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Ray Powell. released to St. Joe by the White Sox last spring, is to get trial with the Tigers.
 The Washington team has main- tained scouting force of one and has spent $10,000 or so for players. And now look at them!
 Harry Wolter, the Yankee outflelder who broke one of his legs last spring. has discarded his crutches, but will not try to play again this year.
 It's some jump from a Class D league to the umpire stan of Ban Johnson. but this Joe O'Brien from the Ohio State is said to be equal to 1t.
 Columbus has recalled outhelder Farrell from Akron. He will act as utility fielder. replacing Donica. the Blue Grass recruit. who will be sent to Akron.
 Chief Meyer thinks pretty we'll of Christy Matthewson's control when he offers to use rocking-chair when catching him. Meyer says he is the best ever.
 Lou Fiene, the former White Sox pitcher, is now an outfelder with the Kansas City Blues. He Is hitting tkc ball hard and often and Is giving good satisfaction.
 Pittsburg papers say Claude Hem drix is deserving of great deal ct credit and that he has been respon- sible for the Pirates keeping 70 we'll up in the race.
 John zanzel is busily engaged in winning his fourth consecutive pen- nant in the International league. His Rochester team is again in the Iced for this years flag.
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SECOND EASTMAN MORGAN OF WASHINGTON.

spring came Mcbride and Street. and this quartet formed the nucleus for several years to come--in fact. until this spring. when great haul from the minors was made.
 Under former regimes 1t was fig ured that this nucleus surrounded by some cast-offs would bring about de- sired resuits: The fafiurs -uf thess plans need not be recalled, but 1t was up to Clark Griffith to realize when he took charge that if ball team was to be built up 1t must be done along the same lines that the nucleus for team had been secured.
 He started out along these lines. and he made success of 1t. Not that he was responsible for the securs ing of the players who have made this winner. but he burned all bridges behind him when he let out the old players and made it possible for the youngsters to get chance to play.
 Had he retained the veterans tho chances are that if the youngsters had started poorly the old fellows would have been back in harness and the result would have been another losing team.
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l The report is persistent that Bres- nahan Is through as manager of the Cardinals and that Mrs. Britton will have Huggins as leader of the team next year.
 We keep hearing all the time that Hank O'Day is through at Cincinnati, and that Harry Davis is ali in at Cleveland. Ohio is a bad place for budding managers.
 It is said that Manager McGraw of | the New York Giants is sweet on Arnold Hauser of the Cardinals, and would like to put over trade for the clever shortstop.
 Cincinnati can already hear the 1913 pennant Hopping They know they're going to have good team down there next year just because they whipped the Giants twice in a row. Hovlik, who pitched a no-hit game for the Milwaukee Brewers, still be- longs to the White Sox, and if he per forms many tricks of the kind he will be yanked back in a hurry.
 Ty Cobb picked up a little side money umpiring a semipro game at New York, and some of the papers around the circuit comment on it as though Ty had stolen the money.
 Even with four scouts, Sam Ken nedy, George Huff, Bobby Gilks and Socks" Seybold, roaming the bushes the Cleveland club has not been able to annex any promising minor lea guers.
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The strong race being made by St. Louis and Philadelphia is attributed to the work of Bresnahan and Dooin in marked degree.
 And here we have examples of the vast difference between really great catchers and the mere mechanical workers. It takes more than a good throwing arm to make man valua- ble behind the bat
 Much of Alexander's success with the Phillies undoubtedly has been due to the influence of Dooin behind the bat, while 1t was Bresnahan's tactics inculcated in the St. Louis pitching staff that increased the effectiveness of the Cardinal mound men. For three years now St.s Louis has been a good run-getting organization, but 1t was not until this season that the pitchers were able to give the club anything like an adequate defense.
 Going back to the early days of the game, the old Boston bunch, winners of four consecutive pennants. had McVey behind the bat when it won its first flag, while Jim White, one of the original "big four" was Boston's mainstay behind the bat at the three following seasons. Then White was with Chicago in 1876, when that club won the National League pennant, and when he returned to Boston in 1887. the Beaneaters added fifth flag to their collection. That season, how ever, White declined to catch Bond. and Snyder was added to the staff.
 Chicago had the great "Silver" Flint behind the bat when it won three pennants in row in 1880, 1881 and 1882, and again in 1885 and 1886. when it added two more trophies.
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BUSINESS SIDE OF BASEBALL
Fifty Millions of People Witness Pro- fessionaI Games Annually,
 Paying $t5,ooo,ooo.

