davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-22

over a bed Of gravel so the water may
easily drain away. II the soil Is not
gravelly, a hole should be dug about
two feet deep and filled with small
stones. The drinking fountain of any
convenient shape should be anchored
in the center of the wire screen. For
little ducks the weight of a fountain
holding one gallon or more will be
more than sufficient to prevent top
pling over.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-22
FOUNTAIN BUILT FOR DUCKS
Little Ones Must Be Kept Dry Until
Their Feathers Have Formed
Useful Ono Described.

Since ducklings slop water around
considerably when they drink, and
since they should be kept dry until
after their feathers have formed, the
drinking fountain illustrated herewith
will be found particularly useful. says
the American Agriculturist. A square
Of quarter-inch mesh galvanized wire
cloth. say Is inches to the side. is
tackled to a wooden frame and placed
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-22
Never Forgot Business.

What would you take for a cold?"
the sufferer said.
Il dunno" the man who never for
gets business replied. "What'd you
be willing to give?"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-22

setting the plants. The setting Of the
plant in the left is too shallow; that
at the right is too deep; the center
plant is properly set. with It's crown
even with the surface of the ground.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-22

A lot Of the money people marry
for is counterfeit.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

time that a catcher throws the ball back to the
pitcher until he delivers it again, a batter
should never take his eyes off the pitcher.
All of the grooves of batters are carefully
catalogued. Every hitter in baseball, with the
possible exception Of Lajoie and Wagner, is sup
posed to have what is known to the profession
as q groove" a certain real or imagined weak
ness. Some pitchers work to fool a batter, and
others aim at his groove" Young and Powell
are of the second type, and it is this style of
pitcher that I always try to make pitch to the
limit. as they have to depend absolutely on
their control.
The catcher is. obviously included In the
guessing match which always results when a
batter faces a pitcher. I recall a funny instance
of Hal" Chase making Ira Thomas look like
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

that he could throw one. He simply outguessed
me and caught me in the arms of Morpheus.
He had wet the ball, while walking away from
the plate with his back to me-, after getting it
from Easterly, thus giving no hint that he was
going to throw a splitter"
Young invented this trick and applies it &C.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

working and which led ne to forecast what
was coming. This cue and the resultant con-
clus1on l drew, based on the hasty hypothesis
OF Paynes remark, resulted in a timely base
nit. The conditions and circumstances of the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

spect, and a remark dropped by him will give
a batter the key to the situation which will
enable him to ~outguess the pitcher. A thing
of this sort happened to me in Chicago one
day last season, with Walsh pitching and
Payne catching.
Payne dropped a remark, which set my mind
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

ing right. He has almost clalrvoyant ABILITY
to outguess a pitcher.
In some games, have been able to guess
right almost every time that the pitcher has
thrown the ball to me and yet have not beer
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

&AA - ~ SAO
hit are not likely to occur often in
a game with Walsh pitching. He
is a spit ball pitcher entirely. He
uses his splitter" and a fast ball
with no curves. On this occasion,
Payne signalled for either a spit
ball or a fast one, 1 don't know
which. Walsh shook his head in
reply, and Payne gave him another
signal to which he again shook his
head.
"You don't want this one?" Payne
mumbled in his mask, but loudly
enough for me to hear as he gave
another signal. Walsh nodded as
sent.
Now here Is what passed through
my mind, after listening to the hint
carelessly dropped by Payne. Two
we're out at, the time, a man was
on third base, who, If he scored,
would put us ahead, and the count
on me was two strikes and no balls.
My flash Of thought must have been
instantaneous. l try to pay
any attention to the monologue Of
q catcher hit pavno ic rof,rol1y n
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

