STORIES OF
TIIEJIAMOND.
Rucker Says Intuition Is Needed
For Success In Baseball.
FAST THINKING WHAT COUNTS
Brooklyn's Stir Southpaw Twirltr
Points Out Why Many Players Suc
ceed or Fail Whan They Cat Trial In
Fast Company.
No. V.
By NAP RUCKER.
(Copyright, 1910, by American Press Aso-
clatlon.J
A young pitcher may come Into the
big leagues from a minor club with a
great record. lie may have good
curves, fair control and great speed.
Many people are tinder the impression
that this is all that is needed to keep
the recruit in fast company. TblB is
not so, however. The youngster may
possess all these qualities and yet may
not be lit for fast company, aud be is
quickly sent back to where he came
from. It is the little things that count
the most for the twlrler in the big
leagues. For Instance, here are a
few: A pitcher must know how to
stand when a runner reaches first
He must learn how to use bis shoul
ders in making a quick movement as
If to throw to first when shooting the
ball up to the next batter. This little
act will serve to make the runner keep
on the jump, not knowing just what
Is going to hnppen.
Another important point for a young
twirler to master is In covering first
HIP BECKER, BROOKLYN NATIONALS STAB
PITCHER.
base on everything hit in the direction
of right field, whether it be foul or
fair. And yet how many players ever
go over to cover the bag? A twlrler
1 who is in the habit of running over to
cover first sack whenever a ball is hit
In the right field direction Is of great
value to a team In every game played.
The matter of learning to cover the
Initial sack on the pitch is easy. All
the twlrler must do when delivering
the ball is to slightly Incline his body
In the direction of first corner, and in
the swing with the ball he gets a fair.
ly good start in the desired direction.
Every now and then the fans read
of "boneheads" in baseball. The rea
on for this is that they do not possess
a subconscious mind. Many times
there are plays on the dlnmond which
the player must as soon as the ball is
lilt know exactly what to do. Ills
hands aud feet must be ready to act
with bis mind. Many persons coll
this iustinct. hut It Is nothing else,
however, than the inner mind. In this
advanced day of the gnme ball tossers
must think aial do so rapidly. They
must also possess an inner mind.
Could a manager have on his team
Dine such men he would come close to
owning a pennant winning team.
How many times have you read
about the wonderful curves that some
young pitcher has. and just as soon as
the season lengthens how little do you
hear of him! A pitcher with freak
ball and curves does not last very long
In the btg leagues.
In the first place, throwing that kind
of balls all the time is so hard on the
muscles of the arm that one cannot
stand the strain very long, and, second
ly, in time the batters are bound to
get wise to curves and then bat them
all over the diamond.
My advice to youug men who aspire
to success us pitchers Is to learn how
to throw a straight ball with unerring
accuracy, either very fast, very slow
or halfway between, as the occasion
demands.
I've found that my most effective
ball Is a high, swift, straight shoot,
cutting the inside corner of the plate.
Of course this should be varied occa
sionally with a slow teaser, and In a
tight pinch a curve or a slow drop will
do no harm. Just make it a point to
e how many batters make a safe hit
off a ball t tint comes in swift on the
level and close to the (boulders.
THE NEEDY FAR AWAY.
With a Word About the Man Just
Around the Corner.
On a certain Sunday lust fall I
attended tho morning 6crvicc of a
village church in an eastern state.
At tho dose of the sermon a help
ful sermon the pastor reminded
his congregation of tho barrel of
clothing regularly sent at this time
to tho poor of a city some fifty
iniles away.
I was just a Lit startled, because
I have been accustomed to hear city
pastors remind their congregations
of barrels to be sent to the poor of
villages. It had not occurred to me
hat villages might be concerned
about the poor in cities. I knew, of
course, that cities whose churches
are sending barrels to villages have
their own desperately poor always
with them, and I was in a position
to know that this village whose
church was preparing a barrel also
had its proportion of sadly reduced
families.
The situation struck me some
how as incongruous, illogical, out of
gear. Why Bhould good people in
the cities distress themselves about
suffering in tho villages and good
people in tho villages distress them
selves about suffering in the cities
and both apparently feel little dis
tress about tho suffering right at
their very doors both apparently
be more concerned about the dis
tress of a stranger whom they have
not seen than they are about the
Buffering of a neighbor whom they
know?
Are warm hearted, helpfully in
clined people more distressed by
suffering a thousand miles, fifty
miles, away than they are by suffer
ing around tho corner? I could not
seem to get an answer to this query
until I turned it on mvself. Is it
tmeofme? Am I more distressed,
am I more strongly appealed to, by
remote suffering?
Well, it s unselfish and good for
us to think of others. Yes, but that
poor devil right around the corner!
Oh, ho might not like it! lie may
be proud, and, besides, he does not
seem so badly off. At any rate, he
got himself where ho is, and he will
be stronger and have more self re
spect to dig his own way out.
