The Bee's Special Sunday
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0:.IAIIA, SUNDAY IIOHMiNG, SEPTEMBER 29, 1918.
MICHIGAN BEA1
CAT IS HDSiLER
TO IMR BOAT
Ad Wolgast Leaves Sanita
rium for Woods In En
deavor to Regain His
Health.
American Artier Hcrres Unclero CtaeracntD Prevent Cancers,
Somewhere in Wisconsin, Sept.
-8. Unable to obtain a penny of
the fortune he won in the ring. Ad
Wolgast, former lightweight cham-
pion, is acting as hostler tl a
decrepit motor boat, somewhere in
the northern Wisconsin timber
country, where he is trying to re-
gain his health.
The Michigan bear-cat, who
leaped into prominence almost over
night, disappeared several months
ago and was not heard from until
he communicated recently with
friends in Milwaukee to announce
that he had a job.
Wolgast share with Bat Nelson
the distinction of being among the
few remaining "fighting cham
pions." Unlike Nelson, who owns
half the town of Hegeswich, 111., and
controls the other half. Wolgast is
virtually penniless, his fortune ap
proximately $150,000 being in cus
tody of his mother and his wife who
are in Cadillac, Mich.
In his letter advising friends of
his espousal of industry, Wolgast
said he planned to go even farther
into the woods for the winter and
become a lumberjack. He hinted
that he hoped through the strenuous
life of a timber cutter to regain his
health and return to the ring. This
however, is considered unlikely.
Starts as "Pork and Beaner."
Wolgast started his ring career as
a "pork and beaner" in Milwaukee.
He wrecked the championship
dreams of a number of promising
lightweights and finally was award
ed a try at the title in 1910. Nelson
and Wolgast met at Point Rich
mond, Cal., and their battle prob
ably will remain a ring epic as long
as the fight game flourishes. It mark
ed the climax of a series of premier
championship bouts in the light
weight division, and Nilson's won
derful exhibition with the late Joe
Cans still were fresh in the memory
of the fans.
The fight was probably one of the
bloodiest ever staged. At the end
of 40 rounds Wolgast's youth had
won and the "Durable Dane" was
beaten.
For two years Wolgast capitalized
on his championship, taking on
claimants over short routes through
out the east and west. He lost his
title to Willie Ritchie, San Fran
cisco pretender, in 16 rolnds in 1912,
Ritchie battered Wolgast badly and
the Bear-Cat fouled him, Referee
Griffin awarding the fight to the
California claimant
Following his defeat Wolgast at
tempted to stage several comebacks,
but never got within striking dis
tance of the title. "
I A year ago, Wolgast suffered a
physical breakdown and was sent to
a- Milwaukee sanitarium, where he
was restored to comparative health.
Following his release from the hos
pital he disappeared, and no word
'came from him until receipt of the
message that he had become a fresh
water sailor.
First Foot Ball Gams Won
from Creighton by South
Friday saw the opening of the
local foot ball season, when elevens
from the South High school and
Creighton High school met on the
Creighton field. The Packers
emerged victorious after compiling
26 points and holding their oppon
ents scoreless.
Although outweighed, the victors
displayed snappy "playing, which
sent the oval through the line and
around end with slight resistance.
The South High eleven was com
posed mostly of veterans. Banner
tarred for tne victors, carrying the
ball around end for good gains and
putting it over twice.
Straight foot ball was used almost
exclusively without many attempts
at passing. Creighton's line appear
ed to give easily despite its beefy
guards and tackle. A large and en
thusiastic crowd was on hand.
- Touchdowns: Banner (2), Etter
and Card. Goals after touchdowns,
Vol (2). Officials: Harold Mulli
gan (Central High), referee; Shel
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Great Lakes Naval Training station
had its first peep of what probably
will constitute the backfield of the
strongest service foot ball team in
the courttrv when Coach Olcott lined
up Harry F.ielson and Harold Erick
son at half, Jimmy Conzelman at
quarter and F. R. Willaman at full
for the navy varsity.
