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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21
MOTHER NATURE PREPARES.

MOTHER NATURE PREPARES.
The cosmos and hardy chrysanthe-
mum blooming in the garden tell that
summer is over and that Mother Ma
ture is preparing for the. cold season
which will soon be here. Tne wood
land trees are dropping their leaves
to protect the roots of the delicate
flowers and to enrich the ground for
the next years growth of plant life.
The green worms which have Toasted
on the parsley beds and tomato vinee
have eaten their fill for winter and
have spun their little homes about
them. The great alanthus worms and
hickory worms are also preparing to
hide themselves in silky cocoons.
In the woods the open chestnut
burrs show that the nuts inside are
ripe. The busy squirrels are already
at work filling their storehouses with
nuts and acorns to last until next
year. Into the ground the snakes
and turtles are going for their long
winter maps. Flying birds tell of the
journey of our feathery friends to
the South. The lambs, horses, cows
and all fur-bearing animals are grow
ing heavy coats for protection against
the cold weather. Many of the fish
in the streams and rivers are leaving
our waters for those which will BIZ
warmer during the winter. The far
mers are busy gathering their fruits
and vegetables so that the frost may
do no damage to them. In the city
the people take Mother Natures
warning that the cold season is COM
ing to prepare their houses and cloth
ing for the early visits of Jack Frost.
Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21
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Flor the ChildrenzAsas

tors microscope and learn If it Is
pure? How many prefer to make
Reggie's life burden, under the
cloak of maternal watchfulness and
authority? Are you among them?
Watch yourself and sec. If you are,
and realize it and correct the ten
deney. a brighter day will dawn for
Reggie and for Harper's Ba-
gar.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21

To prevent the alteration of checks
or others valuable papers an inven-
tive genius has brought out an elec-.
trio apparatus which burns tiny holes
in the paper as the inscription is
written
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21

Electricity at last has been applied
to the Teddy bear, a Maryland man
having patented one that opens its
jaws and flashes lights from its eyes.
nose and mouth when battery in its
interior is pressed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL

The British Government has or
ganized special department at the
national physical laboratory for in
vestigations in aerial construction
and navigation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21

wANTED-sEvERALI INDUSTRIOUS PER.
sons In each state to travel for house estab-
lished eleven years and with large capital, to
call upon merchants and agents for successful
and profitable line. Permanent engagement.
Weekly cash salary Of $24 and all travelling ex-
penses and hotel bills advanced In cash each
week. Experience not essential. Mention ref
erence and enclose self-addressed envelope.
THENATIONAL802 Dearborn st.. Chicago
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21

The electrical show in Boston was
the first of it's kind in New England.
1t was the result of cooperative ac-
ton on the part of number of large
manufacturers. Unlike other exhibit
tions, there were no articles for sale.
The decorations were unusually ar
tistic, and the exhibition was an un-
qualified success.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21

A novel electric arc lamp has re-
Gently been designed, in which the
carbons are formed out of plastic ma
terial in the lamp itself. The lamp is
provided with two receptacles in
which the plastic material is placed,
and this is fed through tubes to form
the two electrodes of the arc. The
ends of the electrodes are baked by
means of electric heating coils, and
the process is a continuous one. The
gas generated as the material is heat
ed is utilized to press the material
into the misunderstanding tubes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-21

The first single-phase electric rail-
way in Norway has recently been
built, connecting Thamshaven and
Lokken. 1t derives it's current from
hydraulic generating plant near
Thamshaven, which generates three
phase current at $4,000 volts. This
is converted into single-phase current
at 5000 volts for use on the electric
railway. The line was built for the
purpose of developing ore deposits in
the region and for the convenience of
tourists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
MATCH SHOOT
 BIG SUCCESS Binding Rain Spoiled
 Last Half. LOCAL SPORTS GIVEN POINTERS John Wallace Wins in Amateur
 Match. W. Fl. Herr Untn Rain Was Breaking >.s His Rocks Straight ana Lost But
 Two Of Possible Hun-
 

