ATHLETICS’ CLEVER “SP1TBALL” TWIRLER.
"Cy" Morgan, a Consistent Performer.
< Mf-.-sn has pitched consistent, winning ball all season for the
f*hHo4olpkii American Lasagne champions and in all probability will be
ON of the Athletic eotriea in the pitching battle for a world's champion
ship Vutfis pitched in tbe American Association a few years ago. He
»u ».'h the >• Paul club and was known as one of the slowest pitch
er* ir the league The t ugs di-faed to see him toe the slab because he
took tfco tfmo limit lo mol atoning and delivering each ball or strike.
HAGERMAN GOES TO DENVER
_
Clever Pitcher Secured by Western
League Club From the Boston
Amer.esn League Team.
PHehtf Oaaey Hajccrman has been
Hcsial by the Denver club from the
Hostss Americas League club. Hag
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Pitcher Higerrrar.
ermu was *;«fc she Jersey City team.
Iwl the te t: nation* had to be con
ducted a tb I'-f Ik. ton club because
there »»» as option cm the player.
mm- Friends of Indianapolis.
Steen the deration of Charley
Oleary to the manager's Job an alli
ance has been formed by Indianapolis i
with letroi*. and this, together with
the friendly relations that hare ex
isted with the Chicago Cubs, makes it
appear that seme talent s ill be sup
plied by one of these clubs Presl
deist Marin baa promised the fndl
ana aid and a deal Is already simmer
ing with Provident Murphy of the
Cabs
Shoes Agree With Tenney.
The shoo business appeals particu
larly to Pred Tenner, as he was born
In a shoe town. Georgetown, Mass.,
and has always had more or lees
knowledge of shoes and leather be
raase of bis New England affiliations.
Tennefs entrance Into shoe manu
facturing means his permanent re
tirement from ha ebail and his many
friends will wish him every success in
his new restore
Differing Poses for Sleep.
It la a curious fact with reference
to the sleeping habit* of the rarious
peoples that while those in Northern
rone tries do not appear to be able to
y sleep well unless they hare lots' of
f room In which to stretch their legs.
the Inhabitants of the tropics often
earl them**.re* up like monkeys at
Ik* lower angle of a suspended ham
bo-.I and steep very soundly that way.
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Jack Murray of the Giants still has
a line throwing arm. „
Wolverton's new outfielder, Pat Ma
loney. Is making good from the start.
Larry McLean caught 38 straight
games for the Reds before he took a
day's rest.
Hilly Phvle, the veteran third sack
er. has been appointed an umpire In
the Canadian league.
Hobby Gilks, Nap scout, has turned
up in New Orleans. He reports ma
terial scarce, as usual.
Hen Houser, the tall left-handed first
baseman of the Boston Braves, is a
strong favorite with the crowds.
Pat Maloney, the outfielder the
Highlanders bought to take Wolter’s
place, cost the tidy sum of $10,000.
Since Russell Ford joined the New
York Americans in 1010 he has lost
but two gan.es to the Cleveland Naps.
Cy Seymour, formerly of the New
York Giants, is hitting the ball hard
for Newark of the International
league.
The bean ball has put many players
on the shelf, Fred Clarke and Frank
t'kacce being the latest important in
stances.
Jack Coombs is wearing a harness
to protect himself when he pitches, be
cause of the many Injuries he received
last year.
Hoston fans like the work of Young
O'Rourke, the Bridgeport shortstop,
now playing with Johnny Kling’s Bos
ton Braves.
Ted Kasterly uses the biggest hat in
the major leagues. An average player
can t lift it up unless he's feeling eta
tra strong.
Denny Sullivan, for two seasons out
fi.Mer for the Kansas City team, has
been sold to Indianapolis. He former
ly was with Toledo.
It Is rumored around the circuit that
much of the poor showing of the Naps
is due to interna] strife, and that it is
not a happy family by any means.
Manager Jack Dunn of the Balti
more team says Bill Bergen is the
best catcher in the International
league, and that Jo.OOO-svould not buy
the former Dodger from the Orioles.
• Home-Run" Baker of the Athletics
now holds a record for Chicago. He
is the only player to put a ball over
the right-field fence of the White
Sox.
“Buck" Freeman, the former Wash
ington-Boston heavy sticker, is havipg
a hard time of it trying to land hia
Sc-»r«on, team a winner in the New
Aork State league.
Howard Shanks, left fielder of the
Senators, Is going to make a lot of
players In that position sit up and take
notice this summer if he keeps up
the grand work he has been doing.
