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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
YOUNGSTERS TO GET CHANCE
New Corners Will Dethrone Any of
Leaders of Last Season-Crop Is
improving Right Along.

Young players who will make their
debuts in National and American
league company will have great
chances to make good No big deals
have been made and there are none
in sight. With the present lineups of
the big teams it looks as though there
would be no change in the finish Of
the pennant races. If the leaders of
last season are dethroned, it looks as
though it will have to be done through
the help of the new corners.
1t isn't often that as many live ones
are produced as during the past sea-
son, and for this very reason the 1912
campaign may fail to show any start
ling stars among the juniors. Just
look at the gang of healthy young
bandits that were Matched in 1911:
Alexander, Chalmers, Gregg, Jackson,
Esmond, Kirke, Benton, HUMPHREYS,
Olson, Knapp, Marsans, Almeida.
Safer, Doyle, Cashion, Gainor, Drake,
Bodie, O'Brien, Danforth, Mccarthy
and Severoid. Is there much chance
that the new crop will average as
well as these performers?
1t would seem almost impossible to
duplicate such an array of bright
young athletes, but some of the scouts
insist that the younger crop is i'm
proving right along. A few years ago
the opposite was generally understood
the country had been combed for
star players and they simply didn't
happen. 1t was widely stated and
was probably the case that there were
not enough real ball players to man
two big leagues-that each league was
almost to a club equipped with few
stars to the team and lot of dead
ones or never-could-bes The young
sters were mostly pitchers. and the
ambition to become a good fnfielder or
even good batter seemed to have
| died away,
Things have changed materially in
the past four years. Plenty of fine
batsmen are growing up and taking
their proper places in the fast COM
pany. Good fnfielders, fast gardeners
and now and then classy catcher
can be found among the rising ath
letes, and the new pitchers are Of
| superior pattern.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
BROWNlNG'S MANIA FOR BATS
Eccentric SIugger Had So Many Swat
Sticks He often Had to Pay
for Excess Baggage.

One of the oldest and most eccen-
trio characters baseball has ever pro-
duced was Pete Browning, the ia
nous slugger, who played with Louis
vile around the sos and later joined
the Cleveland club in 1890, during the
Brotherhood war, says a Portland
writer
Pete was a little off in his roof
garden, and had only one idea in his
head day or night. Anything that con-
cerned his precious batting average
was meat and drink to him. 1t made
no difference how many fly balls he
dropped or let get by him as long as
he landed two or three safe ones dur
ing a game.
Bats were a mania with Browning,
and whenever he could pick up a club
which suited him it was added to his
enormous collection So many were
gathered at various points on some of
his trips that he sometimes was
forced to pay excess baggage on the
prizes.
According to Umpire Van Haltren,
it was Browning who introduced the
habit of rubbing down a bat with
tobacco juice, which custom is follow
ed to this day by many of the players.
The idea is to roughen the surface of
the stick and prevent so many fouls
slipping off one side or the other
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
O'Dav Lauds Emslie.

Veteran Umpire Bob Emslie, accord
ing to Hank" O'Day, manager of the
Cincinnati Reds, will be just as good
a man behind the mask this year as
any major league arbiter. O'Day has
worked with Emslie great deal and
is much amused over the reports that
Emslie's eyes are bad and he may be
pensioned by the National league.
Say for me- said O'Day, that when
a man can shoot bluerocks like Bob
he can umpire any game of baseball
scheduled. | found him in Toronto re-
Gently wearing diamond badge he
had won in a shoot, as high gun. l
saw him kill forty out of forty-fve
birds. This criticism of Emslie is on
a par with a lot of stuff that | have
had to stand during my long career as
an umpire"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
BLOUSE is COMING BACK
Old and Useful Friend Returns After
Eclipse Caused by Rage for
little Frock."

