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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

ence,' says I. How about it? It's thrue,' says he. He's thryin' to tell ye in simple language about tn old splitter. Ye see, it's this way, old hoss: On some days can peg it so it crosses tn turkey like poached egg, an Ty Cobb cudden't hit it with a snow shovel That's tn day I've got tn smoke on to it. Thin another day, whn feel just good as iver, ivrything toss across looks like thrunk covered with electhric lights. That's tn afternoon 1 take me girl f'r walk Whats tn name v that fellow that wrote tn article ye was readin'? says he. What dye want to know fr? says 1 1 want to find out how I do it whn I do it, an why don't do it whin don't, says he.
 ast him about tn science iv battin'. He said it was in hittin' on'y tn good vans. His idee v tn rnathynaticks iv feldin' was niver to thry to catch ground ball with tn ankle, or a fly ball with tn nose 'Whin,' says I, dye pitch best?' A day or two says he, befure I sign me con thract,' he says. l asked about his thrann. It is simple but severe. Afther breakfast he goes to dinner His dinner is usually uninterrupted in tn middle v tn fifth pie be tn summons to tn game. Afther tn game he goes to supper. Afther supper tn manager goes to bed, whin he an tn other athleets sojourn to rathskellar. He is invaryably in bed befure tn manager gets up. In return fir all their suff' rim, these hayroes threated like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

white slaves. His salry is on'y nine thousand dol- lars year. an fr this he is often compelled to pitch ivry other week.
 That's all cud get out iy him, an there ye ar-re. l know no more about tn subjick now, at tn end v me invstigation, thin Wum Alden Smith knows about steamboats an icebergs.
 Annyhow, 'tis a gr-rand game, Hinnissy, whether 'tis played tn way tn pro-hssor thinks or tn way Petite larned to play it in tn back yard, an shuddent wondher if it's tn way he's still playin'. Tn two gr-reat American spoorts are good deal ake-pollyticks an baseball They're both played be pro6ssyonals, tn teams ar-re r-run be fellows that cuddent throw base ball or stuff ballot box to save their lives, an ar-re ony inthrested in countin' up tn gate re- cepts. An here ar-re we settn' out in tn sun tn bleaching boards, payin' our good money fr tn spoort, hot an uncomfortable but happy injyin' vry good play, hootin' ivry bad wan, knowin' nawthn about tn inside play an not carin' but all jinin' in tn cry iv. Kill tn em- pire.' They're both gr-rand games"
 "Spea<in v pollyticks," said MT. Hennessy, who dye thinl1 be ilicted2"
 "Afther lookn' tn candydates over," said MT. Dooley, an studyin' their qualifications care fully, can't thruthfully say that see prisidin- tial possibility in sight"
 lCopyright. 1o12 by Finley Peter Dunne.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
knocked tn ball tn fence

iv tn schoolroom, dye mind, an didn't like tn pro-fissyon iv plumbing, was like as not to jine a ball team. He come home in tn fall with dinon in his shirt front an pair iv hands on him that looked like tn boughs iv three that's been sthruck be lightnin', an he was tn hayro iv tn neighborhood till his dimon melted an he took to dhrivin' a truck. But 'tis far diff'rent nowadays. To be ball player, has to hay joynt intelleck. Inside baseball tn pa -apers calls it, is so deep that'd give brain fever to pro-hssor iv astronomy to thry to figure 1t out. Each wan iv these here nathymatical janiuses has to carry thousand mysteryous signals in his head. an they're changed ivry day an some times in tn middle iv tn game. I'm sorry f'r tn poor fellows. In tn old days whin they were through with tn game they'd maybe sthray over to the Dutchman's fr a pan iv beer. Now they hurry home to their study an spnd tn avenin' poorin' over books iv alfgibera an thrigynom- ethry.
 How do I know? Hogan was in here last night with an article on tn Mysthries iv Base ball. It's be larned man. Here it is: Tn ordhinry obsarvare, or lunkhead, who knows naw- thin about baseball excipt what he larned be playn it, has no idee that tn game as played today is wan iv tn most inthricate sciences known to mankind. In tn first place, tn player must have an absolute masthry v tn theery iv ballistc motion This is especially thrue iv tn pitcher. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
N VIE iver go to baseball gamer" asked I ] Mr. Hennessy.
 "Not now," said MT. Dooley. ("

