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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-19

A regular teachers examin.
atiou will be held ia the school
build ing at Lake Andes on
Thursday and Friday, April $
and 3, beginning at ' o'clock
Thursday morning.
j. V. Murphy,
Co. Supt. OF Schools
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-19
Mrs. 4. Fenzel is differing
from a severely sprained AZ KY.

Arthur lager IS moving down
from his farm near Armour TO
the farm lately occupied b. Jos.
Cerney, northwest Of town lie
and his family wi be heartily
welcomed by Their many friends.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-19
THE

vi
VIM Pease took the train on
Friday for Chicago
n. Y. Sadler went to Chicago
this Wee business.
Mrs. We . went
10 Min, eap thursday.
For sale Blue stem seed whea,
TO- sale by l.. Eugelhorn, K +. d.
.. $40 SIP.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. W. William
son left thursday morning for
Sioux City.
f. G. George of the New Era
force left for Parker on 7 tuesday
TO visit his family.
air. Pierce, who has winterei
in Michigan, returned to Wag-
ner on Monday.
Big Sale at the Wagner Feed
store on Platte Flour. Best on
marker. lfs Il.
MISS ohVe zones reeurheu
on Friday from her visit with
g III lynoaii.
Cha lies Mackius tadt of De-
corab. Iowa mas a chalr III MT
Golfers barber shop.
Cash ra;d for clean cotton
r.rs sn;.ahla Tor w;n;no nrasS.
es, etc, at the New Era office.
Quite a number of nation
American from Greenwood,
were nassengers for Omaha on
Monday.
q n Patrick spent a few
hours in town on Tuesday taking
the evening train for Geddes
and Wheeler.
To- ala uo,.a 1sxoa .;ngls
SUI y . did SoiC. oiOo io0i iosS
in east Wagner. Jacob Grsaser.
l-o-3mu
Do, po,;am;n IRONS bas ro
turned from Redfeld and enter
ed upon his duty as pastor of the
Congregations Church.
C.,o. A., ho,so a,a ono
san,h ~ tho new
schooi mouse; Tor y
~
Mrs. IVA lo"he anu hei
aauSlter' A'elyn' iaVe VI ~ 'o'
MO- 'isills avs oaole :
her pusoaho " MIS- 'aoio :
bfoliier.
Hon. Frank Irunbo and son
C1e,tsr nave renoFe1 tlelt
once rom '''e We" Ii" ioon'
ihIo Il. o"'4es 'l,l''nS ioA
merry ne -eao7' onio
Fog sale A good tour oon
mouse. aha odih ioi siA i1' ,
Greaeer s-3mp
nave ON gooi iiip,' ven ,
for q GOOD business. General Mer
chandise or hardware preferred
Write Box Is, Danvers, MINI. 3-l9-
m, E.uor,h Ia.ana ,s !.
ia eolo - f.,ov and nsafu
a..;o1os - tho old I.eadar ofic,
:. .ho J.nos hni,a;po
saturday afternoon from two /
c. Ia,or 1Y,oy w;l, ais
serve a ten cent lunch durin
49, ofn.,oo, Evarybnlv !
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-19
Wedding

On Tuesday afternoon, Mar.
-16, in the Baptist Church. Wag
ner. S. d. Mr.. Guy l. Coffman
and Miss Bertha A.. Wrigh I
were united in marriage.
While Mrs. w. G. Kirkpatrick
played a wedding march tn
bride and groom attended by
Miss Orpha Coffman and Roy
Wright came down the aisle and
took their places in f.ont OF the
minister Rev. J. w Allen.
After a brief address aud read
ing . short scripture selection
the groom and bride declared
their mutual lore and devotion
to one another and were declar
ed husband and wife. Relations
and friends extended their
hearty congratulations and vel
wishes and the happy couple
left for their home.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-19
Wall Paper
Season Is now Il hand
Crabiu, H1n GER { <.

