GIANT PITCHER EXPECTED TO MAKE GOOD | twn Orient. Tenu Recruit. * >*• at -b~ ; i'.rberr wbotn Manager at zb* Ciaatr tucked oc boa»i*y far tin him naa Inuu Ur*'*# tee «t remit; iron. Tcxaa Ie»ri« dig Home good «urk in the ••nrijLg line jut year ai*d it *a» ex* l» led that be mould round to la fine >taj» and W a toner o! t;rengtc u> ■# < tnmg <•lac ell! dirplay bet ter tor* u tbe araroc advancer and ’be ; :e»r eg* a O'teed lb • u* ».ittg •he 3»lu: nailing That is being done in the major leagues r*T!i. ke » as looked upon as a second Mathewson. jos.-essing many of the p.tchiug haracteri.-tics of the great Christy. Perhaps the fact that he in jured hi- arm in a subway rush in New York fa.- something to do with 1« [nor box work this season. Drueke s' rack his arm against a pillar and is nr ii* Ir. -rl«»ro Company for dam ; res Ph Hies Get Pitcher Carter. Catcher Carter of ihe York Tri • .ite !••• u Mt.d to the Phila delphia Nationals DO PITCHERS fc'ORK ENOUGH? It»t Saseta tee- Tr.-k That Twtrt ret Mare it ARtfMtW' Too Easy. Swifted Cf-'Crly if Hit. Vow and the® a H'fJe et noslty is ex pmii—< t* to «krtker tke modern latchr** oteata work mooch to k«ep tkan. a caod rtattka This doesn't refee ?* tke*r t^ystm1 ronOticw. but •t "keir pit mine riuadlttoa Tfc* ru*i»a» ha* crown open mans C*-r* ta ft.:" pitcher* in a hurry if •key tajpea tp tie batted bard when •be came t» riot* Fur that reason limit all bal* team* are carrylnc ■ •» j, ,**!-* is comparison with the nr-dhl aark *bat tkey to on a ball head ' bet. •k*? ever did If Bniiaatlly one of :be pltrber* tk> tar:--®* to be t.it :.ard mere to be kepi * tbe cam* tevead of b*-»nc eti to tbe beack It thick' be that the team would rally as quietly be bid t.u as 1* would behind a fresh ptieker. sad It frequently ha* been de*. a* *ra»ed ta baseball flu* a pitch et tuat be hr. hard la one lcntnc ard after tkat bold a tea* to almost noth tec CALLAHAN IS STILL SPEEDY a. La**p«. Fsrw*e' C* i»gc Outfield er. is 1*o» b»epris«d by "Come Sac*' of Old TesTi-eatr m.1 Lane* of bar Fran< isco. the farmer CkbadSD ontSelder says ifcal -'.sate? (tljiUt »*> so fast in his Large and Callahan palmy day* that It ia bo moader that he i» ahte to come bath While he ha* teat some of hla spetd. he Is stUl aa fast as many at the players is the game t«s (TTsoe Once With Reds. Marty OTooie mas a member of the Oarlnaati Med* about two years ago He was allowed U» doe a suit and grab a ham saBdmlrh aad * cup of coffee lor a day or so That is nothing against Marry, though He Is not the Ki.is playing tlie game of his life 'Pete Compton outfielder of the C:**< k team was sold to the St. , Lou,.- Americans. • up- Lord was fined $S0 for push : g ai. umpire It's al! right if one floesn t push too far. Gei.e iJemontrevilU is being for manager of the Memphis team next year to succeed Bill Bern hard. Herman Schaefer denies he perpe trated that parrot story on Ping Bodie. but all the rircumstan!lal evidence is agates' hint. < untie Mack and his men are play :i:g the game in a quiet, unassuming f: acr.er but are getting there slowly but surely. .Amby McConnell has become an im i i-ortant «g in the White Sox ma chine The Phillies have about as strong a I tor only knows what various places ! and toys he has to amuse a young wife. Mrs. Astor’s Rigid Rule. Cnder the reign of the late Mrs William Astor. mother of the pres-< ent John Jacob Astor, society went! its way with a stiff back and a high-! heeled shoe. In other words. Mrs. Astor was matronly and eventually j elderly during the last part of her I rulership. Her ideas of social deport ment ran along the lines of state din- i ners, operRs and very prim and prud ish entertainments. It was under this stifling influence that society welcomed the innovations of Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, who with Harry Lehr and others introduced “monkey shines” and all manner of outlandish i amusements. The reason why Lehr < and his silly antics prevailed was that a certain element In the Four Hun dred craved any form of diversion to get relief from the rigid behavior pre scribed by Mrs. Astor. This elderly queen of the Four Hun dred ruled with an iron hand. Lord help anyone that fell under the wrath of her displeasure. Mrs. Fish felt it; so that Mrs. Phil Lydig and a host of other lively matrons. Then there were some who got into the charmed circle through devotion to the rules laid down by Mrs. Astor. It was a hard struggle for Mrs. George Gould, who lived a very circumscribed exist ence for years in order to get within the magic circle. Her arduous and exacting conduct attracted Mrs. As tor. One night at the Metropolitan opera house the late Mrs. Astor turned as she was about to enter the huge Astor box and bowed stifly to Mrs. George Gould. That was enough. The courtesy was like magic. The very next day Mrs. Gould's mail was rein forced with invitations to affairs at exclusive homes. She was "made” in a night and by a short and courtly bow. With the death of Mrs. William As tor society took on a more lively as pect. The so-called smart set had cropped up and flourished under her reign for the very reason that the 1 autocratic rules of this dowager were ■ too stringent for the more gay and 1 chipper wealthy. Made Marked