Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1918 — Page 3

This German scouting airplane of the Albatross th an encounter with a British airman was brought to earth. The Hun pilot was injured in the fight and unable to wreck his machine after landing behind the British lines.

AMERICAN SOLDIERS “FOUGHT LIKE FIENDS,” SAYS BRITISH OFFICER

'High Praise for Conduct of Yankees in First Fight Side by Side With Their British Cousins—Told to “Kill” and They Sure Did ; That—Australians Delighted With Comrades’ Prowess at Hamel

With the British Army tn FranceAll the traditions of the United States army for valor were brilliantly sustained in the successful attack made against the Germans south of the River Somme, when for the first time American infantrymen took their stand beside their British cousins and fought shoulder to shoulder with them against the common foe. It was a baptism of fire for the Yankee soldiers on this front, and they came through with dying colors, proving fitting comrades for the Australian warriors whom they were assisting. • “The Americans fought like fiends,” declared one British staff officer. They did all of that They were magnificent, and the folks at home may be proud of the part their boys took in the shell-torn valley of the winding Somme. They were fighting over ground already stained with the blood of thousands of brave soldiers, but no better troops ever charged across the rolling fields than the pioneers from the American army. Along with this it is possible to make the cheerful state- • nient that their casualties were very smalt Virtually the entire body of Americans came through unscathed. This was probably due to the weak resistance which the Germans offered to the Anglo-American onslaught One does not need to detract from the work of the Australians by telling <?f the prowess of the Americans. The from the antipodes far outnumbered those from the United States and did a corresponding amount of the sanguinary labor. It goes without saying that the bigframed men from Australia, who fear neither man nor devil, fopght with the fierceness' Which has made them a terror to the enemy. The American troops who were to take part were brigaded with their Australian allies, who took the deepest Interest in the weldingof the link of brotherhood. The plans were .carefully rehearsed until every American knew his role almost as well as ,the hardy veterans from his majesty’s army. Few along the front knew of the event, but the British staff officers were watching every move with the keenest attention. Those officers today were outspokenly delighted with what they had seen. ( Enjoined to "Kill," and They Did. For a week the British experts had been dinning into the ears of the Americans the words, “Kill! Kill! IKill!” as the cardinal slogan of the fighting man. The Americans had learned their (lesson well. The British, officers spoke lof this‘after the affair was over. No .drillmaster ever got better returns for ihis talks than the one who taught these Americans this 'hardest lesson lot all. A large number of Germans maid the price, and the men from the United States exacted a heavy toll. The Americans were naturally happy [over the success of the operation in which they had played a ‘ creditable part, and the Australians were no less (pleased with their new-found pals. The general in command of the .American troops was also pleased with Ithe work his men had done. “Our troops understood thoroughly ’when they went over the top that they iwere expected to do no less than any of their allies,” said the general to the correspondent. “Reports’ which I have received from the Australians indicate that our boys conducted themselves with great credit and did all that could have been wished.” • . The correspondent visited casualty clearing stations to see some of the wounded Yankees who had gone through the fight Boy Corporal’s Story. i , Lying on a cot, flanked by British ieotdiers, was a Chicago lad who had

GERMAN ALBATROSS IS BROUGHT TO EARTH

been shot in the leg after a gallant fight. He was a blue-eyed, round-faced youngster who looked strangely out of place among the older veterans. He said he was twenty years old, but he was nothing more than a likable boy with a winning, but somewhat wistful, smile. The correspondent introduced himself and told the little soldier how proud everybody was of the Americans. The boy’s lips trembled, but his eyes brightened. “Are you from America, he cried, as he eagerly put out a hand. “Oh, Fin so glad of that.” He was homesick and hurt and wanted comfort from somebody from home. A friendly cha began and the soldier dung desperately to the correspondent’s hand. Suddenly his eyes fastened on the correspondent’s British uniform and a look of disappointment came to his face. “You’re not a Yankee, are yon?” he asked, and his eyes were moist. The correspondent assured him to the contrary. Instantly be brightened, and throwing his arm over the correspondent's exclaimed : Tm mighty glad of that. Tm glad you are a Yankee, too." Then he told the story of his part in the battle and here is the way it ran: “We alb were very anxious to do well and we were ready to fight to a finish. We knew there was trouble for us over in No Man’s Land. None of our boys cared for that, but the day before the attack all the men of my company got together and shook hands and said good-by, for, you see, we did not know if we should meet again. ■ Signal to. Advance. - “I had worked very hard to learn to be a good soldier, for I wanted to be a Credit to the folks back home. I guess I must have learned some things, for my commander gave me 24 of o.ur chaps to lead over the top as corporal. And my men fought well.” He paused, his face glowing with pride, and then continued: “At midnight Wednesday we went forward and Itfid out in the open waiting for the signal to advance. Then

FIRST AID FOR MARINES

In a trench in' the Marne region this United States marine is receiving first aid by a member of the Red Cross. The best of treatment combined with quickness, is given to the boys of the marines.

