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New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
A CASE IN POINT.

Assuming for instance. that n player is
faced with an approach 10 a green sur
rounded with the hummoctIy kind Of ground
that renders the stroke one Of extreule. diff
iiCuity. Here. 1t is Obvious that he wilt
desire to pitch his ball on the green I'm pref
erence 10 playing the run-up stroke where
the bali Is to fall short OF the green and
run the rest. Under the circumstances such
shot Is not To be Thought Of The hail
might easily hit the face of "a hummock and
stop dead or else fly of al a tangent TIE
pitch shot is thus necessary, and this may
be played with mashle or nibhck The lat
ter club is useful for shots OF this variety.
and with 1t the player can afford Ia pitch
well Up to the flag
Where the approach ground is far and no
hazards intervene the run-up stroke Is 20
be preferred In playing this shot ths
go'IeF has The choice OF several clubs, tie
may Use mashie. iron or a cIesk A Sc
lection IS usually made from the last TAO.
and perhaps good nald1ron with a medium
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22

out with men on the bases. That's what
he's there for, an that's what he's got to
do. an his personal appearance don't cut
enough ice with the fans to cool the beer
at a Free Methodist camp meetin'."
That's right" put in the latest arrival
from Pittsburg, nobody ever heard Of
Hans Wagner winning any medals at a
beauty show. but the fans all over the
circuit up there would rather see that
handy legged Dutchman ploughed around in
that infield than all the matinee idols that
ever hiredsa press agent"
We'll" said Aristotle. the Greek phi
Iosopher lit doesn't matter what a mans
qualifications are. he's got to stick in his
own sphere or he'll be considered what you
Americans call a dub. A man may be the
most learned scholar and the brainiest per
son that ever lived, but if he goes out on a
farm and shows that he doesn't know how
TO hitch upsa horse the buckwheaters with
the lilacs under their chin are going to
consider him Ounce. And man may
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
THERE ARE REPEATERs.

Does a man who has been brought back
ever run away again?' | asked.
Yes. indeed"
'Humph, II az first YOU don't succeed. -
began, and We Immediately descended
70 le-el Of airy persinage, until Mr., Rice
rernen bered suddenly that he was being
interviewed, ard stopped in horror
Nov. Tor heavens sake, don't quote me
as saving ali that nonsensical stuff" he
impIored.
oh anything that sounds 100 fjppant
III make myself say / promised
He looked doubtful for a minute.
Wei. If you think of anything very
bright you might let Inc say it. I should
think. don't sac why you should take
them all and just leave me the heroic
speeches"
We both laughed and began again. very
seriously this time.
DO the convictions have a corrective
tendency? ] mean. do they discourage
other husbands from trying to get away?"
asked
They should nave" lie replied, answer
ing my question in It's first form. Il have
only seen The working Of the present law,
however. and cannot state from positive
knowledge just what is effect in that di-
roction has bce.."
Il should think 1t would prove cheaper to
pGnish fae husbands and make them at
tend TO their own families than for the city
Ia take the support OF the children upon
itself"
Infinitely, ! should say."
is sentence ever suspended in these
,srecg's
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
Methodist hymn you're lookin' at"

Methodist hymn you're lookin' at"
''I see some of these writers are critics.
ing you, Buck, for releasing Narclssus'
nut in Columbus. They say you shouldn't
have kept him on the team to use on ladies'
day, anyway, and 1t was worth the price OF
admission just to look at him."
Well replied Buck. 'if they want to
run a beauty show they got to git another
manager. l don't know much about the
beauty circuit fans, but ! know that the
average baseball fan don't give tinker s
darn if a player has shape like the back
of hack and a map on him like
scrambled egg as long as he Is there with
the goods. And he can have Lillian Rus
sell backed clean off the boards for looks
but if he amt there with the bells on when
A hit is slammed in his territory the fans
are gonna call him forty different kinds
of a duo. The fans amt worrytn' much
whether player is beautifyin the city to
any great extent or not as long a s he keeps
diggin' en- out @ the dirt an slammin' 'em
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
A Miracle on the Diamond EDerY Minute
or yonr Gate Money Refunded.

