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Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-24
Get Rid of the
Crouch

~ you are unhappy, IT,
probably brJHu-,' you want
something yuu haven't. Get
u goud disposition hs using
thc HERALD WANT Az.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-24

stand. How can we let him have
a football and let his mother see
him with it, and him lying there
SO helpless? 1t would be inhuman,
doctor"
Hum! I'll take the matter
under consideration" the doctor
answered. But a few minutes
later he was asking. the head in
terne, Where would you go to
buy football" He put down.
the address in his memorandum
book, and the inferno looked at
him in wonder, for football and
DR.. Keith seemed somehow unas-.
sociable.
well, here's the football.
nurse, he said that evening, com
ing into the ward. 1t was Christ
mas eve. All the children were
supposed to be asleep. Here and
there an eye drowsily Enclosed to-
see if Santa Claus had really
come, but sleep was stronger
than expectation, and Nurse Blair
would see to it that no gifts went
to the sleepless. DR.. Keith held
out the paper-wrapped globe.
The clerk had blown it up for
him, and, not thinking of having
it Debated again, he had carried
it thus for half dozen blocks.
eff you think it best for him not
to haveit, give it to someone else. !
Give him Teddy bear" he said.
why, a boy that age doesn't
want Teddy bears" answered
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-24

tains under the bedelothes. Nurse
Blair turned away quickly.
Morning came; the ward awoke.,
Shouts and cries of delight were
heard. The day nurses went
from bed to bed, unwrappingt
packages. Nurse Blair had gonel
to her room, but she did not lie)
down. She came back, tired, but,
.resolute, half hour before visit
ting time, and went to Johnny'sT
side. He was playing with the
ball, bouncing it upon the sheets.
1t had fallen down six times, and
each time the nurse nearest had
picked it up again and returned it.
Johnny, said Nurse Blair,
your mamma will be here in a
few minutes now.
Eyes, ma am, answered John
ny.
Johnny, what are you goingto
do with that football?2 asked
Nurse Blair
Johnny knew Immediately.
I'm going to look at it and look
at it and wish hard to be we'll, he
answered.
Johnny, when your mamma
comes she will see it. and it will
make her cry to think of the time
when her little boy was strong
and well. You don't want to
make her cry, do you, dear"
mo, ma'anr," answered John
ny.
Then, Johnny" said Nurse
Blair, the diplomat, suppose We
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
BOXING
Late News and Views

Joe sherman, the Memphis pug. is on
his way to Little Rock. where he is SEIZED p
uled to box ten rounds with Ray Temple
June 49,
sherman has been boxing around
Memphis for some time and fans look for
him to register win over Temple How
ever. he VIII have to go some, as Ray has
victory over Joe Mandot to his credit.
Young belmont the fighter who refused
to box in Atlanta because the attendance
was TOO small to suit him, is continuing
to do good fighting His latest win was
over Ollie kirke.
X. O Brown. the sturdy little New York
lightweight, has challenged the winner of
the Wqlgast Rivers bout
When the champion was shown Browns
challenge he said Brown would be a
cinch for him and that he would like to
make side bet of $4,000,
Jack CARDIFF ID scheduled to box Jimmy
Gardner July 3 Cardiff was a preacher
until very recently when he Quit the pul-
pit for the ring He says every one has
to live and that he~will be able to make
more money boxing than preaching the
gospel
Charley White and Young shugroe have
been rematched for return bout to be
staged IN New Ork June is.
If White is returned the winner he will
probably be chosen to box Young Jack
O Brien in Philadelphia June %. at the
initial show 10 be staged in the big $780,
600 building recently completed there
Manager Gibson, of the Garden Athletic
club, New York. is trying to arrange a
bout between Bombardier Wells. the Eng
lish champ, and Luther Mccarthy
one of the big Gotham clubs has prom
ised Ernie Zanders, a.-crack at Mike Glib
bons some time in the near future Zand-
ers is confident he can hold his own with
any Of the Gotham welters
Eddie Kervin is claiming the bantam
weight title for his protege, Jimmy Walsh
kervin says Coulon only weighs ITO which
IS hyweight instead Of bantamweght {.
Walsh recently fought Johnny Kilbane to
a twelve-round draw
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
BY Sam Crane.

