The evening leader., July 05, 1916, Image 1

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BASEBALL BATTLE
WBN BT LONE BUN
HOT GAME BEFORE BIG CROWD
ENDS IN LOCAL WARRIORS
BRINGING HOME SCALPS
Twas SOME game.
One to nawthin in our favor.
On their home grounds and with
a majority of the rooters in their fa
vor, the Clearwater ball busters were
unable to get a run across the plate,
while the Tarpon had to contend with
unfamiliar diamond, a streak of bad
luck in putting hits in fielders’ mitts,
and with the crowd to buck when, it
came to rooting. The game was close
enough to be exciting, yet replete
with errors and bad plays, due in part
to the wet field. The attendance was
full 800 and possibly greater. The
best of feeling existed, but rivalry
was keen and the Tarpon contingent
kept up a running fire of rooting that
frequently got the opposition on edge.
The only run in the game was made
in the first inning. Klosterman was
hit in the ankle by McMullen and
went to first, stole second and got to
third on W. Gause’s hit. McMullen’s
bad throw to the plate enabled Klos
terman to amble across the plate with
room to spare.
Both pitchers worked well, Elliot
Bigelow fanning fourteen and allow
ing but one hit. McMullen struck out
six, allowed six hits and was strong
in the pinches.
In a tug of war following the game
the Clearwater nine won.
There were no spectacular plays,
and fielding was below par, while sev
eral attempts at base stealing were
doomed before the runner started.
The Clearwater nine put up the
best fight Tarpon has encountered
this season and a series of games
would undoubtedly arouse much in
terest. Both teams accepted decisions
without arguments and the game
went ahead with speed, the rain pre
venting the last two innings.
The strong Tampa team will play
here tomorrow against the Tarps and
a sizzling contest is expected. The
game will be called at 3 p. m.
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BEAL JONAH WHALE
FISH CAUGHT OFF KNIGHT’S
KEY IS DECLARED TO HAVE
BEEN LARGEST KNOWN
Washington, D. C., July 5. —The sci
entists Os the Smithsonian institute
have decided that the great fish cap
tured off Knight’s Key, Fla., is a
whale-shark, and is supposed to be
the largest fish ever caught. The
monster weighed 30,000,000 pounds
aside from the 1500-pound porpoise
which it had just swallowed. The
whale-shark is 45 feet long and the
creature’s mouth is more than a yard
wide. The whale-shark has several
thousand very tiny teeth in its mouth;
also a tongue some forty inches long.
The fish’s tail is ten feet from tip to
tip, and his scaleless hide is three
inches thick. ,
BATHING SUITS? GOOD NIGHT!
THEY’LL BE MINUS NIX IN 1917
Philadelphia, Pa., July s.—ln days
of old there were occasional flutter
ments down at Atlantic City, along
the Boardwalk, and at Long Branch
and Asbury park as well, not to men
tion Coney, when some woman who
thought well of her figure—and didn’t
care who knew it—would stroll out
upon the beach in something she call
ed a bathing suit.
But if the advance predictions are
to be believed, the police in 1917 will
either have to wear blinders or the
dear old English bathing machine
must be imported. For bathing suit
manufacturers and designers openly
threaten that their most conservative
models for 1917 will be more daring
than the most daring of 1916.
What is to blame ? Why—the war,
of course. The war has caused the
price both of materials and dyes to
go soaring, and bathing suit manufac
turers have been faced with the al
ternative of raising prices or saving
on material. They decided to save on
material.
THE EVENING LEADER
AT THE CLEARWATER GAME
\ ESCORT YOU
\ TO isj BASE)/
Johnson had on his company manners
and was as polite as pie to Mr. Big
elow’s walkees.
FBENGB STILL BAIN
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RUSSIAN CAVALRY THREATENS
TO OUT-FLANK AUSTRO- GER
MAN FORCES IN TARNOPOL
London, July s.—The French troops
co-operating with the British in the
Somme Tegion straightened their
lines by’ capturing Barleux, Belloy,
Esanterre and Estrees. They are ad
vancing on a wider front toward their
objective, Perrune.
At Estrees,. where 500 prisoners
were taken, fighting is still under way
and slight progress by the British is
being made on some points.
The Germans have not ceased their
drive against Verdun. The Germans
have captured ♦'he Thiamount works
for the fourth time after a massed at
tack. Some of the fiercest fighting of
the Verdun battle has been around
this point.
Russian cavalry patrols have cross
ed the Carpathian mountains and en
tered Hungary, driving north from
Kelomea, Galicia. The Russians have
advanced 20 miles and threatened to
outflank General von Brothmer’s ar
my and the Austro-Germans in the
Tarnopol region. If this movement
succeeds Von Brothmer may have to
fall back to Lemberg. The Russians
report the capture of 3,000 prisoners.