som. real big league ball players. Are you
on, any o. You fellows?''
"sure. Mike said shade who had
iust arrived from New York. We've got
a long time to stay here. an we might rs
well try to put In the time the best We
can. but I suppose it'l1 be a slow game
after seein' this years Giants play. Me-
Graw's got that team goin' some now, you
know"
So Mike" pi1oted party OF newcomers.
consisting Of t.o shades just arrived from
New York, two from Pfttsburg and one
each from Philadelphia. Chicago and De-
troit over 10 the ball grounds. where they
took seats I'm the grandstand and watched
the afternoon practice. it being an open
date for all the teams IN the league
Roth teams were on the field catching
frneoes and throwing the ball around the
aeId when the party arrived. Ine spec
tacIe presented by Geryones. the giant Win
six hands and six legs. who was turning
u,aeon wheels around the infeld ana scoop
ing I'M grounders from all corners OF the
aiar,ond set the newcomers off In a roar
of laughter.
ga Mike gasped one OF the New
York shades, II thought it was a oali Team
Won was bringin' US to see instead OF
side show"
.syou'u find you're trimnlin' your lamps
~ +ba greatest ball team you ever sa"
before YOU git through with it, sro"lso
Mike. <-. ,-.--
York. who the dickens is the human spl-
der playin' short?"
"Tbat's Geryones, the star inf1elder OF the
league" replied Mike, as Geryones nlieu
the surrounding atmosphere with arms anu
| legs and speared hot liner over seCoilu
| that looked like sure hit can you peat O
him in that bush league OF yours up
above?" vork
"N-n-no." stammered the New VOTE
shade: they're all human beings III 'i'A'
/ league Up there .o.
/ WHO'S the big guy hitting 1unsos
15il.a7" asked one of the shades from F4ltS-
/ burg. am. .-,.h-a
/ ..,Tbat.s Hercules replied Mike; nleoDe
/ you've heard o. him
| ..IIo1y, smoke gasped one Of the Ne"
1 York shades: he's got Tom ohafNey i0''>
/ in like a consumptive kid
| .,vae" smiled Mike; IAN that other pis
e,,, eIamrnir' 'ern down to the inheld so
5ard that they plough up the diamond Is
/ samson. an that thing that looks Ike the
/ E-Iatiron Building out by first base Is Con
9th an the one-eyed catcher, who looNs
like a telegraph pole planted at the plate
/ is CvcIops; an that kid who is skipping
through the atmosphere an pullin, EN- OUT
q, the clouds in the outfeld is Mercury
Mebbe YOU guys have heard O. them ba-
I bies before. huh2
.rY-y-yes," replied one OF the Pittsburg
shades. "but We never heard o. them as
hall PLAYERS before"
That's because them old stiffs what
knowed these fellows when they vas on
earth didn't know good baseball talent
! when they saw it," returned Mike. It
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
MUST BOW TO NO CLUB.

With the man who is handy with al his
clubs the case is different. Given inherent
natural advanta ges and moderately regular
practice. even once or twice a week SUI
hcing, he is bound TO develop, but 10 do
so he must swear allegiance TO no par
ticuIar club. his favorits being each one
in the bag.
When a man has passed through the
various initial stages Of gof he usually
begins to devote serious attention TO the
finer points Of the game and under this
head must be classed the short approach.
Whenever the low handicap player finds
himself within nifty yards from the green
his aim is to lay the ball within easy
putting distance at tho next stroke. In
executing this shot the choice Of clubs
varies considerably. even among first class
players One man swears by the cisek.
another by the rnashie. while ciubrnakers
have devoted special attention to irons for
this department OF the game. The despair
ing player who is "cff'' his short game is
offered a beWildering assortment Of inlple
ruents for laying the ball dead from the
ffty-yard range.
Practice alone will detsrnine which club
the player may use with best effect for this
delicate and telling stroke. Although I'M
der ordinary conditions he may stick To one
club. he may do we'll to adapt himself 10
playing the shot with one or two others. A.
10 the club to be used under ordinary con-
ditons. IT may he a mashie. mashle iron.
midiron. cIeek iigger or nibllclk. The con-
dition OF the course, the weather the sur
roundings OF the green and tho lie will all
have a direct bearing on the choice OF
waapon
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
APPEAL FOR TIE BACKGROUND

