The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-07-20
CROSS COUNTRY HIGHWAY
Is SLOGAN OF AUTOISTS

oasine>s In the last year % pay sur
the truek.- writes this owner 20 the
kiss-i Motor Car Company.
This corr~~pondent Foes on 20 say
thst his principal object In bzyins his
ktss-i Mar truck was 20 improve his
service and thus build I'd his b1siness
rather than an expectation Of saving
money over horse haulase- The fact
that the truck has actually saved
money a. well a. made IL. has come
m an entire surprise 20 him.
Long before the days Of frewater
the Oregon Indians used a cure for
snake bites. which 10 thus described
by an aged member OF the tribe" said
DIT. Charles g. Percival. editor OF
Health Magazine. who is touring the
world in the Abbott Detroit Bull
Dog and who was bitten by a rattle.
snake while on his way to Alaska,
and whose Ne was saved by an old
Indian sQuaw by the use OF the fol
lowing recipe:
Take the leaves OF a cocklebur
enough TO make a poultice. and sim.
mer them over a fire until sufficiently
plant to make the poultice properly
and apply to the wound. Then drink
a half teacupful OF the water in which
the leaves were boiled. The treat.
ment Is also good for hornet and bee
stings."
Now that the Chalmers Trophy Com
mission has voted to leave Ty Cobb and
wild Fire" Schultz In the competition
Tor the automobiles this year. there has
been considerable speculation among
fans and baseball authorities generally
as TO whether or not last years winners
can repeat.
Annual, the object Of -. trophy is stat
ell as follows:
To encourage and reward sportsman
ship and ability In baseball. to be-tow
honor on the man in. each major league
whose work has impressed most favor
ably jury OF baSebalrs most conscicn-
t'ous and best informed critics-active
newspaper writer's.
Under points TO consider In voting
are listed the following: Batting. base
running fielding. agRrvssfveness aid to
team play. time of reporting to club.
quick thinking. conduct on and OF the
held. and respect FOR club discipline"
One or two baseball authorities have
contended that the last two points
conduct on and or the field" and re
spect for club discipline'-might prove
quite handicap TO the vote-gettinr
ability Of Ty cobb this year. The FIERY
1eorgians recent attack on the fan at
New York not only caused a strike or
the Detroit players and resulted in the
Hirect loss OF n game TO philadelphia.
out also brought some very unfavorable
publicity upon the national pasfltne
Even IL Cobb ranks as Sigh this wear
IN batting. base running. fielding. aid TO
team play. etc. II is possible that his
New York experience and one or two
other affairs vhirh he has had and
which have hardly been m accord with
the best club discipline. might keen the
great batsman from again winning the
trophy
In addition to this. while cobb is stilI
generally spoken OF as the worlds great
test batsman and one Of the greatest,
" not the greatest OF his day. his record
this year has not been quite so spectacu-
iar as last The papers OF his home
city recently offered severe criticism
against Cobb because Of the fact that
he missed "A time at ba; and a chance
10 snare In batting rally because lie
mad left the bench to set an early
chance 81 the bath In the players dress
ing room.
Last year Sherwood .fasee admit
tedly one or the strongest batterS ana
all-around players in the National
league. failed 10 get single vote for
the Chalmers Trophy. His attack on an
umpire was generally credited as tho