The people of the United States spend approximately $15,000,000 a year to see baseball games. The total number of persons registered at all professional ball games during a sea- son reaches 50,000,0O0, Current Litera- ture asserts. So rapid has been the growth of baseball enthusiasm that so we are told by Edward Mott Wool ley-owners of baseball teams predict the time when the aggregate of base ball patronage, including major and minor leagues, will be 300,000, 900. They believe baseball to be still in it's infancy. and on this prophecy they are stalking their cash in monster stadi- ums of iron and stone and laying out business plans to take care of their profits that they count up in the mill lions. As Q business investment, we are assured, baseball has United States Steel and all the stocks quoted on the stock exchange beaten to frazzle." Baseball magnates, MT. Woolley goes on to explain in Mo Clure's, pay salaries of $10,000, s12,- 900, s15,000, even $1S.000 to their man. agers and players. One baseball mag nate paid no less than $22,000 bonus for the right to employ single play CT.
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That winning ball teams are made up to a large extent from material secured direct from minor leagues. and not from players who have had experience in fast company, is proved in numerous instances, among which are the Nationals.
 l Griffith's entire outfield came here
 direct from the minors. This is also true of the infleld when Morgan is playing second, and is fact so far as majority of the pitchers and catchers on the team are concerned.
 All of which should go to show that the club which intends to strengthen its fences must draw from the small leagues. Success, however. is not assured in a short period. It may take time, and lots of 1t, before the purpose Is accomplished, but it is the only system after all and should be practiced.
 Washington's first successful grab from the minor league grab bag was Clyde Milan, who was secured from Wichita in the summer of 1907. That fall Walter Johnson also came into the fold, and 1t was soon generally conceded that Washington had two good ball players. The following
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Another No-hlt Game.

Hovlik, the former Sox pitcher, now with Milwaukee. pitched the second no-hit game of the American associa- ton season when he shut out Louis vile in the first game of a double header without hit or a run. The big fellow was in wonderful form, and there was not the semblance of hit made off of him throughout the game. He walked three men and famed six. Only one man reached second base.
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High-class catchers seem to be al most Indispensable to championship ball clubs. True, there have been a few pennant winners. notably De- troit, who could not boast backstops whose work bordered on greatness, but vast majority of them were very strong behind the bat.
 This was true of the old Detroit champions of 1887 with Charley Ben nett behind the bat Hughie Jen- nings managed to struggle along with out really high-class backstop until this season. and to cop few pen nants despite this handicap. But tho surprising and phenomenal develop ment of Oscar Stanage has ser~ed to strengthen the Tigers in that depart ment this season.
 Had not Jennings cast aside Archer, it would not have been necessary for Detroit to await the budding of Stan age into star. Archer was dia-
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mond in the rough, but Jennings failed to discover the fact, and when he turned adrift the Cubs present mainstay behind the bat he was gull ty of one of the extremely few errors in judgment that are to be found in his managerial career.
 Take the first five teams in the Ma tional League, and it will be observed that all of them are strong behind the bat; or were until Dooin of the Phillies, was crippled. New York probably is the weakest in this re- spect, although Meyers shows wonder ful improvement and has been doing grand work Chicago has Archer Pittsburg has the durable Gibson.
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Gives Griffith Credit.

Jean Dubuc, though Clark Griffith could not see him and let him go from Cincinnati. is broad enough to declare that he learned most of what he knows about pitching from the Old Fox. He says Griff taught him change of pace and that is his greatest asset as a pitcher.
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An UnIucky umplre.

Umpire Jim Johnstone of the Nation al league has peculiar record in ex- tra inning games. Three times he has started out to handle a doubIe-header, and every time the game has gone into so many extra innings that the second game could not be played. One was 20 innings long, another 19 and another IF.
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What RutIer cost Pittsbura.

Early last season Manager Penney of Boston released Artie Butler to St. Paul. along with Josh Clarke, for Harry Steinfeldt. Now Butler is back in the National League and it cost Barney Dreyfuss five real ball players to get him. The list includes McKachnie. Capron, Re , and "a catcher and out fielder tn be selected
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M'lNTYRE GETS HIS RELEASE
Former Detroit Player Is Sent to Minors by Manager Callahan of
 White Sox.

