now
Open Season For ,“Pickins”
the Champion Teams New
at Band—The Wisdom oft
a Solomon Needed—No
Cinch to Call the Turn'
This Year of Our Lord
NEW YORK, March li.-Tlle pre-.
sent geek marks the beginning of the‘
annual spring training season for the,
major league ball players. From now
until the opening of the regular sea}.
son thopastimers will be Kept buayl
working the kinks out of their salary
wings and timberlng up their legs. I
The program of training at the var:
ious big league camps will follow the
established routine. The first week or'
two will be devoted to scrub games.
with plenty of batting and pitching
practice. Then will come series of
games with rival big show outfits 0':
minor leagues. while the teams are
working their way northward. ‘
Some of the more courageous of
baseball scribes have doped out the
coming season from April to October.
but the one who can call the turn on
the 1018 pennant scramble—well, he's
certainly some Solomon.
Will the White Sox repeat? Can the
Giants come through again? 'Are the
Red 80: a stronger or a weaker outfit
than last year? What will the Cubs do,
now that they have annexed a bunch
of stars! Will Connie Mack's new
pastimers bring the Athletics to' lifc'.‘
Arc theyl’hilllea shot to pieces and
headed for the cellar? Where do the
Detroit Tigerr and Cleveland ludlano
get off? Will Miller Huggins bring the
Yanks into the limelight? (‘an Jack
Hendricks make a winner of the. Cal'-
tiinals? Do the Dodgers, .Reds, Braves.
Pirates, Senators and ilrowns fit, or
will they be docging it from the first
top of the song to the finale?
These are only a few of the ques-
Iions now ptrziling the boys who swell
the turnstile count.
Dome Without Prospects
No sane gink would attcz-lpt to tore-
cast the pennant prospects of all the
bit: league teams. for the simple reu-
tton that for quite some of 'vm there is
no such thing as prospects,
But even a violent
wherein some of the big toppers have
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been materially stmncthcned at the world’s series crowd. ‘That'is the aim ican Can and Ensure-ling. gained large fl.
expense of some other member of ”10
some circuit. ' ‘
For instance. .\'o reasonablfl dOW‘hml spirited bidding for the services proved. Liberty Bonds were irragui .
chn exist that the’t'ubs, through tho of the stars of the diamond are .tthol‘.
acquisition of "Almt'nndt-r, (Killifcl‘ andl'work of tile club owners alono,,so why" NEW YORK, March If {Will Stree
Pnskert, are a stronger aggregation
than they were in 19”. Br the same
line of reasoning the conclusion ls
reached that the loss of this trio of
great pastlmcrs puts the Phils in the
nine-hole right at the blow otf.
Next on the list of juggled lineup!
comes the .Red Spit. Through theicall
‘fo the colorsand‘tho mango: pas-
tlmers, the old Sox are no longer of
the. holeproof (adv) variety. According
'to latest announcement. "Stuffy' Mc-
Innis is to tackle the job at' third‘hase"
for the Sox and Johnny Eve-rs is to
.L-art the rtason at second. These two
rt'ackcrjack players holding dewn two
important positions should prove a bit:
‘lmlp to the Sox in weathering the.
V storm. I
The Athletics is another outfit that
has made a considerable revision of
its roster since last season. Manager
Mack has dispoed of nenrlv all of the
pastimers he raised and educated to
big league life. To take their places
119 has secured Gardncr, Party and
“hiker, the lied So: veterans. Per-
1"“)8 Connie has played his hand wise-
ly and the Mackmen will arrive. Perl
flaps.
' The “It" Stuff
The world champion White Sox and
the Giants. champions of the National
League remain practically intact.
which spells considerable trouble for
the other teams in their respective
leagues.‘ I
The “if" stud goes for the pennant
chances of several of our best known
baseball teams. .lf Ty Cobb continu’es /
‘ his mercilesswarfare agaillst pitchers. v,
the Tigers will be up and doing. if‘
Walter Johnson can return to his old-‘
time teasing of the batters with his:
zip. sip. sip and down. the Senators
will stick in the league at our rate. I
0f the other big yard entertainers,
there is little to be said. Baseball is :1:
peculiar institution. and there's no tell»
int; what sort of a stunt will he pull-i
Ptl off next. The champs of last war ‘
may again be clumps this year. The?
