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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
NEAL BALL IS
LUCKY PLAYER
Red Sox Infelder Receives
$4,024 for Striking Out, or
$1,341 for Each Swing.

II ever a baseball player was born
under a lucky star, Neal Ball, now q
member of the worlds champion Red
Sox, may claim to be that person, says
the Detroit Free Press.
Dame Fortune took Mr. Ball in tow
ut an early age, and she has been
looking u for him so we'll aver since
that he must have nearly enough
money to build a library for each of
the 67-odd towns in which he has
played ball. and still keep enough to
buy himself q new automobile every
season.
Neal probably holds the worlds rec
ord for getting q lot of money for do
ing a very little bit Of work. He es-
tablished this mark in the recent
worlds series. when for taking three
healthy. swings at Il baseball. he re-
ceived $4.02l and IL few odd cents.
That makes S1.341 Il swing, and, as
Stunning that lie consumed Il minute in
his calisthenics with the bat. he was
receiving compensation at the rate of
$S04,600 Il day.
Ty Cobb is Modest.
Compared to this sun of money. Ty
Cobb's modest demand for $4,000 a
year seems like IL postage stamp fund.
The only trouble is that Neal cannot
strike out every minute for a corre-
spending reward.
Ball has been shunted around the
American league for several Years. but
always has managed to land right
side up, and finally he contrived to
fall into the softest OF soft spots. the
Boston Red SoN. who We're practically
assured of the championship before he
joined them. First he was with New
York and later with Cleveland. The
Maps wanted to send him 70 the Pa
cific coast league. but re refused to
go. and hung around until finally Jake
Stah) decided that he could use him
and he went to tho budding cham
pions.
He did some good work as Il substi-
u second baseman for the Boston
club by way of earning his salary. get
ting into the game when Yerkes was
hurt and fielding in sensational style.
He never could hit enough to cause
opposing pitchers any distress. but his
defensive play kept him in Boston. just
as 1t had kept him in other cities.
Might Have Played Series.
1t was rumored q short time prior
to the ending Of tho season that Ball
had flelded so we'll that he was to dis
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11

place Yerkes in the big ~post-season
battles. Then Neal got his finger
broken and Yerkes returned to the
game. Getting that busted digit prob
ably was the best thing that Ball ever
did for Boston, as Yerkes was M Of
the three big heroes of the worlds
series. both at bat and in the field. If
Ball had been used in his place, the
bunting emblematic of creations
championship might now be reposing
in John McGraw's locker instead Of
Stahl's.
The lucky MI. Bail was the hero of
an unassisted triple play while in
Cleveland. one Of the few ever pulled
off In the major league. Luck vas a
factor in that. too. for nothing but q
fortunate combination of circum-
stances could set the stage in such a
manner as to make a three-ply killing
possible. NJ matter how skillful a
player might be.
But II Ball got 5000 for striking
out, he wasn't m better paid than
1nfielder Martin Krug of the same club
who did absolutely nothing in the
tho cash. The substitute was the on
ly of the Red Sox whose labors
consisted solely in doing much heavy
thinking. The extra pitchers either
warmed UP or pitched to batters in
practice. the catthers warmed up the
pitchers Or coached, and several Of
the utility men either pinch hit or ran
for some of the slow-footed fraternity.
Merely Sits and Thinks.
Krus merely sat on the bench and
looked wise. Going back into his his
tory a little further. however. there
appears an incident that possibly
oo.>- A. ~s-.i,~ 80 a. n.--yas 80
les for tho Red SoN. 1t happened in
Detroit when Joe Wood was trying to
establish a new league record for con-
secutive victories.
Capt. "Heine' Wagner had been
sent home to rest and size up the
Giants. and this Krug person was
playing shortstop. Came a time when
Woody got the bases filled with two
out. Cobb arrived at the plate at this
interesting iuncture and lifted a weak.
sickly pop fly h Il any kid on a De-
troit sandlot would have eaten up.
Krug set himself for 1t. and proceed
ed to let 1t bound off his chest. while
W o Tigers battered home. This. with
a run Wood had forced home earlier,
gave Detroit a lead that the Red Sox
could not overcome and Woods streak
was broken.
Most of the Boston players seemed
glad that Joe had lost the game, for
he had been under a tremendous ner-
vous strain. and would probably have
been a wreck by the time the worlds
series started. AS it was. he did not
pitch as good ball against the Giants
as he is capable OF doing.
II he had gone through the game in
Detroit safely. probably he would
have kept on trying to beat Mar
guards mark. He might have tied or
ever beaten the New York left hand
CIR. too. except for Krug's hobblc, hut
had he done so. 1t might have meant
that he wouldn't have been able to
win a game in the ~post-season cham
pionship.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
BIRMINGHAM AS
A OR0P-NCKER
Maps Manager Gives. Great
Exhibition for Cornell
Against Penn Freshies.

