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Dick Rudolph
(By FRANK a. MENKE.J
Tho showing mado by Dick Rudolph
oftho IJravcB, this year will provo
of big help to the recruits that John
McQraw has "canned" und may turn
aooso In the fdlure.
Rudy belonged to John some sea
sons back, but John placed tho "N.
J." tag on him and cast him adrift.
3tudy, after a season In tho minors,
5felt that he deserved a chance In tho
alg leagues again. Ho appealed to
several managers. His record was
good. Rudy was young, but ho was
branded With the "N. 0." McQraw
stamp, and most of tho managers
aturned a deaf ear.
"If McQraw says you are not good
enough to keep, I guess you aren't,"
they told Rudy. "Any player that
shows any promise Is kept on the
"Giants' payroll. McQraw didn't keep
you, bo I don't want you."
PLAYERS COMMON LABORERS?
Georgia State Law Says They Are,
While President Tener of Na-
tlonal League Says No,
Are ball players common laborers?
That is tho latest question that Is agi
tating tho fans. It you ask tho players
HhomBelvoB.such a question (you know
hey all have plenty of artistic tern
jperamont) they will probably bo In
tsulted, says Detroit Journal. Warranto
aro now out for a Federal leaguo scout
jho Is said to have tried to entico
Slayers of tho Valddata and Waycross
learns of tho Georgia state league to
Jump. Pros. James Sinclair, at whoso
President John K. Tener.
request tho warrants wore Issued, In
yoked tho Qoorgo contract labor law,
which was passed to prevent anybody
from tampering with laborers under
contract.
They may consider ball players la
borers down bouUi (and you can't won
der that they do when men go out to
tho ball park and toll in the boiling
un day after day when they might be
cooling themselves oft In the shade of
Alio magnolia trees, but President
Tener of the National league doesn't
(think so,
"Ilasoball players are neither min
ors, hod-carrlcrs nor ditch diggers,"
declares the National boss and gov
ernor of Pennsylvania," baseball play,
era are professional men and profes
sional men do not strike. I am glad
Jig btriko is settled. However, J don't
iollevr tho settlement arrlvod at will
3e permanent, owing to tho belliger
ency of some of tho baseball mag
aates." Funny how Tenor In one breath do
dare tho players professional men
und won't strJko and lu tho next says
tlmt tho settlement won't Inst! Not
ery consistent, cht
To Replaco Chapman.
Manager mrinlngham 1b not ovorly
satisfied with the work of Ray Chap-
Ije. has signed XilU Martin, an
stern collegian,
of Boston Braves.
As tho above may show, most man
agers got to tho point of thinking that
McQraw as a baseball Judge, was in
fallible. If ho cut a playor adrift
thoy dkln't care to have anything to
do with him in tho future that Is, all
of them felt that way except George
Stalllngs of tho Braves.
8talllngs watched Rudy and Rudy
looked to havo tho goods. Ho signed
Rudy and that pitcher has been tho
big factor In tho wonderful spurt
mado by tho Boston BraveB In tho
last two months,
Rudolph has pitched wonderful base
ball. Few of his gambB havo been
lucky wins. Ho has won through
shoer pitching ability. The players
havo battled.bohlnd him at times, but
nover enough so that ho could allow
tho enomy an average of two runs a
gamo. Ho had to keep their avomgo
undor that and ho did.
A mascot shouldn't hold his Job
long with thoso Cleveland Naps.
About tho only man who doesn't go
up In tho air at a ball gamo is the
groundkooper.
Tho Cardinals aro called tho hltloss
wonders, but tho Pirates aro the run
loss wondors.
It is reported that Chanco wantn
Lajolo to play first baso and help
draw crowds In Now York.
Otis Clymer. vetornn of many sea
sons, has given away his fielder's
glovo and has quit baseball.
Buck Freeman, former major leaguo
player and homo-run swatter, Is um
piring In tho Canadian leaguo.
Nick Altrock is performing bettor
in his nets boforo and during tim
game this year than over before.
After watching tho baseball strlfo
of tho season of 1014 ono is inclined
to romodoltho namo to "baso bull."
Tho Baltimore Feds may bo nick
named Terrapins, but thoy haven't
boon soup for tho other teams, as yet.
It is generally agreed in Now Eng
land lenguo circles that Manchester
should bo a winner for Fred Lako's
team.
