Men "Higher Up" in Base Ball
Provide Lively Ball to Add
Thrills to National Pastime
By FRANK O. MENKE.
(Coprrtlht. Mil. br Kln Iturti 8nillt, Inc.)
Heaw Hittiner Has Enabled Mediocre Batsmen to
Cling Easily Above .300, While a Horde of Good
Swatsmiths are Banging Out .350 or More.
HE exnected has haDDened.
The glamor and the soul-stirring thrill has
gone from the circuit clout. For homers have
become the rule in this base ball era rather than
the "hip-hip-h-oo-ooray" exception.
The lively ball has done it.
The unusual and the extraordinary excite
the DODulace: sends it into raptures; makes
them sportively fanatical; creates a wild hysteria of enthu
siasm. But the usual tne commonplace provoices no xnnn,
no thunder of applause, no rapturous happiness.
And home-run hitting in this A. D.,S
1921, has become ordinary, common
place. Back in the olden days before
the base ball cowers 'hopped up
the ball the athlete who banged out
a dozen homers in a full season was
a hero; a demon slugger; a seasonal
champion; an offensive star to be
gaed upon with awel
Many Long Hitters.
But now, with the season only
about one-third over, 10 or more
players have banged out around 12
home runs each.
A club that averaged three homers
a week was a wonder aggregation
one that could have been nick
named "Demon Clouters." Nowa
days the team that can't bang out
four baggers far beyond that aver
age is regarded as a terrible aggre
gation. In the last series between the
Tigers and the Athletics a total of
16 home runs was made in four
games. The Athletics ranking as
"the worst club in base ball."
amassed 10 of the 16. When a cel
lar batl club can harpoon 10 four
basers in four games, how can
home-running still be reckoned as
an amazing achievement?
No better evidence of the "lively
tall" can be cited than Ty Cobb's
record. The mighty Georgian is
not averaging more hits now than
in his best years, yet in the first
two months of play he has made al
most as many homers as he did in
any complete season of his spec
tacular career. The answer is ob
vious: The men behind the national
game decided two seasons ago to
barken to fandom's cry of "more
hitting." They made the ball livelier
by the simple process of using in
its manufacture the springiest mate
rials known to balldom. Their aim
was to give the players a ball that
could be whanged out of the lot
with reckless abandom but remark
able precision.
Achieve Aim.
The aim was achieved but, now
there is evidence of its boomerang
effect.
Even the four basing of Ruth isn't
provoking any excessive delirium
this year. Everybody's doing it
this home run stuff so why get ex
cited about it? The fans have be
come smarted uo this season and
they know that Ruth's terrific clout
ing and the great four-bagger work
of a dozen other players is, in the
final analysis, an artificial perform
anctf, as compared with the era be
fore the "hop" bait.
The new ball hasn t merely in
creased circuit drives. It has en
abled mediocre batsmen to cling
ahove .300 while a horde of
good swatsmiths are finding no dif
ficulty banging .oau or oeuer. ins
vear undoubtedly will end with more
.300 hitters than the game ever nas
known before.
Once upon a time a team that aver
seed six or sefven safeties per game
was an aggregation of lu-lu hitters
and did the old home town proua.
But a six or seven hit gang now
would be fired bodily by the irate
magnate. No club is a hitting one
now unless it can pound out 10 to 15
safeties per diem.
Banging Out Hits.
iThat Tiarcr-Athlctics series can be
cited. In the four games the Tigers,
made 33 runs and 61 hits an aver
age better than eight and 15 while
the men of Connie Mack made 32
runs and 45 hits an average of eight
runs and more than 11 hits per com
bat.
' Philadelphia fandom saw each day
On the average, a total of lo runs
and nearly 27 hits probably a record
performance m offensiv u;ay.
" But it woiv't remain fot long if the
-v lively ball continues in play. For
almost anything seems possible with
its use. Players, realizing that the
bal! will sail tremendous distances
when lustily whaled, are spurning
the bunt) balking at scientific bat
ting orders and slugging, slugging,
slugging.
The fans wanted .more hitting a,
little more. They got more in huge
quantities. And the reaction is set
ting in. They no longer go into
ecstacies about batting rallies and
.long distance driving. It's become
too common. . v
Vincent Richards
Making Progress on
East Tennis Courts
New York, June 25. Speculation
over the form of Vincent Richards
appeared to be diminishing as the
brilliant young" tennis player moves
from competition to competition. He
is as busy as the proverbial bee, and,
to carry the similie futher, Richards
is sipping of the nectar of victory,
There was an impressiveness over his
winning of the eastern New York
state championship singles, a couple
weeks ago, at the Amackassin club,
Yonkers. Now he has added another
title to his list by winning the
Brooklyn championship, pteviously
held by Charles Chambers, Frank T.
Anderson and Ichiya Kumagac.
There was something more than
mild interest over the clash of Fred
erick C. Anderson and Richards in
the Brooklyn .titular battle. The
close followers of the courts vividly
remembered the sensational manner
in which Anderson had disposed of
his rival in. the semi-final round of
the national indoor championship at
the Seventh Regiment armory.
