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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
START OF PITCHER ED WALSH
Spent Much Time While warming
Bench" Watching Other Pitch
ers-Got "Near-Balk".
BY ED. WALSH.

Whatever success l have had in
baseball is due to two things; first, the
patience and confidence in me shown
by President Comiskey and Manager
Jones, and second, hard study and
hard work.
When I came into the American
league, was raw, green fellow,
strong and willing, but what I didn't
know about baseball would have made
good pitchers out of half dozen fell
lows if it could be scattered around.
From the first both Jones and Comis-
key seemed to think that some day
would be a good pitcher, and it was
their confidence in me that kept me
there. After I got used to the sur
what the other pitchers were doing.
l had sense enough not to ask many
questions, but to keep my eyes and
ears open and try to learn all could.
In those days the White SoX had a lot
of smart pitchers, men who did things,
Every time saw one of them pull off
something made sneak over toward
the clubhouse and tried it myself, to
see whether or not l could do 1t. I
worked as hard in those days as ever
man worked in a mine or a mill.
was determined l was going to be
pitcher. Comiskey and Jones both
coached me, told me what to do, and
how to do it, but they could not make
me pitcher. A fellow has to do that
for himself. When l began to use the
spit ball l worked like a horse. I
must have pitched two or three games
day trying to get control and make
that ball go where l wanted it to go.
No one ever watched baseball closer
than l did When some good pitcher
for a visiting team was working
never lost chance to crawl as close
behind the catcher as possible to see
what he was doing, to study how he
pitched to certain batters and how he
used his curves. I think I spent near
ly all of one season trying to get
balk motion that was not balk, and
finally I succeeded. defy any UNI
pire to say honestly that I balk, and
no one can do 1t without straining
the rules.
I was three years, almost, on the
bench before | got my chance and
when it came I was ready. l was as
confident as If had been pitching all
the time. And then, after had be-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
PLAYERS BRING GOOD MONEY
Six Central League Teams Sell Talent
to Big Leagues for the Sum
of $25, 1000.

Six Central league clubs will this
year realize about $4,000 to $4,000
from the sale of players to the higher
class organizations. Of this amount
South Bend has already received
$4,000 from Pittsburg for Shortstop
Mccarthy and Outfelder Carey and
expects to secure at least So, 500 more
through the sale or drafting of Wells,
Welschonce, Kroy, Lindsey and Koch
1er Next to South Bend, Dayton has
the most profitable aggregation, Man
ager Knoll having disposed of aOtch-
er Martin to Pittsburg for 1900 and
Shortstop Starke to Brooklyn for
$4,000 Knoll also expects to lose Nee
and Justus by draft.
Terre H8ute has sold Pitchers Hen
mis- and Alberts to the st. Louis Ma
tionals for $1,000 each, and secured
another thousand for Outfielder Wheel
er, who has Joined Cincinnati. Pitts
burg is expected to buy First Base
man Sommerlot, or at least, draft him,
and an American association club will
probably take Third Baseman O'Don-
nell of the same club.
Evansville has sold Pitcher Coving-
ton to Detroit for $780, and will get
the draft price for Outfelder La June.
Fort Wayne expects to lose Pitchers
Robertson and Miller by draft and will
return First Baseman Gainor to De-
troit.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
ITALIAN GANG BINDS AND
ROBS AGED FARM COUPLE
GAIN ACCESS TO THE HOUSE UN-
DER PRETEXT OF BUY
ING FOOD.

Lapeer. Mich.-Threatenin to kill
them If they raised an outcry, five
well-dressed Italians, believed to have
come from Detroit, entered the farm
house of Lemuel Kingsbury, an aged
farmer, four miles south of Metamora
the other night and, after securely V-
ing Kingsbury and his wife, who are
more than sixty years old, ransacked
the house, secured silverware and
other goods and left the premises.
The aged couple were found sew
eral hours later by Ira Vanderlip, a
neighbor farmer Mrs. Kingsbury is
suffering from fright and Is in a seri-
GUS condition. After releasing the cap
tives Mr.. Vanderlip went to the viii
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
Ban on Telephone spoonina.