True enough! And that other
poor devil fifty miles away?
Oh, that s different terribly pa
thetic case!
What makes it so different? Er
man J. Ridgway in Delineator.
Hia Punishment.
CoDey Cibber, known for some
years by the name of Master Colley,
made his first appearance on the
stage in a very subordinate situa
tion. After waiting impatiently for
the prompter 8 notice he by good
fortune obtainod the honor of car
rying a message on the stage to one
of the principal actors of that dav,
whom he greatly disconcerted by his
awkwardness.
Bcttcrton in anger inquired who
it was that had committed 6uch a
blunder. Drones, the prompter, re
plied :
"Master Colley."
"Then fine him," rejoined Better
ton.
"Why, sir, he has no salary 1"
"No? Then put him down 10
shillings a week and fine him 5."
To this good natured adiustmcn
of rewards and punishments Cibber
owed the first money he received
from tho dramatic treasury.
Florence Nightingale's Real Name
The family name of Florence
Nightingale was not originally
Nightingale, but Shore. Her fa-
ther was a rich Sheffield banker o
the name of Shore and connected
with an old family which had been
in ossi'sinn f land in tho counties
of Dorliv and York since the fif
teenth ccnturv. Mr. Shore assumed
the name of Nightingale long af
the birth of his children and be
cause he inherited the fortune and
estates of his mother's uncle. There
were but two children in the family,
both girls. The eldest was named
Farthcnosse, because she was born
in Athens, and this name was bud-
posed to indicate her father's pro
found admiration for the Parthe
non. The younger, Florence, was
also named after the city of her
birth.
The Turkey.
'Ihe turkey, rather than the
eagle, :e the real American bird
Eagles are found all over the world
but the turkey is a foreigner even
where else except in America, his
native home. The wild turkey
America is the progenitor of all the
turkeys in the world. In Nort
America, Mexico and Honduras the
turkey was found in great numbers
by the white men, but in Sout
America the bird is unknown. Sci
entists are agreed that the turkey
resides outside of his continent only
b uu immigrant, ana that Ins na
tive home miiRt be sought some
whert north of the isthmus of Tan
ama. Argonaut.
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Dorothea Manners and Minnie
Buell spent Saturday and Sunday in
Murdock.
W. E. Carey was a Lincoln visitor
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Barrett of Lincoln
were guests at the home of Chi.rlie
Kirkpatrick Sunday.
Miss Bessie Higgins of Lincoln
spent Sunday at the home of her par
ents W. Higpins.
Ralph Gullion of Lincoln was in
town Sunday.
The ladies aid society met at the home
of A. N. Meyers this week.
Henry Vickens of Omaha spent Sun
day at home.
Miss Lola Reid of Omaha spent
Saturday and Sunday at her' home
south of town.
Mr. aud Mrs. Jesse Baker were
Lincoln visitors Tuesday.
Date Boylcs was home from Lin
coln Sunday.
Mrs. E. M. Stone was shopping in
Lincoln Tuesday.
John MuDins drove to Lincoln
Wednesday.
J. II. Stroemer and S. C. Boylrs
shipped their live stock to Omaaha
Wednesday.
Mrs. M. P. Stone is visiting relatives
in Lincoln this wek.
Mrs. Patterson returned to Lin
coln Tuesday on No. 17 after several
days visit at the home of her daughter
Mrs. C5co. Ryan.
Thos. Stout drove to Greenwood
Saturday.
Clyde and Minnie Newkirk at
tended the dance at Waverly Friday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cashner of Uni
versity Place and Miss Nellie Dreamer
of Lincoln were guests at the home of
Fred Dreamer Sunday. fr
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shrader of Avoca
spent Sunday at the home of u.
Dreamer.
Marie Stroemcr of Avoca Bpent
Sunday at the home of C. Dreamer.
Mrs. Kate Miliar of Syracuse was
visiting at the home of her parents
A. 0. Suttons Tuesday and Wednes
day. Professional Coach Barred In West.
While delegates representing the col
leges In the Missouri valley conference
In Kansas City voted to retain football,
hard and fust restraints were made
as to matches. Intercollegiate Thanks
giving day games were abolished ex
cept where already contracted for.
After Dec. 1, 1910. no athletic coac'o is
to be allowed except he be a regular
member of the teaching staff employ
ed for the full academic year.
Marathon Running.
Tom Flanagan, former manager of
Tom Longboat, the Indian, says: "One
Marathon at top speed Is the work of
a lifetime. If it Is In a big event you
are a hero; If It Is In a small affair
you never amount to anything.'
The Drouth is broken and this is going to be the
wettest town you ever saw for a while, with no eight
o'clock closing limit on the weather. Your only pro
tection will be to attend our annual umbrella sale,
commencing Wednesday, May 4th, and continuing the
balance of week. Look in our east window and see
the best lot of $1.25 and $1.50 umbrellas you ever
saw. Now Wednesday come in and take your choice
for 98c, all new and up-to-date.