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about daylight came the barrage. . It was a pretty big thing—the biggest W 6 ever heard. The time came for the charge and we pushed out. “A few of our boys were too anxious and they got so close to the barrage that they were hurt. My pal was struck by a shell beside me.” Again he stopped and this time there were tears in his eyes and a lump was working in his throat. There was silence for a moment, then he went on: “We were advancing toward Hamel village and had to go over one slope, then down into a little valley and up another hill. We got along all right, but down in the valley there was a lot of barbed wire that held us up some. 1 know I got caught, but not for very long. “Our men were fighting like anything and killing a lot of Boches who were in the trenches and shell holes. A good many of the Germans were yelling ‘Kamerad,’ and surrendering too. . “Two of the Boches came running up to me with their iiands over their heads. I didn’t know what to do with them, but an officer came along and sent them to the rear. Wounded, but Killed Two. “Then we went oh and had about reached our objective when something hit me in the leg and I went down. I tried to get up but my leg wouldn’t let me and I was dizzy. While I was on my knee I saw two Boches charging at me with fixed bayonets. I had the butt of my rifle resting on the ground, my finger on the trigger, and I fired when they were about ten yards away. One of them fell over dead, but the other kept on coming and was on me before I could throw in a fresh cartridge. “Then I knew I had to fight him with the bayonet like a man. So I got to my feet somehow, and as he jabbed at me with his bayonet I parried it with my rifle and then swung the rifle to his head as hard as I could. The blow broke his skull and he went down. "That’s all I remember until I woke up and found a chum beside me. He had gone out and brought me back.” That finished the personal story of this boy who had fought and killed and been wounded, but he had something else which was much on his mind. After much hesitation it finally came, out “I wonder if my little girl at home is happy,” he said anxiously, referring to his sweetheart in Chicago. The correspondent told hinj she certainly would be very happy and proud to know how well he had done. “I hope she will be,” he responded thoughtfully, and then added: “Would it be too much trouble for you to drop her just a line to let her know that I am all right? I don’t know when I shall have a chance to write.” That letter will go immediately, but pending its arrival the girl in Chicago should know that he is wounded, but, as he himself“shyS, all right. Apparently, his wound is not serious. German prisoners, taken recently, have been surprised to learn of the number of Americans on this side. TheTFerman higher command has been spreading reports that the overseas troops were not arriving in such numbers as the entente capitals had stated. The German prisoners admitted ruefully that the drive had been conducted with Cleverness and Invincible courage. To this praise was added a telegram from Field Marshal Haig to the forces involved, including the American detachment, expressing his warm congratulations.

CHUMS GO THROUGH LIFE AND TO DEATH TOGETHER

Easton, Pa. —Chums for years. Philip Riehl and John Earle Rausch of Phillipsburg, enlisted . together in the marine corps, went to the same camp, went overseas together, and now comes word that both of them were killed in the same battle around Chateau-Thiqfy.

The Maryland state Industrial accident commission has ruled that where minors are employed in violation of the child labor law, and are injured, they cannot recover compensation. :

BURNS WAS NO GOOD

“I released Burns to Philadelphia because he was a failure at the bat, because he clogged the bases, and was generally of no use to a winning ball dub,” explained Hughey Jennings. . t And then Burns went out and : batted his way to the top of the ■ American league Inside of two months, and, to Ihfllct poetic • punishment upon said Hughey Jennings, came up five times and ; poled five hits, including a dou- . ble and a triple, right on.the lot ' where he had been a “failure.”

TWILIGHT BALL IS PROVING ITS WORTH

New System May Be Means of Saving Two Western Circuits. . ♦ American Association and Western i League Gain in Attendance by Starting Games Late to Accommodate War Workers. The American association has de* yeloped a very close race, yet in some of the cities of the league the attendance is not well up to the standard — which undoubtedly is due to the fact that so many young men patrons are now in the army, and that many men are busily engaged in work which prevents attendance at the week-day games. The situation has become serious enough to force the adoption of the twilight baseball scheme recently successfully tried in Minneapolis and St., Paul. Under this scheme the games are started as late as six o’clock, thus giving war workers a chance to attend the week-day games. The first twilight game in Minneapolis drew the largest crowd of the season. In the Western league the club owners find that the games started after six o’clock attract double the attendance that would attend the game at three bells. Late starts seem to be the only way to save the minors, unless the magnates are willing to stand a heavy financial loss this season. There is no denying the fact the minor league ball is not’as prosperous as it should be. And the only solution of the problem seems to be twilight ball. The army has taken so many men that the stay-at-homes are needed during regular working, hours. There are not enough people Idle z in tlie afternoon to make baseball a paying venture in the minor league cities. President Hickey of the American association has little fear of General Crowder’s “Work or Fight” order, so far as it applies to baseball. He believes that the order is intended to apply to the chronic idlers and useless employees at amusement resorts, of every description, and does not include baseball, which is a clean and wholesome amusement within its scope. Furthermore the general has always been in favor of baseball and therefore he does not believe that he now contemplates the virtual conscription of ball players, and this belief is shared by the majority of American association magnates, whose only problem is how to finish a hard season with whole skins.