- ,, - ~ "'Voio'ns 10 huoe
i a u 10 w. IS IKE making loVe
81 y pooE does IL dlfefehtiy'
Du' also' IKE making love there
are fertain general rules Of sue
cess that must be followed
Marouard is the pitching sensa
tiop Of tho ,asohar .ason ,f,or
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12

toJ FOSittOn 'OF nSnU TOT uFCP GU Nc'
they hit EN- mile This means
that you have to work the sides of
the plate. working the corners,
pitchers call it. and that takes con-
troll
Change of pace is necessary. be
cause if you pitch every ball at
the same rate eff speed the oppos
ing batters soon learn to time It
and hit it. You have to mix up
fast ones and slow ones, and the
same motion in throwing must be
used or they will be able to tell
which is the fast and which the
slow one before it leaves your hand
MY Turkey Trotter.
81 have a slow ball call the 'tur-
key trotter.' l hold the ball wedged
between my middle fingers and
supported by the thumb. Natural
ly YOU can't hold the ball firmly.
and the final snap of the wrist
that. gives. the speed does not take
effect Going through the air, it
is wabbled from side to side, and
the batter can not gauge its speed
until ii is upon him. The secret of
all slow balls is that the ball is
not securely gripped close in to the
hand
The slow ball. thrown with the
same motion. is very effective fol-
lowing a fast curve or a fast bail
The fast ball. usually thrown high
has a sharp break close in 10 the
batter. and this. combined with the
terrific speed, makes it especially
hard to hit. Perfect mastery Of
these two balls makes a danger
ous pitcher without anything else,
and when you have good curve
along with them YOU have all Of It,
The fast one is held with the two
fingers and the thumb-tightly and
thrown straight out with all the
strength of the arm.
THE drop curve that depend on
for most of my curve work is
thrown by holding the ball exactly
as it is held for the fast one In
fact, pitcher should. to the eye
Of the batter. hold the ball as.
nearly the same each time as pos
sbe But the peculiar break Of
the drop is given by releasing the
ball over the top of the fingers with
an under turn If the hand. 1t is
Very hard te hit"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
0'Keefe Beats Devlin; Slow
Count Costs Him a Knockout

TT OHM y O'KEEFE won a deci-
size victory over Tommy
7Deylin at the Gate city
Athletic club" deserving the
award that was handed him by the
referee manager matchmaker of
the club. In fact. to many it looked
as though O'Keefe had'very prop
erly knocked out his man in the
fifth round But the referee man
( ager- matchmaker's arm was tired
Z and he dolled off the count in
punches of about two seconds. Ae-
cording to Waterbury and Inger-
sol time, Devlin once rested on the
canvas about thirteen seconds,
1t was a corking fight. andsDev-
lin proved that he is one Of the
gamest young men that ever
stepped into ring. He sure is}a =
bear for taking punishment.
O'Keefe, on the other hand sprang
surprise by displaying some
swell hitting power. Although
neither boy really knows enough
about the manly art to keep him
self warm, they sure put UP fine
rough-and tumble scrap and the
fans were more than satisfied.
Only a handful of fans saw the
bout The house was papered"
we'll by the press agents and, con
sidering the fact that the fighters
fought at top speed all the way
they were unfortunate in pulling
down only a wee amount for their
energy.
For four rounds the milling was
even In the fifth O'Keefe opened
up at full speed and a right nook
sent Devlin to the floor for the full
count AS he arose another right
foored him again for a nine"
Finally he struggled to his feet, but
before he could put up his hands
right swing flush on the jaw sent
Devlin down for the third time. He
was out cold, and had the ref
cree manager tchmaker counted
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12

properly, OKeefe would have
earned brackets right there.
The sixth round was all
O'Keefe's, but Devlin was dead
game, and he came out Of his cor
ner in the seventh looking really
fresh. A hot mix in the center Of
the ring finally ended with Devlin
Topping on the canvas for the full
count. He managed to weather
the round out by -clinching and
hugging
Devlin had the best Of the eighth
simply because of his ruggedness.
He slugged all through this period
and had O'Keefe backing up. The
ninth was even.
In the tenth round. during a red
hot mix, both boys fell through the
ropes to the floor Neither was in
jured and as soon az they climbed
back into the arena started battling
again at top speed.
Spider Britt and Mayer Prizes
fought a corking eight-round semi
windup, with honors even.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
CRACKERS BUY z
MEMBERSHIPS
GOES IN A TRADE