"Not now," said MT. Dooley. T haven't got tn intelleck fir it. Whin I |s young fellow nawthin' plazed me betther lin to go out to tn ball grounds, get a good Pzey seat in tn sun, take off me collar an coat, buy bottle iv pop-not so much, mind ye, tn refrishment, because niver was much on Pp, as to have somethin' handy to reprove tn |npire with wAin he give an erronyous decision lot on'y that, me boy, but was fine amachoor Il player mesilf. was first baseman iv tn |rairie Wolves whin we bate tn nine iv injine |mp'ny 5 be SCOOP iv four hundherd an eight three hundherd an twnty-fve. It was very |ose. Tn game started just afther low mass on
 Sundah nornin an'.w called on account iv |rlness at tn end iv tn foorth inning. booked tn ball over tn fence into Donovan's bal yard no less thin twelve times All this talk bout this here young fellow Baker makes me
 nile. Whin I was his age I wudden't count hnythin' but home runs If it wasn't home
 in, I'd say: Don't mark it down. an go back h have another belt at tn ball. Thin were tn avs.
 "We usent to think baseball was a science To wan was very good at it that was good at anything else. A young fellow that had clear ye in his head an a sthrong pair iv legs undher i'm, an that was onaisy in tn close atomysphere
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
Horseless City is
Close at Hand, Says
Drummond, Dealer

The horseless city isn't so far away.
wouldn't be surprised II this were
brought about during the present genera
tion,'' SAYS ". r Drummond. local agent
for the General Motors Truck company.
.'It is simply remarkable the way the
commercial industry is forging ahead
not steadily. but by leaps and bounds.
The year 1872 not only promises to be
busy one. but by the orders already
placed am positive that II is going 20
be a banner one. --------- ---------. -
Municipalities. corporations and even
smaller firms. who have use for only, a
single job. are changing their horse eaaip-
ment for the new just as speedily as 7
can be brought about. New York City
is to spend $4,000 for the purchase Of $50
pieces of self-propelled fire apparatus,
and 1t is expected within a short time
that the entire horse-drawn equipment
will be changed. This decision was
reached only after thorough inyestiga-
ton into the mechanical efficiency OF
the motor-truck. for the city officials
felt the necessity Of being absolutely GER
tain as to its reliability and that 1t could
be depended upon every day in the year.
The fact that they have appropriated
this amount of money proves that the
claims of manufacturers were well
founded and that the investigation was
very satisfactory"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
PACKARD MAKES RECORD
Sales of New Models Passes the One
Thousand Mark.
WORK ON PACKARD REPUTATION
Ne sach Record Was Ever Made In
This Country or In Europe
Machine Has Fastest Get
Away on the Market.

II wonder IL the public realizes what
1t means 10 haze placed over Lee Pack
ard Six. cars in the hands OF pur-
chasers since the opening OF the lsle sea-
son," said Denise Barkalow. the Packard
dealer in Omaha. Elm seven months pur-
ehasers have invested more than SSoOooeO
in-this- one model .Hiz record Is applied
TO a high grade. six in the first year OF
its appearance, has never been ap-
preached in this country. or in Europe.
when we started in to. sell the Pack
ard Six we sold Il on Packard teputa-
ton. We had been twelve years building
up that reputation, and the public under
stood pretty well that We wouldn't offer
a. car until we knew il was right. AZ a
matter OF fact the Six is based on
knowledge Of the six-cyllnder are in Its
highest development on two continents.
The Packard Six has the fastest get
away of any car now on the market.
From a standing start II will develop
speed OF sixty miles an hour In thirty
seconds. Jump into car with me and
III prove il to. you"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
Odds Factory Does Not
Deal in Antiques