Now. please don't make me say ans
thing heroic " he besousht. Nv Asn Hls.
came here. rather an interesting eiss"l
case came up. and the reporters came 70 ~
for the story. I told them about u, ta-lN
ing II would amount 70 a paragraph CT y
and the next day II proved 70 BE rive eV7
umn story I've never recovered from VT
shock. To be pltchforked into t1e I''7
light Ike that when you don't IN tis 47aS'
expect q is awful
This was evidently sincere. sn3 y aiU"
make nv next step a bit easier. eitnei-
by the way ] said. as casually as F's.
.ib,c. "the editor told re 20 be sure % -
your picture
My last picture looks more hke va"
away husband than anything else -
Piled. laughing "Ycu might rIn " o''u-'
that caption and label IL a horrible en-
ample"
''You know editors do terrible thinss :
writer's who return with story anu w
picture" J went on iugrataupgiy u
mo. really Mr.. Rice looked fea"'
alarmed now. and very hrm Il wou'on
not for anything IN the world j N "|lS ~.
glad. of course % help YOU 90 any H'I
nation about the story You nave -
but 1 couldn't have my picture N '''0 :,
Per. IL would look as IL took iaSs
seriously ly-and-and-au that. Ana
will ne careful what you make mo
won't youe' -
So I left him to the mercy or ths -.
OF destitute and deserted woine"
GEORGIA EARLE
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
Pursuing RexnasvaY Husbands rs
Not So Exciting as IT Seems

who had once been newspaper man and
therefore had a fellow feeling for me told
me that Charles s. Rice, jr.. was the mem
Der Of Mr. Whitman's staff that I wanted
tc see: that he was the man who had
charge of all the abandonment cases.
4 came to ask YOU" I began in my most
ingenue manner, If many husbands desert
their wiyes?'
All Of them" announced Mr.. Rice. with
conviction.
What I gasped
We'll" he qualified. perhaps not quite
all; maybe it just seems that way TO me
now. In the year I've been here a change
has come over my young life. Romance
has suffered from blight and I feel that I
shall never be the same again.
can it be as bad as that?' l murmured,
sympathetiCallv.
He took up a ponderous tome.
You see this Dook?'
] nodded.
Filled with complaints against runaway
husbands he said One hundred ana
fifty % them since May l.
"HeaYenst No wonder you're 0isCoUrag aged.
You don't prosecute them all, do 49,
No; We can't find some of them, others
don't come under the law: bur there are a
fair number of prosecutions-and convic-
tons About % per cent Of the prosecuted
are convicted.
What are their reasons for running
aWay-principsllT?'
That depends All sorts of reasons. 1
SUPPOSE.
The usual one being possibly. that it is
too much like work to support a family
I said if7ferro "a fiyeIe.
Mr. Rice nodded.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
by Jim Nasian.

