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10 ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL 20. 1918. 5 News of Sporting World ENTRIES ARE CLOSED PROSPECTS FOR THE MARYVILLE TRACK MEET ARE EXCELLENT.

Oratorical Contest Next Friday Night Track Meet on -Both Central and Benton Will Enter Teama, -Maryville Has Good Team. Special to The News- Press. MARYVILLE, April The entires for the annual Northwest Missouri Inter-High School tract meet in Maryville April closed on Friday. The program will be made up early next week. Prospects are good for a fine meet this year.

Under the new fication there are several more schools enrolled in class A and it la expected that this will make competition for the class A cup keener than for several seasons. The first of the contesta will be Friday night at 8 o'clock in the normal school auditorium, These will be the contests in debate and extemporaneous speaking. The sub-district contests in these events are being held on Saturday, April 20, in seven sub-districts. Saturday morning there will be the preliminary heats in the track events which will need elimination heats, and in the afternoon will come the track meet proper. Contests Saturday Night.

Saturday night at o'clock in the normal auditorium the annual contests in oratory and declamation will be held. The subdistrict preliminaries for these events are also being held Saturday night. The Maryville high school, has the best track team this year that has ever repre vented the school, Interest is keen and a squad of twenty-five men have been working every night several weeks. Only che veteran of last year's team. Ralpo Yehle, 18 school this year.

Yehle, who is holder of the track record in the hop, step and jump, has equaled his own mark of 42 feet 84 inches this year and expects to. better. it in the meet. He has also high jumped 5 feet 4 inchea, lack. ing three-fourths of an inch of equaling the record, and run the 100-yard dash clese to the record time.

Among the pew men Allan and Davenport are showing up well, Allan: in' the Meld events and Davenport in the 200 and' dashes. Maryville will also have a fast relay team this year and are going to show Central a fast race. BOSTON WINS BOTH GAMES, Yankees Drop Pair to Superior ForceWashington Defeats Connie Mack's Team in Close Game. Ruth and Agnew. WASHINGTON WINS GAME.

BOSTON, April 30-Boston took both morning and afternoon holiday games from New York. Bush pitched his first same for Boston yesterday morning. belding New York to four hits and won 2 to 1. Ruth was hit hard in the second game, but poor support given the New York pitcher, Herbert Thormahlen, enabled Boston to win, 9 to 5. Scores by innings: Near York.

Boston Batteries Thormahlen, Beck and Hannah: WASHINGTON, April 20. Washington defeated Philadelphia, 1 to 0, In a pitching duel between Avers and Greas. Greas's only base on balls, Shotton's single an error by Shannon filled the bases in the ninth and Shanks' bit decided the game. Scores by innings: Philadelphia Washington Batteries- and McAvoy: Ayers and Ainamith. RECRUIT WINS THE GAME.

Phillies Defeat Braves When Meusel Hits Ball Into Left Field Bleachers for Homer, PHILADELPHIA, April -MetRel, a Philadelphia recruit. hit Hughes' firat pitched ball to him for a drive into the left field bleachers in the tenth ning and beat Boston. 4 to Ordinarily the drive would have counted as a home run, but Whitted scored the winning run from first base, which he had gained on Rawlings fumble. In the seventh Pitcher Hughes drove a homer into the bleachers, but in the same inning, Captain Luderas, for the locals, lined the ball over field fence, searing two runners ahead of him and tying the score. Scores by Innings: Boston Philadelphia 0 1--4 Batteries- -Hughes and Henry: Prendergast and Burns, GIANTS MAKE IT THREE.

NEW YORK, April -The New York Giants made it three straight from Brooklyn, winning the last game of the series, 7 to Scores by innings: Rrooklyn New 41 0 Batteries and Krueger: Mallee and BRUBAKER HERE TONIGHT. Shortstop of Local Club Will Come Ready for Work--Other Deals Are Now Pending. Brubaker, the shortstop who is expected to held down that position throughout the season with the Saints, will arrive here tonight, according word received today. He has been working out at his home in Michigan and says that he will be ready to step on the field the moment he arrives. Kirkham also is to arrive tonight.

Yesterday Paul- Gregory, pitcher with the Lincoln team last year. was signed and not thirty minutes later a telegram was received notifying the club that Gregory had been accepted in the draft, and ordered into the service at once. Manager Daniela took his men to the Y. M. for a brief workout this fore.

noon. SNOW DELAYS GOLF MEETS. Local Clubs Had Planned Big Events for This Afternoon- Quiet Day With the Golfers. Snow this morning, following the rain of yesterday, put a decided crimp in the program of the local golf clubs for the day. At each of the three clubs elaborate plans for play had been made.

It was announced today that the Green Hills Club will be formally dedicated and the clubhouse officially opened about May 10. The Highlands Club also. will hold formal dedication of its new home about the same time, STANDING OF THE TEAMS, NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L.

Pet. W. Ta Pet. New 0 1800 a st. .500 Cincinnati 661 Boston.

Phil delphia .667 Pittsburgh. .400 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W.

Pet. 1400 Washington 1 0 1040 New 8t. Louis. .500 Detroit .460 ,500 Phil delphia 0 .000 Today's Schedule. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Chicago at Cincinnati Pitteburch at St. Louis Boston at New Yerk. Brookiyn at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. New Fork at Boston, Philadelphia at Washington, Detroit at Chicago, St Louis at Cleveland.

