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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. F0R.-SH0RT DOUBLE-HEADERS ttrltto Advocates Seven Innings Each Where Two Contacts are Played on Same Afternoon. Why not llmtt tho double-header games to seven Innings each? It's a Bchemo that has beon trlod out in tho Southern leagues with great success. Two sovon-lnnlng games In ono aft ernoon would give tho average fan Just about ns muoh baseball as he could comfortably absorb. It wouldn't force tho ball player to the extreme limit of his endurance and, best of all, It would enablo the fan to got homo In time for a warm dinner. Cutting the doublo-hender games to sovon Innings would do no ono harm. It would do plenty of good. Cutting off four innings from an afternoon's baseball scsHlon would moan lessening the playing period about one hour and, therefore, the pastime would end be fore darkness settled over tho land. Tho season of double-headers is now upon us. Every fan Is keen about tak ing In a bargain bill, but along about tho fourth or fifth Inning of tho sec ond gamo the exhibition becomes mo notonous. Of course, the greatest ma jority or the fans stick to tho bitter finish, but they stay not so much bo causo tholr baseball appotlto Isn't sat isfied, but because thoy wont to boo Just how tho gamo will finish. Most double-headers begin about 8 p. m, allowing something over two hours for each game and a 16-mlnute Intermission betwoon combats. It moans that play doesn't end until about 6:30. That means that the fan doesn't get homo until from 7:15 to 8 p. m., owing to tho delay In getting out of tho crowded park and tho usual delay caused by tho slow moving of a fleet of special street cars. And every housewlfo is fully ngreed that 7:1G to 8 p. m. is "too darned lato for any man to expect hlo wife to koop dlnnor slmmorlng." If the games wero cut two Innings each tho playing period would be les sened about an hour, which would mean that tho final Innings of tho boo ond game would not have to bo playoa by torchlight and that father would got homo on time to dine with tho rest of the family. The seven-lnnlng double-header Idea probably will prove to be a popular ono with tho fans, and it is llkoly that If the agitation assumes sufficient voice that tho ruling powers in basoball will hear It and amend their laws bo that sovon-lnnlng double-headers will bo tho rule starting with tho 1910 soason. DEVORE IS GREAT TRAVELER Former New York Qlant Outfielder Plays With Cincinnati, Then Phila delphia and Now Boston. Josh Dovoro Is getting to bo a great traveler around tho National league circuit. Josh played in tho outflold for tho Giants for sovoral sea sons and then went to tho Cincinnati Hods In a trade. Later ho bobbod up Josh Devore. in Philadelphia 'with Charloy Dooln's team. Now Josh has gono to the Boston Braves, whero ho Is doing regular servlco In tho outer garden. Tho former Giant still retains his bat ting eye, as ho has a mark of .308 for 30 games. WHAT AILS BASEBALL GAME7 Pretty Well Established That 8ome- thlno Is Wrong With the Great Professional Pastime. With Clark Griffith announcing that Connie Mack is a "cheap skato," tho magnates of organised baseball be moaning the present condition and prospects of tho game, tho players dlsBatlsflod with their contracts, and discouraging reportB of attendance from half a dozen or mora towns, It seems to bo pretty well established that something Is wrong with tho pro fessional gamo, says tho New York Sun. Kverybody's norvos nro on edgo and the situation promises to become mora mixed as tho season wears on. Is it beyond probability that tho public has had an overdose of base ball? Not an overdose of playing. but of tho business; of quarrels be tween owners, suits for the restraint of players, threats of retaliation and winter-long wrangles botween this and that Interest. Abuse of the Fed eral league and of tho players who have signed its contracts, tor ono thing, has becomo very tirosome, and it Is not the only factor at work to lessen public enthusiasm. Luckiest Home Run, One of tho luckiest home runs on record was registered at Nowark ra. cently when Delntnger was given credit tor one on a fly ball that was actually caught by an outtloldor and hold. In the fifth inning of a double header be tween tho Indians and Montreal, Wil lie Zlmmermann backed up against tho lew left flold fonco to take a drlvo from Deinlnger. As ho froze onto tho ball he fell over tho fenco. Ho held on to tho ball though rendered uncon scious, but the umplro couldn't see it, and permitted the home run. f FEW PLAYERS FOLLOW KEELER'S ADVICE 38 JSt "Stuffy" Molnnls of "Hit 'em where they ain't," said "Weo Willie" Kealer. Ambitious ball players have beon trying to do it over since. As a matter of fact, they wore