davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12

Like the spit ball, the "knuckle
ball" and slow ball do not spin.
In flight the first named resem-
bles the splitter. Not having a
wet surface, 1t apparently proves
that the saliva has nothing to do
with the peculiar behavior of the
ball The slow ball, which, to
be effective, must be thrown with
the same motion as fast ball or
curve, wobbles from side to side
as 1t goes weakly to the plate, be-
cause it is gripped loosely by the
pitcher. (See DOC" Whites
drawing).
Here are three pitching tricks
with common characteristic of
method and a common effect.
When ball spins rapidly, one
side travels faster then the 9TH
err. This Is a law of physics.
The greater the speed, the lower
the pressure. This irregular
pressure, exerted on one Side
more than on the other. pushes
the ball evenly from Its line of
flight, causing the curve.
Here you have a spinning ball
that curves and . dead ball that
jumps.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
Neighbors and Abbott Lead
Tigers In Batting Average

Pitcher James of Seattle is the
real stick artist of the Northwest
ern league. He has been at bat
% times in 13 games and has
been hitting at the rate of .42S.
Meek of Victoria has been doing
the most consistent hitting In
tn league, having been at bat 169
times in 40 games and hit .355.
Leonard and Brfdger of Spokane
have no hits to their credit.
Cy Neighbors, the Tigers
stocky little right fielder, Is lead
ing the Tacoma club with .294.
The averages. however, do not in
clude the last weeks work in
which Mill and Hunt have been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12


1t is that the ball, because OF
the wet surface, does mot spin.
A spinning ball bores into the
air, edging the molecules aside.
The spit ball, travelling dead"
accumulates an air cushion
ahead. When 1t feels" this pres
sure 1t seeks the line Of least re-
slstance. jumping into free air,
causing that curious break. The
momentary pause lets gravitation
draw the ball earthward.
The exact direction Of the
downward break Is determined by
the position of the seam at the
instant of the break, the ball
shooting from the greatest smooth
surface it presents to the air
cushion. (See diagram.) So much
for the spit ball of the ordinary
pitcher who does not know how
the ball will break.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
Shredder Home
From the East

George Shredder, former owner
of the Tigers returned home Sun
day evening with his bride and is
going to be one of the first at
the big game tomorrow.
The operation on Mr.. Shreeder's
eyes was successful and his sight
has been greatly improved.
1t was through his act of as
Stunning a large burden of the
teams last years Indebtedness
that it was possible for Watkins
to get the franchise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
FUND SHORTAGE WILL
D|SAPP0INT MANY

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK-That number
of the American people in the
winners will have to be left be-
hind when the American team
sails for Sweden this week is in
dicated by the announcement OF
the athletic committee that the
team Is $4,000 short Of the
amount necessary to defray ex-
penses. The committee has $780,
600 on hand, while the amount
needed is $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
WATSON VS.. HOGAN.

SAN FRANcIsCO-Red Wat
son, lightweight Of Sacramento,
may be given a chance against
"One Round" Hogan over the 20
round course. 1t was planned to
have AL Kaufman and Luther Me-
carthy or Kaufman and Charley
Miller, but both matches fell
through.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
DEFEATS ooNNoRs

NEW YoRK-Mike Gibbons,
the st. Paul welterweight. IL VIC
tor over Tommy Connors of
Scranton. Pa, whom he played
with for 10 rounds In Brooklyn.
For eight rounds he oontented
himself with standing off and
jahbing the Pennsylvania, but
In the last two periods ne tried
for a knockout, and only the bell
saved Connors In the ninth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
lBy United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, June IA
James j. Jeffries probably will
referee the Wolgast-Rivers light
weight championship battle at
Vernon July 4. JEFF has been Of
fered the job, and while he re-
fused to give a definite. answer
until today, 1t was generally be-
lieved that he would accept.
Managers Levy and Jones met
late Monday with Promoter Nc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
o'BRdEN VS.. KOCH.