Foremost among the revivals of the
winter will be the return to favor OF
our old friend the blouse, which suf'
fered a period of almost total eclipse
during the summer when the all con-
quering little frock" swept everything
before it, 1t comes back absolutely
in its earliest and most elementary
form. The shirt waist was the shape
in which the blouse was first made
known to US, if one excludes the old
Garibaldi, and this year it will reign
again in all it's trim simplicity.
variety of pretty designs is al
ready to be seen. Tucks are the ia
vorite, indeed, almost the only form
of decoration, occasionally set in
groups or arranged in varying widths,
but most of the new blouses are made
with half-inch tucks at regular inter-
walls across the front and back. Plain
sleeves to the wrist, finished by
straight cuff, not too tight fitting, and
either a tucked or stock collar, and
little breast pocket, into which a
dainty handkerchief can be tucked, as
we'll as buttonholes cut on the bias,
will be features Of the shirts in ques-
ton.
For morning wear the leading ma
teriaIs will be plaiR and fancy challis,
nuns yelling, washing silks, silk pop
lin, and the pretty and useful cotton
poplin, better known as poplin linen,
which washes to perfection and is sub
stantial enough to be very comfortable
wear on a chilly autumn day. 1t is
produced practically in all colors, and
has the crowning merit of being very
inexpensive. Striped challis will be
very fashionable as a blouse fabric
and looks charmingly dainty made
with stock collar and little tie to
match the stripe.
Even silk and satin blouses will be
made with the utmost simplicity. II
for evening wear, the sleeves will
reach only just below the elbow, and
will be finished with band of lace
insertion piped at both edges with the
silk. Kimonos will still be worn, but
often without yestige of embroid-
cry, the neck being finished with a
narrow edging of the material border
ing tiny guimpe, with high col
lar.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
NOTES OF
.SPOPTDM

The Yankees and the Browns want
a catcher but neither could see Char
ley Schmidt of the Tigers.
Clark Griffith says Bob Groom is
not a holdout, that he is merely TAX
ing his time to consider the contract
offered
Clark Grifith's first offer to Detroit
for Moriarty was Eddie Ainsmith.
That being refused he came back with
the cash bid.
The Red Sox have decided to leave
Paul Strand out at Spokane. He is
the 17-year-old wonder that John l.
Taylor paid $4,000 for
Pitcher Martin of the Athletes has
received permission from Connie
Mack to remain at Tufts College, Med
ford, Mass, till May l.
Another game has been added to
the preliminary schedule of the Yam
KEGS. Georgia University will be
played at Athens on March %
Otto Jordan patched his differences
with the Atlanta club and signed a
one-year contract. He will play Sec
ond and Alperman will play third
The Blue Grass league has four
Sunday ball towns -LeXington, Frank
fort Maysville and Paris. The season
opens May L and closes on September
4-130 games
an answer to the query, What is
the hardest position on the infield?"
is that every job is so blamed hard
there aren't many players noted for
being perfect
Newark of the International league
has purchased Catcher Harry Smith
from the Brooklyn club and Pitcher
George w Boice of the Trenton club
of the Tri-State league.
University of Chicago athletes have
purchased a new football since the
rules revision and decided to do all
the kicking with their feet
The appendicitis put Wolgast down
for a long count but he refuses to
acknowledge defeat
Plunging is discouraged In the new
football rules. If it works the same
racket might be tried on baseball
games
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
Jap Runners in Olympic.

If the Japanese timekepers and ath-
letic trainers may be believed, west
ern athletes will have to look to their
laurels at the forthcoming Olympic
games, in which representative of
Japan will participate for the first
time. According to dispatches re-
ceived here, aspirants for the Olympic
trip were recently tried out at Tokyo
with surprising results.
One of the greatest surprises was
the lowering of the Olympic world
record for the 25-mile Marathon race.
Shize Kanakuri of the Tokyo Higher
Normal school setting the mark at
hours 30 minutes. The record was
also broken by two others-Sasaki, of
the Hokkaido Institute and Ide of the
Keio university, who finished second
and third.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
TIP ON SHAPING COLLARS
Question of Outline Is of as Great I'M
portance as Is Size Of the
Neck Band.