Change. When Mrs. Ava William Astor took j up the tiller of the social craft things ’ changed quite a little. She favored more unconventional amusements and , during her brief rule the smart set drff'ea Into oblivion. The austere : regulations of drawing room and tea table society were blended with the I desires of the giddily inclined with result that a happy medium seemed I to have been struck. Vpon the divorce of this Mrs. As I tor and her subsequent abdication of the fashionable throne the members of the Four Hundred have been like ; a ship without a rudder or a flock of sheep minus a shepherdess. Society has been drifting. Mrs. Drexel and i Mrs. Mills both were high in the tn ' ner social councils, but neither was ' able to have the socially elect en thuse over their leadeship As a re | suit the Four Hundred has been di I vided into two factions with the same j Ideas and a noticeable lack of orig i inality. Therefore, a new and In | genious leader was expected to be . welcomed with widespread favor. Colonel Astor was asked the otlwr day as he set sail on his yacht for j Newport with his bride-to-be whether ; or not the young woman would take , up the rule of the Four Hundred. "That Is up to her,” replied Astor. The fact that Newport gave her a royal welcome indicates that Made line Force can sway society If she , wants to and it is a pretty safe bet that she will try. Mrs. Mills Approves Match. Mrs. Ogden Mills has put her ap i preval on the match. While all New port was gasping over the announce i ment, Mrs. Mills was unusually calm. ; To a greup of friends she said: “I have met Miss Force and I think she is a charming and most lovable girl." This was taken quickly as an Indi cation of the direction in which the i social wind was Mowing. Scoffers i and jokesters have since kept their | tongues and will be found in line pay ing homage wfih the other faithful when Madeline Force is thrust upon them. On her first day in Newport the youthful bride-to-be spent all of her time with her mother picking out a suitable cottage for them to live in and In which the marriage ceremony is to be performed. It now appears that the wedding will take place soon er than expected. It Is said upon good authority that Colonel Astor and Miss Force will be wedded by the middle of October. Not the least of the Incidents and details connected with the announced engagement that whet the appetite of the news lovers, are the reports that Colonel Astor has evidenced his ante-marital fondness for his bride to-be by the presentation to the beau tiful Miss Force of a magnificent dia mond ring valued at S12.000 and that i the already somewhat flustered girl ; has been the recipient of scores of j scurrilous postcards and letters crlt | icising her acceptance of the divorced : multimillionaire and warning her that : she may expect the same experience as her predecessor. It is reported that Colonel Astor is not averse to having the purchase of the ring known, but is Intensely angered over the mailed attack on him. CLOUD HAD SILVER LINING Mother of Afflicted Children Found That Neighborly Kindness Still Existed. "O dear." said Mrs. Clark, sicking Into an armchair as If she never meant to rise from it. ‘That’s the fifth time Bessie and Bob have whooped since supper. Our stairs will be worn thin before we're through with this fell disease. And the worst of It is that It isn’t even picturesque," she ended plaintively, as she drew over an enormous pile of mending. "It’s the limit,” replied her husband. “My four nightly hours of rest make me ache to go on a prolonged orgy of sleep. By the way, Emma, the Kings lands and Mertons sent their regards, and wanted to know if there was any thing they could do.” Mrs. Clark viewed him with exas peration. "Of course, and that’s all they ever will do! They a., know Maggie's left Naturally, I can’t telephone and say, Come and do my dishes, please,’ or ‘You might clean my silver,’ or ’Won't I you just sit in the nursery and keep the children from fighting so they won't get excited and cough T And i that isn't the worst of it, either, for . some of the women act as if 1 were a pariah, as if I could give them whoop-i ing-cough by wire, and last Wednes- * day, at Mrs. Moulton's, Mrs. Gaston ' gave me three limp fingers, and then I fled across the room. The resigna tion with which our friends bear our lot is simply touching." She jabbed her darning-needle vi ciously into a stocking that symbol ized apparently the offending Mrs. G&Bton. The next day dawned after a night broken Into such Uttle hits that it scarcely seemed worth while adding it together and calling it “sleep.' and Mrs. Clark, in a presumably placid interval, was just attacking the dish pan when a series of upstairs whoops made her fly wildly to the rescue. Coming downstairs half an hour later, she heard the dishes rattling suspiciously. "Is it a ghost, or has Maggie re pented?" she wondered, then opened -I the kitchen door on vigorous Mrs. Prior, her next-door-neighbor-but-one, washing up in a masterly manner. "Go hack to your babies.” she said. "My four olive-branches had it at once, and I know what it is. But then, I had a good old-fashioned servant, j the kind that stayed. And, Mrs. Clark! some of us who have been through it want to come in and help you with your mending It must be appalling by now.” Mrs. Clark again sank into a chair, but with oh, such different feelings from the night before! “Mrs. Prior,” she said, earnestly, "if anything could make this scourge worth while, it would be the posses sion of such kind neighbors." Then the children whooped again, and Mrs. Clark’s exit was dramatical ly thankful.