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the chances favor Uhlan. for which c.
Lou Dillon. paid $4,000 after Bob
Proctor. the Readville trainer. had
marked him in 2:02K. Uhlan has been
wintering at Thomasville in the south.
While he viii probably be used very
largely for matinee racing by Mr..
Billings, IL is certain also that he will
be sent to beat his record before the
year is out. Uhlan proved his racing
qualities last season in his races with
the great Hamburg Belle, forcing the
mare to trot In 2:01h and 2:01&. the
fastest two heats ever trotted in a
race Uhlan turned the tables on
Hamburg Belle at Readville. winning
in 2:04% and 2:03Iz. and later trotted
in 2:o2A. Trainer Proctor stated last
year that he thought Uhlan would
surely trot a mile in 200 this year,
and good judges feel this prediction
VIII come true.
According 20 NJ. D. Shut Of Rock
Rapids. Ia. If any trotter goes in an
even 200 the coming season IL win
be his own little Penisa Maid. that
delicate but sweet gated little mare
that was quite the sensation Of the
grand circuit OF 1909 Few could
see a year ago at this time where
Shut was justified in making pay
ments on Penisa Maid. then with a
record of only 2:1sA. in all Of the big
stakes OF the year. Yet she proved
the years biggest money winner, earn
ing in stakes and purses S22,733, or
nearly twenty times as much as the
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that the mark will be reached this
year.
In the matter of record breaking last
year was sensational. to say the least
for marks that had withstood the as
saults OF a score or more OF years
yielded to the inevitable. Native
Bellies two-year-old performance in
2:07% at the trot being. Of course. the
most merit0rious. Il is rather early
yet to obtain any accurate idea from
what quarter. If any. are to come the
youngsters that VIII continue this time
shading stunt. But thus early 10 the
season one thing IN connection with
time tits is certain. It is that there
will be lots of shooting at the two
minute mark, and among good judges
four horses stand out rather pre-emi-
nently as the most likely to get down
TO the two minute figure.
These four have all shown their
ability as race horses and in this re-
spect differ somewhat from Lou Dill
lon, the worlds trotting champion, Of
whom 1t may be said without detract-
ing in the slightest from her glory as
a record breaker that she was never a
consistent race mare. The four to
which horsemen look as at least fur
nishing the bulk OF the entertainment
in endeavoring to attain the even two
minutes for the mile are, in the order
Of their present records: Uhian.
2:O2lz: Penisa Maid. 2:o4A; The Har-
vester, 2:02H, and Soprano, 2:0S% as
a three year-old,
On the form he showed last season
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HARD NOT TO HIT BATTERS.
Pitchers Have Troubie-Oanasr Not
Feared by Amateurs.

Baseball never has been considered
a dangerous game, yet the death Of
young Louis Menu of Freeburg. H..
demonstrates that it is one of the
most dangerous that young men can
play.
Young Menu, at bat, was looking for
an outcurve. He stepped close into
the plate TO allow the anticipated bend
Of the ball. The pitcher ''outguessed"
him. as baseball players call t. In
stead of an outcurYe he threw an in
shoot, a fast ball" as professionals
have It. This one hit the batter over
the heart and he died.
II is really a tribute to the excel
lence Of pitching that so few players
are injured while at the bat Consid-
ering the tremendous speed with
which the ball is thrown. the dizziness
OF the eyes that bat but once week,
the necessary proximity of the. batter
10 the plate. the absolute necessity OF
the pitcher putting II over" it VIII
be seen that batters are very fortunate
to escape serious injury while az the
bat
Oddly enough, the danger OF being
hit with a pitched ball is not feared
so much by amateurs as by profession
ais. The amateur does not stand so
close to the plate as the professional.
The speed he opposes is not so great.
OF course the control of the profess
sional pitcher is much superior TO that
Of the amateur. but his speed and the
width of his shoot are also much SUI
perior too.
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Base Sliding
IS Neglected
This Department of Baseball IL.
nored by Clubs on Practice
Trips.