Pittsburg, Pa.-"Fire any employee
caught spooning over the telephone.
Fire any one who can be proved to
have spooned in the past over the
telephone and charged the tolls to the
city" This Is the gist of an order
issued to department heads by Mayor
w. A. Magee.
It cost the city Of Ptttsburg about
$4,000 in tolls for her city employees,
male and female, to spoon over the
telephone wires last year Hence the
order. Young husbands must not even
call up their wives, either in working
hours or at lunch. over the city tele.
phones. Under no condition are the
telephones to be used by any en-
ployee save On business for the city.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
The Flags Of France.

From the time Of Henry ", 1889
to 1874, a white flag was the standard
of the French monarchy. 1t consisted
Of a white field bearing three fleurs-
de-lis in gold. This was the flag of
France at the time of the conquest Of
Canada by the British. In 1874, dur
ing the Revolution, the tri-color Of
three vertical divisions, blue, red, and
white, was adopted. This was also
the standard of the empire under the
two Napoleons, but it was powdered
with golden bees and on the center
stripe was the eagle of the empire.
The tri-color is the flag Of the repub-
lie at the present time.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
SNAKE MAKES NEST IN
YOUNG WOMAN'S FRAT"
GIRL rs BITTEN MANY TIMES
WITHOUT KNOWING THE
CAUSE

Richmond, Va.-Bitten several times
by a small moccasin snake which
nested in her rat when she had laid
that creation beside her as she rested
in a hammock in her front yard in the
evening, Miss Mary Wood Of the West
end is reported to be in serious con-
dition, though she will recover from
the yenomous bites.
Disregarding all the rules OF hos
pitality, the young snake, having en-
sconsced itself comfortably in the
warm recesses Of the rat, was not
content with that much luxury OF
warmth and freedom from disturb
ance. It must needs follow its treach-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24

humor but somewhat warm, and the
sound of running water again attract
ed him. This time he brought con,
sternation to the heart Of a stout
Irish lady by perching on the window
sill of the bathroom and declaring his
sex while milady reveled in her bath.
She summoned her husband to shoot
the intruder, but Pat Lenore discreetIy
disappeared.
Pat Lenore disturbed two other
women at their baths before he blum
dered into the apartment of John
Kaiser at Thirty.second street and
went to sleep on top of the piano.
There he was reclaimed by Mrs. Nc
Dermott.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24

It is not difficult to trace the recent
wonderful brace by the Pittsburg
champions to the rounding to" of the
veterans on the team. Wagner, Clarke
and Leach are unquestionably the
backbone of the combination, and
while those three stars were out of
their stride the club continued in the
rut They are going like mad now,
however, and turning the laugh on the
critics who declared in mfdseason that
they were all in. It is doubtful if any
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
students Find Relics 700 Years Old.

Skeletons and skulls of centuries
ago are being exhumed near the
mouths of the Topango and Temescal
canyons In California by geological
students from Stanford university.
For years tides have been washing
away an occasional relic of former life
on this coast, but the Stanford stu
dents have followed the lead and dug
further back from the shore. The
search has also been rewarded by the
exhuming Of stone implements of hus-
bandry and warfare. The explorers
believe the remains are about TOO
years old.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
ParaIYzed by a Tiny Pin.

Tamaqua, Pa.-Wiliam Becnrel. a
prominent hotelkeeper of Mosque.
honing, had his entire left side para
iyzed in a peculiar manner. Lying on
q couch he was playing with his little
daughter, when the point of a pin
worn by the child penetrated his
breast near the heart, striking one of
the nerves leading to the brain.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
Baseball in Heaven.

Baseball in heaven" was the sub.
ject of a sermon preached recently by
Rev. c. Julian TuthilI, pastor of the
Congregational church, Mattapoisett,
Mass. Heaven is but an evolution of
this world" he said. "a Christian
may love a ball game and remain a
Christian. Why, then, is It not safe
to prophesy that the game will have
its place in heayen?"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
a Ranenf-

"Has that muzzle worried your dog
any9"
NO." replied the man who likes AMI
mails. "On the contrary, think he
has improved in both health and dis
position since it become more diff
cult for my wife and daughters to
feed him candy and salads"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24

come a winner, l did not stop, but
kept hustling and working and trying
to learn more all the time. I knew
that a fellow must work and improve
steadily, must learn something new
or the batters will learn to hit what
he has. So I kept at it, and managed
to hold up my end.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
SLATE SEYMOUR FOR MINORS
Manager McGraw VIII Ask for Walv-
ers on Giants Former Star Bat
ter and OutfeIder.

