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The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
LATEST NEWS
HONEST OPINIONS
PROVE
THE BEST BATTERS
TIGERS RUN BASES BETTER, BUT MACKMEN SWAT THE
BALL, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL LEAGUE
AVERAGES

After all THE base hits the thing,
10 paraphrase good old saving Com.
bine base hitting with alright pitch
ing and YOU have Just about an ideal
baseball club. Abe Athletics OF 1910
had both. The pitching was Al and
official averages just issued from the
American league headquarters show
they Outhit the Tigers by several
points.
The Athletics collectively swatted
go, which Is the mark attained by
Detroit when the Tigers were the big
getting ginks Of organized base
ball. II looks as though the mighty
TIGERS had tumbled. for, according to-
the figures. the Athletics possess the
honors which used TO reside with the
.lenningses
Ty Cobb is the boss hitter. OF course.
Joe Jackson. OF Cleveland, has a bet
ter average, but he was in only 20
games. I.ajoie stands next TO Cobb
and is the leading poler or two-base
knocks with II TO his credit Crawford
made the most three baggers. having
10. Hooper, OF Boston, was credited
with the greatest number OF sacrifice
hits. while Jake Stahl Of the same
team with the prime whaler of home
runs. Jake had 10 and the whole Bos-
ton club made a. a mighty good total.
Ed Collins surpassed Cobb as the
premier base stealer of the league.
Collins plfered 81 sacks. for an aver
age OF 80 per game. Cobb's average
per game was As. Collins as a base
runner seems to he about the speed
In Au,nrinn m
league for some time. He pilfered
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

Postoffice department complains %
the railroads that Ii has lost coEsld-
cradle mail matter in recent wrecks
when wooden cars had been placed
between steel cars" Also. consider
able mail clerks. washington
Is 10 install the daily newspaper i'll
the schools. The prize pupil should be
entitled 10 the first whack at the
comic supplement. Prof
Bulgb writes us as follows: VIII
YOU kindly inform me how this hap
pened Ct quote from a Philadelphia
dispatchj: In a melee among dental
students. Maurice COLDER. fresh
man. was badly hurt. He was struck
on the head and sustained "a double
fracture of the arm" can not find
any injury parallel to this in the
annals OF surgery. Says Hen.
Waterson's paper. Fish never go
swimming for mere pleasure" Neither
does a tramp Prophet pre-
diets that some day woman will car
ry the country. Well. she has. al
one time or another, when ii was in
it's infancy. Boston barten.
der left his glass optic on the side.
board, whence a patron of the dump
stole it, This man should have kept
a better eye Oh his place.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
G a STO RIA

town Ia; V. NJ. l. g. Holy Crolss H.
Tufts 0.
Word came from Shreveport. La,
that Hugh Jennings had decided II
was the place for the Tigers TO train
next spring. Report taken with grain
OF salt. probably result OF over-boost.
ing by enthusiastic local.
Tiger transformers lost 10 Havana,
Cuba, 3 10 2. They got TO Summers
for IL hits.
Football game for Thanksgiving be
tween ID. u. s. and Toledo high school
was called OF because the game was
never scheduled properly.
There will b. a meeting Of hockey
enthusiasts AT Spaldings. Tuesday. for
the purpose OF forming city league
St. Louis has installed rs alleys for
the national bowling tournament 70
be held Jan. 81 TO Feb. 8.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
WHO BOUGHT
BOSTON CLUB?

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 2l.-Sporting
circles are today discussing a report
that the real owner OF the Boston Ma
tional league ball club is not John
Harris. of Pittsburg, but Governor
elect John X. Tener, Of Pennsylvania.
According TO the report Tener. who
Is mold baseball man. advanced the
money to Harris to purchase the con
trolling interest in the local club. II is
also said that ii was Tener who per
suaded Secretary William II. Locke
OF the Pittsburg club to agree to &C
cept the presidency of the local club,
Nevertheless Barney Dryfuss is the
real Boston owner.
None OF the parties connected with
the local club will discuss the report
that Tener is now a big league mag
nate.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
ALFRED SHRUBB TO START
IN NEW YORK MARATHON