.fllv of 19" may again We stalled
in trying .to climb the treacherous old
rwnnatt't slope. Then. again. some mis-
fit outfit of last year may uncorlt a
wonder from Painted Port and tear
the old pastime ’wlrle open before "It:
reason of 1318 is very far advanced.
The Bridgeport police notified the
' local police that a ram runabout.
'1 “painted black with tho Items number,
"who am was mum ”a.
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W limit to look out for it.
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nutritious,
NIT cultural
They Matte-Are Responsible
For theIIigll Cost of Base-
ball—‘Csntiot Take a Back-
III also ’
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inges Upon Fulton-Willard
Fight July 4-0pm Air
Rout at Newark May 30—?
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Sown Sopfiey Musyt Cm... will Be Held at Atlantic
tinue to Reap I City
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The high coat 0 {baseball as It on p c 14 FM
ulton yesterday afternoon was match-
pllPS lo the major leagues, ll being felt ed to meet Jack mniPSey |n In eight. '
more heavily than ever before by the round node ’
, cision 3 . '
men who control the game. bout M" 0 It
the weather is favorble t .
There, has been a great deal of dis- 0 an ”on air
contest. the boat will tak lac at
satisfaction expressed by some of the Newark N. J (“herwise i: iillgtakc
club owners over the expense of run- ' ' ' '
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mCIEASED FIGHTING; auras an ro‘anutn
‘ COMES WITH BETTER‘
WEATHER ALL Ale C a me r, -
THE WESTERN FRONT ‘ a..." ’5..":.Ea...f"1.‘li°. .0363;
—"‘"'" street, last evening, after an illness.
lie is survived by a wife. and two
chiidren, W. Geerand ‘lrs. Mir E.
Notch 10. it W88 announced of-fllon, both OIL this city. Funeral 19F
hefi‘i'l." 30d”- _ lvlces will be held on Saturday after-
illls hi the second submamc at- noon at 2:30 from me We home Rey,
tack on British hospital ships l'c- it. E. Wilson Dacha“. Imp'rmem
cellllg‘. A lol‘illlglllhgti lllt‘.(llt'll- Wl" be ill the E18! Norwalk cemetery.
art I a:~:fl:- Was sunk to Violation ofn
a German pledge. about 150 lives!
being lost. ‘ '
The GI. '=l'tl (‘astlc is a steam-
ip of 8,036 tons gross. 5
Two torpedoes were fired at the
Guilt'ord Castle. the first missing
and the second hitting the vessel's
bow. Although badly damaged,
Erastus Cur
moaned From roan ans)
Funeral of Mr. Keep
Funeral services for the late A.
Dwight Keep were held from his late
home, 32 Clay street, this afternoon.
at 1 o'clock. Rev. Gerald ll. Board, of
Bridgeport, former pastor of the
South Norwalk Congregational Church.
of which Mr. Keep was clerk, officiat-
sh
IUOT EVEN KEEP THEIIA
- UNIFORMSCLEAN
The new node of rules adopted by
the National League recently give
the club owners certain powers
garding discipline and vest greater
power in the president of the league
in cases where charges are preferred
against players by the umpires.
Features of the rules than upon
as war-time measures provide' th:
players must take care of all penan.
baggage to and from the station i
their home cities. Taxicabs, at th-
expense of the ball club. are tabooed
and an allowance of 81.25 per meal
will be the maximum on dining cars.
Players will be obliged to live at
hotels selected by their respective
clubs while on the road and they will
also be obliged to keep uniforms clean.
Some players are superstitious about
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INo CAMOUFLAGE
lN HEAD LOCK
B. C. Sandow, manager of Stung
ler Lewis, is greatly exercised over the
charge made by Wladek Zbysako that
the head lock is nothing but a canton.
huge for the strangle hold. In a tele-
u'raal from Rochester, N. Y., Ins: night.
: 'e‘lld:
, "The head 1oz}. .ls'cd by Lewis is not
the . Zlold. and his foolish to
confound the two without casting dis-
credit on every referee which allows
its use. whentwo men are on the mat.