In spite of the downpour of rain. the match shoot at the Country Club Saturday was a great success. Consid- ering the horrible weather very large crowd was out, and they every one thoroughly enjoyed the afternoons sport.
 Tom Marshall, the famous trap shoot CT who is captain of the team of Sproa fessionals, did not take part in the shoot. Lyons, Goodbrad and Praide filling In. Until the rain came up W. H. Herr was breaking his bluerocks s straight, anu during the rain only missed one each on the last two traps, losing only two out of LaRe possible 100; Lyons. another of tf professional team, was breaking his yhrgets straight until the rain, and was tied with Herr until the last trap, when he missed two. Heike lost one on the second trap, three on the third and broke twenty-nv straight on the last trap.
 In the amateur match for seventy five. targets John Wallace lost ten and Flowers twelve. Webber catching the hardest part of the rain. and doing re- markedly well.
 In the fifty target match Morgan lost only eleven, Thompson and Hutchison getting the hard part of the rain. Park and Levy lost only four of their twenty-five targets. Ross getting in the rain and missing sixteen. Bonnum. McDade, Brown, Vandiver and Westcott also making poor scores.
 ' The scores in full were:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
FEW GOOD CATCHERS
 IN THE GAME TODAY

Many managers, managers of experi- ence. ascribe the failure of the catch CTS to pull. of as many plays as & they charged with an error in the event or a wild heave. It can be put down right here that the catcher who Is afraid or much behind the bat. just as a man an ager who depends entirely upon the never get much of a team together. @ G umn. one wild throw In three will give a fieleder's per centage or .66J, but say that the other two throws turned victory into defeat. That wouia be a team winning per centage or .6of' and that would cop out any champion ship these days.
 If Connie Mack were asked what he needed most in his business mes he s.Uhsra wouia It is a remarkable fact that while there are hundreds of young men playing ball today as against dozens twenty crease In the number of really first. class catchers-catchers of the class or Ewing. Bennett, Clements and others of twenty-five years ago. Just , Mny there should be such pronounced iack of good backstops no one familiar with the game can understand. In the ola days the boys on the lots thought tne then in the pitchers box. then the in- field and after that the outfeld.
 In the sos there was no lack of good catchers-in fact they were almost as numerous 'as were the. good pitchers, Among the really frst.class men. not including the three already named, were Wllbert Robinson--although In tn ose days he was called plain "silfE who probably cut greater figure Tn shaping up the famous Baltimore cham pions than any other man on the team; Jim Mcclure. who caught Casey al tne old Horse Market, and nearly every ia nous pitcher in the country up to hye years ago. and who is now engaged in coaching the pitchers of the Cleveland club;I Duke Farrell, who played on sey- eral championship teams; Doggie Mil Ter. who did such splendid work for Pittsburg, and Jack Boyle. of the St; Louis Browns. who practically wound up his baseball career as first baseman for the Phillies. There Is not one of these men who if as good now as he was when he was In his prime. would not be considered a star, and yet con temporary with them were probably half dozen others almost as sood,; Tos O. these old-timers may be counted on the fingers of one hand Why Is 1t thus?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
EYES OF MOTORING WORLD
 ARE TURNED ON FLORIDA

