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Yerkes. For convenience in weighing the sum total of one team $ infield-
 ing strength against the infieIding strength of the other, let us put Doyle against Wagner. This is al- most like putting Edison against Mar conf. and fully as thrilling as match ing Wood and Johnson Each of the
 captains. Doyle and Wagner, is a tower of strength on the defense and a grand performer with the ash. The clockvork team play that has made Red Sox infield famous all revolves about Wagner. This gives him the edge on Doyle in the field. notWith
 standing that Doyle is 9 really won derful fielder. Doyle makes up for this however with hitting "Larrup ing Larry is one of the leaders of the National League with the stick completely ogtelassins Wagner ill this dApsrtment. Both are six lied in Ease theft
 Balancing Wagner against Doyle leaves Fletcher against Yerkes Art Fletcher the man responsible for the shortstopping for the Giants, is one of those who have been overlooked by the hero-worshipper baf to those who have watched this virile young mans game lately, he seems more than likely to be one of the stars of the big show Tn a series of this sort steadiness counts for much, but the championship of the world can be won by one brilliant actor who can range wide and far, shut of d base hit or so, and stem the tide at a dark spot in the program.
 Fletcher belongs to this rype. No member of the New York lRrieiG has come through this season with finer stops and throws than the Kew York shortstop. He carries a quick eye, a brace of quick starting propeIlers and ole of the finest pairs Of fins in the game Fletcher has few equals at flagging those sharp drives to the right and left, which start forth tag ged as hits. He is on them with a
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Ing credited with two or three hits which are calculated as being the longest ever made Probably the only Giant pitcher who will seriously trou- ble him in the series is Tesreau. with his speed and his splitter. Staht always has been easy for Ed Walsh, and all the slippery artists got his Coat especially those with speed. His hlts, however, when they land. are uniformly hard wallops He dotes on left-handed fingers, and is like ly to tear leg off the third base man any time a porj slider faces him.
 As wide reachers and rescuers of imperfect throws to the bag, both Stahl and Merkle have marked ability, Stahl being credited in the consensus of opinion with a slight degree of su- per ority over his opponent in this respect. Another advantage on the part of Stahl lies in his long experi- ence and profound. knowledge of the game
 1t must not be thought, however, that Merkle is without distinct ad vantages over Stahl New York has not without reason come to look up on Merkle as the greatest doorkeeper in the game
 He would be ranked ty any un- biased expert among the first three. During both the championship years of his team his work has been 3 prominent feature. His batting this season has been even better than Stahps. Merkle takes grip on the handle of his bat close to the end, stands quite distance back from the plate and swings at the ball with terrific driving power. Although Mer- kle.s superiority over Stahl as a batter is slight he is a vastly faster man on bases. He has stolen nearly three times as many bags this year as Jake and has scored twice as many runs. This was in playing one third more games than the Boston Leader. There is really nc compari- son between Larry Doyle and Steve
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jump, and the acreage of his hands does the rest.
 Compared with Fletcher, Yerkes stands in the shadow The latter has
 stolen barely a half dozen bases all season, and his batting is not quite .250.
 If either Larry Gardner or Charley
 derzog has anything on the other at third base, it must be a hair line advantage. The Maryland "Cante- IouFe king" has saved many games for the Giants by his grand work at the hot corner, and has picked up lately in his hitting, Gardner is a 900 hitter and Fterzog is not, but the latter has been going lately at a .450 clip, and he completely out classes Gardner as base runner. There is no diseeunting Gardner s ability. Like Herzeg, he was not or iginaIly third baseman. but he has made over into great player in that corner His hitting puts him in class with Frank Baker, the man who made such d wonderful showing in the worlds series last year. Gardner is probably the most dangerous tat- ter amce:e the Red SoX. next to Speak CT To all the infields of the Giants and Red Sox equal in strength is not only the easiest conclusion to draw from this perpleXing problem out it also is doubtless the right con- clusion Stahl and Merkle are equal ly gcod, Doyle cancels Wagner and Gardner's advantage oyer Herzog is balanced by Fletcher superiority over Yerkes. Pitching staffs, eonsid- aring the shortness Of the series are equal The Giants have the edge on Boston in the catching department. The intieiders are even and Boston has the better outfieId. The odds on the series should be even It's q toss-up.
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WORLD SERIES |NF|ElD COMPARED Dope Shows That The Inner Works of New York and Boston Machines are on
 Equal Footing. TEAM PLAY COUNTS Both Teams Have Stars as to Whose Individual Ability The Critics
 Differ.
TEAM PLAY COUNTS

