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Baseball Captains Of Industry
4. G. sPALDING, WHO BROUGHT BUSINESS AND BASE
BALL TO A HAPPY UNION.
tcopyRlcHT ~ w. W. AuLIcK,

When you hear mentioned the name Of A. G. Spaldfng. you think
naturally q baseball guides, and catchers masks and ieague balls M 2
man That T. Y o are very young But ii you have a memory
that harksb bach q couple score II years you will recall Spalding q 8 the
nffiest pitcher Dr. his time and IS shrewd a player Is divided the
profits o. a seasons win o m the pennant team. Professional baseball. as
cf course o. know. started In 1871. In which year Athletics. of Phnadel-
phia. made history by beating all and sundry to the wire. But in 1872
we'll. 1t "a in this second year of the pastime, according to study, rule
ard regulation. that the Boston club became National champs of the
United States, with Albert G. SpaIdfng doing the pitching and getting on
record with a mark of $50, which was not beaten for IL years thereafter
except by one man. and that wal Albert G. spaldfng himself While he was
other essentials to success. fol- he helded for -sos and batted 1888. which.
III course you Will admit a Ind is considered batting for a mere slabs
In 1873 the Boston club wa the National champ. and in 1874 the
Boston club a the National champ and in 1875 it was just the same
And all these years spalding a pitching his team to victory. his per-
centage being $50 in 1872, and in the succeeding seasons 729 lit and S9.
pr al average of .794, which is very fair, very fair. Next year, Mr. Spald-
ing was a brancher-out. He asst his eyes upon the Chicago situation and
II pleased him. When the curtain rolled up, 1t Ia found that the cast
had been arranged as follows:
Manager. A. G. Spalding: secretary, A. G. Spaldtng; captain, A. G.
SpaIding. pitcher, A. G. Spaldtng; centerfeder. A. G. Spalding.
There were a few minor characters but to tell you the truth Spalding
was the plot of the piece So. of course, the Chicago club q the pen
nant winner that year, and the Boston club wasn't Poor Pitcher Spad-
ingA average wa only .7S but Manager Spadngs average was 1900.
actively in the oHo. but just hung around o count up the house. Of which
there was quite a lot to count And he put out baseball appliances and
founded 2 library and made his million and lived happily " after-even
unto this day.
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ADRIAN ANSON-THE MAN WHO REvOLUTlONlZED
RAFTING

You may hear him spoken Of now a Pop" Charley Hcyt who
pioneered present day farce. wrote a play around aim one and called 1t "A
Runaway Colt" That Runaway" was more nearly descriptive Il Adrian C.
Anson han the Pop" Of today. Arson hasn't always been q Pop" There
wasn't anything patrhrchal about Arson In 1876 when the Chicago club.
of which he a the alert third baseman, on the great championship OF
the United States o did Adrian suggest the appenation Of age in 1880,
when, as captain and manager If the Chcagos, he had his a tt national
victory again, heading the herd IN folding. With al averageo of 977 and n
Minis second batting only to George Gore, scoring. 1913 It that. These
things were so pleasing to his 10 that h returned his team national
champs In 1881 and 1882 and 1885 and 1886. All these latter whites he W a
playing first base Ely the same token he played 1t with a finer bravery than
ever before had been displayed Most of the boys stuck IS close to the bases
$ buttons % a shirt but -Anse" who played with his ead as vel a. with
his hands, told them this was good way. He ave the inneld a rowing
camp stools. He spoke a few well chosen words to the pitcher, saying %
him that II the ball came pitchers way, pitcher a o stop it, and il a ball
the frs basemano ut deep. pitcher a to hasten to first base and get
himself some mention N the box score These precautions aided the
famous Chicagos in their victories.
But by al the wiest love for which Arson is to e remembered a
his origtnaton Of the short sassy slap with the bat as opposed to the full
swing d he would be fence breaker. The manager, captain, first baseman
explained to his mates that a well placed hit with the bat posiuoned not 3
hi scytheman sweeps, but more o he tap-tap order might, indeed, be
more resultfuI than n other form of endeavor. The Chicago boys needed
this advfce,s 10 that they became a power in h land, and wn many cham
pionshtps and are going to have their names and stations printed right out
in II newspaper ID som measure of 1912 Qualifications for last century
attachments. and here, without nor words, you have them: A. G. Spaldng,
president: A. c. Anson. manager. captain and first base; Fred Pfeffer. sec-
ond base: E. Williamson, third base; +. E. Burns, shortstop; F. 8 Flint and
Mike Kelly. catchers; !. G. Clarkson and !. McCamick, pitchers; A Dali
rymple, left field; George Gore, centerheld, and BILL" Sunday, right field.
Class. Glass
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TOMMY BoND-WHo PROVED THE CURVE.