Tie Rochester (earn did a lot in
bolstering up the Washington team for
the great race it baa been running. It
sent Moeller and Foster there and
both are doing helpful work.
BRAINY BASE RUNNERS
Wagner and Cobb, Two Bag
Stealers, Use Judgment
Pittsburg Dutchman Made Many Dou
bles by Stretching Pure Singles Into
Two-Baggers—Georgia Peach Stud
ies Pitchers.
Proper base running, such as the
New York Giants indulge in, consists
in taking chances without being too
reckless. Nothing is ever gained by
the conservative runner who sticks
close to his base until the ball is hit
over the fence. The followers of the
old army game will win only a small
portion of the games for a ball club.
On the other hand, the reckless run
ner, who is always getting pinched
off at the most critical stages. Is
about equally worthless. A combina
tion of aggressiveness and caution is
the right dope for successful base
running. A better way to put it would
be aggressiveness tempered by good
judgment. Every pitcher has plenty
of little signs unknown to himself
which an observant runner can soon
get next to. If more base runners use
their brains to detect these signs and
take advantage of them there would
be more bases stolen. The man who
is smart enough always to take an ex
tra base when the opportunity offers
is the winning player.
For years Wagner of Pittsburg led
the league in two-base hits. He was
a hard hitter, to be sure, but the rea
Ty Cobb.
son he always led in doubles was be
cause he stretched so many pure sin
gles into two-baggers by his clever
running. When in his prime Wagner
always came down to first base like
the wind and made the turn at full
speed. Nine times out of ten on the
ordinary hit he would have to stop
and hold first base. The tenth time
there would be a slight fumble or de
lay in handling the ball in the outfield
! and he would go on to second. The
i extra base might w in the hall game.
Cobb earned his fame by studying
all opposing players, especially pitch
| ers. He knows every move that is
going to be made by certain men and
I just what it means. He watches the
! outfielders and soon knows what their
| way of handling the ball on the ground
is, whether they will get it away
quickly or not, and what kind of
throwers they are. If a man shows a
tendency to slowness or inaccuracy
Cobb makes a mental note of the fact,
and the next time he hits to that field
he is likely to take an extra base.
Honus Wagner.
Cobb excels all other players, not so
much in speed as in brains and pow
ers of observation. While most ath
letes play a fairly conservative and
mechanical game Cobb is always pull
ing something and getting away with
it that no one else would attempt.
His work looks reckless, but it is not
so reckless as it looks, because he has
the dope on opposing players.
Donovan to Succeed Jennings.
“Wild Bill” Donovan may be man
ager of the Tigers next season if the
team does not take a sudden brace in
its playing. “I am not at all satisfied
with the way things are going. Jen
nings appears to have lost his hold on
the men,” said Owner Navin. “They
seem to have no confidence in his
judgment. Our pitchers have been
handled poorly and the team snows
little science. As Jennings has a con
tract for this year we shall not make
any change right now.”
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Howard Sent to Scranton.
Austin Howard, the young collegian
that Griffith Is developing, has been
sent to Scranton. He was first with
Atlanta, then with Richmond. Perhaps
Griff expects him to acquire experi
ence in the different methods of many
managers.
Baseball Zoo.
What is baseball coming to? Earl
| Moore Is a Moose, Johnny Evers Is an
j Elk, Charley Dooin is a White Rat and
j Cy Morgan is an Eagle. It reads lik«
! a boo league.
PROFITABLE MANAGEMENT OF
SMALL FLOCK OF GRADE EWES
One of Daintiest of Animals Will Live and Grow Fat Where
Cow Would Starve to Death—Aim to Have Lambs
Come in January or February, the
Earlier the Better.
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Sheep on a Western Ranch.
(By R. B RUSHING.)
Four years ago I purchased a piece
of land adjoining my farm which was.
to say the least, one of the worst run
down pieces of land in the country,
with noxious weeds of all kinds, the
burdock being very rank.
I turned in my sheep and in a few
weeks they had the burdock eaten
right into the ground.
The sheep, while it is cne of the
daintiest of animals, will live and
: grow fat where a cow would starve to
death. I usually make two cullings
of my flock each year; one In the
spring and one in the fall.
In the spring I cull out all the ewes
that do not bring lambs or those
i that do bring them and for some
| cause fail to raise them, unless those
ewes are of extra quality and promise
well in the future.
In the fail I cull out and ship off
all the old and weak ones, also fatten
and ship the wether lambs during the
fall and winter, thus my spring cull
j lag is light and my fall culling heavy.
I Howrever, I consider both important
I make a point to always buy the
beet registered rams I can find. There
j la nothing gained in using a “cheap
! ram’’ on a flock of grade ewes.