Jacksonville. Fla. March l4.-For the next two weeks. the eyes of the motoring world will be turned on Florida, where two interesting race meets have been arranged at Palm Beach. and Daytona Beach.
 The fifth annual motor boat casni- val and races under the auspices of the Palm Beach Power Boat Associa- tion will be held on Lake Worth this week from the 18th to the 18th. in- elusive, and the list of prizes offered this year are unusually handsome and
 The boats entered include:
 Trente. Supt and Bruiser. by George siTSeais TSse Bufraio ies1i Courier. by W. J. Con- Asi Kitty sparks. by Charles Furthman. SsH The Messenger. by George E. An drews. West Palm Beach. Fla.
 by Lieutenant Hugh L. Willoughby of
 The Dewey. ny Walter F. coachman.
 Benisqn ihlEa, by Christopher Gal
 bixolite Fist. by Robert N. Divon.
 The Nioo. by G. N. Marshall. New Tine VeIox. by A. B. o'Hara, Rock
 line Carita. by James K. Clarke. Palm
 Tne program of the seventh annual Florida Beach meet at Daytona. March 23-26, under the sanction of the A. A. A, and held under the auspices of the Florida East Coast Automobile Association. includes automobile. mo. tor cycle, bicycle, aeroplane races. and speed trials.
 The features of the meet will be the l00-mile. race for the S2,000 Minneap- oils trophy; one mile record race for the Sir Thomas De War $2,00 trovay, the fifty mile Vanderbilt cup compeu- tors race, and the invitation match race between the greatest galaxy of auto- mobile racing stars the game has ever produced.
 Those entered are George Robertson, winner of the Vanderbilt cup race last fall, and who established new worlds record for the course; Lewis Strang, winner of the Savannah Brtarcliff 1nd Lowell races last year, and the only man who ever won three great road races in one year, Herbelt Lyttle. woh ran close second to Georga Robert son in the Vanderbilt cup race last October; and Bob Burman, the Mlehi- gan driver, who won the New orleans Mardi Gras 100-mile ract last Febru- s ary, and made a new worlds circular track record for the distance; and Ralph de Palma, the famous Italian American Fiat driver.
 Carl Gates, the aeroplane flyer, has been at the beach several days and, BArman and Strang arrived there to- day. Referee Miles. and oficial Starter Fred Wagner will leave New York Wednesday for Daytona.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
Washington Catcher Propounds
 Some New Baseball Sense

belt in reaching for It. They waste their opportunities solving puzzles in- stead of fixing their determination up- on an act of their own. This read justment of the players mental attt. tude necessitated by the hit-and-run situation is a highly important factor. and the man capable of 1t may be a valuable batter. although having a low percentage In safe hits. There are this bit of teamwork. while there are other men shy Of the .250 mark who can reasonably be counted upon to slap the ball where the fielder is not likely to be, if the said lowly swatter is told that he must wtang the sphere at a given time.
 Willie KeeTer. Larry LaJofe and other first class batters. after getting q cou- pie of strikes are almost certain te, pitch, and they seldom strike out. They decide to hit that next ball. if 1t is anywhere in the same neighborhood with the plate. Then concentrate their attention on the ball. not on the pitch CT. It might be & good scheme for some batters to decide to hit at the second. third, and fourth shoots sent them. regardless of whether they were
 Bob ungiaub's first intimation that Boston had sold him to Washington bat In Boston. with three balls and two strikes on him. A newspaper man who could read the Morse code heard the closing of the deal come over the wire and yelled: g"Hsy, Bob. you are sold to Washington" Just then the pitcher let go and Unglaub got his third strike and auietus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
CLIMBERS
 WATER BOUND Everybody Will Report Saturday However. GER DEAL MAY BE ALL OFF Wants More Money Than Grimen-
 ger Offers. Gene Dement MayCene With Locals AS Letter Expresses the Hope
 That Satisfactory Terns
 May Be Reached
 
GER DEAL MAY BE ALL OFF

The chances are that several of the Climbers are water bound. and that 1t will be possibly some days before they can get to Montgomery. Jud Daily. how ever, slipped in yesterday. By the end of, the week. however. all of them Herbet Juul and Frank Manush. Juul does not finish his college course until June, and as Manush does not get to his home in Huntsville from Panama. until Wednesday, he will probably stay up there few days before coming to
 A letter from Elmer Biiss says that Saturday. s @ ~ having m % signed his % contract. s ap The big. hard-hitting pitcher. evident ly finds everything satisfactory. and Is ready for hard seasons work. Bliss and one of the chief features of his work is that he is liable to break up a game at any old time. just as he did pitched over in Memphis last last August. Only two hits were made on Bliss du- ring the thirteen innings. neither of been made of Buddy Schwenck. Both of the hits made off Schwenck came in the thirteenth. Rockenfeld hit safe. came Bliss with a crashing hit that drove Rocky and the only run of the game home. The hit would have been home run if Bliss had wanted 1t, but the run won the game and the big pitcher was satisfied.
 A letter has been received from Gier that may cause that deal to be off. He wants more money than the local association had agreed to give him. and the matter Is up in the aii at present Another letter has come from Gene Demont in which hc .t anxious to get on with Greminger. There Is no question of the fact that Demont is~one of the greatest inside ball players in the game. and Gremin- ger could do a lot worse than landing the aggressive infielder.
 In the event that Greminger signs him.. 1t will make nineteen men. Per. sons. kerwin. Daly and Whiteman in the outfield;, Greminger. Rockenfield. Pope. Demont and Manush in the in- field: Hart. shannon and Krcbs. catch CTS; Guese, Thomas, Lively. Bliss, Juul -Debalt and GreenwaIt. pitchers. ,
 There Is still a chance of landing Geir and if Thomas brings his brother and one more pitcher Is landed, it will make just twenty-two men-five out f1elders, nine pitchers and three catch CTS.
 That don't look so bad, eh? especially when there Is more quality than Quan- tity in the roundup of the bunch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
Birmingham Bowlers Take Locals Into Camp

