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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
.SPURNS $25O,0OO CASH
FOR ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Owner Hedges Could Have Sold
His Club Last
Winter.
KINSELLA AND CALLAHAN
WERE READY TO BUY
"Silk Stocking" Syndicate Was in
Market at the Time, and
Deal Failed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS. November .15.-Richard B..
kinsella, owner Of the Springfield. (rhree
/ League) team, and one Of the leading
base ball magnates of the. country, was
willing to hand over $3.50, 600 to Robert L.
Hedges Of the Browns for his interest In
the St. Louis American League club. but
was turned down. The story developed
during a talk with Kinsella here Sunday
night. The offer was made at the time
the silk stocking" syndicate OF St.
Louis made "bloomer' Of tho proposed
purchase Of Hedges interest.
Kinsella, like every one else, appreciates
that ST. Louis Is good base ball town,
and when he learned that Mr.. Hedges
was willing to get out OF the business
came here prepared to take the club off
his hands
Kinsella had, gone SO far to get the
of the American League and Charles A.
Comskey, owner of the White Sox.
1t had also been arranged to bring
James John Callahan. the comeback
sensation of the Chicago Americans. here
to manage tho club. At that time Cal
lahan had not signified his intention OF
returning to the national pastime as an
active performer. but was willing to take
hold of the local club.
II came here and looked over s Mr..
Hedges plant said kinsella sun
day night just before boarding
the special carrying the base ball
magnates to San Antonio for the national
association meeting Il was prepared to
offer him $2JO,OOO for his interest, which
is g. per cent of the base ball club. and
the same portion of the base ball prop
erty.
1.-The syndicate which was trying to buy
the club hadn't given up its hope of land
ing the plant, but after they fell down on
their end Mr.. Hedges held out for $500,
coo and the deal fell through. l had
people behind me who were willing to pay
$4,000 and sink $4,000 into the club
for new talent, while Jimmy Callahan
was to have been made manager and
was to act as president.
The Springfield magnate is chief scout
for Johnny McGraw of the New York
Nationals. He turned ove- Larry Doyle.
the second baseman. to the Giants. and
points with pride to the fact that Doyle.
Mathewson and Meyers were the only
National Leaguers to shine against the
Athletics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

there is where the new rules have made
a difference in the style of play. 1t is
no longer necessary to mass men against
the ball. Now and then it happens that
three or four men can make great
show of stopping the runner but as .
matter of fact one man does about as
much real damage to the attacking side
under the present rules as four men
did ten years ago.
There is sound reason for n result
like that, which natural philosophy bears
out. It devolves on the old theory OF
a moving mass hitting an immovable OBJ
ject. Wagers as d rule would go with
the immovable object.
Granting that tackle must move from
one side of the line to the other, it must
also be remembered that he has the ad-
vantage of being able to place himself
for the runner, and that has strengthen
ed the defense of all foot ball elevens
until today 1t is generally conceded that
the defensive side of the game has out
grown the advancement Of the ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

has been arranged with different teams
on the island Three games O week will
be played. and the team expects 10 be
back in New York in time for Christ
mas. Besides Mr.. Bancroft. the party in
cludes Manager McGraw and Players
Mathewson. Crandall, Wiltse Wilson.
Hartley. Devlin, Doyle, Fletcher, Her
Zog. Becker. Deyore. Paulettc and
Latham. Nine of the party will be ac-
companied by their wives.
Manager Mcoiraw has made it plain to
the players that he wants them to play
their best in Cuba. Mindful OF the fate
the Detroit and Athletic teams met I'm
Cuba when each of them was decisivelr
defeated by the Cuban teams. McGraw
means to show the islanders that base
ball is faster here than in Cuba. He has
insisted on his men remaining I'm good
condition for the trip. The Giants man
aRer is confident that the team will
make a better showing against the Gu
bans than the Detroits or the Athletics.
The Cuban promoters who arranged to
take the Giants to Cuba have guaranteed
the players $500 each and their expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