PHILADELPHIA - PhiladeI-
phia Jack O'Brien has accepted
the challenge of Ben Koch, a
heavyweight from the United
States navy. and will battle on
Monday evening next before the
American Athletic. club which is
owned by o'Brien.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
Rain Prevented
Game Yesterday

There was no game yesterday.
Rain put a damper on the pro-
ceedings of the day after players
and managers bad hoped against
all odds that the water would
stop dropping just long enough
to permit nine innings of fun.
The game was postponed at the
last minute.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
Baseball's

What spit ball, Mr.. Baseball Fan?
You pitched thousand times and know how eff
fective catches
batters a n
Can WHY the spit ball acts as it does?
Golfers explain Wheth
succeeded question The following of what Will
Irwin subject in Collers
spitbaler, doesn't the ball
He practices the motions
which produce the
university phenomenon
them.
ball small ball with saliva
fitting throws the ball
with all speed straight toward the plate.
Christy Russell Ford "Doc White and other
which months
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
KAPowsIN IS. APEX 8.

The Apex ball team was de-
feated by Kapowsin Sunday 10 to
8. The features of the game was
the pitching of Callahan, a 16-
year-old kid. who struck out II
for Kapowsin and the fielding of
Harris on FIRST for the Apex
nina
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
:: ! 3! 8 s! ;: g: :: 8 !:

The theory Of the spinning ball. Alb line flight CO axis
direction
of
In
twoth
ball travels straight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
SPOKANE 4, PORTLAND o.

SPOKANE, June 12.-Willis
pitched shut-out game for Spo-
kane yesterday and Eastley lost
when he allowed two hits in one
inning, one three-bagger The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12

Picnic Lunches our speciality.
Duenwalds' belikatesssn, sis
ufh 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
IL, VANCOUVER 4.

SEATTLE, June 12.-Vancou-
Yer was stronger than Seattle at
stick work yesterday but the
Giants got their hits when they
counted and for extra bases. The
score: r H q
Vancouver ....... A 8 4
Seattle III 6
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-12
Ready, here, for your
marching ORDERS

marching ORDERS
Benjamin and Hart
Schaffner 6 Marx suits
that spell unlimited salts
faction in wear, style, fit
---cost you only a moder-
ate price, $18, 500, $25. .
A mighty good straw
hat to be had-here for So,
So; light weight summer
soft hats, too, So, 81.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
William Dean Howells.


This grand old man Of letters has
been the contemporary OF most Of
Americas greatest writer's and be
stands full height among them. At
rs he seems to retain the old-time
yirility that made him great in lit
erature.
William Dean Howells never has
lost his hold upon the affection and
the esteem OF the literary world and
has 1t stronger than ever. No author
has been more faithful to the trust
and few more versatile. Novelist.
poet, critic, essayist and editor, How
ellis always has held high the credit
OF the profession of letters. His has
been q persistent effort at improving
the purity OF the language and he
has shown some impotence at the
get-rich-quick spirit that has found
its way into writing as veil as into
most other fields. He showed this
Impotence to a young man who
coined a name IS . newspaper hu-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
A National Board Of Trade.

A sane sense OF the need for closer
sympathy and cooperation between
governmental activities and CONNER
cial interests underlies President
Taft's proposal for a national board
OF trade. or by whatever name the
project shall be known. Most OF our
legislation today has 10 do with con-
duct or control Of trade. domestic
more than foreign. though just now
the expansion OF our foreign COM
merce is the source Of very serious
thought. The executive and legis-
latiye branches OF the government
would, undoubtedly. derive vast as
sistance from a thoroughly represen-
tatiye commercial bureau or body at
Washington working in advisory re-
lations and private business would,
Of course. be greatly benefited.
Business thinks 1t is not getting a
square deal at all times and II has
complained bitterly OF late that It
has been disturbed and hampered by
too much politics" However Just
the criticism may be, very unsatis-
factory conditions exist. With bust.
ness, big and little. faithfully repre-
sented In body Of its own choosing
to work in close sympathy and CO.
operation with the president and
congress, much OF the fault that now
exists could be corrected.
II seems to US TO be q thoroughly
rational, reasonable, progressive and
much needed movement. We hope to
see II carried to Its logical possibili-
ties and we have a similar example
in conservative Germany to reassure
US against its radiealism. The presl-
dent advanced the idea last Decem-
Der, so that he has evidently. in his
careful way, thought out the whole
situation before urging 1t upon the
country. II is nonpartisan and non
political. and may be embraced
therefore, without any reference 70
politics in that relation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
ADMoNTTI0N.
Washington star.