WnlSK0f trimmer OIL MS, WHICH
is a high, fast one in the vicinity
of the neck, is a villainous ball.
A pitcher of Young's type would
Just as soon tell the batter where
he is going to try to throw the
ball, because it is generally known
that he is pitching at a batter's
weakness.
So batting in the big leagues Is
largely a game Of thought. The
man who outguesses the pitchers
accumulates the most hits and
the largest batting average. Lajole
is the only exception to this that
1 can recall. OF course, self-con-
fdence is an absolute necessity to
any successful hitter, but the
Cleveland second baseman is more
chock full Of reliance ii his own
batting ability than any other
player I know. It is not conce1t.
Just faith in his eye. He shufhes
out to the plate, almost c~arelessly,
and bangs his bat down two or
three times as if to say to the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

a sort Of instinct which some players nave ana
others never attain. A man seems to 90 IL Dy
intuition and often cannot tell just what con-
crete hypothesis leads him to reach a certain
conclusion. But believe me, it is a great art for
a ball player to have. a great art. and one to
be cultivated.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

1t IS sort OF an unWr1tten law
of baseball to let the fret one go by to get a
look at the style. Killing would say:
He liked the looks Of that. Let's try him
on another" Then up would come a curve.
A favorite trick of his is to get the batter
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

What are you going to do, Hal" asked Ira.
frame up something here?
Thomas did not expect to find out anything
by the question, but wanted to drag Chase into
conversation to get his mind off his work.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

SIX n1ckels In a game last sum-
mer. Thomas formerly played
on the Yankees, and, at the time,
Chase's sign for the squeeze
play was given by putting his
right hand to his nose. Ira had
seen him give this many times
when they were team mates.
But on this occasion, Chase
was playing on the New York
club, and Thomas was catching
on the Philadelphia team. It was
in the eighth inning with the
score tied, and a New York run
ner on third base, champing on
his spikes to get home when
Chase stepped to the bat. One
was <Out. HAL" went through
the usual preliminaries Of knock
ing the dirt out Of his spikes, fix
ing his hat the firmer, as If he
expected to take a long run and
didn't want to be called back to
get the cap, and splitting on his
hands. Then he put the first
digit of his right hand to the side
of his nose.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

coming. Thus Chase double-crossed Ira. A
ball player is trying to outguess the pitcher
from the time he leaves the bench until he
sits Town again. He doesn't terminate his
engagement at the plate. AS soon as a bats
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

two strikes and one ball on me In
a game in Cleveland. He walked
out of the box and part way to
the catcher to receive the ball.
Easterly, catching, signed for an
Offering that did not coincide
with "Cy's" idea Of the exigen-
cies Of the situation. The old
fellow shook his head twice,
which Immediately forced me
to conclude that 1t would be
neither a curve nor a fast one.
Oldring was on first base at the
time, and l guessed that ICY"
must want to waste one, think
ing he was going to try to steal.
When the ball came to me about
chin high, 1 at once concluded
that my diagnosis was the cor
rect one, and I let it go. But,
when about two feet in front of
me, it broke across my letters, a
beautiful strike. and l had not
even taken my bat Off my Shout
der. ICY" had dished up a spit
ter from somewhere in his as
-@r&~o~-k @-I 7 IiI-,& $780, $780,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

Working in combination to %outguess the bat
tiers, a catcher will often help a pitcher out
by talking necessarily, hoping in this way to
distract a hitter's attention from his business.
Street of the Washington club is one Of the
worst takers in the business, and is called in
some strata Of baseball "Gabby." From the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

verse English on it. It was a case of him out
guessing me. The veteran Cleveland pitcher
is as different from Walsh, in his style, as white
is from black. ICY" relies on a curve and a
fast ball, never using a splitter" Young had
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

casionally to great advantage, I have learned
since, catching a batter off his guard. But
he depends for the most part on a curve ana
a high, fast ball, relying on his wonderful con-
troll to put the ball where he wants 1t. That
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

"Toss one up here and hurry up about it.
I'm not particular"
He seldom lets the first one go past him.
He gets his poise, takes a couple OF snort
stems. wades into the ball, and bang!
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

eleventh., and it fell Off and smashed. Krause
pitched without confidence in his catcher's
Judgment to o%utguess the batters, and he lost.
The same thing was true of Ford in the
post-season series with the Giants. In the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