Determined to win a pennant if it
strains the resources of the baseball
association to the last notch President
Galloway has just closed two deals for
players. one brings "Humpty" Nc
Elveen TO Atlanta in place of Sykes.
The other lands for the locals Third
Baseman HARRISON from the Spartan
burg club, Of the Carolina association.
E McElveen is known We'll in the
South He broke III with Nashville.
The Vols sent him to Brooklyn, where
he played fairly useful ball for some
time. The Dodgers returned him 70
the Southern league and he played IS
games with Montgomery last year,
batting 276 and fielding well
McEHeen is big. young, strong a
husky9 hitter useful fielder and a
good ll-around~-player
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
L00K0UTS BUY ALLEN
FROM MEMPHIS CLUB

dHATTANOOGA. TENN, June H.
Cha esanooga purchased Pitcher Allen
from Memphis today. Inhelder Spen-
Ger has been placed with the Fort
Worth, Texas, club. Runser has been
recalled from Danville as utility man,
pending a deal for an outfielder.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
ONE CATCHER WORKS FOR
TWO TEAMS IN SAME GAME

YAZOO CITY, MISS, June 12-In the
double header baseball games here yes
terday between Yazoo City and Columbus,
of the Cotton States league. the Yazoo
catcher retired in the second inning be-
cause Of injuries,
No utility player was available, so
Taylor, catcher for Columbus caught for
both teams. Everything went well ex-
cept that It complicated the tax Of keep
ing the box score. Yazoo won both
games, AZ and ga
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
JACKSONVILLE CLUB IS
VICTIM OF HARD RAINS

JACKSONVILLE. FLA, June 12.-This
burg has established new marathon
raining record. The last two series of
games have been rained out
Fortunately for the Jacksonville club.
it goes on the road tonight for a trip
and possibly by the time it returns Jack
sonville will be dried out
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
Rube Marquard, Giants Star,
Tells His Pitching Secrets

had to learn -control. You have to
put the ball over the plate for
big league batters. They don't
strike at bad ones. And if you
put them square over the plate
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12


has the remarkable control of it
that Matty has He is really the
only pitcher that can use # sue
cessfullY
And this brings me down to
what was getting at Freak balls
are all right for change, and
pitcher must have some curves and
e-9atr ~ e1ake good, By .he foun-
dation 81 All good pitching lies in
two things control and change Of
pace. A pitcher that hasn't got
these especially the hrst-is
no good, no matter how many
slants and queer jumps he can give
baseball
That was the hardest thing I
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
standIna Of the CLUBS
Yesterd avs Results

Yesterdays Results.
Nashville 6, Atlanta 0.
Nashville ), Atlanta
chattanooga A. Memphis 3.
Mobile 6. Birmingham 4.
New orleans Mont omerY,' rain.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE

SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Nashville in atlanta at Ponce DeLeon;
game called a o clock.
Mobile in Birmingham,
Mont gomery in New Orleans.
Memphis in Chattanooga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Washington &. Detroit O.
New York s, Chicago 2.
Philadelphia g. Cleveland Z.
,BQstoR-y4,, ST. Louis, o
l,t NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today.
St Louis in Boston
Pittsburg in Brooklyn.
Chicago in New York
Cincinnati in Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs.
\. York y y ! IS s. rpns y y. Z ( IS IS
Chicago 20 10 SIS S Louis. % e .440
C'nati 26 % .542 Bklyn "a IS 1873
P'burg. % 20 535 Boston 10 80 .3l9
Yesterdays Results.
New York s, Chicago 3.
Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati g.
Pttsburg g. Brooklyn 4.
Boston 9, st. Louis J..
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
SOUTH ATLANTIC.