That ICY" Seymour has played his
last game for the Giants and will be
passed to one of the minor leagues is
the gist of a statement at Cincinnati
the other day by Manager McGraw Of
that team. McGraw said Seymour is
through with major league ball and
that he will ask for waivers in few
days and then send him to some minor
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club He says that several of the
minor league managers have told him
they viii pay good price for sey-
mour to use in the outfield and have
asked him to let them know when he
is ready to sell the man who was once
the leading batter of the league and
one Of its greatest pitchers and out
feeders.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24

one of the three ever played better
ball than at present, and therein is
found the real secret Of Pittsburgs
squirt toward the top of the ladder.
The work of Wagner, in particular,
is the cause of no little enthusiasm.
The big fellow is singing the ball
again in the style that made him the
batting wonder of the age in his best
days. He is comfortably over the
800 mark row now and is still climb
ing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
First Base Recruit for Chicago.

Ted Anderson, first baseman sor
Flint in the Southern Michigan
league, has been sold to the Chicago
White Sox for $500, according to an
announcement by the Flint manage
ment. Anderson viii report at the
close of the Southern Michigan sea-
son.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
Rat Bit Her Lea.

Findlay, Ohio-While Miss Tia Rem
ninger, a bookkeeper, was taking a
nap in an Office, a large rat bit hel
m the left leg above the ankle.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
literary Note

what is the moral of William de
Morgan's noyels?''
Don't write fiction till you're old
enough to know how"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-20

these Of non-residents are improperly
included.
The defense is represented by o. NJ
Barber, NJ c. Weber and r. f.
Healy and the inyalidity of the Nat
iOnal bank is claimed on the grounds
that II is in violation of the fifth and
fourteenth amendments to the Consti-
tuition of the United States and that
article 8 of the constitution Of Yer
mont is unjust, unreasonable and dis
criminatory.
The state was represented by Clark
c. Fits who was attorney general at
the time the law was passed, and
Hale X. Darling of Chelsea.
In the case of the Deerfield River
Co VS.. the Wilmington Power & Paper
Co., involving flowage and pole rights
which was argued yesterday by j. X.
Batchelder for the orator and Hale
X. Darling and C. c. Fits for the de-
PENDANT company, the orator would
enjoin the defendant from proceeding
before a commission appointed by the
court under a section of act 31S, acts
of 1908, on the ground that the sec
tion Is unconstitutional. The town
OF Readsboro wants the defendant
company to light its streets but to do
SO 1t must set poles on the orators
land and flow a portion of the same.
The petition for a new trial in the
familiar Chittenden county case of
Sylvester A. Ploof VS.. Henry w. Put
nam was argued by M. S. Villas and
Cowles & Moulton for the plaintiff;
G. II. Darling and j. X. Batchelder
for the defendant.
Entries were ordered in two cases
which have been argued at the pres
ent term. In the Essex county tres
pass case of Leslie p. Hovey VS..
Wheatley b. Cook, in which in the
lower court there was a verdict for
the defendant with special verdicts
and judgment on the verdicts, the
judgment of the lower court was af-
firmed.
In the Grand Isle County case of
Chauncey p. HaZen VS.. William A.
Creller, In which in the court below
there was a pro forma judgment for
the defendant to recover his costs,
the judgment of the lower court was
reversed. the demurrer was sustained
the special plea was adjudged insult.
iicient and the cause was remanded
This case has not yet been tried in
the lower court.N
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-20
$50 FINE FOR ASSAULT
Augustus Hllliard Pleads Guilty Il
Municipal Court

Augustus Hilliard of Dandy, who
was arrested last month for an as
sault upon Edward Roberts of Dorset,
pleaded guilty in municipal court on
Thursday afternoon and Judge e. II.
Holden fined him $50 and costs.
The assault for which billiard was
arrested was committed in Dorset
April % at the home of the victim on
one of the upland farms of the town.
Roberts was beaten with club by
billiard and sustained two cuts on the
head. 1t was also thought at the time
that he had received internal injur-
les. Roberts is so years old and at
the time of the preliminary hearing
here on the 29th States Attorney w.
]. Meagher asked the court for a con-
tinuance in order to await the result
of the aged mans injuries. This was
granted and billiard was placed UNI
der $1,000 bail
AT the adjourned hearing here on
Thursday afternoon the respondent
was represented by F. c. Archibald of
Manchester and the state had four
witnesses present for the purpose Of
trying the case. After an argument
which took up large portion of the
afternoon Hilliard decided to plead
guilty. The penalty imposed by Judge
Holden is the top limit under the jur-
isdiction of the municipal court.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-20