NJ CIV that the baseball season had
got fairly .snder way. with all the
teams in the league in action. m
.e-es- in lie sa-ae along the StNH NaAeI
So z+rong that nothing else vas talked o'.
1-,o,s ~ shades gathered on all the street
,,,,,,ers sna held i1npromptu flaming Gees
end every new shade that arrived from
tra r,pner world said that the StEN ia"
4oi+tsbu~g chased clear under the taoie
when & comes to being bugheose over
baseball. This was explained TO one new
arrival by Mike Reilley. who said that ne
had nlayed bail in Pittsburg when Jake
T9eclley and "Doggie" Miller and tnat
hrnch OF crap shooters were breaking al
records for losing games, and that tney
couldn't get enough fans out in that town
then 10 keep the gatekeeper from going 10
sleep. ~
Take Il from me-" continued Mike II
P,ttsb1Irg ever scared UP a baseball team
that could hold candle 10 the bunch
we've signed up down here. they'd nail up
the steel mills and let the town council
OFT OF Sail on a vacation during the base
ball season. There's Jimmy Calvin sitting
over there: he can tell you something
about Pittsburg as g baseball town.
But they've get a great baseball team in
Pittsburg now, Nike said the new ar
rival. ''You and Jimmy Calvin played
shers with e bunch that were hitting 400
against the bartenders every night. You
never saw Hans Wagner smashing the
boards sn the outfeld fences and denting
I'd the p9hiskey ads TIL you can't read 'em,
snd you haven't seen Tommy Leach pick
sEg 'eru out of the milky way with one
hook, either. Baseball has bumped along
peg or two UD there since you used to
swing around the circuit. Mike, If you'll
excuse me for saying So
There you so with that bush league
stuff" replied Mike. Every one O. you
guys who come down here springs that
guy Hans Wagner on US and begins to
spill lot OF chatter about the progress o
baseball. You seem TO think we're bunch
O. has-beens down here. Mebbe We are,
but let me tell you something. We've
gone back about two or three thousand
gears along the nildewed pathway O. time
and dug up a lot O. old las-beens that kin
slam the ball so far that it makes this guy
Hans wagner's longest hit look like an IN
field bunt That's the way we've gone
back and don't you forget it.
If your education hasn't been neglected
,nebbe you've heard OF Hercules and Sam
son and Goliath" continued Mike. 4 guess
they're a bunch O. has-beens all right. but
let me tell you that when these guys smack
the hall on the nose the residents O. the
next county all move into the cyclone eel
lar That's the kind o. has -beens we've got
down here.
There's always lot O you guys comm
down here spillin this inside baseball
chatter You're always handin' US a lot o
gab about Us oIdtimers net KNOWN inside
baseball but when it comes right down to
cases let me tell you that the kind o in
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22

didn't take me long 70 see what wss IN
these guys, an that lot - tlarasd zso4
baseball stuff had gone TO waste while TREY
was Twin.
Why is IT you have no euthAl1 fences,
Mike?'' asked the shade from Cleveland.
That's bush league stuff. Mike. Ike they
pun in the wheat belt up above
'sIs ft?'' returned Mike. Well let ma
tell you something. No outfeia fence that
was ever buiIt would keep our outheIdsrz
in this league inside the lot These fellows
would jump your blamed fences I'D there
an be waitin' u catch the clans that -
ont o. the lot when ther light. IN fas
umpire couldn't see 'sra maxim the catch.
Our outheldsrs in this league cover 80
much ground that the umpire has TO Use
field glass 70 see the catches.
''G-wan, what're you givin' Us. Nike
put in the Philadelphia shade
well" replied Mike. 'ycu inst watch
this guy Hiavaths this trip. Hey. Herly,''
he relied 20 Hercules. make that guy
TIiawatia cover a little ground out there.
viii you?''
An right. Nike" replied Hercules. here
goes"
Hercules then slammed one 50 far that
~ looked like a pea pasted on the clouds
ard Hiawati1s. turning his back - the
halter. took one step and slighte5 on the
horizon Iine a mile distant. where he looked
like an ant outlined against the clouds
soon he came back in one stride with t1s
ball in his bands. and the new arrivals On
the stvx nearly dropped of their seats with
astonishment.
''LocgfeIIow was right about that cha1
Hiawatha." observed Mike Hes got a
pair o. magic uoccasins that he can step a
mile at a clip in. an he always wears them
I'm the game. He's some ground coversr.
that kid"
Great Cesar exclaimed the Philadel-
phia shade Come on. lets beat f. This
place is positively uncarny- Haint you 20:
any nice cheerful mOTEues you can show
us. Mike? This isn't baseball you're handin'
out in this league. it's miracles
Well" asked Mike, as they got Up -
90. what do you think o t7ts bush lsagls
o. ours now? Have they got anything ID
above that can skin us?''
We'll" replied one of the shades fro--l
New York, II was speakin' o. human beings
Mike. II ever got up above with one .
veur ball teams Id jump the leagus an 90
on the dime museum circuit. an there'd %
no1hfn' tn II. Id pack The houses
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
sHUFFLEp OFF BIS CARES.