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RACE THROUGH THE RAPIDS.
Unique Event on Niagara to Be Held
Sept 17.
Saturday, Sep?. 1,7, has been fixed as
the time for the power boat race
through Whirlpool rapids. Niagara
river, for the John A. Penton $500 gold
cup and Tower Boating's cash prize
of $1,000. Already some twenty con
testants have signified their intention
of entering, and a half dozen boats
have been named.
The committee in charge at a recent
meeting in Buffalo decided that open
boats shall not be allowed to compote.
The committee thinks the element of
danger too great for an open craft,
and as this is a test of reliability and
not of daring as many elements of
danger as possible have been eliminat
ed. No restriction will be placed upon
the number of crew. Contestants shall
be started away at intervals of not less
than ten minutes. The boat finishing
the prescribed course under her own
power in the shortest time will be de
clared the winner.
The course shall be from the Maid
of the Mist landing ot the Canadian
side or some point above the bridges,
as may be decided later, down to and
around s turn about one-half mile be
low Queenston dock, thence to Pitz's
dock at Lewiston.
TWO FAITHFUL PITCHERS.
Pittsburg Has Valuable Pair In Phil
lipp. and Leever.
Sam Leever and "Deacon" rhlllippe
have won 339 out of 522 games for
the Pittsburgs during their careers
with that club. During the time they
have been with Fred Clarke their work
has been faithfully performed. Only
recently tbey demonstrated their loyal
ty to Captain Fred. At St Louis the
Pirates were forced to play the Cardl.
nals while rain and snow fell In in
clement combinations.
Clarke didn't want to take a chance
on ruining either Adnma or Camnltz
for life, so he asked for volunteers to
pitch the game, Leever and rhlllippe
were the ones to answer the, call.
Leever was chosen, and he went In and
won.
The King's Speech.
When William IV. rend his last
speech in the house of lords his eye
sight was defective, and the light in
the chamber was bad. The result
was that he had the greatest diffi
culty in deciphering the manuscript
and floundered hopelessly about,
pausing indeed at every other word
to mutter to his prime minister,
"What is it, Melbourne?" He strug
gled along in this fashion for
awhile, but at last, completely los
ing his temper, he flashed out at the
top of his voice; "D it, I can't
see!"
Lighted tapers were immediately
brought in and placed before him,
and then the king, apologizing to
the assembly for not having been
able to read the speech before,
harked right back to the first word
and this time succeeded in going
straight through with his perform
ance to the bitter end.. ...
Barclay's
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Center oi Block Between 4th and 5th Sts.
THE TAILOR'S SONG
Fit out at Frank's get a suit up to date,
Right in the fashion of woolens first rate.
A suit that will fit goods sound as a bell,
fio outside shops will fit you as well,
Keep track of Mac's good value he sells.
Mac builds good clothes garments all neat,
Chicago's ready made agents cannot compete.
Examine his line and prices all through,
Look him up for a suit, saves money for you.
Reliable goods, all through his line,
Order a suit for the on coming spring time,
You find value for money here every time.
QUAINT ANDORRA.
This Primitive Little Rtpublio Is Run
by Patriarchs.
They come together like the teeth
of a dog, do the frontiers of France
and Spain, and between the teeth
is a bone such a very small bono
that one wonders why it was not
swallowed up long ago and the
name of the bone is Andorra. The
whole area of this lonely little na
tion is something less than half that
of Greater New York. Its entire
population docs not equal that of
one of our great office buildings.
For want of a better name the
geographers have called it a repub
lic, but the Andorrans part their
allegiance carefully in the middle,
as they do their hair, dividing it
(tho allegiance, not the hair) be
tween the pope and the French
president. If Tolstoy himself had
framed its government ho could not
have built anything more after his
own heart. The heads of families
the patriarchs of Scripture, you
know lfi. r.pprosfntij4'',"'"1
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Everything neat and
clean and a good place to
go for your SUNDAY
DINNER. Board by
the ueek. Lunch counter
in connection.
Open All Night
several times each" year saddle their
mules and go riding down to the
400 year old parliament house,
where it nestles cozily in the moun
tain valley of Andorra la Vieja, to
make such few and simple laws as
the well being of their pastoral con
stituents requires. So slight are
the expenses of government in An
dorra, for all told there are hut four
salaried officials (no place this for
grafters), that a small poll tax on
goats and sheep amply meets them
all. There is no army, even of the
smallest for who is there to fight?
There are no police, for the peas
ants do their own policing. When
I was in Andorra the prison there
is but one was used as a poultry
house. There is no firo depart
ment, for tho houses are all of
stone. There is no coinage, for the
people pay in kind. No postal sys
tem is there cither, for when an
Andorran writes a letter, which
rarely happens, ho intrusts it to
some accommodating person who is
going over tho border into Franco
or Spain. Metropolitan Magazine.
