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Evening journal., 1908-10-01
SIXTEEN AUTOS In
2OO-MILE RACE

with the entry of forty horsepower
Pullman car in the 2O0-mile Founders
Week road race in Fairmount Park on
Saturday. October 10, the entry list is
now complete and much 10 the disappoint-
ment and regret Of several prospective
rants no more cars viii NIT wlo eedaeb
entrants no more cars will be allowed TO
participate. p. f. dupont, a Wilmington.
ian. is one OF the contestants.
Sixteen cars was the maximum number
allowed by the Quaker city Motor Club
under whose auspices the event will be
conducted and the Pullman is the six
teenth car and was entered by the York
Motor Car Company, York, Pa, Through
their local agent. L. e. French.
The fun list Of cars with their horse.
power, drivers, etc. is given below the
name Of the car, number Of cylinders
horsepower. bore. stroke. entrant, and
diver being given in order:
Am. Locomotive. 6. so. 4si. 5ik. Z. J.
Bergdon. L. J. Bergdoll.
Maxwell. T. 2s. "a. "A. Maxwell -Rriycoe
Co., Kelsey.
standardization, 4. si5, "a, g. Hamilton
Auto Co, Miller.
feefiessi D. ., -, 't2' f. duPont
Maucher.
Palmer and Singer. 6, So "a. sss. c, 4.
| Schroeder. Wallace
Apperson. 4. asa 5lk. 5, Philadelphia
Automobile Co. Davis
Welch. 6, 81, 5-S. ., Erwin r. Bergdon
| T.. r. Bergdoll.
studebaker. 4 ss.5 AZ, 54, studebaker
Bros Co, Yerger
Locomobile. J. 10. 5. G. !. J. Morse. Tracy.
Locomobile, 4. 40. 5, g. l. J. NOISE. Flor.
ida.
Acme, G, $3.50. 4 5-s, g. Acme Motor csi
/ Co, Patche.
Chadwick, G. 60, 5. c. J. NJ. Mmyon. Jr.
HarSins
Pennsylvania, 4. 3s, AZ. 81. Penn syl-
vania Auto. Motor Co. Zengl -Maynas.
Lozier, 4, As, 81, 5A Herman Brill. Nul
ford.
Lozier, g. 60. SIS. 5k W. B. HerbFt
Michener.
Pullman = 40. 4 Isis 5H. York Motoi
Car Co, La Roche or staines.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
NEW CASTLE HIGH
LOSES FIRST GAME

NEW CASTLE. oct 1.-The New Cas-
tie High School football team lost the
first game of the season to the Cherry
Athletic Club team by the score of to 0
in a hard-fought game. The Cherry team
outweighed the schoolboys by % pounds:
n. c. n. $. Cherry A. c..
Deakyne .... left end. Klingmeyer
Vallette o. ....left tackle 80. ..McGrory
Taylor see. ....left guard .... ....Clymer
*. Naylor .... centre ... ....Gallagher
Harrington. fright guard ...... Toner
Hance .... .. fright tackle .. .... ..Carlin
Pedrick o.. see. right end .. .. ..Sullivan
Wiley 80. quarterback 80. ...Walls
Weaver o.. o. left hslf-back .. Gears
J. Naylor .. fright half-back ...... .Rossell
Gravel .-.. o.. ..full-hack .... ... McNally
Safety, Walls. referee. J. +. White: time.
keeper. H. Gravel; time of halves Is min.
utes.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
WAGNER TELLS
HOW TO hit
Study the Ball and Hit,
His Advice to
Youths