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Most ball players aro against war
that Is, any kind of a war oxcopting
a baseball war where tho ralarles aro
all raised.
Nashville, which was looked upon
as a "dark horso" in tho Southern
leaguo pennaut fight, Is apparently
down and out of It now,
Fred Clauas, a brother of Bert
Clauss, tho southpaw pitcher with De
troit last season, has been added to
tho Now Haven club's roster.
First Baseman Hoblttzol's bunting
and baso-runnlnK havo boon a hit? f.n.
tor In tho sensational climb of tho
Boston Red Sox up the pennant lad
dor. While Ed Walsh 1b doing his come
back for tho Chicago White Sox his
brother Martin is making a namo for
himself with Bridgeport In tho East
ern association
Umpires like to see enthusiasm in
Al Boucher, tho dark-comploxlonod
thlrdsackor on tho St. Louis Federal
leaguo club, is thinking seriously of
going on tho stago.
Jako Boultes, one-timo Boston
Bravo, Js playing tho star game at
third fiaso and bIbo with the war
club, for tho Bridgeport team of tho
Eastorn association.
Tho Brooklyn Fod club believes It
has a comer in Shortstop Al Holt, who
has succeeded Gagnlor on Bradley's
team. Ho halls from Milwaukeo ami
Ib twenty-two years of aso
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DOLLAR HITS BRING RESULTS
Mike Finn, Manager of the Memphis
Chicks, Works Unique Cure for
Playtra Left on Bases.
They are telling one on Mlko Finn,
managr of tho Memphis Chicks, that
Is a good one if true in any degree.
Mlko, they say, was very anxious
about six weeks ago for some base
hits that would drive in runs. His
men wero getting on bases, all right,
but the hits to put them over were
always missing. Finn claimed that
he had mora men left on bases than
any team In tho league.
So he proposed that every hit that
brought In a run would get thoJilttcr
one round silver dollar
Tho scheme worked pretty well and
moro runs were tho result. The
Chicks pulled out of last place.
Mlko let tho players' account run
until Frank P. Coleman sold tho Mem
phis club to Russell Gardner, so tho
story goos, and by that tlmo It had
run up to 110. Tho Chick manager
carried tho bill to Coleman.
Mr. Coleman is not a stingy man,
but ho has been in baseball for a
number of yoars, and ho never had to
pay players extra to mnko baso hits.
Ho looked tho bill over, then turned it
back to Mlko with a grunt and a shako
of tho head, which meant nothing do
ing. And maybo It's all a Joke thoy
say Mike had to dig deep Into his own
Jeans to mako good with tho players.
CATCHER G. GIBSON IS SLOW
Fanciful Description of Pirate Back
stop Trying to Steal Home In
Recent New York Game.
It will bo admitted that Catcher
George Gibson of tho Pittsburgh Pi
rates is a slow man, but in Justico to
him this fanciful description of his
attempt to steal homo In a recent
gamo at tho Polo grounds, furnished
by Hoywood Braun, a Now York writ
er, should not bo allowed circulation
without explanation that It Is a triflo
oxaggorated. Hero's Braun's story:
George Gibson loft third baso and
started to steal homo. Chief Meyers
4t r"rw, Mr(
Catcher George Gibson.
was so taken n-back that! for a mo
mont ho did not know what to do. He
walked over to tho bonch.
"Gibson is trying to steal homo.
What shall I do?" OBked tho Indian.
"Walt him out," suggested McQraw.
Meyers roturned to his station, but
ho grow impatient when ho obsorved
that GlbBon had paused to construct
a pontoon bridgo or something of tha
sort, so ho throw to Stock, who tagged
tho runner from bohind.
FANS HOPING FOR A CHANGE
Tired of Seeing World's Series Bat
ties Played by Giants and Ath-
letlcs In October'Haze.
Tho rank and file of fans are hoping
that tho next world's sorlos combat
won't bo botwoen tho Giants "and Ath
letlcs. Thoy'vo grown a bit tired ol
seeing these two clubs light It out in
tho Octobor haze, and thoy aro pulling
for some other club to "horn Into" the
blg doings.
It tho Cubs and Athletics had an
other world series duel, or tho Glnnti
and Tigors, or Giants and Red Sox,
fandom would bo somewhat satisfied
But tho great mass of fnns would
rnther boo tho Rex Sox and Cubs, oi
tho Tigers and Cubs, than to see eith
er of tho teams that battled last year
In action ngaln this year.