trying to do it before "Willie" tipped them off to what they wero trying to do. "It's Juot as simple as doing a "Drodle" over Niagara Falls and still feeling healthy and Btrong afterward. "Willlo" said it as if that's all any batter has to know to cut into any pitcher's pitching for about .400 worth. And to "Willlo" it was Just llko recit ing the alphabet. But all butters are not Keelers. That's why Bomo pitch ers draw big salaries. There nro a lot of players who per sonally believe "Willie" didn't know what ho was talking about They call thomBelvos "hard luck hlttors" be cause fielders movo out of tholr usual positions to play In tho right spots to stonewall the noar hits. They mumble something about "Hit 'em where thoy ain't. Is all right enough, but thoro ain't no such placo. Just as a follow thinks he's picked an oponlng big enough for a basoball to slide through without having the trade mark rubbed off, somo Holder pulls a 'bono,' leaves his position and Is Just lucky enough to wander In front of tho ball." Herman Bronkio and Baddy Living ston aro playing groat ball for In dianapolis. BUI Carrlgan is ono managor who bolleves In giving tho young hurl ors a chanco. Lajolo's baseball star may bo sot ting, but that Isn't tho matter with tho Naps by a good doal. Ono of tho bravost managers In the American league is BUI Carrlgan. Ho declares tho Red Sox will win tho pen nant. J ' ' ' Tho Cincinnati Reds have still an other outflold candidate Ho is Mc Laughlin, who halls from Colgate uni versity. Johnny Dobbs, tho new manager of the Now Orleans team, is popular with his men and enjoys tholr fullest con fidence. Statistics compiled on runs scored by teams In tho National league show tho Phillies to bo tho greatest run getters. A now comot has been discovered in the Wost, but as yet no efforts have boen made to sign It to a Federal contract Joe Birmingham thinks ho has pulled a prize In Jay Kirko, the first baBoman who was with tho Braves last year. President James IS. Gaffnoy of tho Boston Bravos'ls out with a strong denial that ho has any thought of selling his club. Although tho Now York Highland ers are counted out by the scribes, Now York tans say that they at least havo a "Chanco." Thoro .aro not ovjor throe clubs at tho most that aro making monoy In tho Now England leaguo, writes a Now England leaguo correspondent. Ward Miller and Al Brldwell. the former Cubs, now with tho St. Louts Feds, aro having no trouble In hold ing their Jobs. Both aro hlttlug well. Joo Matties, who has been tho sec ond baseman of tho St. Louis Fod team, Is out of tho gamo for tho sea son, blood poisoning having developed In an Injured leg. Although tho attendanco at tho San Francisco ball park has fallen off ma terially, Cal Ewlng holds that tho re ceipts havo fallen off no worse In San Francisco than In other places, It 1b stated at Minneapolis that in the bidding for Wade KUlltor the Chicago White Sox offered Bodlo and Alcock tnd an inflelder to be selected, but that the Cantlllons turned down the tffer because they considered nelthor Rodla aor Alcock of Assaclatlon class. Amonfhe. Champion Athletic Most of these players are "luokod" out of tho big leagues. But in at least ono instance somo of these disgrun tled batters aro right. Tho four young men who do buslnoss for "Connie" Mack on htB lawn aro as near to be ing a net without being a net as any thing or things could be. There eeems to bo only one kind of a hit thoy can not stop something going so fast they cannot boo It. That lnfleld has won two pennants for htm in the last three years, and Is fcuiding tho Athletics along tho straight and narrow path again. Last season Mack's pitching staff was any thing but n championship contrivance. Yot tho young pitchers could 1 j pounded for various quantities of runs and tho games still bo saved, because Bakor, Barry, Collins .and Mclnnls took It upon thomselves to manufac ture moro runs than tho other fel lows oould. It is up to tho lnfleld to pull tho club through to tho top if it is to mingle In nnother world series noxt autumn. It makes no dlfferonco what the tally sheet shows, Bakor, Barry, Col lins and Mclnnls aro alwnyB on tho Job, looking for something to keep thorn busy. And thoy can bo depended upon to And It SHECKARD IS MAKING GOOD Jim's Great Knowledge of Baseball Is Causing Cleveland Team to Be Feared Around Circuit. Measured by tho standards of hard work, baseball brains and tho attitude his players havo toward htm, Jim Shockard, Spider manager, Is one of tho season's most successful new base ball leaders, dosplto tho position of his club. From tho moment Sheckard steps on to tho field until the lost man Is out, he's hard at work. Not a man Jim Sheckard, Manager of Cleveland American Association Team. goes to "bat until Managor Jim has talked over with