Team play counts for more than individual eXpertness, but compari- sons of individual players are always interesting. Arguments anent the rel ative strength of the infieds of the Boston Red Sox and New York Giants are particularly interesting on ac- coun, of the cocksureness witiF~which the supporters of each side affirm that their favorite bascmen outclaSs the others. Outclass is the word they use. Neither New Workers nor the Bostonese, when they decide to make a "calm and unprejudiceda survey of the infielders, ever find one set slightly superior" to the other. They always find the difference overwhelm- ing.
 Boston has two infield stars--Stahl first baseman and manager, and Wag- ner, shortstop and captain. New York has two infield stars-Merkle, first baseman. and Doyle, captain and second baseman. It may be said of either of these pairs of stars that without more than two possible eX- captions, they are the strongest ln- invidual players on their team Gard ner, the Boston third laseman, is a player above the team average; Yer kes, the second baseman, plays be- low the team average-hc is, in fact, the weakest and most threadbare spot on the crimson hose. Fletcher, the Giants shortstop, and Herzog, third baseman, both play game slightly stronger than the average of their team.
 As far as the above paragraph goes, the opposing critics practically com eide in their dope; but everyone knows what a lot of dopesters can agree upon and still not be within mile of agreement on the main proposition. For instance, there are recogniZed experts in New York who say that Stahl outclasseS Merkle, and recognized experts Ill Boston who say that MerkIe outclasses Stahl. And of course there are plenty of Boston packers of the Boston manager, and New York shouters for the New York maD
 What seems to account for the en- tbusiasm of the believers in Stahl is the surprise he has sprung this sea son when, after having been out of the game entirely for d year, he lett his banking business ill Chicago and came through with an exhibition ol tlrst Lasing and batting acknowledged to be far and way the best of his career.
 Gem mparingn Stahl with Mcrkle we
 Ind veteran of authority and con-
 hdence, and younger. faster and
 more sensational player.
 stahl bits with terrific force. be-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08

tos 1t is practically a guerilla war They avoid battles, while they loot and terrorize the province. The rebels are poorly armed and they have but little ammunition. The Cuban con- gress has voted million dollars for the suppression of the outbreak, and 10000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles and 2,000,000 cartridges age to be hurried to Cuba. A special train will carry the equipment to Key West and it will then be dispatched to Havana. Presi- dent Gomez appreciates the gravity of the situation, and he is striving to put down the rebels.
 We drove Spain out in 1898, and in 1906 troops were landed at the re- quest of President Palma. President Gomez practically sanctions all steps that the United States has taken this year. The government does not con- sider the landing of the marines or the sending of battleships to Guam tanamo as intervention in the political sense. It is an effort to protect American residents and their proper ty, and it will not relieve the Cuban government of any responsibility for the actions of the rebels.
 All these steps may lead on to an- nexation, but events do not warrant any such conclusion at present, for intervention is distinctly disclaimed by the Washington authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
rEN noN,rs roR MINES
Cleveland Dispatch to the Philadelphia
 Record.