Eielson is the tall, wiry North
western university freshman who
captained the Purple one-year men
a year ago. Carrying 170 pounds
with the shoulders of a blacksmith
and the speed of a sprinter, Eielson
dovetails into a halfback position
perfectly.
Erickson. a veteran of the 1917
. ia rf t'ii nnnnsitp tvne.
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vin (Creighton), umpire;, Hanley j Buid low ani stocky, but with the
Fritz Wild Ones Only
Interrupt the American
Game Behind Trenches
The diamond was no diamond at
all. It was only a Lorraine pasture
with the bumps cut off and the
holes filled in to give a smooth sur
face. Two nines in khaki were battl
ing for the championship of the
Vosges, or something like that.
From the woods behind first base
big guns were speaking at intervals.
The shells went whistling over the
field to carry their messages of
death to the enemy. From the other
side of the distant hills came the
booming of artillery in reply.
Sounds like a poor day for a game,
doesn't it? But on that morning
the Y. M. C. A. athletic director of
the district had ridden eight kilo
meters on his bicycle to bring bats,
balls and a catcher's glove, a mask
and a few fielders' mitts, and the
ycung men in khaki were going to
break them in whether or not the
w hole German army was just around
the corner.
Came the sixth inning. The
Woodledy-doos had gone out in one,
two, three order and the Hickety
Hacks were walking in from the
field. The umpire, standing behind
the plate as all fearless umpires
should (besides, it's nearer to the
dugout if the crowd gets boisterous)
was calling for a little pepper.
"Shake a leg, you birds," he was
saying, "or the war'll be finished
before this game is."
The next instant he was flat on
his stomach. So was everybody else
round-about, for rirht behind second
base there plunged a shell which
bore the label of "Made in Ger
many." The explosion tore a hole
in the ground and otherwise messed
up the field.
"Anybody hurt?" yelled the um
pire as he got up cautiously after a
minute or two. "Nope?" All right,
then, shake a leg."
Quickly, af'.er they had salvaged
every piece of shell in sight as sou
venirs, the players filled the hole,
the umoire dusted off the plate, put
on his mask and cried: "Play ball."
GOOD NIGHT FOR
m IF COAST
FANS Mil M
Ring Followers Give Ha Ha to
Reports From Coast That
Me:han Won Decision
From Dornpscy.
By RINGSIDER.
Chicago, Sept. 28. Weep for Jack
Dempsey he is done. The hopes
we pinned upon him are no more.
To deepest night has sunk his sun.
Lo, they count tenhe lies upon
the floor.
There's another thing about Wil
lie, too he's a rival which far out
shines the fairest flapper that ever
flapped when it comes to flapping.
That's what his art,' if such it is,
consists of. His right arm flaps and
slaps and is followed with a ilap-
pity-slappity left, and it sure does : to good advantage in making the
Natural Looking Duck
Blind Necessary for
Successful Shooting
The important thing about a duck
blind is that it must be natural look,
ing.
In selecting the desired spot on
the river, make your blind so that
the ducks will come in off the blind.
Along rivers and medium-sized
streams plenty of drift will be
found, and this can be piled up in
the form of a pen, with an opening
at the back for an easy entrance.
Another satisfactory blind can be
constructed by digging a pit and
piling drift around it until it is suf
ficiently high to screen the gunners.
The ingenuity of the gunner will
suggest many methods of making a
good blind. For example, a handy
method is to stick up a fringe of
willow branches to form a circular
shelter, or when a blind is wanted
for a short time, perhaps on the
bar of a tidal river, a 50-foot length
of poultry netting about three feet
wide, in which branches of willow
or other bush growth is braided in
between the mesh, will form a -good
and portable screen.
For lake blinds any growth abun
dant about the water may be used
look as if the day of fistic judgment
had come for his opponent. So that,
size of waist and activity of arms
combined, he gives the imaginative
onlooker a suggestion of a Dutch
windmill in action in the teeth of
a hurricane.
But. Ii;:e the bark of the dog that
wags his tail simultaneously, so the
swing of Wee Willie's arms holds
no terror for the antagonist, who
knows him. For, like the dos, there
is no bite in it. It strikes with the
hardness of a summer breeze and is
as death-dealing as the pat of a still
blind kitten.