Capt. Butler Of the present Cornell
eleven. is often referred to as the
greatest kicker that the Ithacans ever
produced. Many former Cornell ath-
letes and alumni have come forward
with another whose name often ap-
pears in the sporting page, but which
is rarely connected with football.
Joe Birmingham. now manager Of
the Cleveland American league team.
is the man whom former Comedians
insist is the daddy Of them all as u
kicker.
Birmingham was not interested in
anything but kicking. After two years
of varsity football he gave up the
game.
During his two years. however. Biz
mingham made wonderful reputation
as a kicker. one Of which Comedians
of other days won't allow the present
student body to forget.
Dode. as Birmingham is known to
football fans. made his greatest grid
iron record. however, as a member Of
the Mercersburg academy eleven. His
greatest work vas performed on
Game Played in Rain.
This game was played in 1903 on a
field that was so slippery from rain
and sno that the players could hard
ly stand. This did not prevent Dode
from kicking three field goals against
the red and blue freshies. of which
Pud Ziebler. star twirler on the var
sity, was the captain.
One C%ornellian and q former class
mate Of Birmingham at Mercersburg
writes h following about Birming-
hams kicks against the Penn freshies
in 1903:
"The game was played in a heavy
rain: in fact. the field was In such 4
condition from the rain which was
falling and a heavy snow of the night
before that the game had to be halted
every few minutes in order that the
players might dig the mud from their
elects and dry their hands.
I'm the first half Birmingham kick
ed a drop kick over the bars from
the forty-yard line. This feat was
thought a fluke by the spectators and
the entire Penn team But when he
dropped another over from the forty
Vineyard line at the start of the sec.
ond half the crowd began to open
their eyes.
"Just to show that it was no fuke,
Birmingham proceeded to lift one
over the bar from the f1fty-yard line.
This kick was made from a bad angle.
Penn varsity players remarked after
the game that they had seen or
heard Of such kicking"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
CAL HAS PLAN To
HARDEN PLAYERS
Will Refuse to Allow Them
to Wear Gloves on First
Week Of Training.

Chicago. Dec. 11.-Manager Gala
han OF the Chicago Americans has a
scheme to minimize lame arms. caus-
ed by overwork at the beginning Of
the training trip each season.
The hardest problem the manager
tackles in the spring is to introduce
methods which will harden a players
muscles gradually and improve his
wind. The players abhor the grind of
running off their weight and other
prosaic means Of getting in shape.
Callahan ntenus to refuse to let
n player put on a glove OF mitt dur
ing the first week Of spring training.
He believes that will help because the
players are obliged to catch the bail
barehanded they will object 10 having
any one throw the ball to them hard
during that first week. BY tossing the
ball the players arm will get its
strength gradually. AS for the young
pitchers. he will forbid any of them
to pitch to the veterans in practice
during the, same period of time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11

The year 1912 brought forth man.
heroes in the world of sport. Base
ball had it's quota; the Olympic games
produced several and this fall saw
new and high honors come to a full
half dozen warriors of the gridiron.
At least three men have risen to fame
during the year through the fistic
arena. Five athletes. however. and
perhaps six, stand out head and shoul-
ders above the rest.
OF these. Jim Thorpe easily ranks
first. Early in the summer he shone
Ut the intercollegiate track meet and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
HEALTH OF EMPEROR JOSEPH.

