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The evening times., 1911-08-01
TYRUS COBB Is NOT
A SELFISH PLAYER

~ Cobb il not selfish lad. That
Is surety. He invented the fall
away slide, but he has never hogged
It. Ty has always been willing to
show q brother player how to hook
the bag In that banfling manner. The
lstest chap to accept his tutelage 10
Joe Jackson. And the latter, BY the
way, seems the most dangerous rival
who has yet appeared for the I'm
mortal Tyrus. Joe watched " MAX
Ing his famous slide. and he asked
the fellow-southerner, to wise him to
the method Of fooling the sackers.:
Cobb illustrated the slide. and then
watched Joe while the latter attempt
ed It, and corrected the faults until
Josephus hes the slide down to psr-
fection. 81 (
The evening times., 1911-08-01
FRANK CHANCE WAS
NOT MUCH SURPRISED

Chicago. Aug. Manager Frank
Chance of the Cubs says he was not
surprised to hear OF Dooin's injury.
Chance contends that the Philly
leader is lucky that it did not happen
long ago when one considers how
Doom blocks the, plate. Joe Tinker
and several iother Chicago, players
expressed the same opinion. but were
esr1ed at the same ! time very sorry it oc-
81 knew it was coming" said
Chance. II have warned Charley
time and again not to block the
plate the way he does, but he would
not heed the advice. -"
you say he was not blocking the
plate" continued Chance, addressing
several Philly players. well, If he
wasn't, it is the first time I ever
heard Of runner having a clear
track when Doom was catching.
Charley is wonderful catcher. and
knows more about blocking a run
ner than any maL who ever played
baseball. :,
If the play is any way close at the
plate 1t Is safe bet that the runner
Is out, because he has no chance of
reaching the rubber. He is as game
a. any man who ever donned a uni.
form. and I am certainly sorry he
was injured, but was not surprised
bit.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
THOMPSON PROVED TO
BE GENTLE BREEZE

Cyclone Johnny Thompson. who
stacked against Willie Lewis in New
York. proved to be a gentle breeze
instead of terrible tornado. He
couldn't hit, he couldn't box, he hug
ged, wrestled, wrestled, Rugged, hug
ged, wrestled all through the bout.
Only that a streak Of the Chinese
standard seemed to be up Lewis
spine the latter would have polished
of this bluff contender for the mid
dleweight title. 1t was Thompson's s
first battle since he arrived here
from Australia, and he was as dis
appointing as g bobtail flush. He
proved he hasn't the goods, and will
never stack up as anything like q
legitimate contender for the title.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
until this season. ...Alex" says he
never intended to take up baseball

until this season. ..Alex' says hs
never intended to take up baseball
as q gmeans Of: earning q livelihood,
even when he went to Syracuse. last
summer. He never really intended
to- even report TO- the Phillies this
season. Here 10 the reason he re-
ported, as "Alex" explains It: t'It is
no cinch for a fellow to work and
work on farm from 6 to 6, and then
have to work night along with 1t dur
ing harvest time. I got good and
tired Of 1t, although I really love
work. But It gets tiresome when
one has no recreation. Sometimes I
had to pitch hay with the thermome-
ter over 100 in the shade, 80 I decid-
ed to take q rest for one summer.
Dad agreed. and started as q ball
player. having had a little experience
as an Independent player; I did not
intend to ever come east again when
! went home, but just could not
stay away" .
The evening times., 1911-08-01
BILLY PAPKE THINKS
ENGLISH BABIES

Unlike Jack Johnson, Billy Papke,
the American middleweight cham
pion, believes English sportsmen are
about the worst people on earth to
get along with, and when any one
mentions Europe to him he has the
never again" sign busy.
They are the greatest nation Of
squealers and cry babes l ever saw"
says Papke. Those Englishmen
have only curdled milk where they
should have red blood" When shown
Johnson's statement of how much he
liked the English treatment, Papke
remarked that Johnson hasn't beaten
one of the native sons yet, and until
that time he will be popular.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
POMEROY-PERRY
BANK POOL MATCH

Eddie Pomeroy fell before the clev-
er cue work and keen sight Of w. F.
Perry in one of the best matches Of
bank pool ever played on the Coun-
Gil tables on Monday night. Pomer-
oy and Perry are old rivals at the
bank pool game and the match was
played to decide the championship be-
tween the two.
Pomeroy pulled of some good
shots, but Perry had it on him on
long distance banks. Spectators, of
the match state. that Perry cleaned
the board three different times. Sew
enty-five points were played for snd
the final score stood 81 to 81. .
The evening times., 1911-08-01
ANCIENT YARN IS
DISPUTED THIS YEAR