Report has it accurate report
too that Dempsey landed on the
right spot on Meehan, and that Mee
han said good morning to the floor,
but because he did not stay long
enough to say goodnight the referee
passed that up as unworthy of of
ficial attention although with all
his wind-sawing Willie never drove
Dempsey near enough to the floor
to let him get within telephonic
shelter for the gunner,
For shallow water, a couple of
rows of willows or other green
leaved bushes stuck in the bottom
with the boat between, make a sat
isfaqtory blind.
For winter shooting, ice can be
easily piled up about breast high to
afford a proper screen for the
shooter.
Not until he acquires perfect con-1
iro. ... iuc " iT i J communication with it.
SlOp U45C V&ll ttl IMC Jiviifc. w
ones only interrupt the game.
Dobson Has Ficht to Make
He had the gloves on for charity
to help where he could help most.
There were four rounds in store for
the audierce and nothing at stake
for him. W hy not give them a show
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Uleai UUKCa ruui icaui tor tiieir moneyr iney d come
Great Lakes. III., Sept. 28. I he,. , ".. ' u
I more money for charity.
And then, too, Jack is a generous
chap, perhaps, and if it pleases the
i Golden Gate to add to its glories the
I alleged skin spurious though it is
of Tpck Dempsey, well, why not?
If California can stand it, we are
prone to believe Tnck can.
Hcycr Plays Eig Game.
Cincinnati. O., Sept. 23. Walter
(Creighton), headlinesman.Time of
quarters, 10 minutes.
Kallio Marker in Ship
Yards on Pacific Coast
Portland, Ore., Sept. 28.-"Rudy"
fKallio, hurler for the Detroit Ameri
can this vear. showed up at a local
same snouiaer Dreaain aim same
speed he constitutes the ideal open
field runner. He is a product of St.
Olafs college.
Willaman ran shoulder and shoul
der with "CMck" Harley at Ohio
stt university for the past few
seasons, gaining a great renutation ;
as a forward oass artist. lh"re is
Bill Kilicfer Big Money
Winner of World Series
According to a story printed in
Ch icago, Bill Killefer is the big
money winner on the 1918 season, if
one counts what he ventured.
A bet of a 10-cent ciar against
$1,C00, made as the result of a joke
while the Chicago team was training
at Pasadena, Cal., last spring, has
been won by Killefer, according to
the story.
The loser, William Wrigley, one
of the club's stockholders, wagered
the $1,000 that the team would not
win the National League pennant.
Killefer, who accepted it in jest, had
forgotten about the bet until he was
reminded of it by Wrigley.
The sum will be added to Killefer's
World's Series share, Wrigley said.
The most suspicious thing about
the story is that Killefer had for
gotten the bet.
Want Two-Year-Cid Races
for Midwinter Meetings
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 28. The
Thoroughbred Horse association,
with members all over the United
States and Canada, will request the
Havana and New Orleans racing as
sociations to announce races for 2-
xviayer oi ymcmnau, one ot tne year-olds alter January, pro
catchers with the world's cham-. vided thev are assured of sufficient
pfbnship Boston, club, is on his way
to the trenches in France. As scon
as he re'urr.ed home Maver eave
horses of that ase to justify arrang
ing such events. President A. B.
Hancock said that $25,000 of the
$50 of his world's series share to $40,000 to be raised by breeders of
tne nea cross, $di to the Young the thoroughbreds as their p&rt of
jvicii vnub'.ian association, to ; tne jou.uuu pledged Dy Kentucicy
the Salvation Army, and then
ported to his draft board,
re- i racing and breeding interests to the
1 Red Cross has been paid,
Yankee Soldier Enjovina S?.!v?tion Armv Dovrhnnts
wooden shipbuilding plant a day or I great competition between Willa-
two after his arrival here trom tne i man and Dobson of Nebraska, an
east and went to work, attired in j All-Western man, for fullback, but
overalls. He is a "marker," which forward passing ability may clinch
means that he marks ship plates. tne varsity job for the Buckeye
Kallio is a Portlander and saw gra(5Uate.
service in the Northwest, Coast and i There is the possibility of Paddy
Wester; leagi-es before going to j Driscoll joining the squad. The
the majors. He is rated as one of former Northwestern star is atterd
the best curve ball pitchers in the ;ng. an officers' school, but may find
business. i the time to join me smuu.