Grabil, IA H1n GER { <.
Who has been giving the
people Of Wagner S.tisfac-
ton in this line for Seven
Years, i still in the business
this season. His prices are
no higher than others; his
line more complete. especial
ly 30 in exclusive patterns.
Why not buy your wall paper
from the man who hangs il?
A paper hanger will be more
saving and will take more inter
est In the work when he sells
the paper. Il requires ten days TO
get paper after ordering. % ask TO
samples Of paper and beautiful deco
ration book early. SO ! may have
time to an your order without in
convenience to you. All paper sold
Will have preference In hanginx.
sHSaa r. 5. .. s. R. Crabill
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-19

| will tell you after an examination
whether your eyes r serving you
as they ought to or not. | will tell
you whether they need assistance or
not, and if they do my record during
the last ten years is a proof OF my
ability to benefit you, over eleven
thousand people in southern South
Dakota a speak from practical ex.
perience of benefit received at my
hands. | give every client my best
service because | know my good
name depends upon SO doing. | will
be in Wagner Friday, Mar. 26, one
day only. Come early.
! kraH Ontomatrist
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-19

A very pleasant event la the
High School circle was given in
the classroom last Saturday
evening by the Juniors To the
freshmen. soph ignores, and
Grammar grade and members
of the school orchestra. Dainty
Invita- ions tied with the class
colors. lavendar and cream we re
given a day or SO in advance.
The room was appropriately
decorated in the class cOlors, a
prominent feature of the decor
alton being the leather paddle
fused by Professor Wright tied
with lavender and cream ribbon
and above it the words "Our
Motto" in lavender on the white
wall.
Games we're PLAYED through
out the evening until about eleven
O'Clock p. m. when a delicious re-
past consis ting Of cake. pickles,
sand wiches, and frappe wa
served in the small Office at the
end of the hall. The white cloth
was crossed with bands Of laven.
dar, and dainty cream colored
place cards, tied wit lavsndal
ribbon were found at each place
Music was furnished by Miss
Carrie Speaker and Mr.. Joe
Brodsky. The company dis
persed at twelve o'clock sharp
after giving three rcusing cheers
for the eleventh, tenth, ninth.
and eight respectively and als'
Miss Turner and Prof essol
Wright. The hostesses wer'
the Misses Irma Grabill, Nelli'
Ia ney. Carrie Speaker. Clar;
MEG uire assisted by Mis-
Turner aud Prof. Wright.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

cAned TO try out a suggestion or two that
Is submitted in good faith, in good nature
and with pleasant well behaved spirit
But the folks In charge of a ball club
do hate to be bawled at on paper. honest
Injun they do.
Doesn't any man hate to be bawled at
in that way?
Wouldn't physician. for example. hate
TO have TO wade through a large, bulky
didn't know, and all OF the letters setting
forth the unbreakable conviction that he,
the physician. is just piece OF Roquefort
as medical man and nothing else in life
ana recommending that he go buy ten or
nlteen cents worth of burlap and bag
his head?
Wouldn't steam filter, for the matter
OF that, hate to pick up his morning mail
ana ma large mass of missiYes writ
ten by folks he'd never heard Of all Of
EN- informing him that as a steamfitter
10 him that he take running jump for
himself to the BOBBY hatch at the earliest
practicable and convenient moment?
After all, it's not 30 easy 10 run sue
cessful ball club as IL is to clap a record
on to phonograph and turn the crank
and then loll back and listen to the mu-
scal squeaks
Fact is. it's heap agonizing job 10 run
any old kind of a ball club, much less a
successful one. When you're running a
hard-luck ball club you're in butcher.
see. than if you had a highly successful
layout.
But al this doesn't make any difference
whatever. The simple fact remains that
EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO RUN
A BALL CLUB.
Evening star., 1909-06-13
DEPARTMENT LEAGUE
BATTING AVERAGES
Newberry of Agriculture Lead
ina, With a Percent
age of .462.

According to the official averages COM
piled below of the Departmental Base
Ball League, Newberry of the Agricul-
tural team is the leading batsman, with
an average of .462. he having par
ticipated in seven games and out OF
twenty-eight times at the bat connect
ed for twelve hits. Mccarthy of the
Treasury team gets second place, with
an average of ABS for eight games. He
was at the bat thirtytwo times and
drove out fourteen safe hits.
There are several players who have
higher averages than these two men, but
they played only in a few games, and
consequently the above players are given
the honor.
In team batting Agriculture is leading
with a percentage of 800, while War is
second. with .276. Treasury leads all OF
the other teams in fielding. with an
average of .aa2. Commerce is second,
with ten points lower. In fielding, Kemp
cf the Commissioners leads with a total
of seventeen chances and no errors.
A glance at the players who have stolen
four or more bases shows Taylor of the
Agriculture team and Mccarthy of the
Treasury tied for first honors, with ten
each. OF the lot of players in the group.
the work of the Agriculture boys stands
out. which, with the batting of that team,
shows conclusiyely why they are leading
in the race for the flag.
Evening star., 1909-06-13
Want Tod Sloan Reinstated.