washington Sta-.
l met sport one day who had mind
with wisdom stored.
Although the pattern u his yes. was Ike
Q checker board.
Quoth he, My friend. q Sit o. gco6 ad-
vice I'll give to you.
Which you will find Of benefit your whole
existence through
'Twere best to shun tho flowing bowl.
likewise the glass that clinks.
But II you can't abstain. lie sure anc
never mix your drinks.
III you would quaff from pleasures cup,
no matter where or how,
Select tho kind of bliss that circumstances
wili allow
II you're e peasant, be eoE.cat TO dance
upon the green
And don't butt into pa.ace.s and maze a
social scene.
One mans equipped fer sturdy toll an
other schemes ard thinks,
You can't do both AZ once my friend, 20
do not mix your drinks.
IF you are bred unto The lot which takea
modest chance.
Don't undertake to play tie game With
kings Of high finaEce;
IL you are gifted with voice, less Iiusl-
cal than strong,
Be happy as an aucuoneer; cont try TO
sing a song.
Stick 10 the course which once you
choose and thus avoid the kinks
And tangled threads OF destiny. My boy.
don't mix your drinks"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
The Rane of Drug.

OMAHA. Feb. 9.-To the Editor OF
The Bee; Some days past an article in
your paper on essay contests In the public
schools, signed. "A Voter" used the
success of Kansas City schools in these
contests. as spur" to Omaha.
Some day land that day is not far
Distant, people win know what Is a
stimulant and what Is a narcotic, and
will not mistake one for the other. This
knowledge is necessary for the preserva-
ton OF our people.
President Taft Is at the head Of the
agitators for education calling the atten-
ton Of the people TO the urgent neces.
sity for promoting a crusade against
opium. lie has given this advice; To
the man who is actively engaged in
responsible work, who must have at
his command the best that Is in him.
at Its best-to him ! would with all
emphasis that l possess advise and
urge-leave drink alone absolutely"
Nebraska University promotes this edu-
cation In regard to the effect of drugs.
They simply tell the truth as science
teaches IT. No exaggeratlon is neces-
sary to convince the intelligent citizens
OF Nebraska OF the denoralizing power
Of drugs. as all narcotics are called.
A few Sundays ago. dropping into our
Young Mems Christian association
heard a prominent surgeon Of Omaha
talking to a fiattering number of youns
men on the use Of tobacco ut tbs
close Of his talk most Of the men listened
to Doctor Lyman. director Of the do
partment OF pharmacy In the university
Of Nebraska. who spoke on Alcohol
and Diseases"
Our public library contains number
OF books giving the detailed experiment.
Of German scientists and others on the
effect OF alcohol.
/ Within the last three or four months
leading men from different departments
of the State University have lectured IL
Omaha in the campaign OF education
Let all our ideas OF the effect OF drugs
be subject to the light OF scientific
truth. A READER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
LINES TO A LAUGH.

..Biinks is very selfish man There
was only one time In his life when he
showed an attachment for anyone out
himself"
when was thatg~
when he was serving term IS shet-
lfs."-BaltimoTe American
How Is ycur is-year-old boy p:osress-
ing in his stndies?'
brilliantly" replied the anxioas-ieoS-
ing parent He has thought ap the most
marvelously extens.Te equipment o. ques-
lions you could imagine. il re ever ac-
quires the answers TO al of them ne Wi.
be the wisest man since Solomon. -
Washington star.
"Ah." cried the count. EalisrtiY S. he
bent low before the American beauty. Il
would / was re glove upon you- ksnc."
you may act in that capacity. cGuaI.
she replied, gEaciousiy. Il never wear 4
glove more than once and then give Il
TO nay maid. Harper Weekly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
The Lafayette Letters.


