BEST SEASON AS BIG LEAGUE PITCHER KING OF i Commander of Army One of Our YoHngest l Camps at Petersburg BRITISH PENETRATE Brigadier Generals of In- dians, Hits Bail Hard.

Outclasses Shortfielders in Other GO THROUGH LINE IN FLANDERS Things Besides Batting—Ability to TO DEPTH OF OVER MILE- Sacrifice Makes Him Invalu- ALL OBJECTIVES REACHED. able Player.

Ray Chapman of the Cleveland In- SEVERAL VILLAGES TAKEN dians, has usurped the crown for being the hardest hitting in the major leagues, taking the honor away from Arthur Fletcher of the Giants, Further To the South, Camc-ron Cov- Where There Had who has enjoyed the distinction ever ert, Been Much since of the Pirates, Hard Fighting, Was Left in the Rear—British slipped back a few years ago. Losses Light. Moreover, Cbnpman is outclassing the shortfielders in other things besides hitting. He has stolen more bases than London.—Field Marshal llaig has any man in either league, leading both begun a new offensive east of Ypres. and Max Carey. He Is easily The official statement from British the most valuable all-round shortstop ! headquarters in France issued says in the game on this year’s record. that the British attacked on a wide They can talk about Maranville, Ban- front and are making satisfactory croft and Pecklnpaugli and Fletcher as progress. A number of prisoners al- the king of shortfielders. But you can- ready have been taken. not put In the balance a .245 or even a Field Marshal Haig's foreee in the .260 batting average with one better offensive to. the east of Ypres in some thnn .300 by a little superlative fielding, places have penetrated the German particularly when the .300 hitter is a j lines to a depth of one mile and have very capable fielder himself. overrun the crest of the Passehen- Chapman is not only the leading bat- I daele-Gheluvelt ridge. ter of the major leagues this year The British already have penetrat- ThU Is Gen. Charles McKinley among the shortstops, a remarkable ed well beyond the hamlet of Broad- Brig. Saltzman, assistant chief of the avia- base runner and a great scorer. seinde,- In which lie the crossroads tion A. formed by the highways between section. Signal corps, D. S. General is one of the Zonnebeke and Moornled Saltzman yoang- Gen. Adelbert Cronkhlte, com- and Pas- MaJ. est officers ever appointed to the grade mander of Lee, Va schendaele and Beclaire. Camp Petersburg, of brigadier general. General Cronkhlte has been serving it Further to the south, Cameron cov- the Panama Canal zone. ert, where there had been much bard fighting, was left well in the rear. The northern wing of the onrushing GERMANS SUFFER British troops was battling forward EDDIE CICOTTE, WHITE SOX STAR TWIRLER. SAYS I.W.W. LEADERS within a short distance of Poeicap- STINGING DEFEAT Eddie Cicotte, premier pitcher of the , Is thirty-three pcle. It had a footing on the famous IN NATIONAL ARMY Gravenstafel which years old, having been born on June 19. 1S84, at Detroit. It has been through ridge, juts out from the Passcheudaele Uis effectiveness as a twirler that President owes his suc- ridge to the GRIEVOUS LOSSES IN MEN ALONG cess this more than to other on the team. vest, and had crushed through tho THE YPRES FRONT—COUN- year any player Chicago IT IS THOUGHT SEVERAL INDICT- Rival clubs have howled long and persistently about Cicotte's Zonnebeke-Broadseinde ridge, which TER A TTACKS FAIL. pitching ED MEN ARE NOW IN TRAIN- is an of the this season. They have charged him with everything they could think of in integra' part Pasc$w>n- ING CAMPS. the line of unfair tactics on the mound, but up to date no one has been able daele-Gheluvelt chain. on Between the village of Broadseinde, to prove that he has employed illegal methods. Cicotte’s work the rubber British Front in France and Bel- of the defense of the this on the north, and Noordenhoek. mere has been the outstanding feature Chicago club gium.—Two more counter-attacks Chicago.—Search for alleged I. W. than a mile to the south, the British season. were attempted by the Germans leaders named in indictments here are the crest of the in holding ridge against the British lines between the was made in various army canton- the face of heavy counter attacks. northeast corner or Polygon wood and ments where, it is learned, several of Prisoners are coming in much more YANKEE CAPTAIN IS CHASED BETTER PLAYERS IN FUTURE the Menin road, but as in the case of the men sought are national ser- rapidly and in greater numbers than jn three heavy assaults made during the Soils Career American Will Learn vice. A careful check of all the reg- in the last push. Long Boys day the enemy was smashed by ar- Game Under Instruc- istered men is now being made by Everywhere the British have done by Being Ejected From Game Competent tillery and rifle fire. tors on the federal authorities, who say it will splendidly in one of the most in Tiger Town. Playgrounds. preten- Hard local fighting occurred at be matter of a short time until tious offensives on this only a attempted “Cameron House.