LONDON, June FIN various quarters
attempts are being made to bring pres
sure to bear upon the members of the
Jockey Club with the object of inducing
them to reconsider their refusal to allow
Tod Sloan. the American jockey. who ten
years ago was the idol of the racing
world, to ride on the English turf. Sloan
might we'll say, Save me from my
friends!' for though no fault can be
found with the nature of some of the
representations made on his behalf. others
have emanated from sources likely to
have the result of hardening the hearts
of the authorities. who are quick to re-
sent any interference by any one. and
particularly by persons who are them
selves not viewed with any great favor by
those responsible for the good conduct of
racing. Had there been less indiscretion
of this sort. Sloan twho is much-chas-
tened man, and no longer thinks himself
the greatest thing on earth'), might Ly
now be riding on English race courses
once again.
Evening star., 1909-06-13
Cornell Crew Looks Strong.

ITHACA. n. Y. June 12.-With the
decisive defeat meted out to Harvard S
varsity eight by the Cornell crew in a
two-mile race on Lake Cayuga recently.
the local undergraduates have turned to-
ward the Poughkeepsie regatta situation
with highly optimistic spirits. The
Crimson sweep swingers are rated in
aquatic circles as one of the most pow
erful collegiate combinations. and the
Ithacans' clean-cut victory of length
and IA half has caused great joy in Camp
Courtney. Stroke Weed of Cornell shot
his crew away with the gun to d quick
start. jumping Harvard half a length
b-fore the Crimson blade artists were
fairly under way. The Comedians Were
never headed and crossed the line Win
ner by one ard one-haif lengths
Cornell also won the freshman race
The Red and White first year men led
the Harvard boat past the judges by
three and one-ha'f lengths. 1t is est-
mated that $1O.0GO was lost by Harvard
men on the races.
Evening star., 1909-06-13
Englewood Tennis Tourney.

NEW YORK. June 12.-Entries for the
annual lawn tennis tournament Of the
Englewood Field Club nave closed and
nearly If not quite all the experts are
down on the list. The meeting will be one
of the most important Of the year, for
with Ward. the two Wrenns, the two
Larneds. Whitman. Behr. Little Hackett.
Alexander. Bull. Martin. Kelley, Watson
and Palmer in. the contests are certain to
be goon ones. The pick of the woman
players will be there as well. SO there will
be no lack Of variety. A challenge cup
has been offered for the singles, and the
other trophies, which are to be won out
right, are we'll worth owning. Play will
begin at 213O pm. each day, except Sat.
urday. when o'clock is the hour.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

| and. while it's far be 1t from me to try
! to slip myself any Dcsies. I'll bet hat
| and a half tha. | could take that gang
O. ball players and mold 'em up a bit. and
inside Of six weeks Id have EN- begin
ming to count on their fingers the dun
they'd be in line to cop out for themselves
when they won the worlds championship
| next October That's what / would. and
you hear me conversing."
AS remarked up above there somewhere.
the thing I'D be strictly all right. and no
harm whatever done. IL the hom breys
who know all about running a ball club
would just ooZe the knowledge out of
their systems and let it go at that.
But they commit their thinks to paper.
That's the sad, sa-ad part of it. They
write down, in the form of epistolary eff
forts. their views as 20 how the ball club
ought to be run, and then chuck the let
ters in the mails.
Now, ii the newspapers of any major
league city In the United States were to
attempt to print one-fortieth of the letters
that are hiked along to base ball editors
by fans containing their views as to how
the towns ball club ought to be con-
Quoted, there would not be any room left
| in the papers for the Associated Press
news or for advertisements of lingerie
| sales.
| The suggesters would grab the hull pa
| per.
| And if the managers of ball clubs were
| TO attempt to read all of the epiStolary
missives that reach them with reference
| to how they ought to conduct their ball
teams they'd have to drink all the black
coffee that three coffee cooks could make
| In order to enable them to keep awake
all night SOS they could sit up and read
the suggestions of the letter-writing sug-
gesters.
A good many OF the letter-writing sug-
gesters take the whole thing sorely tc
heart. too. That is, they write, lots OF
them, in an irritable and dictatorial strain
A good many of them strive to stick de-
| risive stuff into their documents-these
being the ones. by the way, who forget to
| sign their real monakers.
Well, it's nothing for EN- to get mad
over, but lot of them do. you know
Get jes' as mad as the dickens. SO they do
and flare up with their little styluses and
| say the peevishest things on paper thai
| you ever heard in all your life.
| They insinuate that the manager of the
| club ought to be doing that lockstep stuff
or taking In plain sewing or something
| instead OF making a four-flush around
| that he's the director of a ball team. and
| they act real clippy and sarcastic, sc
there now, youse, on paper.
things. A ball club manager, or the
responsive enough when he's approached
in civilized sort of a way. He really
likes to listen to sane suggestions that
really have bit of pith and substance to
| them. Not only that. but he's often in
Evening star., 1909-06-13
Interior.