If you want to raise early lambs,
that is, winter lambs, you must be
thoroughly prepared and clearly un
derstand the business. It means sleep
! ’.ess nights, nursing bottles and warm
blankets. But lambs usually bring a
good price in the market, which I
think pays for the trouble of raising
then..
I aim to have my early Iambs come
In January and the first of February—
the earlier the better. My ewes are
Sept in good, thrifty condition, both
before lambing and after.
Here is where many fail to have
what is called "good luck" with sheep.
I se many flocks after they bring
their lambs, either early or late, turn
ed out in the early spring and that is
all that is thought necessary. Conse
quently they become thin In flesh and
run down from sucking.
Thus, when the breeding season
comes again, they are in no shape for
service, and if they do get with lamb
at all. the chances are they will bring
a weak lamb. “Bad luck" follows o!
course.
You can plainly see that the real
i trouble lies in their care and hand
i ling at all times. They must be made
to take plenty of exercise and not be
housed until Just before lambing
time, except in stormy weather, then
it is well to have a shed provided foi
them to go under during the summer
storms.
When lambing time comes I watch
my ewes very closely and am obliged
to be with them both day and night
almost continually. Of course at this
time I keep them in a good, warm
barn.
I fence off little pens about six feet
square and put a ewe and her iambs
in by themselves for two or three days
until the lambs have become strong
enough and sufficiently acquainted
with their mother to know her and
find her when turned in with a num
ber of ewes and lambs in a large place
provided for them in the barn.
Of course talking about winter
lambs may seem a little out of season
now. but now is the proper time to be
thinking of that very thing for it will
not be many months before the breed-,
ing season will be here and then if the
flock is not in proper condition for
breeding, the w-inter lamb business
will prove a failure.
It is an excellent plan for every
farmer to put up every fall a quantity
of oats straw .to help out in carrying
the sheep through the winter. Wheat
straw will answer the purpose but it
is not as good as oats straw.
Of course straw is not an ideal feed
for sheep. It contains^ little nutri
ment. but not much and'ia great deal
of food fiber, but clean oat straw fed
sparingly in connection with roots or
other succulent feed helps out won
derfully.
Placed in the rack with clover hay
It will be pretty well eaten up every
day and it undoubtedly saves some
grain.
Where a farmer has plenty of grain
and little roughage oat straw will help
to piece out the ration admirably.
If fed in large quantities it will
almost certainly produce stomach
trouble and this should always be
avoided.
DESTRUCTION OF
OLD FRUIT TREES
Traveling Timber Buyers Buy
Them Up for Manufacture of
Tool Handles—They
Should be Spared.
<By J. H. HAYNES.)
There seems to be a disposition on
the part of the farmers to ostracize
the old standbys of years ago. It
seems like a sacrilege to do so.
Some traveling timber buyers went
over our country buying old apple
trees for the manufacture of tool
handles. Their story was that the
trees were worthless for fruiting and
the price they £aid would replace the
old trees with young stock.
The grandfather of the writer
planted an orchard (seedlings) SO
years ago. He gave his children the
privileges of choosing a tree and nam
ing it.
One of the boys called his tree
■■Bill’s Apple." This tree is still living
and bearing. So is the boy who
named it.
One other of these seedlings that
was top-grafted with the Pound Pip
pin is still bearing. Enough wood was
taken from these two old trees to
make a gavel to be used by the pre
siding officer at the annual meeting of
the descendent of the old pioneer.
I-ast August over 200 of these chil
dren and grandchildren met to com
i tnemorate the memory of the planter
; of these two old trees and this gavel
was presented to the society.
Some four or five miles from where
these trees stand is a pear orchard all
seedlings planted at the same time by
another pioneer named Harter. These
trees are in fair condition yet. and
although seedlings, the fruit is good.
Our motto is spare the old land
marks. A young tree six years old
that grew from a graft from a tree
276 years old bore an apple last year
and we are sure the fruit was of the
same quality, appearance, etc., as the
fruit that grew on the original tree in
the orchard at Boston. Mass.
Pruning Grape Vines.
The first season let grapevines grow
at will. The following season prune
back to the strongest canes to three
or four eyes, and remove the others.
After the buds start in the spring
leave the two strongest shoots to
grow and rub off the others. The two
shoots are the canes which form the
permanent arms of the vines, and will
bear the upright shoots from which
the fruit of succeeding years is to be
obtained.
Pruning may be done any time, ac
cording to tie locality, from Decem
ber to March, but after that is not ad
visable. The principle to remember
in pruning grapes is that fruit never
grows on last year's wood, but always
on the new wood of the present sea
son's growth.
