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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
4
Secretary Baker ruled baseball players must seek work or face induction, expanding the draft to entertainers. He said baseball is a wartime business and players are capable of other productive labor, denying exemption and upholding local boards. Navy enlistment notes follow with Mauries J. Ron from Philadelphia.
John J. Mc Graw plans a big league squad to travel to Paris for games against former pros now in the army of Rav y. Johnny Evers, ex Cubs manager and Knights of Columbus official overseas, said the nucleus includes Alfe pitcher Gowdy catcher Milser Cleveland and Evans of Cleveland at first and third base. He will finalize the rest upon arrival in France. Evers has packed his old Cubs uniform for the trip.
Chicago July 19 Tan Johnson president of the American League declared the fate of baseball at risk as players aged 21 to 31 could be sidelined by the work or fight order. He said the issue will be settled by administration and warned the league may see major disruptions with potential park closures if players must cease play.
The article notes the forthcoming World Series finale between the American League and National League champions. President Wilson weighs in as Frazee of the Boston club is involved in tonight’s developments.
Benny Leonard promotes a national aviation committee event aimed at supplying equipment and training for aviation camps across the United States. He plans to box as part of the stage fundraising effort, supporting soldiers and the military training program.
An American war front essay notes how clergy and lay ministers in France adapt religion to frontline life. They abandon home church rigidity for practical faith, with ministers serving soldiers, sharing cigarettes, tobacco, and canteen meals while offering sincere, human guidance amid danger.
A wartime reflection questions if clergy shape soldiers' consciences. An Indian soldier in battle deserts prison, fights across No Man's Land, seeking redemption. The piece notes postwar America may become conservative or dynamic, depending on seizing opportunities, and honors those who served in Europe as war persons who serve God by aiding others.
Navy pitcher Ed Ptetzer held Chicago to two hits and blanked Brooklyn 2 to 0. Brooklyn tallied both runs on a small string of hits. Comstock scattered Pittsburgh hitters in a 0-2 Philadelphia loss. Boston snapped a four-run lead to beat Cincinnati 6 to 4. Ames outpitched Sallee as Cardinals beat Giants 5 to 2. Athletics fell to rain delay in Philadelphia 2 to 0 over Cleveland. Cobb missed train after injuring yesterday, Boston beat Detroit 6 to ?. Washington rallied in the ninth to top Chicago 6 to 5. New York and St Louis game postponed by rain. two games rescheduled.
London reports the transport Barunga was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine with no casualties among aboard. Barunga, a 4,828 ton steamer built in Flensburg, measured 482 feet by 62 feet by 29 feet and formerly named Sumatra. In Washington, Second Lieut Joseph B Wilson and First Lieut Charles Jandrenis had their court martial dismissal commuted to three months confinement in camp. Also, 21 American Red Cross ambulance drivers were awarded the Italian cross of war for bravery in the Austrian offensive.
An Anchor Line steamship named Elysia of 6397 tons gross was sunk by a German submarine on May 22 in the Mediterranean while carrying cargo from the Far East. The vessel was part of a convoy of 22 ships and the crew were saved. Other items report Coventry rent strikes, mobilization plans for physicians, and the death of naval aviator Lieut Souther near East Greenwich.
Saratoga Springs July 19 delegates adjourned a Republican state convention after a tense session. Theodore Roosevelt’s entry remained uncertain yet likely. A prominent banner from the national woman’s party demanded Wadsworth support for federal suffrage, and Miss Mary Garrett Hay chaired the resolutions committee that produced a pro war and pro suffrage platform. The session closed with three states ratifying unity notes, Delaware New Jersey and Georgia.
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