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Show . ..,.~ > .. • THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE,UTAH John Mostil Is Among Leaders • In Stealir1g Bases Johnny 1\Iostll, speedy outfielder of Chlengo White Sox, Is among the leaders In Amerlcnn league In stealing bases. Mos· til sliding, Bischoff ph.t~·lng the base. • :r ... ;~ . ,. lMcGRA 'lv FEARS ONLY ONE CLUB FOR FLAG .• Pirates Best Team in the National League Next to New York Giants. By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN HIS year and next should be full ~ears for tllat great American Institution, the Fourth of July orator. For l!:l25 Is the sesquicentennial of the l>eginnlng of the Hevolution and 192G Is tile sesl)uicenteouial of the Declaration of Independence. Moreover, It seems likely that Indep('ndence day-in part thls year and more fully in 192G-wlll take on an added importance from a practical viewpoint by nssociation with it of Defense day, which is now struggling for recognition us a national annual event with a tixed date. lt was held tor the first time S ~ptember 12, the anni,·ersary of the Battle of St. Millie!, in which the A. E. F. won a great offensive in the World war. [)efense day Is In effect a "muster" and trying-out oOf the various military agencies for national defense. If it is approved by the people, theoretically Indepeudence day is a t!ttlng date for It, for the Fourth -o! July was the day of local muster Bll on!r the country In early times. Doui.Jtless Independence day of 1U26 wUI be the more exciting, for there Is to be a nation-wide celebration under the auspices of the "Sesquicentennial Commission of Independence of the United :States'' to consist o( nineteen members. The President and vice president and the speal>er of the house are ex-oflicio members. 'l'he President uppoints eight memi>ers, the vice president four S!'nators and the speul,er four representatives. 1t Is the duty of the commis;;ion to promulgate to the American people an address and to prepare plans for a cele!Jmtlon pro;;ram In co-operation with the otllcers of all state, city, civic and patriotic committees appointed :lior the occasion, even asking international participation, if it sees fit. Moreover, l'hlladelphia is to have a celebration of its own in the form of an exposition to open June 1 and last until the close of the year. It Is a part of the plan to demonstrate in a graphic manner the progress made In the United States in the last half century-since Philadelphia's famous centennial exposition. Other na!lons are expected to take part. The main purpose btl.Ck of the display is to encourage more Intimate commercial relationships, "and so hasten the coming of universal peace." The exposition Is to occupy the entire 200 acres of League Island park in South Philadelphia and 400 arldltional acres adjoining. 'l'he citv has provided for the building In the park of a st~dium which will have a seating capacity of more than 100,000. Nine Industrial buildings are planned, as well as structures to be erected by scientific and other associations. It should be a good show, for the United States has advanced tremendously In a th,·usand ways since 1876. President Coolidge has recommended tQ con· gress favorable consideration of a request by l\lnyor Kendrick of l'hlladelphla, that the federal government participate in this sesquicentennial celebration. 1\Iayor Kendrick asked for the designation of the secretaries of states and commerce to represent the national government at the exposition; the appointment of an advisory commission of 108 memi>ers composed of two rept·esentatives of each state and territory; authorization of the <·oining of 500,000 $1.50 special gold pieces; 1,000,000 50 cent silver pieces, and a new one dollar bill depleting the signing of the Declara· t!on of IndependPnce. Neverthele~l>, 10::l5 as a fj'ourth of July year has all soi'l:S of thrill:; for the good American. First on the list was the celebration of the Lexington and Concord tights of April 19. Boston and Its euvlrons made much of It. \'ice President Dawes and General Pershing were central tlgures. Gen· era! Dawes is the great-great-grandson of William Dawes, .fr., who share!! with Paul Hevere the glory of th(' ".\lluhi;::ht Hlrle." One rode one way uno the other another, sprendiug the alarm and meeting ut Lexington to go together to Concord. It was un inspiring sight -when the Dawes o! 1f12f) and thf' IJ:mes of 177ri met and exchanged greetings. 'l'l:e stirring scenes of one hundred and fifty years ago wcre re-enacted; there were patriotic Hddl'es~l'S gulore on historic spots and the r.adlo carried it all to the people. Then there \\'Pre these one hund.red and t!ftletll annlver5arie:s to attract attention: .May 10, the <·apture of T!ronderoga IJy Allen and Arnold; Muy 20, the 1\Ie<"klenburg Declaration at Charlotte, N. c.; June 1, the beginning of Kentucky under Daniel Boone; June 17, Bunker Hill. It was on July 3 that Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental armies at Cambr'idge, MtUIS., as commander In chief by virtue of appointment of congress; the unnlv"'rsary 1.8 to be ma.le mueb of by Boston. • .Tohn :\lcGraw recently salrl that the Pittsburgh PiratE'S were the only club that stoort in the way of the Giants for auotller and fifth successive National league pennant. "Ht·onkl~ n ?