iernPmAL SECTION RAGES 16,17,18 JVOli. III.-NO. 283 Cimmtg ,-r "Vt - ) 1 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1917 ComtoRT, 1817, t tub r cuo Lisas Commni ALLIES REGAIN GROUND LOST NEAR ST. QUENTIN GOLF STARS WHO COMPETED IN SEMIFINALS AT BALA TODAY A' - ' 1 i, ,.rr -n -- '- i , LATEST ST. LOUIS 0 1 0 0 SPORTS 00 0 10243 ATHLETICSOt)o 0005210 X 881 Oi 00111 and Scvcicld; Schnuer mul Sclmnj;. Connolly nnd HUtlcbrnuil. ST. LOUIS 10 00002 0 1-4 10 1 ATHLETICS WO 00001000-153 Bivcnpoit nnd Scvcreld; Johnson nnd Moycv. lllldcbrnud, Conuolly. PHILLIES 1 1020000 0-4 111 PiTTSB'G ).. 0 0 0 10 2 Alc.:anuer nnd KUlefci; Miller nnd rischcr, PHILLIES 1 0 1 0 0 0 PITTSB-G (2d)..0 10 0 0 0 Ocschgcr nnd Admits; Evans nnd Schmidt. 0 0 03 0 2 lUjjicr nnd Brnnulleld. 0 1 03 0 1 10 0 2 94 lligler nnd Brnnsfleld. PHILLIES WIN DOUBLE-HEADER FROM PIRATES PHILLIES l'i.:! 1. .:.... r h 0 0 2 1 0 (I Cravcili.rf. 1 1 Ludciu!., lb 0 1 Whined, If... .... '0 0 Evcrs, 2b 0 1 Adams, q 0 0 Ocschcer.p 0 ..' a 4 2 8 0 a c 0 0 i 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 r Totals 3 G 27 9 1 PITTSBURGH r h o Jackson. If 0 1 1 Carey, cf 0 14 KIng.rf 0 1 2 Boeckcl,3b 0 0 0 Ward.ss 0 0 5 Pitlcr,2b 0 1 1 Kelly.lb.. ..;.... 2 2 12 Schmidt.c 0 2 2 Evans, p 0 10 Totals a 0 0 0 2 3 S 0 0 5 e 0 0 0 1 ,1 1 1 0 0 2 9 27 18 4 FAST SHIPS CAN MLE U-BOAT, SIMS REPORTS -i nw f. Speed, Good Gunnery and fe 4'A Alorrneis5 Admiral's Remedy -W.fi Alertness Admiral's -. ;m 'k n . K 4 ' .- Vi . SjVNAVY GETS RESULTS ftV WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. Tut ships, well armed with expert gun ttot, modern destroyers patrolling a beat J meth:HcalIy as a policeman at night, tact different courses to ho followed by the merchant fleet on each trip theso aro tho only Immediate and real remedy for tho f nomarlne menace. . vice Admiral Slmms, commanding tho .American overseas fleet, la the authority for "fl 'tytx statement. A completo report by him wallnj with tho operations of his command. on file In the Navy Department today, Is de clared by olllcials to be a "most lemarkablo document." It proves that the modern navy li living up to' the traditions of tho men and ihlps that made this country famous ,n jura gone by. Pressuro now Is being brought to bear on Secretary t tho Navy Daniels to permit publication of this entire t iocuraent. It is likely that parts of It, at !" bast, shortly will bo released for publlca Hon, f j DERTTinVKns' wivr IVOnK 4, ' -MMW UlitllllD, III Ilia ICyUlV) kv.1. I w. -- C operation of the American destroyers tart the submarines. They have done 'ttcellent work. Some submarines have been nk! others have been driven Dack to their IWts on Jhe Belgian coast. Nearly n score missels, American'and Kntente, have been Mecued by the destroyers, who have re poaded to S O S signals and reached the woo of the attack In tlmo to send the Jniy scuttling below the waters, lobbed oithelr prey. Hundreds of Uvea of seamen "Ve been saved. Jn his report Admlrul Slmms makes the .flit Hlla-ftttn .l.n. .1.- l.lnt. u.nci1 tlfll. .r01"1 American destroyers aro keeping the yjnan submarines closa to tneir uabu. While he does not say so, officers of tho Mvy who have studied tho situation de re that the manner In which Slmms has mrlbuted his command In co-opeiatlon with tie British nnrt rnk la fho rpal reason ii f ? German submarines have not at- wmpted to make a campaign on this side of " ocean. They could get out an ngm. offlclals say, but tho . Slmms precaution wOUld lint nlttlif fl.A.n n tra 1 n plr wltllOUt W IfS?" that at this time Germany Is not mc uiing to pay. K.'ho-operations of tho armed American a 5fchant ships also is a wonderful story. ?f,Jn(s is not dealt with in detail by the ad- i i s each Individual gunner-commanuer calces a Oimnlnla rann n Ih flPIArtment JJ tb conclusion of each round trip. These 5k '. uro wnnnem uy the navy, uccauoo !u most valuable to the German navy. '-"icaung no secret, however, to say uw SuoniarlnA nttiro n n na rpnuent u jnan, hai been admitted. Hardly an Amer- '- bttl ha nik..L ... 