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BATTING SYSTEM IS QUERIED
Napoleon Lajolo never hns been
known to complain regarding tho sal
ary paid him by Charles W. Somers,
but It Is quito likely that ho wishes
that during all the time he has worked
for the Naps their liberal owner had
offered him a bonus such as Joo Jack
eon has been proffered this season.
Jackson, according to rumor, le to
jge? so much If he hits above .400, so
milch If he bits above .375, and so
much if ho hits above .350. Never
having hit below the last-named mark
since he has been In tho American
league, tho chances nre that J. J. will
earn at least one of the extra sums
his contract calls for, even If tho" Cin
cinnati base hit has been abolished.
Look what Lajole would have had,
however, In tho way of extra reinuncr
money In tho event of his hitting
above .350, .375, or .400. In 1001, work
ing for Connto Mack, ho piled up an
avorago of .422, still tho high-water
mark for the American league, and
only approached by Ty Cobb In 1911,
tho year ho was accounted tho most
valuable player in tho younger or
ganization. Cobb hit .420 that year,
and .410 tho next; Joo Jackson bal
ing an average of .408 in 1911, and
Charley ("Duke") Farrell an averago
of .404 In 1913.
During two years of his employment
by Somers Larry has hit hotter than
.375 and In five years better than .350.
Cobtf has been above tho last-named
mark six times, Hans Wagner five
times, Joe Jackson four times, Trie
Speaker, Ed Delahanty, Olaf Henrlck-
atlon had his contract called for more son apd Mike Donlln twice each.
New Scheme of Secretary Rlckart of
Federal League, Is of Much In
terest to Ball Fans.
Lloyd H. Rlckart, secretary of tho
Fodoral leaguo, who Is spousor for
tho sohemo of having two batting
averages complied, odjj for tho right
handors and tho other for tho left
banders, has received from all over
tho country queries and coinmontB re
garding the Innovation.
Baseball magnates and players
throughout tho country havo taken a
deep Interest In tho schemo, which is
entirely original with Mr. Rlckart, and
is likely to bo adopted sooner or later
by all tho leagues, as his arguments In
favor of tho now batting record sys
tem are convincing.
Mr. Rlckart argues that, as tho bat
ter stands closer to first base when
he bats left handed and tho natural
forco of his otroko helps to place him
In his strldo, he has a big advantage
over tho right handcr, who stands on
tho other side of the homoplate when
ho hits and Is out of stride after his
stroke at tho ball and must get under
way without tho running start of the
loft hander.
It can be -readily seen, therefore,
that n slow runner who bats loft
handed has a big advantage over a
fast runner who bats right handed.
It can also bo seen that many of the
batting stars of tho country owe their
high batting records to tho fact that
they swing left handed.
Supposing that two runners, one left
handed and the other right handed,
tako practically tho same length of
stop and are practically of equal
speed on tho bases, It therefore fol
lows that tho two yard handicap that
the left hander has over tho right
hander on account of his bnttlng po
sition oftentimes will enable him to
beat out a grounder that the right
hander would bo thrown out on by a
close decision.
Tho distance from homo plato to
first is ninety feet and, supposing that
the two runners each make tho -distance
In thirty steps, the left hander,
therofore, haU practically two stops
advantage, or 6 2-3 per cent. In other
words, If tho batting percentages ol
tho two men are equal at tho end of
tho season, the right hander Is really
6 2-3 percent the best.
SKEE AIDS SWIMMING AT SEA
Machine Invented by Callfornlan
Drives Operator Through tho
Water at Rapid Rate.
What 1b called a skimming skee haB
been Invented recently by a natlvo
of tho California coast, by which Its
operator will bo driven through tho
water by tho aid of propollora at a
rapid rate, head-first, as It shot from
a rocket. The apparatus comprises a
board with' an upwardly turned float
on the front end, whllo tho other
end Is supplied with a nropellor to bo
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CURE FOR FUNGUS POISONING
Antitoxin Enables Epicure to Devour
Toadstools Without Fear of Any
Injurious Results.
It may bo comforting to tho opl
curo who trembles every tlmo he calls
for mushrooms lest the cook has In
advertently slipped in a polBonous fun
gus or so, to know that an antitoxin
can bo mado from the moat poisonous
varieties of mushrooms which if In
jected In caso of fungus poisoning 1b
Just its effective as the common anti
toxins for diphtheria and rabies. In
addition to this, If tho mushroom eat
er is In sufficient fear of poisoning and
Is so fond of mushrooms It would bo
posBlbla after a sorles of frequent
Injections of the poison covering a pe
riod of several monthB to Inoculate
him so that ho could wander out Into
the Holds and devour toadstools raw
without worse effects than a possible
indigestion.
