ATHLETIC CATCHER BETTER THAN EVER.
Ir« Them**.
!•» i -a. a* I* (4ti catcher oa j
ta» staff of Philadelphia Athletics,
laeae fretter th.e Mstoe than he ever
did. He e*arted hie twee hall -areer
« Har-t *d He see drafted from
•**•*»«» t»e» by (be Sea York Amen
a*e He then seat to Detroit and
•■»*«!• '-be oa!* par la the arorld'e
s»nes which the Tigers won from the
Cubs. His ins w ent bark on him and
he was purchased by Connie Mack on
the chance that he would recover the
use of his arm. His work since join
ing the Athletics shows that his arm
•* in good shape and few bases are
stolen on him
•
QUICKEST TRADE ON RECORD
*n*t be-a* a->S Dt Hs»a*-s £*
c * * - i*3 hr Beaten ana Chicago
Ci«.aa BHcr Game.
1 e* «*« ? tea* train ntrnr main la the
-■-€ -nagan *w bntweca tin Cuba a Ed
Bm’ftmm a r«-» >«r» »co Xnvt Ran
ttt! »m ;-'ar»a* rt*bt a*ld for Cfcl
I I
' ung Mr. Good seems to be the
goods.
Larry Lajoie has batted .300 for
thirteen seasons.
P**oria has secured Pitrher Ed Sykes
irom Indianapolis
Jack Pfe'.ster finds the going a lit
tle hard in the A. A.
That is what one gets for haring a
David Harum reputation.
Baseball players figure the bigger
they come the harder they falL
Billy Sullivan usually gets his hita
when one least expects him to do so.
Howr does it happen the Doves have
a playing manager and field captain,
too?
Stony McGlynn Is back In his old
form and pitching fine ball for Mil
waukee.
Ping Hodic seems to be the "goat”
for the jokes played among the Ameri
can leaguers.
By the way. wasn’t Jimmy Sheckard
the man who was "all through” a year
and a half ago?
Slim Caldwell of the Highlanders Is
hitting 357. harder than any regular
pitcher on the staff.
Jimmy Sheckard made five runs and
yet only figured one time at bat In the
recent Doves’ trap shooting matinee.
Waterbury released the veteran Pop
MrPartlln and he now threatens suit,
as be says his contract stipulated that
he should not be released or traded
during 1911.
Jackey At*, the Providence second
sacker. met with a peculiar accident.
He strained his back swinging at a
ball and had to be carried back to the
bench.
Secretary William Effingham Shetts
llne of the Phillies says that be would
not be willing to trade Hans Lobert
back to Cincinnati for all the four men
’be Reds got last fall for the four
Phillies
Shortstop Jacobs of Peoria is touted
aa about the best bet at that position
that the league has ever seen. Since
Arnold Hauser. Neal Ball and others
have played the position In this cir
cuit. it is saying a good deal for
Jacobs.
Infielder Hugh Bradley of the Red
Sox. who ha* been laid up with a
sprained ankle and later with watsr
<m the knee, bad the plaster cast tak
er. off and hope* to be out for light
practice next week.
Fielder Jones 1* reported to be en
gaged as Aanager of the Naps next
year. Fielder has not been heard from,
i but It Is quite likely he wrlll use the
same form of stereotyped reply that
he has used forty-seven times before.
I Connie Mack Is not asking any such
| a price for Pitcher Russell as he gave
1 for him last year, but he would be
quite willing to let him go If he could
place him where he would not be dan
icroui.
Two years ago Detroit traded Sec
ond Baseman Schaefer to Washington
for Second Bateman Delahanty. When
the two teams met In a series of
games recently, both men were play
ing first base.
0*1 Meerard
ago iiom a.-d •» oatfielding
th* kw» card. Botl hm oat to the
C*m* and un.lormeg tbemaolrea—tbes
'here «aa a coetereac* beteeen the
aaaaager* At game time the umpire
•moo*'--* Bet tree* will be Orph
aad Ompt for Chicago Ouch and
Orrrb ter Bortoa Randall will play
right field tor Bootee: Howard will
Play right Reid for Chicago" The
•r»«e hag beam made Jan in time for
the hoy* to exchange uniform*
Bb»«M*s Gat Barm
W»h BUI Ban*, the Quakers bow
Ba*a Jrar •'iCiacicnaCl pitchers—Row
a* B~ehe. C»ta* aad Bans Clark
OrtBU still say* be aide no mistake
whoa be lot acy a€ that quartet go
PITCHERS DON’T LOOK GOOD
World’s Champions Predict Jennings’
Youngsters Won’t Stand Gaff
Through Season.
