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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16

somewhere near even terms, to the
finish OF the season.
Whether or not the Tigers viii tie
able TO stem the tide before the re-
turn OF Gainor TO the game. remains
to be seen. The next two weeks will
about tell the tale
Stanage is already back In harness
and will undoubtedly resume where
he left on, very shortly. His rNturn
will do lot for the Tigers, though
IL may take several days Tor lin 10
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
harmon Enters Balloon Race.

NEW YORK. June l6.-Clifford b.
armon has entered in the national bal
loon race which starts from Kansas
City July 10. This makes six entries.
From this number the best two will
be selected 10 represent America IN
the Coupe Internationale which starts
from Kansas City October 8.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16

There has been considerable talk
in fan circles regarding a possible
deal for some seasoned infieider. IL
is known that Zeider OF the White
Sox and Wagner of Boston. are on
the market President Nayin has
endeavored to talk business with both
clubs, regarding these men. or the
pair. Zeider looks as II he would At
in better with the Tiger offensc and
defense, as he is second.bascman OF
real ability. Neither Chicago nor
Boston will deal with Detroit, how
ever.
Things have come to such pass
in the American league that lao weak
club will allow one of its men 10 pass
to a stronger one, in any case where
it looks as IL the deal might possibly
benefit a pennant contender. In all
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
PROPOSALS FOR HOSE.

Sealed proposals will be received NJ
the office OF the Fire Commission.
p. m. Friday, June 1e, 1911, for for
nishing the Detroit Fire Department
with 1000 feet OF four-piy, three-inch
hose. The right to reject any and ali
be endorsed Proposal for Hose" and
will be delivered in triplicats to
@. W. SToCKwELL.
t30 Secretary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
CrIaer Canned Again.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. June 16.-vet-
Gran Lou Criger, who caught when
Cy. Young was the reigning pitcher. is
probably through with baseball for all
time. He has been given his uncondi-
tional release by the Milwaukee Amer
lean association team.
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papke.s proteoe 10 Fioht.

CHICAGO. June l6.-Eddie McGoor-
~. whom Billy Papke has picked as
the coming middleweight champion.
has been matched TO fight Phil.
Schlossberg, the navy heavyweight.
who is doing recruit duty in Chicago,
The men will fight in East Chicago,
Ind. on June 20. They agree to
weigh In at 1853 at 3 o'clock.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
THE TIMES SPORT PAGE
j. Jackson, Nap Batting Sensation,
Finds Strength In His Weakness

Joe Jackson, the Cleveland out
fielder, is the batting freak OF the
American league. The ex-Southern
league star is freak because he
PUBLISHERS away from the plate
on every ball pitched TO him.
With every Other player this IL a
weakness. But IL is one OF Joe's as
sets. Jackson pulls away farther
than any other good batter in the
business. He shifts his right foot as
the ball comes 10 him. and his body
when he swings. Is from two To three
feet farther from the plate than
when he takes his position.
Jackson pulls two feet on balls
over the outside corner aid three
feet for a ball across the inside.
When a minor league graduate pulls
he Is taught 10 stand up or ~ walk
into the ball But no one is trying
to show Jackson anything about this
hitting. He knows more than would
be instructors.
George Mullin, Detroit pitcher,
hearing that jackson pulled, predict
ed he would not hit $50 In the Am
erican league. Just send the first
one at his head, then three over the
outside corner and he will sit down.
Jackson isn't real hitter, he is bat
shy" said Mullin.
Mullin tried his theory. Tint at
ternoon Joe annexed two-hag ger
and one for three bases and Lcat De-
troit
Up TO Date Jackson's average
against Mullin is .4S6. His weak
ness" must be undermining his con-
stitHtieR.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
Burns "pIscovered' Again.

CHICAGO, June 16.-So successful
was Bill" Burns OF the. Phillies.
against the Cubs yesterday, that Man
ager Doom will use him again Sun
day. Burns. discarded by the White
Sox and Reds. is said to have devel-
oped "fadeaway" that is as good as
Mathewson's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
'Batted for Casey In eighth.
NEW YORK