“Lewis has no fear of Zbyszko and
all his talk. incidentally he has de-
veloped a new hold in connection with I
his head lock which is’proving decid-
edly elective. Zbyssko will find this
out to his sorrow.
ning a big league ball club for the
place at Atlantic City. . The contest 3h? was able l0 “’30" POW There
will be called oil in case Fulton is were many .S'L‘k and wounded on
, .
past three or four years. but since matche
d to fight Jess Willard Julv 4.
V .
anle Samuel tossed his chapeau intol Fulton and his manager, Mike Col-
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the, ring it '1,“ grown ”"0"“ Ilins left here last night for Kansas
let in reality, the magnates have lit. City, where ”my expect m sign for a
tle 199““ t° y elp, '0" with the excep- championship bout between Jess Wil
tlon 0' adverse influence caused by lard and Fulton July 4. Telegrams to'
"‘0 “Mm ”“5“9- "la-V “’9 “‘0'“? '° Collins from J. c uiller who will
mm!“ for ":2?“ thriltkgpeimttlnf: ma'.meet Fulton and Collins in Kansils
10%;“? ‘3 “ 9 “’5‘ ' " Y- ‘ ‘cuy Thursday. say that Willard in.-
e p avers are not responsible or agreed to meet Fulton “W 4.
the fact that the club owners formed Willard Knows Nothing
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a habit of spending money lik sailors. JACKSONVILLE, “a" March 1.1,.—
on shore leave for the stars of the 4 i
When asked whether an otter of 8120.
game. They are not to blame because ,
certain clubs or club owners were will 000 had been made front MW Orleans
' to stage the proposed Willard-Fulton
ing to pay big. fat salaries to their
championship bout in that city Jess
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headliners And It is no fault of t o Willard old he knew nothing of any
al:::rtlll‘:l;sil: t::liigc:l‘:‘o: ‘0 expect such offer. Willard said he expected
" ' to hear an agreelnent from Konrad
'Magoatos Responsible 'City tomorrow. .’
Baseball has grown to he the great -—---—--—- ‘
eat of sports. It Is the most popular TODAY IN WALL STREET.‘
pastime and recreation of the Ameri- — i
can public and the malls havomade it NEW YORK MET”! 14. Wall Strcct,
“All "Hill TN” 1,3..e;,113d91t’a strict- 10:30 a. m.—~ltcatliug was the striking
lv conuncrclnliicd sport that is very feature 0' the uncertain 099ml": 01
mm.“ In demand. and. 3...", “yum; today's Stock Market, advancing :'
business. the club n\\'npr who makes points in the first half hour. The bal-
thc biagcst hit with his public is the once of the list. notablv coolers. hard-
ened appreciably under this move“
I'nlon Pacific, Bethlehem Steel.'
one who acts the gravy..-
There hasn't been a major league mom.
a
m nccomm’o‘ddt’c a eluding Corn Products, Linseed, Amor-
v.‘tts not billlt
up '
m.
of every club—to get into a world‘s fractions. ll. 8. Steel soon made
scrios. "ism fine parks,__h|gh‘.saln1'ics.its slight setback and coppc‘rs i
ll
should they yelp? Noon). — The 'n‘ionllng's '6’crationsi
Baseball Is a rcd-lnlontled sport and were governed largely by the strength
a cold-blooded business. ll has “been of coalers. Reading extended its ad-
bullt up to a standard low] and it vancc to 33-8 points on heavy ab-
must be kept there, So what's the sorptlon and Norfolk & Western.
use of the magnate ouchlng our the Chesapeake and Ohio. allltimore. a,
high cost of it? He doesn't load the Ohio and Lghlgh Valley rose 1 m 2
worst life in the world by a whole 10% points. Pacific's. Atchlson. St. Paul,
. . .- .' nllnols Central, New York Central and
MORE HEAT FOR-THE I‘M-153 Rock island embraced the other no-
ASR‘INGTQN. March _ 14,—Meat Live and strong rails. Equipments and
efifls to'theAillep'wlll be increased specialties were featured by Beth‘m
fifty per cent. and perhaps doubled hem and Crucible Steele. American
shortly under arrangements being no Can: General Motors and Oils at l to
gotiated by the Food Arministratlon 2% point gains. Liberty M's sol-I '11
with the Alllcd food representatives 97.40 to 97.4“, First 4's at 9G,20 to 95m.
hey-e, ' {and Second 4's at third tt. 96.20.