John Henry Wagner. Of the Pitts
burg team, is the greatest batter In
baseball today. He leads the stickers
nf both leagues by a good margin and
q continuation of his batting will give
him a higher average than last season.
GOOD batters have it born in them.
Few bad batters at the start ever get
TO be good ones. / was a good hitter
when / played on the town lots. In
some way I got the knack Of hitting
where / aimed when a kid. and 4hats
all there is to it"
This is the way Hans Wagner tells
Il.
Tt is no use trying TO make a study
OF pitchers. Study the BAH The min
ute a batter begins hgurinN on What
kind OF curve the pitcher is going to'
give him he gets nervous and win bei
fooled more than half the time. Tho
batter must simply watch the bali ana
if he sees IL is coming within easy
reach of his bat he must step QUE and
meet it. Most any batter after he.
has reached the big league can tell
which way the ball Is going TO curve the
riinute he sees il start. An this stuff
about a pitcher sending in an out
curve when the batter is looking for
a straight one and fooling him is boSh
"rhe greatest faculty "A batter needs
Is that Of being able TO meet the ban
squarelv All batsers can hit the ball
but the greater part of them do not hit
IL squarely. The art OF placing a ban
IS not nearly as necessary as the art
of hitting II on the nose If YOU hit
q bali squarcly on the nosefwith q good
sNl ing IL will fan safe nine times out
10
goes.
while Judging the BAN IS an art
IN itself making the bat land where
you aim Is more important Many bat
ters know exactly where q ball is com
ing but they swing so hard that they
lose their balance and do not hit where /
they intend 90. To is not the nitcter
who fools them. They fool themselves /
"There are two kinds OF good hit /
fcrs-those who use the short choppv /
swing and those who start for them /
from the hip and come an tho way
around That old notion about batter
not being able tn hit a ban as Tar bv I
swinging hard as he can hy Chonn.ng
it i4 r0r Whenever those hard swings
land you win see the felders backing
'ip 90 the fence. But there are mighty
few raL players who can swing hard
and nct Dose their aim That is the
froubie They either hlt the BAN tor
low or TOO high Consequently they
are thrown out on Erounders OF AIT
u0 flies % the outfeid You win notice
that the men who hit the BAN hard are
The Ecof batter Look az Doniin and
Lai0ie Both OF those fellows sting the
rIllf cfr-y time they meet 81 No iieht
licks for theirs on the other hand.
Wliic Keeier. when De was az hts best.
used TO chop scientifically and win out
on his ability 10 place the bah.
The science OF hitting IS summed
up in hit it on the nose. hit il hard and
hit II where they amt And at that it's
no science. It's a gift
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
NO BAR ON
THE "SPIT BALL"
MagnateS Agree Not to Act
Until Season Of
1910

CLEVELAND. oct. 1.-Cleveland
players have expressed the opinion that
the spit" ball is doomed. Enough
magnates and managers have already
gone on record in opposition to this
style Of delivery to insure its aboli-
tion
II will be in vogue next year. how
ever. for the magnates realize that TO
do away with il forthwith would work
hardship on certain teams whose pitch
ing mainstays are spit" ball artists
Take the White Sox, for instance.
Doc" white is practically the only
pitcher that Comiskey has that does
not use the splitter"
Were the "spitters" to be legislated
out at once. Comiskey would be left
without a pitching stan next spring.
So the erasing of the splitter viii
not come until the season Of 1910. BY
that time all the clubs will be supposed
to have either replaced their spit"
ball pitchers with the old style OF pitch
ers or to have had the spit ball pitch
ers learn to depend upon curves and
change of pace to win.
But there is no doubt Of the Splitter"
being a dead one Already the rng-
mates that have the star spit" BAN
pitchers have ordered the men In oues
tion TO begin 70 acquire something else
In the way Of a delivery. Connie Mack.
Tor instance, has left Jimmy Dygert at
home with instructions TO work out
something besides the damp fling.
'Heine" Berger. Of the Maps. uses
the splitter occasionally. but he is
another that has been told to gradu-
ally cut it out altogether Berger has
"a fast ball that Is a corlSer and he is n
pitcher that need never throw spit
ter in order to be effective. In fact
Manager Laioie IS of the opinion tbst
Berger would be better than ever with
out st.
TO tell the truth. Glen Leibhardt
is the only ono of the Cleveland pitch
ers that viii be affected by the aboli-
ion Of the spit" bali. but he also thinks
that ne can acquire enough else TO
keep him in the big league.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
CONSTITUTION
WILL BE GUIDE
President PuIIiam to Decide
on Chicago and New
York Protests