Two-base hits-Hartzell, Cree. Chase
q Fisher, Cobb. Struck out-By Fisher
5. by Mullin Q First base on balls-On
Fisher 2 OF Mullin 2. Double plays
Schaller Bush and OLeary; Knight and
Chase. First base on errors-Detroit I.
New York l. Left on bases-Detroit 5,
New York 10 Wild pitch--Mullin. Time
lao Umpires-OLoughli and Con-
molly
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
Western A. A. U. Championships.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. June 15.-The
track team OF the Missouri Athletic
club will go to Kansas City tomorrow
TO compete in the western A. A. U.
track and field championships Satur.
day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
'RIENDLY =INFL UENCES OF HOME
- MAY GET TIGERS SETTLED AGAIN

probability. Navin would stand ready
to give much more for either OF
these men than any other cIuD presl'
dent in the league. But his oNe-tures
have met with cool responses.
The Detroit club will have 20 de-
velop Its own infield from It's new ma
terial. There is no chance OF getting
bit of help from any OF the otter
clubs in the league.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
Pal. Moore Meets Davis.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June 16.-Pal
Moore. the Philadelphia phenom. will
meet worthy foe In Kid Davis. OF
Milwaukee, who was today matched
TO fight Moore ten rounds in Boston
on June 90
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
CUTS HOMELAND TO RIBBONS.
Harry Forbes Makes chopplng BLOCK
OF italian for Eight Rounds.

EVANSVILLE, Wis. June l6.--That
Harry Forbes, the Come back" ban
tamweight champion. deserves fight
with Johnny Coulon for the title. Is
the opinion today OF every fan who
saw him cut Joe Homeland. the St.
Louis crack. into ribbons in an eight
round fight here last night Forbes
speed and ring generalship was mar
velous.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
AAIioN.yL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
New York 2. 81. Louis o.
Boston s, Pittsburg 7.
Brooklyn i, Cincinnati o.
Phillies /. Chicago o.
Today's Games.
Boston at Pittsburg,. -.
Phillies at Chicago. 1890,
Brooklyn at Cincinnati
New York at st. Louis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
CANUCK COP NO MATCH
FOR AMERICAN UMPIRE

Those Canadians hare queer
notions. At Victoria in a recent
game, the chief OF police walk
ed out on the diamond and at
tempted TO tell the umpire his
decisions were bad. The UNI
pire. being an American. order
ed him of the field quick. Such
blawsted disrespect for the
kings authority was beastiy
form, don't We think?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
us.:yhres League Races at Glance

Yesterdays Results.
Adrian 4. Bay City 1.
Lansing 6. Battle Creek /.
Saginaw Z. Jackson s.
Flint 2. Kalamazoo 1.
Today's Games.
Kalamazoo at Flint.
Adrian at Bay City.
Lansing at Battle Creek
Saginaw at Jackson.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16
OVER 60 YACHTS ENTERED.

Annual Cruise OF Columbia Yacht CIub
TO Michigan City Is on.
CHICAGO, June 16.--Prompty at
$3.50 O'Clock tomorrow morning, the
gsn will start the twentieth annual
revival OF the Michigan City cruising
race under the auspices OF the Column
bia Yacht club. Sixty-four yachts OF
tered and II is expected there will be
few Withdrawals.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16

Kid Elberfeld is the one player
who never pulls. Lajoie pulls a lit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16

tie. when the ball Is In close. but nsu.
ally he steps into the ball Jackson
Is the only left-hander in the big
leagues who hits almost az many
balls into left field as he does to
right He classes with Lajoie la his
ability to hit freely. Joe pulls from
the plate and hits ball over the cut
side corner TO right and left Held
something that must be seen 70 be
believed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16

regain the proficiency lost during his
weeks layoff
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16

Up TO Date Jackson's average
against Mullin is .4S6 His weak
ness" must be undermining his cen
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-16

A tremendous variety-includin
narrow shouldered English enc c
gray fabrics; all exper n
rivalled values at these two prI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

ago last Monday evening. Before getting
hurled into the taxi to be brought to
this house. my friend had stopped to
send a wire to his northwestern post,
making some inquiry or other about some
affair of his out there. The wire was adj
dressed to his commanding officer which,
of course. gave the "old man. a nice
little line as to where this particular first
lieutenant on furlough happened to be.
That dinner was as huge a. success as
any dinner could be when the diners in
sist upon partaking OF cold vituals The
food was served hot. Of course, but we
had too much to talk about to eat It
while 1t was hot: we permitted it to CO.
things while we exuded that rataplan of
which men rap out when they haven't
met up with each other in q long bunch
OF years.
The tobacco that was consumed after
the dinner. the musketry-fire Of reminis-
cence always In progress. was something
enormous in the aggregate. The family
gave 1t UP at midnight; she liked the
talk. We presume. but the desire for
sleep predOminated. At 3 o'clock in the
morning, although we hadn't even
scratched the surface OF accumulated
memories which we simply had to ease
to each other, we decided to declare a
truce or suspension or something for
that session: showed him the various
beds that were at his disposal He chose
the hardest one. with the instinct Of q
man used to roughing it for long years
before he ever wore epaulets, and turned
in. ! stood at the door Of his room
and leveled conversation at him for half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