Too often when one is planning a
trifle of embroidered neckwear for
gift the neck size is all that the
maker thinks it necessary to consider
If her friend wears a No. 13 collar
band or one larger size she lets 1t go
at that and makes the collar of any
shape that suits her inventive fancy
This indifference to other details is to
blame for many gifts being laid away
as quite useless to those receiving
them. The possessor Of rather long.
slender neck will look almost ride
ulous in a collar that would be too
high entirely for the chubby person
with a short, rounded neck.
It is especially when making en-
broidered stock collars that the ques-
ton of outline is important. But the
elite to the best effect is one easy to
remember For the long, slender neck
the lower edge of the collar should be
plainly rounded and the upper edge
curved up into pointed effect under
each ear.
For short, plump person, on the
contrary. the upper edge of the collar
should be plain all around, except at
the very middle of The front, where 1t
should curve slightly downward, and
the lower edge, followed the same
general lines, should curve down still
more pronouncedly, with medallion
or tiny bow at the center, to empha-
size the dip" This gives the effect
of frightening the neck. and the col
lar can be almost as deliberately en-
rcidered as the higher enc for the
TersoD
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
FRANK SMITH TO QUIT
"Piano Mover" Noted Pitcher,
Eyes Restaurant.
Former Chicago White Sox Player
Satisfied With Cincinnati Contract
Loses Heart to Pittsburg
t- Cafe.

Frank Smith, the piano mover, for
mer pitcher of the Chicago White Sox,
has arrived home from trip to Eu-
rope and says he probably will quit
baseball for good to embark in the res
taurant business. Smith has been
dickering for a cafe in Pittsburg and
if he lands it says it is au reyoir to
the dear old game for all time, so far
as he is concerned.
The Cincinnati club has returned
Smiths contract for his signature,
having accepted the big pitchers
terms. Smith says he intends to quit
while his services are sought instead
of waiting until he is kicked out. He
believes, however, he could so along
for a year or so longer for the Gin
cinnati team and that he would pitch
good ball The strenuous life Of the
diamond has lost its charm for the
hefty piano toter, to hear him talk,
and he longs for the quiet and indie
pendence of business life.
Now. this is none of your holdout
yarns. for this very day | received
contract from the Cincinnati club,
which accepted my terms. This was
the second contract I received from
the club The first one did not suit
me and | returned it and told what
wanted Today | got the document
calling for my terms. But | will not
return it until find out where l can
land the place of business l am seek
ing. And I want to tell you that con-
Quoting a cafe will be much easier
than standing out there in the hot sun
trying to foil hitters."
Frank Smith was one of the oldest
members of the White SOX squad
when he was traded to the Boston Red
SIX in 1910 along with Billy Purtell
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
Violet SCENT.

So many inquiries have come to
hand respecting a new way of per-
Tuning rooms that one ventures to de-
scribe yet another and more simple
novelty which is being used for this
purpose of making rooms fresh and
fragrant. This is known as the violet
hanger, which consists Of group of
dainty little wicker baskets filled with
pot pourri of violets and covered with
silk. These are strung together on
long hanging ribbons which can be
hung in front of window or door or
any place where they catch the breeze.
so that the sweet perfume emitted
through the wicker work is waited
about the room.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
NAV Run in Australia.

Australia promises to become the
Mecca for the professional sprinters.
Late Cartmell and Fred Ransdell, both
former University of Pennsylvania
stars, have just received invitations to
visit the land of the kangaroo and
race the stars of the earth there in
the biggest professional champion
ship races ever held. Cartmell is now
the worlds champion by reason of his
victory over A. L. Postle, the English
runner, who previously held the title,
and Ransdell is the champion of the
intercollegiate A. A. A. A.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06

for Harry Lord and Ambrose McCon-
nell That trade became famous in
baseball history for its one-sidedness
Neither Smith nor Purtell was of any
value to Boston. while Harry Lord
is considered one of the greatest play
ers in baseball, and Mcconnell would
be nothing less than a wonder had he
not met with misfortune in Gripping
him up.
Smith did valiant service for the
White Sox in 1906, when he helped
win the pennant in the American
league. Like Joe McGinnity of the
New York Giants at that time, Smith
was considered an iron man. He
sould pitch every other day if neces-
gary. With all his faults Smitty had
alany friends among White Sox fan
4om. who have q big place in their af-
sections for the big fellow who at one
time was one of their hernes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
Hard Training Trip for Athletics.