day. The juries are as follows:
Grand Jurors-Albert r. Buck, Ar
lington; j. Oliver Burt, Bennington;
William J. Hicks, Bennington; II. B..
Kendall Dorset; Charles A. Becker,
Glastonbury; o. J. Holden, Land
grove; r. c. Orvis, Manchester; J. H.
Whitney, Peru; S. l.. Smith, Pownal;
C. A. Perry, Readsboro; f. e. Win
chester, Pownal; Reuben Bentley
Sandgate; j. W. Rice, Searsburg;
George NJ. Montgomery Salisbury;
A. ]. Tanner, Stamford; e. j. Bowen,
Sunderland Zadock Hayward, Win
hall; George Wood, Woodford.
Petit Jurors-R H. Andrew, Ar
lington; Edward T. Cullinan. Airing
ton; Burton T. Henry, Jonathan b.
Morse, John b. Harte, Eli Briggs,
Bennington; Wallace II. Brock, F. o.
Eddy, Charles A. Gennette, Dorset;
William w. Tiff, Glastonbury; W. H.
Chadwick, Landgrove; K. A. Wilcox,
w. G. Hard, Arthur Burroughs, Ira
Bentley, Manchester; Harry West
Peru; John Barber, Clyde Peckham
William Crosier, Pownal; L. II. Gro
sier, T. F. Phelps, Readsboro; John
F.. Sheldon, Willis Sheldon, Rupert;
Robert Torrens, Sandgate; Grant
Brownson, George E. Green, Jr, Ed
win C. Eddy, SALISBURY; Ezra Broth
ers, Stamford; Eugene Stone, Sunder
land; George F. Slade, Winhall; c
ID. Sawyer, Woodford.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-20
BANK DEPOSIT TAX
LAW BENZ
TESTED
Validity Of Statute Argued Be-
fore Supreme Court
CLEMENT BANK PLAINTIFF
Claims Taxing Of Deposits Violates
5th and 18th Amendments Of Uni
ted States Constitution

Montpelier, May 2O.-The validity
of No. Al, Acts Of 1905, assessing
state tax on deposits in national
banks bearing more than two per cent
interest, is the issue in the case Of
State of Vermont VS. the Clement Nat
Ional bank of Rutland, which was on
Thursday argued In the supreme court
The concrete question before the court
is this Where a national bank has
agreed to pay the state sum OF
money at certain time, the amount
of which can be definitely ascertain
ed at such time and the state, by rea-
son of such agreement, has relinquish-
ed its right to require the banks de-
positors to make returns Of and to pay
taxes upon their deposits is such an
agreement enforceable?
The questions involved in deciding
the main point are as follows:
Is the contract based upon legally
sufficient consideration?
Is the contract ultra wires?
Does the fact that deposits of non
residents are included in the amount
OF average deposits upon which the
oank has agreed to pay seven'twen-
tieths OF one per cent render the con
tract enforceable?
The claim Is made by the state
that the bank has no functions to per-
form by reason of the act, unless il
voluntarily elects so to do. The act
imposes tax for the use Of the state
upon the several depositors who. II
was argued by the state, have depos-
its on which interest exceeding two
per cent per annum, Is allowed: and
provides a method Of making returns
and payment of the tax by indiyidu-
ais. entirely independent of the bank.
SO far as the bank is concerned, 1t
is not required to give information.
nor to perform the slightest service
either In making the returns or pay
ing the tax. unless II shall first elect
so TO do.
Il was argued by the state that II
the provisions OF the act attempted
TO impose upon the bank the duty of
reporting any fact. however insight
ficant or of paying any part or all OF
any individual tax due Hereunder,
/ then the bank might with some color
OF authority say that the Vermont
legislature attempted to impose upon
Il something which Congress alone
had authority to impose. and that the
act was In CONFIRMATION OF the nation
I al hank act gOcailqd
The election OF the bank to pay
seven-twentieths OF one per cent OF
the average deposits and to Gle one
return In lieu OF the numerous indy
idual returns by depositors. imposes a
contractural duty upon the bank by
virtue OF It's stipulation. The state
contends that there is nothing In the
act to compel the defendant Ito take
one Of two courses both OF which are
against its Will The state does
not object to a judgment predicated
upon the average deposits OF resi-
dents II the court is OF the opinion that
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-20
OPENING GAME OF
SEASON PLAYED
TOMORROW
BenningtOn's New Base Ball
Team at Morgan Park
GAME CALLED AT 4 O'CLOCK
Team Of Williams Students composes
Opposing Nine-W. H. Bradford
to Pitch First Ball