SoCNhO1. LII OA1y a low AA0CdASCo
does the pitcher give the signals.
So much faith have some pitchers
in certain catchers that they pitch
altogether a different brand Of base
ball to other men. This is particu-
larly true of Krause, the Philadelphia
left handler, who pitched such sensa-
tiotnal ball in the season Of 1909, and
of Ford, Of the New York American
league club, who was the thrill of
the league last season with his
double breaking spitball. Krause had
no confidence in any catcher except
Ira Thomas, and Ford could not work
tremendously without ED" Sweeney.
These catchers did all the thinking
for the two great twirlers, and their
work in the box was purely me-
chanical. -.s,l-..
Krause raneed ten straight vic
tories in a row before he fell, in
a ten-inning game with the st. Louis
team, then, as usual, in last place.
The secret is this. Thomas was catch
ing him for the ten he put on the shelf.
Lapp was behind the bat for the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

AASO ~ CAAA
his pitcher shoot over a fast
one. He tried this on me in
the first worlds series.
80 they say that you are
the best base runner In the
American leaCue," was his
opening linz. "Well, you are
rot ur against American
league catchers now, young
GtJw. Let's see you steal a
base If you get down."
l paid no attention to him,
although he evidently hoped
that I would turn around and
reply, SO that l would be
caught off my guard. And
not in conceit, but, as a his
torian, l relate the sequel. I
did get down to first base,
and by pretending 1 was 60
ing to steal, made him signal
to Overall to waste two balls.
Then, when he had to put a
strike over, I went down.
Sometimes a catcher will
everyday his part in this re-
spect, and a remark dropped
a batter the key to the sftl
en1h1a him RI o,,fr,1oco tho
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

early innings OF the hist game,
Sweeney had his hand split open
with one of Ford's eccentric spit
tiers. The Highlander was never
the same again. He did not pitch
the wonderful ball he is capable
of in that series. He had no con-
fidence in the numbering Mitchell
to handle his "spitters," to think
fast; in short, to outguess the bat
tiers.
Some catchers have a very busy
habit Of talking all the time to
annoy a batter in an effort to dis
tract his attention from his work.
John King, of the Chicago Cubs,
known in baseball as a bad man
with a batter, "chewed" incessant-
ly during the worlds series in
which we won the championship
from the Cubs. He seemed to
want to distract attention from
the pitcher. A favorite line Of
his was:
Now, let's try him On a fast
one"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

You can't get n by me, MS
manner appears to challenge. He
Is simply bullying with confidence
He is the one hitter and the only
successful one I ever saw who appa-
rently doesn't try to guess what the
pitcher is going to throw and really
doesn't care, Pitchers have never
been able to discover any groove"
that he is concealing. He simply
wades in and hits at any kind OF
a ball. He is one batter in a thou
sand.
Tyrus Cobb, the Detroit star, Is
the exactly opposite type of hitter.
He is thinking all the time he is
at the bat, figuring, planning, to out
guess the pitcher and the ielders, In
baseball parlance ito cross" his OPP
ponents, a legitimate procedure. II
he thinks that the third baseman
expects a bunt, he will hit it out
He never chases a bad ball, and he
makes a pitcher work to the last
notch. He worries many Of the
men in the box by his ~restlessness,
c,d hocouco ho Ia constantly guess
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13


he repeated the old sign very de-
liberately.
What" exclaimed Ira. you're
not giving me that sign. thinking
I'm not jerry to it,"
That's right, Ira." answered
Chase carelessly. Il had forgot
ten you knew, but it goes any
way"
: This conversation was carried
on while Plank was paving
around in the box and preparing
to pitch. AS the tall southpaw
wound up, Daniel started in from
third base. Plank delivered a
perfect strike, and Chase half
hunted and hals hit the ball, which
allowed Daniels to score. HAL"
had beaten Thomas at his own
game. He had given a sign that
Thomas knew, and which the lat
ter did not for a moment think
had been passed out seriously.
Therefore Ira did not signal for a
pitchout as he would have done
If he had guessed the play was
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