PRO GOLF PLAYER IS NOW IN THE NAVAL RESERVES

Ed Loos, well-known professional golf player, has enlisted in the naval reserve and is stationed at Wissahecken Barracks, Cape May, N. J.

CONNIE ROCHE IS PROMOTED

Made Sergeant at Camp Dodge, la, and Playing on One of Best Army Teams. Connie (Red) Roche, called from Topeka, Kan., to the army and leaving a fat batting average of .367 behind him, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant at Camp Dodge, la. He writes that he is playing on one of the best ball teams in the army. It includes Troy Agnew, Nabors, Love. Block and other players who have made professional records and has made such a showing that it has been selected to make a tour of Western cities, playing exhibition games to boost the army athletic funds.

HUGH JENNINGS, BOSS OF TIGERS, AND UMPIRE SILK O’LOUGHLIN ALWAYS RIGHT

HUGH JAMMINGS "SILK” O’LOUGHLIN

It’s difficult to win an argument with a major league manager. It’s their* business to win—even arguments. And so it is with umpires. There s 811k' O’Loughlin, for example, who admits he never made a mistake on a decision. The following Incident we have on the Word of a ball player. It concerns Hugh Jennings, boss of the Tigers. Dauss was pitching for Detroit and Spencer catching. The enemy had runners on second and third and two were gone. Dauss wound up and the batter crashed out a single, scoring both men. When the Tigers returned to the bench Jennings spoke to Spencer: “Ton ought to have known better than signal for a fast ball,” he said. “He hits that kind a mile." “I didn’t call for a fast one, it was a curve,” protested Spencer. “It looked like a fast one to me,” said the manager. “Ask Donle Bush about it,” said Spencer. “He gets the signs.” “It was a curve all right, Hughle,” remarked the shortstop. “Well, it was too low anyway,” said Jennings.

HONUS WAGNER ENLISTS

“Hans” Wagner, former ma- ■ jor league baseball star, has en- ; listed with the home defense < police of Allegheny county and ; was sworn in as an officer of the • law, with jurisdiction in his , t home town,* Carnegie, near ■ Pittsburgh.

WALLACE JOHNSON IS A SERGEANT IN ARMY

Wallace K. Johnson, champion tennis player, has laid aside his white flannels and his racquet, to, don Uncle Sam’s khaki and shoulder a musket Johnson, who is a sergeant is stationed at Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he won the intercollegiate tennis champs and ever since has gained international fame as one of the best racquet wielders that ever shot an ace over the net

STAR BALL TEAM IS CALLED

Major Leaguers of Fame, Including Grover Alexander, Now on Way to Fight in France. What enthusiastic Camp Funston soldier fans declare was the best ball team in the army was called away from them when the Three Hundred aid Forty-second artillery entrained on its way to France. The team in-, eluded —and still includes —Alexander, Noyes and Lambeth, pitchers; Clarence Mitchell, first base; Charles (Chuck) Ward, shortstop—-all major leaguers of fame, and some of the cream of minor league talent in other positions. If the Three Hundred and Forty-second can shoot as good as It can play ball it ought to make the Huns run to cover.

Gleichman Quits Game.

Gus Gleichman, first baseman for the St Paul dub, has quit to take charge of hi* fruit ranch in California.

DIAMOND NOTES

Twilight baseball is said to be a kmH cess in Minneapolis. • • • George Stallings is getting back in, the papers these days. • • • - A Walter Rehg of the Braves has decided to enlist in the navy. • • • ' Matty says his team has not been going any too well. That makes it official. , • • • According to New York scribes, Love has shot his bolt Probably laughing at locksmiths again, • • • Hoboken, N. J, claims to be the first home of baseball, the game being played there in 1833. • • • The Vancouver club announces that it has sold Outfielder Frank Wilson to the Chicago White Sox. ? ♦ • Bert Shotten has tumbled badly at bat He has not lived up to-the form he showed in the spring. • • • The opinion seems to prevaU in Detroit the Cubs are going to beat the Giants to the National league flag. The Indianapolis club announces" that it has purchased Second Baseman Press Cruthers from the Memphis club. • • • Dick Robertson of the New Orleans Pelicans quits the Southern season as the league's most sensational pitcher. He holds the record for consecutive victories. The International League clubs are doing better than' was expected financially. The league probably will go through the season Without a break in the circuit. • * * Both major leagues ought to empower their umpires to decide whether games should be postponed because of rain or wet grounds. The home clubs often abuse this privilege. « • * Now that Lee Fohl has such a capable catcher as Chet Thomas to work at times Steve O’Neill is getting a muchdeserved rest. O’Neill is one of the hardest working catchers in the game. Unintentional injury was done Casey Stengel when it was stated that he ran out on the Pittsburgh dub and had secured a job in a shipyard to avoid the draft It seems Casey enlisted in the navy. • • • Dutch Reuther, formerly of the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds, now in service, was “enlisted” to pitch for Vancouver on June 19 and he beat the Aberdeen Black Cats, holding them to six hits and two runs. see Manager Lee Fohl put Doc Johnston at the top of his batting order when he reported from Milwaukee and Doe showed that he still had the same old cleverness that he showed for the Indians before they dumped him for a lot of experiments.