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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02
TEACHING BALL PLAYERS TO SLIDE
S. AS COBB DOES; ANOTHER ADVANCE

The influence of Ty Cobb is
making itself felt in base ball, and
when the flying Georgian is sit
ting upon the front porch at Roy
ston with his grandchildren abuut
him, he can tell stories of the days
when he helped revolutionize the
national game.
Down at the University of
Pennsylvania the base ball coaches
are teaching the varsity players
the art of sliding properly.
Don't mistake me. There are
hundreds of ball players who can
|pilfer a large number of bases
every season. They are fast on
their feet and manage to elude
the man at second or third often
enough to be regarded as danger
GUS when they reach first. But 90
per cent of them would be more
dangerous IL they really knew how
to slide.
Ty Cobb knows how. He
proved this to men who had been
In the game more years than he
could boast of having lived. When
Ty began slipping around the base
lines he gave tradition a punch
and made precedent look like a
two-spot.
Men began to talk about the
Georgia Peach" and base ball
critics picked him to write yarns
about. Between his terrific hit
ting and wonderful base running,
Cobb became a marked man.
It's funny thing about base
ball. Managers seldom copy the
good things they see. For instance,
Cobb has been getting away with
his perfect sliding for three or
four years; yet only here and
there you see player emulating
him.
1t remained for the U. of p. to
fall in line. The coaches decided
this spring to go out and try to
win the Intercollegiate champion
ship on the base lines.
The varsity candidates were
taken to the gymnasium and told
to learn how to slide. Men who
went into the base in a heap were
coached to offer a smaller tar
get to the baseman and to throw
the body away from the guardian.
The result of this practice can
be seen in the photographs, taken
when the, players were hard at
work. In one a player has slipped
into the base foot first, with just
the toe of one shoe touching the
bag. His other foot is drawn up
beneath him. The baseman has a
very small mark to put the ball
'upon-not half of the runners
body.
In the other photograph the
runner has gone into the bag head
first, with one hand extended. his
fingers just touching the bag and
his body at right angles With the
base line. ASAN
The object sought by the coach
es is to give the baseman the
smallest possible mark to put the
ball upon, and they are firm in
their belief that many a game
will be won in this manner this
season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02

Harry Wright loved Jim
OHourke as son, and the boy
was known as Harry Wright's
kid" Wright was one of the
greatest OF the old type of player,
despite the fact that he wore
whiskers.
Often when O'Rourke was
playing short and made one of his
Lightning stops and throws.
Wright. on the side line, would
cheer more wildly than the most
rabid fam The boy was In al
mighty fast company. On the
team were King and Dan Rhoades
Jot. Start and Arthur Cummings.
the man who first pitched curve
ball on the professional field.
"Ihey talk about their speed
and curves these days." said
O'Rourke, .sbut the raise BAN lit
~ CsEmnaings-he weighed only
f15 pounds--used to throw is a
IoHs art
The present day men can't do
n. The nearest thing is little
upshoot. which McGinnity of New
ark threw last year. You simply
couIdn't hit Cummings' raise ball
-. ..n~. "a x.~~ Lx - - =.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02
TIP WRIGHTS COLUMN.
BY Tip Wright