~reticent man, and his remark surprised me.
Walsh had refused to pitch until he had re
ceived a certain sign. This made me- think
that it was not going to be a splitter or a
fast one, evidently the first two signals given
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13


bind man in center field could get these signals"
All right, Eddie" he answered. That's what
they're for. It's a stall. We open a series in New
York Monday. and they may be tipping signals
there"
Instead of covering up his signs with his legs
as any good catcher will, when he crouches be.
hind the batter, Thomas was displaying his signals
SO that coachers at both first and third base could
see them. l learned in due time that the pitchers
were giving the real signs, and that Thomas had
devised this scheme to throw any observers with
spy glasses or other artificial aids off their guards.
i might add that, as a result, in the following series
four of the New York batters were hit with pitched
balls and badly hurt.
All this means that, every time a batter faces a
pitcher in a game of baseball in the big leagues,
there is a duel of wits. In fact, the batter is pitted
against both the pitcher and the catcher, as the
incident related above will show. The acuteness of
the duel depends on the amount Of wits enlisted on
each side. Some are not very keen.
But, although in the vernacular of baseball, 1t
Is called "outguessing the pitcher" it is really out,
iversally decide what kind of a diet shall be served
to the batter. Occasionally a pitcher disagrees and
shakes his head. Successful men behind the
bat in the big leagues have made a careful VIC
study of batters, their grooves" and man. wa
nerisms, and it is on this knowledge that a cit
pitcher depends. Therefore, in the majority of
OF cases, it is the batter outguessing the hit
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

--
There is a great diff
ference in pitchers. Some
are easy to outguess.
and others are as bad as Gs
a jig-saw puzzle, and I A
never worked out one &%xsA
Of those in my life. I %
know some men who
have mannerisms in the
box which betray defin-
itely the sort of a ball to be de-
livered. These little physical
eccentricities are true indices
and often cost men, who would
otherwise be successful pitch
ers, many games. It may be
the twist Of the wrist in throw
ing a curve ball, or some motion
of the foot peculiar to a spit
ter" that divulges the essential
Secret. This tell-tale sign Is
fatal to a pitcher, when players
get on to it, and it usually does
not take his opponents long to
discover and associate it, with a
certain kind of ball.
vy--1-- e. oD-ohi~n%3o - >..&
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

HAL DCCOUlGS d UdS0 Au414CA, AAS
object is advancement.
Every ball player knows ex-
actly how much of a lead he can
take off first base on a certain
pitcher and not get caught. There
are recognized standards in the
big leagues. For instance. I know
that I can go fifteen feet away
from the bag and get safely back
with doc" White of Chicago
pitching, but If 1 go a step over
ten feet on Walsh of the same
club I will probably get nipped.
I can't exactly explain what l
mean, but when I once get &C
customed to a pitchers delivery,
I know how far to venture.
In base running, I believe
that the secret OF
success is the start,
absolutely. Speed is
49, a great asset, but
M@M8M the start is every
~asla2a thing.
Outguessing tn 9
pitcher and catcher is
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

W ~ Liz SdA y luLcuO W WAISTS
a ball, I reasoned, because the man
is on third, and he doesn't think
he Is going to try to steal. Then
it struck me.
Can it be a curve?" I asked N.Y.
self surprised. But he never
throws one." l argued in my mind.
Then remembered the surprise
betrayed in Payne's "You don't
want this one" The remark, num-
bled In his mask, had supplied the
key. I took a chance. It was a
curve, and 1 called the turn. It
was the first and last one Walsh
ever threw Inc, and probably he
would have slipped it over, had it
not been for Payne's poorly sup
pressed surprise. That cost Walsh
the game. It must be remembered
by the reader that all this giving
Of signals and reasoning took place
in about a minutes time. A ball
player must think fast.
Old ICY" Young, one Of the
Solons of baseball, crossed me once
81 oJpooo+ %ho coro with va
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