Vienna. Dec. 1.-THE extraordinary
mental freshness displayed by the EN-
peror Francis Joseph during the 70.
cent critical period in international
politics has amazed even those most
familiar with his marvellous energy.
The venerable emperor. who is now in
his eighty-third year.. has a thorough
knowledge of the entire course Of the
Balkan war and is acquainted with
and Of all tho important engage
ments. An exact account OF the events
has been laid on the table Of the en-.
peror's study since the first outbreak
of hostilities. with a large map Of. the
seat Of war. upon which the emperor
has indicated the position of the vari-
Gus armies daily by means Of colored
flags. !;
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
WILLISTON lei
SELL ROB ROY:
G. IN CITY

Rob Roy. the williston. N. D., PAGER.
has been sold by Champine and Raw
son to Haley and Jordan of Madison,
Wis. The consideration was $3.50.
Rob Roy has 4 mark of 2:O5 Ia, and
has raced at Grand Forks fairs. He
won nine out of seventeen races this
year. and was always in the money
He is said to be the largest money
winner in North Dakota this year.
will be handled next year by Dan Al
leman. the Williston. N. D., horseman.
and will be raced through North Da.
kota and Canada as usual.
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f1..cn.e; center, Jim Ihvrpe; r.ont
Mcooorty and Charley 1rickley,

won the all around championship of
the A. A. U. Then he went to Stock
holm, and in the Olympic games Won
the pentathlon and decathlon, and
was pronounced the greatest all
around athlete in the world. This fall
he shone with remarkable brilliancy
on the gridiron, and was the greatest
point manufacturer among the college
football players.
Next in line is Smokey Joe" Wood.
He made a remarkable record as
pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and
contributed largely to the victory of
the American leaguers in the worlds
series.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
CUTLER TossEs VINCENT.
Toe Hold Puts Cuban Out of Business
After IOnr SeAsion.

Toe Hold Puts Cuban Out of Business
After Long Session.
Chicago. Dec. 11.-Charles Cutler.
local heavyweight wrestler. had the
pin the shoulders Of lila Vincent. a
Cuban, to the mat.
Cutler won the first fall In their
match after f1fty-eight minutes and
twenty-five seconds of hard wrestling.
A toehold did the work. Vincent said
that his leg vas injured and he refus-
ed to continue the bout. a doctor
was called and after examining the
Cuban's leg said he found nothing
wrong. Cutler obtained his second
fall in one hour and forty minutes
with a body hold.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
MICHIGAN BOARD EAvoRs.

Ann ArbOr. Mlch.. Dec. 11.-That
Michigan will consider favorably the
question of western competition in
athletics was the rumor hat persist
cd after an extended session held un-
til midnight by the board of control.
Through fear that disclosure of pro-
ceedings might nip the trick in the
bud there was merely n brief bulletin
given out after the star chamber scs-
sion to the effect that the question Of
return to the conference has been and
xs receiving attention Mt the hands of
khe' board.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
LUTHER M'CARTY
WON FIGHT IN
THE

Los Angeles. Dec. 11.-Luther Nc
Carly Of Springfield. Mo-, last night
won the heavyweight championship
elimination contest from Jim Flynn,
the Pueblo fireman.
The scheduled twenty round bout
ended in the sixteenth, after Flynn
had gone down twice and appeared
to be helpless. Referee Eyton stopped
the fight. declaring McCarty the win
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11

Willie Richie, by his victory over
AID Wolgast in the battle for the light
weight tistic crown, lands in third
place.
Charley Brickley, the great Harvard
halfback, is entitled to fourth place
because Of his wonderful kicking and
all-around playing. while Christy
Mathewson comes fifth in the hall of
fame by virtue of his splendid work
against Boston in the worlds series.
Eddie McGoorty probably squeezes
into sixth place. Critics concede that
by his victory ove Mike Gibbons he's
entitled to claim the middleweigh,
crown.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS.

