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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.
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FEW PLAYERS FOLLOW KEELER'S ADVICE
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"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,
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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
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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.
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They the best in all the land, I represent
the Hartfo'd, Phenix, Continental, Columbia, Royal,
the really Strong Insurance Companies.
I have a fine list of lands for sale- and wish
Yours, when you sell.
Write every kind of Insurance. Do Conveyancing,
draw up Will", Deeds, Leases, Etc. RIGHT. Very
much desire YOUR business, and will care for it well.
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