1 wonder why SO many people
believe a boxing champion should
be hale fellow well met?
On his recent theatrical trip,
Jim Jeffries was held up by some
critics as surly individual, with
no thought save of self. He has
been compared to the suave,
smooth JON Corbett and has been
made to suffer by the comparison.
We all know Jeffries isn't a
Corbett. Never was there a fight
er to compare with Gentleman Jim
as bull tosser. The actor-boxerI
is so smooth he makes every other
man in the business look like a.
rough neck.
Jim Jeffries Is not the boor
some critics would make him out.
True. he is not polished like a,
Tony Biddle, and by the same
token he is not offish or surly.
/ have seen Jeffries meet some
of the hundreds he is called upon
to meet in every town, shake
hands and turn away with no
more than his "Glad to know
YOU" which is the basis for one
of these attacks on him.
Well. can you blame him?
/ know Jeffries fairly we'll, II
think, and ! want to say right
here it is nothing more than bash
fulness that makes him sol
diffident. Jeffries is much the
same sort of an individual as Ma
poleon Lajoie, often referred to
as "erab," when his falling is
Jeffries would rather be in
Los Angeles, surrounded by his
friends, than making one-night
stands and meeting every Tom,
Dick and Harry that desires to
shake the hand that will exchange
wallops with Johnson.
"Oh, Jeff isn't good fellow
walls one. Hes a tight wad," de-
clares another. And If the bigI
boilermaker were to sprout wingsi
and grow a halo you would find
carping critics upon his trail with
some sort of a yelp.
Because he isn't good fell
low in the sense commonly ac-l
cepted, Jeffries is now able to get
into physical condition. Had hel
been the good fellow" whol
spends his money over the bar forl
a lot of cheap sports. the chances
are he wouldn't be able to get in
10 the condition he already hasl
reached.
And as for being tight wad-l
well, the chaps who are wasting
time with this sort of stuff arel
the huskies who have been turned
down by Jeffries.
Jeffries is a big kid. If you getl
q chance to watch him as hel
walks along the street, you'll bel
satisfied this statement is true.
Let a professional panhandler ap-l
proach with the usual whine and
the big fellow sends him right
about on the run.
But let crippled mendicantl
ask for aims and the big fellows
hand is plunged into his pocket
and he passes over whatever he
gets hold of.
Members of Jeffries' company
say he delights in grasping some |
aged bit of human driftwood byI
the arm, walking block or two,
with him, and saying goodby, with
\ handshake which leaves a.
greenback of large denomination
IN the surprised ones hand.
Yes, Jeff's a tight wad" andt
he isn't a good fellow" but it's
a pity we haven't had more like,
him in the fighting game, which is
he better for his participation in
L.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02

A.-Billy Papke and Jim Sulli-
van tAndrew OhiaHglion) fought
10 rounds with no decision at Los
Angeles March 10. They also
fought a 10-round draw at Los
Angeles July IA.
Q.-When and where was box
ing originated w. j. c.
A.-Thesus, son of 'Aegus, king
of Athens, was the inventor of
boxing 1000 years ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02
WANT 10 0
|. Be CHAMPIONS

Well charged with the champ
ionship fever the girls of the High
school basketball team are max
ing arrangements to accompany
the boys to Seattle when the
championship game Is played WITH
Lincoln High March IA, and win
play the Lincoln girls team.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02

Royal Dairy Ice Cream. BofA.
phones. M. s5. A21sb. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02
Start a Checking
Account ).

The safest way to pay your
bills is by check
Until you have a checking
account you'll never realize
how much money is slipping
through your fingers from
week to week without anything
tangible to show for it.
A check is the best kind of
receipt. Pay your butcher, gro
Ger. milkman and iceman by
check. A man won't disprte
his own signature if it's ON a
check.
Talk 1t over with your wife
tonight, give her a regular al
lowance and have her open the
account IL she pays the bills.
Bankers
Trust Co.
Bankers Trust Bldg. Pac. Az.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02

jim OnOUHhH, NA1lONAL
CHAMPION BATTER.
Buffalo team. He was in Buffalo
from 1881 to 1884, and In the lat
ter year led the batters OF the Ma
tional league with percentage of
over .350.
.'But Buffalo was a long way
from home, and used to get
homesick. / had q lot of friends
there, but In 1884, when the sea-
SON ended. I wrote a letter to o
newspaper. thanking them all for
their kindness. and sneaked to the
depot by back way. and left Buff
falo for good and ALL"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02
JUST ROLLS AONC TO VICTORY

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March 1.
This boy Is only IT, and is per-
haps the most youthful roller
skater with string of records at
tached to his name, in the BUSH
ness.
Joe Atom Is his name. and he
halls from indianapolis. In his
career of two years on the rollers
he has defeated such speed mer-
chants as Jack Woodward. Pitts
burg champion; Joe Altman. Bert
Springer, Sam Haines, champion
of Southern Indiana, and Bob Cor
don, the mile champion.
So fast is the kid that many of
the well known roller flyers look
upon him with reverence and
sidestep his game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-02