Some day a man will break into
baseball who will revolutionize the
game. He viii tear down the hive of
luxury and ease in which at the pres
ent time the major leaguers loll in
careless abandon. drive out all the
drones and bring about a new era in
the great American sport that win
perfect system OF play deemed i'm
possible in the past He viii be de-
spised and hated. He may even be
banished from the game before his
mission is complete, but he will have
begun a reformation that all will fol-
low.
The idea was conceived upon watch
ing a theatrical company rehearsing
for new production at one time The
man who was drilling that company
knew he must have every movement OF
his players perfected or 1t would never
take with the American public. The
hours and hours of drudgery put in by
those actors would have driven many
a ball player to distraction. One man
"a leading man, too-was compelled
To make an entrance in one part Of the
play at least fifty times in one re-
hearsal before he did il in a manner
that suited the exacting producer.
Is there a ball player in the major
league today who would slide to Sec
ond fifty times in one mornings prac-
tice just to get the form OF that action
exactly as his manager wanted it?
Baseball has grown into such promi-
hence with the American public that IL
cannot much longer carry the fans
along on tradition. II must be inven-
tive. It must progress Old fans will
tell you today that the present day
players do nothing on the ball field
that wasn't done in the DAYS when
Charley Comiskey led the old st. Louis
Browns to four successive pennants.
If nothing new can be invented man.
ayers can at least teach players to do
the present things with greater ac-
curacy and dispatch. A few players
are masters. but In every instance Il
seems due to the players own efforts
or 10 their natural ability. Ty Cobb
is the greatest base runner and one OF
the grandest all round players be-
cause he is the fastest man In the
game and because he's ambitious. He
worked while others slumped.
Managers tell OF one player being
valuable because he's a good base run
ner. another because he can hit an
other because he can handle a ground
ball so accurately or another because
he can go back on fly ball. There's
no reason why every ball player in the
major leagues shouldn't improve in all
these matters
Incredible as ii may seem, few man
ayers drill players in running and slid
ing to bases. yet that is conceded TO
be one Of the principal features Of the
game Outside OF the bit of sliding
one might do in a practice game, there
is little effort made 20 teach even the
beginners this important feature.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
BY TOMMY CLARK.

T you were 10 listen 10 the argu-
ments put forth by the fans and
large number Of critics you
n would think that no baseball
team in the major leagues could cap
ture a flag without having perfect
harmony among the players 1t would
seem a positive essential that peace
and brotherly love should be preserved
unbroken and that no team could win
II its members Jared and disagreed.
Such is not the case. however, for
there is not club in either league to-
day where perfect harmony prevails.
Every now and then you hear of some
well known player getting the hook or
being traded TO another club. some
times for q much inferior man, and OF
course the cry goes up, Sent away
70 restore harmony in the club" Now
and then some player is in wrong, ex-
tremely wrong. and 1t becomes i'm
possible 10 keep him, irrespective OF
his skill; but, as q rule. harmony
counts as much in ball team as the
colcr Of the bat boys hair.
Every now and then you will hear
of some pitcher complaining of not re-
ceiving good support because the other
players have 1t in for him. Then, too,
you hear about cliques and factions.
with ruinous effects upon the standing
of the team. Once in a great while all
these things are true, but in seven
cases out Of every ten it's all tommy
rot
The cliques that exist in every base
BAH club have no bearing whatever in
most cases upon the success or failure
of the team. The fact that an entire
club may like one pitcher and dislike
another cuts no ice at any stage
startling remarks. but absolutely true.
Some of the fights among the De-
troit players were handles. When Ty
Cobb Joined the Tigers he was one
fresh kid, and the older men tried to
set him in his place. Cobb beat some
players and got licked by others. His
feud with Matty Mcintyre was so
fierce that Hughey Jennings was
forced TO place them in right and left
field, with Crawford between them.
Recently when Cobb asked Jennings to
give him a trial in center Jennings did
so. but Davy Jones cavorted in left in
stead OF Mcintyre Cobb had some
trouble with Schmidt also. but the-lat-
ter was entitled TO the decision were
any TO be rendered.
The old Baltimore champions were
always lighting. and some Of their
mills were Joy to any one who IN
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, surely in The Haryester's reach and a
mile in 200 not unreasonably beyond
his limit
Among the features scheduled for the
coming season is a stallion race. Andy
Welsh has been trying to arrange one
at Readville, but The Harvester is the
stumbling block While visiting at the
Lexington track recently August Uh-
lem, the Milwaukee breeder and turf
man. stated that The Harvester would
not be raced until late in the fall,
when he would be sent TO lower the
stallion record Of 2:02A, held by Cres-
ceus. It is likely that this attempt TO
lower the worlds record for a stallion.
which has stood since 1901. will be
made at the fall meeting at Lexing-
ton.
Billy Andrews processes utmost con-
fidence in his ability to drive last
years sensational three-year-ol So
prano, 2:0S%, a mile in 900. And
Andrews Judgment was long ago es-
tablished as being Of the soundest.
Andrews has had the chestnut mare
with some other horses belonging 10
the Maddens at Lexington. KY.
The plan is to race her in some Of
the four year-old events and later TO
send her for fast mark. It is known.
too. that John Dickerson, who cam
paigned the daughter of Bellini last
year, driving her in ali Of her futurities
and stepping her to her mark. shares
Andrews opinion to a degree at least.
Il is rather hard. however, for the av-
erage horseman 10 believe that a four
yeaT-old can show a two minute mile.
and, 70 the outsider 1T least, Soprano
looks to have rather the poorest
chance of the lot
There are one or two other trotters
which raced down the grand circuit
last year which are expected 20 get
close to even time this season, and one
OF those most touted is Margin, 2:05 Y +.
winner OF two $4,000 stake events last
season and second highest money win
ming trotter. with $4,000 10 her credit
Margin slowed up late in the season
and was beaten in two big events by
Penisa Maid. but the NJ. and M. winner
retired sound and may come back and
surprise some Of the others.
At any rate. 1t looks like a good year
for speed, and II the two minute mark
is not reached in 1910 there will be a
lot Of good judges Of trotters greatly
disappointed.
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Harmony Lacking n Many Baseball Clubs