Given two strong ends and two strong
tackles and il is doubtful il any foot ball
eleven could be worse than tied In an
average game.
Under the new rules. four men who ar"
agile. speedy and keen in figuring out
the possibilities Of foot ball situations
can check more attempts III attack than
Mere possible when the formations were
80 compact that most Of the defending
line frequently was thrown against the
lJl TO stop any advance.
The carly idea ~ foot ball. based upon
commons support for one man who car
j Ell tho ball aud solid defense centered
IN one spot against the advance of the
bail. has been altered to the extent that
-hree backs ar. nnw behind the line III
t.at might 10 called the first stage OF
.sf.nse. Ton Years ago one man was
l.. E.sidered enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
Reward for Auto Thief.

Several thousand circulars Offering a re-
ward of 500 for the recovery of the
automobile which was stolen last Friday
night from the garage of the Luttrell
Automobile Company, and also 500 re-
ward for the conviction of the person or
persons who took il. have been sent out
by the police department. The circulars
bear a cut of the machine, which Is of
the five-passenger variety. Two white
men. suspected of having taken the ma
chine, are described in the circular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
MARQUIS UP NORTH
Queensberry Surprised at Big
Gold Boom in Ontario.
RECALLS OLD TIMES
High Praise Given for the Wealthy
Horse Owners in Great
Britain.
OLD
BY the Marquis of Queensbery.

Copyright. 1911. By the Marquis OF Qucensherry.)
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
TORONTO, Ontario, November III
am spending n few days In Toronto to
look up few old friends. 1t is four
teen years since / last visited this city
and the place has grown out Of all
bounds. 1t Is quite a sight to walk into
the rotunda OF the King Edward Hotel:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

1t reminds me of
old days in Perth,
western Australia.
during the height OF
the Coolgardie gold
boom. There must
have been zoo to
800 mining men
grouped about the
rotunda, discussing
and no doubt carry
ing through large
deals in mining
claims in the new
gold fields.
! am stopping at
the old fashioned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

That Benjamin Hubbard. the slayer
of DR.. Petit, would have been lynched
had he been taken from Lynchburg to
Livingston Tuesday for trial was learned
Tuesday. Information has been received
that a well organized mob had been
formed to go to Livingston during the
day and lynch the accused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

Bill Kenworthy. Denver's star utility
player claims a new distinction in West
ern League ball. in that he played every
position on the diamond during the sea-
son Just ended. Kenworthy was pur-
chased By the Boston Red Sox and VIII
join that team next spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15

Hugh McMurray. catcher OF the Atlanta
team of the Southern League, has been
seriously ill at Atlanta and IL was feare-i
that he was in for a long siege of pneu-
monia. but good care and strong con-
stitution pulled him through.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
Ends Know More.

The reason for this is that the ends
no longer permit themselves 10 be boxed
outside of the play-and most of the ends
this year are better foot ball players
than were the ends Of three and four
seasons ago The tackles are not con-
ftned TO one spot. Nor are they ham
pcYeJ with the idea that they have only
one part to play in their capacity as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
Fullback Never Changes.

The fullback. whether he happens 10 be
the fullhack bv title or not. plays his part
III defense rs he always did. That Is 10
say, the manner Of playing the position
has not varied. II il one Of the places on
the field which has not been bothered by
tn. new rules There must be Il man close
10 the goal on the defense. and that man
always will be u fuilback in theory and
practice whether Nc plays quarterback
laif Of the game, tackle fourth and
Iullback the other fourth.
The theory Of formations. which We're
worked out solely because Of their ability
and now and then not more than two
feet, was good when but five yards were
10 be gained In downs, hut il is not good
now.
Formations which are most effective
seldom carry more than four yards. That
IS almost the average 81 gain on individ-
tlal downs since the new rules were put
into effect. \ play which would gain
tour yards under the old rules would
have been esteemed excellent foot ball,
with good reason, but play which can
only gain four yards under the new rules
is appreciated four yards worth, and
that 10 all.
Three such plays would he necessary
10 insure first down, and when this
loot ball season is finished il will be
round that in the games among the
varsity college elevens this year there
have been about two instances per game
where ten yards have been made through
the line.
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ENDS AND TACKLES PLAY
HAS SHOWN IMPROVEMENT
Men Are Diagnosing New System Of Of
Tense Better Than Old and Do
Better Work.

