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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA. THREE OF MOST SENSATIONAL "COMEBACKS" Claude Derrick, New Shortstop of Chicago Cub. "Birdie" Creo, Claude Derrick and Jay Klrko aro tbreo of the raoBt son national "comebacks" of the season. When this trio was cast adrift by ma jor league clubs little or no attention was given to their fate. They had dropped out of the fast set and wero headed for tho minors. Hut now it's a different story. All throe accom plished wonders with tho teams to which they were sent, and now they aro back in tho big yard again. Tho Now York Americans sold Creo to tho Baltimore Orioles for $2,600 and gladly paid $5,000 to get him back. While with Baltimore Creo led tho In ternational league batsmen with an average of .353. Claudo Derrick also waB shipped to Baltlmoro by the Ath letics, who figured that ho was through In tho big show. Derrick did groat work In tho field for tho Orioles and hit for .330. Jay Kirke, tho third membor of tho "comeback" triplets, Is a former Bos ton Bravo. Ho wos shunted to In- O'NEILL IS CLEVER CATCHER dlanapolls and then on to Cleveland, In tho Amorlcan association. With Clovoland, Klrko hit for .351 and was tho real batting leader of tho associa tion. Now ho is with tho Cleveland Naps. Claudo Derrick, tho now Cub short flelder purchased from Cincinnati haa fit in tho cavity In great stylo nnd la said to bo tho making of tho Cub' team. Ho has chased away tho short stop bugaboo. Slnco Joining tho team Claudo has shown plonty of class aa a batter and flcldor. Tho Cubs are tho fourth major league team ho haa played for. He started out with tho Athletics In 1912, but wasn't kopt long. Ho bobbod up at tho end of that scai son with Mack's men and again dis-, appeared in tho ambush. His next chanco caino with Frank Chanco'a Highlanders last year. Ho waB lot looso again, to bo grabbed up by tho Reds. Ho wore a Cincinnati uniform for a couple of days before signing with tho Cubs. DAY RUNS TURNS. jLES FOUNDER OF NEW YORK GIANTS NOW HUMBLE EMPLOYE. Young Backstop of Cleveland Team Is Tall and Rangy, With Fine Build for His Position. Stephen T. O'Neill, tho sterling young catcher of tho Cloveland Ameri can league club, was born at Mlnooka, Pa., on July C, 1892, and is tall and rangy, with a fine build for a catcher. Ho played Independently with the HJHaEi ) ii . I Catcher O'Neill of Napa. Mlnooka Blues until 1010, when ho wont to tho Elmira, Now York Stato league club, now managed by his broth er, Mlko, the once-noted major loaguo pitcher. Ho caught 28 games aud was released to enablo Elmira to keep him from tho draft, but Connlo Mack's keen eyo caught him and ho was dratt ed by tho Athletic club. He went south with that team In 1011, but on tho re turn waa sent to Worcester of the New England loague, from which club Cleveland bought him In tho fall of 1911. Antony the. fo$efolJ Dunn Sella Hie Stan, lhe New York Bun say a: "Whon tho International loague adjourned here recently Dunn was advlood to sell tome of his ball players instead of taking his follow club owners tor finan cial aid. It doveloped that Dunn could obtain enough money for halt a doaen of his stars to pay the running ex penses of the Orioles for the rest of tho season, and etlll have something left. Dunn, although opposed to let ting his players go, soon found him self on tho defensive, with tho result that he left the meeting determined to mako several big deals." Almeida Is Mined. Several of the Cincinnati playora wish that the club had kept Rafael Almeida. Tho quiet, amlablo Portuguese-Cuban was a soothing, not a dis turbing influence and how he could ilay that ball when called on In a pinch! He could ply the outfield, too, and the boys think that In two Keeks' time, played regularly, he could fully replace Maraans. It waa one of the great errors of 1918 when Almeida was sent away, and he'd be extromoly xsetul now. Outfielder Duffy Lowia haa signed with the Boston Rod Sox for two years. Tho onco great Amos Ruslo has a hot Job this year. Ho 1b working In a Seattle gas plant Laruo Klrby, outflolder