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Show BE FOB SOLDIERS' BILL ANDBAT FUND First List of Donors Contains Con-tains Names of Nineteen ! Salt Lakers. The first list of contributors to the "Soldier Boys' Ball and Bat" fund has been received from Clark Griffith, manager man-ager of the Washington American league club, who is the head of the movement. move-ment. The Usr is printed in booklet form. ! The fund is for the purchase of baseball paraphernalia for the men who bear arms in the service of the United States. Only 25 cents is requested, although no doubt larger amounts will be acceptable. The first list, which bears the high-sounding high-sounding title of the "Roll of Honor." contains the names of nineteen Salt Lakers Lak-ers who want the boys on -the battlefields battle-fields and in the military camps to have all the fun they can get out of a ball and bat. Salt Lake Is well up among the cities and away and beyond ahead of towns of several times its size. President Contributes. The fund has a contributor In President Presi-dent Wilson and also in his private secretary, sec-retary, J. P. Tumulty. The following note, addressed to Griffith by the president's presi-dent's secretary, is included in the booklet: book-let: The president directs me to acknowledge ac-knowledge the receipt of your letter of May 7 and to say that it affords him pleasure to contribute 25 cents toward the fund for the purchase of baseball paraphernalia to be presented present-ed to the soldiers of the several training train-ing camps to be established throughout through-out the country. I, too, am gb:d to have a share in this fine movement, and inclose a uuarter herewith. Purpose of Fund. In presenting the purposes of the fund, Griffith has the following introductory note; A few weeks ago I made an appeal to you to aid me in getting funds to purchase balls and bats for the young Americans who are to go to the front to protect the "Stars and Stripes." If your name is not under the list of suDscribers on the following follow-ing pages I again appeal to you and am inclosing four letters for your favorahle consideration, which will be a personal favor to me if you will address them to your friends. The object of this movement is. In my opinion, a most worthy one and with almost every subscription come letters commending same. In the near future there will be thousands of men at the various training camps, and if this is to be a big success it must be handled without delay. Personally I have taken the greatest great-est interest in the enlisted men of the army; more than once I have had them at the game here as the guests of the Washington baseball club. Frequently Fre-quently T have visited the training camps and know how much time they have free from the routine of camp ' life. Nothing would solve the problem for wholesome recreation better for them than this movement to supply them liberally with balls and bats and other oth-er accessories of the game. In addition to joining this movement move-ment and sending your quarter along, I want to ask you to give it publicity, and anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. I trust tha t you will give this your immediate imme-diate attention. The Salt Lakers who have sent in two-bit two-bit pieces or more and whose names appear ap-pear in the first list of donors follow: Captain Freeman Basse tt, Paul FJ. Bas-sett, Bas-sett, W. H. Bernhard, John F. Birken-stock, Birken-stock, W. D. Bratz, Fred R. Davidson, J. C. Derks, Mrs. L. Edmunds, C. R. Grim-mett. Grim-mett. Walter G. King, Roy Linnell, W. D. Mathis, Dewey McDonald, S. Clay Mills, .Teanette Milner, F. S. Murphy, Har-rv Har-rv Oswald, W. E. Shoemaker, A. Z. Stewart. Stew-art. Those desiring to contribute to this fund may send their quarters to Clark Griffith, 403 ITnion Savings Bank building, build-ing, Washington, D. C. |