Southpaw Wolter of the Boston Red
Sox is proving himself a very handy
man. Although he was signed up on ac-
count of his reputation as batter. hav-
ing won thirty-tive out of forty games for
Stockton, Cal. he has proved his worth
TO Manager Lake by his ability TO play
first base and swat the ball. Not only
did he play the sack as well as Jake
Stahl, but he has batted far better than
Stahl having a mark better than .3C0.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Honus Wagner is the greatest of all ball
players of this generation, and that, If
the .'Dutchman'' is Settin:; S10aO0 a year.
as is generally believed. he is worth 1t.
Wagner, Re declares is in a class ty HIM
self as a winning ball player He is no.
natural player like Lajoie but he gets
there and he never fails to take advan
tage of the slightest opportunity. He
never sleeps.
Evening star., 1909-06-13
Instructions Are Plain Enough.

There is enough positive statement IN
the foregoing rules to keep all spectators
who like to record the score within bounds
if they will only remember the provisions.
Another mistake is occasionally noticed
That is the tendency to charge players
with errors when the ball takes what is
known as a false bound. Not more than
once in fifty times can fielder recover in
time to nip the ball when it is passing him
on a false bound. 1t is one of the hardest
tasks on a ball field 20 shift from one
position to another within the flash Of
time consumed as the ball deviates from
a true course.
An instance Of the kind occurred the
other day. Mccormick ran in to stop a
ground hit in Chicago game. Steinfeldt
was the batter. Mccormick played the
ball properly but when it bounded it
struck some obstruction on the ground
and shot over his head Naturally 1t rolled
TO the fence after that and the batter had
a home run to his credit.
Stenfedt was refused a home run by
some on the ground that Mccormick had
made an error. That was incorrect and
not according to the logic of scoring.
Mccormick was not at fault because the
ball did not bound correctly, and the bat
ter could not be DenaliZed because some
one thought that Mccormick should
make an impossible play. 1t is true that
Steinfedt was lucky, but none the less 1t
is true that the fielder had gone as far as
he could in human judgment to stop the
ball, and that he was not responsible for
what the golfer calls the hazard of the
course"
Sometimes a hard-hit ball will take a
sudden shoe. in front of an inf1elder and
sail over his head like a shot. That play
has been scored in this city as an error.
Ii is no more an error than home run
over :he center heders head. A second
baseman, or shortstop, or a third base
man, or a first baseman is not supposed
to be equipped with a fish net to be worn
over his head to stop freak hits.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

The Chicago Record says: "In the man
ner of managing, Fred Lake of the Bos-
ton Americans IS deserving OF the bay.
He had the nerve to dispose of two such
big favcrites as Young and Cricer and
at the same time in way to bring his
club good financial returns His policy
of reconstruction on the lines of speed
has been thorough, and Is now bearing
fruit
Evening star., 1909-06-13
WHERE TO DINE.

THE OLYMPIC CAFE. 14TH AND EUCIID.
attractive dining room: management; "a.
pie note dinners. soc: special attention ia
my20-30t.4 ~
Evening star., 1909-06-13
Another Example.

Another section in regard to base hits
says: when the ball be hit with such
force to an infielder, or pitcher, that he
cannot handle 1t in time to put out the
batsman or force out a base runner, a
base hit shall be scored. In case IF
doubt over this class of hits a base hit
should be scored and the fielder ex
empted from the charge of an error
The other day a ground hit was
whipped into Mathewson like a fash.
He knocked the iball down with his hands
and in doing so also knocked 1t between
his feet. Trying to scramble around to
get the ball, he pushed 1t farther away
from him, and in the end the batter was
sale.
Many thought it was an error 1t was
not. 1t was exactly one of those plays
which the rule which has just been cited
was intended to cover. He could not
handle the ball in time to get the bat
ter. No matter If he did kick 1t with
his feet on the first attempt 10 teld IL:
he found the hit too much for him. and
subsequent events were merely the result
following a heavily batted ball
For time there was disposition not
to give a batter u hit on ball which was
batted SO slowly to fielder that he was
unable to get up on 1t. This too, in
spite of the fact that there is a rule
which reads: when the ball is hit so
slowly toward a fielder that he cannot
handle it in time to put out the batsman
or force base runner, a base hit shall
be scored"
Some arrogated to themselves the right
to insist that Il fielder could run faster
than nature had provided that he should.
Recently there has been less disposition
to score this play incorrectly.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Danny Murphy leads all the sluggers of
both leagues when il comes to extra
bases. He disdains anything short of a
two-bagger this season.
Evening star., 1909-06-13
Back to Old Notions.