Pesek Soon to Camp.
Kearney, Neb.. Sept. 28. (Special
Telegram.) The cancellation of the
draft between October 7 and 11,
j gives John Pesek, Shelton wrestler,
another opportunity to wm nunurs
on the mat. Another match is in
the making for the near future.
Pesek leaves in the next draft call
for camp.
, Three-I Leagno Wound Up.
- Chicago. Sept. 28. The Three I
league, whose 20-year career forms
an interesting chapter in minor
i.a,i hall historv. cosed its
books officially tonight and passed;
out of existence prooaoiy unui me
end of the war. When in July,
1917, it became apparent that only
suspension would prevent further
heavy losses, the gates of the parks
were closed.
Foot Ball Results.
Iow. City. Sept. St. Final tcore: Great
Lakea, 10;, Iowa. 0. 1
Wet Point, N. T., Sept tS. Armjr. 10;
Mitchell aviation field, i
Cleveland, O, Sept M.-U:ae, t; Notre
Delaware. O.. Sept M.-OM Wealeyaa. j Dodge nS Deen intimated.
Oxford. O.. Sept II. Miami
Gibbons Transfer From
Dodne Will B3 Permanent
Camp Dodse, la., Sept. 28. Mike
Gibbons, formerly boxing instructor
at this cantonment and recently as
signed to the cantonment at Camp
Gordon, Oa., will not return to
I has been intimated. He
Univer-' visited friends here and told them
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' Norman OkL, Sept ti. tinivereity of . school for boxing instructors in ad-
Oktoboma. roi wm, ori o..., i rjition to his usual camp work a
Wooeter,
Heldelberi,
ept II.Wooeter. T;
I Gordon.
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IN TOMVS GAME
Greater Omaha League Teams
Will Decide Double Tie for
the Championship at
Rourke Park.
After a three-cornered tie in the
regular schedule and a duplicate
tic in a six game series playoff tiie
championship title of the Greater
Omaha league will ge decided at
Rourke park this afternoon. A
double header will decide the ama
teur champion team of Greater
Omaha.
In addition to the championship
the three teams will have an added
incentive of a $1,000 pot to fight for.
Following a conference between
representatives of the three teams
r.nd officers of the league and Oma
ha Amateur Base Ball association
it was decided that the winning
team in today's contests should
have the gate receipts of the past
season series and the accumulated
fund in the league treasury.
A drawing for places was held at
the meeting and the Murphy-Did-Its
were fortunate in drawing first
place and playing the winners of
the hrst game. I he Armours and
the Longways will eb forced to
play the opener and the winner
take on the Murphy's for the title.
The first game will start at 1:30.
Teams Strengthen.
All the teams were allowed to
strengthen weak spots for the final
contest. The boys from across the
river will be allowed to use Manske
in return for Dygert who will grace
an otufield position for the Pack
ertown boys. Phillips, the regular
third baseman for the Longways
will also be back in uniform in an
endeavor to help take the money
back to the Bluffs. Mancuso will
play the short field for the Mur
phys. This game will be the last seen
on the local lots this year. The
series between the winners of the
Class B and C pennants has been
called off and the teams disbanded.
The winners of today's- embroilgo
will be declared the city champions.
Interest has been gradually in
creasing in the sandlot games and a
capacity crowd is expected to at
tend. The brand of ball played by
these teams during the regular sea
son and more especially during the
past season series has proven toj
tne tans tnat tne teams are reserv
ing of their patronage.
University of Iowa
Defeated on Gridiron
By Great Lakes Team
Iowa City, Sept. 28. Relying
largely on kicking and forward pass
ing, the crack Great Lakes naval
training station team won a hard
fought contest from the University
of Iowa team, 10 to 0, in the initial
contest of the season here today.