NoTE.-The next article will
tell how o'Rourke joined the New
York Nationals. and how he fooled
in legal matter. some OF the
wisest baseball managers the
game ever produced. Editor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10

HERE is a bow-knot design, to be
IL done in French embroidery. To
give a note of variety, valenciennes
lace is combined with the needlework.
Some sheer material is best for the
dainty lingerie blouse, fine handker-
chief linen or batiste being the best.
The bow-knot is made of the lace,
which may be turned and twisted and
the threads drawn up to fit the curves.
French or German valenciennes lace
may be used, as one fancies. 1t is
better to sew on the lace bow-knot
and then do the embroidery, which
should be transferred to the mate
rial by means of carbon paper.
Light blue is better than the dark
colors, as it does not crock. Ii the
material is sheer enough it may be
placed over the design on the page.
and fastened down with pins. The
design then may be drawn on with a
fine pointed pencil.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10

shown in sectional illustration, about
two inches high. In the center set a
short section of stove pipe and inside
this place a smaller piece that has
a less diameter so that the wall of the
tank will have a thickness of at least
three-quarters of an inch all around
the same; for the center core an old
tomato can or even round piece Of
wood of the right size Is excellent.
The holes for the water are made by
inserting a large spike about one-half
inch from the bottom, through the
outer core or section of stovepipe and
so 1t will mold a small hole through
the concrete; four or six Of these
should be made, but placed below the
top edge of inside dish. The concrete
is placed between the stovepipe and
the core, thus molding the wall and
bonding with the concrete bottom SO
the fountain is all in one piece. When
dry the forms may be easily removed
and you have an article that will give
good satisfaction, keeping the water
clean. with just enough in the lower
basin for the poultry; something they
cannot tip over and spill, the supply
for the day being placed in at the top
of the tank.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
CHANGE THE VIBRATION
1t Makes for Health.

A man tried leaving off meat pota-
toes, coffee, and etc., and adopted
breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts with
cream, some crisp toast and cup of
Postum.
His health began to improve at once
for the reason that meat eater will
reach a place once in while where
his system seems to become clogged
and the machinery doesn't work
smoothly
A change of this kind puts aside food
of low nutritive value and takes up
food and drink of the highest value.
already partly digested and capable
of being quickly changed into good,
rich blood and strong tissue.
A most valuable feature of Grape
Nuts is the natural phosphate of pot
ash grown in the grains from which il
is made. This is the element which
transforms albumen in the body into
the soft gray substance which fills
brain and nerve centers.
A few days use of Grape-Nuts will
give one a degree of nervous strength
well worth the trial.
Look in pkgs for the little book, 'The
Road to Wellville." There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of humaR
interest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
GIVES A TOUCH OF COLOR
Effective Decoration That Is Needed
Properly to Set OFF the. White
Frock.

Into the decoration Of many white
frocks there now enters some color
TO carry further the bright note sup
piled by a corsage bouquet OF satin
yoses or a ribbon girdie with rosettes.
Upon the more or less solid solid
spaces of well-made cluny lace there
is embroidered patch of solid work,
which may take on square, a circu-
lar or a floral shape, according to the
space to be covered. The work is
done in soft-colored mcrcerized cot
ION, the quality Of which varies in
eoarseness with the lace.
In order to gain a necessary firm
ness it will be we'll to haste the lace
or insertion upon white batiste or
even null, and to stick through this,
cutting away the remainder when the
color work is completed.
If the heaviest solid work be to
your liking, pad the space to be en-
hroidered, upon the top Of the lace.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
What He Was After.

George Washington Henry Clay Lin.
coin Carter, one of Georgia's younger
darkey citizens, was suddenly called
upon not long ago to explain his pres
ence at 1 a. m. in the henhouse of a
white neighbor.
Stealing my chickens, are you, you
black rascal?" the owner demanded.
George w. III. G. l.. G. rolled his eyes
until they were all whites.
''Now, now, lookyeh, Mars. George"
he protested, dat amt no way ter ac'
an please don pint dat gun at me
dat er way, cunnel, sah," he hastily
added, holding up his battered hat as
a shield "Ah 'clar All warn't gwine
steal no chickens; no, sab! Abs wri'
tin er dialec' story-an' All des' come
moseyen roun' hyah ter git local color
-yas, sab, OATS all All was after. All
'clar to de Lawd hit was!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
lOUITRRz0,
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POULTRY NOTES.