“ where the Ger- who was re- A all of the 166 indicted men are under front. The attack was launched un- i Jtoger Peckinpaugh. prominent major league mans forced the British back slightly, moved from a recent at Detroit made the assertion that base- arrest. der heavy clouds and with a mist fol- game recently but with the exception of two small for on ball of the future would be Immeas- Officials here attach significance to lowing a light drizzle. by McCormick, kicking posts lost in this area the British line his benefited If the the of the indicted men in An unusual feature of the battle was base, drew the first ejection since urably playground sys- presence remains intact. tem reaches the of all of whom are said that near Zonnebeke three German connection with the . high plane develop- the cantonments, The Germans also attacked during He was not removed for anything that ment to which It is destined to rise if to have gone into service without divisions, which had been ordered to _ the night south of the YpresRouIers good sportsmen will keep their shoul- claiming exemption. One of the retake positions captured by the Brit- Railway near Zoimebeke, but were re- ders to the wheel. charges made in the indictment is ish last week, were caught in the Ray Chapman. pulsed This leader of ball based his "the of certain efforts of British as were prepar- players discovery barrage they The last 24 hours have been bitter statement upon the fact that as base- man in the I. W. W. to create among the reg- ing to advance. but has become the most adept ones for the enemy along the Ypres ball is one of the diversions of istered men a feeling of disloyalty leading the game in the use of the sacriiice. battle front. No. only have the Ger- the who makes use of the sacrifice has made and insubordination." Pacifists Aid Enemy. youth play- Chapman’s ability to mans suffered a stinging defeat, but will learn America’s na- Some of the evidence used by the Minneapolis, Minn.—John Barrett, | grounds, they him invaluable in the second position this defeat has been accompanied by tional game under the best Federal Grand Jury in obtaining true director general of the Pan-Amerlean possible of the Cleveland batting order. grievous losses in men. The tremen- conditions. They will have it drilled The of bills, given out by the federal author- Union, in an address to students of base-running ability the Cleve- dous fire to which they were subjected into them in most cases the com- shows that it was contained Stanley Hall School, said that an out- by lander Is the more remarkable because ities, by the artillery, rifles and machine petent instructors that are assigned to in letters and pamphlets, standing feature of the German pro- of the fact that two years ago he in- principally guns was a revelation even to those playground directing, and they will thousands of which were distributed paganda in the Southern republics if jured his knee so badly that it was accustomed to watching the marvel- the wide circulation of b* also gain their knowledge of the game cause his retirement over the country. speeches feared it might ous work of the great British war under the methods. a book sent William I). "men like Senator LaFolette and Pres- proper disciplinary from baseball. It did handicap him se- From by machine. The real success in any line of sport secretary-treasurer, to Du- ident Townley of the Nonpartisan verely last year. In fact, Wambsganss Haywood, In the face of the immense strength comes from its pursuit under compe- to be translated int" Fin- League. was thought to have supplemented him luth, Minn., of the British artillery, the Germans tent direction and with the proper dis- at for the In- nish, the following was taken: permanently shortstop in their desperation essayed some- cipline exercised. This viewpoint is dians. "We are going to take over the in- Says Guynemer Killed. thing which they must have known worthy of thought. If it holds good of dustries some for three very good Canadian Army Headquarters In A hitting shortstop has been a rarity day would result in reverses unless some baseball, it also follows that the same reasons. Because we nee^ *hem. be- France.