Much OF the bric-a-brac on which
Mr.. Morgan's fame as connoisseur
rests has little attraction for Ameri-
cans. but his latest investment in the
letter OF Marquis de Lafayette, the
great Frenehman who rendered such
unselfIsh and valuable services 20 the
eolonists in their fight for indepen-
dence. must appeal with particular
interest to those Americans who
value the trophies Of their best tradi-
tons.
These letters. written to General
Lafayette by Presidents Washington.
John Quincy Adams. jefferson. Madi-
son and other famous Americans, pos
sess a genuine historic interest and
value, and II is very appropriate that
they should have come into the pos
session OF American hands. They
will go to form APART OF Mr.. Nor
gan's great private library. but some
day this institution, for 1t is nothing
short OF an institution already. will
become public and possibly much, II
not all Of It. viii fall into the gov
ernment's possession BY the generos-
lty Of its present owner. Al any rate.
such collections as these may we'll be
priced by Americans. who feel the
incentive for treasurlng those facts
and traditions associated with the
founding and fathering OF their
country. Lafayette and that coterie
OF great French. German and Polish
patriots who gave such distinguished
aid TO the colonists against England
have never enjoyed any too great
distinction at our hands: our chill
dren in their public education. have
been made none too familiar with
the part these men played in the
Revolution and 1t is well that our
great men Of the present set the ex-
ample of approaching their services
in the way that Mr.. Morgan has in
this instance,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
People Talked About

ENCOURAGED by viriie leadership,
some simple-mlnded New Workers hope
to recall the law Of supply and demand
In relation TO butter and eggs.
mo month In the twelve" says a coal
dealer. puts up better appearance In
a white coat than March, As an oracle
In weather fashions he has the grounding
IN a hole.
Richard Croker. the former Taramany
ehieftaIn. who is spending the winter
near Palm Beach. hunted all day Sunday
for a wildcat which had frightened one
Of his nieces. but failed to shoot It.
w. Morgan shuster. lately treasurer
general of Persia. says that after two
weeks or So Of public speaking he will
eonfine his activities to his law practice
in Washington. perhaps emphasizing I'm.
transitional matters
A great demand for American steam
rollers Is expected from China at an early
day. During the next eight months the
output viii be thoroughly tried out at
home. so that when the orders arrive
the machines will be ready and some
trained drivers free to so with them.
Il. II. Scott. who has Just been elected
president OF the North Renfrew Agricui-
tural Society OF Ottawa. Can. has been
blind from childhood. He Is a machinery
agent and horse dealer. and travels
about the United States and Canada. I'M
assisted. buying horses. which he judges
solely by the sense Of touch. His judg-
ment Is rarely at fault. Il Is said.
Three out Of four bachelor missionaries
Of the Lutheran church. booked to sail
from New York for Brazil. the day before
sailing sent out a hurry call for wives
and the call reached the ears Of the in
tended. Did they respondg Um-uh. As
the freightei ship moved down the bay
on leap year day the lonely minister
hitched the three pair.
Henry Weaver. a battle-scarred veteran.
who became General Winfield Scott
personal orderly during the Mexican war,
has just died at Tacoma. WASH He was
IS years old and one Of the last surviving
veterans who served directly under Gen
eral Scott during the conflict with Mexico,
In the civil war he was wounded at the
battle Of Cold Harbor and taken prisoner,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
sAIUrING THE COLONEL.

