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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

If thou knowest anything good of a
man, tell it unto others; if anything
Ill, tell it privately and prudently to
himself.-Burkitt.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

" ~
shall never forget a trimming I got
from a village team in Michigan. Just
after we had defeated the Athletics for
the worlds championship in 1905, Frank
Bowerman and l went on a hunting trip.
AS o as the natives of Frank home
town, Romeo, Mich, knew that l was
his guest, they came and begged us to
do the battery wor for the Romeo club
in a game they were to play with the
club representing the adjoining
town. We agreed, and l am afraid that
our willingness cost a lot of honest
Romeo villagers everything except their
family plate. The thought of defeat
never entered their minds. any more
thar it entered ours, but the little rival
towns club came over to Romeo and
gave Messrs Bowerman and Mathewson,
fresh from their big league triumphs, a
touch of high life hat they never forgot.
They beat us 5 to 0, and l guess they
are celebrating it to this day. don't
know just how they managed it, be-
cause I was in perfect trim at that time.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
ARTHUR DEVLIN.

o o pSycnOIOgy about pitching
a baseball. Granting that a pitcher needs something more than
a clear head, it must be admitted that the successful pitcher is
always a student. There are a hundred and one little things
that every good twirler has in his repertoire, a hundred and
one little things that the average baseball lover doesn't know
anything about. l have always made it a practice, before going
into a crucial series. to get some kind of authentic Information
about the strength or weakness of every batter slated to face
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

clude the pitchers. For instance, the Baltimore club, back in
the early nineties, won three successive pennants with pitch
es whose names can scarcely be remembered
The hackneyed cry Of" What we need is pitchears' could well
be changed to What we need is h1tters, base runners and field
ers" Without them there can be no pennants.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

deliver the ball to the batter with the
least possible swing of the arm In
other words, he can't wind up" Some
pitchers find it difficult to get as
much speed, curve or accuracy with
the short arm motion as they do with
their usual swing. This affects some
pitchers mentally, as the curtailment
of physical effort prevents them from
concentrating their mind on the nan
at the bat. At the same time the base
runners, and frequently the coach
ers, are constantly trying to annoy
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

IaSL pail ana a SLOW curve are the success
full pitchers best assets.
Lovers of baseball have often asked me
how 1 deal with a batsman whom l have
never faced and about who's batting ability
I know nothing. Every seasoned pitcher
has been called on often enough to meet
batters he never saw before, and in such
pinches he must rely largely on luck.
When 1 am facing a new batsman for the
first time, I pay particular attention to two
things-the position he assumes at the plate
and the way he holds his bat. If, for in
stance, he holds his bat well up toward the
middle there isn't UGH use of sending him
speed. Batters of this type are always ready
for speed and they can meet the fastest
ball a man ever threw. A low curve on
the inside will do for a starter, and if
such a batter goes after it and fails to
E@H connect, you have his number"
), The batter who stands back from the
plate with a long bat and a grip near
the end is the one who can send a low
quarter Of the adjoining section.
may work hard and overcome a certain weak
necessarily mean that he becomes a great
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

tnem. 10 protect ulmSel1
the pitcher must try and de-
tect some action on the part
of the base runner which will
indicate when he is going to
attempt to steal the next
base. In this he is mate
rally assisted by the catch
er. Once the pitcher or the
catcher discovers when the
runner is going to start the
remedy is simple. Frequent
~ g. ~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