Games Today.
Albany in Columbia.
Columbus in Jacksonville.
Savannah in Macon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12

When the, season had just started they
called the Reds the Belted knights of
O Day Now they call them the much
belted knights.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
Standing 9: shs clul


Albany Z, Columbia I.
Macon s, Savannah 8
Jacksonville Columbia, rain.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11
iTcHED so BADLY
COULDN'T STAND IT."

II suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months. beginning by lit.
tie pimples breaking out. kept
scratching till the blood came. 1t kept
getting worse, l couldn't sleep nights
any more. 1t kept itching for about a
month, then l went to a doctor and
got some liquid to take. IT. seemed
as if l was going to get better. The
itching stopped for about three days.
but when it started again, was ever
worse than before. The eczema itched
SO badly couldn't stand 1t any more
Il went to a doctor and he gave nc
some medicine, but didn't do any good
We have been having Cuticura Rem.
edies in the house. sc I decided to try
them. l had been using Cuticura
Soap, SO got me a box of Cuticura
Ointment. and washed of the affected
part with Cuticura Soap three times a
day. and then put the Cuticura Oint
ment on. The first day / put it on. II
relieved me Of itching so l could sleer
all that night. 1t took about a week.
then / could see the scab come Oh. !
AORC luO llCdCLl0IlL uV lot IIlCS0 WEEKS,
and my eczema was cured.
My brother got his face burned
with g%un-powder. and he used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. The people all
thought he would have scars, but you
can't see that he ever had his face
burned. 1t was simply awful to look
at before the Cuticura Remedies
(Soap and Ointment) cured it,
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrki. For.
rest City, Ark. Oct. 16, 1910. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere.
a sample of each. with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura." Dept. l., Boston.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11
HE Preference.

A distinguished eye surgeon tells a
good story Of his hospital days. Three
other young. newly fledged ocuiists
and himself were chatting in their
quarters In the hospital when the con-
: %versation turned. az was natural in
young men, upon the beauty of differ
emit colors Of eyes. One championed
the superior b%rilliancy and sparkle of
Athe blue eye; another the depth and
ire Of tho brown, while the third was
all for the clear. cool light Of the
hazel. After they had exhausted their
%eloQuence, with tho usual effect of con-
nrming themselves in their original
opinions. the fourth young sawbones
suddenly broke In:
u don't care q hang about your blue
eyes. or your brown eyes, or your gray
eyes! Just give mo sore eyes and
plenty Of 'sm-and I'll be happy!"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11
= oHG QUIT COFFEE
And Much Good Came From u.

stWA& -
Il q hard to believe that coffee will
put . person IN such Q condition as It
did = woman Of Apple Greek. o. She
tells her own story:
II did not believe coffee caused my
trouble. and frequently said l liked
It 20 Welt would not quit drinking It.
even if It took my life, but I was a
miserable sufferer from heart trouble
and nervous pr0strat1on for four years.
Il VA scarcely able 70 60 around at
Ill. Had no energy. and did not are
Cor anything. Was ,emaciated ard had.
= constant pain around my heart until
I thought / could not endure It. 1
felt q though Twas liable to die any
time.
Frequently I had nervous chills and
the least oxcitement would drive sleep
away. and any little noise would up
st ~ terribly. ! vas gradually get
ting worse untl finally one day, e
came over ma ana I asked myself
what = The ~ q being sick Ill the
tmesanA buying medicine % that I
60 Indulge mys0lf n coffee?
10 I thought I would 80 u I could
(ult; dttn1tne ooGoe, and got some
roGk11sto help ne quit. I made Il
uts1eflysAooetding % directions. and
.IW61tsto TN yoagthat change was the
Groateoe steD tnsnyslite. Il Wa easy
~ ooGoo hecauso had the
a1oGtu1 which I ltbe bstter than I
l1no4th90 81 col1oe. o1e ~ one tho
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11
such IL Life.

Dugan-Oh. my. oh, my! Isn't Casey
putin on grand airs wild his new auty.
mobile7 An over In the ould country
I dare say he went barefutted.
Ryan-Faith. not be his own ac-
counts. He rays he had a turnout
over there thot ATTRACTED great at
tlntion.
Dugan-Av coorse; an eviction al.
ways does.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11
sunshine.