Turning to Jack Doyle. he demanded,
What do you think about 1t, Jack?'
Il thought" snaTled Doyle. that it
was a jackass play and that the guy
that would try 1t ought TO be shipped
back TO the bush league"
And the next moment McGraw and
Doyle clinched in an unaffectionate
embrace and rolled across the grass.
fighting like a pair Of hyenas.
1t is impossible for twenty or more
young athletes TO dwell together in
harmony. It never happened yet. and
it never win. 1t is impossible that
some pitcher should fail to be popular.
equally impossible that some other
pitcher, a surly crab, should be other
wise than disliked. But that cuts no
figure. Ball clubs do not throw down
pitchers, nor do they toss away games.
at least not while they are in the fore
front and fighting for the flag, with
the incentive of the rich worlds Sc
ries money following. Take this for
straight goods-any time a ball club
sees that coin in the dim distance it is
going to get out there and play fiend-
ish ball, no matter whether Jolly
Charley grins or Grouchy Pete
Thumpkin is doing mound duty.
Yes; harmony is a dream. There was
never yet a championship ball club
that didn't have a lot Of fights among
its men. There was never yet a ball
club that there were not several little
cliques and combinations. Better that
way than In sheeplike harmony. If
all the gang agreed as angel face cher
ubs are supposed to do they would get
lazy, logy and too utterly contented-
Harmony is a great thing in its
place. but its place is not among the
winning ball teams, and it's mistake
for any one to look for it there.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
Putting Ball
On the Runners
Doing This Properly One of Things
Which Make Great Infielder.