Gather the eggs several times day.
Clean out the nest boxes and burn
the old straw.
Start right by getting better hens;
end right by keeping them better.
Gull the surplus poultry. Keep only
such fowls as you are assured are
money-makers.
Do not try to start a new breed.
There are plenty now, and you would
be sure to get nothing but scrubs for
your pains.
Lime is great cleanser. Hens must
have lime or they cannot manufacture
eggshells. Lime is very useful about
the poultry premises.
If your flock of hens does not pro-
duce god average of fertile eggs,
better introduce new blood. Secure
some healthy males from another
flock.
One necessity for the turkey raiser
on the average farm is a tree for
roosting purposes. A turkey does not
like house, but much prefers an open
place to roost.
Many who keep the poultry houses
clean overcrowd their chickens and
then wonder why they lose their
fowls. Let the chickens have plenty
or rooms and fresh air.
Keep your chicks tame. 1t is nui-
sance to have to use a shotgun to
catch a chicken. Insubator chicks
have this advantage, they are accus-
toned to being handled and are never
rendered unmanageable through fright.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
EVERYDAY Hatpins.

For everyday wear silver hatpins
are popular. They are in many shades,
some having long pentagonal or oct
agonal heads, others round and fiat,
others in cubic form, etc. Most at
tractive are those with chased de-
signs. There are also many of these
silver pins set with stones, round
jade, comedian, coral and lapis lazuli
settings being the most attractive.
Among the handsomer pins there are
beautiful jeweled heads, quite large,
and many of them set with pearls or
pearl matrix, surrounded by several
rows of brilliants.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
HOW A DOCTOR CURED SCALP
DISEASE

when I was ten or twelve years
old l had scalp disease, something
like scald head, though it wasn't that.
/ suffered for several months, and
most of my hair came out Finally
they had doctor to see me and he
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
They cured me in few weeks. ]
have used the Cuticura remedies, also,
for a breaking out on my hands and
was benefited a great deal. l haven't
had any more trouble with the scalp
disease. Miss Jessie F. Buchanan,
r. F. d. 8, Hamilton, Ca, Jan. z, 1909"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
WORTH KNOWING

6lmpIe But Powerful Prescription for
rheumatism and Lame Back.
This was previously published hero
and cured hundreds, Get one ounce OF
syrup of Sarsaparilla compound and
one ounce Toris Compound. Then gsS
half pint of good whiskey and put
the other two ingredients into it. Use
a tablespoonful of this mixture before
each meal and at bed time. Shake the
bottle each time" Good effects are felt
the first day. Any druggist has these
ingredients on hand or will quickly get
them from his wholesale house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
Within the Reach OF All

ing. So from one town visit to an
other l cherished the memory Of
chicken pie.
But sometimes we had to cut it
out. The proprietor charged a stiff
price for his potpie, and we couldn't
always afford it. Those were black
days in my calendar, and 1 made up
my mind then that if ever 1 owned
a restaurant / would furnish chicken
potpie at a price so reasonable that
the meanest beggar in the land could
afford to buy. AS you see, / have
kept my word"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
Not Appropriate.

Senator Beverage was replying at a
dinner in Washington to defender OF
the sugar trust.
you remind me of man at his
brothers funeral. This man bent over
the grave and closely watched the low
ering of the coffin down into the clean
cut rectangular chamber prepared for
it. He heaved a sigh as the coffin
came to rest, and said to the under
taker, heartily:
cts the neatest fit l ever saw in
my life. Come and have drink on
the head of it. Sunday Magazine of
the Cleveland Leader
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
KiC Glove Ends,

Do not throw them away when the
fingers become worn out.
They make novel and stylish button
covers for trimming gowns.
They may also be used for binding
the rims Of hats or coat collars and
cuffs.
Kid is, in fact, exceedingly fashion
able for these purposes.
Pompons and fringes are made from
just such seemingly useless articles
by girls who are clever with their
fingers.
Belts may be formed from the same
source also.
And finally, there is the oldfash-
toned pen-wiper, so soft that 1t never
blunts or scratches the most delicate
pen
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
New York Restaurant Man Actuated
by Sentiment in Providing
Cheap Potpie.