inexperienced scorers are inclined to
return to ideas which were discarded
long since, and some mistakes which have
been made now and then would lead to
the impression that a knowledge of the
scoring rules has not been attained.
Base hits bother not few. A COM
mon, ord nary. plain open and shut base
nit seldom worries anybody. When 1t
comes to point where more than one
thing is to be considered, there are some
who seem to forget that positive rules
in the code, laid down by the major
leagues, determine what action should be
taken.
For instance, note this. The code says:
when a far hit ball is partially or
wholly stopped by d fielder in motion,
but such player cannot recover himself
in time to field the ball to first before the
striker reaches that base. or TO force out
another base runner, base hit shall be
cored."
That rule Is as plain as the English
language can make it; yet when a player
broke down a grounder back of second
base the other day with one hand-ne
was lucky to get that close to the ball.
he was charged with an error by some
who witnessed the game. The rule says
that he should not have been, but that
the batter should have been given a
base hit, to which he was entitled.
Evening star., 1909-06-13
SCORING RULES THAT
ARE OVERLOOKED.
Where Base Hits Instead OF
Errors Should Be
Recorded.

Some spectators at ball games, and
some who are sent to ball games in other
capacities. have been prone this year to
fall into the old error in regard to base
hits and errors-that is, if the ball hap
pens to be touched by fielder and the
batter is not put out an error must De
scored. writes John B. Foster in the New
York Telegram.
Some twenty years ago. or twenty-five
years ago, this manner of procedure was
accepted in base ball, as scoring in those
days was a blind sort of a proceeding in
which the recording of plays was fully
as mechanical as the work of the players
on the field.
In time there came chance. some
of the men who were foremost in writing
upon base ball topics began to take cog
nizance of the fact that they had been
doing players an injustice by attributing
biundeIs to them. when, as a matter OF
fact. they were being asked to achieve
the impossible.
The leading scorers Of the time modified
the radical views which had been held as
to the performances of the players on the
field, and they were assisted largely by
Harry Wright, whose common sense ideas
about scoring upset the dogmatlc tradi-
tons of certain stubborn individuals. who
would have it that ball player should
be able 10 stand on one leg, touch one
ear to the ground and Still throw the rum
ner out at first when he was barely aple
to touch the bail with one hand.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Few people know that Pink Hawley, a
pet of the New York fans many many
years ago. is still able to pitch some. and
twirled thirteen :fames in the Wisconsin
League last season.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

The s.. Paul club claims to have secured
Pitcher Ryan from the Boston Club. The
showing that Ryan made at Philadelphia
will cause the Boston management to
think twice before sending him west
Boston Exchange
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Where the Cubs turned trick was
when they put Artie Holman into the reg
ular lineup of their team. Hofy is play
ing a far stronger game than Slagle ever
put up.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Mitchell. catching nearly all the games
for Toronto. is said to be the man who
was Cnce famous as d pitcher in the
American League. Quite change in style
of work, yes, Freddie?
Evening star., 1909-06-13

There is a movement on foot among
American Association club owners to have
the player limit in that league raised
from sixteen to seventeen.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

1t was Charlie Dryden who said that
Ed Walsh was the only man in the world
who could strut while standing still. Ty
Cobb can strut while leaning on the edge
of the grandstand talking to his friends.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Don't be surprised if McGrav brings
back a new fielder from the west. He has
been tipped to a couple of good ones.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

ESManager Monte Cross of Kansas
City is at Kansas City holding off offers
from Indianapolis and Columbus pending
negotiations for the management of cub
in a Glass E league.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Up in Buffalo they are handing it to
Dutch" Schirm for his work on the
bases. They've got good reason to. for
the fast center fielder has certainly been
speeding them up some and has won
quite a few close games by his daring on
the paths.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

What promises to be real innovation
is TO be inaugurated in the American AS
sociation next season. Every ground iI
the league will be equipped with club
house for the visiting teams.