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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

cap. He was alOwea 10 take first
base, but he was so completely un-
nerved that the Athletics knocked him
out Of the box in the next inning
1t was said at the time. after the
awful howl Connie Mack set up last
fall when Ty Cobb spiked Jack Barry,
that the manager Of the Athletics was
somewhat inconsistent in allowing such
tactics.
Fall on in Their Work.
Through being hit by pitched balls
some of the best batsmen in the game
fell off in their stick work for months,
and some never got back to their orig
inal form. Hughey Jennings and Billy
Lauder are in the list. Freddie Parent
was never again as good as before he
was hit by a pitched ball. Danny
Hoffman was winged by Jesse Tenne-
hill, almost killed, and has never since
been able to face with any confidence
a left hand pitcher. Birdie Cree Of the
New York Americans was put on the
injured list for a long time through
the same cause.
Walter Johnson, the speed merchant
of the Washington club. has a record
for this seeming wildness that some
times looks intentional. He put Harry
Lord, the Boston captain, out of bust
ness for awhile
Big league pitchers admit that they
use bean" on dangerous batsmen in
order to drive them away from the
plate. Fans can see for themselves
that often when the pitcher is in q hole
send the ball as close TO the batsman
as is possible to deliver it. His inten-
ton is to shake the confidence of the
hitter and make him back away. He
figures that the next couple Of balls he
can curve over and get the batsman in
hole. Sometimes the first ball comes
too fast for the batsman TO get out OF
the way and he is laid out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

1.-The most striking Characteristic OF
the automobile of the present time ar
compared with the machines of earlier
years is comfort" said a prominent au-
tomobile man recently.
There Is nothing which means so
much to the automobile user as long
as his car is running, and there-is
nothing which has received less atten-
ton in proportion to it's value to the
buyer of a car. The whole trend of
motorcar construction at the present
time, however, is for the greater COM
fort of the user. Ibelieve that In the
course of couple of years at most all
automobiles will be practically alike as
far as the elements of comfort are con-
cerned. The automobile which the
buyer wants particularly to consider at
the present time is the one which has
forestalled the general tendency by
those two years and today offers the
acme of ease.
Comfort in automobiles may be
justly compared to the designing of
the famous racing yachts. A few
years ago an English hull bore no
resemblance to an American racing
hull, except that both were boats.
Gradually. however. naval architects
of the two countries began to pick out
the good points in one aanother's boats.
There was gradual evolution toward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

as good as he once was and has been
hammered freely several times this
year.
In the catching department the Cubs
thoroughly outclass the Mack men.
There is no doubt about Johnnie King
being the best backstop in the coun-
try, and he and Jimmy Archer un-
doubtedly would thwart a great ma
jority Of the White Elephants to flch
hassocks. The Philadelphia wind pad
dists-Ira Thomas. Jack Lapp and
Paddy Livingstone-are all hard work
ers. but that about let's them out.
They have pegged to bases fairly well
this year, but not one OF the trio is In
Archer's class. The infields Of the two
teams are evenly matched. While the
Cubs outgardeners eclipse that of the
Athletics. the consensus of opinion
seems to be that the two teams are
most evenly matched. and the worlds
series of 1910 will be the most stub
bornly fought of any set of contests
ever played for the greatest honors Of
the baseball universe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
The Danger of Sign Crossings

under consideration by the automobile
clubs with a view of bringing about
suitable action safeguarding the public
and causing the passage Of laws to Sc
cure grade crossing regulations.
II fiagmen are deemed necessary on
railroad grade crossings they are just
as much required on many of the high
speed trolley crossings in the suburbs
of our large cities. All such tracks
should be guarded by hagmen from
early morning until midnight, or in
certain places this could be dispensed
with If suitable automatic signals were
installed. which would give ample
warning to all road users that a car
was approaching the road crossing.
1t IS certain that very little will be
done in this matter unless suitably
agitated by the automobiles them
selves. The companies operating the
lines will go TO just as much expense
as they are forced to and no more.
Concerted action on the part of the
American Automobile association and
its large number of local clubs will be
sure to bring results If properly plan
ned and persisted in.
Much pressure could be brought to
bear by these individual clubs upon
the traction and trolley companies in
their immediate vicinity. and the en-
tire movement could be controlled by
the A. A. A. Other organizations
would also undoubtedly be willing to
give financial and other support TO
such a movement and thus bring
about the safeguarding of the public
at all dangerous grade crossings. not
only of railroads, but Of high speed
t-olley lines
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