The purpose Is to build up the Al-' NEW YORK, Mart-h ll (Wall Street,
lied meat reserves from the great sur- 153 D. nl.l.~ltenditlu mounted to its
plus which had been accumulated in lllshrst price of the year in the after
this country and which recently noon at an extreme advance of 4
brought a relaxation of restrictions on points. . ,Olhcr nf'llvc rails . mind to
meat consumption. The Allies would “fly gains and stools and/skippings
furnish all the ships /for' moving the attracted Sileclllativc attention.
meat.
i FANS CONTINUE “specuurmo”
' CHICAGO. .llnrt'h it—Chica'zo fight.
fans arc speculating today on the pos-
sibility of a Frcd Fulton-Jack Dump
sey match, preceding the Fulton-Wil-
lard battle scheduled for July 4. A
local hotel man, whose name is with
held, is said to have offered 830.0")
for a bout between Dempsey and Ful-
ton.
AVIATION RECRUITING STOPS.
"NEW HAVEN, March lI.——Recruit-
ing for the aviation service we
stopped a the local recruiting office for
the army today. but enlistments of
qualified men for the sixty-fifth En-
geneers. or Tank Regiment, were
urged.
oard. who were transferred to a
hospital. .,
IUNDAY BASEBALL'
ILOIVEN BOSTON
BOSTON. March ll.—The Commit-
tee on Legal Affairs yesterday voted
8 to 7 to report a modified bill per-
mitting baseball and football games
on Sunday during the period of war by
teams reprcsrllting men in the arm},
or navy.
The measure, long sponsored by Ma-
jor Henry L. llizalnson. of this city.
prorldcs that the receipts shall go to
the relief fund approved by the War
and Navy departments and that sall-
ors and soldiers in uniform shall be
fidl'flllt'tl frcc.
DONOVAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION
NEW YORK. March its—Mike Don-
ovan, former middleweight champion
of Amcrlcaand for manv years in-
structor boxing at the New York Ath‘
latte cm», is fighting for his life hcre
'todllv ut‘ :1 hospital. a victim of pneu-
mania.
BLUE RIBBONS LEAD AGAIN
Jack‘lmavy's llluc Ribbons climbed
up again Into tho commanding berth
bug can 590 ball park built with; reocntyg‘ars’that Gent‘ral Eletli’lc and SPFClallk'u. mm H", Connecticut 3m, untrue as
the'éesull of their tl to 19 victory or-
e Ansonls, aggregation at Colon-
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Uric acid in meat excites the kit!-
ncvs. they become overvmrkctl; got
sluggish. ache, andffeel like lumps of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy: the
bladder is trritated. and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
kidneys clog. you’ must help them
flush off the. body's urinous waste or
you'll be a real sick person shortly.
At first you feel a dull misery in the
kidney region. you suffer from back
ache. sick headache. dizziness. stom-
sch gets aours, toncue coated and you
feel rheumatic twingcs when the neo-
ther is bad.
Eat lean meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of .lad Salts: take a table
cplonful in al’glass of water before
WWO
‘ments of coal
FBhtdrachy or .t.
E... 1... a....:..~*..t. .1... of Salts let... '
. eating mum ' "1'
lng. The body was taken to New its:
ven for Interment. There were many
handsome floral tributes from the var-
ious organisations that Mr. Keep was
a member of, and also from his many
friends and business acquaintances.
The pail bearers were William [:1 Mat-
thews, Burgess Jennings. Frank Lau-
der and Frank H. Gleason. all mem-
bers of the Sunny liour class of the
South Norwnlk Congregational Church.
The delegation in attendance from
the South Norwalk Club was: Samuel
M. Alter. Dr. E. H. Jones, George 5.
North and William O. McLean. The
real estate and insurance men of the
city also attended in a body and there
were delegations from the various fra-
ternal organizations of which Mr.
Keep was a membt-r, ‘
Helen Louise larger
The funeral of Helen Louis lame".
lhe infant daughter of .\Ir. and MN
Henry John larger. true held this nf~
li‘illOll from the bottle ou 34 Stuart
avenue. The burial was In the .\'o.'
walk cemetery.
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COAL SHIPMENTS INCREASE.
