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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1917
Page
3
The exemption boards found many athletes unfit for service. Wrestler Earl Craddock Tommy Gibbons Heinie Groh and others were ruled physically unfit. Flat feet deformed hands and poor footwear contributed to disqualifications among players in various sports.
Bill Brennan, former Federal league umpire, says his warning to Howard Ehmke about the emery ball helped the Detroit Americans ace drop the trick and rely on genuine stuff. Brennan cites Ehmke’s success after abandoning the illegal delivery.
Joe Higgins of the Irish American Athletic Club in New York is hailed as Mel Sheppard's successor in middle distance. Trained at Holy Cross, Higgins ponders whether to focus on the mile or the 1000 yard event or both, weighing his distance specialty.
In 1910 Grover Cleveland Alexander, star pitcher of the Philadelphia Nationals, was bought from the Syracuse club for 500 dollars. The next season Pittsburgh paid 22,500 dollars for Marty O'Toole from St Paul. Alexander became a gem, O'Toole faded, illustrating the risk of buying pitchers.
Hughie Jennings avoids conflict with umpires on coaching lines and accepts close calls without dispute. He requires the same restraint from his team and once reprimanded a player for kicking after a tight decision. Jennings believes kicking does not pay.
Scout George Davis influenced St. Louis Browns to hire Trinity College captain Ted Murray as an infielder and heavy hitter. They also added pitcher Moyneaux who traveled west with the club. Davis serves as coach and has long friendship with Jones dating to 1906 White Sox title season.
Secretary of War Newton D Baker announces strong opposition to holding the Army Navy football game this year. He says both West Point and Annapolis should focus all energy on wartime training and graduation plans, not athletics, even to raise a war fund. He cites disruption to training and the natural strain between the academies.
Ray Caldwell is considered for the Yankee outfield following a precedent of pitchers turning outfielders. The list includes Elmer Smith Jimmy Ryan Cy Seymour Mike Donlin Dave Robertson Harry Walter and Walter Thornton, all former pitchers who became successful outfielders. Caldwell is described as a natural hitter and fast.
Cleveland manager Lee Fohl says he will be glad when games have three umpires. He praises the three-umpire system as far ahead of the two-umpire arrangement and says there is no comparison between them.
Grosvenor Clarkson secretary of the council of national defense stands as a young man aged by war effort. He rose from Des Moines newspaper work to New York advertising and public relations before joining the council. His day blends demands from war administrators with duties of choosing the right men for the right tasks. He keeps a steady hand on public sentiment while finding time for tennis to relieve the strain.
The city shifts from male attendants to girls at soda stands amid a shortage of male "jerkers." Advertisements rise as workers join the draft and other trades lure youth away. Authorities note eight hour limits and potential long term changes in service staffing.
Charles Ayer Whipple, a New York and Boston artist, works in the capitol rotunda on a proposed continuation of the Brumidi Costaggini frieze. The plan would extend the circle with episodes like the locomotive, steam travel, electricity, Cuba’s freeing, the Panama Canal, and aviation, with removable sections if Congress rejects the project.
Infallible signs of autumn drift through the national capital as residents note yellow overcoats, fallen leaves, and pumpkin displays in lunchrooms. A Washingtonian recalls last season's World Series dope and chilly afternoons, joking that summer must be ending as fall approaches.
Mrs Milf ord T Cum oe of 822 Harmony St Penns Grove reports relief from irregular menses and pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims improvement from displacements and inflammation and urges other women to use the remedy as evidence of its efficacy.
The 1905 law separated church and state in France ending public funding of clergy salaries and transferring worship buildings to religious associations. By 1910 new measures required state authorization for religious associations and banned monastic groups without a specific law. Of 753 unrecognized groups, 448 sought authorization, most of which was refused.
A. P. Taylor reports that plantations on Oahu use three time standards solar, standard, and railway. The Hilo Sugar company moves clocks ahead 30 minutes, Pahala shifts 40 minutes, and most plantations range 15 minutes to one hour ahead. A uniform time may be adopted.
A dialogue excerpt shows a transition from interest in food control to appetite control. The speaker indicates they've moved beyond issues of safety to focus on managing desire and hunger. No dates or organizations are present.
A terse reflection asks which person is truly impoverished when wealth lacks other goods, suggesting true richness lies beyond money through virtue and fulfillment.
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