Cleveland Dispatch to the Philadelphia
 Record.
 Ten don'ts for wives" were given Rockefeller is a member, by Rev. w. w. Bustard in his sermon Sunday night. They are;
 1. Don't marry man for a living, but for love. Manhood without money Is better than money without manhood.
 2. Don't overdress, or underdress; common sense Is sometimes better than style.
 3. A wife with a hobble skirt and poor pair. woman can throw more out of kitchen window with a spoon than a man can put into the cellar with a shovel.
 4. Don't think that the way to run a house is to run away from it. It is wrong to go around lecturing other women on how to bring up children while you are neglecting your own.
 B. Don't tell your troubles to your own Fight 1t out with your husband if it takes all summer 6. Don't nag. The saloonkeeper is always glad to welcome your husband with smile.
 [. Don't try to get more out of a looking glass than you put into it.. Natures sunshine is better for wom- ans beauty than mans powder and paints.
 8. Don't make gamblers and drunk ards out of you children by running whist parties for prizes and serving punch with stick in it. g. Don't forget to tell the truth, especially to the conductor about the age of your child. Honesty is worth more to you and him than nickel. A boy who is s years old at home and 6 on the car will soon learn other things that are not so. To- Don't forget that home is wom- ans kingdom where she reigns q queen. To be the mother of Lincoln, a Garfield or a Mckinley is to be the mother of a prince.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
Contested Seats Four Years Ago

OOHteSteu oedtS TOUT ears Ago
 In 1908 Mr. Taft had but 387 in- strueted delegates, and he needed over 100 more in order to gain the nomination. Colonel Roosevelt was then engaged in controlling the con- vention and in nominating MT. Taft rather than Governor Hughes or Gov ernor LaFollette, both of whom were active candidates.
 At that time Colonel Roosevelt did not consider an appeal to the national committee "nefarious" It appears from the records that four years ago there were 219 contested seats, and these contests arose almost wholly in the south. The situation was not un- like that of today. The control of the convention hinged then as now on the action of the national committee.
 What was the result of the Taft Roosevelt movement in 1908? We present the record of the secret de- cisions of the national committee of that year as follows:
 For Taft-Alabama 22, Arkansas 2, Florida 8, Georgia 16, Kentucky 8, Louisiana IS, Mississippi 16, Missouri 6, North Carolina IS, Ohio 7, Okla homa 10, Pennsylvania 1, South Caro- lima 8, Tennessee IS, Texas 36, Vir- ginia IS, Alaska 2, Arizona 2; total 216.
 For Foraker-V Virginia g., Ohio |; total 3,
 The Taft-Roosevelt combine secured 216 out of 219 contested seats, and MT. Taft was nominated on the first ballot. The work in the national committee was done under the direc- ton of MT. Roosevelt, and the latter was able to name his successor by manipulating southern delegates through the agency of the national committee. These are the cold facts of 1908. Consistency is not part of Colonel Roosevelts makeup. What he did in 1908 is disowned and disre- garded in 1912, simply because what served Roosevelt's purposes in 1908 will not serve his purposes in 1912. This is what ails Theodore Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08

From the New York Sun.
 The mint bed in the shady corner of the garden has been ready for use ever since early spring. As the season ad vanced toward summer a richer tang and pungency has been brewing in leaf and stem, and the calendar of nature, together with the increasing warmth of the sun, indicates that the julep, without violence to traditions, may crown the largesse of June.
 The Levites of the sideboard, into whose keeping was committed the re- cipe for this celestial draught, have proved themselves worthy of their high calling. In the face of many efforts to prevent the truth there are skilled julepists in the south country to hand down the revelation unimpaired.
 The supremacy of the julep Is now so generally admitted that the effort Is no longer made to identify it with the mead which old Morse heroes slain in battle tipped in Valhalla, nor with the ambrosial goblets which circled among the gods on high Olympus. Tie com parison was degrading. It is compara- ble with nothing save itself.
 It is not the origin of the julep. buy the preservation of it in all it's original purity, which excites concern. By dint of an annual propaganda the illumi- natl, the master craftsmen. have large | ly suppressed the barbaric malprac- tce of bruising the tender mint, which once prevailed almost universally be- yond the 39th parallel of latitude. Bert Barnes in his informing handbook, "The Complete Bartender" party re- fleets the enlightenment which is spreading northward In his recipe for julep he merely makes the Laodicean statement that after putting in "a few sprigs of fresh mint" you mix all to- gether." He leaves the amateur mix ologist iri- doubt whether he mintty eichor Is to be allowed to exude under the gentle teasing of the spoon or to be crushed out with a pestle after the fashion of the Goths. The coneoction in which crushed mint Is specifically prescribed, however, Is designated as whisky smash, thus relieving the name of julep from a world of odium. The delicate leaves, desecrated In a smash, are thus relegated to the company or slings, sours, eobblers and other crudi- ties worthy only of the boozing ken.
 That the perfect julep should be watered with its avn ice alone is one of the orthodox truths which is mak ing it's way more slowly. That the making should be done in a silver mug whereon the hoar frost may gather in Gtl haaIG iS a which Is rdlV practicable except when the setting is, as it really should be, the back veranda of a private home. On the whole, how ever, the art of julep making is spread
 ing with the advance of civilization. The immediate and inspiring fact is that it is now in season, and in these lower attitudes a grateful people are happy in their heritage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
Two may keep counsel, putting one nway. -Romeo and Juliet.
One Southern Trunk Line