PHILADELPHIA. March lax—Shh“
from the anthracite
mine of Pennsylvania during February
amounted to 5,812,082 long tons. on in-
crease of 633,650 tons or 12 per cent.
over the corresponding month of 1917.
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breakfast for a few days and ‘your
kidneys will then act fine. This fam-
ous salts is made from the acid of,
grapes and lemon juice. combined
with llthia. and has been used for
generations to 'clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal ame-
ity. also to neutralize the acids in
urine. so it no longer is a EOul‘Ct' of
irritation, thus ending bladder weak-
ness. .
Jad Salts is Inexpensive, cannot in-
jure; makes a delightful cfieri‘ez'ccu'
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take new and then to keep
the kidneys clean and active. Dru:-
glsta here say they sell lots of Jed
Salts to folks who believe in over
coming kidney trouble while it is
only trouble.-—-Adv.
sending uniforms to the laundry and
this rule will probably excite much
ml.
The use of intoxicating liquors or
cigarettes to excess is covered by the
rules and the manager of each club is
to he the sole judge in such cases. in-
jurles received by players whenno'.
in the service of the club will make
them liable to loss of salary for the
period during which they are inoap'sc
itated.
In cases where players are expell-
cd, penalties shall not be put into ef-
fect until passed upon by the Board
of Directors. This rule had its origin
in the McGraw case last season.
.—
NlNE MEN HURT
WHEN DALLOON FALL“
\talve Goes Wrong and Bag Drops
3,200 Fee.
TEMPE. 'l‘ex., March 14.—»Captaln ii.
ll. l‘ournler of San Antonio suffered a
severe scalp wound; (‘adet’ G. W.
Adams :1 broken leg and Cadet l1. ll
Hartley a sprained back when the hal-
loon in which they were makilz; a
trial flight from San Antonio fell from
an altitude of 3,20» let-t near Killecn.
this county, yesterday.
Six other men. whose name:- coull
not. be obtained, were in the basket
of the balloon. All suffered more or
less serious injuries.
Something went wrong
valve in the top of the gas bag. it was
said. when the balloonlsts attempted
a landing. 'Tllc crew was unable- tl
close the vent and the balloon dropped
at an estimated speed of thirty feet a
second. As the bag neared the ground
ballast was thrown out in an effort to
brink the balloon ynder control. All
the Injured men were taken to San
will! ll.t.
. 1 Antonio last night.
DYNAMITE AT HOG ISLAND.
WASHINGTON. March its—Enough
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dynamic to blow up half the gi‘vn‘.
' shipyard at Hog Island was found
there during February. Dudley R. Kau-
nedy. manager of the industrial Rela-
? tlons Department. today told the Sm
ate investigating committee and
Secret Service men have been unable
'to find who placed it there; '
YALE AVIATOR DROWNED.
NEW HAVEN. March li.—-i.. if.
Macnaughton. who was drowned after
a fall of his seaplane yesterday, was
a member of the Yale cl In of 1918.
and left college to join the United
States Naval Reserves last. fall. going
to Palm Beach with a squad of candl-
dates for the svition section. Ills
home We in Fort Edwards, N. Y.
VOTE 70 00 ON STRIKE.
MOBILE. Ala, march 1t.—3letal
trades workers in the shipyards here
voted today to strike Monday unless
they are given an immediate increase
in wages. Their demands are in the
hands of the Shipbuilding Labor Ad-
justment Board at Washington, which
is working out a general Gulf coast
shipyard wage scale. The question of
's strike also is before the unimln
'other Gulf coast cities butldlngmbips.
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OUT THIS OUT IT IS WORTH
MONEY.
Don't miss this. Cut this slip. en-
,close with So and mail it to Foley k
3 Co.. 2835 shemeld avenue. Chicago. Ill.
'writing your name and address clear-
Ely. You will receive in return a trial
: package containing Foley's Honey and
lTar Compound for coughs, cold-s, and _’ ‘
'croup; Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in
sides and back; rlleumalirnl, back.
ache.'kidney and bladder ailments:
and Foley Cathartic Ttablets. a whole-
some and thoroughly cleansing cathar-
tic for constipation. blilousnoss. head-w
ache and sluggish bowels. Stillson,
Powell Corporation.
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