7 . ... , mu nd TIu ' however. Is for the most part all J,Ul'the merchantman. This is due to the ' 555 tna a General policy Is being followed Si iijz "muiusnip captain, rroin io m i wi he enters tho dancer zone his craft p r J- Contlnaed on l'afe Four, Column Tho , THE WEATHER' BROWNS WIN ANOTHER FROM MACKS C0. L. KLfftDEG DWffPD C. CLJGY Edward Clarey nnd George W. HofTncr, both of Woodbuty. nnd GeorKc C. Klauder, Aronimink, and W. U. Dewees, North Hills, were tho semi finalists in today's biu golf tournament. Above is shown part of gallery following players from the first tee. COMMERCE BODY STUDIES GAS RATE Public Utilities Committee Will Investigate Merits of Reduction Claim POLITICIANS AVOID TOPIC K T. Trigg, president of the Chamber of Commeice. today instructed tho Public Utilities Commlttco of tho Chamber to In vestigate thoroughly the merits of the five-cent gas reduction controversy. This controversy, uhlch Is now engaging the attention of thousands of householders and scores of politicians, big and little. In nil sections of the city, deals with tho ques tion of whether consumers should receive the benefit of a five-cent reduction in gas charges, which will be brought about Janu ary 1. 1918, when the United Gas Improve ment Company Is under contract to reduce U Price to the.clty from eighty cent, t, beventy-flve cents per 1000 cubic feet Now tho consumer pays U Per ou Ccerretlorra. of twenty ve nts will bo lto he city treasury. Mr. Tr tee a ould lnVe8tlgate mlttce of the "; ,on . eery phase oi ' ",v - Continued on n '"'- Voama T" Russia to"Fi7 Munition Workers' Wages llUBSia iu i The Committee PKTROOIUD, Aug. 11. in of National Defense today auojjv ure conferring upon ho jnmtary rwomitKct'orles and to arbl trate differences. WHAT MAY HAPPEN WH IN BASEBALL TODAY , " FOliEOABT "iaS5! PMaMphla anil victnUuFatr '" SSi?fr' and moderata temperatures to- '.LVi ' KNOTn OP DAY f""G ?!, ?T.m.JMoon souths. 7:08 a.m. N7 ..V'"ws vkh, tidi: uiiAnuca .i.'"" CHESTKIIT RTBHBT ?.. . 8:02 Am.ll.nw wntr. .. S:18 0.m. atr..i8daa.m.lUlgh water.. 8.38p.m. TVKV AT JLtCH HOUB HOME RUN GIVES BROWNIES LEAD Jacobson's Circuit Smash Puts St. Louis in Front in Second A'S WIN THE FIRST, 8-2 FRENCH OUST GERMANS IN CHAMPAGNE Win Back Most of Ground Lost to Teutons Near St. Quentin AIRPLANES RAID NANCY ATHLETICS r li o a Jainicson, rf 0 1 1 1 Grover.Zb 0 0 2 4 Bodic.lf 1 1 0 0 Bates, 3b 0 2 2 0 Strunk, cf o 0 2 0 Mclnnis.lb 0 1 14 1 Meyer, c.. -..... 0 0 2 V?itt,5s '. 0 0 14 Jolinsoti.p....... o 0 1 5 STf L.OUIS r h o Shotten.lf 1 0 2 Austin,3b 0 0 1 Sisler.lb 0 3 12 Pratt,2b 0 1 Smith.cf 1 2 Severoid, c 1 2 Jacobson.rf..'. .. 1 1 Lavan, ss 0 1 Davenport, p 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 e 0 0 1 0 J 0 3 '0 4 0 Totals i S27 17 Totals 4 10 27 16 1 -" i -mi Bit n?i I..H ""JL" i. f iSBnSj.:::::::: B U ttSffii-:::.: SS ilonton h" S3 XH H7U B3I B10 Sti 40B 4KB 4 no 321 .IMtt.bursh . .v uoUK .... ""win i-.it p&. nw nzui i; M1H' Club Chkrtso . . Botton ... riecJn . xsrvk na ... York 015 B fl Lai. BIS 010 833 810 041 St BOA ?:L . . im 3 . .49 '.m' BOO fi By ROBEKT W. MAXWELL smni: PARK Aug. 11. Klelder Jones plajed a mean trick on the Macks in the other part of the double bill today when ho dragged out Dashing Pavo Davenport for mound duty. It is just as easy to get hits off Dave as It Is to borrow money from Andy Carnegie, Jones eldently wanted to cop the twilight tilt, and Davcnpoit was used out of turn. The A'h won the first. 