Twice Iowa was within ten yards
of its opponents' goal; each time the
heavier Jackies held and recovered
the ball. Slater, Greenwood, Heldt
and Lopman were the Hawkeye
stars, while Driscoll, McLellen,
Nielson, Mendenhall and Willaman
were the Great Lakes mainstays.
Willaman scored first for the win
ners, taking the ball over for a
touchdown from the 10-yard line
in the opening period and kicking
goal. Driscoll added three points
in the third period, booting a drop
kick from the 30-yard line.
Kearney High Outclassed
By Loup City Warriors
Loup City, Neb., Sept. 28. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Loup City won
from Kearney in a fast and hard
game by the score of 41 to 0. Kear
ney failed to make consistent gains
at any time. Loup City completed
three long passes for touchdowns
and plowed the .line for the other
three. The main features of the
game were the work of McLaugh
lin and Bass for Loup City and
Panek and Crippen for Kearney.
Tohansen failed on one goal kick.
Time of game, 15-minute quarters.
Meehan "Bass Drum" Punch
Proves Puzzle to Dempsey
San Francisco, Sept. 21. Willie
Meehan, the local heavyweight
boxer, now enlisted seaman in train
ing at San Pedro, Cal., who recently
won a four-round decision, over
Jack Dempsey, claimant of the
heavyweight championship of the
world, is considered one of the most
unique characters in the ring.
Nothing pleases Meehrn more
than to get a lauh out of his audi
ence, especially if done at the ex
pense of his ring opponent. For
this he adopted a style and tactics
peculiarly his own, amounting more
or less to buffoonery. As a conse
quence his audiences look to him for
amusement and he never has been
taken seriously.
Meehan has a way of getting in
close and playing a tattoo on his
opponent's midriffs, swinging with
both hands. These blows have been
dubbed "bass drum" punches by
i local ring followers and, for some
reason, they have succeeded in be
wildering most of the men against
' whom the San Franciscan has
j fought. I,t was with these punches
that he succeeded in outpointing
Dempsey in three out of the four
rounds of the exhibition match held
for the benefit of the Army and
Navy Athletic fund. It was evidejit
Dempsey was puzzled and at a loss
to know how to counter them.
Peters to Meet Londos.
Charlie Peters, the Papillion car
penter, will journey to Cedar Rap
ids, la., October 3, where he will'
wrestle a finish match with Jim j
Londos, Grecian champion and con-'
tender for the heavyweight title. '
The match will be staged by the ,
business men as an entertainment
feature for a convention. I
CENTRAL HIGH
WIN EASY FROM
DEAFJSflTUTE
High School Foot Ball Team
Completely Outclasses Op
ponents and Wins by
Score of 42 to 0.
Twenty minutes of pounding by
Central high's squad of pigskin chas
ers was more than enough for the
eleven from the Institute for the
Deaf, who attempted to. meet the
Central warriors in a practice game
at Fontenelle park yesterday after
noon. At the end of the first half
the mutes threw up the sponge and
beat a strategic retreat leaving the
Central second-string to finish the
other half. So exhausted were the
vanquished that they refused even
to play the Central scrubs. The
score was 42 o 0.
Lincoln Game Transferred.
South high and Central will clash
at Rourke park Friday. Although
Coach Patton has nine veterans in
the lineup, yet the Packers lack lots
that the Purple and White team
possesses. The boys from the hill
nave a big advantage in weight and
tactics over the Magic City com
bination. Definite word has been received
that Lincoln high will be unable
to come here for the big annual fray.
Although the game was scheduled
to be played in the Capitol City yet
both schools were willing to play in
Omaha. Beeause of the large guar
antee asked and the large share of
the gross receipts which would have
to be payed the owners of Rourke
park, the locals will journey to Lin
coln for the game, which will be
played November IS instead of No
vember 16.
Notre Dame Eleven -Wins
by Brilliant
Third Period Rally
Cleveland, Sept. 28. After play
ing Notre Dame to a standstill in
the two opening periods the Case
eleven crumpled and Notre Dame
won, 26 to 6. Case scored in the
opening period, when brilliant open
field runing by Hale and a forward
pass, Hale to Wolfe, placed the ball
on Notre Dame's two-yard line.
