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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14

Arlie Latham was funnytin his
day, but Germany" Shaefer of
the fellow that has ever been con-
nected Washington club is the
funniest with baseball. During
the trip when Washington won
II straight games, Germany"
was at his best. So clever and
clean was his comedy. that he
made the fans like the game, de-
spite the defeats administered
their favorites.
Schaefer is popular with. the
fans because he never gets peeved
when they kid him. He can
laugh at a joke at his expense,
just as we'll as the fan laughs at
his puns. His wit Is spontaneous,
and seldom does anyone get the
better of a battle of repartee
with Schaefer.
OF course there n a limit to
the things Sehaefer can do on the
coaching lines. The umpires,
realizing that the fans like to see
him in action, never object to his
comedy stunts unless he seems to
go too far. During a series at
Cleveland, Schaefer almost turn
ed game into a farce by his
stunts. The Maps were getting
SO badly trimmed, that the fans
forgot the game in their amuse-
ment at Schaefer. Umpire Con-
molly, seeing the state of affairs,
pulled off his mask and yelled:
Ease up on that stuff! The
folks came here to see ball
game, not burlesque."
Wrong. as all umpires usually
are, Mr.. Connolly" said Herman,
wearing his broadcast smile, a
smile at which no umpire could
take offense. Just a minute and
l will convince you"
The crowd looked on in won
derment. Turning to the stands
Schaefer asked:
Ladies and gentlemen, did
you come to see the ball game OF
me?"
Almost in unison the crowd
shouted, ssSchaefer!" SO what
could the umpire do?
Later In the game some fan
who desired to take a little of
the ginger out of Schaefer, asked,
When do you intend to play, and
try to earn your salary?"
Griffith is saving me for the
worlds SERIES" answered Her
man. almost before the fan finish
ed his question.
Another sought to belittle
Schaefer by yelling in his loudest
voice: You're the biggest four
flush 1 ever saw" Never for a
moment did Herman falter.
1T took you dozen years to
find that out; always knew it,"
In Detroit, fan. peeved at the
fun Shaefer was having over the
trouncing the Tigers were getting,
yelled:
eff you were SO good, why did
Jennings let you got" To which
Herman Immediately replied:
IF you will look up the rec
ords you'll see Hughey hasn't won
any pennants since he made that
fatal mistake" No one on the
grounds got heartier laugh out
of this than jennings.
One of Shaefer's best acts is his
tight-rope walking, using the
whitewash lines of the coacher's
box as an imaginary wire. 1t is
really one of the funniest stunts
ever shown on diamond or stage.
After he had pulled his absurdity,
one of the fans who didn't like
the act, possibly because it was
SO ridiculous, remarked as Schae-
fer walked toward the Washing
ton bench.
You must be crazy when you
will do that sfuff tn GET fhe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
KELLEY COMING FROM
AUSTRALIA FOR TALENT

Australia, one against Sam Lang
ford and the other with either
Sam McVey or Joe Jeanette.
Money is no object" said KEEL
ly. Mcintosh Is ready to pay
johnson 100000 for a match with
Langford and $4,000 for zone
other bout. Johnson will also be
allowed $4,000 expense money
and three round trip tickets 10
Australia" E
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14

SAN FRANCISCO-Billy No
Ian, manager for Willie Richie,
has received a telegram from a
syndicate formed in the oil field
district offering 100000 purse
for a fight between Richie and
AID Wolgast to be staged Thanks
giving day near Bakersfield. No
Ian has accepted in behalf OF
Richie.
Nolan has also received propo-
sitions for Richie to fight at CAL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
SUMMARY,
INDIANS WIN In
THE THIRTEENTH

(By United Press Leased wirc.y
PORTLAND. Sept. IA. It
took Is innings to tell whether
Spokane would fall behind In the
pennant race or would share hon.
org along with Seattle yesterday.
A line drive by Cartwright In the
last frame scored Melchoir.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
OFFER $4,000 PURSE
FOR FIGHT BETWEEN
RITCHIEAND WOLGAST

gary and to meet Leach Cross,
Tackey Mcfarland and Jack Brit
ton in New York.
At present Richie Is resting at
Chico, CAL, with his left wrist
still in plaster cast.
He will return to San Francisco
in about a week and expects then
TO leave shortly for New Orleans
to fight Joe Mandot, whom ne
trimmed on the occasion Of their
former bout.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
(By United Press Leased Wiz