That the spirit OF the dealer in an
tiques is manifested strongly among some
of the owners Of the early oldsmobile
models is evidenced by statement by
w. j. Mead, vice president and general
manager Of the olds Motor works at
Lansing. 10 the effect that during the
last month no less than three owners
OF the old wire-wheel curved-dash run
abouts have endeavored 10 dispose Of
them to the factory on the grounds that
they should prove valuable in an adver-
Using way.
while We are proud OF the ancient
vehicle now in our possession. which Is
the forerunner OF the oldsmobile line"
says Air. Mead. "and which antedates
the curved dash type by some little time.
We are not exactly an adjunct to the
Smithsonian institution and are therefore
not In position to gather In all OF the
old models. no matter what our senti-
ments may be toward them. presume
We could buy hundreds of these same
''one-lungers" II we wanted them and
that with very little effort. for II is
really astonishing the number OF these
that are still In service.
I'VE point with pride to the fourteen
years Of our existence. and while in a
way this does not seem very long. a
comparison of the curved dash ODDS
mobile and the Limited or Autocrat
types of today gives a fair idea of what
has been accomplished. and shows the
truly phenomenal strides that have been
made"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
CUTTING OUT THE SMOKE
Features of the Automobile Regu-
lations Put in Force In
81. Louis.

An ordinance regulating the use OF
automobiles in st. Louis, effective March
2. prohibits four things:
Flrst-The use OF horns or any warm
ing signal not capable Of making a sharp
blast.
second-The use OF any horn except as
a warning signal
Third-The emission Of unnecessary
smoke.
Fourth-t prohibits the cutting out of
the muffler. The abuse Of the muffler
cut-out, has created as much prejudice
against the automobile and the automo-
hilists as speeding. II seems to be the
delight OF the joyriders to make as much
noise as possible while going through
the residence districts. The taxicabs and
the motorcycles are the worst offenders.
The ordinance is as follows:
Section 5A-No person or company
owning or In charge Of any motor vehicle
shall cause. suffer or allow smoke. steam
or vapor to escape therefrom In guam
titles in excess Of the amount not pre-
ventable BY the use Of all appliances and
apparatus, eondensers and other Inn
provements TO prevent all unnecessary
escape of smoke. steam or vapor. Every
motor vehicle or motorcycle while being
used upon the streets. alleys and public
places of this city shall be provided with
a suitable bell. horn or other signal de-
vice. and II shall DO unlawful for a per-
son to use any device which win not pro
duce an abrupt sound sufficiently loud
to serve as an adequate warning OF dan
ger, and II shall be unlawful for any per-
son operating any motor vehicle or
motorcycle to make or cause TO be made
any, ppneeessaEy ,ppise with any ). such,
bell. horn or otfier signal device, OF TO
use the same except as warning OF
DANGER. nor ,psrinit, said motor vshieie
TO make any unnecessary noise by cut
ting out the muffier. or in any other
manner.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
Clarke Wa. Cheap.

Barney Dreyfuss paid John j. Nc
cioskey 800 for Fred Clarke In 1884,
They come high these days. but We
must have them. commented the Pirate
owner recently when he looked back
eighteen years on Fred Clarke, the
Juvenile beginner. Fred came up from
Savannah and played his first big league
game against Philadelphia with old Augie
weighing pitching. Louisville had seven
hits off Gus that day and Of these Fred
Clarke had five. Fred had brought his
little red 'toothpiek' bat with him from
Savannah. weighing said that kids i've
hits were all fluky accidents. but the
next day Fred pooled another one over
the fence at Louisville for home run"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
SPLIT CHASSIS" WANTED
BY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

Technical schools throughout the coun-
try are apparently ready to hand over
large slices Of their endowment in an
effort to buy from the Studebaker cor
poratIon the famous Flanders 80 Split
Chassis now engaged In completing the
rounds OF the automobile shows, said L.
A. Keller. local manager of the stude-
baker corporation.
Already more than a dozen offers have
been made for the car. As yet they will
keep II after the shows are over. Is a
matter that has not yet been decided.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
DARE DEVIL DRIVERS COMING
Leading Auto Racers of the World
to Be Here in July.
THREE DAYS AT SPEEDWAY
some Novel Races VIII BE sehed-
uied After the Races at the In
dianapolis Speedway ON Dec
Grafton Day.