nipulating the reins with greater SKIN
than any of his younger rivals. The
turf has had its Garrisons, its dare
devil Fitzpatrieks. its Isaac Murphys
and its Tod Sloanes scattered through
all the years Geers has been figure
on trotting tracks. and there would
easily be dozen named in answer to
the query. "Who was the greatest jock
ey of all time?"
But the trotting turf has had one
particular luminary. outshining all its
other stars-Ed Geers. Truly. this old
gentleman is sui generis.
An expert who has watched Geers In
action pays him this tribute:
"Geers' style of driving is peculiarly
his own. No other man has ever been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

OF late there have been many acct
dents to both automobiles and horse
drawn vehicles near railroad grade
crossings. In fact, there have been sew
eral people killed, due to late warnings
to the drivers. 1t IS nigh time this i'm
portaDt matter was attended to.
The location Of the railroad crossing
signs within ten feet of the tracks is
well known to be an incorrect position
and passively responsible for many ac-
cidents. These signs should be on the
approaches at least 200 to 300 feet dis
tant from the actual crossing in or
der to be an efficient warning. This
is a matter which should be taken
up by the automobile clubs throughout
the country and pressure brought to
bear to have the location of these sign
posts changed.
Most railroad crossings are ade-
quately guarded. especially in and near
the larger cities. but this cannot be
said of the interurban car lines and of
the large suburban electric lines now
in use. collision with a car Of any Of
which is just as fatal as it would be
with a railroad train. In nearly all of
the large cities such electric lines are
now in operation. and in very few in
stances are the dangerous crossings in
any way guarded. Furthermore. it
may be said that there are practically
no laws regulating the speed Of these
trolley cars at such dangerous points.
although there are regulations in con-
nection with the speed of railroad
trains at dangerous railroad crossings.
There seems no good reason why one
should not be regulated as much as the
other. This matter should be taken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10


threw several feet over Steinfeldt's
head. $50 on back to Kansas City,
where you belongp' some one yelled
from the stands. "Take him outl Get
another backstop" and other unkind
remarks were hurled at me. 1 was
getting the first ''panning" l had re-
ceived in a long time. and 1 had it
coming to me. I was pretty much OF
a big frost, and to make it harder the
fans expected more of me than 1 had
ever done before.
Early in June while the weather was
cold went in and caught a game and
hurt my arm on snap throw to third.
I really thought for a time that my
whip never was going to get right,
and I couldn't hit anything to speak
OF. In fact. my batting average was
around 100
My arm got better with the warmer
weather, and it's as good now as it
ever was, and I'm hitting at about
.2G5. And one more thing. I'm in
solid with the fans again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

Photo by American Press Association
EDDIE PLANK, ONE OF PHILADELPHIA
STAR BOX MRN.
Coombs is undoubtedly one Of the
greatest boxmen in the country.
CHIEF Bender hasn't shown any
signs Of retrograding in his work,
Minstrel Man Morgan is an able ex-
ponent of the spitball delivery. and
Eddie Plank is as clever left handler
and as steady as any club possesses
Chances probable gunners In the
worlds series will be Mordecai Brown,
Jack Pfiester, King Cole and Ed Reul-
bach. The peerless leader" hardly
would dare intrust the curving assign
ment in any of these important games
to Lew Richie or Harry Mcintyre. as
the White Elephants have had lots of
practice hitting against spitball pitch
ers. Orvie Overall is not likely to be
of much use to the Cubs for the rest
of the season and hardly would get
chance to perform in the worlds Sc
ries. Brown and Pf1ester will be
Chances mainstays. Mordecai isn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