CINCINNATI. O.. Oct 1-That he
win decide the various protests and
claims raised IN connection with tns
last series Of games il New York be-
tween the Chicago and New York
teams strictly in accordance with the
National League constitution, was de-
clared by President Harry Pulliam in
a statement given to the press here,
in answer to published demand by
President Murphy, of the Chicago team.
that decision be given before the end
of the season.
Mr.. Pulliam said:
1 have not dodged any responsibility
in this most unfortunate affair. nor do
/ DroDose to do SO. but / am acting
strictly in accordance with The law. as
laid down by the National League c.n.
stitution and-the rules governing the
game I am responsible for the fact
that this matter has been complicated
and its settlement retarded by reason
of the action of the Chicago Club
through its president in filing with rnu
three separate and distinct contentious
and claims within a space of SO hours
AAtAAiNhAtAANlf upon AlAs return 10 NEW
York tomorrow. will give the entire
matter my most serious consideration
and determine It as quickly as I can
In doing so, however, it should be-
borne in mind that 1 can only act af
ter both clubs have been given the
title, as provided bv the constitution.
to present their respective sides Fol-
Lowing this. if either the Chicago Club
or the New York Club has any obiec-
ton to my finding. the constitution WI
govern as to the manner and method
of proceeding. Should an appeal be
taken from my decision by either one
Of the clubs and this matter taken TO
the board of directors. then as pres ,
dent n the board. I shall certainly 9ps
pose Mr.. MurDhy's contention, that he.
as an interested party and a member
of the board of directors. can have
vote in the final adjudication.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
jim JEFFRIEs TO REFEREE
BURNS JOHNSON FIGHT.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. oct. 1.-Iames
j. Jenries, retired heavyweight CHAM
phion of the world. has been asked
to referee the fight between Tommy
Burns and Jack Johnson. the negro.
at Sydney, Australia, late in Novem-
Der.
According to report Jeffries VIII ac-
cept the proposition if he is guaran-
teed five thousand dollars and his trans
portation. II the managers of the syn
dicate financing the fight agree to
Jeff's proposition, the price paid for his
services will be the highest ever paid
a referee in any fistic tournament
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
DAN PATCH TO
GO FOR RECORD

LEXINGTON. XIV. Oct. l.-Dan Patch.
tho worlds record PAGER. will start here
next week 90 break his record of 1.55is.
made here three years ago. His owner 81.
~. Savage is an1Eus 10 have the stall
iion taken even lower mark and thinks
II he can get the conditions right here
he may accomplish the feat. a trial in
] IS az Milwaukee IS not allowed Dan
Patch. hy the American Register Assoc
ciation
Two famous drivers Andy Mcdowell
and Ed Bither are here TO attend the
trottins meeting which begins Tuesday
% next week. Bither won the Transyi-
vania stake here with Kremiin In iS2.
and Mcdowell. two years later with
Aote. Neither win drive in the race this
dme
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
Other Reasons Cancelled Games.

An item is going the rounds of tho
press that the two games scheduled to
be Dlaved between Scranton and Will
liamsport. in Scranton, was cancelled
bv order of the National Commission.
Such was not the case, and it is diff
cult TO understand how such a blunder
was made by whoever started il. Scran-
ton can play whom She pleases in
Scranton without interference from the
commission as long as il plays no OUT.
law team. Other reasons caused the
cancelling OF the games.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
FRIENDS TO PLAY
RIDLEY PARK TOMORROW

The Friends School football team
will open the season tomorrow at Rid
lev Park in a game with the High
School eleven of that place. Friends
School will lineup as follows: w. W.
Burt. center: G. A. Poole. right guard (;
A. y. Colpitts. right tackle; +. A..
Curtis. right end; II. Derrick, left
guard; Lang. left tackle; H. Smith,
left end; =. Kellogg. quarterback: s..
Hutton. right halfback. J. Winchester.
left halfback; ID. Van Trump. full
haclt.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
Naomi Lodne offoers-

Naomi Lodge, Daughters Of Rebecca,
elected the following officers last night:
N. G., Elizabeth Kirby; V. c.. Martha
Wallack; r. S.. Susie Simpson; treas
urer Katie R. Pierce; financial seore-
tary. Ellen r. wilkins; representative
to old hall, William J. Quigley; repre-
sentative TO new hall, Delaware Sharp
ly; trustees, Delaware Sharply, MIA
M. Fisher, Thomas ]. Stein.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
Parkside and prnfessinnals

The Wilmington Professionals and
Parkside will close the season on sat
urday with game Of ball that is ex-
pected 10 be exciting from every stand
point The game viii he PLAYED at
south Side Park. Teddy Lewis and
bivinnev will be in points for Park
side while 'Cv Young and Thomas will
be the Professionals battery.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
serviees al proad creek.

Archdeacon George c. Hall left last
evening for Broad Creek where he will
Officiate at the anniversary service
of the Broad Crek Episcopal Church
The morning service will begin az 10
o'clock and the afternon service at
o'clock. This historic church was re-
ceived into this diocese from the Mary
land parish in 1865.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
ParLssIds Wants a saturday Gam,

The Parkside football team is without
a game for Saturday. The team would
also like TO hear from any good 120-
pound team in the city. Minqua. of
Newport, Hilltop or North End for
any Saturday In October. Send chal-
lenges to Charles K Welsh, No. I'll
Poplar street.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
Parkside ssoond,s DEF

The Parkside Second football team
would like 20 arrange a game with any
100 pound team for Saturday. october
.. the AIinqua Of Newport. preferred
and would also like TO get on a game
with the fast Hilltop team. Manager
Charles Wehl. III Poplar street will
receive challenges.
Evening journal., 1908-10-01
Roel,ford Wants chaIIsnaes.

