager
I of the local team. Business interests
prevented Meyers from devoting all
his time to toe team, It was stated.
pmy TWENTY-THREE INNINGS
Chattanooga and Atlanta Indulge In
Leng-Drawn-Out Game— Merkte
Play Was Cause.
Chattanooga and Atlanta went 23 in
Bings to a tie to the Southern. It
took a Merkle play to make the game
go the loag distance, as toe needed wal
lop arrived to toe nineteenth with two
down. The seeks were full and Grif
fith of Chattanooga tingled, but Mar
shall, who was on first, repeated Mer
I hje'g famous play and omitted to
I tench at eo ndi Bakins too third out.
mil mis
Sam Rice is the leading swatsmith
of the Washington club.
• * •
The St. Louis Cardinals are begin
ning to win back the fans.
* * *
Some baseball teams seem to think
there Is plenty of room in the cellar.
• • •
Pat Moran surely has his Redland
brigade going like real champions.
* • •
Fred Thomas Is playing a bang-up
fielding game for Connie Mack at third
base.
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There is no getting away from ths
fact that Dode Paskert has lost some
of his speed.
• • •
Duffy Lewis is beginning to play
the lind of ball that was to be ex
pected of him.
• • •
Jimmy Austin has more pep that
many a recruit, in spite of his lon|
service in the leagues.
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New York is making a real threat
for the pennant now and there is s
reason for the Yankees' success.
Babe Ruth Is among the aristocrats
of the batting business, but as a left
fielder he's down among the proletar
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Memphis finally disposed of Joe Slat
tery by selling him to Tulsa, where h<
hopes to find the pitching more to his
liking.
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Percy Haughton, late president o'
the Boston Braves, is to return t<
Harvard university in the fall as foot
ball coach.
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President Martin of the Southern
league Jias dismissed Umpire Schaefei
and taken on the veteran Ed Lauzor
1c bis place.
* * •
The Memphis club returned Jimmy
Corney to the Chicago White Sox with
thanks after Jimmy had played s
couple of games.
* • •
The Yankees ate going in for the
hlt-and-rnn pretty heavy, and as a re
sult they are scoring more of those they
used to leave on the bases.
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Cincinnati fans mobbed Umpire
Charley Moran the other day. Since
It happened after Cincinnati went dry
they cen't lay It to booze selling at
the Cincinnati ball park.
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Kid Gleason Is quoted as saying that
Eddie Cleotte has everything that a
pitcher should have. Other dubs wil!
agree and add that he also has some
thing that no pitcher should be al
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H, the English and the Irlah and
the 'owlln' Scotties, too.
The Canucks and Austrilee'una,
and the 'airy French poilu;
Tbe only thlifg that bothered us don't
bother us no more,
Xt*a only w*y In 'ell we didn't know the
Tanks before."
"Well, Joe, I asked them guya what the
globe and anchor stood for on their caps
and one guy speaks up and says It means
that the marines fight all over the world."
"It's a cute little thing, the marines'
Insignia. Looks something like a boiled
huckleberry pudding with a couple of fish
hooks run through It, or like a lady hen
hawk trying to hatch out a fractured door
knob. I'm sure you get me. Gladys. Also,
the marines may be Identified by their
motto. Just where they wear that I've
forgotten for the moment, but you're sure
to find It somewhere about them If you
look close. It is 'Semper Fidelis.' No, It
has nothing to do with fiddles. One 'd,'
Gladys. It is a phrase taken from the
Sioux dialect, I think, meaning literally,
•Where do we go from here?' "
The story of "Bluebeard" and his
seven wives, which many will recall
having read long ago, is still going the
roonds. The fable appears to bave
originated In France, but It has turned
up almost everywhere In the wide
world.
Now It appeore that the Virgin Is
lands have a "Bluebeard" of their own,
whom they claim as the original dyed
in-the-wool villain of child-lore.
Corporal Lester F. Scott of the
Thirty-fifth company, United State»
marines, who Is stationed at Charlotte
Amalle In the little Island recently
acquired by the United States, writes
as follows of the people and their be
liefs:
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"On the west shore of the bay lies
a settlement of French people called
Cha-ChasL These people came orig
inally from the Dutch and French
Leeward Islands. They have not
married with the negroes, and they
live to themselves, resenting any out
side Interference with their affairs.
"They are a hard drinking race, yet
they are the most Industrious people
on the Island, and are especially good
canoemen. Their boats are long, nar
row affairs made out of scraps of
wood. They supply the town with fish
and the women make straw hats that
find a ready sale among the negroes.
"They will never rise any higher
tbs " the true beach-comber, because
the race has degenerated, due to in
termarriage in so small a colony. With
their ruddy faces, stiffly starched blue
shirts, tight white trousers and broad
brimmed hats, they present a curious
and unusual appearance.
"On the crest of two of the three
hills of Charlotte-Amalle nestles the
famous old castles of 'Bluebeard' and
•Blackbeard.' These are the two places
of Interest on the island. The old
buccaneers were alike as two peas In
their habits, but the castles are to
no way similar. Bluebeard's castle Is
the more massive and is separated
from Blackboard's by a distance of a
half-mile. After the death of the
twfi pirates, a secret tunnel was found
connecting the two castles.
"It Is reported that It was through
this secret tunnel the two exchanged
the women they had captured on
ships."
How Germany Look* to Them.