Tho reason for this Is that In the
case of a series between tho Giants
and Athletics, tho fans take It us a
forogono conclusion that tho Athletics
again will conquer. It's sort of an old
story repeated and thoy wnnt to hoar
a now one. They'd rather see two
totally different teams in action.
Segregate Players.
Roport has It that American leaguo
clubs havo boen cautioned ugulnst put
ting up their players at tho samo ho
tels whoro Federal leaguo teams stop.l
It is not feared that any American
league playors will Jump, but tho Idea
Is that with Federal league agents and
playors buzzing about, playing tho
gamo on tho field becomes a second
ary consideration to money talk.
Lajoie Slowing Up,
Tho Cleveland Press says: "Napo
leon Jajolo's basoball star Is setting.
Tho records indicate that Larry is
slowing up. His ago Is ugatnst him.
A younger man will liuve to bo de
veloped. Uirry knows It und will
doubtless help develop that young
uinu"
Talks to Coivlcts.
Hugh Jennings turuod spoko&nuin at
tho Mussachusotts statu prison, and
gave tho lnmntos a talk on "What is
ncoissary to mnko a top-notch bull
playr "
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA.
MEANS FOR COMBATING FIRE
Bucket Placed In Tank of Water Ar
Hidden From View Not Taken
for Other Purposes.
Means for combating flro in the
early stage are always advisable and
often compulsory, and the typical row
of flro buckets so often seen in of
fices and In Industrial establishments
Is anything but Imposing, and, exposed1
as they are, the contents nre often
splllod or evaporated or maliciously
emptied. Tho buckots in a tank
Handy Fire Buckets.
shown In tho Illustration nre a recent
invention and have a number of novel
features. Tho tank Is flllod with wa
ter.nnd as there Is a substantial cover
on it the water does not seriously suf
fer by evaporation and tho buckets
are at tho eamo tlmo hidden from
vlow. Another of the novel features
Is the weighting of tho handles on the
buckets so that the ball of tho top
bucket la always upright and extended
above the level of tho water and as
It Is seized and raised from the tank
It is flllod to Its full capacity. There
upon tho ball of tho noxt bucket
swings upward ready for use.
SCREW MADE TO HOLD FAST
Supplied With Slot Along Length With
Edges Which Prevent Its
Easy Withdrawal.
Carpenters and woodworkers will bo
Interested In a screw of new design
which has been recently patented for
tho purpose of preventing the screw
from working loose after It has been
onco driven into place. In tho manu
facture of much medlum-grado furni
ture scrows aro mado use of, although
thoy are tabooed In the tlrst-class pro
ductions. In furniture tho'screws are
bound to work loose after the pleco
has been In uso a little while, and if
not given attention It is uot long bo
foro tho furniture will fall apart. In-
A Hold-Fast Screw.
deed, in such a piece constant atten
tion Is required to keep thorn to
gether and lit for tho sorvlco for which
thoy were designed. The new screw
has a slot along Its length with odgee
so shaped that thoy offer no resistance
to the passage of tho screw as It en
ters, but a series of little heels or
projections stand In the way of Its
withdrawn!.
Domestic Vessels of India.
Most of tho domestic vessols used
by the peoplo of India aro mado of
copper or brass, and departure from
this usago Is rendered difficult from
certain ritual observances of cleanli
ness. Use for Waste Product.
English mills havo succeeded In
making yarn and twlno from flax
Btraw, horotoforo regarded as a waste
product.
Novel Vacuum Cleaner.
A novol vacuum cleaner for uso In
houses where olectrlc power Is not
available, has a bellowB which straps
on tho person's back and is operated
by a handle at one side, to provide
the suction.
Concrete Railroad Ties.
Railroad tics mudo of reinforced
concroto Into which asbestos fibers
have boen Introduced, tried out on
a Bavarian railroad, can bo drilled
and hammered llko wood, which thoy
far outlust.
Suppressing Noises.
Aftor studying tho subject of tho
suppression of noises In dwellings for
soveral years, a Gorman scientist has
decided that the more solidly buildings
aro constructed tiro moro quickly they
will convey sounds.
Mine Rescue Apparatus.