FOUR STATES RICH
Washington, D. C., July s.—Four
states, New York, Pennsylvania, Illi
nois and Massachusetts, paid more
than $85,000,000 of the $124,000,000
income taxes turned into the national
treasury during the fiscal year end
ing June 30. The table issued by
Secretary McAdoo yesterday showed
that New York alone paid more than
$50,000,000.
AT THE CLEARWATER GAME
Clearwater’s star swatter, Kewpie
McMullen, never fans, they said,
but he did yesterday.
TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916.
TARPON I - CLEftRWfITER 0
TARPON AB R H PO A E
J. Bigelow, 3b 3 0 11 11
Klosterman, 2b 2 1 0 1 11
Gause, c 3 0 1 150 1
W. Gause If 3 0 1 0 0 0
E. Bigelow, p 2 0 0 0 1 0
Hill, ss 3 0 0 1 0 1
Johnson, lb 3 0 2 0 0 0
Shaefer, rs 3 0 1 0 0 1
Meres, cf 2 0 0 3 0 0
Totals, 24 1 6 21 4 4
CLEARWATER ABR HPOA E
F. McMullen, rs 3 0 0 0 0 2
Edgar, 3b 3 0 0 11 0
Ineson, c 2. 0 0 7 2 1
Springer, cf 3 0 1 0 0 0
Christie, ss 10 0 110
Marshall, lb 2007 10
Smith, 2b 3 0 0 5 1 0
Drew, If 3 0 0 1 0 0
C. McMullen, p 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals, 23 0 1 21 7
Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R. H. E.
TARPON 1000000 1,6 4
Cl FAR
WATER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Struck out by Bigelow 14, by McMullen 6. Base on balls off Bigelow
2, off McMullen 3. Stolen bases, Klosterman, Ineson2, Springer. Hit by
pitcher: by McMullen—Klosterman, E. Bigelow.
Umpires, Whitehurst and Smith.
FIREWORKS VS. WATERWORKS
FOURTH IS* QUIET IN TARPON
Waterworks were more in evidence
than fireworks in this section yester
day, but the American eagle scream
ed just as loudly and Independence
day was celebrated just as lustily as
though the regular brand of Florida
weather were on tap instead of the
Fourth of July up North.
Tarpon Springs itself was rather
quiet, many of its people journeying
to sister cities to join them in their
celebrations. Excursions took quite
a number of Venetians to Tampa and
St. Petersburg, while Clearwater was
host to a large number, especially
fans who accompanied the Tarpon
ball team to the county seat, where
they defeated Clearwater by 1 to 0
in a hotly contested game.
As a host Clearwater certainly did
itself proud. Great quantities of friend
fish, buttered bread, pickles and hot
coffee were served free to what evi
dently was a larger crowd of diners
than had been expected, but neverthe
less few went hungry. The city was
gay with bunting and flags and a
splendid spirit of neighborliness was
one of the notable features of the day.
Music and Games
Concerts by the Pythian band, water
sports and ball games were among
the chief of the day’s attractions. W.
Gause of Wall Springs won the boys’
swimming prize of $2 and H. Gause
MAIL SCHEDULE PLEASES
New Port Richey, Fla., July 5.
Citizens are much pleased with the
new mail schedule which became ef
fective July 1. Mail is now re
ceived at 9:30 each morning and
leaves at 3 o’clock each afternoon;
thus important mail may now be an
swered the same day received. The
new carrier on the star route from
Tarpon Springs to Aripeka is W. D.
Grable of Tarpon Springs, who is
meeting many old friends along the
route and also making new ones ev
ery day.
won second place in the men’s race
of 200 yards. He also captured the
greased pig.
After the sports on the city pier,
the crowd moved to the picnic grounds
where Prof. McQuarrie gave a talk
on agricultural development, after
which dinner was served. The ball
game began at 3 o’clock, and after
supper there was more music and
fireworks.
Fun at St. Petersburg
Notwithstanding the unfavorable
weather a large number of celebrators
promenaded the St. Petersburg pier
last night, throwing confetti and
streamers and confetti and otherwise
having a jolly time. Horns, squealers
and other noise makers chimed in
with the angry lapping waves of the
bay below.
Considering the handicap of a sea
dashing high, converting the south
mole, from which the fireworks were
set off, into a seething, swashing, sub
merged peninsula, this end of the per
formance was carried out in good
shape. Water was about knee deep,
and into this waded Arthur L. John
son, chairman of the entertainment
committee; Frank A. Eidge and Dick
Hume and cut loose with their pyro
technic exhibition for the benefit of
the expectant crowd of onlookers
ranged on the pier.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS RAGING
New York, July s.—Thousands of
parents here are sending their chil
dren to the country, owing to an epi
demic of infantile paralysis. There
have been 25 deaths in the last 24
hours. Since January 1 there have
been 519 cases and 126 deaths.
I)E PALMA AGAIN A WINNER
Fort Snellinv, Minn., July s.—Ralph
DePalma won the 150 mile automobile
derby here yesterday. Aitken was
second and Christianson third. The
time was 1:38.49.