Ability to tag a runner is the one
point that marks the difference be-
tween a good and q mediocre second
baseman. Pennants have been lost IN
the past Just because the man at the
keystone station lacked the instructive
sense of touching a base stealer at the
right time. Any league magnate will
tell you that as many games are lost
by the failure Of a second baseman to
~get" the runner as any other fielding
cause, or, to put the case stronger,
almost twice as many battles are lost
because Of this feature.
One case in point was the standing
Of the Chicago White Sox last season.
Jackey Atz, the regular second base
man OF the team last year. was good,
fast man. but he is not a star on tag
ging base stealers. 1t has been figured
that his failure in this respect cost
Comiskey's team a number of hard
fought games, and IL is largely due to
this that the former worlds cham
pions finished so low in the pennant
race last year.
Take q great second baseman like
Larry Lajoie OF Cleveland, Germany"
Schaefer Of Washington or Johnny
Evers OF the Chicago Cubs. Watch
any one Of them when a runner starts
TO steal. Few men are able to get past
them, provided the throw from the
catcher comes anywhere near good.
They seem to take the throw and
touch the runner in one motion. Evers
and Lajoie probably are the peers in
this respect. The instinct has TO be
born with a player.
Atz and many other second basemen
of both leagues have diligently prac-
they are q second late where one Of
the great figures at that position
would have the runner started back to
the bench. Few fans realize how i'm
portant a thing ii is TO get a man on
second during a close game. It means
that there is an even chance TO score
on anything like a safe hit That is
the reason why the second base is like
a bunker on a golf course or a dan
gerous turn in an automobile race
Once past the obstacle means an
easier task ahead.
Many OF the stars have a way Of
straddling across the line, thus leaving
the stealer no way to reach the sack
except to use football tactics. Frank
Isbell. the old White Sox second
sacker. who is now playing with
Wichita, was a wonder in blocking.
equaling Schaefer and Lajoie, accord
ing to many critics.
All three men would make great
fullbacks on college football teams. be-
ing of large size, powerful and able to
resist a shock. But men like Evers
who are of slighter build. rely more on
their craft and speed
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
MODEST cY YOUNG.

Many good stories have been
told Of Cy Young. the veteran
pitcher of the Cleveland Ameri-
cans, but the following is about
the best II was told by a
prominent member of the Maps
recently. The Cleveland team
were IN Boston a few days after
Old Cy had set all the world to
talking about his o-man-reach-
first game against C9nnie
Mack's team some years ago.
He came down to the old Quin-
cy House to see the boys.
"Tell Us about the game" said
Larry Lajoie as the Maps gath
cred around the G. o. NJ. of the
game.
"Oh." remarked Cy in that ma
tive, natural dialect that six
years residence in Boston did
not change, there amt nothing
10 tell. Nothing much, at any
rate. They just hit EN- right at
somebody all the time. that was
all. Two or three Of the drives
would have been good, long hits
II Buck and Chick hadn't been
laying for 'em. I didn't know
nobody had reached first until
we were going to the clubhouse.
Then Jim told me.
First time in twenty-four
years said Collins.
What Is? says I.
Nobody sees first says he.
Didn't they? says I.
Nobody he says. Then I
knew what all them 10000 peo-
pie were yelling about"
50 +
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does. The opposite side Of the case is
represented by Bresnahan, who, while
large in stature, hits with a reasonably
small club.
After glance at the Hans Wagner
bat one would think that the Flying
Dutchman" might just as we'll so and
pull up young but promising tree and
use that to destroy the hopes Of young
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03


A are not what were expected at
q n the close of last years active
campaign, the associations which are
interested in grand circuit racing are
planning some attractive programs
and special events to draw the kings
and queens OF the trotting world 10
their tracks.
The race track managers of the
country, collectively speaking. have
awakened from their lethargy of many
years duration and have at last
realized that innovations and depar-
lures from the stereotyped are neces-
sary 10 bring to their race meetings
the largest crowds. The days OF
straight three IN five events through
out. with the FACE lasting five, six and
sometimes even seven and eight heats,
10 be carried over two or three days,
are things Of the past While such
races very properly viii continue TO
have a place on the programs. novel;
ties and features have been introduced
all along the line.
In this the tracks of the country are,
following very largely, consciously or
otherwise, in the lead of the Readville
track. long noted for its aggressive,
initiative policy eliminating with Its
rich $4,000 American Handicap Derby,
that attracted probably more attention
than was ever given 10 any other race
in the trotting world. The early an
nouncements Of race programs show
that this year there are to be many
novelties in the way Of stakes, the
Tavern stake at the Cleveland grand
circuit meeting being one of the most
conspicuous in this line. Then there
are 10 be races for four-year- olds.
stallion races, contests for amateur
drivers aud, 1t IS to be hoped, some
thing in the line Of team and saddle
races.
There were so many sensational
performances during the 1909 season
that close followers OF the sport are
already figuring on the chances for
record breaking performances during
the coming racing year. The two min
ute mark appears to be the goal aimed
at, and there are several candidates
for a place in the charmed circle.
There are at least five or six trOtters
which showed wonderful form last
year that have been picked as posi-
bic two minute fliers in 1910, and the
followers of the big line feel confident
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and old pitchers alike. No balance to
II, large and heavy all over. II takes
a person of immense strength TO use It
properly. and Hans is that. Being so
heavy. the great batsman can meet the
ball either on the handle or the very
end and mako g hit where another
player would put up a pop ny or q
weak grounder.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
PLAYERS BATS DIFFER.
Some Big Men Weld Small Sticks,
and Midnets Use Bio Ones.