-Fair. Cincinnati ?-::-lo. Chicago?-TmpoR~ihle," the master mind of the New Yorl< rlub answered wlien asked for his opinion about the pennant race. "The PittRhurgh club is the best cluh in the league next to the Giants and we'll have to beat them if we win the pennant," he said. .\.!cGraw stuck to his boost for the Pirates even wh('n they were tloun· derlng around almost in the cellar and were having nil the tronhle in the world in getting starter!. "They'll come through. Good hall clubs can always pull out of a slump and those Pirat('s are a good bali club In a bud slump," be !'aid. 'l'he Giant boss was r:J?:zed last year when he said that the Pirates would be the main opposition to his club because the Pirates fell Into bart ways and the Bmoklyn Robins stepped out and gave the champions the rhase of their lives l'lght to the wire. The pace was so hot that .Timmy O'Connell ancl Cozy Dolan w('re cho~'<ed out of baseball for trying to hny a game that would cinch the pennant. It lwgins to look now, however, that the Pirat('S are the only rival to the Giants ancl that they arc going to get some plnce in the ::-rational lea~ue pennant race. It Is certainly the fastest club in basebalL It has a fine outfield, an infield that is above the ordinary, even if it Is spotty at first hnse, and a good bunch of battery men. BASEBALL~~~ NOTES ~ Hit on Head Didn't Make Him "Bat Shy" Iil an Interview recently Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Card inals declared he was not seriously hurt when hlt on the lil'lld by a pitched ball In April. "These blows on the head genl'rally nre exaggerated, I gu('S::>," said Homsby. "I think mine was. T refused to believe that I was burt badly, in spite of the fact that everybody tried to tell me that I was. 1\Iuybe It's just because I've got a hard head. I havE-n't b e~n bat shy since." Little Rock has obtained Infielder Pat Harg1·ave, late of Mobile. • • • Catche r R. Beall has been returned to Des l\lolnes from Springfield of the Tbree-1 league . • • • Cleveland has released Pitcher Wat~on Clark to New Orleans of t he Southern league_ • • • Greenfield has joined the list of McGraw pi tchers who can be expected to turn in vict ori es. • • • Shortstop Kahdot has been purchased by Dallas from Oklahoma City of th e Western league. .. How Johnson Grips Ball :Second Buseman Lord, late of th e Beaum ont team of the Texas leagne, has been signed by ~partanburg. • • • I In addition, the American Farm Bureau federation, through its 45 state federations and 1,!:l00 county farm bureaus, has planned for the nation "an old-fashioned Fourth of July, with a big chicken rlinner, flag», bands and speeches." Wrote President Coolidge in a letter to U. Ill Brndfute, president of the American Farm Bureau federatlo!l : "It \vas with great sutlsfactlon that I learne11 of the plans of the farm bureau to take the lend in stimulating nn organized, nation-wide celebrntion on the I•'ourth of July. The gathering tosether of our farmers and our townspeople ln these country-wide ceichrations will give a new significance to the day. Probably no activity Is of more lmportauce than the encouragement and development or our community life. In the early days In this country the church was the center of community life. Time and conditions have changed. \V e are in need of social, moral and spiritual as well as economic community action. I truly think these Fourth of July celebrations wlll play an Important purt in the encouragement of such community spirit." President Bradfute has this to say regarding the farmers' ~elebratlon: It {,.. partl(:ularly fitting that American taTmers should take the lead through their own organization In stimulating a great national, unltorm celebration on the Fourth ot July, for It was just 150 years ag·o that a group of American farmers gathered at Concord bridge ·In Massachusetts and !!.red tho first shot In the great battle for American Independence. From that day to this the American farmer has ever been the bulwark of our national Independence. More than one million farm families are enrolled as members or county farm bureaus. And we are not limiting this celebration to farmers. We are asking each county farm bureau to Invite the co-operation and participation of every Individual and every organization within the county. And the national organization Is asking for the a~slstance and co-operation ot many national organizations. As to the union of Independence day and Defense dny, the original proposition was to have Armistice day made Defense day_ When the army general staff reeommended In .May that Defense doy and Armistice day be combined, President Coolidge was found to be opposed to the plan. Armistice day, It was declared at the White House by a spokesman for the President, was one that should be dedicated above all else to consideration of peace. Being the anniversary of the day on which hostilities ceased In the most destructive war the world has ever known, Armistice day, President Coolidge thinks, should not be linked with otficiul action of any kind suggestive of war. The President, It was recalled by his