The owner of a chain Of New York
restaurants has brought joy to many
hungry man by providing chicken
potpie at an astonishingly low price.
Il lose money on my chicken potpie
every day" he said, "but l sell it
cheap for sentimental reasons. When
was youngster got chance to go
into the town nearest my home about
once in six months. Sometimes 1
went with father, sometimes with a
neighbor. We always ate at a GER
tain small restaurant where chicken
potpie was the cooks browning
achievement.
Between the ages Of six and six
teen my supreme delight was a go at
that chicken pie. We didn't have
chicken potpie at home, even If we
did live in the country. We were
poor and what few chickens we did
raise had to be sold or kept for lay
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10

The embroidery is done entirely in
French embroidery, with seeding in
the bow-knot and some of the hower
petals.
Seeding gives a very dainty touch in
embroidery 1t is merely short, even
back, stitches placed at regular in
tervals. Succeeding lines have the
back or seed stitch midway between
and an even distance below the seeds
of the preceding line.
The stitches are laid alternately,
just as bricks are laid in a wall.
When the embroidery is finished, cut
the cloth away under the bow-Snot.
leaving enough to overland back.
The tucks in the blouse shouts be
run in by hand. The back is sNade
with box plat and six fine tucSe on
either side. Next week we shall give
the design for the cuffs. The apl1ar
is made Of strips of hand tuckfE3 and
lace.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
a Little Frock,

A quaint little frock that will be
serviceable can be made from rem
nant of demi-founcing hemstitched on
the embroidered edge. This is placed
at the hem, of course, and the top is
gathered in a Mother Hubbard style
into a neckband edge with a little
frill The sleeves are in bishop style
confined with bands trimmed to match
the neck
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
A Jolt to Romance.

"How about the young doctor? Has
he proposed?"
"Not yet. Papa ruined everything
last night"
"How was that?"
"Just as the doctor was pleading for
a peep at my eyes, papa came in and
asked him to take look at my
throat"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
Worlds Debt to RELIGION.

Religion, service for noble ends, the
burning of a light within that illu-
mines every heart, the consciousness
of the greatness and glory of having
a share in the worlds work, this it is
that redeems our factories and mills
and makes of our commerce school
of character; this steadily sets the
work and the worker before wages or
profits or any other results save the
service rendered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
BETRAYED by the TippInq Habit.

Your friend, the count, my dear"
said the millionaire to his blooming
daughter, has an odd way Of extend
ing his hand Did you notice when we
parted tonight that he held his palm
uppermost?"
His daughter sighed.
81 was in hopes" she murmured,
that if Alphonse was exposed it
would be found that he was at least a
restaurant waiter-but I'm afraid he
was only a shoe sinner in a barber
shop"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
Conscience in Business.

There is a new conscience in com
mercial affairs. The banking house
and the factory become stern teach
ers of morals, not simply because the
law is rigorous, but because we are
coming to realize that there can be
no success that is permanent, mol
profit that is worth while, no fullness
of living except as we accept and are
dominated by Spiritual ideals, except
as we set character and conscience
bafore other considerations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
Family Arithmetic pisarranoed

They tell of an Atchison family that
will shortly move to another town that
Oldest Daughter Is having a hard time
teaching them an important lesson.
81 am g." she said, 'but In my new
home I want you all to understand
am only 49," AS the children in the
family ran like stair steps, with no
landing, this move disarranges all the
family arithmetic, and is causing CON.
fusion-Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-10
Feather Pulling.

Feather pulling is another abomina-
ton which is often forced upon the in
nocent fowls, more frequently starting
through the idleness or rather enforced
inactivity of companions than as pos
tive vice. II there Is an abundance
of scratching material provided there
will be less inducement for any to sit
around, like pupils unemployed, study
ing mischief