Tho French scientists Radlas and
Sartorv woro tho men who made this
consoling discovery, and tho plantB
from which they mado their virus
were tho frightfully poisonous araan
lta phanoldes and the amanlta mappa.
Tho original experiments wero made
upon rabbits and wero highly successful.
PROTECTS MARKSMAN'S HEAD
USED CURVE BALL BUT ONCE
Pitcher Harry Gaspar Hoodwinked
Manager Clarke Griffith While
With Cincinnati Team.
Harry GaBpar, .who pitched for
Clarke Qrlfflth a few years ago, broke
into fast company hecauBO he learnod
Griffith's weakness was a curve ball
pitcher, and was wise enough to tako
advantage of it.
Griffith, whllo manager for the Cin
cinnati club, had practically picked his
twirling corps for tho season. Thero
was some doubt about Gaspar catch
ing on. Gaspar was a wise old owl,
.and had plenty of pluck, but didn't
.have a curve ball.
"If Gaspar shows me a curve be
fore the seasons opens, he'll land,"
said Griffith.
Somebody tipped this off to Gaspar,
and Harry got busy. It wasn't much
or a curve, and ho could throw It only
about a half dozen times In an after
jnoon but It was a curve.
Griffith walked up behind Caspar
.on the day ho had set for deciding the
make up of hlu staff. Gaspar was
pitching. To Griffith's amazement, ho
-.saw Gaspar throw a beautiful incurve.
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GROWING ABUSE OF PITCHERS
Skee for Swimmer.
manipulated by the feet of the opera
tor as his body rests along the length
of the board. The body of tho opera
tor reposes In an almoBt horizontal
position, and as the propeller drives
him through the water his body of
fers the least possible resistance be
cause of the angle which It describes.
RADIOACTIVITY OF THE BODY
Examination by German Scientist
Shows Different Organs Contain
Some Electric Substance.
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Four more followed, Then Griffith
yralked away.
Gaspar had cinched his Job, but It
has been recorded that he didn't pitch
another real curve ball as long as bo
remained n tho big show, although
one ot the best pitchers in tho league
that year.
Shore of tho Red Sox Is proving a
valuablo addition to Dill Carrlgan's
pitching staff.
George McConnoli, the old Yankee
pitcher, ranks second In batting in tho
International league.
Joo Cantlllon claims that Rondeau
is tho best hitter that he ever had
on his Minneapolis team.
Mike Mitchell Is finding tho pitching
In tho Amorlcan leaguo inoro to his
liking than that" In the National.
If Dill Wambsgass, Cleveland's now
shortstop, will rip up his moniker and
uso a remnant, all will bo forgiven.
A! Platto of the Providence 'team Is
tho real batting leader among tho
regular performers of tho' Internation
al league.
Manager Joo Tinker of the Duns Is
not batting so well In tho Federal
leaguo' as ho did In tho National last
season. '
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Silk O'Laughlln, tho veteran umplro
of the American league, Is an Insur
ance solicitor -during the winter
months.
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8teve Yerkes of tho Red Sox has
Jumped to the Feds, according tb the
latest report. He will play w.lth the
Pittsburgh team.
Harry McCormlck; former pinch hit
ter of the Giants, has been a big suc
cess as manager ot the Chattanooga
team this season.
"Tho White Sox are not only hit
less wonders, but thoy are also runless
ana victorylees wonders In the bar
gain," says Jimmy Isamlngor.
Dresson of the Cardinals seems to
ho a pretty shifty sort of first base
man. He Is a rangy follow and of
the highly approved left-handed stylo,
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Thoy eay tho umpires are not hound
ed so much this summer as thoy wero
.last, Tho guy who wroto that hasn't
seen tho Ualtlmoro Federals on tho
field.
of Rosin and Other Foreign Sub
stances by Hurlers.
'Pitcher Demaree of tho Glanta
Dr. Albert Caan of Heidelberg has ex
amlned 41 organs from 12 different
persons, and every ono of them con
tained some Bubstance that mado the
Sharpshooter Need Not Now Be Com
pelled to Expose Himself When
Shooting From Trench.
Much of tho modern warfare Is con
ducted from trenches thrown up by
tho soldiers, from behind which sharp
shooters keop up a flro back and forth.
By watching closely the Bource of
the shooting may be closely located,
and then as tho head ot the marks-
man rises over the embankment It Is i
necessary for him to exposo himself.