The Seaboard railroad taps every cotton state east of the Mississippi river except Tennessee and Missis- sippi. It's work extends from Florida to Washington, and it is at all points southern road. The transfer of its control to the Warfield syndicate of Baltimore and the announcement that the directors meeting will here after be held in Baltimore instead of New York, all go to show that this road will perhaps hereafter be in the hands of southern men. If so, it will be the only trunk line that is owned and controlled in the south.
 The stock acquired by the Warfield syndicate is to be trusteed for five years, and the control of the Seaboard will probably remain in the hands of its new owners that length of time.
 It is step toward home control when one southern trunk line is con- trolled in Baltimore. There is no oth- CT trunk line in the south free from eastern and European control.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
Frugal Government Not Wanted

Herbert Bruce Fuller, writing in the June Lippencott's, suggests that the people do not want frugal gov ernment, for there is lack of popu- lar interest in the whole subject, all though millions of dollars collected by the easy method of interest taxation are scattered every year here and there in unbusinesslike ventures which no private corporation in the world under similar circumstances would countenance for a moment.
 Log-rolling rivers and harbors bills and public buildings bills are perhaps the chief means of the national waste of money, although every appropria- tion bill contains wasteful items. The country honors it's most lavish spend CTS. The man who can get the most money for his district is the man who can secure re-elections. Once elected he proceeds to make every inroad on the national treasury that his col leagues will permit.
 There is, in other words, no real general demand for frugality and a comprehensive policy of economy, and while public sentiment on this subject remains lax there is little hope of a general and valuable reform in public expenditures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
HOT WAVE HITS zoo

From the New York Tribune
 The hot wave hit the Central Park menagerie with a vengeance Sunday and caused no end of excitement. To start the ball rolling, one of the Klondike out of it only through heroic treat ment
 As the day wore along Paddy" Kee- nan, keeper of the monkey house, found all the simians trying to bathe in the small pans in their cages, which hold the drinking water Four or five mon keys tried to get into a pan which was not large enough to bathe one in, which started scrap, that ended only when a few hours.
 'Bill' Snyder, head keeper of the menagerie, found the elephants, Hattie and Jewel, suffering from the heat, so he paraded them out into the yard back of their house and played a hose on them, both inside and out. Snyder has them trained so he can do such a remarkable feat. When he has thor oughly cooled them off outside he mouths, and then he lets the hose squirt it's stream inside until those large beasts resemble pretentious nata- toriums.
 The hippos, known as the Murphys, despite the letter to Mayor Gaynor from a citizen, were under water all day
 Snyder finds sweeping the elephants off every morning such tedious job he Is going to ask for a second-h vacuum cleaner to do that work in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
ONE THAT DIDN'T COUNT

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 Mayor Blankenburg, at a dinner in Philadelphia, praised the Quaker City ardently.
 T must even praise" he said with a smile. "our exclusiveness-we carry 1t so far you know. Birth is not enough with us; residence is equally impor- tant. and they who live above Market street are doomed. Here. surely, is ex- clusiveness with a vengeance.
 They tell story about dinner in Rittenhouse square. At this dinner, as the fish course began. one woman whis- pered to another:
 Dear me, there are 13 at tablel'
 But the other woman smiled and an- swered. calmly:
 Compose yourself, my dear Mrs. Cadbiddleder waddle. Mrs. North Broad Is not really one of us She lives up- town, you know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
WINNING STRANGE BETS