IaSL Dall, Dut II ne Is
expecting a fast ball
and gets a slow one,
a strike out or a
weak grounder to the
inf1eld will be his
best effort,
Some batters, a
few Of the chosen,
have no weakness
that the most studi-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

ball is always played out in the sunshine, where the air is pure
and the grass is green, and there is something about the game.
or at least l have always found it so, which teaches one how
to win or lose IA a gentleman should, and that is a very fine
thing to learn.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

for a high ball he may lose his strength
on low balls because he has been contin-
ually fed high ones by opposing pitchers.
In that case I would try him on a low
ball and if it was found that he could
still hit that the only thing left would be
a curve ball or change Of pace. It is
often the case that a pitcher cannot de-
ceive a batter's eyesight but he
can deceive him mentally. For in (
stance, most any batter can hit a SIS
slow ball If he knows it is coming. SM
The same is true in regard to a =
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Count De BreeI would like to
show you my family tree.
Miss Gottrox-Oh! please do; I've
neTer seen a %cocoanut tree!
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

good fortune to hear Of Doan's Kidney
Pills and under their use I gradually
grew better. The frequent flow Of the
urine was corrected, the brickish sedi-
ment and gravel disappeared and tha
color became natural. I recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills in the highest
terms"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

IntO a cruC1aI Settles, 20 get SUHe h1Hu Il dUtueHCH
about the strength or weakness of every batter S
me, and once 1 know positively that a batter doesn
like speed. I feed him oceans of it. If l find thu
his weakness is a low curve, he gets that for
steady diet.
When we met the Athletics in the season of 100
after having won the National league championship
l realized that a good part of the pitching burde
would be on my shoulders, and l began making i
quiries about the weak and strong points of tt
American league hampions.
Monte Cross, who played on Connie Mack's /
field in 1905, was known by me to be a dangero,
hitter, though his average was not high. He WI
the kind of a hitter who was always bobbing I
with a hit at a time when a hit meant
trouble, and just before the series start
ed, l did a little quiet detective work
through friends of mine who knew the M&Ss88e
game and knew Monte. l had been A~
told that Monies weakness was a high,
fast ball, but when l talked to kid
GLEASON of the Philadelnhia Nationals
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Gus pitcher can detect. Men like Hans Wagner and Lajoie don't
care much what the opposing pitcher has to offer.
l have often been told by my friends that a pitcher is about
30 per cent. of the game, and have never failed to assure them
that nothing could be further from the truth. A winning
pitcher helps a baseball team a whole lot, of course, but there
are eight other boys on that team, and nobody knows it better
than the winning pitcher. The recent series between the Giants
and Yankees will prove my point.
In that series / got away with every game in which l par
ticipated, but l won because I received magnificent support,
both in the field and at the bat. Had George Witse been right,
or had McGraw sent in Ames or Crandanl, the story would
have been the same if the support had been of the same splendid
caliber. The wonderful work of Devlin, Devoe and Doyle
the wonderful work of the whole team, for the matter of that
made defeat practically impossible. With that great machine
working behind me and with the greatest manager of them all
backing me up, 1 simply couldn't lose. That's how much a
pitcher is 80 per cent. of the game.
AS a matter of fact, it would be impossible to establish the
mathematical relation of the pitcher to a ball club. Figures in
baseball are often misleading. One pitcher may work brilliant
ly for 13 innings and have a 1 to 0 defeat marked up against his
record, while on the following day another pitcher may luckily
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

through a long course Of sprouts
before they got anywhere. They,
like hundreds of successful men in
other walks of life, were forced to
look, listen. and learn before they
had anything like an
-. even chance to win
ssaaH6sasA their spurs.
Many things have
- been said and written
about pitchers out
guessing batters, and batters out
guessing pitchers, and to tell the
truth there has always been a
question in my mind about the
outguessing proposition. I have
seen so many instances where
guesses went wrong-so many hun
dreds Of instances-that l am
about the last human being in the
world to pose as an oracle on the
subject of pitching psychology.
Nevertheless, there certainly is a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

The baseball reader
who pays attention to
records will notice
that the teams which
win the %pennants al
ways have several
players who lead in
their respective de-.
partments. And this
docs not ri1v in.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

not support the pitcher. On the
contrary, it is the fault of the
pitcher who will not give them
a chance. If the pitcher
has control everything works
smoothly.
If it were true that pitching
Is 80 per cent. of the strength
of a ball club, it would be log
ical to assume that the team
having the best staff of pitch
ers would always win the pen
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
The Niqht Shift.