Another veteran has passed along the pathway leading to the minors. This time the yellow slip has fallen to the lot of Matty Mcintyre, who was recently released to the Milwaukee club. McIntyres transfer to the Brewers is another cog in the deal that brought Ray Schalk into the Comiskey camp. Thus Comiskey has provided the Milwaukee party with a backstop in Jimmy Block, a shortstop in Lena Blackburne and an outfielder in the ravenhaired Matty. As side issue the Old Roman also turned over considerable coin.
 More than twelve years Matty con- stituted wing of the peerless Buffalo
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Johnson Wants o'pay,

Ban Johnson is said to be after Hank O'Day to sign contract to um- pire in the American league next year if he quits his job as manager of the Reds.
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Matty Mcintyre.

outfield, one of the fastest trio of fly chasers in the Eastern league. Later he went to Detroit and for several seasons stood side by side with Ty Cobb and Wahoo Sam Crawford.
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given downward spin there is in addition to the straight forcing aside of the air circulation motion of the air around the ball.
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We deliver promptly anything. any time. Public Drug Co, phone 645. If
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-16
WEATHER IDEAL
FOR FIELD WORK
DIR. CHAPEL SAYS AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE
aE.-.. NORMAL. "s"

Des Moines, May 14.---For the week
ending May IL, 1912. The weather dur
ing the first five days Of the week was
ideal for field work and the growth Of
vegetation. The average temperature
was above the normal, though no un-
usually high temperatures prevailed,
and the precipitation was deficient un-
til Friday night and Saturday when
heavy, and in many localities, excess
sive rains fell; the greatest amounts
of rainfall being reported from the
southern and central counties. All
vetegation made rapid growth. and
good progress was made in preparing
corn ground. Considerable corn was
planted in nearly all sections Of the
state with the soil generally In fine
filth. but the late rains and the cool
weather prevailing at the close OF the
week will retard planting for day
o. two. Meadows and pastures have
made a decided improvement, and
where the rainfall was heavy. a fair
to good crop of hay is assured. Oats
are beginning to stool nicely and all
small grain Is in good condition. Re-
ports continued to show deficiency
Of bloom on apple trees, but other
fruits except peaches, give promise
of good yields. Geo M. Chapel,
Section director.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-16
MAN CONFESSES HE
ATTACKED WOMAN

Ceder Rapids, May 14.-Fred Darwin,
25 years old who confessed to the
local police that he attacked Miss Car
RE Peterson a prominent young wom-
an of this city. today is confined in the
county Jail at Waterloo. where he was
taken BY officers last night after the
news of the confession had been made
public. Feeling here was running high
and for time ii was feared that
lynching would be attempted but the
officers took the precautionary mea-
sure of removing Darwin before any
demonstration occurred.
Darwin, who had been here only a
short time was being. held on $4,000
bond but now will be refused bond, II
IL said
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-16

visited his parents Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Scott.
Mrs. Cora Vance has purchased the
Hannah Ives property. and will move
soon.
Mrs. Cora Stanage came down from
Des Moines Thursday for visit with
her sister Mrs. Frank Kussart and
other relatives. Mrs. Strange and son
William and Mrs. Frank Kussart ana
daughter Madge were entertained on
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Sarah
Norman.
Mrs. Henry Logan living west of
Eddyville is seriously i'll this week.
Edna, the little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Tenant has been quite ill
with pneumonia
A number of the p E. O.'s were in
Ottumwa this week attending the p. E.
o. convention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-16
S''UF'F!RACAN
BISHOP MAY q.
ASSISTANT TO BISHOP r. N. NOR.
RISoN WILL BE NAMED At =
DIOCESAN CONVENTION

Davenport, May IA suffragan
bishop of the Episcopal diocese Of
Iowa will be selected at the morning
session Of the diocesan convention In
Davenport Tuesday May Fl, according
to the program which was issued by
Bishop r. N. Morrison of Davenport
today. Nominatiins for the Office will
be made at the afternoon session OF the
day previous.
1t is thought practically certain that
the proposal of the bishop will be ap.
proved and the selection will be made
at this time. The fund, the interest
which will support the new ecclesias'
tic has been raised. o
The convention will open next Sun
day. Rev. Charles S. Olmstead, bish'
op of Colorado will preach the opening
sermon. Dean Walter T. Sumner Of
st. Peter and Paul cathedral, Chicago
will speak at the mass meeting to be
held Sunday evening. ,&g
The consideration of the bishops sn
nual message will occupy the business
session Monday morning. The WON
ems auxiliary and the brotherhood OF
st. Andrew two Episcopal church or.
CARNATIONS will meet In conjunction
with the convention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-16
LUCAS co. MAN AGED
81, DIES AT HOME