". w.,a. n Inn. ,su Mr.
paos.va,, .a,S HI. ror,ins,,on for presi-
-. - !. - oa,ar,;,v Ia F.hrn.
,a,s H. poe.u,.o,, -a,,s. 81 win &C.
-. ~ ro,,,,ra,ior a. !, is rendered
To me-"
fh,.ooo Trthunc. II will he noticed.
how.vnr thai the democratic governors
81 40, inytt,ns mr. endorsing any of their
ror,v candidates Probably because each
one homes he NAV have a chance him.
sals
tY...,s. -o,ono, poo-a-
-. -. -, ,,.r.r-a - v,os haunaad
- o.. -e,,s,,a,, -. ,,,,n,osr.nbers The
ss,e., -, 80, aoins % become
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05

morist and a. fortune dashing off
slang fables and comic operas, when
the young man got big enough,
financially, to go to New York. 1t
seems he called upon, or in some
way. met Mr.. HoweIls, who gave him
this advice: You have acquired
some fame and much money with
your jargon. now you are financially
able to turn aside and try to write
something with literary merit that
will live when you are gone" Evil
IDENTIFY the advice was not needed.
Americans should feel encouraged
by william Dean Howells' prediction
that our best literary days are be-
fore us. That should be very reas-
suring. indeed, In view of the avail
snehe of matter through which We
are just now blowing our weary way.
In this prophesy. the old man re-
veals the cheer of an optimist; so
many at bis age fail to see the best
ahead.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05
'IbeBetsbdtubo,1


Farmers Know . Thing or Two.
ALEXANDRIA, Neb., Feb. 9.-To the
EDITOR Of The Bee: We. the farmers OF
the west and OF Nebraska especially. for
many years have been Of the opinion
that We were a very intelligent class.
Our ideas Of our status along inteln-
gent. social and industrial lines received
a sickening shock when an inquisiticn
was instituted a few years ago by our
beloved president to learn Through
commission OF the causes OF the back
wardness of the American farmer and
incidentally 10 teach him how to live.
This winter We seem TO be hit in the
same spot BY the seed corn investigators
from the state university and CONNER
cIal club of Omaha.
Is 1t possible that the farmers Of Ne
braska do not know their business? Late
in October. 1909. Nebraska had a cold
snap. the ground freezing more than one
inch deep. The same condition occurred
last fall. late in october. The farmers
first thought the next morning was-a
hard night on seed corn.
The farmers tested their seed corn. The
1863 crop was not injured. the I9ii crop
vas. We have known the danger since
we opened our eyes that morning. We
have learned since how hard we had been
hit. but not through the Commercial club.
Thank you, gentlemen for your good In
tentions.
We have made our tests as usual, not
by biting grains. nor Incubator innova-
tons. but by grandfather's test, /. c. q
fair sample in soil OF the proper tempera-
ture. depth, moisture, etc.
We farmers do not make the mistake
OF believing that reed corn having an
50 per cent terminating power will not
produce q foil stand.
II. F.. d. CHASE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-05

Ten Years Ago
Ed Van weele. painter. 3 years Of age.
fell from a ladder at Sixteenth and Doug
las streets, fracturing his skull at the
base and probably fatally lniuring him
self.
City Attorney connsll received teie-
phone message from Lincoln stating that
Judge Robert Ryan Of that city had been
appointed by the supreme court as referee
for the application filed by J. II. McIn-
tosh for q writ OF mandamus TO compel
the Omaha city council to reeonvene as a
board OF equalization and hear the com.
plants Of the Omaha real estate ex-
change in the matter Of the tax levy. The
Real Estate exchange got busy In an
effort 10 raise money to defray the ex-
penses of this fight.
Ralph Booth Elliott Of the Byrne-Ham-
mer Dry Goods company and Miss Cleo
Ponder were married at the home OF Mrs,
Elizabeth Dufrene. 1924 Farnam street. In
the morning The bride was Fort Madi-
son. la. girl.
ID. w. Broderfck OF Chicago. an organ
izer for the International Association OF
Machinists, made an address az Labor
temple for the purpose OF arousing In
terest among machlnists In the desira-
bility Of classifying and organizing accord
Ing to special character OF work.
News just reached Omaha friends that
David Newport. q Western Union opera
tor. had died OF consumption at Las Vegas,
New Mexico. on February q, and that
his wife. Mrs. Florence Newport. died OF
the same disease at the same place Feb
rusry IS