Positive Wife-John, why do you
talk in your sleep? Have you any
idea? ~
Negative Husband-So as not to
forget how, 1 suppose. It's the only
chance I get!-Puck.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

win a 10 to 8 game. 1t is a matter of record that in the
season of 1909, Leon Ames of the Giants, in finishing a II
inning game and participating in two extra inning ties,
pitched 80 consecutive innings without allowing a run and
yet did not win one of the games.
From this it can be seen that the winning power of a
team must depend largely upon its run-getting ability. To
au reach an estimate of value we will say
$50. that offensive play is half the game. 1
&H1esana think that conservative. That would
leave but so per cent, and the pitcher
could not be all of that l would say
that about 80 per cent. of the strength of a ball
h club lies in the pitchers box. No matter how eff
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n fective a pitcher may be in the box he cannot win
~ unless the team bats in runs behind him. 1t is
true, however, that the work of a pitcher can have
VA a very strong influence upon the work of the
~ rest of the team. Disgruntled fans frequently
make the assertion that infelders and outfelders
will not support certain pitchers, That idea is err
roneous. Ball PLAYERS ALWAYS want to win no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
DE ORC Is LEADING IN
WORLD BILLIARD MATCH

Chicago, Nov. S.-ChampiOn Alfredo
De ORC gained lead of 10 points over
Wheeler, the Chicago professional in
the first block of their match for the
Jordan Lambert trophy, emblematic
of the three cushion championship of
the world, playing last night at recital
hall in the Auditorium building. De
ORC made his so points in Il innings,
getting a high run of Q. one of the best
recorded in a championship match.
His average was 649. Wheeler made
his 81 points in "A innings, getting
high run of 3 and averaging .419.
Wheelers deficit did not represent
the play, as he did not have the best
Of luck, missing a number of hard
shots by the smallest kind of frac-
tions. while ne ran into a number Of
kisses. three of these coming in a
row. starting with the saith inning. De
Oros run of 8, which was the feature,
was of big assistance to the Cuban.
It was beautifully compiled, but on
the other hand the balls broke we'll
for him and he had little trouble in
sizing up his shots and making them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08

ter'rban furnishes facilities for the
trip and does not entail much travel
TO go to Clinton and return. Several
of the high school pupils and alumni
are planning to make the trip.
MEET MOLINE NOV. is.
week from Saturday there will
he the annual twin-city affray. Sup
porters of both teams are confident of
victory. but possibly ii is sentiment
rather than judgment % the merits of
the team that inspires this confidence.
Whichever team wins will have a
mighty hard battle to settle the clam
pionship of the twin-Cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
BOWLING NOTES.


John WITCH won first prize in total
number of splits. He had 10. Still he
managed to creep over the 500 mark.
Salzmann led his team with a total
of $40 pins.
When bowlers like Meisner, Hueck-
staedt and Brandt fail to make $50,
there is something wrong The Pref
zels had bad start and found it i'm
possible to break into real form. Their
last game was their best game, but it
was way. below the usual mark.
SOuIe was the only Independent to
fall below the 500 pin mark Had
Hampton distributed a few of his pins
to the last game he would have made
il three victories for the Independents
Oscar Dahl was low score man on
the Patting alleys with 1894
Bill Huston was back in the game
last night after an enforced absence of
two weeks because of illness His
score looked as though he had only
taken rest cure instead of having
been an invalid.
Doc" Mueller had high single game
score last night with 211 pins to his
credit
Next week the Colts meet the Ath-
letics again, while the Independents
are due to bowl with the lowly Pref.
zels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
HARRY HOFER IS
DONE WITH CAME
President of Quincy Baseball
Club Says No More of It
For Him.
COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY
Has Made Proposition to Quincy
Fans Similar to One Made to
Rock Island Bugs.