,.~ sunshine.
Surround the children with every
possible cheer. Smiles and
laughter cost nothing. Let the
children have music, let them have
pictures. let them have laughter, let
them have q good time: not an idle
time. but one full Of cheerful occupa-
tion. Surround them with all the
beautiful things you can. Plants
should be given sun and air and the
blue sky. Give them to your boys and
girls. I do not mean for q day or a
month. but for all the years. We can
hot treat a plant tenderly one day
and harshly the next day; they cannot
stand it.-Luther Burbank, in THE
Training Of the Human Plant"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11
idle Fund.

THAT man has a vast fund OF In.
formation
Yes" replied Senator Sorghpm;
but he can't put a dollar mark in
front of it and S 1T for u campaign
fund.-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11

Noisy.
qerald-what do you think of this
eui.f
osraldins-1 Il : regular sound Of
fsvelry.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11

Recalling tho Fight.
He has his fathers eyes"
That's queer; l thought I was
blacking HIS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-13
PROVIDE CANDY
FOR CHILDREN
Weather Man Holds Carni-
val Success in Hands.
special to the EVENING NEWE.

Keyport, August 13.-Announce-
was made yesterday afternoon
through Chairman Joseph D. Bedle
that each child entered in the baby
parade would be the recipient of
half a pound box Of candy, thereby
carrying out the custom of baby
parades of awarding a special sou
venir to each participant. This item
Games as a great surprise to the
community, IS owing to the short
time allowed to formulate the plans
and prepare the program, 1t was not
thought possible that this grand treat
to the little one could eve be ar
ranged.
On the eve Of the opening day OF
the carnival the business section of
the borough is indeed n great wall
of fans, butterflies, emblems and dec
orations of all descriptions, arranged
by professional decorators. Never
before has the town appeared so
beautiful. All eyes are now conferred
on the weatherman. All has been
done that is possible for man to per-
form to arrange one big treat for
everybody.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-13
MONMOUTH COUNTY NEWS
MATAWAN

Earl Leonard, of Bordentown, Is
visiting his cousin, Sayre Hankins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Lupton spent
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Valentine, of Newark.
Miss Mary L. Convery, of Trenton,
is visiting Miss Elizabeth Cody at
the Matawan house.
Harry Bolts was a New York visi-
tor Monday.
Miss Carrie Thorne is enjoying
a two weeks vacation at her home
on the Holmdel road.
Matawan was solicited for by rep
resentatives of the baby parade to be
held at Keyport this week. All chill
dren were asked to participate.
At the oratorical medal contest to
be held Wednesday evening, August
2, under the auspices of the Matawan
w. c. T. u, six young ladies will
take part in the contest. They are
Helen Straughn, Ethel Lewis, Mary
Emmons, Mabel Cox. Lillian Bolte
and Helen Bolte. Good music will
vary the program. An admission
of ten cents will be charged.
August Kattner has the contract
for wiring the A. j. Vreeland's house
with electricity. Walter Patton has
the mason contract for the house,
which is nearing completion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-13
MANY AT FUNERAL OF
FRANK EkGERT YESTERDAY

Many members of the various or
CARNATIONS to which he belonged
were at the funeral of Frank Engert,
Of Shore Road, Rossville, that was
held from his late residence yester-
day morning and paid a last tribute
to a citizen who was respected in
the community in which he lives.
st. Joseph's R. G. church, Rossville.
was crowded at a solemn mass of re-
QUEEN that was said by Rev. P. J.
Harold, it's pastor. Many friends and
relatives were present on the occa-
sion. A large number of floral trib-
utes were received.
Rossville Hook and Ladder Com
pany, of which Mr.. Engert was an as
sistant foreman, Court Tottenville.
No. Alb, Foresters of America, of
~Tottenyille, and the South Shore Vet
eran and Exempt Firemen's Associa-
ton, each sent a large floral piece.
The service of the Foresters of
America was conducted at the house
by Chief Ranger James Bolan, as
sisted by Past Chief Ranger John
Barlow, of Court Tottenville. Inter-
ment followed in st Joseph's ceme-
terry. The bearers were Edward
Mathes, Albert Mathes, Thomas
Vaughan, Louis Levy, Oscar john
son and Mackay Winant, all men,
bers OF the fire company.