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO - Commits
stoned by Hugh Mcintosh, the
Australia fight promoter, to make
offers to Jack Johnson and other
top notch boxers in this country,
w. G. j. Kelly of Sydney is here
en- route to Chicago for confer
ence with Johnson.
Kelly's mission is to negotiate
with johnson for two matches in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
In THE
CONVERSATION
LEAGUE

There was some meeting this
noon. Bill Norman and Mott liv-
ened things up for a while. The
day is drawing near and the boys
are beginning to warm up.
Umpire-in-Chief Pete Daley was
around yesterday looking things
over. Some OF the boys put If up
to Pete about having Umpire day
in the Conversation league.
Good idea" says Pete. Lets
have 1t in November, when Jour
new STAFF of umpires are selected.
- 80
The league members have talk
en- quite an interest in the coming
Umpire's day, which is next Sun
day. That's right, boys, get, to-
gether and give Van a royal send
off, and don't forget the flowers.
so
Secretary Corcoran has issliec
an order to all league members ;s
leave all flowers and other dana
lions at headquarters, OIyinp;c
club cigar stand. before 2 p.dmr
Sunday, as the special auto viii:
leave promptly at 2:15.
Russ Hall was with US this
a. m. Russ looks fine and he
expects to do a big business a;
the new recruiting Office.
Chief Scout Tommy Thompson
Is rounding the court house bunch
together for Sunday afternoon.
He was In conference with Bat
boy Tom Drew yesterday and
maybe Van will be presented with
a tin Of sour cream.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
COMEDY GAME
GOES TO GIANTS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Sept. IA. The
Giants took a Joke game from the
Bees yesterday. piling up the to-
tal of 20 sure enough runs. The
Bees had to send in four pitchers
to keep one another from falling
exhausted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
ANGIE MORAN WILL BE MAN
OF THE HOUR UMPIRE DAY

A plea has been made to men,
bers of the league and others in
.erested in BASEBALL, to bring flow
.ers for the identifying Of the oc-
casion, which may be left at the
Olympic club cigar stand any
time during Sunday morning. 1t
is the intention to make this Um-
pire day even more imposing than
The last.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14

ten miles against relay team of
ten veterans, but no opponents
could be found. Charles Mont
gomery OF Sawtelle, Cal, and
George Howell of Detroit attempt
ed to hold the speedy veteran Is
pace" but both collapsed at the
end Of mile. Smith finished
with . strong sprint.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-14
AGED VETERAN RUNS TEN
MILES; BREAKS RECORD

Los ANGELES, Sept. a.
Running ten miles against time
IN / hour. IA minutes, AS sec
onds. Col. J. L. Smith, aged SO, OF
Highland Park. Mich. attending
the National Encampment of the
q. A. r.. established what
q believed to be 9 worlds record.
Col. Smith was 70 have run the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06

any other number, though the increase
over three kernels per mill was only three
bushels per acre. And so the matter
goes. Too little seed is used on the
whole Where the aim is to get three
kinds per hils u 1t averaged more than
two and one half and while thick plant
ing is an objection on dry year. yet
taking It one year with another through
out considerable portion of the corn
belt, four kernels In good many hills
and three in the balance. To put the
matter in ano, her way, rather have the
planter dropping from three to five kerr
nels than from two to four. OF course,
on thin, bare soil 1t would be a great
mistake to plant thickly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
CORN PLANTING