ED GEERs, GRAND OLD MAN OF sULKY.
seen who exercised such control over
his horses with so little apparent eff
fort. He sits immovable in the sulky,
no matter what the crisis, never rails
ing his hands, spreading his arms,
bracing himself by lying back in his
seat or in any way showing the en-
ployment of any particular physical
force. Only on rare occasions does he
touch his horse with the whip and then
with mere taps. even in an eyelash
finish. For twenty years or more the
Tennessee trainer has made practice
of falling back at the start and bring
ing his horse up with a well timed
drive in the last quarter of mile to
win by a head or a neck in the final
strides. BY letting the .other horses
breast the resistance of the atmosphere
and form a wind shield for his own
Geers probably won hundreds of heats
before anybody woke up to the fact
that he was taking advantage of an
unseen but important factor Of speed
which has lately been shown to mean
four or five seconds to the mile.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
Passing of Young Ten Eyek.

Wisconsin is to be congratulated
upon the passing of the younger Ten
Eyck as crew coach. Young Ten Eyck
was fine single sculler. but as a coach
he was an unqualified failure. The
art of sweep rowing was a closed
book to him apparently, and he sent
poor crews TO the east. despite the
wealth of material from which to build
them. 1t will be difficult matter TO
find a successor. for coaches Of eight
cared crews are scarce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
PhiIIies Hold Record For Failures

Twenty-eight consecutive failures to
win a pennant. That is the record Of
the Phillies in the National lea que. and
1t stands as a worlds record. since
the Cincinnati and ST Louis clubs. the
two others that have never won
National league championship. joined
the organization years after the Phil
lies. No club in any other league has
equaled the record of the Phillies for
consecutive failures. which is a per-
Torrance that stands unique in the
history of baseball.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
Iaakv Radiator.
condition

A leaky radiator is generally due to
looseness in the connections between
radiator and the supporting brackets
Causing a constant jarring). The hose
clamps connecting the radiator to the
engine and the pump should be care
fully inspected to see that there is no
leakage of water at these points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
CONNIE MACK'S
HEIGHT HELPS HIM.

Connie Mack's great height
may be the means OF the Ath-
letics winning the pepnant this
) year. Connie admits this him
self.
All American league managers
, agree that the dugouts in the
new ball parks worked a hard
ship on them. They were accus-
toned to sitting on a bench
about three feet above the
ground, from which point Of
; vantage they could watch the
signs of the opposition.
; With the new ball parks came
, dugouts. which dropped the
manager and player about three
feet lower than the ground level.
Their heads no longer lowered
high and dry above the plays
pulled off on the diamond. The
) generals just had to about learn
the game over again.
) The Athletics leader was not
handicapped as much as the
other team bosses. as he is some
. tall, and he managed to get wise
to the doings long before the
others. Comics players say his
keen vision helped him mate
rally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
SOME STORIES
FROM DIAMOND
Johnny King Admits That He
Had a Hard Time Com
ing Back.
GIVEN A GREAT PANNING
In First Game He Caught This Sea-
son He Made Costly Throw, But
Has Regained Form.
No. XIII.
sy JOHNNY Killing


copyright, $780, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
Did have q hard time coming back?
Well. you can just bet ! did. When
Joined my team early in the season
thought 1 was in great shape, and 1
figured all l had to do was to jump
Into harness, get to work behind the
bat and do as L did before. You see, I
had played with the professionals
the year before, and 1 believed that
my throwing arm was as accurate as
ever and all 1 had to do was to get
into the game. Right there is where !
was away off. l was as slow as
truck horse. 1 tried TO do as 1 had
done in other seaSons-to move around
quickly-but it was of no use. Some
thing seemed to be holding me.
To tell the truth, it began to worry
me. So after thinking matters over
one afternoon 1 decided that the best
thing 1 could do would be to practice
continually, then in the course OF
short time 1 could Judge best myself
whether l was. improving or going
back. From that day on l practiced
throwing to the bases. 1 would ask
one of my teammates to play second
and another third. and would also
have a speedy runner on first. with in
structions to steal. By pegging at
human target this way 1 rapidly
swung my arm into shape.
Remembers First of Season.
I remember we'll the first game
caught this season. 1 attempted to
catch a runner going to third and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
Arnst WorId,s cb.mpion seuIIer.