of tho Mobile Southern Joaguo club, has boon signed by the St. Louis Fedorala. Pitcher Fabor 1b tho best Ufesaver tho White Sox have had since tho palmy days of "Big Ed" Walsh. Rumor has it that Managor Mack of tho Athletio club Is trying to tie up his players to three-year contracts. Leach Is playing as good a game an he did lost year and has boon the main spoke in tho machine all this summon In years gone by Miller Hugglns was ono of the best run gottors in the Na tional league, but this year ho's far bo hind his mark. Harry Bailey, tho Columbus outflold er, who broko a log while sliding, Is still In a St. Paul hospital, aud will play no moro this season. Mlko Mitchell may help tho Washing, ton Senators for a timo, but tho vet eran Is falling bo fnat that ho will not bo long In fast company now. The fact that Eddlo Collins has signed a contract with tho Athletics for a number of years Is good evldonco that ho got a big lncreaso In salary. Branch Rlckoy of the BrowtiB is not h bench manager, for ho la ablo to get out on tho Held In practico and show his men what ho wants them to do. Jersey City has securod Outfielder Harris from tho Paterson club of tho Atlantic loaguo. Ho got three hits In his first gamo with tho International leaguers. Tho valuo of Wllbort Robinson to tho Qlanta ia plainly shown by the way McQraw'B pltchors havo been going slnco Robby left to assumo his own burdens In Brooklyn. Walter Johnson says that a change of pitching haB hurt his flinging thla season. Christy Mathewson attributes his good twirling this season to a chango of stylo in his twirling. Tho reduction in prices by the Brooklyn Federal league club seems to havo had a good effect on attendance' and the crowdB are much larger than tbey wero in the early season. Fortune Made When Team Won Two World's Championships From St. Loula Drowns and Brooklyna Lost In Fighting Revolt. Onco tho richest and most powerful magnate In tho National loaguo, John B. Day, foundor of tho Now York baseball club, which haa controlled tho Ulants since 1885, now draws a small salary for supervising tho turnstiles at the polo grounds. Mr. Day's for tune, mado in 1888 and 1889, when tho Giants won two world's championships from the St. Louis Browns and tho Brooklyns, respectively, was swept away in vainly fighting tho Brother hood revolt of 1890. Ho sacrificed all to remain loyal to tho National league, which without his allegiance would havo boon crushed in mldseason. In fact, Mr. Day refused a halt inter est in tho Now York Brotherhood club, togother with a $26,000 salary to servo as president. Tho story of Mr. Day's ruin Is an old ono, but hlB wonderful faith in tho ball players who throw him down nover has been told. At tho sugges tion of James Mutrlo Mr. Day organ ized the old Metropolitans, who won tho American association champion ship in 1884. Ho leased the polo grounds, then located at Fifth avenue and Ono Hundred and Tenth street. As tho National loaguo waB tho parent body, Day and Mutrlo soon applied for a franchise to operate a New Yort club. Tho team was nicknamed tho Qlanta in 1887, because tho players In cluded big men Buck Ewlng, Roger Connor, Tim Keefe, Jim O'Rourko, Mlko Slattery aud others. During that season tho Now York club mado $100,000, whllo In 1888 Mr. Day's profits wero said to havo been doublo that amount John M. Ward, Qeorgo Goro, Mlko Tlernan, Mickey Welsh, Ed Crane, Danny Richardson, Bill Brown, Arthur Whitney, Gil Hat field, Pat Murphy and Tltcomb wero added to tho club's roster from tlmo to tlmo, so that when tho pennant was captured In 1889 Mr. Day was literally rolling In wealth. Ho allowed tho players to pockot tho Now York club's entire share of tho receipts. It waB during the following winter that tho Giants, with tho exception of Tlornan, Welsh and Murphy, agreed to dosort Mr. Day. They had Joined tho Brotherhood, which had formed a se cret agreement with various financial backers to organlzo a rival circuit called tho Players' league. When Mut rlo Informed Mr. Day, thoro, that all but three of tho Giants had decided to Jump, the New York magnate ro pllod: "I do not bellovo a