Charlton. May 14.-Abraham Carter
Gilbert departed this life at the home
Of his daughter. Mrs. David Ody, In
Whitebreast township. on Sunday
morning at the extreme old age Of 81
years, nine months and one day. after
an extended illness with compiled
ton Of troubles. Funeral services.
conducted by Rev. Theodore Fl. Asz-
man of this city. were neld at the Ody
home yesterday afternoon. at o'clock
after which interment took place in
the Grimes cemetery. Deceased was
born In Garrad county, Kentucky, on
August II. 1920. When 16 years cid
he moved with his parents to Hend-
ricks county Indiana. In 1914 he was
united in marriage to Nancy Meholem,
and about ten years later moved 40
Iowa. He united with the Methodist
church in 1896, but in 1883. there be-
ing no church of that denomination
near him he affiliated with the Christ
ian Unicn church. and remained a
faithful Chris stan until his death. His
daughter. Mrs. David Ody, is the only
near relative surviving him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-16
OTTyMWA Girl
GIVEN POSITION
MISS ELSIE BISSELL TO BE NEW
INSTRUCTOR IN HIGHLAND
PARK COLLEGE.

Miss Elsie X. Bissell, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Bissell, 9l3
West Fourth street, has been engaged
by President Longwell OF Highland
Park college as head Of the new home
economics course which will be estab.
lished in the Des Moines institution
this fall. The Des Moines Register
and Leader carries two column PIC
ture Of Miss Bissell and the following
interesting story about her:
"Miss Bissell ranks as honor stud
ent among this years graduates of the
home economics department a Iowa
saae college She has brilliant rec
ord as a student at Iowa state college,
Miss Bissell won first honors for her
departing with q good margin TO
snare and second honors for scholar
shin in the entire college. She has just
been elected to membership on the
honorary fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, on
the basis CT her scholarship and serv-
ice to the institution; she has been
prominent in women's literary society
work as a member of the Crescent 50.
ciety; she holds place on the girls
glee club; she was a member or last
years junior board and this year she
was associate editor of the tWice-a-
week I. S. C. Student. She ranks
high net only in her home economies
work, but in other work and this year
she was employed as students assist
ant in the department Of English.
Before entering college Miss Bissell
taught ..,r time in the Ottumwa high
school. where she had graduated with
first honors. She taught for short
time in California, travelled in both
the east and west and studied for q
period at Drake university and in Chi
.csgo. She is in every way qualified
for her new work and especially quail.
fed to relate herself to the work OF
young women at Highland Park be-
cause Of her personal popularity ana
her eminent good sense. She is the
first graduate of the home economics
department at Iowa state college TO
60 to teaching position worth s1,2oO
a year the very first year"
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For Sale or EXCHANGE