On the basis of their showing
against the world's champions, the
Juvenile pitching talent of Detroit
does not look like any parade of ex
ceptional merit. In fact, against the
Macks the youngsters looked like a
punk and bush outfit, and it was the
wonder of the champions how the
deuce they managed to stand up as
well as they have shown.
None of them proved to be stars,
i-lvely has a fair spltball that, when It
is breaking well. Is likely to fool
some of the weaker vesesls, but he
his nothing else, and the Mackmen
spun his shoots all over the lot. Cov
ington looks fairly good, but doesn't
shine. Works Is no better than he
ever showed, and Lafitte has been ill.
Thus a fair estimate cannot be made
of his ability.
The veterans are In no shape, and
on this basis alone it is hard to see
where the Tigers can keep up their
pace unless their twirlers deliver
more than they showed against the
Macks.
If the Chicago pitchers, the New
York pitchers and the Athletic twirl
ers keep up their usual standard of
pitching they will form an alliance that
will ??ke the starch out of the junga
leers.
MEYERS ON RUBE MARQUARD
Indian Catcher Thinks Giant South
paw Has Great Future Before
Him—Has Everything.
Big Chief Meyers, Indian catcher of
the New York Giants, is an interest
ing character. Talk baseball to him
and you are entertained. He studies
the game. He has an opinion upon
every question that arises. Talk to
him long enough and you are bound to
be profited. This Indian also has
ideas. One of bis opinions is that
Rube Marquard. the southpaw on the
Gient squad, has the making of a great
pitcher and that the day will come
when the fans will applaud McGraw
in advising his purchase at the tre
mendous price which was paid for
him.
"Marquard is destined to become a
great pitcher,” said Meyers. “The
young soutbpaw has been pitching bet
ter baseball than be did last year.
Even then Meyers was absolutely cer
Chief Meyers.
tain that Marquard would one day be
a great southpaw.
"The only thing that Marquard
needs is age.” continued the Indian.
"He is young. He doesn't take base
ball seriously. Whenever he awakens
to the fact that baseball Is a business
as well as a sport, he will become one
of the greatest left-hand twlrlers that
the game has produced.”
"Why?” the Indian was asked.
"Because he has everything,” was
the reply. v
"Marquard has wonderful curves. He
has great speed. He has a change of
pace. In a word, he has everything
that a pitcher needs. The moment
that he fully realizes that baseball la
a serious proposition that moment he
will begin to develop into a great
twirler. This he Is now beginning to
realize.
“Marquard today Is a greater pitch
er than he was at this time last year.
It is all because he Is becoming more
serious as he becomes older. His view
point is changing. A year ago base
ball was a game, a sport, a pastime
that he took pleasure in indulging in.
But nothing more.”
It is interesting also to talk to Mey
ers about Mathewson. Here is the one
man who is the idol of this Indian
backstop. If any man attempted to
tell him that the game ever produced
a gf?kter twirler, then there would be
an argument.
The Indian Is firmly convinced that
the Giants will lick the Cubs in the
pennant race and that McGraw will be
the manager of the National league
team which fights for the world's
championship.
Milan Sold for $100.
Edgar Willett of Detroit started
Clyde Milan on his road to success.
Edgar got Milan for $100 and not in
cold cash, either. At the time of the
Milan purchase. Willett was playing
with Wichita. Willett went to Shaw
nee, Ok., with Instructions to look
over a young outfielder who was re
ported to be doing things at Shaw
nee. 'WUlett went to Shawnee, saw
and believed. He reported to the
Wichita owners that Milan was worth
$100 and the sale was consummated.
From Wichita dated the success of
Milan.
National league Traders.
Clark Griffith and Fred Tenney
must be grouped In about the a^ioe
class as traders.