Some Big Men Weld small STICKS,
and Midgets Use Big Ones.
Baseball players bats differ in size
and shape as much as the players do
in physique. And the strange part Of
it is that many of the big fellows use
q small, well shaped warclub and a
couple Of the rabbits" WELD some
thing resembling a wagon tongue.
An instance OF this is the wood pile
that Rebel" Cakes. former Cincin-
natl star. but now with the ST. Louis
Cardinals, uses. A man can scarcely
imagine such little fellow swinging
so large and heavy bat as Cakes
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Australia Swimming Champion Coming
% hnnnrirn

Australia Swimming Champion Coming
TO America.
If the schedule carries out. Frank
BeaurepaiTe. the champion swimmer
Of Australia. win be seen in America
in open competition Beaurepaire
plans to come TO America after the in
ternational swimming contests IN
Brussels. He recently arrived in Eng
land accompanied by r. N. Collins.
honorary secretary OF the Victoria
Amateur Swimming association. who
has mapped out an itinerary for the
swimmer which covers--about eight
months. New York is on the list for
a visit, and this is only natural, as 1t
is understood that the pair viii sail
for home from San Francisco. How
long he VIII tarry here is not stated.
but no doubt he viii stay long enough
to test whatever speed there is in the
local crawl experts.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
MORARTY, DETROIT AMERICANS CLEVER THIRD BASEMAN


classed with
and his running Moariy
called
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derstood. One day McGraw. on Sec
ond, with one out, took q long chance,
tried for third and was blotted OF the
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map. AS he came back to the bench
Hanlon called him down. Il thought
I did the best thing" said McGTaw.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
MATTERN, BOSTON NATIONALS STAR sOUTHPAW TWRLER.


pitcher
a
a stronger there would shine
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ALTHOUGH the prospects for the
"a light harness season Of 1910 |
A are not what were expected at
a y the close of last years active
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
The Two Minute Trotter May Come This Season B''

HARVESTER 206 PENsA MAID
DURING THE CAMPAIGN
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&c BaLini Powder biscuits

Three CUPS -four; X to u CUP sAoyt-
ening; 3 keDeI teaspoontwks K c Baking
Rowdev; about cup milk or aOate,; I
feaspoonfuI salt.
Sift three times, the -four, salt and
baking powder. Work into the flour the
shortening, using lard or butter for
shortening. Then mix to very soft
dough with. the milk. The softer the
biscuit enters the oven, the lighter it
comes out. Never knead baking powder
biscuits; press the dough into shape and
roll lightly. Cut in small shapes and
bake on sheet or very shallow pan in
hot oven. In placing biscuits in the
pans place we'll apart, not allowing edges
to touch. Small biscuits are better than
large ones. Large biscuits do not have
the proper amount of time to raise and
bake.
Have you seen the new K Cooks Book
Brimful Of appetizing recipes that simply must
be successful every time if the few simple direc-
tions are carefully followed. You would gladly
pay so cents for this valuable book. yet we send
Habsolxkelv free upon receipt of the colored GER
tificate packed in every 25-centcan of K c Baking
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PRETTY MEMORIAL WINDOWS.
Never Were Business Houses So Gen.
orally Obseryant, Of the Day.


Never We're business houses Of the
lsity more observant of Memorial day
| than this year. Flags We're swung to
the breeze from many Of the stores and
buildings. and from great many of
the residences in, all parts of the city.
Memorial windows were a work OF art
in many cases. and the soldier dead OF
the land were hopoEednen every hand.
Pictures of the presidents, and espec-
tally the three WHO became martyrs,
were seen on every hand. used as CEN
trail figures around which the window
decorations were built.
Dealers in flags say that never in
the history of the city has there been
such a demand for flags as this year.
There was not bunting flag of any
size or description TO be found in the
city this morning, and persons who
would have purchased the more expen-