It is only for a second, but it Is long
enough for the enemy's sharpshooters i
to pick him off. There-has been re-
cently Invented a weapon which makes
this exposure unnecessary. The gun I
Is rather heavier than tho average.
pushes the ball from his shoulder like j ft,r e,ectrlcay conduct,Vo, as shown
a hot putter and uses plenty of rosin, b th Qreckr emanometer. It wa9 I
wn nh no pnrrlnn n hln hin nnnknr ... . M
which he carries in his hip pocket
This rosin business id getting to be toe
much of a good thing. Grogg of the
Naps bad his left trouser leg covered
with it so that he could put It on his
fingers before delivering tho ball. The
rulomnkcrs ought to put a stop to the
uso of rosin and other foreign sub
stances by tho pitchers, who already
havo an Immense advantage over the
batsmen. The foul-strike rule, the spit
ball and the raised box helps the pitch-
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of New York
concluded that this substance must
bo radioactive, though possibly not
radium itself. The brain, and also
the lungs, proved very active but the
heart and liver were less so, and tho
kidneys and spleen showed only slight
activity. The radioactive substance
Beemed to Increase with age and In
disease. Little effect was shown from
such conditions as social position, oc
cupation or manner of living, and even
locality of living was unimportant. Ra
dioactive substances the effect of
which on tho vital activity of the
body cells remains to be learned
might come from food and drink, or
from tho air. Tho teBtlng emanome
ter includes a receptacle for the ashos
of about 100 gralnB ot the organ under
test, and this Is connected by electric
wires and a rubber tube to a wire
electrometer with a microscope for
fine rending In tho circuit of a stor
age battery.
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era Immeasurably without other meth
ods for keeping tho hitters in sub
jection. Yes, the rosin will have to
go!"
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Left-Handers Hit Hard.
There soma to be a lot of foolish
nesa In thd Idea that left handed bat
ters cannot hit the slants and shoots
of southpaw twlrlers. Most of tho big
league clubs carry an extra right
handed pinch hitter along so that they
may send him against a left-handed
twlrler, but It seems a waste of
money. Joe JackBon, Tris Speaker,
Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Frank Daker,
flam Crawford, Larry Doyle, Davo
Robertson, Frank 8chulte, Harry
Hooper, Jake Daubert, Dert Shotten,
Qua Williams and Fred Luderus are
All left-handed hitters, yet they club
the. offerings ot port-sldo pitchers with
its much frequency and eclat as they
do (those) that are served up by the
jtarboard twlrlers.
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Pitcher Swann Released,
Pitcher Harry Swann Wa.s uncondi
tionally released on July 11 by Presl
4et Weeehmnn, of the Chicago Fed
erals, Swann was signed for one year
by Manager Tinker, but has been un
lle to n coitrpJ of tho ball, and the
ercWtfnt of the Chlfeda mado a cash
ttkwit -wjth him last Saturday. He
mvrned to his borne m riiuour:.
Manager George Stalllngs of tho
Boston DravoB thinks that Now York's
mpln interest In tho coming world'B
series will center around Dick tRu
dolph of tho nronxt
The poor showing of the Cleveland
raps doesn't soom to affect tho fine
batting of Joo Jackson. Tho creat
slugger continues to lead the Amorl
can league batsmen.
Noisiest Infield.
From tho quietest tho Yankees have
evolved the noisiest Infield in the
American league, writes a New York
critic. Hal Williams nnd Frand Trues
dale, when nlaylr.g never had a groat
deal to say, but Boopo and Mullen,
their successors, uro Jabbering away
at their pltqher or any o"no else In
sight most of. tho tlmo. Which may
bo ono reason why" tho Yunkoe infield
defenso is about 20 per cent more ef.
fectlve than It was.
DARK ROOM MADE PORTABLE
Box Has Hinged Sides and Is Col
lapsible Apparatus Is Easily Car-.
rled When Folded.
Ot tho various portable dark rooms
on which patents havo been granted,
one of the best is that devised by
an Indiana man. The box has hinged
sides and Is collapsible. When set
up it has a shield in the top for tho
user's face and is so shaped that it
11 ts around the fenturos and does not
admit light thero. Entrance to the box
is through a flexible and llghtproof
hood, which has elastic armholes. A
slide across tho face keeps the light
from penetrating through the arm
holeB when they are not occupied
Slides containing sheets ot material
Shooting From Shelter.
having a hollow tube adapted to be re
movably mounted upon and to extend
longitudinally of the barrel and hav
ing front and rear sights so arranged
with respect to the hollow tubo as
to be In alignment with the opening
through a, tubo and visible to ono
sighting through tho tube. Removable
plugs aro supplied with the weapon
for closing the forward end of" the
tubo and barrel, all so constructed
as to enable tho barrel and tube to be
repeatedly forced Into or through an
embankment or earthworks In such a
manner asto form a tunnel or aper
ture In the earth adapted to enable
the firearm to be aimed or sighted and
discharged whllo In tho tunnel or
opening th,uB formed and to prevent
the earth from falling in upon the bar
rel and obscuring tho sights, where
by the person using the firearm is en
abled to bo shielded and protected by
the embankment through which the
barrel and tube are thus Inserted.