WILL LEAD
ARMY TO
GAIN VOTE
Capt. Paiva Couceiro, Last of King
Manuel’s Officer* to Sheathe
His Sword, Now Draws it for
a Free Ballot to Show Whether
the People Want a Republic or
a Monarchy.
_
TUY, Spain.—The chief of the
Portuguese Royalists, who are
at present arranging in the lit
tle town on the Spanish fron
tier to invade the territory of
the republic, is Senor Captain Hen
rique de Paiva Couceiro, now living
at Orense, about six hours' journey
by railway from the frontier.
As if his attempt succeeds, he will
at once attain very great prominence,
and as in any case he seems bound
to make his mark on current Portu
guese history, a description of him at
the present moment cannot be out
of place.
Clear Headed, Resourceful.
He !s about 35 years of age. but
looks younger. His mother was Eng
lish, he speaks Englis' like an Eng
lishman. and the cold determination
with which he is planning the over
throw of the republic betrays the
methodical Briton rather than the
| volatile Lusitanian. He is clear-head
; ed, resourceful, gifted with excellent
1 judgment; above all he has great mil
[ itary talent and enjoys an extraordin
ary popularity among the Royalist
and Conservative elements in his na
tive land.
His campaigns in Africa were con
ducted with great brilliancy and skill,
ana even If they were waged against
negroes we must remember that even
! negroes have, from time to time, giv
I on great trouble to English. French
and German troops. During this Afri
| can warfare Palva Couceiro also dis
; played extraordinary persona: brav
| ery. This quality will stand him in
good stead during his coming invasion
| of Portugal with a handful of men.
j During the October revolution Cou
, ceiro was the one man on the Roy
alist side who fought well, and he
would easily have crushed the rev
olution had it not been for the cow
, urdice or treachery of his superiors
; and of the prime minister.
"Tien the revolution broke out.
! Couceiro was captain in command of
a battery of artillery at Quehuz on the
i outskirts of the capital. When he
heard the first shots he went to the
general staff for instructions but found
that Institution in a state of panic
and confusion. The local general of
division was sick and had left every
thing to subordinates. The minister
of war, a man of singular incompet
ance, revealed at the critical moment
a depth of Ignorance of which even
his worst enemies bad never suspect
j ed him.
Demanded Order to Fight.
Paiva Couceiro, irritated at this
i spectacle, asked for permission to
: bring his troops into action. But he
could not get an answer. The inde
cision and confusion was too great.
Nobody knew what to do. Precious
tours were lost in futile discussions
and the drawing u.> of fantastic plans.
Meanwhile, the great b-_:k of the for
i ces which would have died to a man
; for the monarchy were immobilized
and useless.
Paiva Couceiro at length quitted
the general staff in great anger and,
taking a carriage drove to Queiuz at
full speed. Before he reached the
battery bis resolution was already
taken. If the monarchy must fall it
were better that it should fall in the
blood of its faithful soldiers than that
it should go down without a blow be
ing struck in its defense. Like “Bon
ny Dundee" he declared that "e'er the
kings crown shall fall there are
crowns to be broke." In other words
he ordpred out his battery and tried
to persuade his fellow officers in com
mand of other detachments to accom
pany him. There other officers were
as loyal as himself but, in the absence
of orders from the general staff, they
felt obliged to decline the Invitation.
Paiva Couceiro went without them.
He forced his way on to the heights
commanding the city, drove before
him various bodies of republicans wbo
attempted to bar the way, joined forc
es with a loyal infantry regiment
which bad still kept the king s flag
flying, and finally took up a position
on the heights occupied by the peni
tentiary, that Is, in a situation com
manding the whole revolutionary
force.
Here then began between the two
redoubts a formidable artillery duel
which was the most terrible incident
FINE OLD ENGLISH GARDENS
Some Noted for Their Mazes, Others
for Unusual Hedges, and All
Are Beautiful
The maze at Hampton Court ts
world renowned and there is a good
maze in the garden at Hatfield. The
grounds of the latter go back to the
days of Queen Elizabeth. There is an
old-fashioned garden and a yew tree
garden, where rows of thick yews
make dark and sheltered pathways.