spokes· man, had just appealed forcibly to the nations of Europe to give a sincere demonstration of n will to peace and to upbulld their war-torn resources. He bas repeatedly, since assuming cb~rge of the destinies of the United Stales, proclaimed this government to be most covetous of world peace and anxious that America take the leal! In pointing the way to pence and the material prosperity which accompanies it. This being so, the prospect of America choosing Armistice day for a dem· onstration of its military arm is regarded by 1\lr. Coollclge as most Inconsistent with his policy of International relations. Defense day lust year was held In September In the heat of the national political campaign, and quite a furore was raised concerning It by pnciilst organizations at the time. The President was not opposed to taking stock of the nation's military re· sources as was done on that occasion In co-opera· Uon with the states, it was said by the spokes· man, and be probably wlll not oppose an annunl Inventory of that kind if it Is not propose1' to com· bl- J it with Armistice day. Another objection to the plan is the fact that It calls tor voluntary action of the people In ~ sponding to the muster call and the further fact thot there lo no provision In the law for the Df!fense doy prog1·am at any time. If · ch a military stock-taking of resources provided under the national defense act is to be undertaken annually, President Coolidge thinks congress should be consulted and should approve it by providing up· propriate legislation. Another thing that bothers the President is that the proposed program necessitates the expenditure of considerable money by the government and lmpcses upon the states a great direct ('_xpense, not Bob Meusel Praised as to mention the indirect cost involved through the Greatest of Fielders Interruption of business that would be entailed in "When he wonts to be Rob !\Ieusel carrying out the proposol. Is the greatest outfielder baseball bus The President coes not want to appear as In ever produced," says Joe Bush, veter· any way dlscoura~ing adequate pr('paredness. He an star pitcher, formerly witb the (3 an earnest advocate of that, but he Is just as Yonkees, now " ·ith the St. Louis earnest In his advocacy of government economy. Browns. The President would have the governors o[ "When T say this, I am not unmindstates consulter! as to their wishes in the matter. ful of Cohb, the wondPr player, the 'l.'he states must co-operate, of coursE>, and are re- great Speaker, and the brilliant Eddie lied upnn by the War department to do their share Roush, as well as other stars I have In mal,ing Defense day a success. seen in action. The result was that the President expressed 11 "Very fast, using a long stride that preference for July 4 as the day on which the has him going nt full speed after takproposed national defense test could be most ap- ing a few steps, Meuse! Is without a propriately held. ThE>n the question arose in the pe('r In covering ground. War department whether plans could be recon· "In addition to his ground-covering structed in tlme to utilize July 4 this year. .Many abllity, his judgment of clistance i~ othcers connected with the test last September uncanny, and be has the greatest felt that it would be better to abondon the plans throwing arm In basehnJL this year rather than attempt to arrange the test "One must play on the same club In the short time available. They believed that as Meuse! to really appreciate him. ruther than risk a intlure, It would be preferable He has saved dozens of boll games to postpone the hold'!ng of a defense test until for me by seemingly impossible catches July 4, 1!126. or marv'elous throw!'. It was pointed out also that the regular ~rmy, "If Bob was a:;:gresslve, had more National Guard, reservists and the citizens' mil!· spirit, he would be more talked about tary training camps would be engaged In July In than Cobb, Roush or Speaker as outtheir regular training programs, and these would fielders." be seriously interfered with if a defense test was held at that time. To assure an organized and Cochrane Ties Cobb successful (}emonstratlon, It is said to be vital that the personnel of these four branches be in their respeqtlve home communities at the time the plaml are made, so that they can co-operate with the national leaders In charge. - So at this writing It seems impossible to say just what figure the Defen><e day test will cut In tlie Independence day celebration. It was quite a large performance last year, according to War department reports. These show that there were (),53F> local demonstrations, and that more than 16,000,000 people participated in one way or another. The regular army turned out 92,581 officers and men, the National Guard 167,633, and the organized reserves 59,168. Fourth of July orators this year in search of a theme hnve a wide choice. They might do worse tJ:an to speak of some the changes that 150 ~·ears have mnde. The Star-Spangled Banner of 1925 as compared with the Bunker Hill flag Is n gorgeous theme, suggc~tive of the polltlcat progress of the nation. In 1775 we had nothing bu' little privateers under sail to fight our battles o.