Baseball does not offer a bed of
thornless roses for the people who
head 1t in Quincy even though that
burg succeeded in gaining admittance
TO the Three-Eye league on the
strength Of a $1,000 attendance mark
in class c league Much the same
troubles that beset the Islander stock
holders-that of trying TO retire from
the game-are besetting one Harry
Hofer. president Of the club last year
and principle stakeholder there. The
enort TO grab a pennant in the first
year Of classy baseball was a siren
uous one and required a salary limit
which someone has said would make
any American association team proud
Naturally the Golfers of Hofer's base
ball efforts are badly bent if not brok-
en-. He wants a stock COMPANY to re
lieve him, and 1t is said, that unless
one does, Quincy will fall back to
mediocre ball after having been allowed
10 play in a real league With better
ball than had ever been seen in Quincy
before. the attendance was consider
ably lower than in former years. CIV
ing the impression to the baseball
world that the burg is dead" for
baseball
WHAT '.NHIG" SAYS.
The Quincy Wing printed the follow
ing in regards to the baseball status
in Quincy:
If Quincy has a team in the Three
Eye league next year il will be backed
by a stock company At meeting Of
the directors of the Quincy Base Ball
association last night at Highland
park. President Harry Hofer aunounc-
ed that under no consideration would
he be identified with baseball in Quin-
cy next year as an individual This is
final and it means that il will be up TO
the base ball loving public of this city
to subscribe and pay for as many
shares of stock as they can carry. The
directors expect to get out in a few
days and begin a canvass of the city.
It will be up 10 the fans 70 make up
TO have professional ball here again
this summer
THE PROPER THING.
"A stock company is the proper
thing anyway. in fact it is anticipated
that the people will be glad to sub
scribe to the stock without much solic-
itation. After a sufficient sum OF
stock has been sold there will be
meeting, and officers. or directors. will
he chosen for next year.
The franchise that was granted
Quincy at the recent meeting in
chicago when the Three Eye league
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
LARGEST MEET IN
BASEBALL ANNALS
So Say Local Magnates Who
Intend to Go to San An
tonic Next Week.
SIX GO FROM ROCK ISLAND
Special Train Will Carry the DeIega-
ton Out of St. Louis Sun.
day Night.

That the meeting OF baseball mag
mates next week in San Antonio, Tex,
is to be the largest in the annals of
the baseball history is the opinion of
local magnates who leave the latter
part of the week to attend 1t is the
meeting of the National association of
Professional Baseball Leagues, and NJ.
H. Sexton of Rock Island is its presi-
dent. The delegation which will attend
from Rock Island includes NJ. H. Sex
ton, H. E Casteel, H. H. Cleaveland,
W. H. Reck, Sheriff o. l. Bruner and
Jack Tighe. and Charles McHugh Of
Chicago. The party is to leave Chica-
go Sunday noon and arrive in st. Louis
that night.
SPECIAL TRAIN PROVIDED.
There with other delegations they
will board the special train to carry
them to their destination. Receptions
are TO be held along the way, the prin-
cipaI ones of which will be at Little
Rock, Ark, and Austin, Tex. There
the governor of Texas will board the
train to accompany the delegates to
the convention city.
QUESTIONS MOMENTOUS.
Momentous questions will be brought
before the session in the 10 days al
Iotted for the meeting, and many mat
tiers important in the history of base
ball will be considered. Already bids
for the next convention have been ad-
vanced TO Mr.. Sexton by Wheeling.
W. Va, and Nashville, Tenn.
foCAI SIUI-ATION
There is little animation in local cir
Giles ar present. The announcement
that Frank Boyle is being considered
for a leader has met with approval on
many sides. but it will take action, i'm
mediate action. to assure baseball for
Rock Island next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
AT THE ILLINOIS.