Handy In a Pinch.
Bill Sweeney of tho Cubs has been
tho player most prominent in driving
in tho winning tallies In tho tight
games In which his 'team has partic
ipated. Ho has be,en on the break-It
up Job four times. Ills war club bring
ing victory to Chicago In tho ninth In
ning twice, In the tenth Inning once
and In the sixteenth inning once.
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Tho Now York club has purchased
catcher Harry Smith from tho Sa
vannah club of the1" South Atlantic
league. Smith Is a .300 hitter and la
said to bo faBt on the bases
Third llaBeman Hemlncwav. ono of
tho Mckey rookies, who Is serving a
poBt-graduate minor league course with
the NaBhvllle club ot the Southern
league, has scored a blir hit with
Nashville fans.
Happy Kelch will never be hurt and
kept out of the game for a year, 111".
Larry Chappell, his frlendi say, bc
cause he Is too tough to be hurt even
If he bumped into the concrete stand
at Comlskey park.
Manager nranch Illckey of the St
Iouls Drowns has been on a little
scouting expedition of his own. Hick
oy would llko to got a hardhitting
catcher to help Sam Agnew out. as
he wishes to use Jack Leary tjt first
bass all the time.
Hard Hitting Braves.
Tho batting of Connolly nnd Kvors
has played a very prominent part In
tho uplift ot the liruvos tram u tail.
ender to an almost certain first di
vision flnlshor noth aro flirting with
tho .300 mark. Maranvllle la having
a fairly good season with the bat, hit
ting about .200.
Folding Dark Room.
Impervious to tho actinic rays are lit
tod In several other places to admit
enough harmless light for the opera
tor to bco the work by. This apparatus
1b easily carried when collapsed and
can be set up anywhoro, even outdoors.
Disease of Centuries Ago.
Kxamlnatlon of especially well-preserved
mummies by European scl
entlnts recently, has shown that tuber
cular diseaso of the Bplne and malaria
were common 111b in Kgypt 15 centu
ries ago. .
Hits Century Mark.
Tommy Leach was tho first National
league player to reach the century
mark In base bits. Some ot the bull
playing shown by .the veteran this sea
son would havo been a big help to tho
Pirates, from which club Leach was
turned over to tho Cubs two years ago.
Holding Sticky Fly-Paper.
To hold sticky fly-paper, there has
been Invented a holder sufficiently
heavy to prevent it blowing away,
whllo a wlro framework on( top pre
vents anything but Insects reaching
the surface.
Minor Leagues Growling.
Tho men of organized hall nro Hie
ing a problem to keep the minor
leaguerH front Bhowlng their dlssutla
taction thin fall when the draftlug sea
son begins There has been muel
Krowllng about the lnjustlco of H
draft all summer
To Detect Iceberg.
To enable ships' officers to detect
their approach to Icebergs thore has
boon invented a mtcrothermoraeter bo
delicate that it resistors changes In
sea-water temporature to onothou
sandth ot a degree.
World Would Grow Hotter.
According to an English HClentlst,
If the radium In the Interior of the
earth Is in any way equal to that In
tho rocks at tho surface tho worW
will grow hotter in time instead of
polder.
A ton of soot results from the burn
ing of 100 tons of coal.
Folding rods, carrying wheels at
their lower ends, havo been patented
to help bear tho burden of band
baggage.
For window cleaners there has been,
Invented an adjustable wire seat which
can bo suspended outside n window
from tho bIU.
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A sanitary drinking tubo has been
invented for uso with any kind of
container, bo compact it can bo car
ried in a vest pocket.
An American naval officer i the
Inventor of a wrltlrig tablet every
other sheet of which 1b so cut and
gummed that It can be folded nnd
pasted to form an envelope.
After years ot effort a Berlin Inven
tor has Hucceeded in building a model
man that can walk, talk, sing, laugh
nnd whistle.
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A new nlr rllle of high power is
equipped with a safety device to pre
vent the trigger being pulled until
its user wlahes to do so.
An Illinois inventor's swimming ma
chlno Is driven by a propellor operated
by its user's hands and feet, while his
chin attends to tho steering.
Drlef and repeated treatments with
air superheated to 120 degrees, ac
cording to an English expert, will
cure cancer in Its early stages.
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Yawning is favored as beneficial to
tho health by a Belgian scientist, who
saya that it aids all tho breathing
organs nnd exercises the throat and
chost rnuBcles.
As an Improvement on the tolauto-
jraph a German haB Invented appa
atus which Uses light rayB to reprr-
luco on photograph films writings f
, drawings made at a dlstanc.
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