Whatever may be their recollec
tions, the present is won'derfully dif
ferent. Richards is playing far
above the form that was his in the
days when he stood as partner to
William T. Tilden. 2d, in trie cam
paign for national and minor cham
pionships. Richards is olaying h:s
shots with a surety ana pace that is
lfting hir.i to the class from, which
tlcfendirs of the Davis cup are se
lected. Landis' Decision
To Declare Halt to
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Hold-Out Players
New York, June 25. The decision
by Judge Landis in the Groh case
has put an end to one of the objec
tionable practices in base ball. When
a player was disgruntled with his
club and wanted to be sold or graded
to another club, he became a hold
out and refused to play. He forced,
his employers to dispose of him.
City Council Passes
A Ballot of Esteem
For Proud Pirates
The city council of Pittsburgh hat
taken note of the victorious sweep
of the Pittsburgh National leagie
base ball club so far this season. In
a resolution adopted by the "city
fathers and forwarded to Man
ager George Gib
son of the Pirates
at New York the
council expressed
its "hearty com-
memdation and ap
preciation of the
courageous and
enthusiastic work
of the club, with
continued well
wishes for the fu
ture." Pittsburgh fans
feel they at iast
will see a renew
al of the world's
GEORGE oibson. Klor i?f
tPuSwih mmacer.il 909, when the Pi
rates won trom
Detroit's Ameri
can league champions.'
Lafayette Is Car
Of Achievements
Engineers Analyzed Essentials
of Good Car and Ihen
Built It.
During the period in which the
Lafayette car was being developed
the engineers analyzed me essentials
of a fine motor car. It must do the
following things, asserts R. W. Hay-
ward of the Lafayette-Hay ward com
pany: The motor will start when you put
your foot on the starter pedal after
the car has stood all night in a cold
garage.
It will go out of the garage quietly
and will reach a satisfactory run
ning temperature in a short time.
The clutch action will be easy; the
transmission gears quiet in all speeds;
and the controls handy.
It will steer easily and steadily,
without fatigue on a long drive.
The rear wheels will not bounce
and it will take abrupt curves safely
without pitch or roll.
It will accelerate rapidly and take
high per cent grades in third gear
without a take-off.
It may be quickly and safely
braked without any drummftlj: of the
rear wheels, or without side-skidding
on slippery streets.
It may be driven long distances at
either high or low speeds without
overheating.
It will retain these qualities over
a period of years and its appearance
will be such that it will remain in
good taste indefinitely.
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OW IS DOSS
New York, June 25. Some time
ago the New York Boxing commis
sion decided that a man 70 years or
older was too blind to judge a box
ing match, and ruled that no kid
who had reached 70 could judge.
The boxing commission allowed
some of the judges, not only blind,
but incompetent, to pick winners.
Too Old for
Muldoon N
Reduction Made
In Price of Nash
Passenger Cars
Cuts Range From $150 ti
$250 on Both Four and
Six-Cylinder
Models.
The Nash Motors company an
nounces a reduction in the prices of
Nash passenger cars, both six and
four-cylinder models, ranging from
$150 to $250. These prices, effective
July 2, are as follows:
Nash Six Five-passenger touring
car, seven-passenger touring
car. Sl.oys: seven-passenger seaan.
$2,695; four-passenger coupe, $2,395;
two-passenger roadster, $1,525; four-
passenger sport model, i.oya.
Nash r-our five-passenger tour
ing car, two-passenger road
ster. $1,175: three-passenger coupe,
$1,735; four-passenger sedan, $1,935.
In a statement given out by u w.
Nash, president of the Nash Motors
company, he reported tnat tnese re
ductions represent lowered produc
tion costs in the big Nash plants at
Kenosha and Milwaukee. They are
handed on to the public because it
has always been the policy of the
Nash Motors company to give buy
ers the benefits of savings accom
plished through operating economy.
Believes in Square Deal
"We have always believed," said
Mr. Nash, "that no man or institu
tion which did not always deal fairly
and squarely with the public could
long survive.
I take no small pride in the cars
that bear mv name, and yet I hon
estly believe that our frank and open
way of taking the public into our
confidence has played as important
a part in our success as has the good
ness of our product.
"For instance, last tall when there
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was a concerted ana country-wiae
feelino' that onces along all lines
should be reduced we were in abso
lute svmnathv with the movement.
And yet there was simply no practi
cal method by which to accomplish
so far as Nash cars were con
cerned, because we would not sacri
fice quality. So we immediately
came out franklv and told -why we
could not reduce prices until at least
31 Per dent increase.
"I am very certain that our course
at this time convinced those who
read the statement that the Nash
Motors company was doing the com
mendable thing. Our prices during
the four years prior to last October
had risen only il per cent and tne
average price increase for all cars
was 76 per cent.