The Bennington baseball team will
open the season at Morgan park to-
morrow afternoon with Williamstown.
AS usual the nine which opposes the
home team on the occasion of it's first
game will be composed largely of Will
liams college students. These open
ing games have always been we'll
played contests. Last year the team
from Williamstown was one of the
best that came to Bennington during
the entire season and the game was
acknowledged to be one OF the most
interesting OF the year.
The Williamstown battery tomor-
row will consist of Savage and Ryan.
Savage Is the Second string" pitcher
at Williams and has been doing good
work for the yannigans Ryan is not
now in college but he has caught sew
eral games In Bennington in previous
years and is conceded to be a first
class backstop.
II is expected that the Bennington
/ city band will assist in the ceremon-
les of opening the season and that
William II. Bradford, who officiated
in that capacity year ago, will pitch
the first ball.
Captain Leonard had the Bennlng-
ton players at the park this forenoon
for practice. II may be necessary to
make some changes in the team but
In all probability the lineup for to-
morrow will be; Albertha, pitcher:
Wheeler, catcher; Leonard, first base.
Ryan, second base; Finnegan, short
stop; Jones, third base: Prindle, right
field; McGrath, Sullivan and Criss,
the latter a new man who has been
playing with "Cy" Ferry's team at
Coltsyille in the other two positions.
Jack Kennedy of North Adams
! will umpire and the game will be call
ed at o'clock sharp.
Manager Higgins has received let
ter from "Al" Haynes. the university
OF Vermont pitcher who was the star
boxman Of last years team. stating
that he would be with Bennington at
the end Of the college year. Marcus
! burlington OF Pownal. who caught
most OF the games last season. has al
so practically decided TO come to Ben
nington. An agreement was nearly
completed by Manager Higgins when
IN burlington the first of the week
and he has since heard from Burning
ton by letter. One small detail of the
arrangement was not completed but
1t is believed that this will be settled
satisfactorily.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-20
GRANGE MEETING
Interesting Gathering Of Local Branch
Wednesday Evening

Bennington Grange held an unusu-
ally successful meeting at its hall
here Wednesday evening, when the
third and fourth degrees were con-
ferred.
Following the opening exercises the
team OF Hoosick Grange, composed
entirely OF men members, worked the
third degree. The work OF the team
was excellent and was highly com.
mended by the members In atten-
dance.
The floor work OF the evening con-
sisted OF fancy marching during
which the letters In the. word
Grange were worked out.
Following vocal solo by Miss VIII.
helmma Hicks, Superintendent A. w.
Narney OF the Bennington schools
spoke on "The District School Super.
visor and His Relation to Country
Town Life and Its Needs"
AT the conclusion of piano solo by
Miss Florence Lovejoy the officers OF
Bennington Grange worked the fourth
degree.
Supper was served by the young Ia.
dies of the Grange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-20
womAN's FOREIGN MISSIONS
Twenty-Thlrd Annual Convention Of
Burlington District in Session Here


The twenty-third annual convention
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the Burlington district and
the New England section OF the Troy
district opened here yesterday after
noon. The principal business at this
time was the organization OF a King
Herald society with Mrs. Walter Ak
en- as superintendent.
At the evening session the princi-
pal feature was the interesting adj
dress by Miss Mary A. Danforth, mis-
sionary TO Japan.
At the morning session the program
was carried out with the exception Of
a few minor changes and the follow
ing officers were elected:
Presdent-Mrs w. r. White, North
Bennington.
First vice president-Mrs. p. L..
Dow. Rutland.
Second vice president-Mrs. l.. NJ
Cole. South SALISBURY.
Secretary-Mrs. C. ID. Burnop. Bran
don.
Treasurer-Mrs. L. A. Booth, Ben
nington.
Superintendent of children's work
Mrs. j. l.. Grandey. Rutland.
superintendent OF young peoples
work-Mrs. b. +. Havland. Pittsheld.
General mite box secretary-Mrs.
F. A. Sisson, White Greek. n. Y.
Corresponding secretary Miss
Mary Walker, Burlington.