Henry W. Links Fatty Felix, -
which is 10 be at the Illinois next
Sunday, matinee and night, is re-
ported to be one of the funniest,
laughing comedy dramas ever Of
fered to the amusement public. It's
a relaxation from care and worry,
it's sole purpose being TO amuse. The
absurd and highly amusing charac-
ter Of Fatty Felix has been the tar
get for newspaper sketch artists all
over the country. AS a vehicle of
merriment Fatty Felix is easily one
of the most sterling attractions Of
its kind on the road. II is claimed
nothing has been left undone by the
management to give this play a
proper cast, scenic equipment, etc.
which has brought forth words of
high commentator wherever il has
been seen. Many new and catchy
songs, dances and up-to-date spe-
cialties are among its features.
Nov. 10 and II the Illinois will
show the greatest Of all Indian mo-
ton pictures, Sitting Bull" The
picture was taken at a large expense
and depicts the life of the Indians
upon the plains during the days
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08

was reCrganized belongs TO Hofer, who
also retains an interest in the league
park and in the players. In case the
plan 70 form a stock company falls
through. then. of course. ne can do as
he sees fit with his holdings. But
there is no likelihood of anything of
the character indicated falling through
because a stock company is the thing,
say great many who take an interest
in the great national game. The soon
er that the st0Ch company is formed
tee sooner will the plans for next sea
son he perfected. That is why there
should be no delay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
Baseball Boiled Down

Minneapolis. Noy. S-Nagnates OF
the Minneapors-Wisco league
will meet here today to consider plans
for the placing of teams in Minneap-
oils and 81. Paul and to elect officers
Frank E. Force OF MiTnea polls, presi
dent of the league. is not candidate
for reelection. and it is possible that
Lee Bierce of Winona will succeed
him The question of placing teams in
Minneapolis and St. Paul already has
been taken up with the American as
sociation. and will be decided al a
meeting Of that association to be held
in Chicago in December. Towns which
probably will be represented at the
meeting here today are Winona, ROch-
ester and Duluth. Mimi, and Superior,
Eau Claire and La Crosse, Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08

when the pioneers were headed west
ward. 1t shows Indian life in its
every detail and the hardships which
followed the gold seeker in the year
1S49. During the length of the
three reels you will witness Indian
dances such as you have never be-
fore seen. The photography is ex-
cellent and over 1000 people are
used in making this picture. There
are over 500 Indians and horses,
soldiers. cowboys, renegades, rang
ers, squaws and papooses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
Make Clean Sweep in Series
With Pretzels at Harms
Alleys Last Night.
ATHLETICS WIN ONE GAME
Lone Victory Pulls Independent.
Down to Same Level as the
Commercial Champs.
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE STANDING

Three consecutive victories for Salz-
MAINS Colts landed that team back
on the same level with the Independ-
ents, who took two ont of three from
the Athletics in The Commercial league
bowling series last night The Colts
and Pretzels bowled on the Harms al
leys. Although winning. it was case
of hard luck for the Colts. for even
when the ball was in the groove, the
result was usually an impossible split.
While the Colts hit them right and
failed to knock them over the Pref
zels were off color and could not find
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
Death Causes Ban on Game

Paramount. Ind, Nov S.-E airnount
academy. a school conducted here by
the Friends church yesterday decided
to abandon football for the remainder
of the season, following the death of
Bruce Adams. whose back was broken
in a game at Alexandria, Ind. last
Sunday. Adams was a star player
when he attended school here. and re-
greet over his death caused the aoade-
my's action.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
Starts Much Trouhln

II all people knew that neglect OF
constipation would result in severe
indigestion, yellow jaundice or viru-
lent liver trouble they would soon
take DR.. Kings New Life Pills and
end IT. It's the only safe way. Best
for biliousness, headache, dyspep-
STA, chiIis and debility, , cents at
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-08
VICTIM OF DRINK NEEDS
ORRINE.

Drink Cunningly destroys the viii
power and while the druukard wants
to 90 what you tell him. ne wants =
thousand times more the drink that he
Graves. Medical TTeatm s1t Is necessary.
OUTire destroys the desire for more
liquor. 80 that the drink VIII be not
missed and restores the patient 10
health
This remedy IS thoroughly scientific
and Is so uniformly successful! that II
= sold with a guarantee TO refund your
money = after trial IL has not ben -
ared Call at our store for free book
ct telling AL about Orrine. The Har-
per House Pharmacy