Culture of the Squash.
The warted and yellow Hubbard
and Orange Marrow are the profita
ble market varieties. Of these *e
have grown on a half acre over 560
matured specimens netting us $85.
Grape Cuttings.
Plant grape cuttings in the spring
1 as early as the ground can be worked.
FORAGE-PLANT
SEEDS IMPORTED
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Considerable Number of Lots
Examined Found of Low
Vitality and Inferior
Quality.
The Secretary of Agriculture is call
ing attention to the Seed Laboratory
which has examined a considerable
number of lots of forage-plant seeds
imported into the United States dur
ing 1911 and found that many of them
consisted of seed of low vitality and
high weed-seed content, said:
“The analyses of IS seed lots of seed
of alsike clover, red clover, white
clover, and hairy vetch, amounting to
225,780 pounds, showed that the pure
seed consisted of only 44.9, 64.2, 51.2.
and 23 per cent, respectively, of the
consignment, while the germination
was as follows: 38.8, 37.0, 30.5, and 77
per cent, respectively. Consequently,
thongh this seed was imported at a
cost of $7.47, $7.97, $17 and $3.82 per
100 pounds, respectively, the actual
cost of 100 pounds of seed that ger
minated was $44.35 for alsike clover.
$34.66 for red clover, $111.S6 for white
clover, $23.29 for hairy vetch, or from
two to four times the market price of
seed of the very best quality.
“A special examination of seed ol
alsike clover and red clover imported
from Canada during 1911 showed that
approximately one-half was unsalable
for seeding purposes in that country
the seed control act there prohibiting
sale when more than a prescribed
number of noxious seeds are found tc
the pound. One lot of seed of alsike
contained less than 50 per cent ol
pure seed, germinating only 15 pet
cent, or 7% per cent of the entire
bulk. This particular lot contained
approximately 135,000 weed seed9 ii
each pound.”
Leads in Cranberries.
It is claimed that Mass&chusettf
leads the cranberry output, with an
average crop of about 400,000 bushels
annually; New Jersey is a close sec
ond with about 350.000 bushels; and
Wisconsin ranks third with an aver
age of about 100.000 bushels.
SOLACE IN HIS MISFORTUNE
Entombed Miner Had at Least One
Pleasant Thought After Two
Days of Suffering.
Miners are among the most heroic
beside them, and they are schooled to
believe that at any time they may
come face to face with death. The re
sult of this Is that they are humorous
in their boldness.
In one of the mines of Pennsylvania
there was a cave-in which imprisoned j
a miner named Jack Thornton. The
accident happened on Friday after
noon, and the fellow laborers of the
entombed man set to work at once to
dig him out. It was not until Sunday
morning, however, that they reached
fcis prison chamber, and by this time
they were wondering whether he had j
been suffocated or starved to death, j
One of them stuck his head through
the aperture made by the picks of
the rescuers and called out:
“Jack, are you all right?”
"All right,” came the reply, and then
after a pause: “What day is this?”
“Sunday!” exclaimed the friend.
“Gee!” exclaimed Jack, “I’m glad of
that. That was one Saturday night
when those saloonkeepers didn't get
my wages."—Popular Magazine.
a ■ i . —
RASH ALMOST COVERED FACE
Warrenville. O.—“I have felt the
effects of blood poisoning for eighteen
years. I was never without some erup
tions on my body. The terrible Itch
ing caused me much suffering and dis
comfort. while the rubbing and
scratching made it worse. Last spring
I had a terrible breaking out of blis
tery sores on my arms and limbs. My
face and arms were almost covered
with rash. I could not sleep and lost
nineteen pounds in five weeks. My
face was terribly red and sore, and
felt as if my skin was on Are. At last
I tried a sample of Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment and 1 found them
so cool, soothing and healing, that I
got some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura
Ointment, and Resolvent. I bathed
with hot water and Cuticura Soap,
then I applied the Cuticura Ointment
every night for two months, and I am
cured of all skin eruptions." (Signed)
Mrs. Kathryn Krafft. Xov. 2S, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cuticura, Dept, L, Boston.”
Simpie Explanation.
To illustrate a point that he was
making—that his was the race with a
future and not a race with a past—
Booker T. Washington told this little
story the other day.
He was standing' by his door one
morning when old Aunt Caroline went
by.
"Good morning. Aunt Caroline,” he
said. “Where are you going this morn
ing?-'
“Lawzee. Mista' Wash’ton,” she
j replied. “I’se done been whar l'se
gwine.”—Kansas City Star.