tackles. They have become the rovers
of the field, and at the present moment
the better tackles are almost equivalent
to halfbacks.
In the last game which was played by
Princeton against Dartmouth Eddie
Hart the Princeton captain. was back of
the line and on both sides of the line, and
almost all of the time In front of the man
who was trying to advance the ball. Ten
years ago IL tackle had so much to do
with defense that il was felt necessary
To keep him hugging the line, and to do
his part in shouldering the ball back
when some big fellow tried to break
through and make a yard or two.
The tackle found little opportunity TO
cross the field. first to one side and then
to the other. as he does now. He was
presumed t. be part of the original de-
fens. and behind him came the backs
who charged into the line. and did their
part 10 hold up the work OF the for
wards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
Greater Distance Makes Better Play.

The added distance TO be gained has
given the defense a greater latitude TO
employ methods to stop the ball. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-15
BOWLING BATTLES

COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-29

commercial forces of the nation have been blamed for
the high cost of living, each by different diagnost-
clan. The one fact remains that dispute-if
more food is produced there will be more to eat
Given sufficient production, at least part Of the
pers admit the question of price will tend to for
itself. Then to increase production, areas of
land must be brought under cultivation. Again. the
of science is called in to help the farmer serve
the consumer. Science, both of agriculture and of
engineering, has given water to the arid sections
through irrigation and made possible crops in others
by the so-called dry farming"
Estimates made by the accepted men OF sci
ence place the total yet to be utilized in the
country lying to the north of the Oklahoma line and
west of the Missouri river the Pacific the
Canadian boundary at not less than 100000 acres
This is the territoy which represented at the
Omaha Land show just closed. The settlement Of
this almost continental and its utilization for the
purposes of food production represent the greater
aim of the Land show held by The Omaha Bee. The
scientific men who making technically possible the
utilization of this country gathered at the Land show
to tell the people of the west their message. The
produces at the show concrete evidence of pos
sbility How to active the utmost that these oppor
tunities offer the story of the scientific men, The
soil analyst the dry farmer. the irrigation expert
the entomologst, silo experts grain cultursts and
professional lecturers agricultural science in gen.
eral figured the daily programs of the show.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-29
Holden a Farmers, Evangelist.

Prof p G. Holden of Ames Ia, head of the agri-
cultural extension work of Agricultural col
ege, is the evangelist of the farm. Prof Holden be-
gan his work corn specialist but as his field of
endeavors unfolded before him he became more and
more broadened in purpose. II is his mission to
tell the people of Iowa to be better citizens through
being better farmers. The efficacy of this work is
shown in the lowe statistics. While 1t is true that
population of the state has decreased the last
cade, shown by the United States census the pro-
duction from the farms has increased. Prof Holden
is concerned he says largely with the produc-
ton of better men than he is with crops.
IF see to 1t that the farmer is properly edu-
Gated and integenty instructed in his the farm
will work out its own problems under his administra-
tion,' said Prof Holden.
IF the young man but be interested i'm his
work he will arrive at his methods and the de-
tails of the problems put before him day to day
The making of better people to the way
TO solve the general problems of the country agricu
turaI and others"
Prof Hodens department is allotted an annual
appropriation of $S2 900 by the Under his d.
rection twenty lecturers and instructors whose
mission it is to travel the state giving lessons
and demonstrations in the public schools the
pertinent stations and before farmers institutes The
gospel OF farming rather than the concrete work OF
the field is the greatest of Prof Holden. He
is known. however, a specialist. He has in
connection with his work toward the improvement of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-29