—A German airman brought since the pussing of Wagner. Fletcher wholly unforeseen contingency arose. result will be attained in tennis, track we want them and because we down wounded and taken prisoner, has been ttte only shortflelder of the cause They gambled against great odds and athletics and other sports, apd that the have the to get them. Whether said that Captain Guynemer, the la big leagues to make any pretense at power they paid for it in lives. next will be far mous French air whose late generation superior to we are justified or not, is fighter, hitting until Chapman's rise. ethically South of the Menin road, in the the present in all athletics. concern." has been uncertain since he disappear- not our neighborhood of the Tower Hamlets A letter from James Rowan, sent ed behind the Teuton lines, was kill- battle ground it was quiet during the LONG DRIVE IS SATISFYING with a German from Seattle, Wash., under date of ed in battle, airplane. PLAYS UNDER MANY LEADERS night. North of the YpresRouIers Buynemer was buried, the prisoner August 2, to Haywood, says: the German Golfer le More Than Pleased When said, behind the front line. Railway artillery played Clever Guardian of First “We have the good will of the Ger- just Hoblitzell, Ball Goes 200 Ysft-ds heavily on the Brtish front areas. Th" Straight here and we feel that they Sack for Red Sox, Most Man- man people correspondent visited Westbrook Down the Field. Know When war in are in with our cause. We Began. aged Player Game. sympathy ridge and the region near Zonnebeke, do not call them Germans, however, Washington.—April 6, 1917, the What is the secret of the drive where the artillery activity was in- long to them the same as to oth- date President Wilson signed the war Dick Hoblitzell, the clever guardian but refer tense. In the game of golf? That it is not is fixed as the of the initial sack of the Red ers, the fellow workers. resolution, formally Sox, British guns of all calibres were entirely due to physical power has been date of the of the war Roger Peckinpaugh. holds the record ns the most managed “We are going to carry our points legal beginning proven, but the answer proves the keeping up their ceaseless thunder to every industry on with Germany, in an opinion by the player in baseball. Hobby is playing if we have stop for he because he threw his most elusive Ot things when one seeks and every German shell landed in said, but glove his tenth in the this Pacific coast. We did not de- judge advocate general of the amy. year majors spring the this zone were back scores. to Indicate of the to drive it to its lair. Let one say matters to hurling down, disapproval ntid is under his seventh five war and we have not consented Many army relating pay, manager, clare There is no doubt that the decision. what he will about the feeling of sat- claims for punish- of whom were with Cincinnati. Hobby to the workman giving up his liberty allowances and property over a ment being dealt out to the Germans of the isfaction mashie pitched well settled on The exile Is field captain began under John Ganzel in 1908, play- and being drafted.” lost in war service must be to the green, or a long iron sent speed- is tremendous. Every prisoner taken Yankees, and his record is an excel- ed under the next from the book sent this ruling. year, Another excerpt admits that and to be this He ing toward the flag, or even the putt ! appears glad lent one, In view of position. watched Hank O'Day take the reins Duluth, said: of 20 feet that lands in the by Haywood to to be in the hands of the British. also is one of the greatest shortstops cup—when Soldiers Must Get Mail. all this is said and there is no "Is a strike contemplated by tlffc In either league. “Peck” has not done, make sure that workers—those of Washington.—To exhilaration in golf most indispensable K. Gould a missed an Inning of any game this quite comparable American troopers abroad get their Sergeant. with that wMch follows a drive well the alimentary traaes? A quart of season until being put out by the ar- letters from home, 150 postal clerks Camp Dix. Wrightstown, N. J.— over 200 sent down the kerosene or other greasy and malodor- bitrator. Walter Plpp is now the only yards straight will be sent to France and the War Kingdon Gould, a private in the Na- middle of the field. ous matter, poured or smeared on the Yankee who can boast that he has has orders that aU tional has received his first welcome Department given Army, There is an to one must level of an oven—and the played every round this season. approach It, transports bound toward the battis promotion. He will be named as a in the exultation that succeeds scabs and scabby soldiers to come and admit, front shall carry all the accumulated member of the headquarters company. a brassle shot of 200 or bake the bread. yards more, mail available, and thus keep the ser- The appointment will carry with it PARIS TO BE BOXING CENTER for there Is certain surprise mingled “The bread will be uneatable be- vice up to the last minute. the rank of first sergeant. with delight at picking the ball out of cause the ovens will give the bread ^ That Is Prediction of Dick Klegin, In- the at least a month the foul odor of grass and sending it on its way for Is III. Promoter— Dr. Michaelis Fears An Air Raid. \ ternational Pugilist like a and the element of sur- the substance they have absorbed. Re- bullet, Amsterdam—A Berlin telegram to 's' Game la Popular. prise is lacking in the drive where the sult: A useless oven.” London.