And there Is also a walled vineyard,
where grapes for the sacramenul
wine were grown by the monks of
past centuries.
Some country houses are noted for
the special hedges In their gardens,
says the Queen. Raby Castle has
enormous yew hedges; Howth Castle.
In Ireland, has fine, upstanding beech
hedges; Meikleour House, in Scot
land. owned by Lord Lansdowne. has
a beech hedge IS feet In height and a
quarter of a mile in length; there are
nuge holly hedges at Tyningham.
which belongs to Lord Haddington,
and a holly edge at vast proportions
CHIEF OF PORTUGUESE REBEL FORCES
of the revolution and which lasted
more than half an hour. Had it con
tinued a few moments longer the rev
olution would have failed. As a mat
ter of fact, all the officers of the regu
lar army who had joined the insur
gents fled, leaving only Machado San
tos, a non-commissioned marine offi
cer, in command of a disorganized
mass of men wildly searching for
somebody to surrender to.
This is not exaggerated, though it
may seem to be so. Innumerable ac
counts of the revolution have since
been published by republicans, and
they all admit that at this peridd all
was regarded by the insurgents as lost
beyond redemption. The fugitive reb
el officers did not stop their motor
cars till they had reached Spain, and
nothing surprised them more than
when they were told next day that the
republicans had succeeded.
lists. After some months' observation
of political development in LJsbon he
became convinced that the country
was drifting toward a precipice, that
the insubordination in the army and
in all departments of state would
quickly lead to chaos, from which Port
ugal would only emerge without any of
her oversea possessions, from which
she might never emerge as an inde
pendent nation. He therefore proposed
to the government that it should re
sign in favor of another provisional
government of imperial character, but
military in its nature. This second gov
ernment was to take a national plebis
cite as to the form of regime which the
country wanted. Whatever the result
of that referendum might be, Couceiro
promised to approve of it, and to serve
the government which the people
chose.
That Couceiro should have seriously
presented such a proposition to Pres
ident Braga shows bow lofty and at
the same time naive was his character.
The provisional government refused of
course to abdicate, whereupon Cou
ceiro declared that henceforth he would
devote his life to ejecting that govern
ment by force, that he would go abroad
and spend all his time plotting the
: overthrow of President Braga, Aftcnso
Costa & Co. He would, however, re
main in Lisbon 24 hours so as to give
the republicans an opportunity to ar
rest him.
Beginning of the Revolt
This time limit passed without the
government making any move, where
upon Couciero went to Vigo and set
on foot the great royalist plot which
threatens at present the existence of
the new regime. This step caused an
immense sensation in Portugal and
though the republic proposes to re
gard the captain's preparations with
indifference, it has 6hown its intense
fear of him by bringing pressure on
the Spanish authorities to move him
from place to place, and by protesting
continually and loudly through its rep
resentatives in Madrid at the captain’s
presence near the frontier. In con
sequence of this Captain Couceiro has
been moved from at least two places.
Vigo and Santiago.
Mysterious Order Obeyed.
But at this critical moment two offi
cers rode up to the chief of the roy
alist battery and commanded him In
the name of the general staff to retire.
How such an order came to be given
is one of the many mysteries of this
extraordinary day. But Paiva Cou
eiro could not disobey it, and he fell
back. His retreat, effected slowly and
in perfect order, was watched in per
fect silence by the shattered revolu
tionists in the rotunda. These gentle
men could hardly believe their eyes.
His retreat was followed by great
confusion in the royalist infantry regi
ment wfiich supported him. That con
fusion was increased by hand grenades
thrown among those faithful troops by
the Carbonarios.
Paiva Couceiro then returned to his
house, discarded his official uniform
for civil attire and sent his resigna
tion to the minister of war. It was
a courageous act. for he has no pri
vate means and has been living on his
pay. It also meant apparently an end
to his rapid rise in the only career
for which he cared. But this act of
self-sacrifice and of moral dignity has
given Couceiro more prestige than his
victories in Mozambique and his suc
cessful governorship of Angola
Refuses Promotion.