STUPPYS WIN EASILY. Take Game in Automatic League From Veterinarians by Wide MarginSchaaf High Man. Stuppys had no trouble in defeat(The the Veterinarians in the Automatic Baseball League last night by wide margin. Schaat was high man with a score of 121 for the five games. The score: STEPPY FLORALS.

W. E. Dorrel. 28 Quiek. Echaaf.

Total ST. JOSEPH VETS. W. 12 16 13 10 17 26 43 118 A. 15 13 72 J.

19 16 18 71 Total STUPPYS PLAY AT TROY. First Game of the Season With Out-of-1 Town Team--Lineup Practically That of Last Year. The Stuppys are scheduled to play in Troy, tomorrow, this being the first out-of-town game this season for the locale, who are again being managed by William Dorrell. Quick is to pitch. for the Stuppys, with Owens behind the bat.

The Stuppys have practically the same lineup as that of last year, and are considered one of the strongest teams in northwest Missouri. MAY PUT BAN ON FIGHT. Minnesota Publio Safety Commission Considering Advisability of Forbidding Willard-Fulten Bout. ST. PALL, April 20-Col.

C. H. March of the state- public safety commission announced this afternoon the commission would meet next Tuesday to discuss the proposed Willardfight. Colonel March Intimated that the commission would vote on the question of allowing the contest to take place in Minnesota. "Public sentiment can control the situation." said Colonel March, when he was asked to comment upon the probable It WAS reported missionioday that Colaction of the onel 1 Miller's fight negotiations probably would be held open until the safety commission announced its stand.

CAMP GRANT WANTS MATCH. Would Have Championship Fight Staged There in Event Minnesota Forbids Affair, ROCKFORD, IL, April 20. -With the consent and indorsement of -Gen. Charles H. Martin, commander at Camp Grant, plans were laid to try to stage the fight between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton at the cantonment on July 4, in case the proposal to hold the bout at St.

Paul and Minneapolis failed. When the proposal was put to General Martin, he said: national army has fostered boxing and we cannot put too much emphasis on the need to foster fighting spirit in this training camp. Camp Grant scema 8 logical place to stage such an affair in war time and it would be splendid thing for manly sport in the division." MANY ENTER TRACK MEET. Eighteen Universities and Colleges Send Men to Compete in Big Meet -Twelve Events. DES MOINES, Iowa, April Track athletes from eighteen universities and colleges of the Middie West gathered here last night in preparation for the annual Drake relay carnival this afternoon in which a number of high schools also AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK SEVENTH AND FELIX GOVERNMENT PROTECTION The Wise Otel HARD LUCK is being encountered by Bert Daniels in the signing of men.

About as soon as a star la signed word comes that he has been accepted in the draft THE WHITE S0X got away, te a rather bad start, but are again showing signs of their old form, and it is only a question of time when they will be out in front in the American League race. THE DODGERS are playing better ball than the critics had predicted, and Manager Robinson is certain that his protorea will finish well up to the race this season. THE GOVERNMENT has notified Chartes Hunter, business manager of the Saints, that no war tax will be charged on the game to be played here between the Fort Leavenworth soldiers and a team of local stare, May 5. The league club gives the use of the park, and the amateurs likewise donate their services. THE DEMPSEY-MISKE FIGHT is attracting almost as great attention as the championship bout between Fulton and Willard, The two men meet in St.

Paul on April 26 in a -round fight. THE MINNESOTA fight commission has waived the no-decision rule for the gO of July 4th, and the referee will be allowed to tell an anxious world who displays the greater skill, Fulton or the present champion. THE SAINTS open at at Des Moines, then play three games Sioux City. After that they return home for six games, and are then absent for three games in Omaha. NOW THE SAFETY COMMISSION in Minnesota bids fair to put the quietus on the plans for the Wallard-Fulton match being held in the Twin Cities.

THE STEPPY FLORALS are taking the field early, and this team bids fair to again establiah a great record among the amateur baseball clubs of this section of Missourt, GROVER ALEXANDER did what any man prose agented to the skies might have been expected to do-stepped in and lost his first game with the Chicago Cuba. HANLON has four applicants for third base position, and from this quartet he will select a man at once. By the way, Nig Stewart, a local boy, is playing A mighty nice game in the practice work at that sack. TOPEKA RELEASES PLAYER. Outfielder Banks Draws His Discharge From Service of the Kaws-More to Follow.

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Roscoe Rhodes of Nebraska University Football Team, Is Notified of His Selection. LINCOLN April 30-Roscoe B. Rhodes, captain-elect of the 1918 football team of the University of Nebraska has received notice to go with the quota of drafted men to Camp: Funston, from Custer County Nebraska, the latter part of this month. His home is at Analey, Neb. AUGIE RETAINS.

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WOMEN ON JURY IN FRISCO. SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. -For the first time in the history of California, a mixed jury of men and women returned first degree murder verdict in the superior court here yesterday. The verdict leaves the trial judge no option but to sentence the defendant, Antonio Pipara, to death. Seven women were on the furs.

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