Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 30, 17 December 1917 — Page 7

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONPAY, DEC.. 17 1 .1917. PAGE SEVEN

STIFF WORKOUT IS PLANNED FOR LEBANON FRACAS - ( Mullins to Put His Men Through Innings Monday and Wednesday Nights. The Richmond Hleb echool basketball squad will be put through a etlft practice this week in an effort to give Lebanon, the state champs, a hard fight for the honors next Friday at Lebanon. Practice will be held Monday and Wednesday nights of this week and Coach Mullins expects to Iron some real teamwork Into the squad.

Old Man Gloom leaves the High school training camp this week as it Is thought the basketball players will be bothered no more with sore arms from vaccination. Coach Mullins eaid Monday he would take seven men with him to Lebanon but that as yet he bad not picked the seventh inan, nor did not expect to until sometime this week. .May Be Lahrman. The severth man may be Lahrman who played In the Fortvflle-Richmond game, Friday night at the Coliseum. Lahrman played guard, making two coals for the Richmond team, playing a better game than some of the varsity men. Men who are trying out for the seventh place are Lahrman, C. Price, R. Price, Albus. Roberts, Roland, Latta, Weist, Schaffer, Graffls, Brinkley and Ferguson. The state board Of the Atheletic Associationof Indiana has reached the decision that the Emersion and Froebal high schools of Gary, Ind., will be suspended from all athletic contests until January 1, 1918. Emerson is a strong athletic school. The board has also provided In a resolution that If the Spalding basketball rules provide for a playing zone back of each goal board, that it will not effect the ruleB of this season at all. Herzog is Emphatic He Won't Play With Leader of Giants NEW "YORK, Dec. 1?. Any person ho doubts that Charles Lincoln Her. zo is through with the Giants need cnly discuss the matter a few moments with the fiery New York fieW captain, The popular Herzle says he v. ill not play another game of ball for John J. McGraw and says he is willing that the Whole world know it. "I succeeded in putting by a little clnee I started playing ball," said Herdog, "and 1 guess if I quit now I would have enough , to keep - me from the poorhouse. However, 1 do not intend to quit unless 1 am .-forced to and therefore am giving President Hempbiead a chance to trade me. I have nothing against Mr. Hempstead or the New York club. My only disagreement is with McGraw." BASKETBALL SCORES College Games Indiana, 49; Central Normal, 6. Indiana State Normal, 34; Carbondale (III.) Normal. 24. Earlham. 22; Antioch. 18. High School Games Manual Training, '35; Broad Ripple, S. Lebanon, 17: Lafayette, 11. Spiceland. 17; Newcastle, 10. Liberty, 83; Oxford. 11. Anderson. 02; South Bend, 2A Rochester. 34: Huntington, 27. Martinsville, 27; Vlncennes, 16. Kokomo, 33; Marion. 18. Bainbridge. 39; Roachdale, 8. Zion8ville, 34; Jamestown, 23. Miller Iluggins is another who believes that ball players eat too much. Many a brilliant natural player is a rummy in the field because he can't restrain his love for the faodbag. Or so thinks Huggins. And so the new Yank manager is going to establish a training' table for his team next season and see that none of them makes the mistake of over-eating.

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Pete Schneider, the Reds' large right-hander, put over something new last season when he had his own personal trainer to handle him between innings and put him in fresh trim for the next trip to the slab. Schneider's little pal, Sammy Sandoy, Cincinnati bantamweight swung the towel and flourished the sponge for Pete in just that way that a fighter is cared for between rounds. And when Sammy Was fighting in the evenings Schneider would be there in his corner to return the favor and to rub him down as well as give him a hunch or two on bow to score on his opponent. - . The idea arose out of the friendship of the two and Schneiders complaint that on some of the hot Cincinnai days it was a bard matter to step back to the mound each inning feeling as fresh as one could wish. Sandow, who of