NEW YORK. Nov 2l.-Alfred
Shrubb, the great little English racer,
will be a starter in the Marathon team
race TO be held in Madison Square
Garden Nov. % Shrubb's partner will
be A. E. Wood. amateur ten-mile cham.
pion of England. who has come to this
country in search Of professional
honors.
Wood was ten-mile A. A. A. cham
pion 1909 and champion Of the south
ern counties and international cham
pion in 1909 and 1910.
On paper the Shrubb-Wood team
looks far best, though the Holmer'
Queal entry is regarded as exception
ally fast.
The Tigers lost to- Habnnas, OF Hs-
vana. . 10 l. on Sunday. Mullin gave
seven hits. The game was won in the
ninth,
>
New York paper has discovered n
, hose snake Wonder IL it's related TO
the garter variety?
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

Innovations are hard 10 introduce
n any sport but the rule makers OF
|ofootbaIl have tinkered with the code
|,.cnough during the last year or Two
cnot to shy-foot at further revision.
II They would do we'll this winter TO
Incorporate rule compelling football
|, players TO wear numbers on the backs
Pof their Jerseys Such a rule would
Pin no way hinder the progress OF
|ocontest and would AFFORD the specta-
Plor a lot of satisfaction that he misses
I. nov.
|. In the Saturday game at Ann Arbor
|'progress of play was followed easily
4 enough when Michigan had the ball,
Pbut when il went TO Minnesota the
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

Ave more bases this year than Cooh
did last and in 1909 Cobb was In three
more games than Collins.
The averages show lot OF interest
ing facts II read carefully. For In.
stance. Boston are not the speed
boys" anymore. New York should
have the title. The Highlanders pill
fered 2s4 bases, with Detroit second
with PAS The Mackmen, In spite OF
Collins great work. swiped only 20S,
so the remainder OF the club cannot
be so terribly fast.
The Athletics lead the Tigers and
the whole crew in the matter OF two
base hits and triples. They have Is
more doubles than Detroit and 20
more three-bsggers. Boston made "A
home runs and Detroit was second
with IS.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

In dear little village there lived
a small boy with proclivities.
Owing TO the nature OF his pro
clivities they called him Meddlesome
Mortimer. Leaving things alone was
the best thing he didn't do.
In certain period OF his career
he wandered down TO old man IIg-
nitos coal elevator and pulled the
rope that controlled the nut coal bin.
neglecting TO stand go feet from the
rope while pulling il
This was also the most successful
peCiod OF MeddIesomc Mortimer's "a
reer. in the sense that period means
full stop.
lThe Enid
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
HERE'S QUEER THING.

The official figures OF the AM
erican league batters for the
past season show the inconsist-
ency OF baseball. Cleveland.
with Ave ont of the IL players
who hit more than 800. failed
to finish inside the money.
while Philadelphia. with an
equal number OF 800 hitters.
lifted not only the American
league pennant, hut the worlds
championship flag.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

This IA the greatest sled 70, boys ana
u girls ever manufactured. known All
\ over the country ms the sled that
fstrrfs Runners arc spring steel. and
isvhcn YOU coast down hill. slight pres
Isprc Of the foot curves them and steers
1.-The sled TO one side. y" digging IN
4 he sncw with your heels or plowing
" hp- su1v- yvtrh vurTr foot. Not ono boy
Itn hundred has one ot these sleds.
You can hnve one FOR little easy
Iwork Write me today and I VIII tell
INou Ill about ".
\ A. ". pIPEH, SIS Popular Building.
Dies Motncs, lows.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
SHORT LENGTHS

King Alfonso, OF
Spain, probably isn't
giving much thought 10
anything but 10 con-
tinuc his reign. just
now. When his king
dom is Flooding along
US natural way. how
ever. he deyotes much
time 10 polo.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

Several Of our gals won husbands
at a corn huskin'. Just led tn fei'crS
inter matrimony by tn ears, sc ter
speak"
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

While quiet and reserved the Scot is
one OF the keenest men in baseball to-
day. The only criticism heard is
that Wallace is not aggressive enough.
but since Connie Mack put it all over
Frank Chance in the worlds series
ag9ressiveness hasn't commanded
such a premium as Of yore.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
NAVY TEAM
CONFIDENT