Fresno, Cal. Dec. 11.-A large at.
tendance marked the opening here TO.
day of the annual convention Of the
California Fruit Growers association
The members will spend three days
in listening to addresses by noted nor.
ticultural experts and In discussinr
questions relating chiefly to citrus cut.
ture and v%iticulturc.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-11
FIELDER JONES HAS AMBITIONS
Chicago. Dec. 11.-Eielder Jones

ONlCd6O, DCCs 1l.-C lClOcI jules,
who once piloted the Chicago Ameri-
can league club to a worlds cham
pionship and who is now in Chicago.
said last night that he is u of base
ball and that 1t would take a strong
influence to pull him back.
ct is true I came ear buying the
st. Louis Americans about a year ago
and I am wondering yet what blocked
the deal. I thought at time the
Zeal was closed for a majority of the
stock, but President Hedges said he
could not deliver the stock and I ac-
copied 80 per cent. I thought l had
that. Then came the league meeting
In New York and / never heard from
Hedges any more.
II have received no offers and am
not contemplating taking Frank
Chances place here in Cincinnati. nor
with the New York Americans. as has
been intimated. In short. ! would on
~ come back in the game as an own
err"
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The trouble is. when a man wins a
fight hc feels like starting several
more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
CANDLER MAY NOT RUN FOR
 GOVERNOR IN GEORGIA

Atlanta. January 23.-(Speeial)- Ut is now considered practically certain that Chairman C. M. Candler of the state rail- road commission will not be a candidate for governor, although ME Candler has himself made no definite statement on the subject.
 MT Candler would like to be governor. In fact, has been thinking about it serf- ously, but under the present circumstances he doesn't feel like leaving the railroad commission.
 It comes, therefore. on pretty good au- thority from friends with whom he has discussed tho matter that he will remain in his present office, at least for the next two years.
 Three members of the railroad commis- sion must go before the people for their places this year-Judge George Hillyer of Atlanta, Joseph r. Gray of Savannah, and Paul B. Trammell of Dalton, whose appointment by Governor Smith runs only until the next election. Commissioner J. A. Perry of Lawrenceville, who hes just come on the board, is practically new at the work, and this leaves Chairman Candler as the only old member of the board, in the event there should be any sweeping changes Of course, a com plete sweep is not anticipated, but some of the commissioners at least win have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
A NEW SPECIFIC FOR CITIES
By H. $. GILBERTsoN
 Assistant Secretary the Short Ballot Organization

strong group of committees is attacking such problems as the application of the short ballot to the judiciary and to the state government. In Ohio an aggressive committee under the leadership of John H. Clarke of Cleveland is preaching the doctrine up and down the state and is planning to put the short ballot idea be- fore the constitutional convention this year In the most effective way. Other state organizations will be formed in the course of tirpe.
 But the propaganda reaches the public, too, through less specially devised agen- ces. Thus, more than 60 of the colleges are using the pamphlet literature of the organization in their class room instruc- tion. Civic bodies and individuals also are consantly availing themselves of these booklets to support q local campaign or to get acquainted with the idea for it's own sake
 That this propaganda is not falling on barren soil is shown by the fact that on November of last year Lowell and Law renee, Mass. Sacramento. Cal; Chanute, Kan,; Lexington, Ky: Freemont, Mich, adopted the commission plan of governs ment, which involves the short ballot. The people of Salt Lake City elected their first commissioners under the new system. Paducah Ky, Eugene and Salem, Ore, and Pasadena, Cal, are to vote upon the question:. Denver, Col, Baltimore, Md, and Wheeling, w Va, are considering the inauguration of the new system.
 It is questionable whether any specific political reform ever spread with such rapldity as the commission government Idea Each city in which this plan is tried is also an example of the working of the short ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
WILL INVESTIGATE
 RATE REDUCTION Special Examiner Coming to Probe Pig Iron Ship
 ping Conditions