—Youth's Companion. In a Deepaea Cab. “You say I had been drinking?" “Well. you were riding around in a hack with a sailor ” “But had I been drinking?” “Well, you were ordering him to go aloft and reef sail." 16 OF PLUNGERS **Bet-a-MiuSon” Gates Both Lovec and Hated. From a Country Store He Eranched Out as Wire King, Then Invaded the Realms of High Finance. New York.—One of the most pic turesque figures in the business and financial life of this country passed away in the death of John W. Gates Gates was warmly loved and deep ly hated. He won and lost millions, gave and received many hard blows met the great kings of Wall street at their most famiiiar game of specula tion and beat them. Breezily invaded many lines of endeavor and came out of them successful and wrote his name in large characters over financial events of a quarter of a century. He was a gambler by instinct But he was never a bear. He was too op . timistic for that He believed in up building rather than in tearing down, and he shared with others the results of his indefatigable chase for wealth His readiness to take a chance on any reasonable proposition and the large sum of money he was willing to risk upon the soundness of his judgment earned fur him the soubriquet of "Bet you-a-Million" Gates. “All life is a gamble." he cnce said. “The farmer gambles when he plants his crops Every man who goes Into business cm barks on speculation. Of course, the element of judgment enters in. but the element of chance cannot be ruled out. Whenever a man starts out on a railroad journey it's a gamble wheth er he ever reaches his destination.” And on this principle Gates ruled his life. It was barbed wire that made Gates. It was introduced Into use at a time when the ranchmen of the west and southwest were fencing in their broad acres and Gates, who was then con ducting a little hardware store at John W. Gates. Turner Junction, now a part of Chi cago. saw his opportunity. He went to Texas as a salesman and soon took ?nough orders to swamp the manufac tory for which he was working. Then he asked for a share in the profits and was refused. He became a rnanu facturer himself, establishing a plant at St. Louis, and soon found himself Involved in lawsuits over patents. He moved into another state where the court lnjuetions issued against him could not reach him. finally won hia case and continued for a time a sue I cessful career as a maker of barbed ; wire. Gates never turned his back upon '■ opportunity and he saw opportunity i beckoning to him. He began organiz j tng and consolidating wire companies. ' He organized the Consolidated Steel • and Wire company, which was cap! ! talized at $90,000,000, and which he . i sold to the Federal Steel company. Then followed the American Steel and : Wire company, capitalized at $90,000. ! 000. and a little later the United | States Steel corporation, with which i Gates' companies were merged, was | formed. He made millions out of these deals and other millions out o! railway and industrial stocks. During his spectacular plunging in i Wall street, which he entered soon | after the close of the war with Spain S various attempts were made to break | him. Occasionally his wings were , somewhat singed, but he was never seriously wounded and he made the ! financial interests of Wall street reck ! on with him. One of his brilliam ! coups was the control he gained of the j Louisville & Nashville railroad. His control of it imperilled certain import | ant projects of J. Pierpont Morgan ! tnd other money kings and they were I orced to buy his stock practically at bis own price. In w heat and corn corners he is said | :o have made millions. He had near | ly a perfect system of getting informa l tion of things which might affect Wall street. His own eyes were always ! open and when he could not look fat enough ahead he paid others to do his j scouting After his retirement fron ! Wall street, in 1907. he went to Texas ; entered the oil fields and forced the Standard Oil to abandon that terrl tory. Gates’ business training began early Before he was sixteen he contracted to husk a neighbor’s corn and made enough money to buy an interest in a threshing machine. He happened to strike a year of bumper crops and he succeeded so well that he was able to buy out his partners. Giving his threshing machine as security, be bought a piece of woodland, converted it into firewood, cleared $1,000 and still had his threshing machine. And he was not then eighteen years of age Some of Gates’ spectacular ventures were on the turf, and with many sue cesses to his credit here he Invaded England and is said to have made $1, 375,000 one season. He was a man ot tremendous energy, of heavy build, but not the least picturesque in ap pea ranee. He was not at all brusque and domineering, but gentle in maa oer And speech.