Challenges are wanted by the Rock
ford football club from any S5 or 90
pound team in the city. Address
Horace white. No. 81 Rockford Road.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
Halloween Social

The Christian Endeavor So
ciety of Bellfountain will give
a Halloween social at the grange
hall Oct. 30th. The endeavor
societies are highly beneficial in
the cultivation of the moral SEN
timent of the community and
deserve the hearty support of
the people. If the young mind
was more firmly impressed with
the Importance of Christian en-
vironment instead of many of
the foolish things that now COM
mand their attention the COM
munity in which we live would
be greatly improved.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
MORE MONEY IN DIRT
w. e. Earnest's Prop
erty Doubles in Price

w. E. Earnest who formerly
resided on 9th and Harrison
streets, has been quite successful
in a financial way since coming
to Benton county. He bought
the Albright property, using it
as a residence for the past two,
years and could now sell it for
double the purchase price. He;
had some surplus money which
he invested in Alsea real estate
and sold last week at net profit
of $1,000. Strange to say he is
pretty well satisfied with this
country.
Rev. G. L. McCausland has.
been spending the past few days
in the Coos Bay country He
goes to Portland this week to at.
tend the annual conference Of:
the M. E. church, South. Mr.
McCausland has been presiding
elder OF this district for the past
four years and will be trans
ferred to a new field. He and
his most excellent wife have
made many warm friends in this
city who will deeply regret their
departure. A new presiding
elder and pastor for the church
here will be assigned to the
Corvallis charge during the con-
ference in Portland this week.
In order that no misunder-
standing may exist we again call
attention to the convention of
the Rebekahs at the I. o. O. F.
hall tonight. While the ladies
are pleased to welcome their
brother Odd Fellows on most
occasions, this meeting will be
confined to the Rebekah men,
bers..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
A Dishwater Bath

A chilly reception was givensa a
prowler in Jobs addition a few,
nights ago by plucky house
wife. She stepped to the door
to empty the dishpan, and seeing
the man secluded at the corner
Of the porch, emptied the con-
tents Of the pan in his face.
Thinking he had not been no.
ticed, the man remained in hid
ing, and the lady turned to the
pump, filed the pan and gave
him the second dose. He made
good time as he went around the
corner OF the house.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS
Due H re Thursday Nigh at
the Opera House.

The most ingeniously written
melodrama of railroad life amidst
the Rockies is the new produc-
tion which the Klimt & Gazzolo
Amusement Company have sent
forth this season, called "The
Rocky Mountain Express" 1t is
unhackneyed, different and of
novel theme, which has never
before been woven into q play.
There is not a dull second, but
it is radiant and resplendent in
a scenic way, possesses lustrous
and sparkling comedy situations
and is brilliant and glorious with
all that the theatre public clam
ors for. The fight of the Rocky
Mountain Express is unquestion-
ably the limit OF any mechani-
cal effect ever undertaken upon
the popular priced stage, sur
passing in massiveness even the
great productions of the worlds
most prominent play houses.
Various superbly painted scenes
are presented during the four
acts. It is in no way similar to
the old style Western railroad
plays, but built upon new ideas
in every particular. "The Rocky
Mountain Express" will arrive
at the opera house next Thurs
day night. Reserved seat sale
begins Tuesday. Prices 35, SO
and IS cents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
new POSTAL RATE
To Take Effect With
Mail Carriers.
October IL. 1908.

October II, 1908.
The CORVALLIS GAZETTE, Cor
wallis, Oregon.
Gentleman:
beg to advise you that I am
in receipt of a communication
from the Department calling at
tention to the postal regulations
which require that copies OF
publications admitted as second
class matter mailed for local de-
livery will be subject to postage
after the installation of city de-
livery on November 10Th, as fol-
lows:
All copies mailed for local de-
livery through the boxes or gen
eral delivery or for delivery by
rural carriers on routes emanat-
ing from this Office will be sub
ject to postage at the rate of one
cent a pound. Newspapers other
than weeklies without regard to
weight mailed for local delivery
by city letter carriers will be
subject to postage at the rate of
one cent each, to be prepaid by
stamps affixed.
Kindly give this matter your
attention in order that there
may be no delay in handling
your paper after the service is
installed. Respectfully,
B. w. JOHNSON, P. NJ.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
THE CITY CHARTER |
Committee Meets for
Active Work