~ [ sea. Today we have a proud navy, of which the Cnllfornia Is a fine sample. The Increase In popu-~ lation and material wealth Is suggested by the picture showing the little book of the second ; census as compared with the big volumes of the fourteenth. When Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental armies July 3 at Cambridge a fife and drum corps furnished the martial music. By way of contrast see the army !;and of today-with the New York of 1925 loomGordon S. Coclkrane, Phlladelphla lug high !B the background! All these suggest ·Athletic catcher, duplicated the rethe growth of the United States ot America from cent feat of Ty Cobb and tied the the thirteen colonies of 1775 to the wealthiest and ;modern major league record by polmost powerful nation of earth-the one nation ing out three home runs in a game dedicated to liberty, equal rights and the purs.111t with the St. Louis Browns, which of happiness. I t.ht .A •hlvtlcs won, 20 to 4. .. Pitcher Ray Llngrel Is now wit h Ka nsas City. He was claimed by the Blues on wah·ers from Milwaukee. • • • Fort Smith has given Delos Wade, Indian pitcher, his freedom so that he could go home or elsewhere, and get Into condition. I • • • Hartford has given J oe Cosgrove his uncon<litional rel ease. Cosgrove had refused to join the team because of a salary cut. I • 'fhe Pirate pitching ~q ua d has been Increased by the addition of Leonard Willis, a student at Oglethorpe university, near Atlanta, Ga. • • • • • A switch In plans caused Toledo to send Pitcher Rollle Naylor to Seattle of the Pncific Coast league, instead of Albany of the Eastern league. • • • !lla011ger Huggins of t he Ya nkees has recalled Pitcher El mer Duggan, former Brown university pitcher, fro m Rochester of the Intemaliona l league. • • • J. A. ll!ostil of Chicago, a ft er fa ll ing back considerably in l>ase steol lng last year, appears this sE11son on his way to the leadership of the American league. I • • • President George Weiss o f th e Nmv Haven club has announ ced the purchase of Johnny Hunser, an !nfieltler, from the Rochester club of the Inter national league. Here are shown six photographs 11!ustratlng the manne r In which Walter Johnson, star twirler of the World George Biaeholder has been sold to Champion Senators, grips the bail Tulsa of the Western league by the when ready to hurl his speeders over Browns. 'l'he pitcher had failed t the platter. From top to bottom are show anything. With Tul sa last sea· shown the grips for the Ford ball, son he was a winner. the screw ball, the knuckle ball, the • • famous fast ball hold, the slow ball Jimmy Burke, an outfi eli!()r, formerand the curve ball. ly manager of Tulsa, has joined \Vichita. He was with Chattanooga In the Southern league until recently when he was made a free agent. • • • • • • • 'l'he Uruguayan soccer football team defeated a Brussels eleven by a score of 5 to 1. • • • The Argentine soccer football team won Its match with the ltrankfort eleven by a score of 2 to 0. • • • The Far-East Athletic association. has decided to hold the 1927 Far-Eastern Olympic games In Cblna. • • • Joe Bush of the Browns lost a tough one to the Athletics when the fastflying !\lacks defeated hi• r 8 t 1, on four hits. The former Yankee ears to have come Into b!s own. • • • Waterbury released Second Base :an Ford Fitch with the coming of Irw Oteritz, the former University of l\licbigan athlete. Fitch Is a good hitter, but his fielding fell short. ... .~ Manager Jack Dunn of th e 11 mores has purchased Fred Brainard R. E. Howell '27 has been elected captain of the championship defending from Providence. Brainard last year Northwestern university swimming was manager or the old l'\ewark club, but failed to report this season. team. • • • The election of K. C. Ballantyne of the class of 1927 to the captaincy of Dartmouth's swimming team Is announced. • • • A sophvmore hns been elected captain of the Wllhams lacros::>e team for the present season, the honor going to Leonard !::1.. Smith or Brooklyn. • • • mid-season !ntel·sectional game with St. Thomas' college, at St. Paul, Minn., is inc1urled In the football schedule for 1925, announced by Boston university. A • • • New York State Athletic commls· slon, which controls public boxing and wrestling bouts, now co-operates with commissions of Counectlcut, Marvland, Massachusetts and :IIichlgan. • • • Bill Crowrler, sensation of the Georgia Tech track team or the past season, was elected to captain the 1920 team, and Lindsey Roberts, captain of the 1925 road :-ace team, was chosen Ill alternate captain for 1926. Minister Is Urged to Slide for Safety This one rlrifts In from a small SonthE>rn Illinois town where they pri:r.e their baseball. The park Is s!tuated not far from a small church and it happened thatarevhnlwnsgolngon one Snnday nftf>l·noon In the place of worship at the snrne time n game '''US helng played not half a hlock away The sermon In the little church waxed eloquent and the ~ l game waxed hot. The score ' was tied in the eighth aari n home man was making a desperate rnn for third. Just ns the ruinlstE>r closed 1 hi! discourse with the language of the text: "Whnt shall I do to be saved? there came a loud call from an enthulast!c rooter: "Slide, you -, slide." (' |