The remains Of an hydraulic plant south of Boise
have by happy fortune become of to farmers of
the section through the ingenuity of Prof Jones' The
high pressure plant has been made to carry water to
the crops of extensive section In this land
which produced but enough grass for two weeks of
grazing in the autumn is made to yield nine tons
of alfalfa per cutting. combination of business
principles scientific facts has produced results in
the Idaho project.
There is one conspicuous advantage in growing
fruit in an irrigated section such have at Boise
said Prof Jones. The country is naturally so dry
that the fungi troubles of the orchardst in the middle
west not known. Insects few and easily COM
bated Since seldom have rains spraying
of the trees there has the efficiency of several in the
vicinity of Omaha, for instance. spray properly
put the is allowed to remain practically until
it of. Here If the trees sprayed rain may
up in night and undo great deal Of expensive
work.
The irrigated land too, offers another advantage
OF the alfalfa farmer He be assured Of getting
up his crops without the interference of rain"
Regardless OF soil fertility and moisture seeds are
required to produce crops. Through the seed the
wealth of the soil is mined. The mining machinery
must be of the best TO get the best results the highest
efficiency OF the soil elements which produce agTicu-
tural wealth. The work of Prof. Bufum OF Wyoming
the inventor of emmer grain Of unusual qualities
has been devoted both to the production Of a plant
that will make the most Of its opportunities and grow
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-29
Hansen an Alfalfa Specialist.

A man so modest that even the ubiquitous re-
porter was put to his utmost to corral him-Prof.
Neils e. Hansen of South Dakota is performing a
world service in the beterment of alfalfa Prof Han
SEN like so many OF the nations famous in agricul-
ture took his rise in Iowa From the Iowa Agrlcul-
tural school he into the north among the Sean
dnavian settlers. Prof Hansen set for himself the
task of evolving fruits and field crops which could be
grown in the chillier northwestern states. He has
hundreds of berries, small fruits and orchard trees
which giving satisfaction in the coolest por-
tions of the United States.
Some years past Prof. Hansen went into the wastes
of northern Siberia looking for hardy alfalfa The
value Of alfalfa had long been recognized but it
then plant successful only in the mder sections
the midde-west and the coast states. In Siberia
Prof. Hansen discovered alfalfa, a yellow-howered
plant far up there in the wds which will grow in the
most northerly points of the country BY crossing
this plant with those indigenous the United States
Prof Hansen expects to be able to evolve an alfalfa
adaptable to every condition which plant life must
meet in the agricultural territory of the nation
The explorations of Prof Hansen in Siberia were
marked by many unusual happening, His jour
neys not without hardship. There were drives
of thousands OF miles unknown wastes dealings
with half-savage and hunger, but Mr.. Hansen
kept until he found the yellow-howered alfalfa
Mr.. Hansen is another book farmer"
lesson in conservation at home given at the
Land show by Prof A. L. Hacker, formerly head of
the dairy department of the State Agricultural college
at Lincoln Prof Hacker is the enthusiastic sponsor
for the silo produced by a process by which 40 per
cent OF the which is allowed TO go to waste
with the whitening fodder in the fields be saved
and turned into good hard money. His work began
book farming" too. Today hundreds of farmers
putting silos on their farms
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-29

acres of winter wheat ae grown by his methods
Fargo and Moorhead, in North Dakota.
Eventually winter wheat be grown far up
the north branch of the Saskatchewan river, in
Canada" said Prof Shaw.
The of the dry farmer working under
scientific methods is shown by experiment
Quoted by Prof Shaw at Cut Bank, Mont, where
crop of twenty bushels of wheat to the pro-
duced in when the total rainfall for the
growing period but three inches. The year in
which this wheat produced September, 1909, to
September 1910, but six inches of rain fell the
northwest states there millions of acres yet to
be planted where such obstacles do not have to be
overcome. The experiment denotes the success of
the method even under extreme test. This is a tri-
umph of the book farmer"
There are 100000 acres in Oregon alone
which ought to be to work producing food which
are growing nothing more important than ragged
sagebrush," said Prof Shaw. But where sagebrush
can grow, crops can be produced The time will come
when these 10 900 will have be farmed"
Application of scientific principles is being carried
in Idaho orchard districts by Prof. ]. Wilkes
Jones, known to Omaha the manager of the first
national corn exposition. He is showing how fruit
be at big profits soil which without the
aid of man will literally mot grow enough vegetation
to hide jack rabbit" Prof. Jones, whose head
quarters now in Boise, formerly connected
with the agricultural extension work of Iowas State
Agricultural college where he associated with
Prof P. G. Holden. For several years Prof. Jones
had charge of extensive orchards Council Bluffs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-29
Prof. AL. Haeckep