How Germany looks to a marine
who was one of the first to cross the
Rhine is told In a letter from Lieut.
Carrol J. Single of the Sixth regiment
of marines, to his parents who live In
Stockton, Cal. From somewhere In
Germany he wrote the following: .
TThe people near the border were
"For the Love of Pete, Don't—"
Don't offer an ex-service man a
plate of beans—or. If he Is not hungry,
don't try to tempt hi* appetite with
"corned willy" or camouflaged hash.
Don't offer an ex-service man In
search of amusement the chance to
dig to your garden—to'» bad hi* fill
of that to to* pick-end-shovel brigade.
If yon have an ex-service man as a
week-efcd guest to your country bouse,
don't ask him to stoke your furnace—
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Just plain squareheads, dumb looking,
stolid, and unusually stupid. But two
days ago we penetrated Into the won
derful Rhineland and It is glorious
here. We saw for the first time what
we had not thought to find—pretty
girls and mothers. There Is nothing
so restful to tired feet as the sight of
a pretty girl. No, sir !
"The country we are in Is more like
America than anything I've seen since
Paris. They have fine stone houses
and many beautiful mansions and ho
tels here. This is the country of those
famous German baden, or baths, where
the sick come to drink of that magic
oii-rir of life that Ponce De Leon
failed to find In Florida."
Lieut. Single journeyed to Neuenahr
and then visited the "Wienbergen" or
wine mountains and finally reached
Brohl, which he describes as follows:
"I am now to Brohl, a small town.
The Rhine flows two hundred yards
from my window. In front of us are
mountains and in back are mountains
terraced for grapes and on the river
at the foot of the mountains huddle
the small towns. The river here la
about 600 yards across and flows rest
folly along Into the distance. All Is
In true German order and big dredg
ers are working to make a harbor.
"Last night I met Captain Stone, one
of the best friends I have known in
the service. He would have naught
but that I should dine with him. We
climbed to a big castle on a hill hack
here overlooking the Rhine. I stepped
in the door and started (like the mov
ies have it) from a realistic armored
man on my left only to find a worse
scoundrel on my right. In the great
master's den were many stuffed foxes
and birds, also deer horns. Captain
Stone had roast chicken, and it was a
real meal, right In the castle of some
former German baron."
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On Duty In Guam.
Something of the life of a marine
on duty In the Island of Guam Is told
In a letter from Corp. Fred G. Taylor,
who Is stationed on this American in
sular possession in the South sea.
"When the last transport was here
I had a very Interesting excursion out
to it on official business," Corporal
Taylor writes. "A corporal and I went
aboard to check the baggage of the
'homeward-bounders,' and then wait
ed several hours for the captain quar
termaster of the vessel to return from
a social affair on shore to sign the
manifest. He,failed to appear, so we
unless you want him never to visit
yon again.
If you are an employer, and an ex
service man asks you for a Job—don't
turn him down. He left hi* old Job
to fight for you. It's your business to
provide him with a Job now.
Col. Arthur Woods, former police
commissioner of New York, and now
assistant to toe secretary of war, of
fers this advice aa the beet way to
ate a swell feed aboard and then re
turned by launch across the harbor in
the moonlight* and back by auto
through the coconut groves to town.
"The next morning we again visit
ed the vessel, this time getting our
business done and saying good-by to
our friends on the ship, bound for tha
Philippines r*id the States.
"Last Sunday another fellow and I
took a hike out into the jungles, walk
ing around one of the beaches and,
climbing out onto the coral reef that
guards the harbor, at low tide. Wn
took some pictures and started bade
to town, after spying some of ton
most beautifully colored fish wo had
ever seen.
"We took a road that wo thought
led to the main road, but after several
miles found we had discovered a de
serted Spanish highway leading
through the jungle*. In a few minutes
we found ourselves at the leper col
ony at one end of the Island.
"There we saw the wall* of an old
Spanish prison and looked Into ton
'Devil's Punchbowl,' which 1* a con
traption in the ground about 20 feet
across at the top and bottom, hut bulg
ing in the center and about 100 to 16®
feet deep. Then we returned to town,
took some pictures of native women
collecting tody,' the Juice of the co
conut tree,' from which liquor In
made, and returned to camp."
Lake That Disappear*
In Georgia, near Yladosta, there in
a lake which disappears every three
or four years and then comey back
again, no matter what the aether In
like. The lake to three nine* long
and three-quarter* of a mile wide,
with an average depth of 12 feet of
water. There are natural subterra
nean passages beneath it, through
which the water passes off. It taken
two or three weeks to disappear, when
a mammoth basin is left in its place,
which furnishes a beautiful sandy
beach. After a month or so the water
begins to return, and then In a couple
of weeks it Is the same magnificent
stretch of water as It was before.
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Next Scientific Triumph.
Now that the Atlantic ocean has
been hopped there doesn't seem to be
much more that can be expected In
the way of scientific triumphs until
someone invents a full-dress shirt
stud that won't explode just at the
moment when the wearer is trying his
best to appear Important;— Thrift
Magazine.
keep cur ex-service men happy and
to absorb them speedily Into too
structure of peace-time America.
Advance Information.
"Now, my dear," said Mr. Crosslotn
"we must avoid contradicting toe uam
cook, or hurting her feelings In any
way."
"Of course," replied toe patient
woman. "HI phone the employment
agency right away and find out whbt
her views are on the League at Nat