8-2. Juggling .Tohn-on was u-ed by tho Macks at tho start and seemed to have nothing but n coat of tan. One run came across in tho first, when Shotton scored on n clu'-Io steal: he renched first on Groers error, was sacrificed to" second and took third on Sisler's hit to Witt. , Fielder Jones reversed his Ilne-up in -pots and put Jacobson in right Held In place of Sloan, moving Jimmy Austin up to Eccond place on me imiuiw ""... FIRST INNING Grover foozled Shotton'a grounder. Aus tin sacrificed. Johnson to Mclnnls. Slsler beat out n hit to Witt, Shotton going to third. Pratt fanned. On a double steal, Shotton scored while Grover juggled Meyer s throw to second to catch Slsler. Witt thiew out Smith. Ono run, ono hit, two errors. T.,.ioUn hi.,! tn smith. Pavenport threw out Grover. Bodle sent a high fly to Shot ton. No runB, no hits, no errors. SECOND INNING Sovereld filed to Strunk. Bates ran to the grand stand nnd caught Jacobson's foui. Lavan was out, Johnson to Grover to Mc lnnls. No runs, no hits, no errors. Bates grounded to Pratt. Austin threw out Strunk. Mclnnls singled to center, but was out trying to stretch it Into a double, Smith to Pratt. No runs, one hit, no error. THIRD INNING Mclnnls got under Davenport's foul. Shotten grounded to Grover. Witt threw out Austin. No runs, no hits no errors. Meyer grounded to Pratt. Witt whiffed Johnson batted like a regular pitcher and also whiffed. No runs, no hits, no errors. FOURTH INNING Slsler sent a -high fly to Strunk. Pratt singled oft Bates' chest, but died stealing. I'ETROGKAD, Aug. 11. The correspondent of the Novoe Jreniya telegraphed from the Riga front today that on the recent visit of the Kaiser to that front he addressed the soldiers, telling them that a peace pact would be signed within three months. PETROGRAD, Aug. 11. The capture of the village of Lunko ica, south of the Truth River, along with 200 Auitro-German prisoners, by the Russians was reported by the War Offico today. PARIS, Aug. 11. The greater part of teh gains registered by the GermanH Thurs day night uero recovered todny, the French o'idal statement declared Spirited lighting north of St. Quentin In the region of Du Fnyet was In progress. Important trenches were reported taken, nlong with prisoners south of All e The trenches wre held against several violent counter-attacks. Following a heavy bombardment along a. three-kilometer front In the Champagne several simultaneous attacks were launched l,y the Germans. The attacking waves wera broken up by tho French fl with heavy losses. With the ewption of fifty-one yards . . t,o ihn si Hermans were thrown out of all their gains. A detachment of German workers were annihilated by a French raiding party In the Casque region. .n air raid on Nancy was reported to have killed none. BRITISH BEAT OFF SIX COUNTER-ATTACKS LONDON, Aug. 11. Violent German counter-attacks were made cast of Ypres In an effort to retake ground captured by the British, Field Mar shal Halg reported today. All were beaten off Six attacks were made by the enemy in the region of Westhoek Ridge, taken early yesterday by the BrltlsK In spite of these attacks, however, the British made further gains along the Trpres-Menln road. "In fierce fighting yesteroay evening ior ground captured earlier In the day, six enemy attacks were beaten back by rifle and artillery, fire," the Hatg report stated. "All positions were held and further NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON. 01100100 CINCNNATI 01000011 Tylci? and Tragcssor; Schneider and WIngo. BROOKLYN 01000010 CHICAGO 1000000O Cndoie nnd Wheat; Carter and Dllhoet'er. NEW YORK 0000 00 00 ST. LOUIS 00210000 Anderson and Earldeu; Goodwin and Gonzales. AMERICAN LEAGUE DETROIT (1st g.).... 