A now Enullsll initio roHPim nn.
paratus does away with tho helmet and
wolghs only 28 pouuds, yet with It n
man can work In deadly gases mor
'ban Uvo hours
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LAMP CAUSES EYE DISEASE
Safety Device Seriously Impairs Sight
of Underground Workers, Es
pecially Coal Miners.
While progress in sclenco has en
abled industrial concerns to greatly
Increase their output and has made
the Ufa of Uie worker much coaler, at
the same time It exacts 1U nenaltlM
and It has recently been discovered
that the safety lamp used by the mod
ern miner has greatly increased the
prevalence of an eye trouble which se
riously impairs the sight of the under
ground worker, especially coal miners.
This trouble has been known for soma
time and is believed to be caused by
the great eye strain to which the
men aro subjected when working In
tho dim light of tho safety lamp. In
mines where an open-flamo light or
candlo can bo used, the disease Is
rarely foflnd. In Oroat Britain records
show that somo 1,618 miners wore
found to bo suffering from tho disease
during one year, and tho loss In monoy
is ostlmated at moro than ?16,000,
represented by the compensation paid
these mon under the law. Thle, of,
course, does not take Into account the
reduced earning capacity of tho men
during tho progress of tho disease to
that point of acutoness which made
them eligible to compensation under
tho law. This is ono of the occupa
tional diseases to which much study
is now being given, though no real
remedy has yet boen found.
COVERING FOR BEVEL GEARS
Hood Consists of Cylindrical Piece of
8heet Metal Cut So as to Pre
sent triangular Form.
Bevel gears are the most dangerous
because on account of their shape thoy
aro moro difficult to protect. They are
especially hard to safeguard where
used on a shaft that extends both
ways from tho horizontal gear. The
sketch Is descriptive of a hood for
covering such gears, says Popular Me
chanics. Tho hood consists of a cy
lindrical pleco of sheet metal, cut at
an angle of 45 degrees at both ends
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Safety Covering for Bevel Gears.
so as to present a triangular form.
The hole for the shaft should be so
large that the shaft cannot touch tho
hood, tho latter being anchored with
supports which are shaped to suit the
conditions.
CHIMNEYLESS STEAM BOILER
Combustion Gases Disposed of by
Passing Them Into the Steam
of the Engine's Cylinders.
The chlmneyless steam boiler and
furnace now In operation on a Rus
sian torpedo boat, the Invention of a
Russian naval engineer named
Schmidt disposes of Its combustion
goees by passing them Into the steam
of tho engine's cylinders. Liquid
fuel, easily yielding to combustion with
out smoke. Is essential. The combus
tion gases are cooled from about 3,600
degrees to 1,800 degrees F. on leav
ing the heating surface of tho boiler,
and they are then passed Into a tube
into which a fine spray of cold water
Is Injected under pressure. This cools
the gases to between 650 degrees and
900 degrees F converting the water
Into superheated steam of the samo
temperature. The mixture of steam
and combustion gases is led to the
upper part of tho boiler, whoro It Is
mingled with the boiler's ordinary sup
ply of steam, and Is eent into the cyl
inders. Tho boiler, besides requiring
no chimney, Is claimed to have the
further advantago of very high effi
ciency, utilizing 90 and evon as high
as 97 per cent of the heat of the fuel.
Matches can be made waterproof by
dipping In hot melted paraffin.
Russian railroads protect ties and
telegraph poles against decay by soak
ing thom for several months before
uso in strong brine.
An Illinois man has patented clamps
to hold paint brushes on tho ends of
poles at any anglo to save painters tho
need of ladders.
Cork slabs, compressed from &
thlcknesB of 14 Inches to half an Inch,
are being tried out for flooring In rail
road cars.
Chinese exports of firecrackers to
the United States aro yearly diminish
ing. It Is only necessary to boll a cork
for Ave minutes to make it fit any
bottle.
A chimney 115 foot high will sway,
without danger, as much as 10 Inches
In a strong wind.
Noxt to the United States, Ger
many and Franco aro tho largest pro
ducers of Iron oro in tho world.
Tho United States has moro than
6,000,000 factory employes, and 1,600,
000 railroad employes.
That it is vory cool and light Is tho
clnlm for a new perforated metal
band for tho Interior of stiff bats.
An excellent watorproof brown pa
per is being mado In England of which
SO por cent of the material Is peat.
Portable power plants up to 50 horse
power that uso crudo oil for fuel nr
coming into common use In France.
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