Arnst Worlds Champion ScuIIer.
Richard Arnst, who defended the
professional sculler title against Err
nest Barry in Africa. was born in New
Zealand and is in his twenty-seventh
year. He is the youngest man. bar
Ned Hanlon. to ever win the sculling
championship of the world. For some
years he was prominent as a cyclist
and in 1905 took up sculling under the
care of George Towns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10

English Rugby Players Not Coming.
Oxford and Cambridge Rugby foot
ball teams will not visit San Francisco
this fall. as predicted. The tour will
be made in 1911. when Oxford will
send over q squad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
GEERs is GREATEST DRIVER

Without Apparent Effort Gets Best Out
of Horses He Handles.
Ed F. Geers, grand old man OF the
sulky. for thirty years daring and
successful driver on the grand circuit.
Is still, If not actually in harness, ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
Ieakv Transmission.

Leaky transmission is due 20 failure
On the part of the operator to keep the
transmits. / cover bolts tight or 30
loose bearing caps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
IN HOME STRETCH
Ball Clubs Near Finish and
Fans Figure on Chances
in World Series.
CUBS WILL HAVE NO CINCH
Philadelphia Not Likely to Prove as
Easy to Chances Men as
Detroit Did.

NOW that teams in the National and
American league pennant race have
hit the home stretch fans already are
beginning to think about the worlds
series. The enthusiasts have award
ed the banners to the Athletics in the
American league and to the Chicagos
in the National league and now are
specializing as to whether the White
Elephants will make a better showing
In the big series against the Cubs than
the Tigers made.
The Mack men of 1910 are a better
set of athletes than the team OF five
years ago, which made such a sorry
showing against the Giants in a Sc
ries for the honors of the universe.
Philadelphians are certain that the
White Elephants will make a far bet
ter showing against the Cubs than the
Tigers made
The rout of the Athletics in the
worlds series of 1905 was a terrible
blow to Quaker fans, who imagined
Harry Davis, Ralph Orlando Seybold
and the other hard hitting Mack men
would knock the curves of Christy
Mathewson and Joe McGinnity galley
west What happened is a matter Of
history.
Many critics on the major league
circuits consider the Chicago National
league club the grandest baseball ma
chine IN the country, and the Cubs
will be the favorites over the White
Elephants when the two teams get
into the worlds series. Eminent
FASTENERS who have been spoken to
on the subject aver that the Chicago
ans will have a much harder time to
beat the Philadelphians than they had
to beat the Detroits and say it is no
moral certainty that the Teddy Bears
will win the series.
Has Better Pitchers.
Ball players ,uiISluer that the Phila-
delphia American league clubs pitch
ing staff is superior to Chicago's. Jack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-10
Has Better Pitchers.

Ball players ,"iisluer that the Phila-
delphia American league clubs pitch
ing staff is superior to Chicago's. JACK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-11
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
IN GOOD CONDITION
Now Has About 100 Occupants-summei
school Has Promising Opening.
KoIb working for Fair

Evergreen, June 10.-(Special)-The Bap-
list orphanage, located in Evergreen, mas
now about 100 occupants. The present
MANAGEMENT is to be congratulated upon
the healthful conditions that prevail
There has been little sickness in the home
for the past two years, and no death mas
occurred in quite long time. The SAM
tary condition has been greatly improved
by new coats of paint on all the buildings
Ar improved system of sewerage has
been recently installed and the inmates
have every attention it would be possible
to give in the best homes in the country
The local board who has the immediate
control of affairs is composed of men who
give their time to its management without
any compensation. The members of the
board are M. C. Reynolds. C. S. Rabb,
r. T. Lille, C. A. Sinquefield and W. B.
Ivey.
The summer school that has just COM
menced at the South West Alabama Agri-
cultural school has opened with fine at
tendance.
green this week endeavoring to get the
negroes interested in the coming state
fair The captain received a cordial re-
ception at the hands of his numerous
friends here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-11