That ancient yarn about twirlers
not being able to- hit SENS to have
been strongly disputed this year by
the pitchers of both leagues. In If
teen games Cy Ferry of the Pitts
burg team has whaled the ball for
800, and Suggs and Humphries are
right up with the stickers. The for
mer hits for 1925, while .2s4 is the
mark that the forI4er Phillie mound
man has reached. In the American
league Edgar Willett, Of Detroit, is
slamming the pill for 1878, while his
teammate, George Mullen, is shifting
for 1858, and Lange, with 1913, is the
third. pitcher in the standing.
The evening times., 1911-08-01

Johnny Ward in Interview De.
clares Old Timers Had Too
Many Handicaps

New York, Aug. There are not
many men better qualified to talk Of
baseball than Johnny Ward, in his
day the premier shortstop Of the
country. In an interview the other
day Ward declared his belief that
the pitchers Of today are no better
than those of his day. John Clarkson,
Nichols Of Boston, Tim Keefe, Big
Jim Mccormick. Jouett Meekin and
Amos Russie, who both twirled for
the Giants when they won the world g
championship back in 1894, were as
marvellous pitchers as ever lived,
says Ward.
And he has his reason. He says:
"The pitchers in baseball today
have several advantages over the
men who twirled in the old days.
When fouls didn't count at all, It
was tough on the pitchers because
the batsmen could stand and pound
away until the man in the box be-
came exhausted. But today, with the
first two fouls counting as strikes,
it's the batsmen who get the rough
end Of it.
81 remember many occasions when
the man at bat has fouled fve or six
times-in the old days-and I've seen
tired pitchers grit their teeth and
keep on putting 'em over. Today,
when batter has two strikes mark
ed up against him on fouls, he be-
comes over-anxious to connect with
the ball in order to keep from being
struck out, There's nothing in the
world ball player .dislikes as much
as to be put out without having q
chance to swing on the ball, and the
pitcher takes advantage Of the fact
by putting the ball either around the
players neck or Just outside the cor
ner Of the plate.
Another advantage the pitchers
now have is being mounted up In the
air on mound. They throw from an
elevation, and the ball shoots down
ward as 1t approaches the batter"
Ward says Buck. Ewing, the famous
old catcher, was the first man to use
big catcher's glove, way back in
1883. Before that time .catchers wore
;sma u gloves, and the fielders none at
all. .3.
There's two things I'm going to
say before you co." remarked Ward.
First, it is very noticeable to me
when see a game In which either
McGraw's or Hughey jennings team
is engaged. that both these managers
are trying to teach these youngsters
some Of the tricks they learned years
ago. McGraw and Jennings are mas
ters Of the game. The other thing is
this: Mike Kelly was the greatest
bail player. who ever engaged In the
profession, and Buck Ewing was the
greatest catcher have ever seen."
The evening times., 1911-08-01

Walsh pulled of beauty on Sandy"
before the team left Philly. Walsh
told Pruitt that as the lad was not
to be taken on the trip, the club
would have to care for and protect
him. Walsh explsined that he had
license bureau and that it would be
absolutely necessary for him to pur-
chase a; license to pitch before the
rest of the team left. Walsh collect
ed IS, the license fee, from Pruitt,
but the latter is still looking for the
license.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
ADDIE JOSS FUND
NETTED $12,914.20

Mrs. Addie Joss will receive nearly
$4,000 as result Of the Joss benefit
game played at League park, Cleve-
land, July "a.
Benefit baseball games there have
been in abundance in the past, but
never one which approached the Joss
benefit game in amount Of money Sc
cured, in quality Of attraction and
in attendance.
The total attendance was 1922.
The total paid admissions brought
$11 ,226.25. The surplus cash secured
from subscriptions was $1,635. The
amount turned into the fund from the
sale Of baseball magazines was $55.-
IS. The total amount registered in
the fund is $12,914.60.
There were no expenses Those
who took upon themselves the work
Of arranging the contest and looking
after 1t contributed their services.
The players and park employees glad
ly contributed their services.
Some parties from whom contribu-
tions were confidently expected have
not been heard from. It is expected
that the fund will be increased by at
least two hundred dollars within the
next few days.
The players Of Connie Mack's team
mailed check for 5000. Connie Mack
added $25. John I. Taylor, owner Of
the Boston club. and Frank Navin,
owner of the Detroit club, were tnsthe
late squad which i sent checks III
500 yesterday. r. L. Hedges, Of the
st. Louis club, contributed $50. while
the Dayton club contributed SO.
Following is the official report of
E. 8. Barnard, treasurer Of the JOSS
day committee:
256 first tier boxes at $1.25.$ $4,000
296 second tier boxes at 81 $4,000
1928 reserves at $1........ 7,293.O0
$3.50 pavillions at 50c. $500. $4,000
1903 bleachers at 25c. 800. 400.75
Total ..................$ .$11, ,225.75
Surplus cash from subscrip-
tions 1,633.00
Sale of baseball magazines. 55.35
r,,~d fatal or0 01I IN
The evening times., 1911-08-01
SANDY PRUITT FELL
FOR WALSH'S GAG