Connie Mack plans the most strenu-
Gus training trip of his career for the
worlds champions next spring. The
Athletics will condition themselves at
San Antonio, Tex, which, like Marlin,
is a bath city Mack will follow the
policy of McGraw of the Giants He
will take his youngsters youth about
Feb 20. The veterans will report on
March l.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
PILED WITH RIBBONS
FASHIONS DECREE IN HAT DEG
GRAFTON FOR THIS SEASON.
Late Winter and Early Spring Mill
merry Shows Ribbon and Silk Bows
In Abundance-ManyF anci-
full Forms Seen.

1t is surely becoming the fashion to
GOntine the decorative finish on hats
to one material but this must be
used in abundance. For instance, on
late winter and early spring millinery
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
san Francisco Eiqht Permits.

Four monthly permits for 20-round
boxing contests have recently been Is
sued to fight promoters by the Board
of Supervisors of San Francisco.
Twenty-nine promoters have filed ar
pIicatiols for permission to stage the
hou.S
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
Gives Frenchy Touch.

A single revers Of black velvet en-
broidered in white wool is sufficient 10
give French touch to a gown of al
most any given shade and is not diff
cult of accomplishment.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06

ribbon and silk bows are very popular.
They are made unusually large, wired
to stay in place and designed in many
fanciful forms.
Changeable taffetas, striped satins
and messalines make brilliant bows,
light in weight, in spite of the abund-
ance of ribbon and silk used. From
five to eight yards of No. so ribbon Is
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06

pretty touch and an ornament OF
metal can often be used to advantage.
The changeable taffetas are most
often seen in green and blue, green
and red, blue and gold and good COM
binations Of bright colors and gray.
These silks make the long, wing-like
horns that trim the moderately small
turbans and hats of nacre braid which
are shown everywhere with much sue
cess.
JULIA ROTToMLEY.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06
Ban on Worsted Flowers.

Trimmings of worsted flowers which
threatened to invade our shores and
deck our ready made hats have been
severely censured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06

A friend of Tim Muruane, a Boston
baseball critic, picks what is consid-
cred by many old-time fans the strong
est list of the twenty creates, players.
His list. concerning which fans may
differ in one or two selections, fol-
lows:
pitchers, Kid Nichols, 'Cy' Young,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06

To Regulate Rhode Island Boxing.
An effort is being made in Rhode
island to have a bill passed to regu-
late boxing by commission of three.
t,a ss,ae as in this state.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06

Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Ed
Walsh; catchers, Mike Kelly, Charles
Bennett and Buck Ewing; first base,
Chase and Chance; second base, La
joie and Fvers; third base, Collins;
shortstOp, Long and Wagner; outfield,
Cobb, Clarke, McAleer, Schultz and
Delehanty,'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-06

the average allowance. Clever ribbon
pieces are made of shorter lengths, de-
signed with a view to economy.
Bows are supported by fine wires
and are made on foundations OF buck
ram, ready to be sewed to the hat.
Fringe. as a finish to ends, lends
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23
Ions Are Very Small.