him tho probable way ho Is to hit. During practise Shockard Is alwayB hitting 'em out to tho fleldors, fielding or coaching somo of tho youngsters. Ho has shown every man on tho Cleveland toam somo now anglo of tho game. In exercising his func tions as manager no's not at all bossy or arbitrary. Thoro isn't a man in tho entire Sptdor crow who doosn't like Shock ard. It's tho consideration ho has shown every ono of his men that has mado htm so woll liked. Never grouchy, peeved or out of sorts, Shock ard makes himself liked by always having a pleasant word for anyone who approaches htm. Pitching Device. Alexander MacMlllan of Princeton university, a son of Prof. Charles Mao Mlllan of the collogo fnoulty, has in vented a dovice for pitching a baso ball to a batter, built Into a system of planes wheroby tho batted ball, no matter whoro It Is hit, will return au tomatically to tho pltchbr. Tho ma. chtno Is being used nt Princeton. It Is said that tho Invention solves the problem which confronts basoball managers, whloh has heretofore re quired them to havo regular human pltchors with some bull chasers in the field beforo thoy could give their toara batting practloe. Wonderful Throwing Record. Young Troy Agnow, brother of Sam AgnoW of tho St. Louis Browns, is credltod with a wonderful throwing rooord In a California State league gamo. He threw out elovon raon trying to steal second and made three other perfect pogs, but lost his gamo because of Cae fault of tho players covering bases. In addition he picked ono man off first and ono off third. That, according to the story, gave him 13 assists and ho should have had 16, ' ' '' " ' f lit II 111 A roifjiw AND MANIff WATCH WILL ADJUST ITSELF Remarkably Simple Method of Making Timepiece That Is Too Fast or Too 8low Set Itself. Frederick B. Ward sends to the Scl entlflo American a remarkably simple method of making a watch that Is too slow or too fast set ltaelf. Tho usual method 1b to turn the hands backward or forward or to stop the balance wheel with a toothpick. If a watch bo removod from fts chain and hung by Its bow on a hook or nail bo that It swlngB freo It will bo found to oscillate back and forth llko a pendulum. This motion is caused by the motion of tho parts of the escajomont. Tho swinging either accelerates or slows down the running of the watch. Its exact effect varies with Individual watches, depending upon tho weight and size of the case Whether it makes tho watch gain or lose, and how much, can be found by experiment, say, by hanging the watch up for ten hours and checking It by tho wlrelesB signals that aro sent out at noon and 10 p. m. by tho govern ment station at Radio, Vn., and can bo caught by any but tho crudest wireless receivers. Tho avorago watch gains about two seconds an hour, when hanging free. bomo, however, lose. When tho pre- ciso gain or loss has boen ascertained tho regulator should bo adjusted. If tho watch gains it should bo mado to run a triflo slow. Now, by repeated trials, tho owner can learn precisely how many seconds hla watch gains or loses. When this error haH accumulated long enough to mako an adjustment advisable, all ho has to do Is to hang up IiIb watch for the right number of hours to bring its second hand back or forward to tho correct position. Should a watch bo found nelthor to gain nor to lose when hanging, It can bo mado to respond by hooking a pleco of metal to tho stem, thus raising tho center of oscillation. HANDY IMPLEMENT FOR FARM Every Good Farmer Should Have Im plement Like One Shown Here withHow Vise Is Made. Horo Is a good farmer's vise. Just such a one as should be found on overy farm, and In tho tool house. It can IMI , ii, minimi !j .'(uriiiimmm I i! ;! T Viae for Farmers. b lowered to suit tho workman. There must be, as will bo seen by the out. aa extra post with dove-toiled strip or tongue platted on bock of vise jaw. Tho illustration shows tho top of the beach with tho vise laid down level. This plan for a visa Is exceptionally good because large and small pieces of material can be operated In it IMPLEMENT FOR ROUGH WORK Iron From Discarded Plane May Be Converted Into Excellent Scraper How It la Done. An excellent scraper for rough work may bo made from a bench-plane Iron in tho following manner: Procure a pieco of oak or any good hard wood, about 1 inches thick, 3& lnohes wldo and 10 Inches long, and shape It as shown, writes L. O. Burnand of Ly ons, la., in Popular Mechanics. The long portion should be roundod and smoothed with sandpaper to form a handlo for the scraper. Bore a hole Home-Made Scraper. for a throo-elghth-inch bolt at the placo Indicated in tho sketch. The plane iron is fastened to tho handlo with a bolt Automatic Mall Delivery. Automatic dollvory of rural mall la provided by a North Dakota man's in vention of a car