~, = takes 2 og m to convince some people Of h possibility II n
little understood Lots of folks have laughed right out loud at the sugges-
ton of the telegraph, the telephone the automobile and the arship Even
today, there are adherents of the sun-do-move theory and some dissenters
are not going % believe the earth is round till you hang it out in their back
yard fol them to observe in Ill its circumference. So 1t has been with the
baseball advances
Certain geniuses of thu early game, after experimenting with pitching.
came to the announced conclusion that a ball could be curved If the mn It
h finger end knew what he q about Some accepted this; others didn't
About h time that Tommy Bond a tn pride and glory If the Boston
team, tn discussion heating up, and the pooh poohers of the curve
theory were demanding to be shown Bond told some of them II they would
watch him In action he would show them a few things but they said the ball
didn't curve SOS they could notice It, and how a Bond going to prove It.
Bond might think he a curvfng the ball but a there a 10 such thing
. = . curve, Bond was proofng himself Now, 1t is a main lard thing to
make h unwishful see with your eyes, n SO Bond found.
team as playing an engagement in Cincinnati MI. Bond gave certain in
structtona Put m q up two 1O-foot fences" he directed, "and sci 10 so feet
apart When you've done that plant a post between them. and let all be
In line
Better draw yourself a simple diagram Of this SOS youn understand.
Put Tommy" Bond al the left of fence, and tote then what he did IN
that Cincinnati day in 1878 He pitched the ball to the left of the fence
There gents. ia " Mr. Bond. lis your urve" But still there we're some
who were for doubung Thomas These talked of the wind and laid the
curve to that So Bond sent a left hand pitcher named Mitchell a the other
nj OF the fence. Standing at the right Mitchell put something o the ball,
and IL flashed to ii left of the post and hen darted % q finish point at
the right OF the opposite fence. After that everybody knew there a a
curve. and most Of them said they'd know it before Tommy" Bond
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MIKE KELLY-5o PER CENT OF THE $4,000 BATE