The charter commission met
at Fireman's Hall, Friday night,
and owing to public speaking at
the court house very little bust
ness of Importance was transact
ed The proceedings were as
follows: !,
1st-That no member Of the
committee be permitted to speak
more than once On any question
without unanimous consent OF
the committee and that no one
will be permitted to speak more
than twice on the same subject.
2nd-Committee of five, con-
sisting Of Pun Avery, j. John
son, q. H. Davis, F. L. Miller
and M. S. Woodcock, appointed
to look up and report rate of
taxation.
3rd-That section s, relative
to sidewalks, be laid on the table
for the present.
4th-That in the annexation
of new territory it shall take eff
feet in January instead of July.
5th-That the next election
be held On the fourth Monday in
June, 1909. and every two years
thereafter.
Adjourned to meet Friday
evening, October 23rd, at 7:3o
o'clock.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20
A LETTER FROM
REV. N. S. BUSH
Still at Ford City,
Pennsylvania.
MEETING WlTn eREArsuccEss
In the Presbyterian Ministry
At That Place---An Ardent
Worker. /;

p, >
The Many friends of Rev. M.
is. Bush will be pleased to learn
that he is still with the church
at Ford City, Pa, and to give you
an idea of the noble work lie is
doing and the esteem in which
he is held by the people we take
the liberty of publishing the fol-
lowing extracts from a personal
letter we have just received from
him
"I have enjoyed reading about
the prosperity Of Corvallis. 1t
must be a fine little city by this
time. I am also glad to see that
the Presbyterian Church is reap
ing her share of this prosperity.
|. Our work here is doing very
well. We have added 107 to our
Sunday School membership and
over so to our church member
ship thus far during this year.
We have every expectation that
we shall have added over 100 to
the church by the close of the
church. year. At our commun-
ion Oct. 4. we received Is new
members, 13 of them being men.
So you will see that it keeps me
busy"
Rev Bush is an earnest, active
worker and is worthy of the hon.
or and esteem of his people.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

tenn on the farm and too long
hours for a day is what is driv-
ing the best minds from the
farm to the city and shop. What
can we expect Of hand, or the
farmers wife and her posterity,
in the way of intellectual devel-
opment when they get out of
their beds at $3.50 in the morn
ing and work from that time un-
til s or 9 p. ms Ard no atten-
ton paid to the sanitary condi-
tions of the home and necessary
conveniences on the farm for
doing the farm work with the
least labor and time.
$50 many farmers measure ev-
erything on the farm from the
standpoint of muscle" he con-
tinues, "and are extreme in some
things and slack in others [ de-
eided several years ago that life
is too short to work for Peter
Tumbledowm farmers.
NOW, Mr.. President he
writes, .4you can take this for
what it is worth. I have not
given you half of my experience.
Compel the farmer to be a
business man. Go into the
homes Of some of the farmers
and the so-called farmers and
ascertain how they live, and
learn of their methods of doing
the business in which they are
engaged. And you will be sur
prised what a variety you will
find. Ascertain what they read,
and what stress they put on the
literature that comes into their
homes (if any comes) bearing
on the business they are engaged
in. See what per cent study
their business.
"Give me the educated farmer
as a boss and the educated farm
hand as a hand. When I come
in contact with a hand or farm
er who studies his business [
find him advancing, and it is a
pleasure to work for such men.
"The majority of the farmers
are eight hour men, that is els ht
hours in the forenoon and eight
III the afternoon. Eight or ten
hours on tEe farm cannot we'll
be adapted in ell cases, but it
need not be from fourteen to six
teen hours. If the family arise
every morning at 5 o'clock and
the wife and daughters attend to
the household duties, and the
farmhands- and sons attend to
the chores and go to the field at
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-10-20

Z o'clock and work until IL or
11:30 and go to the field again
at and keep att until 6 O'Clock,
go to the house and eat the sup
per and then do the evening
chores, they have done a farm
days work. Regular hours fol
work, regular hours for meals,
regular hours for sleep, regular
hours for rest and recreation,
with plenty of standard papers
and books, including the best
agricultural papers and books,
a full faith in God and good
grub is wanted.
"Fhe family. should arise at 5
o'clock ,on Sunday. morning as
well as. on week days, and do the
necessary morning chores, and
then go to church and show the
business man in the city that
Sunday on !. the farm does not
consist in changing the stock
from one field to another, or salt
ing i, or unloading a load Of
hay that was brought in on Sat-
urday evening.
Coming to the meals at the
meal hour makes it easy on the
wife SO she can arrange her
household duties in order, as
can. also the husband his farm
work.
"Men of worth and standing
in the shop and city tell me that
if order and. system were used
on the farm they would go back
to the farm. If the farmer, wants