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Nov. 21.--A plan
is on foot for the navy football team
to go TO Philadelphia a day or two in
advance OF next Saturdays game with
Army. in order to escape the depress-
ing effects OF typhoid which Is raging
In the academy.
Great pleasure is unaffected In navy
athletic circles over the fact that Her
man Olcott, the old Yale guard, VIII
spend the rest Of the week coaching
the eleven. Olcott had much success
with New York university this year
and is expected. to round out the navy
team in good shape.
The midshipmen have made up a
pool OF $500. which they will bet
with Army at even money. Odds are
never used in betting between the
two rival academies on the seasons
athletic games. Irrespective OF the
odds that may prevail on the outside.
Huston TO Play Moore.
NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Tow Hues-
ton and George Moore will begin their
three nights play at three cushion
billiards at McGraw's academy to-
night. The match will be handicap
AFFAIR. with Hueston playing $50 to
Moore's 100 points In similar match
two weeks ago. Hueston defeated
Moore. Now the letter is seeking re-
venge and Is confident OF victory.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
MOST ANYTHING.

"Jud Jenkins says he knows rail
road that isn't tight with Its time
tables"
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21
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The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

King Manuel. tn the
days when Gaby reign
ed. which vas before
the insurgents slipped
the rollers under him.
used To spend hours
afield. and was quite a
wing shot.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

IN III old New York. seeing he has
been signed for another hve years.
Coach Nort. Of Michigan, has hurried
to Nashville. Tenn. 10 help Brother-in-
law McGuRin cot the Vanderbilt team
n shape for the Thanksgiving day con-
test
The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

The Wolverines beat the MorreIIs n
football sunday, 10 to 3 The Eastern
\. {. beat the Northwesterns at Mack
park. 2 to o.
NOme unanswered queries. Who hit
Billy PattersDn? Who dropped the hop
IN ). j. j. s tea? Who told Col. II he
was spellbinder? What will the {; o.
DO now VIII Fielder Jones return?
Who killed cock robin? Where was
Moses when the light went out7
ttteIl fought Conicy q grudge battle
because Frankie beat Monte AttnlI-
and To make IL good Conley handed Abe
"A fine package
10 Il TO be hoped that a. HackenschmI,lt
gets hold OF good man hits trip he
won't form 40 close an attachment for
the mat as when Gotch made him play
poodle '''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Port Arthur Twelve Years Hence

Some think China and the United
States will yet be lined against Russia
and Japan. AT any rate Secretary
Knox's clumsy diplomacy has brought
Russia and Japan into closer diplomatic
relations for maintaining the present
status in the Kwantung peninsula and
in Manchuria in general. Every foot
of railroad in Manchuria is now con-
trolled by either Russia or Japan and
the new treaty of July simply brings
Russia and Japan to each others sup
port Both pretend to favor the open
door policy and yet each will continue
to exploit Manchuria for her own ex-
elusive benefit Russia will stand up
to Japan in the southern end of Man
churia and Japan will reciprocate in
the northern end of the province.
The Kwantung peninsula is the
property of China and Japan's lease
of it expires in 2 years. Both Dalny
and Port Arthur, the ports of the south
Manchuria railway, are included in the
lease. VIII Japan be able to secure
from China a new lease at the end OF
u years? At the rate that China is
going in getting on a modern basis
she will be pretty strong in military
way, but it is not probable that she
will have navy that can meet Japan's
advantageously Il years hence.
Japan is not discussing at present
the Kwantung peninsula. She is be-
coming year by year more friendly
with Russia, and whatever Russia and
japan say must be done in the lar
east probably will be done even Il
years hence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Population Indicated