just how thick to plant corn depends
considerably upon climatic conditions
during the season, othat it is practical
~ a guess whether to plant thin, thick
or just right. The common belief that
three in a hill is the proper number, the
hills being three and hat feet apart,
or the equivalent number, If drilled,
does not always hold good While three
in the hill is, in many cases. the proper
num5er, it is not always so.
On rich land, such as river bottoms,
rich pastures or lots in many cases five
to hill are none too many and four to
the hi | is very satisfactory number on
many fields in a high state of ,u'tiva-
ton. On worn land from two to three
plants to the hill might be thick plant
ing
The locality is large factor in deter
mining the number of plants to the acre
The dried parts of the corn belt require
thinner planting than in the more humid
sections The Northern localities that
cannot produce large corn on account of
sAortness of the season can advantage
Dusly plant thick to secure large yields
with their small corn.
ne Li-NhIlts5 VI pldHlIHS Is Il iutSlIOH
of variety, fertility ana moisture. The
variety has something to do with it, a
large one thinner and small varieties
thicker planting. The man that disks
his fall p owing early in the spring and
Keeps his spring blowing well narrowed
"N IAN s9fely plant thicker than the nah
who disregards the conservation of mos-
ture because he has larger supply
available for the use of his plants when
dry time comes.
THICK SEEDING ADVISABLE.
1t can, however, be relied upon with
reference to a large variety of crops that
thick seeding viii in a great majority of
cases outyield thin seeding. Take it in
potato growing; if the sets are placed
seven inches apart you will get greater
weight per acre than IL they are ten in
g1cs apart, but of course there might
not be any more marketable potatoes.
The same principle holds true in all
classes of roots Mangel wurt els, for
instance, are usually thinned to about II
inches in the row. On rich ground the
crop ought to yie'd 90 ton per acre. II
the plants are thinned to six or eight
inches in the row the chances are that
there Will be anywhere from five to seven
tons more per acre, but, of course, there
will be more small mangels. Taking
everything into consideration, root
grower would rather have 20 tons of uni
form roots than to have rs tons of the
smaller kind.
Even in corn the same general prin-
ciple holds good if carried on'y to certain
point At the Illinois station number
Of plants IF corn planted at the rate of
five kernels per hill averaged bushels
per acre. white four kernels averaged Al
and three kernels 46. In summarizing 80
experiments conducted in counties in
Iowa, Messrs. Bowman and Crossley on
their hook on corn find that five kerne S
per hill gave slightly 'argrr yield than
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
FOUND DEAD.

An inquest was held over the body of a
man found on Rough Island tract of
land lying between Conowingo and Bald
Friar-deriving its uame from the unus-
ual wildness and roughnoss of the coun-
try-which is surrounded by water dur
ing freshets in the Susquehanna river.
The body was found by Harry Peters,
colored, and when found was damned in
amongst drift wood and logs. The cloth
Ing was nearly torn off. The body was
supposed to be that of Welchman en-
ployed in the Peach Bottom State Quar-
Ties few miles up the river. The body
was buried along the river bank as no
clue to his identity could be found
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
How's This

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case OF catarrh that cannot
be cured bv Halls Catarrh Cure. F. J
CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last IS years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
bv his firm.
WALDING. KTNNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c. per
bottle. Sold bv all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
'ation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
Saves Leg Of Boy

1T seemed that my IA year old boy
would have to lose his leg, on account Of
an ugy ulcer, caused by a bad bruise,"
wrote d. F. Howard, Aquone, N. c. "All
remedies and doctors treatment failed
till we tried Bucklens Arnica Salve, and
cured him with one box" Cures burns,
bols, skin eruptions, piles. Csc at all
Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
Mail Order Houses

Don't undersell me ror same quality
goods Tell me your wants. Note prices.
No paying in advance. No freight
charges No risk whatever. Try me on
Paint. We sell l.. & NJ. Paint. It's thick.
Must add oil, and then you have the best
pure Lead, Zinc and Linseed Oil Paint
made, and it's cost is only about $1.57
Der Tallon.
Call on R. B. Frazer, Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
EVACUATION OF PERRYvILLE

The great exodus has been going on
from Perryville this week and last, which
has about cleaned out the place of men,
mules and wagons. The trains have
been carrying many new regiments over
the road for the last fortnight
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
RtEFRESlHMENT CAR.

A refreshment car has been placed on
the p, W. & B. R. R., and passengers, as
they fly from city to city, can be served
with hot coffee, oysters, pies, sand
witches, etc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
ARREST OF RUNAWAY NEGROES

Two negroes, from Winchester, were
arrested at Perryville last Tuesday.
Sheriff Cosgrove was teIegraphed and he
met the party having the negroes in
custody, at the Elkton depot, and the
runaways were conducted to Jail, where
they are now confined. The negroes say
their masters name is George Owens,
lives near Winchester, Va, and has two
sons in the rebel army.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
MARRIED.

Mccullough Killingsworth.-on Thurs
day, the Sd inst, by Rev. J. Allen, at the
residence of the brides father, North
East, Mr.. E. J. Mccullough and Miss
Rebecca J. Killingsworth, both of this
county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
Grril 1lnG1in
FIFTY YEARS AGO
ELKTON, APRIL S, 1862.
THE MARKETS.