—The Wilhelmshaven Tago- the Rheinnische Westfallsche Zeitsng teed ball a cer- blatt publishes two pages of advice presents suggestion of that the state of health war is over of Essen says j “When the European which is not to be found out warning the people against possible tainty Broad Power To Wilson. the German chancellor, Dr. Mi- things have settled down to some- of air raids by the entente aviators. *Vand on the fairway. Still the tee shot much to be de- Paris will the Washington.—After a call at the chaelis, "leaves very thing like normal, be begins the play of the hole, the senti- center the world has White House, Senator Lewis said he sired.” *y 'greatest boxing ment that “well begun Is hulf done” Torpedo Boat Contract. This is the will propose passage of a bill giving ever known.” prediction cannot but be associated with the in- San Francisco.—The Union Iron the full power to do any- No Duty On Smokes. made by Dick Klegin, international since is president itial shot, if it poorly made, sent to American Works of San Francisco has been pugilist promoter. thing during the recess of Congress Pari9.—Tobacco there is a handicap established at once henceforth awarded a contract for the construc- that be called for by any emer- or other allied soldiers “They appreciate boxing to the full- that must be overcome in the succeed- may boat France free of duty. tion of 40 torpedo destroyers. est In the French And gency. will enter great capital. Dick Hoblitzell. ing shots. don't for a moment think that the To Paris. Another Cries Forgery. French republic will not produce some from Griff, saw Tinker follow O'Day World’s Cycling Record. More Ruthlessne6s. No Delegation a conference be- Baltimore, Md.—Former Congress- great men, too,” he added. and- then went through with part of Thomas Kennedy of the Empire City London—According to a Central Washington.—At Wilson and members man Frank O. Smith of the Fifth “Oarpentler Is not the only great Charley Herzog’s administration, after Wheelman broke the world’s cycling News dispatch from Fetrograd, 55u tween President House If. Maryland district denounced as a “for- have had. He naturally which he was sent to the Red Sox un- Russians to the Socialist, of the Senate and Foreign tighter they record for 100 miles recently at the belonging the letter it was decided that gery from start to finish." attracted the most attention because der Corrigan. This year he is playing Sheepshead Bay motor speedway by Lettish and other political organiza- fairs Committees from which was found at Wichita, Kan., in he was a big fellow and hud a meteoric under Jack Barry. distance in 4 hours 33 min- tions have been hanged by the Ger- no official delegation Congress riding the of Dr. sent to Europe fer the present the effects George Bartnelina, career. He canie up practically from utes and 37 seconds, mans since their occupation of Riga. will be clipping nearly the former Washington correspond- a featherweight, fighting his way Mack Praises Two Cardinals. 24 minutes off the best previous mark. at least. ent of the Cologne Gazette. through all the classes as he took on Connie Mack recently declared that -- One Finance Committee. weight Cruise and Hornsby of the Cardinals Leonard’s Yearly Earnings. of a single Russia’s Big War Bill. Washington.—Creation Crisis. were the s war Sweden Faces “England always has boasted of Its finest-looking young players Lightweight boxing champion Bepny House committee to control all ap- Fetrograd.—Russia expenses 14 amounted to London.—Advices received here in- great boxers, but that nation will have in baseball. He predicted that Horns- Leonard has earned $84,000 in the last for the period of the war. up to September 43,- propriations that Sweden is on the some to hold its own with the would attain the same which be beat roe' es, according to the dicate verge to step by eventually year, during Freddie Is proposed in a resolution Introduced 000,000,000 war.” of excellence voted Jack of a ministerial crisis. French after the degree Barry. Walsh and stopped Johnny KJlbane. by Representative Fitzgerald, finance mln’-str;.