Negotiations are being made for an
automobile race meet TO be held this
summer at the Omaha Speedway which
will eclipse anything Of its kind ever
held in this city.
Alex Sloane. formerly a newspaper man,
and until recently business manager for
Barney Oldfield. was In Omaha the other
Gay looking over the possibility OF booking
a meet here, and entered into a confab
with the officials of the Speedway COM
pany and arrived at an agreement
whereby Omaha will have three days of
automobile racing during July. The dates
for the meet have not been definitely
settled. but will in all probability be
July .. and 4
Sloane has picked a bunch OF nine of
the fastest and most fearless drivers the
world has ever known, who will make
trip across the continent putting on
dare devil races. Among some of the
famous drivers VIII be Barney Oldfleld.
IL he is reinstated, which Alex sloane
says he will be without doubt: Harry
Herrick, Teddy Tetzlaff. Don Herr, Gil
Anderson. Len zengle. Harry Knight and
others The cars which will be used by
these fellows are made especially for
racing. The racing will be Of an entirely
different class than what has been put
on here before. when stock cars were
stripped and used for racing.
: One car in particular which is expected
to break all records this summer is the
u. ]. Co. q six-ylinder car with a
horsepower of 20 This same car will
be driven In the 5o-mie International
sweepstakes on the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. Memorial day. It win be
driven by Harry Herrick. He Is the
present holder Of the worlds road race
record. He was q member Of the ma
tional racing team IN 1910. and won the
santa Monica event, in which he made
the record. He also won the Phoenix
desert road race. He VIII leave the Pa
cific coast tracks for the first time this
summer. Other cars which will be en-
tered are the Case cars. Fiat, Loxier.
stutz. Simplex. National and Lexington.
The latter car will be driven by Harry
Knight, who narrowly escaped death In
one Of the most thrilling accidents ever
happening on an Indianapolis track.
Sloane Will be In Omaha again in the
near future to complete arrangements.
1t Is his intention OF putting the races on
under the auspices of the Commercial
club, Elks or shriners. He believes by
this method the people will be more apt
10 take to the game The speedway will
be rented outright by Sloane and the or
gsnization which backs II will get per-
eentage OF the receipts. Should Sloane
be unable TO get any club TO back the
meet he viii put Il on anyhow. as he is
determined to put his daredevils on the
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
Big Concerns ALI
Buy Motor Trucks,

ut is significant sign when great cor
porations like the standard OIL company
begin using motor trucks" says Bert
Murphy OF Murphy did IT. fame. FOR
II is a well known fact that these large
companles watch operating expenses
closely. They must be kept to the mini
mum, for these vast organizations dc
mand It. So the use OF trucks by them
means that they are both, efficient and
economical"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
Take White Truck to chinn.

When the United States troops were
sent from the Philippines to China about
six weeks ago to look after American
interests during the present disturbances
they took with them one Of the nine
White motor trucks which have been in
government service for the last year in
the Philippines.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
Gossip
Along the
Automobile Row