to run on an aerial track, from which it takes electric power, automatically stopping at each houso on a routo and. ringing a bell to announce Its arrival. Speedy Unlcycle. A speed of nearly soveuty-Qvo miles an hour has been attained by a unl cyclo built by a St. Louis inventor, tho machine consisting chiefly of a Blnglo wheel almost seven feet in di ameter, drawn by an aerial propeller. Saving. In By-Products. By tho use of Improved ovens, which collected the by-products, the coko Industry of tho United States saved 16,070,000 laBt year which would hnvo been wasted by old meth ods of manufacture. Artificial Rubber. Artificial rubber as a by-product of the manufacture of steel may bo a possibility as English scientists are experimenting with Its production from coke-oven gases UNIQUE TOOL FOR BARBERS Comb Attaohment le Fattened to Stdt of One Blade of Scissors Worked With One Motion. A now kind of scissors for use In barber shops has boen patented by a New Jersey man. Tho feature of It la a comb attachment that la fastened to one of tho blados. Every man has no ticed how the barber combs his hair up into position for tho shears. With the Implement seen here thlB can be done with one motion with one hand. One blado of the shears has a slot along Its outer edgo. A metal spring clip Is attached to a plate with a comb on one edge. This plato Hob flat along the scissors blade and tho teoth pro ject Just beyond tho cutting edge. With ono motion, therefore, tho barber can comb a man's hair Into tho pool tlon ho wants It and snip off tho ends. It Is to be hoped that this will reduce 8clsaore and Comb Combined. the time required for a haircut, which the average man regards as more of a nuisance than otherwise, and the small boy regards as a plague. VEGETABLE SILK IN BRAZIL Product Called "Palna," a Kind of 811k- like Cotton, Grows Abundantly and Spontaneously. Brazil has a new product for expor tlon, to which other countries, notably Belgium and Switzerland, havo already paid some attention. This product Is called "palna," and Is a kind of vegeta ble silk or rather a silk-llko cotton that grows spontaneously and abundantly In several of tho states of Brazil. Hith erto it has been used by the natives, but with no Special caro In its prep aration, in tilling pillows and cushions and for other domestic uses. A fac tory has been started in Switzerland for the manufacture of cloth from this now tissue. Some years ago in tho United States attention was called to tho fact that the "silk weed," which has a boll similar to that of cotton, furnishes a product similar, but su perior In fineness of appearance. Ta blecloths and napkins made of this material, which shines like saUn, were exhibited at tho state fair, and aa this weed grows in Indiana, in poor soil and, apparently, needs little cultiva tion, an effort waa made to interest producers, brt nothing came of It. Economic! Engine. By placing tho exhaust ports near tho center of the cylinder, so thoy aro uncovered at the end of the stroke, a German has Invented aa economical engine, aa the cylinder beads aro kept at a more uniform temperature than usual. INDUSTRHj; MECHANIOiL m NOTES Friction of small steel balls polishes silverware in a new machine. Much of the best wall papor ia made, in port, from leather waste. An extensive deposit of asphalt of high quality has been discovered in tho Philippines. Leather pads have been patented to protect the knees of persons who kneel at work. An ash can to which a handle can be attached to convert It Into a lawn rol ler has been patented. An aeroplane is being built forflylng over forests in West Africa and pros pecting for rubber trees. In the production of sulphur tho United States is rapidly gaining on Italy, which leads the world. Scientists In both Germany and France are seriously trying to ascer tain it there is any value In the divin ing rod for locating underground water and niotals. The United States In 1913 produced 92,607,131 barrels of cement. One of the newest usos of aluminum Is In the manufacture of soles for shoes for mon who work in wot places. Peat forms about one-third of thj fuel used in tho central industrial dis tricts of Russia. An Instrument has beon invented for quickly measuring the earthwork in railroad cuts and fills without labori ous calculations. For tapping rootol containers ot llquldn a new stop cock Is provided with cutting blades to penetrate tho metal and then hold It securely. Tho addition of a little water will give a lusterlees finish to oil paint without injuring' it, as tho water will evaporate. Tho largest coal mines in France, near Lens and Betbune, have th finest moohantcal installation of th kind In the world. I I he Old Companies. The Old Treat ment. The Old Care. 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