For instance, many d man. after acGuir-
ing family Of SIX or seven, finds the duty
of supporting Them too onerous. He dis
appears. IN the old days his wife thereupon
complained 20 She auti critics that 81 was
impossible for her 80 support the children.
The children were then put into institutions
and taken care OF at he expense Of The
FauHici3aiity. After which event the hus-
hand ard father returned 90 raise a second
family for the taxpayers 10 bring up.
This manner of procedure. while il may
have made lie less of a burden 70 the
father IN question, proved exceedingly ex-
jsensive 10 the ci-y. ana mas led tie Judges
Of the criminal courts IN greater New York
10 TIC conclusion ihat prosecution and con
,Iciion fn all abandonment cases s. af,so-
lutelv necessar:- II the evil is 70 lie checked
But il was 10 1nd cut, q POSSIBLE. how the
law was working that 7 Visited the Dis
trict Attorneys of7ice. ia the Crinina!
Courts Building. the 6tEeT day
,Taev are used - taking care of people
v;,o DO not know tnelr way abou. down
,:eare. rae elevator man genially demanded
o. ,s.c whittier 7 was bound, ard, when
told ha1a, said afebiy:
You stick 10 me. lady, and yoG'l get
t,.ere a. right"
Elt I di5n't-rot fhe-l ifhatd o. he
ear above. AMI biul.aered iHto ;hs o<feeu
81 something or other. where ere--El5Cy
VIZ perfectly I0Kr.y &c me. ana NE ihaa
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
Being q Hiefory of the Most RemoTS@hfe
Baseball 6eanas Ex,er Organized.

side baseball that wins is slammin' The in
side out o. the baseball. The other fellows
kin null all a the high brow stuff they
want 10. but II my team is steppin up 10
the plate an pepperin' the whiskey ads on
The outfield fences there amt gonna be
nofhin' to II but us-you can take it from
me- Gimme the llitters an you kin nave
all o the fancy fielders and INSIDE oase-
bali that was ever invented
Now" concluded Mike. IF some o you
gIIvs who lust got here and think that this
guv Hans Wagner is a hitter come over TO
the field this afternoon when our fellows is
war7nin' up. I'll show you some real big
leae1,e bittin' This guy Wagner IS a bush
Lacquer"
SAY Buck" spoke up Christopher Co
Iumb,s addressing Buck Ewing. who had
inst ioined the tanning bee on the corner.
did YOU read the story Thackeray had in
this mornings paper about yesterday s
gamer
yes" replied Buck, Il should say I
did. That Thackeray's NUT. Who ever
told that guy he was a writer, anyway?
He might get away with The highbrow
stuff all right, but take it from ne, he's
rotten baseball writer. He don't know a
d
must have got away with a slick piece o.
four-hushin' when they stuck him in the
Hall o Fame. Why, that guy couldn' I
pull down $40 week doin' baseball on
live sheet in big league city. Tim Mur-
name has him skinned 10 death
81 can't see where that stiff Thackeray
gets off as a writer put in Ed Dele
hanty. I'd like to see i'm holdin' down a
Job on the Police Gazette Why. he
knockin' the game. He said in his story
this morning that the kind of English
used on the coachin' lines was disgraceful,
and that it was a pity we couldn't find
some form o entertainment that is a
little more dignif1ed. or else the coachers
ought TO be selected from class O. citi-
zens what knows the English language
Fine lot O. talk TO come from a sportin
writer, I don't think.
He says that instead OF yelling 'that-a-
boy ball players ought TO be taught to
say that is the gentleman, and that I'm
conversing with the umpire durin' game
they ought TO address him as sir ana talk
in modulated tones and in q. pleasant tone
of voice"
We'll. I guess that boob Thsckeray
never talked to an umpire" said Mike
Kelley What does a guy who never
wrote about anything but pink teas and
ping pong socials know about writin
sports anyway? They got fine bunch O.
sportin' writers here with him an that
guy Homer an Omar khayyam an Car
lyle. hain't they? Charlie Dickens is the
best o the bunch, cause a fellow kin tell
what he's tryin' TO write about an he
hain't afraid to work in q little common
everyday United States talk once in a
while. But that Omar Khayyam is the
limit! When q fellow tries 10 read his
account o the game you can't tell
whether it's the box score or a long meter
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
Much Practice Is Needed 10
Unrox,el Goif's Endless Chain.