No. 24.-Fine suburban home, acres
, 5-room house, barn, good cistern
: fine orchard of over 100 apple
trees. we'll fenced land. lays roll
ing. This is not for exchange and
is cash, $4,000. ..z
No, 33-l2O acres 4 miles southeast OF
good town, 4 room house, barn
b smoke house, corn crib, hen house
good orchard, and all In cultiva'
ton except rs acres which Is in
pasture, with scattering timber
mostly walnut. Price $50 per acre
Mortgage $500 not due until
1914 at 5h per cent. Will ex'
q, change for house and lots or rev
acres edge Of town.
No. 28-16O acres in Lee Co., miles
to large town and to Summit
Vile. 110sacres practically level,
so acres rough and covered win
pole timber. Two story house, I
rooms. 2 good wells, pole barn In
fair condition. 40x5O. Seven other
outbuildings.. Fences fair to good
7 acres hog. tight. Orchard, and !
mile to school. Church just OH
farm. Telephone. Price 500 With
mortgage. $4,000. Wants clothing
or hardware for equity.
70. 41-216 acres joining good town
on Rock Island road, Sixty six
acres in cultivation and balance in
blue grass pasture. New 2 story
,1O-room house, good cave, new
barn. 40x6O, and sheep shed BOX
40. Plenty Of fruit. good we'll and
wind mill, and all fenced sheep
tight. Price SIS per acre. Mort
gage $4,000. For goods or income
property. .-.s. -G.,.. r.. ~
No. 64.-216 acres in southeastern
Iowa, good house and barn and
other out buildings In good repair,
we'll watered and good roads. K.
Ed. and telephone. Only y mile
to school. $50 acres in cultivation
and balance in pasture. Price $50
per acre. Want exchange for stock
of goods or income property.
No. 16.-14o acres 21k miles from good
town on main line c. M. & st. P
and all level land. Large house
and barn in good repair and other
good Outbuildings. Deep well ano
wind MILL good orchard. Price
$11O an acre. Wants hardware
store any place. Mortgage $4,000.
No. 22-119 acres near Ottumwa and
so acres level bottom land rolling
and all can be farmed. Is acres
timber. Groom house in good re
pair. fine cellar, barn 1890 and
full length shed on both sides OF
barn. Corn crib, chicken house
good orchard, peaches, pears
cherries and apples. IS acres hos
tight and all good fences. y F. D
and telephone Is acres in fall
wheat. acres in rye, 10 acres In
cane, 40 acres in corn and rest OF
farm in grass. Creek runs through
south 80. Two good wells and
cistern at house. Price SIS per
acre. Mortgage $240O at 51a per
cent due 1915. Want 10 or Is acres
close in.
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Shoe H.&F. Store
iC.A.Hagberg, 124E. Main
BOTH LEGS AND !.
SHOULDER BROKEN
RALPH MMILLAN, YOUTHFUL Az
IATOR, INJURED IN HIS
CURTIS eiPLANE.

Perry May 14.-With bog legs and
his shoulder broken, Ralph Mcmillan.
the youthful Iowa aviator today Is ly-
ing in local hospital and may not re-
cover from the injuries received last
evening when his Curtiss biplane
plunged into q creek from an altitude
Of more than 100 feet. Mcmillan has
been making exhibition flights here
and had caused considerable amaze
ment byshis daring, having performed
many dangerous acts while circling
over the heads of hundreds Of specta-
tors.
Returning from twenty-five mile
flight, Mcmillan had ordered his BIZ
plane placed in the hangar when a
friend, Harry Williams suggested that
the two take ride. They arose sew
cal hundred feet from the earth and
made q graceful circle of the grounds.
Suddenly, while at an altitude Of about
100 feet, the enginee baked and be-
came dead. Mcmillan realized the
seriousness of the situation and at
tempted to make a downward glide
with the machine to earth. During the
first fifty feet Of the descent the ma
chine retained it's correct position for
the glide Turning its nose straight
toward the earth it then plunged
through mid-air and crashed into the
creek. .. BE-. .-
When Witnesses of the act rescued
Mcmillan from beneath the debris 1t
was found that he had suffered several
broken bones and perhaps internal In
juries. Williams was released from
the wrecked machine and found to
have been only slightly injGed, having
fallen on top OF McMillRd probably
saved his life.
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EDDYVlLCE.

The Missionary society of the Con-
eregational church was entertained on
Thursday afternoon by Clara and Ollie
Bolibaugh. A meeting of unusual in
terest was held, forty-f five members be-
ing present. The subject of the program
was Mothers Day and Mrs. Anna
Foster acted as leader. Several inter-
esting papers were read and refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Martin Swinteck was a bust
ness caller in Oskaloosa Thursday.
Or. Eppie McCrea is visiting rela tives
in Burlington this week. She also at
tended the P. +. o. convention in OF
tumwa.
DIR. Walter Scott of O'DeI stopped off
,ere while on his way to Burlington to
Htend the state medical meeting and
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investigate Small Robberies.

Des Moines. May 1.-THE police to-
day began an investigation into the
number Of small robberies which have
been reported during the past forty
eight hours and expect to make sew
eral arrests in, the near future. II Is
believed that a gang Of robbers are
operating in the city and officials say
they have evidence which may result
in immediate arrests.
Although most Of thesrobberies have
been small one safe was blown and
$3.50 in cash was secured by the yegs.
men.