You should try for quality and not guam
tity.! Don't try to grow million beetS,
but one beet. just one beet. but such Il
beet Don't try to initiate a western corn
field; grow but one stalk of corn, but such
a stalk.''
IT see." I cried, enthusiastically; lust
one bean, but the queen of beans. 1t is a
great idea, Mfillington. I will grow but
one cabbage, but monster cabbage; one
head of lettuce, but giant head: one
radish. one
That's it, exclaimed NIilington, more
ana more pleased with his idea. "One
potato, one squash, one
THAT will do, Millington.'' said. II
shall have a selective gardenl Each vege
table shall be my personal friend. shall
study it and lavish my love upon it, No
reckless slamfning OF the hoe Each
stroke shall .be a love pat, carefully
thought out And no man shall touch
that garden but myself"
Millington was pleased that I took to
his idea so quickly. and Mary-she IS my
wife-said she thought the fewer vege-
tables / grew the better, but she reminded
We how Il always blistered my hands.
She strongly advised me to hire an as
sistant selective gardener to do the rough
work.
Very WELL" said. "As must go to
town daily to attend to my business, it
will be well to have an assistant. for my
vegetables must be watched with loving
eyes, as a child is watched and guarded.
But my assistant must be a man of low
ing. faithful, gentle character and ODE
dent.
When I had hunted Moses out of the
rank bulrushes of colored Westcote and
had hired him I explained my selective
garden to him. The idea was so new and
great that he could hardly believe my
words.
''Yassah." he said. '.Ah unnerstan'
'zactly whit yo' mean. Dat all plain
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zen" by ELLIS PARKER BUTLER

yelled. "Ah cotch Mister Bug in de yact.
All suspicion dat bug gwine attack dat
burdock weed some day, cause he amt
got muffin else to eat. But All amt
gwine let no bug eat my burdock lake he
eat dem little, young vegetables
He scrambled to his feet and looked at
the bug in his hand
Oats de same bug! OATS de identical
same bug." he said. triumphantly. "Ah
knowed ah gwine cotch dat bug some
day!"
But felt less triumphant Mr.. Milling
ton tried to cheer me UP. He leaned on
the fence and told me that If weather con-
ditions continued favorable 1 would I'M
doubtedly have one of the finest burdock
weeds In America. He said he had
watched Moses. and he knew how faith
fully Moses cultivated that burdock.
There is nothing like growing the sort
of plant your gardener is interested in"
said Millington, "and 1T is mighty lucky
burdock happened to sprout in your
: garden Any man can grow plain vege-
. tables. Common. uneducated truck farm
ers grow loads and loads OF them-acres
OF them-but gentleman gardener ought
to- grow something that every one else
does not grow-and every one does not
grow bhrdpck weeds. never heard of a
truck farmer growing burdock weeds
Why, you are probably the only man in
America making a specially of burdock
weeds"
l tried to be enthusiastic. but couldn't
But the next evening Mllington was more
enthusiastic than ever he brought Far
ley over to see the burdock weed
The reason you are not enthusiastic"
said Millingtonr to- me. lis because you
don't know how wonderful .burdock
weed is. A burdock weed is mighty
important vegetable growth. L looked it
up in the dictionary last night. Do you
know what family the burdock belongs
to-"
1T belongs to the weed family said
scornfulIy.
1t belongs to the compositae family"
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enough. But does yo' say yo' gwine hire
me JUS to grow one bean"
Just one beam" repeated. zone bean,
one cabbage. one tomato. and 50 on"
Oats Certainly plain enough, he said.
"Ah unnerstan' dat. Mos anybody un-
nerstan' dat. yo' put it so plain. But All
JUS want to ask yo'-is yo' gwine grow
JUS one beam?
"Just one beam" L repeated. "one
bean. one cabbage: one -.
'.Yassah.' he said. 'Ah unnerstAn dat.
De way yo' say dat mos any ignorant
pusson could unnerstan' it.. All All asks
is, am yo' gwine hire me an pay me
wages to grow JUS one BEAM"
"Yassah! OATS pufflckly plain Ah un-
nerstan'- all dat now" said Moses, but.
boss, yo' don't mind putin dat down in
wrftin' does YOU, bout dat one bean?
All JUS lax to have dat in writin' so as
ah kin study over It when Abs alone"
* X
I knew from this that Moses was Just
the careful. conscientious assistant
needed, and was as careful in select
ing my seeds. When I saw a huge toma-
to glowing on a, catalogue page did not
buy seed hastily. I compared the size
Of that tomato with all the other tomato
pictures In all the catalogues, and then
bought the seed Of the largest or all:
When the seeds all arrived Mary and.
and Moses spent some pleasant evenings
together sorting out the very largest seed
Of each vegetable. Thus we secured the
one largest seed Of the largest vege-
tables shown in all the catalogues ..
method of gardening, for there are many
methods. For years / had been gather
ing clippings regarding gardening and
pasting them on reference cards. Many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