Probably the last big bowling match of the 190S-9 season took place at Neffs alleys on Commerce street Sat urday night, and at that there have been very few events of the kind in Dixie that held the interest that this one did.
 It was 8 team match. Montgomery vs. Birmingham, with a purse of s100 a side Big Henry (Buttermilk) Meeks and Martinairre came down from Bir- mingham, while the local team was Brazil and Dad" Elliott, The latter Is one of the Atlanta bowlers,-~ the Montgomery promoters of the match urday. Until nearly midnight the hall who, while naturally pulling for the Montgomery team. applauded to the echo the skillful work of the Birming- ham team, and especially the bowling of Meeks. Birmingham won the match by 128 pins.
 It's worth something to watch Meeks bowl. The ball leaves the big fellows hand and crashes into the pins with the speed of a 1oinch gun. He rolls just as hard as he used to hit that ball on the diamond, and a queer fea- ture of his work is that while he throws righthanded he bats left handed and rolls left handed.
 Following is the score of the match: : Meeks ..<.....'... s'.......s SSs Martinaire ............... sbo
 Total ....'.'....' 'If4E
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15

to the call being sufficient aueury club &nd carrying out the plans as originally designed for a field trial club. which already has enough assured members to make it a success, will start out under the most suspicious condi- tions. and undoubtedly will assupael a leading position in the field trial Up in Birmingham Hon. zeIl Gaston IS rounding up kennel of some of the best dogs in the United States. One
 sso Iisweyn Snss ast.as s nsns sos aeam nos quite one year old. He Is white. black and tan dog by Marse Ben out of sporta Lady Nesca. Finch Rey- holds. . pointer bitch about the same new ones, She is by Kansas stidea- way il-Rip- Raps Nettie Jacks Ere. da, a 2.year-old pointer bitch by Ol. iyer's Jingos Jack. dam Alpine Dot is for he bred this one himself.
 dog that should make a name Is Rowan's Count Gladstone. a year old, white. black and tan ticked English Of Benton, He was bred by W. R. Nelson of Selma. and is by Aycock's Count Gladstone. dam Della flight.
 W. A. McCreary of Evergreen bought, that Ss thinks presas @ wei Roa1ter of whils 9ses few weeks ago Dr. Ben Chapman of this city bought from J. W. McHugh. also of this city. Brunette BuckelIew, I,.in an Engltsn i.as setter @ bitch; An English three times Is Sister Marie. Tn May. 1905. Charlie Tway bought her from !. B. Freeland-of Louisiana. and Twenty days afterwards Tway sold her to H. turn sold her last September to Rev. Nathan Powell Of Brenham, Texas,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
GREAT RACE LOOKED
 FOR IN THE NATIONAL