1t may be several days-possibly weeks
bureau, but the local school census just
announced is larger than had been ex-
pected and indicates a much larger popu-
Birmingham has within its boundaries
$3.50 children of school age. In some
cities the total population is ascertained
by multiplying the number of school chill
dren by 4. The more conservative way
however. is to multiply by S1s: and taking
31s as the multiple this city has 137,42i
The federal census will hardly give us
so large population; not that the emu,
merators failed to perform their work
honestly, but because of a lack of CO.
operation on the part of many house
holders
Birmingham is growing fast this sum
mer and it is probable that when the
school census enumerators began their
count two or three thousand souls had
been added to the population since April
when the government enumerators start
ed to work. If the latter had been af1ic
to get everybody living within the city
limits the census directors report would
show us with not less than 1876, 0OO AS
1t is 10000 will be about the number we
will be credited with. And after all
that will not be so bad, especially since
the Chamber of Commerce only claims
125,ooo
1t is an interesting fact that the num-
Der of children of school age is 1874 in ex.
cess of Birmingham's population in 1900
Very few cities will show anything like
the percentage of increase that Birning-
ham will show, no matter what the Off.
cial figures may be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Remembering the Maine

There is something very mysterious"
position which every effort<to get the
Maine removed from its present resting
place has provoked 1t has seemed as
though some persons of influence were
greatly interested in keeping the wreck
just where it is and it was natural in
feared the disclosures which might posi-
bly, result from. its examination"
The American people in general do not
fear any disclosures that the old hulk
may be able to furnish. They want it
raised no matter whether the shot was in
ternal or external or how much it may
affect the standing of naval officials
The two appropriations for the raising
OF the Maipe-one for 100000 and one for
5000, oo0-were bunglingly drawn, but the
Attorney General holds nevertheless,
that both are available. The first appro-
priation did not direct the Secretary of
War to raise the Maine, and the second
Appropriation referred to the first one,
although the second one became law first
The Attorney General pushes aside all
technicalties and makes the manifest in
tention of Congress controlling. The sum
of 100000 is available, and engineers have
been named TO take charge of the task.
The Maine will be raised after lying in
the mud of Havana harbor - years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Corn This Year in Alabama

Col Reuben w Ko1b. who is not only
superintendent of the agricultural depart
hnent of the Alabama State fair, but who
will soon be the states commissioner of
agriculture, says concerning Alabama's
corn crop: II honestly believe that this
states crop will be four times as large
this year as it has been in any year in
10 years" Colonel Kolb did not venture
this opinion from hearsay-he expressed
what had come before his own expert
enced eyes after he had visited every
part of the state.
Alabama made 44,S35.oO0 bushels of corn
in 1908, and 4S,e16o00 bushels in 1909. To
make four times as NUN she would have
to turn out this fall about 900 bush
els! This seems too good to be true. She
would actually have corn to sell.
The weather has been favorable and the
farmers of this state are doing better
farming The average yield per acre is
Increasing. 1t is not increasing as fast
as it should, but still it is Increasing
thanks to the demonstration farms and
the Boys Corn clubs and increasing in
telligence. That it will give us 10000, 900
bushels this year is not credible Let us
1op off 100000 bushels from the estl-
mate in the hope that the aggregate will
actually be 100000 bushels-a quantity
that would probably suffice to supply the
states needs for a full year to come.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
DID WASHINGTON SWEAR,

From the New York Times.
The oft-repeated story of Washing
tons profanity at the battle of Mon
mouth is strenuously denied in Marion
Harland's autobiography. and upon the
best authority--that of revolutionary
veteran, Stirling Smith by name, who
was uncle to Marion Harlands grand
father. HE did not swear" the old war
horse would thunder when irreverent
youngsters retailed the SANDER In MS
hearing. IT was close behind him-and
can tell you, sir, we rode fast-when
what should we meet running away
lickety-split from the field of battle with
the British almost at their heels, but
Central Lee and his men. Then, with
that, says Central Washington. speak
Ing out loud and sharp-says he, Gen raj
Lee? In Gods name. what is the mean
ing of this ill-timed prudence?' Now,
YOU see, Central Lee he was mighty
high-spirited. So he speaks up as naughty
as the gen'ral had done, and says he;
I know of no one who has more of that
most damnable virtue than your excel
lency' So you see, young man, it was
Central Lee that swore and not Central
Washington. Don't you ever let me hear
that lie again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
WHAT SHE SAID
the kansas CITY star.