00020000 BOSTON 11000140 Daussjmd Yelle; Mays and' Thomas, 2- 5 12 2 1472 1 1- 1 X-r 3 4 0 0 3 0- 2 X- 7 6 1 8 1 Contlnaed on Tate EI.Ten, Column 81x Bex aeore 4. detail ,P.'n,.0rf5LA,tV ilWWf DETROIT (2d g.) 0 0 112 0 BOSTON 0"0 0 0 0 0 Ehtnko and Spencer; Shore and Agnew. CHICAGO : 0 0 0 0 0 0- WASHINGTON 0 1 0 .0 0 0 CIcotto and Schallt; Chaw nnd Alnsmlth. CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK..... 0 0 0 0 10 Klenfer hndO'Neill; Caldwell nnd Nunamaker. .A 1 0 0 2 0- 5 0- 0 0- 2 X 3 0- 4 0- 1 4 0 5 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 72 Contlnaed on Taie Tear. C.Iomn Four Short Circuit Stalls Trolley Cars .nv. of the Philadelphia, Rapid Transli Company wmfatalM for veral minutes this .afternoonln ttt can- .SlOT:Pfij'M&2 ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS Tiftlr Saratoga race, 3-year-olds and up, claiming, purse ?60O, 1 mile-Don, 100, A. Collins, 20 to 1, 8 to 1, 4 to 1, won; Cprlng Song, SO, Wewler, 10 to 1, 4 to 1, S to 1, second; Mother Machree, 00, H. Btillmn, 20 to 1, 8 to 1,4 to 1, third. Tlmo, 1.44. DFWEES WINS BALA INVITATION GOLF V. wSelf of NorUt Hlll, won the final of the Sal uwtta tion golf tournament at Bala this afternoon, defeating ?. W. Jjott- til - ... .! wTl TA iav ner, jumw p """"" r-w. . :rW 4f ,!',"" v "X, tvH PRICE ,TWO,jC DRAFT BOAR! ACCEPT Mi THAN 5000 One-Third of City's Na'tioi Army Quota Already r :.j j a , r AJioieu iur aervicB -v ft TO PARE EXEMPTI'6 r- ej v. MnrA itinn ROnA thllni4atnl.tna "? been listed as members of the now nat army. This number, which represents mop one-third of the city's quota waa lato this afternoon, when fifteen.'!1 boards ended the r dav's work. Altli but fifteen of tho fifty-one boards coiteM physical examinations approximately! men wero examined and or that jhi about 400 were accepted. Although one-thlrd of the Htv' has been reached, a big number of thai cruits will succeed In obtaining exemptk uui me numDer win not be as zrcAt aa'l number of claims would Indicate. h Today It was learnJ that the War- partment has taken a hand to reduce'; emptions to a minimum and alio to about a moro uniform system of graaB uiscnarges. To do this the War ment will arrange to appeal all cxemp ,.tiiin w ,iiv iwu uisirici uoaras. v & ji present tne nity-one local arai do aro working under fifty-one systems , cernlng oxemptlon claims, but all contl versles that arise through this lack',(at system will be obviated by the dlsUhtfcJ Doaras. xneso Doaros win act aa eosNI;s ui uiiiwui- uuu iiui unijr ptiBs upon uie viiijviuii i.iuiiii3 ut'uieu uy iovai uoaru.;! niso review tnose tnat nave been alio In this way every claim, wilt receive '4 Blrteratlqn by one of the district boafj It will be easy for the two boards vise specific rules and regulations gov lng exemptions and as a result no Inju will be imposed upon the members of'l RAlAPtnd nrmv. "t- " . wfv nn Ann A VTTr, wuvw wopff' Jf 1U VrUk.A.. XVIUJl .friEiA. V , 1 The district boards will probably org cany next weex ana get down to i business by Thursday, Their chief cern will be to determine the cases- married men who have asked for dlschara At present the local boards are dlvU on this Ibsuo, but as all these claims be reviewed by the district or appeal 1 every man will have tho satisfaction?! knnwinir that hi. case has been treatseV'l the samo manner as hundreds of other It will be the duty of the district boaM to establish certain uniform rules In S nectlon with all such claims, and apm such rules to every case regardless otitm action of local boards. , ,)J Banner rocrulting districts, of pnua phla have been given credit for thelr,'J .