Japan. The dictionary says so: doesn'S
it. Farley"
TT does THAT cried Farley. 81 call YOU
lucky man. Here you have right in
your own garden one OF the finest speci.
mems OF an exotic Japanese vegetable
that the world ever saw. Why all You
need to do is to hire Japanese cook who
knows how to cook burdock weeds and
YOU can have boiled burdock right out Of
your own garden. whenever YOU want it
And burdock is a mighty wholesome veg.
etable. isn't II. Millington?"
Wholesome exclaimed Nillington.
wholesome, Why. it is used as a dias
phoretic and diuretic. And as "A remedy
for rheumatism or catarTh in your FAM
lily, you can come out into Your burdock
garden and eat burdock of YOUR own bur-
dock plant. You have drug store grove
ing right here in your own back yard
that is what YOU have
And look at the size of IT, exclaimed
Farley Why, il YOU cultivate that bur-
dock properly you viii have a hurdock as
large as an oak tree Think Of that, You
can have boiled hurdock and fried bur-
dock and stewed burdock. and
And thousands and thousands Of leaves
for diuretic and diaphoretic use" exc
claimed Millington. You can sell bur-
dock. You can hottie IL, or dry IL. ar
make pills of il. or whatever they do with
burdock and sell it,
'Miliington.' said. coldly. ANY time
YOU get the rheumatism, or the catarrh.
you may come right over into my garden
and chew few burdock leaves. No
charge at all
Thank YOU" said Millington, hesitat-
ingly.
Here" I said, you look catarrhal
right now. Pitch right in and chew .
couple of leaves. I insist"
But Millington seemed hurt by this sug-
gestion. He said he wanted to go into
his house and see if il were really ca.
tarrh the dictionary had mentioned.
Farley" I said, I'm going 10 pick a
nice mess of burdock right now. A big
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Scientific Management.

@ ENATOR ALDRICH was talking
- about scientific management
the new magic that Is supposed to
double the output Of the bricklayer.
the shoveler, the hodcarrier and SO
forth.
1.-The bricklayer's motions" he said.
ARE reduced from eighteen to five in
the laying of each brick by scientific
management, and the man can now
lay $50 bricks an hour. whereas in Eng
land they only lay 375 bricks a day.
Wonderful!
It's as wonderful, in fact. as the
Shakespeare story. A Lenten lecturer.
you know. happened to say that
Shakespeare died on the day of his
birth. This caused an auditor to ex-
claim:
shakespeare must have under
stood scientific management. then! A
genius that could turn out Othello and
Hamlet and all the rest of it in an
ephemeral twenty-four hours certainly
must have had scientific management
down pat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