portunties for the young men of the
south than any other business. 1 want
to see complete and efficient textile de-
partment In the Alabama Polytechnic in
stitute. We must have it. Our boys
must be trained in this work, and there
is no better institution In the south in
which to begin the work than here
A strong movement has begun at Att
burn for the erection of a handsome
Young Mems Christian association build
ing to cost $4,000.
The plans have already been completed
and part of the money Is raised It is be-
lieved by those behind the movement that
the building will be completed and ready
for occupancy within u months. The lot
has already been secured near the main
buildings of the Alabama Polytechnic in
stitute and committees are at work on
the matter of collecting funds
Following are the officers of the Au-
burn Young Mems Christian association:
e. L. Cation, president; L. l. Glover, vice
president; " P. Atkinson. secretary; T.
M. Francis, treasurer. DR.. G. A. Carey,
professor of veterinary surgery in the
institute, is president of the board of
trustees c. A. Wimore is financial Sec
rotary to the board of trustees
The movement for a new and handsome
building has aroused much enthusiasm
among the members st the association
and friends OF the Alabama Polytechnic
institute. The building as planned will
provide dormitory accommodation for. al
most 100 students of the college, and will
also provide athletic, bathing and other
conveniences not now enjoyed by the
students, to say nothing of the increased
moral and Christian influence that will
be thrown around the student body.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-11
Bad storm at Hartselre

Hartselle, June 1o.-(SpeciaL)-A
wind and rainstorm and a gorgeous
electrical display occurred here last
night. Rain fell In sheets and the
streets in the business part of the town
were completely submerged. The branch
that runs diagonally through the town
was on a rampage and the back wa
ter from 1t covered the sidewalks for
from three to six inches. In one or
two stores on Main street the water ran
into the store On the Louisville and
Nashville track Just south of the depot
where fill has recently been made and
a wagon road establish ed the fill was
practically washed away. Most of the
telephones In town were put out of
commission. No damage was done by
the wind. but the damage to gardens
and small crops will be enormous, es-
pecially along the creek ways.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-11
GERMAN IS DANCED
AT GREENSBORO
Forty Couples Participate-Deerees Are
Conferred Upon Rev. Atkinson.
New Jail Is Accepted

greensboro, June 10.-(Special. Tho
commencement german was danced here
last night in the opera house. Though
1t has always been called the commence
ment german, 1t is in no sense a mart
Oh the commencement exercises of the
southern university. The german is given
by the young men of the town. Last
night about 40 couples participated. and
many beautiful figures were gone through
under the skillful leadership of Alex Wal
Ter and his beautiful partner, Miss Ire
dell Jones'
There has been quite an exodus Of
students from the town TODAY. Com
mencement is over and until the re-
opening of the Southern university next
September the town will be deserted by
the students
The Rev. c. P. Atkinson. professor of
philosophy in the Southern university.
has been the recipient of several honors
this week. The Illinois Wesleyan uni
versity conferred on him the degree of
doctor Of philosophy and the Southern
university the degree of doctor of di-
vinity.
The Rev. s. NJ. Hosmer, former presi-
dent of the Southern university, will
continue to make Greensboro his home
for some time to come.
The commissioners court of Hale
county at a meeting held on last Mon
day accepted the new jail from the con-
tractors. 1t is one of the most up to-date
Jaiis In the state and is fireproof and
is also so arranged that it would require
but few men to protect it from as
saults.
Al meeting of the trustees Of the
Greensboro graded school, held few
days ago. arrangements were made for
the opening of summer school here
this summer This will be taught bv
Prof. J. A. Baxley and an assistant to
be chosen by him. The reason for the
establishment Of the summer school was
to give all students that may have failed
to pass the last session an opportunity
to make up without losing a year.
At the same meeting the trustees elect
ed Miss Mamie Caddell Of Gadsden az
teacher In the graded school to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
OF Miss Pettus. Miss JOHNNIE Thomas
was elected to teach the Bethel school
three miles from town
The Steinhart Grocery company OF this
place went into voluntary bankruptcy on
last Tuesday. Slow collections is given
as the cause.