The republicans knew bis value, so
that they not only refused to accept
his resignation, but immediately pub
lished a decree promoting him to the
artillery general staff. He was the
only royalist whom the victorious re
publicans thus honored, but he persist
ed in his refusal to serve the new re
gime. Private friends brought the
greatest possible pressure to bear on
him, and evidently be could by a word
have procured his advancement to
places of great importance and of large
emoluments. That he resisted these
almost irresistible appeals to his van
ity. his ambition and his natural long
ing for an assured and highly remu
nerative position shows him to be a
more than ordinary man. But he could
not. by accepting office under the re
public. condone the disgraceful murder
of officers by privates which had cer
tainly stained the victory of the revo
lutionists. He could not excuse the
way in which tbs common soldier had
been corrupted hy secret society men.
Goes to Teaching.
At first he taught English in a pri
vate school at Usbon while still al
lowing his name to appear on the army
In moving him the Spanish authori
ies act with great ceremony and sym
pathy so that Couceiro's wanderings
semble the progress of an exiled mon
arch rather than the fittings of a con
spirator moved on by the police.
Paiva de Couceiro has issued two or
three proclamations which have been
distributed everywhere throughout
Portugal. In these he points out
that he does not care whether Portu
gal is a republic or a monarchy. He
wants 't to let him know which form
of government it wishes. At the pres
ent moment it is unable to make its
wishes known, all anti-republican news
papers and organizations having been
suppressed and all conservative propa
ganda having been prevented the elec
; tion. Most of Couceiro's supporters
are. however. Manuelists.
In another proclamation Couceiro
makes the very singular statement
that Spain is anxious to Intervene in
Portugal and that Germany is strong
ly encouraging her to do so in the
hope that some of the Portuguese col
onies may fall to the Fatherland.
The more respectable a sinner Is the
more dangerous he is.
is to be seen at Keele Hall, In Staf
fordshire, which was for so long rent
ed by the Grand Duke Michael and
Countess Torby.
Gardens with grass paths and with
paved paths have a charming old
world appearance. Grass paths may
be seen to perfection at Knole, Lord
Sackville's wonderful old home near
Sevenoaks. Knole. by the way, was
the Vauxe of Disraeli's Lothiar. And
the grass paths at Sntton Place, which
belongs to Lord Xorthcliffe, are also
most exquisite.
Paved paths are also a pleasant
variant from commonplace gravel.
Helmingham. Lord Tollemache's place
in Suffolk, has 1U garden paths paved
with stone, and the same may be aeen
at Hackwood Park, which is now
owned by Lord Curzon of Kedleston.
Blue tiles are used as paths and as
edges to flower beds at Wood End, Sir
Hugo de Bathe's place, near Chiches
ter.
Some people go in for specialties in [
horticulture. The fuchsia walk at !
Penrhyn Castle is a sight to see. and
eo are the rhododendrons at Heron '
Court. Lord Malmesbury* nlace near !
Christchurch. In late spring a valley
like part of the park seems a blase
of brilliant colors—pink, red. mauve,
yellow and orange. Two rivers, the
Avon and the Stour, run through the
grounds, and later on this latter will
be covered with water lilies.
Lady Ilchester's garden at Abbots
bury is rich with the pomp of mag
nolia and c&melia. and gay with
spiraea, mimosa and coronilla. Lady
Pembroke’s garden at Wilton is very
fair to see. Near the Italian garden
is an evergreen oak with a girth of
20 feet and the cedars are older than
those at Warwick Castle.
Woman Is Chauffeur.
Mrs. Herbert L. Cox of Winchester,
prominent In Jos ton society, just has
applied for a professional chauffeur’s
license She has driven her automo
bile more than tea thousand miles.
Besides running her car, Mrs. Cox
also is capable of making repairs. Tire
troubles cause her tittle concern, for
she can take off a shoe, put in a new
tube and replace the tire as well as
a professional driver. She began run
ning a machine last summer.
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Cures all blood humors, all
eruptions, clears the complex
ion, creates an appetite, aids
digestion, relieves that tired
feeling, gives vigor and vim.
Get it today in imifc! liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
WHERE THEY DRAW THE LINE
Naturally Men Disapprove of Extrava
gance When Their Own Purse
la Concerned.
Mrs. William B. Leeds, who took
Mrs. George Keppel's house In Lon
don for the coronation season, came
from New York with 40 huge trunks,
all the same size, all mounted with
shining brass, all claret-colored, and
all as lustrous as the body of a motor
car.