UMORS had been circulated by tno
underground" routes of baseball
during the season o. 1909 that sig
nails were being tipped of In New
York and Detroit. About this time,
I noticed Ira Thomas ana ~'Eddie"
Plank working together in a game
against the substitutes one day in
morning practice. Thomas's signals
were so ridiculously plain that I
yelled to him from my position at
second base.
FOR heavens sake, Ira," I called,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-13

into the nostrils Of their captives, and
so led them about.
He had been sailing down tho
Niagara rapids ~carelessly, and now he
feels the tossing of the waves, the
current swiftly flowing by the rocks,
he see spray owe the cataract, and
hears its roar Why? In order that
he may stop ere 1t is too late. The
bitter fruits Of his wrong doing
wrought the desired effect. The prod
iga1 came to himself. He besought
the Lord, Jehovah, not the heatheni
gods he had been w~orshiping. who
failed him in his trouble.
God showed Manasseh clearly that
he forgave him, by the fact that hs
brought him again to Jerusalem
God forgave him. God loves to for
give. He does not love to punish. Az
he tells us through Ezekiel: 'Have =
any pleasure at all that the wicked
should die? saith the Lord G0d: and
not that he should return from his
ways, and live? Repent, and turn
yourselves from all your transgres-
sions; SO iniquity shall not be your
ruin. Make you q e heart and . new
spirit; for why win ye diet"
Young man, young woman, look at
the picture Of this kings life; listen
to the bell that tolls from the rocks
on which he was wrecked, and take
warning.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-14

Advertising rates on application,
The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-14

One hundred and thirty four years ago today Congress authorized a flag to be made which would repre-, s,n' he thirteen colonies which we're fighting for their liberty against ihc tyranny and misrule of the Brit l.b monarch George III.
 Up to that me there had been no national emblem. but each colony had it's particular banner, such as Cbe Pine Tree Flag. the Liberty Flag and in the south Che rattle suale flag with the motto Don't gresd On Me emblazoueJ on tJ in bold letters. but at that time. a banner Was demanded. by che Unit ei States who had declared their u- dependence of Che mother country. nearly year before and the first :las of tbe combination of stars and sr.ipes. as authorized by Congress was made by Belsey Ross. at her home at -gg Arch street under Che ureet supervision of General George Washington.
 Ib, stripes were copied after the uoIaDJ ensign. the co,ors were from Gus and and scotland. the idea oJ s,ars. however. was original wib America The Gag vas originally composed of thirteen stars and thirteen stripes. and later was rais- yJ to fifteen og each. with the ad- mission oG Vermont and Keuueky, but in ISIS it was decided that the sL.res should be thirteen in mum Ter. representing the thirteen o,igiuaI States, while star should b. added for each state admitted
 As Che flag is the most siguiu- cant factor in our national life. Congress has recommended that its natal day be observed by its dis pisy in every public place possible,  tba, all that it represents may be properly incaloated into the minds of tbe rising generation, and be reyer- ed by those who have learned its true meaning and significance
 As a teacher of patriotism and an Inspiration % noble deeds "Oh G4ory has no equal. and
 Long may 1t wave,
 Ger the land of the free
 And the home of the brave"
The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-14

Copy for change of advertisement must be iR by l o'clock p, n, to in nara insertion same day.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-14

vh.Ch the federal government al- ready exercises in dealing with in- ters,ate railroads. for instance, the people will be very likely to fall
 p;o line and tell the lawmakers to go ahead wi4 such legislation as may be necessary to give effect to this program.
 It is not the work of day or a year of course. but such alternation c, the relations of the national gov emment with the great industrial and commercial organizations n the United States which dominate many important kinds of interstate troffic is nearer, in seeming and in .act than it ever was before. Big business" is net unanimous in sup porting Judge Gay's position but tae stand he las taken would have De,n impossible, not many years ego. It shows how the industrial and world is moving and how rubBc sentiment is changtng-Ex.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-14
snhsrl1tioR Ratas:

Subscription Rates:
 Ono month by mRu O. ... .75 oUs month hy carrier e. Q. LOO TsTaa months by maT .. O.. e. ..225 Slx months by mAn .. e. ..45O oaa yoar by mAn e. Q. 300