Red wheat, SIPS; white do, s1.3O; corn,
old, .4S; do, new, AS; oats, 80.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
APPOINTED.

Levi Kline has been appointed Sur.
yeyor of the Port of Havre de Grace.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20
Bv Damon RunVOn.

NEW YORK. Dec 20.-It Is
v with great reluctance that
we insert more woe into the
holiday season, but here is "a blow
which fell, ka-chunk, upon the
Island Of Manhattan last night,
dropping off the wires Of the Assoc
ciated Press utterly exhausted aft
err long ride from California.
Read! Read,
Los Angeles, Dec, 1S.-Art Sha-
er, utility infelder for the New
York Nationals last year, said to-
day that he would not Join Nc
Graw's squad for the training siege
at Marlin next February. "a have
quit baseball for good" said Shafer.
"For one thing, got TOO many per
fumed notes"
We instructed our Los Angeles
correspondent to see Mr.. Shafer
forthwith and ascertain what these
notes We're perfumed with. which
seems to US the most important
feature OF the item, but up to the
moment of sliding to press no an
swer had been received.
Mr. Shafer is not on the stage.
and is not even threatened with be-
ing sent there, SO it can not be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20
To NEE
VIRGINIA HERE
OCTOBER25

NEORGIA and Virginia will
Z meet on the gridiron at Ponce
DeLeon park next fall. The
game has been scheduled for Oc-
tober %. In 1897 Virginia and
Georgia FLASHED here in Atlanta, the
Athens team going down to defeat
after a hard struggle.
1t was in that game that Won
Cannon, Georgia's great fullback,
was killed Virginia was trying TO
gain by their famous dying wedge
formation. Won Cannon. head
lowered, dove into the play. He
managed to bring his man to the
ground but when the players had
been pulled off the human pile, it
was found that his neck was
broken.
The Georgia Vanderbilt battle
will probably be an annual event
here in Atlanta, if the game next
fall is a success, and local foot
ball fans can consider themselves
extremely lucky that such a clas-
sic event has been secured for
them.
Virginia also announces that
their game with Vanderbilt next
season will be played in CharIottes-
vile on November l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20
"lNJUN BILL" HAILED
AS BEST OF COACHES

MADISON, WIS, Dec. 20.-There is
a new coaching star in the football
flrmament-Indian Bill juneau, who
this year developed a team which won
the Western football championship for
Wisconsin and q team which challenges
Harvard for a game for the American
supremacy on the gridiron next season.
Descendant of the man who founded
the city of Milwaukee, Injun Bill Jul
neau, after several years coaching on
minor teams, in his first year at Wis
consin brought out the title winning
team and the big, silent, almost tact
turn coach is hailed by Badger varsity
men as the equal of Coach Stagg, Of
Chicago, and Hurry Up" Yost, of
Michigan, and unquestionably the
greatest football tutor at Wisconsin
since the days of Phil King.
Unlike many who have filled the po-
sitiOn at Wisconsin, Juneau is an orig
inator He is capable of devising new
stunts in football. He is a thinker.
football strategist, like Yost and Stage,
not merely a developer Of trained foot
ball players.
When he played football he was a
star when he coached he was a great
er star. It's a funny coincidence that
Juneau played on the last team that
Won championship for Wisconsin In
1901. He wound up his playing career
IN That season, and now, in his first
year as coach, he has another title
eleven.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Mike Mitchell for two years the field
captain Of the Cincinnati Reds, VIII be
reduced 10 The ranks on the Cub team
since J. Evers will do his own captainlng'
The Cubs would lave all the best of the
recent Tinker deal provided the rules
would let them play five shortstops slmu'-
taneously.
The Cubs chances for a pennant seem
to depend a good bit on the condition OF
the former Cracker, Al Brdwel. II ne
comes through all right and the pltch!,
ers perform creditably they should WIN
the bunting
John McGraw says that when he was
arrested IN Cuba for hawing out some
players he got f. Bancroft the Reds
business manager, to pilot him TO court.
The judge fined McGraw SIC for ms ne
havior and Bancroft $50 for being asleep
when it happened.
\ controversy has arisen between John
King and the Boston Nationals as to
whether he resigned first or whether
they beat him to it,
Larry DOYLE has remarked; "lf the
Pirates get Honey. the race IS over IN
burg hasn't tumbled yet.
Frank Chances reluctance about ac-
cepting $20 Gee job is appalling to those
Of us who haven't 100000 jobs-and we
constitute a majority,
The second hand grandstand purchased
by the Mobile club is the one that was
at the race track in New Orleans. 1t was
picked up for a song-the swan song, in
cidentally, of racing in New Orleans.
Eddie Warner, sOuthpaw pitcher Sc
cured from Brown university by the Pr
rates, has been turned over to Column
bus. He started wen last year and then
stopped.
Is RUDE Marquard skiddng? He did not
break into print at all yesterday.
The doctor who operated on Frank
Chance last fall has given his official
opinion that the F. L. should be able to
play ball as well this year as ever in
his career.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20