The National Baseball League was never on so strong and stable found- atton as at the present time and never was the outlook for the future bright CT or better. The indications are that the coming season will be the very best in the history of the grand old, organization, both from an artistic and financial standpoint.
 There was time less than decade ago when things in the National were ahead and it appeared for time ss if the pilots of the organization were steering the good old snip straight toward them. However. the the men now in control are not oniy good baseball men. but safe and sane business men. which augurs well for the future of the league.
 The patrons of the National League will be cared Tor more comfortably in many cities hereafter than in the past. greatest. biggest and best park in the country. In Chicago President Murphy has now fine big park, and in St. Louis number of alterations and im- proyements are being made. In Brook iyn President. Ebbets has made some changes at Washington Park for the benefit of his patrons The Cincinnati plant Is a>magnificent one. President Brush has enlarged the stand at the Polo grounds.
 The sale of the Phillies recently to Israel W. Durham, James P. McNichol and Clarence Wolfe means much to the National League in the Quaker City. The men mentioned above are known, al! over the country, and there Is no doubt that they will bend every effort toward furnishing the City tof Brotherly Love with 8 winning combi- nation. They will never De satisfied with a second-rate aggregation. Man. ager William J. Murray will continue in charge of the playing end of tho club. and he has proved in past years that he is fully capable. and that he will get the work out of his men.
 The new ownership will undoubtedly bring about a change in the attitude of some of the Philadelphia newspa-- pers towards the Phiilies. The feeling that was engendered during the war between the American n.,an.r and Nat NssiOnsi in Philadelphia. and some of the scribes have permitted their personal and partisaH feelings to influence their writings. The Philiies have had the better team for the past two years. that hereafter they will get the credit
 The report that President William shettsline Is to retire entirely from the club has not been confirmed, but over the circuit knew and admired the genial "Shetts." He is a man of ir repressibie good humor. and was ac- companied everywhere he went by thu sunshiny smile which has ever been one of his characteristics. He is he does retire from the National @ague 1t will be with the best wishes of the men who have long been associated with him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15

CIiss Blankenship. the Washington other day. and one that Is well worth careful consideration by both amateur and professional players.
 Blankenship's query was: Why Is It that a man who is trying to work the hit and run game. even If a weak of successful attempts not only h landing fairly on the ball, but in send-, ing 1t where he destresf
 When YOU come to think Of 1t. this is not an unreasonable Interrogation. for. as a matter of fact, there are many decidedly indifferent stickers who work the hit and run gag with great
 The answer is that the batter is sig naled to hit a certain ball. no mat. ter whether 1t is wide or close in. and sets himself with the deliberate insen- ton of landing on that particular snot. even If he has to display q reach like a telegraph pole. The doubt about whether he is to swing at 1t is settled In advance, and he applies his mind ex- ciusiyeiy to connecting with 1t in the most effective manner. In other words. the batter loses his selt-consciousness his fear of the pitcher, his sense Of oppression in the face of great repu- tation. and devotes himself exclusively to watching the ball. irrespective of its
 This is a part of the psychology of baseball. Most batters spend entirely too much time trying to figure what the pitcher Is going to do. instead of making up their minds to swat the fourth or fifth or third ball shot at them, even if they have to break Q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
STEVE REAGAN NOT
 SURE OF HIS JOB

From the way Hamilton puts it in The New Orleans Item. Steve Reagan is not the whole thing in the Pelican outfeld: Hamilton says! to keep his nerve up, said one of the ball players who worked side by side with him. while talking the other day about Leo's chances of sticking with
 Huber can set the Cotton States League afire. He showed that by hit ting 1850 the time he wss in that league. But when he gets down here these fellows are a bit faster than ht Is and loses his nerve quickly. Huber will stick in this league if he can mus ter up a little more confidence in hiru- self.
 Leo has been trying for three years or more to make Southern League ball payer of himself. He has fallen just wee bit short every time. It Is and the Southern. Huber has made the jump, but he has been hanging on the brink ever since. His fielding has been good in both leagues. except st sIumped from 1850 in the Cotton States to less than 200 In the Southern.
 Hut there is another explanation ot Huber's lack of success last season be- sides his supposed lack of ability. He was in that unenviable position of not knowing whether he really had the job If he did make good. He was put on the Job early in the season and back on and again taken off. Such ir- regularity and uncertainty will ge the got of the best of them
 Huber and Began will have a whole month to fight 1t out for the job. The local fans will be pulling, for Huber and he will have the advantage ot knowing the other players and know