From the Kansas City Star
Consul General Wilder of Shanghai
spoke before the students of Pomona col
lege one day, and among other things re-
marked on how few Americans really
learn to speak the Chinese language.
Some people, he said, live as long as
20 years in China and never learn more
than dozen Chinese expressions. But
not so my little girl. She used to meet
me each evening with some new Chinese
expression which she had learned during
the day. Now, the Chinese language, like
the Japanese, is full of honorifcs. and l
fondly imagined one evening, when my
girl greeted me with some entirely new
expressions, that she was saying some
thing like this: Here comes the honorable
parsonage, my father To verify my
guess, I asked little Chinese boy to
translate. At first he was rather back
ward, but l urged him, till he finally
said: Your excellency, your daughter
saws. Here comes that wooden-headed
bottle" Yes, there are some surprises
in Chinese"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
Excavations Made in Ancient Capital of
the Ethiopiahs

From the Westminster Gazette, London
The first fruits of important discoy-
cries in the Sudan are to be seen now
and until the 25th inst. in the rooms of
the Society of Antiquaries at Burlington
House The exhibition contains actual
statuary, pottery and models of objects
of religious devotion from the Temple
of the Sun, the fame of which aroused
such curiosity among the ancients, and
may have had some connection with the
Homeric legend of Zeus and the other
gods feasting every year, for p days
amongst "the blameless Philippians"
Prof ]. Garstang explained the signifi-
canoe of the discoveries.
Until recently the exploration of the
Sudan was impossible owing to the atti-
tude of the natives, but last year the
excavation of Meroe, the ancient capital
of Ethiopia, was commenced.
Perhaps the most important result of
the early work will be the addition of
Ethiopian to our knowledge of languages
which have ceased to exist A large
number of inscriptions in heiroglyphic
and cursve writing have been found,
and it has been discovered that the I'M
known language is based on an alphabet
ical system, a circumstance which will
make the deciphering of the inscriptions
much easier than was the case with the
TIittite language, which has occupied
Professor Sayce 80 years.
1T is quite a new language" said
Professor Garstang.
The objects from the Temple of the
Sun and from the Temple of Anon, a
mile distant, show that the people had
reached a high state of civilization:
Carvings of the lion, the totem of the
Ethiopians, some of them executed with
extraordinary skill; model OF a frog
lin some volcanic stone): and models of
various ecclesiastical objects glazed with
a sky-blue enamel, in almost perfect
preservation. are shown.
The earliest date which is indicated by
the discoveries is 600 B. c., but future
excavations will probably lead to revi-
sion in the dating of the temples.
Alphabetically the buildings show both
Egyptian and Grecian influences. 1t Is
known that the rulers were of Egyptian
origin
The architecture of the Temple of the
Sun is described as being remarkable for
its beauty and for its good preservation.
Behind the high altar human bones were
found which had remained from some
sacrifice. Other objects indicate that
the city had been left hurredly, and II
IL assumed that Ii was sacked by hordes
from the eastern deserts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
CHU MINING

From the Chicago News.
NV dad he says, Come on with me-
When there's a hollerday,
An gifts some cheese an crackers we
Can eat while we're away,
An he cuts us some bully pores
An helps me dig the bait.
An we start for the fishin holes
Before our breakfasts ate
He let's me pull in the first fish
He had one on his line
Last Fourth. an he jest let her swish
Till I got one on mine
Before he yanked her out, an then
Mine was the biggest, too!
An he said: Gee. there amt no men
Can yank out fish like you!'
An he takes off his shoes an we
Wade where the waters thin,
An last Fourth he jest said to me:
What! Amt you goin' in
An have a swim?" An in l goes
Jest like frog-kerblim
An next thing he takes off his clothes
An shows me how to swim!
An every hollerday's like that
Between my dad and me;
An one time. mother went an sat
Beside a ellum tree
An done some fancy work an read
A book till we come out,
An had the lunch undone and spread
Enough for five, about.
Dad photographed us settin there,
Her leanin by tree,
One hand a-foolin' with my hair.
An smilin' round at me.
NV hands was in the pockets of
My pants, Jest this-a-way.
An dad said: IT tell you. l love
To have this kind of day."
Tad Ellesly-our house amt half
As big as their barn Is
But one time with kind of laugh
He said to me: Gee, whiz!
You bet I wisht that I was you,
To fish an swim an climb.
With my dad! My dad loves me, too
But he can't git the time."