season he was drafted by the St.
Louis Browns.
The task of making good with a
tail-end team, however was too
much, and after short trial he
was turned back by the Browns to
the club from which they got him.
He was told he would never do for
the big show. and men who were
supposed to know a ball player
when they see one made these as
sertions. This only spurred Gandil
to renew his efforts. He went back
to the bushes disappointed but not
discouraged. He studied his faults
and devised ways to correct them.
So well did he succeed that in
1910 he was given his second
chance with a major league out
fit. the White Sox taking hold of
him. He played Il games with the
white-hosed bunch at first base
and was once again pronounced a
failure. His fielding was not bad.
but he did not seem 10 hit well
enough to stick. AS a result he
was relegated to Montreal.
There, in 1911, he learned to bat.
He got a chance to play regularly.
and this seemed to improve him.
At the end of the International
league season he was the proud
possessor of a .SO4 batting percent
age.
When Clark Griffith took hold of
the perpetual tail enders he soon
discovered that he was in need of
first baseman. Jack Flynn was
then guarding first for him, and
proved a bigger failure as a first
base guardian than he had at Pitts
burg. Jack Knight, who succeed
ed him, also fell down miserably
in trying to live up to the assign
ment.
So Griff threshed the minors and
spied Gandil in Montreal. Chick
was playing at hi1 best, and the
owners of the Maple Leafs set a
big price on him, but the Old Fox
paid 1t gladly and has never re-
GREETED it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20
Mash Notes Drive Young Giant
0ut Of Baseball; Artie Shafer
Declares That He's Quit Game

press agent stunt. 1t seems to us
that Mr.. Shafer must have been
getting Reeshard de Marquis de
Marquar's mail by mistake. How
ever, if this theory is untenable. we
are willing to make constant ap-
pear throughout the baseball sea-
son for MI. Skaters correspond
onts to cut out the perfume, If he
will only come back.
OF course, "Tillie" has plenty Of
time before February 20 to deny
the Associated Press story. He has
been playing ball out in California
for winter team that also harbors
Fred Snodgrass and Chief Meyers.
Snodgrass and Shafer are chums.
Shafer is "A nice-looking, modest
young man. as we'll as a great ball
player, and we can not have him
pestered by perfumed notes if we
have to get it prohibited by ordi-
nance.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20
FORTY ROUNDS Of
BOXING HERE ON
NEXT MONDAY
BY Left Hook.

TIME Dixie Athletic club has ar
ranged an all-star show for
next Monday that should give
the boxing fans Of Atlanta a mighty
good run for their money On ac-
count of Tuesday night being
Christmas Eve, the weekly show
was shifted back from Tuesday to
Monday. There will be four ten
round mills, and on paper all look
like hummers.
Mike Saul is going to meet Frank
Mcmahon, d Westerner who has
good record, in the final bout of the
evening. Mike viii give up his ref
cree job for one night, as he wants
to show local sports that he can
scrap as well as he can referee.
And Mike sure can referee.
In the next main bout Spider
Britt will hook up with Al Smith,
the boy who made Meyer Prizes
quit in two rounds last Tuesday
night. Spider will have to be at his
best to beat Smith.
Eddie HanIon and Tommy La
velle are scheduled to go ten rounds,
too. But as both can hit to beat
the band, this bout is not likely to
go half the distance.
Those two demon black sIuggers,
Arthur Worthy and Kid Hooper, are
going to open the card. Wen, here
is a fireworks bout for keeps
There are no $1,000 per- fight
ers in this bunch. but it looks like
the best card, from an action stand
point. that has ever been staged in
this city.