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Any number of retired major leaguers are preparing to be in shape for a return to the game next spring if there is any demand for their services. There comes a report from Boston that the gyms there are packed with old timers living In that neck of the woods who hope to cop out a big league job next year. Duffy Lewis has organized a ball team-among the sailors at the Mare Island navy yards and plans quite a few games of baseball among the California teams this winter. The curious thing is that in spite of his unquestioned superiority over all the other heavyweights, Fred Fulton has never been able to muster a real following. He would have little trot ble in coaxing Jess Willard back into the ring if he had enough enthusiastic supporters. Willard shows so little inclination to box Fulton or anyone else that cothing short of a real public demand is likely to bring him to it. No one seems to really believe that Fulton would put up a real fight against Willard and yet there's no denying that he's the best now active In the class. He is only twenty-six years old and a fine physical specimen. He has knocked out most all of the heavyweights he has met in the past two years. If he had the good fortune to gather a flock of supporters about him he would have been

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ten sat on the Reds bench, showed up the next day with the familiar pail and lemons, sponge and towel of the fight game. After Schneider's each inning Sammy swung the towel, thrust the bottle down , Pete's gullet and sponged his head and face. With the result that Schneider had one of his best seasons and usually looked able to go eighteen Innings if it came 'to that. Schneider is a hot. fight fan and a great booster for Cincinnati's scrappy little bantam. Sandow declares that with Schneider in his corner he could scrap at high speed for forty rounds and both regard their partnership as a great help in their different professions. Some of Sandow's most important battles were staged in the Reds' ball park and Schneider was Sammy's chief second when he fought Johnny Ritchie, Kid Wolfe, Johnny Ertle and other leading bantams. somewhat nearer the crown than he is today. Philadelphia appears to be the fight center of the east, now the game has died in Gotham. New York sports can hop a rattler and be in Philly in time to see the entertainment and return to sleep in their beds that night. Philadelphia has often served in this way and some big bouts have occurred there when half of those in attendance were New Yorkers. Some of the large scraps staged in Philly that drew a great horde of New Yorkers were the Bat Nelson-McGovern six-rounder, the MeGovern-Murphy, Nelson-Attell, Ketchell-O'Brien, Ketch-ell-Langford, Fltzsimruons- Johnson and the more recent Kilbane-Leonard and Leonard-Cline fights. John McGraw believes that the big leagues would profit if they gave more attention tc the young players on the corner lots and the high school teams. Muggsy believes in nabbing them early and training them up the way they should go. And quite a few agree with him. But after all well managPHOTOS 7ZZ MAJM ST RICHMOND fM Glen Miller Stock YardsMarket Every Day Call Phone 3744 SHURLEY & GAAR

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When Army Trucks Get Stuck Who Helps Out? Why, the Mule

CAMP ZACHTRY -TAYLOR, Dec. 17. j Raucus-voiced, flop-eared, gangling, stubborn, patience-testing limb of Satan that he is, men of the 84th Division, National Army, at Camy Zachary Taylor are ready to swear by him the Army Mule. To many of the men drawn from Indiana, Kentucky and southern Illinois, he is not a new acquaintance, but an old friend a friend in spite Of his general cussedness. They knew what he could do, but they had beard so much of the use of motor transports in the army and of the dependence placed on motor truck that they had come to believe him just a little passe. Eut is he? Recently it rained rained torrents and the site of Camy Zachary Taylor, last spring a cornfield, became a .sea of . mud. Trucks, chugging about their business, scurried about the camps as usual, but the scurrying they did was on the hard camp roads. As soon as the driver of one had occasion to leave the paved surfaces, there was a wail, long and loud. And who answered the wail? Why, the Army Mule, of course. No motor trucks delivered supplies to barracks kitchens that evening, but when "cooky" at a creaking of wagon gear and the sound of shouted exhortations looked Out of his window, it was his old friend the Army Mule, fetlock deep In mud, straining at his harness bringing up the ."chuck" that met his gaze. Where the day before long lines of trucks could have been seen going to the big trench field where the men of the 84th Division are learning the latest wrinkles in the new warfares, it was again the Army Mule who was pressed Into service to bring up the materials. Trucks stuck and refused to budge from the mud through which he dragged his burdens. Then came the snow, sixteen inches of it in a single night, and next morning .the roads were hidden under a blanket which rilled ditches to a level with the crown of camp roads. Trucks lost their way and slithered into ditch-j es. plunging into drifts which almost covered them. j Again it was their old long-eared! friend the Soldier, called on to help! him. The Camp's traffic moved as) usual ditches filled with snow hadj no terrors, supplies were delivered; and the Army Mule's triumph was! complete. Now, if you ask the men of the 84tb ed minor leagues can probably do as much in this way as anybody. . Lew McCarthy, the Giants' young backstop star, is said to be still suffering with his strained shoulder, an injury he sustained in the big games last fall. Gene Packard of the Cardinals was the best hitting pitcher in the National league. His average, compifed in thirty-eight games, was .288.' Another way of bolstering up the big leagues next season when many of the boys march away will be to import more of the Cuban baseball stars. There are more than a few Tast teams in Cuba and quite a few star players can be recruited there. The most recently reported Hun outrage is the bombing of American' and Canadian baseball fields in France. Our boys abroad are obliged to hunt a new diamond every few days, as the Huns will spot their playground and blow a few large holes in it the first chance they get. It just shows their dirty Dutch disposition! Ernie Shore, of the Red Sox, is the most recent of ball players to become a yeoman in the navy. The yeoman branch of the naval service seems to be picking up quite a few ball players and the like who are willing to go to war so long as they are not likely to endanger their precious lives thereby. The work of a yeoman is commonly described as of. a clerical nature and many of us are puzzled to see how ball players are especially well fitted for such. You Get 10 DISCOUNT -onDIAMONDS Only at DICKINSON'S PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY 7T