Sandy" Pruitt, the big college boy
picked up by the Phillies, is about
the rawest youngster in baseball and
is the butt for many = joke. "Runt"
The evening times., 1911-08-01
BATTING IS VASTLY
SUPERIOR THIS YEAR

1s the pitching In the American as
sociation this year away below par,
or Is the batting away above par?
Or is it just the lively ball?
One thing Is quite clear-the bat
ting Is vastly heavier : this season
than it was in 1910.
II you do not believe it take peek
at those H0uroo.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
= $50 s.Fs* %s&As
: AMERICAN LEAGUE +"
t*4* *::* = = = = . = =
staadine Of tn. Clubs.
Tigers Held the Place.

Philadelphia, Aug. detroit and
Philadelphia met Monday afternoon
in q game in which first place in the
American league race was at stake
and the former won in ten innings.
Batting rallies in the eighth and
ninth innings won the game for De-
troit. For six innings Krause Of
Philadelphia and Mullin Of Detroit
had great pitching duel and then
the former weakened. In the ninth
the first two batsmen were easy outs.
Stanage the third batsman, doubled
over Lords head and Jones who ran
for him scored when Mullin singled.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
r. H. e.

II robber can't select any larser
game than . country town postofiice,
he could make money easter BY going
TO WORK.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
High Priced Pitchers Used.

Chicago, Aug. Pitcher Brown of
Chicago. won the final game of the
series from Philadelphia Monday in a
brilliant game with Alexander as his
opponent. Brown was SO good that
only four hits were made off his de-
livery and not Philadelphia reach
ed the initial base after the third in
ming, tho side being retired in one.
two. three order.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
McGlynn Was Invincible

Milwaukee. Aug. 1.-McGlynn was
invincible' out Of one inning and tho
home team won the game from In
dianapolis. Webb started for the Wis.,
itors, but was easy and was taker
out In the fifth. Two catches Of ter
rible line drives by Getz featured.
2i r. H. E.
milwaukee, ............ 6 IL 3
indianapolis ................. S L
4 Batteries: Milwaukee. McGlyrn
and Marshall; Indianapolis. Webb,
Kimball and Mccarthy.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
- *3%* = : $3.50
= ~ AMERICAN ASSN =
SIS SIS + :: i = i. = =
Standing Of the Clubs.
Mudhens Flew Ahead.

Kansas City, Aug. IA base ON
balls and two errors and double
steal by Butler and Miles, scoring the
former, allowed to score two runs in
the fifth. inning here Monday after
Hickman had made circuit on a
homerun back Of the score board.
Kansas City was never able to catch
up and lost.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
; = = *ss@~ - = , .
NATIONAL LEAGUE y
! 4 \ + K + + X + + + + 4 X :;
STANDING of the Clubs.
Reds Won Close Game.

Cincinnati, ug. Cincinnati won
a close game from Brooklyn Monday.
1t was pitchers battle all tn. way
and Burke lost in the ninth, when he
fielded Mitchell's drive to first base
ins: cad of attempting to catch Dow
uey at the plate. This allowed Dow
ney to score the winning run. Grant
was so badly spiked by Wheat in the
fourth inning that he was carried
from the eld. He probably will be
out of the game for several weeks.
r. H. E.
Cincinnati 6 /
Brooklyn /
Batteries: Cincinnati, Keefe and
Mclean; Brooklyn, Burke and Ber-
gen.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
Petcrs Another OTooIe,

Minneapolis. Aug. 1.--Peters held
Columbus to three singles. not one a
clean drive. and easily scored a shut
out Monday. But one man reached
second base after the first inning, but
three men to an inning faced the Min
neapolis pitcher. McQuillan. former
ly Of Cincinnati. pitched his first
game for Columbus and made q good
showing. The game was played in
the record time Of hour and min
ute '@
The evening times., 1911-08-01
Pitched Great Ball

Washington. Aug. 1.-Johnson held
Cleveland safe on Monday and Wash
tngton won. In the fourth johnson
hit terrific line drive at Pitcher
James. knocking him down, and he
had to be helped of the field, Kaler
taking his place.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
Pirates Took the Twelfth,

Pittsburg. Aug. 1.-Pittsburg easily
won from Boston Monday, taking the
series. 1t was the twelfth straight
victory of the local team. the record
for the season in the National league.
r. H. E.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
Saints Won Easily.