Mike Kelly. or N. ], as he figured o the payroll. "a n Of the
$4,000 boys In baseball J. G. Clarkson a the other. They set a pace
Not 10 long g a lank, mild eyed. good natured young gentleman named
Marouard wal acquired by the New York Giants from the minors. A re-
porter 8 who jus had to have q story for his paper, printed something
to the effect that Master Rubes purchase price a $1,000, that being Al
odd number and attractive. The $1,000 stuck. Did you ver hear Of the
Poor fellow. . draw only s2s q week. while I pull $3.50 Aren't you
sorryys mo-" said Traps. for I get mine" So with Mike Kelly. He got
his Or somebody did And it, GOOD betting II wss n ! .ss very few
ana the way with him He figured in many . champ eason as outnelder
n catcher for b Chi team. and whatever learned on that team at
that time you may be urs was mainly q King" Kelys teaching Why.
him Didn't he 2 time when his boys we're in the field. and he was Of
folk 70 head It or didn't this Kelly dart yer from the shed. and yn to
hs left fielder that the left fielder wa out Of the game and didn't
IA. j hen nj for him and grab the ball and claim an u and get ava
with III? And didn't he one time skate from first to third right across the
field without making the angle Il second. when the umpEes back ws
mrned * didn't the have % ALLOW him h base because the "a
hadn't seen the deception, and didn't they thereafter institute tn double
umpire sysmm They did so. And after q lon and honorable service In
i Held didn't this Kelly go behind the bat and steady the pitchers and
help Clarkson to q lot Of his fame, and make possible that famous $4,000
deal whereby the W of them left Chicago and went to Boston? Surely.
And wasn't NJ j. always the broth of q boy and the life of every party and
q national celebrity, when. after his yeoman years he and Honest John of
the san name went tt New York and opened the place of the Q Kes7
scatter.
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I'D HE 4th OF Marchis liked the mind Of IN Amerf- I XMM1WMMMW
M M cal public as the day the president Of the United IMMM8MMM#MMI
lEkM States is inaugurated. The new congressman is lWMMMMEMWM2l
pleasantly reminded ht his.t term also begins o. IMZ%#ZIAHMI
hat hate. whe nhe gets notice from the srgean at arms tEx&MME&NWl
that his first months salary is due. But his constituents IE&&#HNx#1zS
a n % such reminder n ofnn find it distacting to kE&&&NXWA
understand when their ongressman term OF office does @)1(M
begin and end.
1t happened hat the 4th of March, 17S9. ws the a fixed for the begin
of IL government. But III constitution provided h congress should
meet IN TIL first Monday in Decembe unless hey fixed a diffaentd date. So
in he absence of a extra session." q ongressman begins in December With
the long sesion"-I0 months OF his tem already expned-and ID With thu
shorts session a year o. he following March.
1t is we'll understood that ongres does little except meet" in Decembe
because of the holidays. They get started in January and sweltr during long
sessions" and extra sessions in the hot facilitating Washington climate way
imo August
October, November and December are cool beautiful months. he best OF
h year for work. low much more auona for congress to ave October
l. take a snort recess at Christmas and b ready to adjourn before III X
uemely hot weather.
This would nth IN the school year and save SO much worry in adjustment
for thp congressional children. And why should not b family be considered
wne there are 20 politics involved and every reason why the change should
be ade and 10 reason why it should not, except-thae is h rub-congres-
sional inertia. 1858
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TIM MURNANE, FIRST BUNTER.

Az had been hitherto hinteda at In these advfces. the early batsman a
animated by the desire Z knock the cover of the ball II he couldn't catch
himself and wasn't good company Anythins IKE nnesse Of diplomacy =
Murnane happened along. there wasn't anything II baseball YOU could
rightly characteEiss q q conscious bunt
Tim Il thsw writing Is q magnatef II the New England territory. Be-
he prepare able articles fr the papers, and has the CHEEKY rec face
ana head covered with beautiful white hak. He b capitalized his xper-
iences and / rather reckon you or 1 wouldn't sneeze 4 Tins takein, a 81
come down 10 keeping . box score on earned dollars
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CT.
By wheat crop farm 800 acres
for 3 years, average 20
bushels per acre per ear
for 3syears, or a total of 60
bushels, - 19, 200 bushels at .
80 cents per bushel.. -. .$15,360.00
Balance to credit of farm aft
er 8 years operation, ST.
$4,000 per .......... 7,526.00
""To operate $50 acres would cost
less in proportion, as the plant re-
quired for 800 acres would do for the
larger farm, and the interest on plant
for the extra 100 acres would be
saved"
The figures given may be open to
criticism, but they will be found to
be reasonably accurate, with a fair
ness given to the expense columns
There are those who profess to do
the work at a much less cost than
those given.
Anyway, a spinster car pretend that
she would rather be her own boss.
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the fall from Paradise; the pomegran-
ate of happy immortality.
The Wagner leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-1912, 1912-02-16

The total trade OF the united kingdom
in 1910 was estimated at IS, 900, 158, 424
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COST OF GRAIN
GROWING IN
CENTRAL CANADA