amount of loft is "a useful a club as any
A cleek may often be employed with teilnS
effect Braid uses such club, IT'S eis-fl-
gushing feature being the concentration q
T-ateb+ I, the csntre. When truly hit tAs
rubber core leaves this club with crafty
ing sweetness.
Again. when a strong wind is Blowing. :
is often advisable TO use the cleek, tnouSI
I'm this case one may see some clever WofS
done with the -nashie- Shots OF this natuls
into a head wind Require 70 be p-aysd
with great boIdness. indeed, al one period
of the stroke the ball may often be seVera1
feet or so past the flag; the force OF thS
wind will then cause II 70 faI per2endicl-
Iarly and il may drop dead.
In playing this shot the amateur usus-iy
fails through lack OF boldness. He must
put plenty of "sfuTng into The stroke L
he should he afraid Of goins too far he VII
usually find he is wofuiIy short prooaoly
in the bunker il one guards the Srsen-
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
lE1EAf lERMUUN' PRRCllGEs.

be the greatest artist In his particular iine
that the world ever knew. and be amassing
a fortune for his family with his ability,
but If he can't hang a picture straight Tor
his wife or do bit of plumbing on the
water pipes or patch up the back steps for
her when she wants it done she'll call him
dub
That's right" said Buck, land when I'm
tryin' to show the fans around this league
a ball team you can gamble that I'm not
gonna look through any picture books or
halls o. statuary to sign my players, 1t don't
matter continental what any Omar Khay-
yams or any other kind o yams says about
it, either
well" said Mike" Kelley, 'the Hor-
nets an the Stars are due for little prae-
tice stunt this afternoon. an it's about
time now for it to come off. So II some o
you fellows who just got up here an think
that the big league UP above has us
skinned to death ii just walk over to the
ball grounds along with me I'll show you
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22

fully investigate before spending the eoun-
tvs money unnecessarily
Il understand the law has brought back
more than a hundred runaway husbands
from other cities"
About that, ! should say"
Are they ever glad TO get back?'
They don't appear TO be-often.'
There was a pause. For a moment [
found myself sympathizing with the wrong
side-with the unlucky beggar who had
failed to make good his getaway, and vino
lad been ANONYMOUSLY brought back. I
dismissed such an improper attitude of
mind sharply
How about the wives" I asked; "are
they glad 10 get them back?"
"Oh, yes"
And do you find them willing to prose-
cute?''
Usually. OF course. they would prefer
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
By T. c. Pulyer.

CHAPTER VI.
The golf student doubtless has had the
secret of success explained to him In many
ways. and most of us who take passing
interest in driver and iron have pet theories
of our own. Unquestionably. as regards
the great professionals and the leading
amateurs. a world of meaning lies in the
little word practice but in the case OF
useful players of the second and third
classes that particular idea will not do at
all.
There are thousands of amateurs who en-
Joy nearly as much practice as falls TO the
share of even the favored few. yet who. de-
spite their lavish opportunities, remain
chronic "foozlers" and never improve so
much as half a stroke from year to year.
There must be something radically wrong
with such people. We see clubmates Of
theirs who have nothing like the same