St Paul. Aug. 1.-Louisville played
slow, listless ball here Monday and
St Paul won easily. Hearne pitched
for. the visitors and was hit hard
while Reiger was in good form. Delc-
|hanty'sa hitting was tho feature. He
got double. triple and . single out;
|of five times at bat.
As..5 =, R.H.E.
Louisville /
. Batteries: ST Paul. Rsiser and;
Land: LouisyytllsA Y. VILE. Hearne and:
The evening times., 1911-08-01
Pttsburg -.
Marquard Came Back.

st. Louis. Aug. 1.-Marquard came
back Monday and won his second
game from st. Louis during the pres
ent series. He allowed fie hits, while
the local pitchers were hit hard. The
visitors stole fve bases.
R.H.E.
St.. Louis ....................2 s q
NeW xOrk IL 0
Batteries: st. Louis, Sallee. l.
Laudermilk, Golden and Bresnahan;
New York. Marquard and Myers.
The evening times., 1911-08-01
Split Even Again.

Boston. Aug. Boston and st.
Louis again divided a double header
Monday each being on the long end
Of a 3 to score. Collins struck out
nine st. Louiss batsmen in the first
game, which Boston won.
The evening times., 1911-08-01

1910. 1911.
Home runs ............. 119 10
Three-base hits ......... 355 432
Two-base hits .......... S44 1,143
Grand batting average. =. 244 .267
300 batters ............. 13 81
A year ago at this time the batters
were going much more mildly than at
this time
The American association teams
have favored rine-hit games this
year, apparently. At least they have
made nine hits in a game oftener
than any other number. The largest
number of hits made in single game
has been twenty-three, Minneapolis
getting this number twice, aud Kan
sas City once. Kansas City has made
eleven hits fourteen different times
this season, and Kansas City and
Minneapolis have each done ten hits
fourteen times. st. P.ul has made
eight hits oftener than any other
number; Milwaukee has favored sew
en- hits. getting that. number nine
teen times; eleven hits has been To-
ledo's lucky bunch; Columbus has
done eight hits fourteen times, but
also copped thirteen mines and twelve
twelves. Louisville made nine hits
fourteen times, and Indianapolis got
eight hits on sixteen occasions.
The evening times., 1911-08-01

Last year at this time there had
been 166 games in which pitchers
held opposing teams to five hits or
less. This year they have done the
trick but .104 times. This is a falling
OF of about one-third.
Then look at this table:
The evening times., 1911-08-01
Sox Hit Some.

S0X Hit Some.
New York, Aug. 1.-The Chicago
White Sox had the New York Ameri-
cans at their mercy Monday, defeat
ing them In their fourth straight
game. Warhop's offerings were ham
mered for seventeen hits and twenty
nine bases, while White held the
home team to four scattered hits.
R.H.E
New York ...................0 3
Chicago .....,.......... 16 O
Batteries: New York, Warhop and
Blair; Chicago. White and Sullivan.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-21
TWENTY.ONE DIE IN !.
NINE DISASTER.
MINERS ENroMBEp IN SHAFT IN
PENNsYLvANiA ~ MYs.
FERROUS EXPLOSION.
NOT ONE ESCAPED TO TELL TALE
Officials Of General Belief That Men
Drilled Into Gas.-Afterdamp
Responsible for Most
Deaths.

