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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
11
The New York Sun quoted Washington officials stating that major league owners planned to suspend operations in 1919. Gen Crowder may classify ball players with actors for wartime exemptions, a move unlikely to be granted. Baseball could counter war morale, and owners should be able to field two leagues if needed.
Alick Wickham, a Solomon Islander and Sydney tramway worker, jumped 205 feet in a Sydney water carnival for war relief in New South Wales. He admitted fear atop the high platform before plunging into the pool below the 200 foot mark.
Major General Leonard A Wood takes command of the western division and is reassigned to Camp Funston Kansas. The War Department contemplates placing Wood in charge of an American army to aid Italy in the war effort.
A diver, shaken by fear of cowardice, chooses to perform and plunges in. He remains conscious for 150 feet, then blacks out. Wickham hits water hard, loses consciousness for over 10 minutes, and is carried from the pool bleeding from multiple wounds with his swimsuit torn along one side.
A New York World writer criticizes National League president Tener for reversing umpire calls including a St Louis versus Brooklyn game. The piece notes Tener’s ruling that a runner cannot leave the base path, arguing it would eject many runners and suggesting Tener umpire from the Tower.
Former Cubs star Joe Tinker, now Columbus club president, is seen as a leading candidate to manage the St Louis Americans. Other contenders include Jimmy Austin Leslie Nunamaker and Jimmy Burke. Backers include Phil Ball and Ban Johnson after Fielder Jones resignations.
New York report notes Patsy Cline pressing Benny Leonard for a title bout while Harry Pollock accuses promoter Billy Gibson of stalling. Cline, praised for beating Jackson and Dundee, seeks a 20 round world lightweight title fight with Leonard amid talk of a Welsh return and Britton booking.
Wm T Lopp of the Alaska division cites surplus male reindeer available annually and a government program that has transformed natives into skilled herders. Of 98 582 reindeer in Alaska 67 448 are owned by 1 568 Eskimos, with meat valued at 1 686 200 dollars and nourishment comparable to beef.
A Colorado colonel suffers a severe toothache and hires a station cowhand to pull the tooth. The cowboy initially threatens drastic, brutal methods, then backs off and mocks the man. After a risky chase across the prairie, bullets fly but miss, and the toothache is cured by the cowboy’s comic taunt.
The article explains that grotesquely bent tree trunks in forests result from the weight of accumulating snow. Foresters note that in mountainous and heavy snowfall regions the snow’s weight twists and deforms trees, producing the odd shapes observers see.
A brief quotation from an Exchange column extols wit over money, noting money may travel far but wit can return a person home. It claims wit plus wisdom outperforms wealth as a guide to life.
Reading hints describe collecting and drying food in groups as a wartime effort. A book issued by the National War Garden Commission in Washington, D. C., offers free instructions, available for 2 cents to cover postage.
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