Mrs. Leeds, as her 40 trunks imply,
dresses very beautifully. She spends
a large amount on her wardrobe, and
discussing the fact that woman’s
dress is so much more expensive and
so much less durable than men's, she
once said:
“We women dress foolishly, and we
will continue to do so till men disap
prove; but”—she smiled on the men
at the table—"no man in the world
ever disapproved of dress extrava
gance in a woman unless she hap
pened to be his wife.”—Detroit Free
Press.
Why He Quit.
“Haven't 1 the privilege of making
suggestions to the man fixing the
lawn?" she asked, with tears in her
voice.
“Why. certainly,” he assured her.
“Well, just because I made a sug
gestion to him he threw all his toqls
in '.he wheelbarrow in an angry man
ner and went away without saying a
word."
"Why, what had you said to make
him act like that?”
“I just asked him to plant a few
nice dandelions in the lawn."
Thackeray's Kindness of Heart.
Thackeray was the gentlest satir
ist that ever lived. As editor of the
Comhill he could hardly bring him
self to reject a MS. for fear of hurting
his would-be contributors. The story
of his actually paying for contribu
tions that he never printed, in order
to conceal the fact that he had reject
ed them, may be true or false. We do
not remember exactly how the evi
dence points. But even if it be a
story, such stories are not told of men
made of the stern stufT of the Thack
eray commonly misknown.
Some Aviation Records.
Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is the
first crowned head who has made an
aeroplane flight. The aviator who
took him up is the first man who ever
was knighted in midair. Prince Henry
of Prussia is the first professional
aviator of royal rank. Mr. Roosevelt
is the first prominent statesman to
have made an ascension in an aero
plane. Arthur J. Balfour is the sec
ond.
Lead in Salt Industry.
The six leading states In the salt
industry are Michigan, New York.
Ohio, Kansas. Louisiana and Cali
fornia, and in 1909 these six states
: produced salt valued at $7,714,557.
The salt from these states is obtained
j from rock salt, sea water and natural
brine—in other words, from all the
known sources of salt.
With Emphasis.
Mistress (hastily sticking a finger
| into either ear)—Kittie. for heaven's
| sake! What does that frightful noise
! and profanity in the kitchen mean?
Kittie—Oh, that's nothin’, ma'am!
j It’s on’y cook rejectin' a propcs’l av
! marrij from the ashman!—Harper's
i Bazar.
I_
Bribery.
Mrs. M.—Who did you vote for?
Mrs. N.—I don't remember his name
I He gave me his seat in the street cat
j last week.
Any man can get into a fight, but
| sometimes it takes a certain amount
i of courage to keep out of one.
HEART RIGHT.
When He Quit Coffee.
Life Insurance Companies will not
insure a man suffering from bearl
trouble.
The reason is obvious.
This is a serious matter to the hus
band or father who is solicitous for
the future of his dear ones. Often
the heart trouble is caused by an un
expected thing and can be corrected II
taken in time and properly treated. A
man in Colorado writes:
“I was a great coffee drinker foi
many years, and was not aware of the
injurious effects of the habit till 1
became a practical invalid, suffering
from heart trouble, indigestion and
nervousness to an extent that made
me wretchedly miserable myself and
a nuisance to those who witnessed my
sufferings.
“I continued to drink coffee, how
ever, not suspecting that it was the
cause of my ill-bealth. till on applying
for life insurance I was rejected on ac
count of the trouble with my heart.
Then I became alarmed. I found that
leaving off coffee helped me quickly, so
I quit It altogether and having been
attracted by. the advertisements of
Postum I began its use.
“The change in my condition was re
markable. All my ailments vanished.
My digestion was completely restored,
my nervousness disappeared, and.
most important of all, my heart stead
ied down and. became normal, and on a
second examination I was accepted by
the Life Insurance Co. Quitting coffee
and using Postum worked the change.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek., Mich.
“There's a reason,” and it is ex
plained in the little book, “The Road
to Wellvttle,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A am
voe appears froaa time te time. They
are wemaiae, tree, amd fall af haau
iaterest.