Dubois, Pa, July 17.-Twenty-one
miners were killed in an explosion in
the shaft of the Cascade Coal & Coke
Companys mine At Sykesville. nine
miles from here. The explosion oc'
Cured at $3.50 o'clock but it was after
midnight before the extent Of the &C.
cident was known.
All of the dead but three are for.
eigners. The explosion was slight. a.
evidenced by the small damage done
in the mine. but the deadly afterdamp
is responsible for most of the deaths.
Three sets of brothers and father
and son are numbered among tho
dead. None Of the bodies were mutt
lated and only few showed burns.
Eleven of the men in one heading had
apparently made ready to escape. for
they carried their dinner pals and
were headed for the opening.
The first intimation of the explosion
at the surface was when the safety
door on the fan blew open and the
machinery began to run wild. 1t was
surmised there was trouble below, but
It was almost midnight before rescu.
ere could enter the mine. It took
some time to get to the scene Of the
accident, mile and half from the
opening, because the rescuers were
obliged to carry oxygen with them.
The state police from Punxsutaw-
ney were called to patrol the vicinity
of the shaft and when the bodies
we're brought out there was little dis.
tress or excitement.
Cause 10 Unknown.
Neither mine officials nor mine IL
spectors are able to assign cause for
the explosion, as there are no surviv-
ors from which to gain an explana-
ton, but 1t is the general belief that
some of the men drilled into pocket
of gas. The shaft is known as men,
gaseous one and Fire Boss John
Brown reports he was through the
heading where the explosion occurred
but an hour before and found no
traces of gas.
Six men working in another heading
of the mine at the time Of the acct
dent knew nothing of the explosion
until the compressed air stopped their
drills and one man was knocked from
his rock drill. They realized some
thing had happened. but did not know
the nature Of 1t until they met party
Of rescuers coming for them.
Upon learning Of the accident, the
bureau of mines at Washington i'm
mediately ordered out rescue car No.
Z from Pittsburg Four trained res
cuers and the necessary apparatus
were aboard. When the rescue car
arrived here the services were not
needed, as all the men were dead and
the air in the mine had been cleared.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-21
AGED TREASURY EMpLoYE
Man Dead Whose Deft Fingers Once
Counted Two Million Dollars In
Ninety Seconds.

George w. Marion. cashier and %.
Sistant treasurer Of the United States
ubtreasury. veteran of the Seventh
regiments Civil war roll and for 46
years attached to the Wall street
stronghold of government funds. died
few days ago at his home at Roselle,
N. ].
Mr.. Marion had handled billions Of
dollars of American money-proba-
bly, more money than any man who
ever lived in the United States-and
his deft fingers held many records for
speed in counting bills. Once he
counted 100000 in notes in 80 sec.
onds. The $1O,00O,00O purchases OF
gold from the Bank of England, or the
Bank Of France. that sometimes come
under his Jurisdiction when the gold
was brought to the assay ONCE. were
small routine matters to him and he
handled them with as much ease and
freedom as though they involved moth.
Ing more important than the purchase
Of . pound of tea. Let . counterfeit
ono dollar bill md it, way into the
realm Of the financially elect and his
trained hand and eye picked 1t out
from its legitimate fellows with un.
erring accuracy. His sense Of touch
was so acute that he could tell the
good from the bad instantly without
looking at the face Of the bills.
Mr.. Marlor came from tho Metro
politan bank to the government serv
Ice. He had been . clerk In the bank
up to 1866, when. on May 16, Of that
year. John A. Stewart, who was United
States treasurer under tho Lincoln ad
mfnistration. gave him place at the
subtreasury.
He began - . counter Of money
and It was his work in this capacity
that brought him before his superiors
and the public as a remarkably accu.
rate, fast and intelligent worker. An
idea Of the amount that had to be
bounted and handled may be gained
erom tho statement that 1t was neces.
saU 10 count 1882. 900. 900 when Mr..
Tssy was given the place of Mr..
Dlsh.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-21
BALLOON|ST ORC S IN OCEAN
CRAFT BECOMES UNMANAGEAeLE
AND DRIFTS OUT TO SEA.
PILOT Found Senseiess on Beach Loses
Prize for New York-to-
Philadelphia Trip.

Asbury Park, N. j., July 17-When
James Deforest was taking an early
saunter on the beach at Allenhurst
he observed the recumbent figure Of
an apparently drowned man lying on
the sand. He went up to it and saw
that the man was breathing. The
stranger was A. J. Roberts, an aero
naut. who started Saturday in diri.
gible balloon from the roof of the Fifth
Avenue theater, New York, for Phila.
delphia.
Deforest summoned one of the life.
guards at the Deal station and Officer
Carroll of Allenhurst. and the three
applied restoratives with the result
that Roberts soon regained conscious
ness and was taken to the Deforest
training quarters at West Allenhurst.
Roberts said he had lost his bear.
ings and that his dirigible pointed out
to sea, becoming unmanageable. He
was forced to jump from the basket
into the ocean.
Roberts said he ripped the balloon
before jumping into the surf and the
air craft was taken out to sea, where
1t sank in 60 feet of water. He has
offered a reward of $1,000 for the re.
covery of the engine, which he said
was valuable one.
Roberts was to receive a large sum
of money If he made the trip success
fully to Philadelphia and landed at
Keith's. but nothing IL he failed. He
said he had intended to enter the avi.
alton meet at Chicago.
He is an Englishman, 80 years old,
and has figured in many aviation
meets abroad. His balloon was made
by Astra of Paris. II was 40 feet
long by 20 feet wide and was equipptd
with a 40-horsepower engine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-21
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Monticello, Ill. 1t is sold by all drug
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