-., , .,. . lit... .. .lk..l(l.. ti.l iriuiiHiu uy me uiiiiiuiy uuuiuiiu.. ; form, of substantial cuts in their j nuotafe. - v& Announcement mad In Harrtabttr the Stato Reelstrat on Bureau shov three of the Philadelphia draft' dl have been greatly benefited In Uiuf of miotaa. The unofficial auotA.j" TMrtriVraHh'Trttfr''Drstrlctr'-whieK prises the Thirty-fifth and ,'FortM wards, irr Kensington, was 301. . a-,i of protest went up from the oitltens,( neaaea oy congressman I'eter xi. i-o this nrote.st wan carried to llarrlsbur Congresman Costelio contended that'll the selective army bill each draft dl was to receive credit for the mimBerj vuuiiuury eiiiiBuucilui ueioie tiuuma iwi;wjj new national nrmy were announced.'' AjtM REVISION CUTS QUOTAS V $ j As a result of this protest a revlston.1l ordered and the quota ofthe Thlrtyfe District was cut'from 301 to 229. The Nh teenth District, with lieadquarters at Thfl ninth street and Lancaster avenue,. henefits, for Its quota,has beeit cut fronts to ii'J. ine most notame cut is in uu i ty-thlrd District, with hcadnuartets at , tleth and. Market streets. The original on of 371 has been cut -to 282. 'ii Slight Increases are noted for the oth draft districts in the new quotas. Ueip thA l.iree number of aliens that I registered and entitled to exemptions, If ih press their claims the quotas In the. ca.led foreign sections nave Deen rajM In the Sixth District, at Twelfth and Pli streets, tne quota nas Deen raisea irora to 413. In tho Fifth, at Fourth ana . trvet.. thn auota has been boosted from i to 263. . J The changes are due to revisions maotfj tho credits allowed fdr enlistments lap National uuard prior to June u.-.- first or unoinclal quotas announced weks ago gave credits for guardsmen,' Continued on Tase Thirteen, Column I OESCHSER LN BATTLE Jj FOR SECOND PffiATEl Evans. Hurling for Pittsbui Is Other Person in Close Pitrhinor Duel :M . ; . m FOUBES FIELD Plttsburgn. Aug-. I Oeschger and Evans bom pitcneo. jwm errors by Pltler d"nd Kelly g vt- ; ih run In the early part of the ran The rirates bunched a b ngte ai.d 4 ty In tne secona inning:, Kyia vhoih . npsrhrer did not allow more UW oi to an Inning after that and heiu Aa'PtoaJ H3Ifl n llir llOAV 1UHI ...,,..7 r i:vans wj reached In th early; of the game T'mely hits by l.uderos,! Cravath followed the Pirates- mm ..,t.t.h tnlllAct n. oounle of runs. Tl- FIItST INNINQ ' I $ Boeckel threw out-Paskejrt. Bancroft a single Into left. HtocK sate on fumble." Bancroft stopping at nravath filed to King. Luderua to rleht scoring Bancroft, and puttlmr on third. Luderua took secona;e)j throw to catch Stock. Whltted.fll Carey. One run, two hits, one erryf.:. Jackson stung a single to cemv .nn-ifiod stock to Luderua. ?Kliu; to, Whltted. Boeckel filed to CravaUh'J runs, one hir, nq errors, M5& SECOND INNING J5" v Zlr' Evers lined a aingie, into; wm hit Into a double play. Pltler J v.tt.v. oeschaer singled throwa 1 Paokert forced Oeechger. Wanlts) No rum, two hlta,np errors. .-i"(- Ward Btruca out. .-iiier w Kelly got hla'nrsi nil oj.me i singled to right. Schmidts .r -nrlnr Kelly. .Evanafal two hits, no errors., . j,f THIRD INKWG Bancroit ai,w gacrinced. Bvaaa 0atahiaakSBaalBa a. q cvnwti -J- m l r.?"'V -w : . fujt,f?f$ ,VJ'u "T "-,-
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