Efforts of the local furnace operators to secure a reduction of $l on the pig iron shipping rate out of Birmingham VIII re- suit in the visit to this city of a spe- cial examiner of the interstate commerce commission, according to local report in circulation yesterday.
 The examiner will. 1t is gathered, take evidence here as to the general situation and report his finding to the commission that will later take action upon the re- quest of the local furnace makers
 The request for a reduction in the iron rate is almost unanimous here, and It is expected some very sound reasons VIII be advanced. The local iron men malh- tain that as business is dull and the price of iron very low. it would be only fair for the railroads to grant reduction on the iron rate of Sl.
 The railroads, it is said, would not DO so very much opposed to the proposltioh if it were not for the future. as they are of the opinion that it would be most difficult feat for the railroads to get the S advance made in the rates again when iron prices improve. The attitude of the interstate commerce commission in refusing rates is said to be the chiet fear of the railroads in granting volun- tarily the proposed reduction.
 Charles T. Fairburn of the Republic companv is chairman of the committee or furnace men making the request or the railroads. and it is expected that the local men will produce many witnesses II the examiner is brought to this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
ASKS REPEAL OF
 THE PENSION LAW
Allow Children of Confederate Vet erans to Draw Pension From
 the Government

Washington. January 23.-A repeal of the law that prohibits the payment of Q government pension to any veteran of the Confederate army or the widow, children or heirs of any deceased persons who in any manner voluntarily engaged in, aided or abetted the late rebellion against the authority of the United States" is asked for in bill introduced today by Repre- sentatives Brantley. democrat, of Georgia.
 The refusal of the pension office to grant a pension to the aged father of a dead seaman in the navy because the father was a Confederate soldier was the immediate cause for the introduction of the Brantley bill.
 "As the law is construed" said Mir. Brantley, "a veteran of the Spanish American war Is ineligible for a pension if he is the son of Confederate soldier. shall push the measure introduced to- day, for l do not believe the people of the United tsates favor the retention of such a clause"
 The prohibition against pension to Confederates or their children was adopt ed as a part of the general pension act of March 3, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
SAVE GRANDEUR OF
 THE NIAGARA FALLS
Mcfarland Believes People Would Be Unanimous in Favor of Say
 ing Beauty

Washington. January 25.-J. Horace Me Tarland, president of the American Civic association, urging the House committee on foreign affairs to refuse to permit the diversion Of any more waters from Mi agara Falls for power purposes. today de- clared that a referendum vote in the United States would show the people to be almost unanimous in the desire to per petuate the grandeur of this wonder of tho world.
 Attorney General Thomas Carmody of New York urged that the state of New York be given exclusive control of the waters of Niagara.
 Corporation Counsel Clarke Hammond Of Buffalo said the public service commis- sion of New York was powerless to regu- late the public utilities companies now using the power from Niagara. Edward Iageman Hall of New York, representing the American Scenic preservation society, also advocated the safeguarding of the beauty of Niagara
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
The PeeViSh Child
 Needs a Laxative

 It is natural for child to laugh and play and when it sulks drowsily or lcries you may depend on it something physical Is the matter. If you see no evidences of serious ailment you will hot be wrong if you quietly give it q
 dose of mild laxative that evening on putting it to bed.
 The remedy most generally recom wells syrup Pepsin' which mothers throughout the country have been giv- ing their children for quarter of a century. Today thousands of families are using 1t where hundreds used it then, and there must be good reason for this word of mouth recomm mendation.
 It Is admittedly the perfect laxative
 for children, women. old people. and all
 others who need gentle bowel stimu- lant and not violent salt, cathartic pill or doctored water. Dr. CaldwelPs s Syrup Pepsin will act gently. and when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24

the earliest possible moment without fur ther political friction,''
 This agreement was signed by Senators Frank Bnrkitt, Wiley Saunders, Van B. Bcddie, Representatives o. c. Johnston, s. Joe Owen and l.. M. Nicholson and Speaker H. d. Quinn.
 It is understood this means the majority will not carry out their threat to offer a resolution demanding the resignation of Senator LeRoy Percy. It had been stated such resolution was prepared and ready to be presented at todays session. That plan was finally abandoned, and the pre- sentation of such resolution was post poned till d later day at the suggest ton of those consei'Vative members of the ma 1ority who want peace Both plans have now been abandoned, and the understand ing Is that no resolution demanding the resignation of MT. Percy will be offered at any time.
 A truce having thus been established 1t is confidently believed the legislature will get right down to work and be able to adjourn by February 24, the day set by MT. Owens resolution of last Satur- day