A careful canvass made Of q mum
Der Of men farming In . large way
indicates that even with the extreme
expense Of harvesting the crop. which
has been caused by the bad weather
and difficulty in threshing, wheat has
been produced and put on the market
for less than So cents a bushel. The
average freight rate is not " IL
cents per bushel. This would make
the cost of production and freight s.
cents and would leave the farmer an
of 17h cents and for his high-grade
wheat of 1917 cents; and though this
Is not as large a profit as the farmer
has every right to expect, it is a profit
not to be despised, and which should
leave a very fair amount Of money to
his credit when all the expenses OF
the year have been paid, unless the
value Of low-grade wheat sinks very
much below it's present level. A mat.
ter of Importance to the prospective
settler is that of the cost of produc-
ton. The following table has been
prepared after careful Investigation:
Interest ON 800 acres, value
$50 per acre, 3 years at 6
per cent interest. 81, 10000
Interest on horses, machin-
cry, wagons. ploughs. har-
rows, ETC., to operate 800
acres-say $4,000 for 8
years $4,000
Getting 800 acres ready for
crop first year. doing ones
own work, with hired help. .
about $3.50 per acre.. 10000
Getting 800 acres ready for
crop, second and third
year, about $1.25 per acre
per year, or $3.50 per acre
2 years ones own work and
hired help. 10000
Seed per year, wheat, per
acre $1-25, 3 years 1890. 10000
Seeding, 800 acres, rs cents
per acre, 3 years.......... $4,000
Irvine, 800 acres, 80 cents
per acre, 3 years.......... 2SS.0o
Harvesting, 800 acres, 80
cents per acre, 3 years.. 2SS.00
Marketing, 800 acres, esti-
mate 20 bushels per acre
Per year for 3 years, 8
cents per bushel, or 9 cents
per bushel for 3 years.. $1,000
Threshing 800 acres, estimate
20 bushels per acre per
year for 3 years, 6 cents
per bushel per year or Is
cents for 3 years........ 1,152.00
Total 81, $500
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Anyway, a spinster can pretend that
she would rather be her own boss.
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NzRs R08ERE NJ A4XNzLZzzW.
A TERM OF

u HE 4h of March is fixed in the mind of the Ameri-
I'D w can public as the day the president of the United
States is inaugurated. The new congressman is
pleasantly reminded that his term also begins ON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-13
SAMUEL II. LUNT, AuctiUnccr
SALE OF HOUSE AND
LOTS, Alexandria, Va.