Her Ruling Passion.
Thj woman who had chased dust
and dirt all her life finally reached St.
! Peter.
“Come in. yOu poor, tired woman,"
be said, and held the gate ajar.
But the woman hesitated.
“Tell me first,” she said, "how often
you clean house?”
The saint smiled.
“You can't shake off the ruling pas
sion. can you?” he said. “Oh, well,
step inside and they’ll give you a
broom and dustpan instead of a harp.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
True to His Trust.
"Father,” asked the beautiful girl,
“did you bring home that material
! for my new skirt?”
"Yes."
“Where is it?”
“Let me see? Wait now. Don’t be
impatient! 1 didn't forget it. I’m
sure I’ve got it In one of my pockets,
somewhere."
Nothin’ In It.
Teacher of Infant geography class—
John Mace may tell us what & strait
is.
John Mace—It’s Jus’ th’ plain stuff,
’thout nothin’ In it.—Judge.
Red Cross Bail Blue gives double value
for your money, goes twice as far as any
other. Ask your grocer.
Nothing so completely knocks a con
trary man as to have you agree with
him.
U your digestion is a little off color a
Course of Ganield Tea will do you good.
The wagon’s tongue goes without
saying.
11—i Vi 1 -t—... . :
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Satisfies 1
There never was a |r
thirst that Coca-Cola couldn’t L
satisfy. It goes, straight as an |
arrow, to the dry spot.
And besides this,
i m
satisfies to a T the call for something
purely delicious and deliciously pure—arid
wholesome.
f ^ ^ Our new booklet, telling of
\ X A G G Coca-Cola vindication at X
^ Chananooga, foe the taking.
Demand the Genuine as made by Whenever |
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EVERY QHCD SHOULD HAVE THE
Faultless Starch Twin DoQs
MistliDy WUtc ud Kiu Phoelw Prima.
If ytm will bw the beet starch made both of these
rac dolls, each 121-2 inches his a and ready to cut out
and Muff, will be sent to any addrcsa^postpaid, on r*>
eeiptofsix fronts of 10 cent Faultless Starch packages,
or twelve fronts of 5 cent Faultless Starch packages
and 8 cent* in stamps to oovear portage and packing.
Or either doll will be sent on receipt of three lOoent 4
• fronts or six 5 cent fronts and 4 cents in stamps. Cut
oat this ad. It will be accepted la place of one 10
cent front, or two 5 east fronts,
FAULTLESS STAKCH CO.. Lmi Cfty. M*
Making Cheese in Olden Days.
Cheese was made by tbe old-time
farmers in the summer on tbe coop
erative plan by which four cattle own
ers owning say 14 milch cows received
ail the milk night and morning, ac
cording to the daily yield of their
little herd. Thus given two families
having five cows each, one with three
and one with one, supposing that the
average yield per cow was the same.
In two weeks two owners would make
five cheeses each; one would press
three, and one only one cheese, but
this one would be as good and as large
as any of the rest—"Nobility of tbe
Trades—The Farmer,” Charles Wins
low HaL, in National Magazine.
Twai a Pretty Thing.
The young man produced a small,
square box from his pocket.
“1 have a present for you,” he began.
“I don’t know whether it will fit your
finger or not, but—”
"Oh, George!” she broke in, "this is
so sudden! Why, I never dreamed—"
But just then George produced the
gift—a silver thimble—and it got sud
denly cooler in the room.—Ladies’
Home Journal
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ol
CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the 1
Signature of | _ __
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
The Worrier.
Knicker—Does Jack worry?
Bocker—Yes; he wants to pasteur
ize spilt milk.—Judge.
When a man Is down and out his
friends are soon up and away.
LEWIS’ Single Binder, straight 6c—
many smokers prefer them to ll)c cigars.
Even your best friends haven’t time
to do much worrying on your account.
'TASTY? Yes indeed —
1 they’re real pickles—crisp
and fine—just as good as
you could put up at home and
far less troublesome. But
then—you should try Libby’s
Olives or Catsup—in fact,
any of
/I* f 1 r
Pickles
and
Condiments
There’s a goodness to them
that beggars description. One taste
and you’ll want more. Purity ?
Libby’s label is your guarantee.
Economy ? They’re not expensive II
when you consider their superior
quality.
Always Buy—Libby’s
Don't accept a substitute. Whether
it be relish—soup—meat—asoaragus—
preserves or jams — insist on the Libby
label. Then you're sure of satisfaction.
At AU Grocer*
Libby, M-Neili
& Libby
Chicago
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CAFE PRICES REASONABLE
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