Captain 1 McCune plunged over.
Vanderhoof failed goal.
Coach Rockne immediately pulled
two members of his back field and
sent in Bahan and Gipps, veterans
of the 1917 eleven. Their presence
was immediately in evidence. They
did practically all of Notre Dame s
offensive work and shortly after the
second period opened Lambeau
crashed through for a score. Gipps
missed goal and the score was evn.
No further scoring came in the
second quarter, but in the third
Notre Dame got going and with
Gipps in the stellar role ripped
through the Case defense for two
more touchdowns. Another tally
came in the final period. Score:
Case, 6-0-0-06: Notre Dame.
0-6-13-726.
Funston Bali Team Loses
Chance at Inter-Camp Title
Camp Funston, Kan., Sept. 28.
The Funston divisional base ball
team came batk from its sojourn
at Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark.,
minus the aspiration to become the
champion base ball nine of the
army cantonments, because the
runston lads dropped two in a row
against the Camp Pike team. The
Saturday game ended 4 to 2 in favor
of the Pikers and the Sunday game
witnessed a eecond defeat of our
team. 2 to 0.
Superior pitching by the Pike
"sharpshooters" played a prominent
part in both of the victories. Ben
ny Karr, late of the Mobile and
Memphis Southern Association
clubs, tossed the sphere for the
victors, while the Funstonites' hurl
er was Rollie Maple, former West
ern league pitcher. The Arkansas
soldiers were lucky to bunch their
hits in the first and sixth innings,
rounding up four runs. Funston's
two runs were made on an error.
The Sunday game was a pitchers'
duel between Guy Morton, star
pitcher of the Cleveland Indians, and
"Lefty" Graham, ex-Western
leaguer, for the Funston team. Gra
ham pitched an excellent game, but
his comrades failed, to "find" Morton,
who struck out ten men, allowed but
four hits, three of them of the
scratch variety, and passed only two.
The Pikers got but six hits off Gra
ham; he issued two "passes." The
Funston boys played an errorless
game while two errors were chalked
up against the Camp Pike aggregation.
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Drake Uni Sprinters on
Mark for Race to Berlin
Des Moines, la., Sept. 28. When
the word "go" is sounded to the
millions of men now "on their
mark" on the western front, ready
for the race to Berlin, authorities at
Drake university here feel certain
some of that school's sons will be
among the first to "breast the tape."
For almost to a man the institu
tion's star track squad of 1914, has
joined tne colors; 33 of that year's j
36 point winners, in fact, now are ,
ready or are preparing for the great
est sprint of their lives.
The thirty-third man of the squad,
Harold Davidson, one of the crack
relay men, just reported at Camp
Pike to enter an officers' training
camp. Of the remaining three, one
is seeking admittance to 4he army,
another is physically disqualified and
the third has dependents.
Heading the list of 1914 stars is
the name of Capt. Harry McHenry
of Des Moines, said to be the first
American officer to meet death in
the war. Others in the list include
six who were freshmen when they
gained glory on thet track.
Babe Ruth Breaks Record
in World Series Contest
Babe Ruth, the massive southpaw
and hitter extraordinary of the Red
Sox, has established a new record
for pitching consecutive runlcss in
ninrcs in World's series games. -
Christy Mathewson, in 1905,
pitched three nine-inning games
against the Athletics without being
scored upon. His next appearance
in a World's series was the opening
battle against the Athletics in 1911,
The Mackmen scored the second in
ning. This gave Matty a record of
28 runless innigs..
By holding the Cubs runless
Tuesday for seven frames, Ruth
beat Matty's record by one inning.
In 1916, pitching against the Dodg
ers, Ruth, after being scored upon
in the first inning, twirled 13 runless
innings. In the opening game of the
1918 series Babe pitched nine more
runless innings. These, with the
seven he pitched in the fourth game,
gave him a total of 29 consecutive
scoreless innings.
Detroit Bluejackets Are to
Have Star Foot Ball Team
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 28. Plans
are under way for organizing a blue
jacket foot ball eleven at the naval
training station, adjoining the Ford
Eagle plant' at River Rouge. About
75 of the bluejackets responded to
the call for foot ball candidates.