From Tit-Bits.
 IF there is a man more superstitious
 than the actor or the sailor it is cer- 4 tainly the man who stakes his sover- eigns on the turf in the expectation that they will come back to his purse bring ing many others with them He pins his faith to the magic of his four-leaved shamrock or lucky penny piece as con- fidently as any Monte Carlo gambler, and any trivial happening serves to spot a certain winner for him, from a dream to a name or a color that catches his eye.
 Salisbury man on his way to business disturbed a pair of trushes in bush one Bibury race day This was coincidence too good to be missed, for a horse called the Thrush was running in race that very day. Making his way straight to the course he put e500 on Captain Orr Ewings representative and had the satis- faction of going home that evening a much richer man than when he left it in the morning.
 Another sportsman, on the day of the Csarewitch, chancing to open-the first of his morning letters-one bearing the signature Joel" was so much impressed that he decided forthwith to risk e2O on Mir. Jack Joers Summit. His friends did their utmost to dissuade him, declaring that Summit had no chance of winning, but to no purpose. He staked his money and had his reward in drawing a sover- eign for every shilling he had risked.
 When Mir Taylor Sharpe was at Epson one day he chanced to notice that the re- turn half of his railway ticket bore a mauve color sported by Lord Keys' jockey. The omen was quite good enough; MT. Sharpe backed his color for substantial sum at long odds, and smiled expansively when he saw the jockey in mauve flash past the post
 At the grand military races at Sandown some little time ago one of the horses bore the name of County Council, and he had for jockey a Major Onslow. Here was coincidence, if you like: for at the time the London county council election was proceeding and the leader of the moderate was none other than Lord On- slow. And when County Council romped in a winner there were many delighted packers pocketing gooo sums in return for the faith In coincidences.
 But none of these tales of the supersti- ton that spells luck are quite as roman tic as those of dream winners, of which there is such an abundance To dream winner has been the good fortune of many a man; but what are we to think of the man who saw. in a dream, 8 race
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
THE SILENT BARBER

From London Ideas.
 T want my hair cut. and no talk,~ said 6l stone man with an I-own-the- earth-eir, as he walked into a Man chester barbers shop and sat down.
 The" commenced the man in the apron.
 No talk. tell you." shouted the heavy man Just a plain hair cut. I've read all the papers, and don't want any news. Start right away now"
 The man in the apron obeyed.
 When he had finished. the man who knew everything rose from the chair. and surveyed himself in the glass.
 Great Scott!' he exclaimed. Its really true, then? You barbers can't do your work properly unless you talk"
 T don't know" said the man in the apron. quietly. You must ask the bar Der. He'll be in presently. I'm the glazier from next door," tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
LINERS MADE STEADY

From the Engineering Magazine
 The new steamship Iaconia, of the Cunard line. is the first British vessel to be fitted with the Frahm anti-rollng tanks.
 Briefly" says this magazine, this invention of Herr Frahm consists of two water tanks divided into compartments placed amidship on each side of the ship. connected across the vessel at the top by air trunks and at the bottom by specially constructed water passages. In the Laconia the tank is situated in the forenfost thwartship bunlSers. and extends over 15 frames. This involves no interference with the arrangement of the ship. By means of water tight cross bulkhead the tank Is di- vlded into two unequal and absolutely independent compartments, the at'er part extending over nine and the for- ward part over six frames.
 "The lateral basins are not water tight at the bottom; consequently the bilge is also filled as soon as the anti rolling device is filled with water by numns. The tanks are partially filled with water. and the movement of the ship is checked by the water nowing from one side to the other through the na ssages. To provide for changes in the movement of the vessel, the water, which Is always under absolute control, in the tanks can be regulated acocrd- ing to circumstances. One or two com partments can be used as required by opening or closing valves fixed in the air trunks By completely closing the valves the passage of air from one side of the ship to the other is prevented, and the water in the tanks is thus maintained practially mouonless-