Division, they will tell you h" is their one best bet. They know that motor trucks long lines of them in endless procession on the fine roads of Frances-will bring forward monitions and food from the rail-bead. But when the advance is on and the kaiser is getting his; when cartridges and "chuck" must come forward over shell plowed ground that hard won gains may be beld,the men of the 84th know now who they are going to tail for, and it's their old comrade of the furrow in more peaceful days The Army Mule. He's generally from Missouri and he has yet to be shown the job he can't do.

COUNCIL WILL PASS ON TREE Whether Richmond is to have a community Christmas tree will be decided by city council Monday night, the last meeting of the present council. . While Mayor Robbins is opposed to giving candy 'treats' to children of the city this year he is in favor of having a community Christmas tree and will take the matter up with council. The mayor will also make his farewell talk to the city fathers, all but three of whom go out of office January 7, when the new city administration takes office. - GIVE A SHIRT " 75c to $5.C0 HE'D LIKE GLOVES Dress or Driving 75c to $5.00 i KNITTED TRENCH CLOVES $1.00 Open Evenings 1 HMHytl

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Claim Judge Slept; J Ask Another Trial CRAWFORDSV1LLE. Ind.. Dec 17. Attorneys in a suit to determine "a fence boundary between' Thomas 'Wilton and E,. A. Sentman, have Hied a netition for a new trial, charring that

Judge : Schoonover slept, during the first triaL .The litigation concerns a half acre of .ground worth $1,000 and has already been In court twice cost-' ing nearly twice that amount. If their motion for a new trial Is denied attorney say they will carry the case to the supreme court. many youngsters away is Lefty Lelfield, who has recently been signed by the St. Louis Browns. ' Lelfield has, been, pitching high-class ball for the' St. Paul club in the American Association through the pact two seasons. He has turned In a record for effectiveness that makes . him worthy of another chance in the big chow, even though the vets were not needed to fill vacancies made by the younger men who. march away. Lelfield is perhaps not so jttroag in the wing as he was some' seasons back, but he has always used his head end is the ype of pitcher who can do a great deal with very lilttle on the fcalL His coolness and control are exceptional for a southpaw. Last season he ranked among the first ten pitchers in the Association in the percentage, of luns permitted. , . Business Manager Quinn of the Browns, who has. announced .the. signing of Lelfield, believes that Lefty will be of value as a trainer and coach of the pitching staff as well as a performer in the box,- . It is Jlkely that through the first of the season Lelfield will be used chiefly as a relief burier. We ve Thousands of . New Ties for Xroas , 50c to $1.00 CHRISTMAS HOSIERY "Monito Brand" 25c to $1.25 - ' Govs ''

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