"Nash prices were not inflated, be
cause, in addition to holding our
price increase during this time to 31
per cent, we found ways and means
of building the cars even better. We
committed ourselves publicly to con
tinue to pursue our policy of steadily
building a better value and holding
to our prices until a reduction could
be affected through new economies in
production which we were even then
originating. . -
"Now we come forward with these
reduced prices and at the same time
offer an even more valuable car. We
have kept our word.'
Zip! Some Speed Wagon
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Patterson Lenz
Passes Law Tests
Secretary of Department of
Public Works Puts Stamp
of Approval on Device.
Nebraska automobile drivers are
anxious to make night driving safe
on the highways of the state.
That is-indicated by t the spirit of
gcntr-tl co-operation evidenced since
the passage by the state legislature of
the motor car head-lighting law ap
proved by Governor McKelvie late
in April and now being enforced.
Under this law, only. lenses ap-
proved by the secretary of the de
partment of public works may b
used on motor cars in the state. Pen
alties for violation range up to $100
for each offense.
In the passage of the law the state
has endeavored to give automobiles
sufficient light for their own safety
and yet eliminate glaring headlamps
which have been the cause of so
many automobile accidents and
tragedies.
One of the first lenses to receive
the approval of the secretary of the
public works was the Patterson
lenz.
The Patterson does not cut down
the amount of light. It simply con
trols it. For 500 feet in front of the
car it throws a bright, even beam of
light but at no time do the rays rise
above the required 42 inches speci
fied in the Nebraska law.
This is the fast-traveling Briscoe that clipped off the miles in quick
time at the auto races held at Ak-kar-Ben track the first of the month.
Fred Horey was at the wheel. His car is a dirt track demon. Horey says.
He demonstrated it on the Ak-Sar-Ben track when he successfully took
on all comers.
Reo Speed Wagons
First Into Pueblo
Selected by Army Official to
Carry Food, Tents and
Bedding to Unfortunates.
Reo speed wagons were the first
vehicles of any description to enter
Pueblo after the recent flood. These
speed wagons, loaded with food,
tents and bedding for the stricken
city, were forced to travel over
roads considered impassable, but
they successfully plowed through the
mud with their full supplies.
Adjutant General Hamrock of the
United States army, who took charge
of the relief work, selected the Reo
speed wagon in preference to all
other motor vehicles of any descrip
tion for this work. His experience
with the speed wagons in France led
him to make this selection.
In addition to the first Reos, which
entered Pueblo under their own
power, uenerai namrocK requisi
tioned all that he could obtain in
Colorado Springs, sending them by
train to a point as close to the city
as the train would take them.
Twenty-seven were furnished by O.
G. Sellers, Reo dealer at Colorado
Springs.
These speed wagons were imme
diately set to. work at assisting in
the clearing of debris caused by the
flood. With relief drivers alternat
ing they were kept busy 24 hours
a day. Speed wagons with power
pumps were used to drain cellars
where the water had settled.
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Shorter hours on the farm
The Fordson saves from thirty to fifty per cent of the farmer's time.
Fewer horses on the farm
The Fordson does the' work of from four to six horses.
Less fartn help
One man with a Fordson can do more work easier and with less
expense than two men with horses.
More motley for the farmer
A farmer with a Fordson can raise more crops easier and with less
expense. He therefore makes more prof it.
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C E. PAULSON MOTOR COMPANY
4911 South 24th St
15th and Jackson Sts.
18th and Burt Sts.
2562 Leavenworth St.
20th and Ames Ave.
New Law Causes
Lense Shortage
Eastern Factory Rushed to
Supply Orders for Types to
Comply With Statutes.
The Macbeth-Evans Glass com
pany of Pittsburgh reports that the
new Nebraska headlight law has
caused such a large demand for the
green visor and Liberty lenses that
the factory is barely able to supply
the demand.
Ohio has recently placed a head
light law similar to Nebraska's and
the two states are keeping the big
I Hisuurgn piani - running iuu ca
pacity. While there are . many types of
lenses on the market, only a few
comply with Nebraska's new law.
This law places a penalty on every
dealer who sells lenses that cannot
comply with certain specifications.
There will, however, be attempts
to dispose of stocks of lenses which
do not comply with the law. Motor
ists are cautioned to make sure that
the lenses they buy are of the ap
proved type.
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$100 and up
and show you proof of quality
and workmanship in completed
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EEFECTTVE JULY 1st, 1921
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SALIENT SIX
Power, Economy, Reliability
Prices Reduced
$335 to $600
The lowest prices at which these cars have ever been sold.
New Prices on Open Models
Model Old Price New Price
92 Roadster $2400 $1900
92B Roadster (Special) 2600 2000
94 Touring (4 Passenger) 2400 1985
94B Touring (4 Passenger) 2400 1985
94A touring (4 Passenger Special) 2600 2085
96 Touring (6 Passenger) 2400 2065
New Prices on New Closed Models
93 Sedanette (4 Passenger) . I . $3100
95 Sedan (7 Passenger) . . . .3100
Prices F.O. B. factory Freeport, MinoU. War tax not included.
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