where, under the environment offered, wealth must
be wrested from willing soil in unwilling climate.
All the grain that grew in the west the distant
cousins of the wheat family, have been called to
tribute trait in the breeding of Prof. Buff
FUN has taken from it's hardness another its Wig
growth and another its seedbearing qualities.
Bmmer is resultant of these many forces and quail
ties 1t is not mosaic, it is grain. Emmer
is highly productive and easily produced
under given set of conditions than any of the grains
Further, it is said that emmer offers nutrition
for feeding purposes than any of it's progenors The
book farmer has given volution to nature.
Through the book farmer emmer has been evolved
a process of evolution which nature unaided, would
never have completed.
While some of the scientists interested in the
study of the seeds which to utilize the energies of
the SOIL others concerned with the soil itself The
study Of soils is thus the basis of all scientific pro-
gress in agriculture. If plant demands certain
component for it's makeup it is than futile to
try to produce that plant soil and under condi-
lions where this component cannot be obtained. In
Nebraska one man has been Analysing the soils of
nook and Granny of the state for nineteen
He take handful of soil delivered to him in his
laboratories at Lincoln and tell you within few miles
of where it came from. That man is Prof. George e.
Condra, who came to Omaha last week to preside at
the sessions of the Western Development league
Prof Condra is known for his work in the department
of economic geology OF the State university of Me-
braska That may sound rather technical but out
there in the Nebraska cornelds the story of his
is told though few there who read it. His
analysis of the soil have long been the groundwork
for authoritative effort at the state experiment sta
lions and at the agricultural college. 1t is a long
way from the dim light of the laboratory where
patient man bends over his test tubes to the broad
expanses of waving grain out across the state but the
connection is direct and positive
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-29
Preiudioe AGAINST Book Farming.

"No book farming was the cry that answered the
FIRST appeal of the pioneers among the agricultural
scientists. The man with a degree earned by labor
with alembic and test tube had standing The
farmer assumed that the to learn to grow things
was to grow them, and he had been growing things
the old way long enough to have confidence in no
other Today the man of science has the respect and
attention of the farmer; they working together.
In fact the farmer has become as much scientist as
the sugar chemist, the electrical engineer, the hy-
draulic expert The farmers science is just natural
law applied to the fields and growing things Applied
science in all its branches may be defined in the
way.
Two forces have been at work to bring about the
cooperation farmer and scientist First
slty-which, by the way, to be the prime
in most of the worlds enterprises; then came
the aserve forces of the scientific men exploring the
field Of agriculture
Necessity was presented by the very primitive de-
sire to eat. The world has to eat. Better farming
had to come II the world to keep on eating The
available productive in the reach of centers of
civilization, therefore Of greatest
sumption have with the growth of the nations become
less and less adequate to the demands made upon
them under the old methods of farming.
The book farmer" asserted himself by moving
from the botanic laboratory the agricultural
iment station and to the agricultural college The
the farmer that science factor in the most
cessful agriculture
Thus It has become possible to increase the yield
OF feed products per acre. The book farmer" has
given the the farm better seeds, new crops
and new methods Of cropping. BY the scientist the
methods of intensive farming which increased
production a given area, have been evolved and
brought 20 perfection.
Yet it was not many years that the man who
preached rotation of crops looked upon
crank. But the cry for food has not been sileneed
yet Intensive production the areas now under
. he a
ton. but the tomorrow of possible want is always
at hand
Trusts. tarifs, copper magnates, market manipu-
lAtors railroads and countless other factors in the