BY virturc Of authority vested IN me
BY Il certain deed Of trust, dated July u,
1910 and recorded in decd book -,
page 5J2, Land Record, of Alexan-
dria, Virginia, wherein Henry Fl. War
ing conveyed certain lots of ground
and improvements to the undersigned
trustee to secure the payment OF Ger
tain notes therein set forth, default
having been made in the payment Oh
the notes therein secured, on the 1c-
quest of the holder of the said notes,
will offer for sale at public auction,
at the entrance Of the Market Build
ing. on Royal street, Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, Saturday, February ri, 1912,
at y o'clock NJ. all Of said property
described as follows in said trust deed:
/. All that certain lot Of ground,
with the buildings and other improve
mcnts thereon, and all appurtcnancaS
thcreuntO belonging or in any way APP
pertaining, situated on the west side
of Columbus street, between wilkes
and Gibbons streets, Alexandria, Viz
-inia, and described as follows: Be
ginning on the west side Of Columbus
street, 10 feet south Of Wilkes street,
running thence west parallel with
Wilkes street, III feet q inches to
an alley II feet 10 inches wide. thence
south on said alley 20 feet; thcrrc
cast parallel with Wilkes street, III
#. 6 in. to Columbus st. a"d there
north on Columbus st. 20 It. to tie
place Of beginning, with the use 0fsaII
a,lcy in c0mon with others entitled
thereto, references to said deed il
made for description This house and
lot is sold subject to a trust of $4,000:
2. All that certain lot Of ground
with the buildings and other improve
mcnts thereon, or to be erected there
on. situate on the north side Of Prin
cess street, between Columbus and Al
fred streets, in the city Of Alexandria,
VIRGINIA. and bounded as follows:
Beginning on the north side Of rrin
cess street, 123 feet inches east Of
Alfred rsteet and running thence west
on Princess street, 30 feet, thence
north parallel with Alfred street, 80
feet, thence cast parallel with Prin
cess street 80 feet, thence south III Il
direct line so feet to the beginning,
with all appurtenanccs. Reference is
made to said trust for description.
Terms Of sale, cash, transfer at the
cost of purchaser.
ROBLEY D. BRUMBACK
2-l3-l0d. Trustee.
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toned, shall be set apart and ex-
pended in said territory as herein
before directed, unless said sum has
been already so expended.
Cd That all county levieS i'm
posed on persons and property with
in such territory for the current fis-
cal year in which said annexation is
made shall be paid to the counties of
Alexandria and Fairfax, respectively.
(5) That the taxes assessed,
collected and expended during the
said period of five years shall be 50
assessed, collected and kept that the
same may be expended as hercinbe-
fore provided in the territory Of the
particular ward from which it was
so collected until and unless sum
be set apart equal to twelve per cen
tum of the assessed value at the
time OF annexation Of the lands an
ncycd, and when said sum shall have
been so set apart. and the public I'M
provcmcnts shall have been begun,
the land annexed shall be subject to
the city tax rate.
Co That the City Of Alexan-
dria will. as soon as annexation is
accomplished, afford police and fire
protection and public school faciIi-
ties TO the citizens residing in the
annexed territory: and will, with all
reasonable dispatch. afford and fur
nish other public facilities and i'm
proycmcntS 10 said citizens, us pro-
yidcd by law.
O. That in the annexed ter
ritory no new streets or alleys shall
be opened or projected except with
The consent aud approval Of the coun-
Gil OF The City Of Alexandria.
4. That the corporation attorney
sttutc and prosecute, with as little
delay as possible. the necessary lc-
NiI ~ III VI uCl ~ ihlS'N w
the city Of Alexandria. by proper
deere" or Judgment Of the Circuit
Court Of the County OF Alexandria,
the Salnc being the Circuit Court Of
the County wherein the greater part
Of such territory lies, the territory
hcrcinbclOrc accurately described,
upon the terms and conditions here
inbcrorc set forth.
!. This ordinance shall be in
force from and after lis passage.
Passed the Common Council, Dec
cmbcr ~, 1911.
HUBERT SNOWDEN, President.
Passed tho Board of Aldermen,
December -, 1911.
T. +. MARBUItY. President.
TcSlc: DANIEL X. STANSBURY,
G.. G.
Approved. December %, 1911.
f. j. PAFF, Mayor.
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COUNTY OF ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA..

TO Edward Duncan, William C..
Wibcrt and Robert l.. Walker, COLI
stituting the Board of Supervisors of
Alexandria County. Virginia, and
Crandall Mackcy, commemorative
Attorney of said County; and Robert
t. Buckley, George II. Burke, W. f.
p. Reid, Thomas 4. Williams, Frank
lin Williams, ST., and John S. Pear
son, constituting the Board of Super
visors Of Fairfax County, Virginia.
and C.. Vernon Ford, Commonwealth
Attorney Of said Fairfax County, Vir-
ginia.
TAKE NOTICE that the City Coun-
Gil Of Alexandria will on Monday, the
18th day of February, 1912, at the
hour OF eleven o'clock, A. ~, on that
day move the Circuit Court Of the
County Of Alexandria, Virginia. that
being tho Circuit Court Of the Coun-
ty wherein the greater part OF such
territory lies, to make an order
authorizing and declaring the annex
alton TO the City of Alexandria OF
certain territory now. belonging 10
the said counties Of Alexandria and
Fairfax, which territory is the same
territory described in and authorized
and declared to be that which the
City Council of Alexandria desires
to annex by tho ordinance approved
December 18th, 1911. entitled An
ordinance to extend the corporate
limits Of the city Of Alexandria III
pursuance OF the provisions of the
Act Of The General Assembly Of Fir-
ginia, approved March 10, 1904, CHI
titled AN act to provide for the eX-
tension Of the corporate limits OF
cities and towns -, certified copy
of which ordinance is hereto attached
and published TO be taken, read. and
considered as Il part Of this notice and
to which reference is made for an
accurate description OF the mclcs and
bounds OF said territory proposed to
bc annexed. copy Of which is ON
file in the Clerks office Of said court
City Council OF Alexandria.
BY FRED j. PAFF,
Mayor
SAM'L y. FISHER, Corporation Ally