AT THE CLEARWATER GAME
Bigelow fanned 14, thereby keeping
the Clearwater batsmen in a hole
most of the time.
COUNTY BOARD MET
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
OF PINELLAS IS DISCUSSED
BY BOARD OF TRADE
Clearwater, Fla., July s.—“ Back
country development” in general and
farm demonstration work in particu
lar was the principal topic at a meet
ing of the Pinellas county board of
trade which was sandwiched in among
the Fourth of July festivities.
Chairman Dixie M. Hollins of the
agricultural committee reported that
the committee was considering two
methods of promoting more and bet
ter farming in Pinellas. One was the
establishment of a government dem
onstrating agent, and the other was
the extension of the county high
school work to include agricultural
work. Prof. McQuarrie, in charge of
the demonstration work in Florida for
Uncle Sam, was present and aided the
board with information and sugges
tion.
The cost of an agent would be SIBOO
a year, of which the government
would jay S6OO, and as the county
commissioners had decided to include
a two-tenths mill tax this year for ag
ricultural purposes, which will yield
about SIBOO, the proposition could be
financed if it shall finally be approved.
The no-fence bill prepared tanta
tively by the legislative committee,
was before the meeting, but the attor
neys to whom it had been submitted
reporting legal flaws in it, nothing
was done about it.
The regulating of heavy traffic so
as to preserve the brick roads led up
to legal obstacles, there being no law
under which the county commission
ers can make such regulations, and
the legislative committee was instruc
ted to get relief from the legislature
f Continued on nage 3.)
AT THE CLEARWATER GAME
Those striped sox of the Clearwater
pitcher lent color to the game. This
was his windup for an imitation
fadeaway.
TEN CENTS A WEEK. NO. 150.
CARRANZA’S REPLY
TB WILSON’S NOTE
RELAXES TENSION
UNOFFICIAL DISCLOSURES AH
TO TEXT INDICATE THAT FIRST
CHIEF SEEKS MEDIATION
Washington, July s.—Carranza’s re
ply to the two sharp notes from the
United States was officially received
today. The oral synopsis made pub
lic indicated that it was of an unex
pected conciliatory character. The
communication arrived early yester
day and the fact that it was a holiday
prevented its immediate delivery.
Since the release of the American
troops captured at Carrizal the issue
between the two nations narrowed to
Wilson’s desire for a formal declar
ation of intentions toward the Ameri
can expedition.
The embassy’s synopsis indicates
that a specific statement on this is
still acking. However, the Mexican
embassy’s statement that the note is
conciliatory in character, has al
ready had the effect of relaxing the
diplomatic tension between the two
nations.
The note, believed to have been dic
tated by Carranza himself, renews as
surances that adequate forces of the
de facto government are engaged in ,
suppressing brigandage in northern/*
Mexico and protecting the
tional line; admits that a serious
uation exists: but again suggests tfl|
the presence of American troops KSB
gravates rather than helps m
and paves the way for resum}
di.-cussions in regard to a bor flflHHj
toot ion protocol, the subjec fIHH
first notes passed betweer
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LARGEST NUMBER OF BALEOTsB
IN HISTORY OF FLORIDA WERE 1
CAST IN JUNE PRIMARY
Jacksonville, Fla., July s.—The
largest vete in the histroy of Florida
by over 15,000 was polled in the pri
mary of June 6, according to the offi
cial vote as tabulated by the state
canvassing board. Over 83,000 votes
wer polled, while the largest hereto
fore cast was 65,000.
Trammell received the high vote in:
the state, polling 43,589 votes and re
ceiving a majority of over 20,000 over
Senator Bryan, his nearest opponent.
The canvassing board’s tabulation
shows 30,092 first and 3,337 second
choice votes for Catts, a total of 33,-
429. For Knott there are listed 24,-
720 first and 8,449 second choice votes,
a total of 33,169.
MOTHER OF BILLY SUNDAY
IS FOUND DEAD IN HER BED
Warsaw, Ind., July 5. —Mrs. Mary
Jane Stowell, 76, mother of “Billy"
Sunday, was found dead in bed at the
Sunday home at Winona lake. Death
was due to heart trouble and came un
exepctedly.
On Saturday she was in good health
and when she retired at night she
made no complaint. When she re
mained in bed longer that usual Sun
day morning, Sunday went to her
room. He thought she was asleep
and did not realize that she was dead
until he touched her face.
Mrs. Stowell, who was born at Sy
racuse, Ind., had made her home with
Rev. Sunday for many years. The
noted evangelist was deeply devoted
to his aged mother. The body was
taken to Ames, la., for burial on the
old homestead, where Sunday was
bom. Burial was on Wednesday he
Two other sons, Edward Sunday, of
Woodworth, N. D., and L. C. Heizer,
of Hood Ricer, Ore., also survive.