word of ltl I havo treated my boys Hborally and fairly. You cannot make mo bellovo .that they aro not real men." It proved to bo true, howovor, and Mr. Day lost his fortune. AID IN WALL CONSTRUCTION Object of 8t Paul Inventor la to Elimi nate All Planea of Weakness and Permeability. In speaking of tho objects of an in vention of A. F. Meyer of 1001 Gorma eia building, St. Paul, Minn., the Sci mttflc American says: "Among tho several important ob jects of this invention is the provision of a wall construction designed to eliminate all planes of weakness and permeability resulting from tho depo sition of concreto In successlvo hori zontal layers and to mako possible and L.0 ROPE AS STRONG AS STEEL Wall Construction. practicablo the production of a plead ing and durable finish by means of brushing and washing the partially hardened concrete Further, to pro vide a construction which embodies tho assembling of a framework disclos ing window openings and ordinary panels for the walls, tho last being Oiled with concreto or other cast ma terial, each panel being cast aa an in tegral block." Manila 8trands Togother Equal i Solid Bar Weight for Weight Efficiency of Leather. Of tho flexible ropes suitable fot power transmission n manlla rope li Just as strong as a solid stoel bar, weight for weight, though only about 11 por cent as strong per equal cross section, according to a writer in Pow er. Leather, on tho other hand, in only about 6 per cent as strong as a steel bar of equal cross section and loss than 40 por cent aa strong per equal weight of material. The reiativo efficiency of manlla rope and leather belting for tho trans mission of power 1b not directly pro portional to tholr respective strengths, howovor, as tho Internal construction of a hemp rope and a strip of leathor differ greatly and vary differently by wear. Manlla fibers, from which tho ropo is manufactured, are usually from eight to ten feet long, are composed of elongated cells that possess great strength longitudinally, but aro com paratively weak transvorsoly. Leath er, on the othor hand, Is nbout equally strong in any direction, so that the wear on such a belt ia mostly external. In a manlla ropo tho wear Is largely In ternal, the elongated fiber cells being crushed together when- passing around n sheave and breaking up Into short r pieces. A worn-out manlla rope, aa far aa Its strength is concerned, may have tho outward appearanoe of an excel lent rope, whllo internally ita con struction la but a mass of short, brok en partlclos. Tho allowable working stress of a good leather belt Is cus tomarily taken as 820 pounds pe Bquaro inch, or about one-tenth its ton silo strength. In the courso of a year or so a manlla rope will lose about 50 per cent of its original strength, aftar which the weakening becomes mora gradual. Under such conditions It la safo to figure on an allowable work ing BtresB of about 288 pounds per square Inch, or ono thirty-second its tensile strength. NOISE IS QUITE EXPENSIVE CANDLE-HOLDER IS BIG HELP PLAYERS IN ODD PARALLEL Josh Dovoro and Beats Becker Wan der Around Circuit, Playing In Exactly 8ame Cities. Josh Devoro Is now with the Bos ton Nationals a club that Is being suddenly ripped to pieces and recon structed by G. Stalllngs. By landing In BoStou, Josh completes a strange sories of wanderings, which exactly parallel those of Beals Becker a set of coincidences, possibly nover before equaled. During the last three sea sons Booker, starting at Boston, went to New Yori' v "co to Cincinnati, and Din Caused by Use of Stamps as Crushing Machines Is Responsible for Misunderstood Orders. In a recent conversation the super Intendont of a largo stamp mill mado the observation that "nolso costs money." We had been discussing tho uso of stamps as crushing machines and the comparative merits ot various devices for crushing ore. One of tho arguments advanced by this superin tendent against tho uso of stamps was the tremendous nnd never ending noise produced by tho falling weights. In bis opinion tho din was responsible for many misunderstood directions and orders to employes, resulting In confusion, loss of tlmo and expensive mistakes. The point is readily per ceived. Tho average mill employe 1b anxious to give tho Impression that he understands the boss' orders, and rather than ask a question for fur ther Information, he will sometimes pretend to understand and then go and seek advice from a fellow work man. The order may be wrongly exe cuted or not at all. Tho noise of the stampB contributes greatly to this condition, makes it difficult to glvo and reoelvo orders, and undoubtedly causos many mistakes. The cost of noise may not bo estimated exactly, but it 1b a real factor. Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering. Enables Carpenters and Mechanics to Secure Sufficient Light In Out- of-Way Corners. An ingenious candle-holdor that will be a big help to carpenters and me chanics has been Invented by a New York man. A bracket with open Jaws and a thumb screw to fasten It to any projection has a pan with a tubo to hold tho candle attached to It There are often dark corners in buildings where very careful work Is required NEW TOOL FOR CARPENTERS Josh Beveling Saw Guide la Adapted to All Purposes for Which a Miter Box la Employed. A now typo of beveling saw guide recently placed on tho market is also adapted to all tho purposes for which ijT Devore. finally to Philadelphia, where he is now located. Dovoro, starting at New York, went to Cincinnati, thenco to Philadelphia, nnd finally to Boston, so that theso two outfielders, In their travols, havo performed In exactly the sanio sot ot citloB, and no others I - Handy Candle-Holder. and It has been a great problem to get light on tho work. The mechanic usu ally "gets in his own light," as the ex pression goes. In thlB emergency tho candle-holder shown here will come in handy. It can bo mado fast to any end of a board or other projection, and glvo tho desired Illumination. Even where an ordinary candle-holder could be used this has tho advantago that it will not tip over. Beveling Saw Guide for Carpenters. a miter box Is employod nnd can bo used on lumber of any width. Tho illustration shows Its operation clearly. Long Contract for Pfeffcr. PrusicUmt Charles H. Ebbota of Brooklyn haa succeeded in signing 'itcher Ed J. Pfeffer to a contract cov- irlng the seasons of 1915 and 1910. Fbo Instrument Is ono which will with stand ''.ho most rigorous testa of law ind tfufe this sterling young man bo ohd tho reach of the Federal leaguo or some time to come. Pfeffer was e pf a very few of Ebbots' star not rotected by Ironclad contracts Outfielders Emmott Ruh and Jim Conloy, tho Columbus amateurs who were given a few days' trial by. the' Columbus olub, haw been sent book, to tholr respective cluba by Manager Hlnchman. ' Beforo the present aeaaoa Howard, Shanks waa ratod as a weakling with, the stick, but thla year tho Wash-, tngton outfielder haa flagged that' sort of a rating by walloping th ball all over the lot. Umpire Al Orth, who tore a llga mont in, his lag by a fall In Phlladoli phla, on Juno 34, whon be slipped on the concreto at tho front ot tbo play ers' dugout will bo unablo to work for several raoro weeks Unique Pennant Situation. Basoball haa been noted for many odd situations which havo cropped out sinco tho gamo waa mado tho national pastime, but ono ot tho most unlquo ot them all la the situation which ex ists in tho Virginia leaguo. In this league two pennant races take placo In ono season, ono ending August 1 and the other starting July 2. In Uita way, If a team wins a gamo In July, that team gets credit for two victories, ono in tho first season ending August 1, and one in tho second season start ing July 2. Why this la ao no ono seems to know. Engine Driven by Vapor. An engino has beeu invented which Is driven by tho vapor of heated mer cury, which is condensed and used repeatedly, the heat given off by tho condensation generating steam which la used Independently, The Old Companies. The Old Treat ment. The Old Care. They the bst in nil 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. H. F. MoKecver Vm Successor to Ed. T. Kearney. 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