such like. My buddy of the flown time
had been an eater of such nobility that
Wisconsin lumberjack would have seemed
like a mere pickpicker by comparison
with him. 1 had the drays back up with
food, and then more food. l replenished
the tobacco menage; replenished other
features of the menage. and then went
down to the train to get this person.
He was bigger and finer than ever. My
hand aches yet with the crushing he
gave it. He was western to the core OF
him, of the species giganteus in body
and heart and mind; but sobered by the
years. quiet. self-contained. finished;
cosmopolitan: gray as a badger; with q
touch Of pity in his tone for every man.
ner Of human failing.
I hurled him into a taxi and brought
him home in triumph, keen and proud
to show him off to my family. 1t seemed
good to think that this unforgetting old
swaddie had made a trip of good deal
more than a thousand miles. getting
two-week furlough for the purpose. just
for the purpose Of mingling up with
a matey of so many years before.
This, you are remembering. was week
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his post in the northwest and look him
over. / countered with command that
he get furlough and hike to this sea-
board for the express purpose Of looking
me over. Thus came deadlock. Neither
Of us had the time for such traipseing
around; We were mighty keen to see
each other, for we had about two mil
lion things to talk about: what had be-
come of this or that Teller. service talk.
newspaper gossip; a whole passed. of &C
cumulated stuff such as two former bud
dies are liable to store up in their sys-
TENS in the course of fifteen years or SO.
But as to meeting up with each other.
somehow we couldn't make it. We were
too far away from each other.
We were too busy trying to get by at our
respective trades. But always / caught
myself looking forward to the time when
1 should grasp the mitt of this fine duck
of the gone time. and. with tobacco and
myriads of notes and tot over the long
list Of happenings to each other and the
rest of the. fellers through all of the
pyramiding years.
am discursive this way as to the pre-
liminary part Of 1t for the purpose of in
dicating Just how glad I was when this
telephone talk from Washington eased
along to me here. There are some folks
You are willing to see, others that you
would like to see. and still others that
you simply can't rest unit you do see
This man belonged to the latter class 30
/ got busy with larder instructions and
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Ultra FiIiaI.

HWU rING-FANG and the leading
mandarins OF China have cut OF
their queues. China is becoming yerv
modern, but hope. as she drops her
old customs, she won't drop that splen-
did, old custom OF reverencing. ones
parents"
The speaker was an ex-consul In
China. Martin c.. Dalton of Dubuous.
He resumed:
The Chinese reverence for their par
ents is SO sublime as to be almost ludi-
crouS A Chinaman. no matter what
his age or rank may be, yields abso,-
lutte submission to his father and
mother. Indeed. It Is declared that a
mandarin at state dinner party once
said, with tears In his eyes:
My poor, dear mother didn't thrash
me half so soundly today as usual. Her
strength. it is plain, Is declining fast.
and ] greatly fear that I shall soon
lose her,"
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seed Catalogues, / have grown rows and
rows of all kinds OF vegetables. only to
reap a harvest OF tough, durable weeds.
My peighbor, Millington is his name. to
whom / expressed final and deep dis
gust of gardens and a resolution never
to garden again; has no garden of his
own, but he told me frankly that the
whole trouble with mine was that 1 tried
to do too much.
Specialization IS the word of the day"
he said firmly 1.-The way to succeed is
to do but one thing, and do that we'll
Don't try to grow all the vegetables
known to man! Grow one kind only.
Cabbages, for instance"
'Nnlnngton." I said, specialization for
business. but variety for pleasure. A
garden OF cabbages only would give me
no pleasure at all
Every well. then" said Milington,
promptly, 'if you will not specialize you
must select. You try to do too much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

COL EDWARD II. r.. GREEN son of
- Mrs. Hetty Green. said. I'm an inter-
view at the Waldorf Astoria. that,
while the begging letter writer and
gold mine agent did not really bother
him much, these men were neverthe-
less very persistent-as persistent, In
fact, as the screw driver salesman.
Col Green smiled.
That salesman" he said, entered
the office of one of my friends in Chi
cago and announced that he had a very
fine screwdriver for sale
I've no use for a screwdriver,' said
my friend.
Not now. perhaps said the sales
man. but how about your skates next
winter? You forget that they must be
screwed to your shoes
No screws needed for my skates
l strap them on replied my friend
With housekeeping at hand wonc
your wife have some little odd jobs for
you to do? Odd jobs around a house
almost always call for a screwdriver'
We live in hotel
j forgot to tell you that this screws
driver acts also as corkscrew'
II don't drink
IT may be used as comb, Gig.
arctic holder and a watch charm
L have plenty of such things
1t has an eraser, an inkstand an
atlas. clothes brush and face
massage attachment
~ don't want it,
The salesman. his patience forsak.
ing him at last. put the screwdriyer
back in its case
~ know you don't want it, he said.
with sheer. You're one of those
men who wouldn't buy a screwdriyer
unless 1T had phonograph, a fyinr
machine and steam yacht attached.
He dashed out, slamming the door
oenind him my friend gave a. sigh Of
i,sr Sut the next moment he stuck
his head in at the door again and
snapped: ~'u
say; you're the kind of man that
would live near an arc light to save =