Among them were several who have
played on western colleges and on
the Pacific coast navy eleven.
Ensign Leonard, who came here
from Annnpolis to supervise physical
training of the boys, is in charge of
the preliminary work, but a coach
will be appointed shortly. George
Lawton, former University of Michi
gan star, has been mentioned for the
place.
There are at present about 1.000
bluejackets at the station, including
150 sailors from the Italian navy.
to
Says He Looks Like ' Some
Sort of a Freak with Spots
Resembling Those of a
Leopard. 1
What It meana to bt a victim ot
that peculiar invention f (Hun
"schriekleitheit," mustard gas, is re
lated in a letter written by an
Omaha boy, Sergeant C E. Hilljker,
Headquarters company, Three H1'
dred and Fifty-second Infanjtry,
from Base Hospital No. 3, some
where in France, to his parenttAMr.
and Mrs. H. V. Hilliker. 3J16 Myr
tle avenue.
Serceant Hilliker lays: "Von
probably know where mustard Jg
usually takes effect and whereV it
hits the hardest. I'm no exception
to the rule. Wherever I was ohe
least bit damp from perspiratilon
it burned and it got my eyes Daqiy
at first. i
"I look, as a result of the gassinlg
like some kind of a freak, and, int
deed in the shower room Tm quit
a curiosity. It is difficult to te
whether I'm like the leopard an
just naturally spotted, or wbethe
I'm an Indian, or a "cullud chile
just faded out in places.
Wondered Where He Wat.
"On the first Sunday after
the unnleasant little exnerience with!
mustard gas I remember lying im
the field hospital with the damp
bandages over my eyes, listening toj
all of the church hymns that were
ever invented and wondering what
kind of a place I was in.
"We were very near the Y. M. C
A., as I afterwards found, and so'
hed music night and day. It watU
to this hospital that the boys came It
in direct from the front line trenches VII
and at night all the lights had to
be completely turned out for (ear
Of air raids by the boches.
"The next Sunday I spent on A
hospital train bound for this base.
That was quite a trip, a rather won
derful experience to look back up
on, but surely mighty unpleasant at
the time.
Were Game Sports.
"Men with all manner of wounds
and fractures and gas patients ga
lore, all were in the same car and
still they were the gamest kind of
game sports.
"They kidded each other and the
orderlies, growled about the poor
grub, and discussed how much 'vin
blanc' they could use if only they
could get a 'Frog,' their nickname
for the French, to purchase . it for
them. H i ,
"Then we landed here, and! titer
lying on stretchers out "gjjr -fhfr,
stars for awhile, we wert'given a
litttle ambulance ride and then our
party was all split up again. Here
I am in a ward filled mostly with
surgical cases. I'm up and around
most of the tme but am as weak as
can be and feel as though I could
sleep forever if the burns would let
me.
"Last Sunday I went to see the
ball game in a wheeled chair
brought me by one of the boys who
is now nearly ready for duty. I
couldn't stay long on account of my
eyes which pained because of the
sunlight Next Sunday . maybe I
will be able to walk to the ball .
grounds myself. Then it will be
fine, for I will be able to help the
other boys, some of whom have not
moved for a month except to be
dressed or fixed up a bit, or go for
another operation.
"I can take showers all the time .
and sleep in a real bed with real
sheets for awhile. You can't imag
ine how nice it feels to be cleanly
and have sheets again."
War Board Will Allow
New Building on Farms
The State Council of Defense is
in receipt of telegraphic information
from the War Industries board ad
vising of an amendment to building
regulations authorizing the state and
county councils of defense to ap
prove all applications for (arm
buildings of a minor character,
where the total cost does not exceed
$1,000. The amendment is put into
effect so as to make it possible to
build corn cribs, granaries, stock
enclosures, etc., without having to
wait for the application to go
through the regular routine.
Kentcuky Uni Will Play.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 28. The
University of Kentucky will con
tinue foot ball. Informal announce
ment was made that the schedule
will be played, even if intercbllegiate
games are discontinued by the government
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