The smallest piece Of matter is called
the ion. 1t is so small that person
could not imagine that anything could
be smaller. 1t is so small that its iden-
tlty is lost In its effect. 1t is the point
where solid matter resolves itself into
q form Of electricity. Now, think how
small that is from this experiment: II
the ions In toy balloon, full Of gas,
were counted out at the rate Of hun
dred per minute it would take 1907
100000 persons 100000 years to count
them. The fact that the human intel
lect can discover this fact is quite as
startling as the fact itself. This seems
to be getting on the edge of material
creation. and IL the ion could be fur
ther divided We would have to get over
into the spirit world to do it, for there
possibly its last analysts only can be
reached. Ohio State Journal
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23

"Hippopotamuses are the only water.
animals that sink backward when g.
ing under the surface Of the water"
said keeper in the Central park men
aRerie to a group of visitors In front
Of the animals tank.
Aquatic animals, as a rule. dive
into the water head FIRST and make
more or less splashing. Bus the hippo
goes down so quietly that II hunter
were standing near the edge Of an
African pool the big river horse would
disappear without attracting attention.
They keep up the custom In captivity,
where there is no necessity Of guard
ing against enemies. AS they go down
they throw up their noses and MI
their lungs. have timed this speci-
men and found that she can stay IN
der water for Eve minutes. She then
comes up with a snort and takes
fresh supply Of air Perhaps she
could stay down longer IL she was
trying to avoid danger."-New York
Sum,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23

Despair alone makes guilty men he
bold. --Coleridge,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23

An old Yale man, giving his remlnis'
cences of President Noah Porter, re-
called a talk the kindly gentleman
gave to his freshman class. Young
gentlemen" said the president the
air of New Haven is especially heavy
and damp at night, owing to the prox-
unity of the city to the sea, and wish
to advise you always to keep your win
dows closed at night; otherwise your
health will be likely to suffer" That
was the advice of the president OF the
institution. 1t Ia significant Of the ex-
tent to which ideas change with the
years. Now everybody is for out OF
doors air. aud the person who followed
the advice of President Porter would
be condemned out of hand; and yet, II
we are not mistaken. that gentleman
managed 10 live out his threescore
years and ten and do them about
eleven better. He was born in 1911
and died in 1892. He believed in closed
Courant.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23
Mhistlsr Was a Dandy.

Ii taking infinite pains with his ap-
pearance means dandyism. then Whis-
tier was a dandy The very word
pleased him, and he used it often, in
American fashion, to express perfec-
ton or charm or beauty. Never was
any man more particular about his per-
son and his dress. He was as careful
of his hair as a woman, though there
was no need Of the curling tongs with
which he has been reproached; the DIFF
Rcuity was to restrain his curls and
keep them in order. The white lock
gave just the right touch. However
fashion changed, he always wore the
mustache and little imperial which
other West Point men Of his genera
ton retained through life. Even his
thick. bushy eyebrows were trained,
and they added to the humorous or
sardouic expression Of the deep blue
eyes from which many shrank.-Pen-
nell's life of Whistler"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23

He hasn't slept all night. doctor"
said Mrs. Blinks over the phone, de-
scribing her husbands symptoms, land
this morning he complains Of aches in
his bones and n general headachy feel
ing. Is there anything can dor
Just then the wires crossed with the
phone connection Of the dog fancier.
Sure" came the response Bring
him In this afternoon and I'll cut his
ears for you. Pittsburgh Press.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23


Ireland's position as the country In
which bulls" blossom best Is being
seriously challenged. 1t was Welsh
member OF parliament who crushingly
remarked to an opposition member:
The honorable member has attempt
ed 10 throw a bombshell at the gov
eminent. but In the hands Of the
chancellor Of the exchequer 1t was
turned into a cooked hat long before
It was thrown"
1t was also Welsh member, though
not the same one. who, speaking
against proposal to fortify London,
began earnestly with: "0ur navy is
our only defense. II our navy tenn
porarily left the seas And then he
had to stop, Delighted members, with
visions of battleships swooping over
green fields or climbing over house,
tops. were In a roar, and 1t was some
minutes before business could pro-
coed. London Answers
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

The County Commissioners of Montgomery
County, Plaintiff, VS.. James Dalton,
Olive Stott Gabriel and Ernest G. Petit,
Defendants.