The W. l. Huffman Automobile com
pany reports a large business on the Alb
bott- Detroit cars, They have closed sew
erai contracts despite the bad weather.
The big seven-passenger ga seems to
have taken the lead owing't to Its wonder
ful power. roomy body and silent motor.
i expect to sell fifty Abbott-petroit cars
in Omaha the coming season." said Mr.
W. \, HELEN. sales manager. as the
man requiring a large, r0cmy. seven
passenger car cannot find one that viii
meet the requirements like the Abbott
Detroit "iI'' at anywhere near the price.
The following letter was received last
week by Manager Mcintyre. local dealer
Of she stearns-Knight car, from c v.
knight. the motor king: Permit me 70
congratulate you on the wonderful sue
cess OF tho SteSrns-Knight car In the
hands Of hundreds OF users who are now
operating It. l. am hearing nothing but
the most fiattering reports regarding
their behavior, and do not hesitate TO
state that no concern which has ever
taken up our motor has more conscien-
tlousiy prepared itself for its design and
manufacture
W. L. Huffman received mall orders
for five Hupmobile go" touring cars and
two 49, roadsteTs last week.
The Nebraska Buick Auto company sold
a big forty horse power Buick roadster
last week to !. NJ. Aspield Of Ancestor.
S. n. They also sent carload shipments
direct to tho following agents: York
Auto company. York. Neb,; sheldon Auto
company. sheldon. Ia; Scott Auto COM
pany, Norfolk. Neb.: Shelby County Auto
company. Harlan. Ia; =. Hayener. Cor
don. Neb.: Luther Larson. Fremont. Neh.;
Wade q Burnight. Sioux Center. Ia;
Boone Auto company, Glldden, la.
The early automobile enthusiasts were
mostly designers and builders. They
were pretty nearly the only defenders OF
the "horseless carriage IN those days,
but their predictions have all come true,
Inc buT1Ca NNit hhAoHh
best Of the prophets. J. Frank Duryea
had the vision TO see the automobile In
its final form and for It's final purpose
before most men formulated either. That
Is probably why in developing the Stew
ens-Duryea car he originated one after
another Of the features OF construction
that have become fundamental In all
fine cars now. His brother. who did most
Of the talking for the family. MADE some
predictions In HorseleSs Age in July,
1895. that are remarkable to look back
upon. They were based, Of course, on a
more Intimate knowledge than most peo-
pie had OF what J. Frank Duryea was
doing In developing the gasoline motor.
On March 90. Claude A. George, assist
ant sales manager OF tho willys-over-
land company. sails from New York
on the steamship Lusitann for England,
subsequently going TO Hamburg. Ger
many. where he will locate permanently
as foreign representative for Toledo's
large automobile manufacturing organlza-
ton.
When the Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel
company OF Ballard. wash, near Seat
tie, Is in a hurry 10 load a twenty-ton
frafVht car NJ ona NJ ia hunkers n
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

I'VE make these tires 10 per
cent over the rated size. This
to give you an overtired car
to save the blow-outs due to
overlooking.
This 10 per cent oversize. .un.
der average conditions, adds Is
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

The old.type tire. since bicycle
days. has hooked into the rim
fange.
No-Rim-Cut tires do not.
Your removable rim flanges
are simply reversed when you
dopt this tire. They present
4 rounded edge to the tire.
And this rounded edge never
rim-euts a tire.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

doesn't bother the railroad company with
repeated requests for switch engine.
General Manager S. J. Nerdrum simply
runs his EMF - down TO the main
line SIDING. bitches a rope to the freight
car he wants and whisks Il TO the spot
where Il Is wanted
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

Byrne Of Omaha has been given the.
agency Of this company.
automobile supplies will be gotten out
by the Powell Supply company during
the next week, Il. VIII be much larger
than last years and more complete
Arthur Soss OF lincoln bought sMer-
curry roadster go Maxwell car last week
from the United Motor Omaha company.
A Maxwell Special '-Ss-' was sold to W.
Kerr OF scribner. Neb.
C. F. Kennedy, Of Merna, Neb.. visited
the saiesrooms OF the United Motor
Omaha company last. week.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

Tom Bromwell. sales manager for the
II. n Frederickson Automobile company.
returned Thursday from a three weeks
trip through the state. In spite az the
snow. he says. the dealers IN the terri
tory are doing a large business and he
thinks that this year viii be ens ~ tlss
largest the automobile dealers have ever
had.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
To nensnh nm Hit,inn.

Evidently Hugh Jennings doesn't think
much Of his pitching staff He says the
Tigers win depend on hitting this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

We eontrols by patents the
only way to make this type Of
tire satisfactory.
Our Tire Book tells you why.
Thus the demand for this new
type centers on Goodyear No
Rim-Cut tires.
These tires have been proved
out by 100000 users. And any
OF them will tell you to adopt
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17

The Chalmers-Detroit factory, reports
an extraordinary business for this year
SO far IS per cent more cars have been.
ordered than there were during the whole
Of last season. and the officers say tina;
they will do at least 30 per cent more
business this year than in lali.