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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-09
Sold Liquor Business.

Max Immergluck has sold his Ii
quor business to H. H. Sandoz an. is
now dealing in groceries and feed
Stuffs.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-09

WHAT AN UPSETTING of prices the ar
rival of the Flanders "a" Motorcycle has oc-
casioned. Why, the other makers seem to
be in a panic.
IT'S FUNNY TOO, when you recall the I'M
kind things they said about the Flanders
~" when we first advertised it and stated
the price.
OF COURSE THEY SAID a frst-class four
horsepower motorcycle could not be made
for SITS, even with battery ignition. And a
magnetic included-utterly impossible.
WE WISH WE COULD print all the things
thev said in their frantic efforts to discredlt
the Flanders "4' and justify their own
prices-which at that time were $3.50 and
$275 for machines of same power and less
quality.
YOU WILL REMEMBER they all said the
only way it could be done was to make the
machine out of poor materials and throw
them together. They not only admitted,
they protested, they could not duplicate
Flanders s'4'' at the price-or anywhere
neariit.
THAT WAS BEFORE we had begun to ship
Flanders "4's'' to our dealers and customers
They felt safe in making such statements
for though they knew in their hearts that
this concerto could not afford to turn out a
second grade article-they had no idea what
4 SenSatlOu IL was SO1HS W SAeoSS'
so THEY LAID TRAPS for themselves
and now we are driving them right into
THEY MUST EAT their own words-they
said they would have to use poor material
and poorer work in the making to meet the
price Of Flanders ~.
WELL, THEY HAVE ALMOST met the
price-and they will have to meet it and 60
lower before they can sell their antiquated
machines in competition with this up-to-tE'e-
minute motorcycle.
NOW II, DOESN'T REALLY
but are we to assume that what they said
was true and that they are now making
punk machines to meet Flanders ~ in COM
netition-or that they told hbs about it
FRANKLY WE DON'T BELIEVE they are
making them any worse-sorne things are
;mnossible. And we do know that until
Flanders .s4'' arrived en- the scene, prices OF
motorcvcles were high above all reason.
WE SAID IN OUR Nd that Flanders g
magnetic Misunderstanding for Sis. LEFT a
mighty small profit to us on each machine.
hut WE ARE SATISFIED with a SNAIL
pro6t on each machine 50 long as we can
bu;!d $4,000 per year. And the price-sl1o,
magnetic inc.uded-has created a demand SUI
ficient to justify us in building that many.
HERE'S A, POINT YOU HADN'T NO.
1lOEO perhaps. OtlSI INK Ill - USF
their prices until we had actually beg IN to
make deliveries. Do you know why? There
were two reasons.
R1RST: OUR AID CREATED a tremendous
dernand which we were as yet unable I, sup
NV. The other makers saw that and de-
fermined to supply some Of it at high prices.
And shey did. Then they began to think
3t was g1irr t. e-ntirve.
aecoND: THEY HOPED that when this
lachine did appear it would MT be up to
nnrsealins-end would give them q new
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-09
Another Felix Mouton Meeting.

Over one hundred and fifty voters
assembled in Mr.. Noise Forester
dancing hall in the sixth ward We'd
nesday night and a rousing meeting
was held in the interest of Mr.. MOu
tons candidacy for Sheriff.
Mr.. julien COmeauX vas chosen
president Of the meeting with the fol-
lowing vlce-presidents: Messrs. Jules
Roger, Emile COrmier Eustache ROg-
er, Placide Prejean, Antoine Herman
dez and Noise Forester.
Close attention was given to adj
dresses made by Major DeClouet,
Felix Mouton, DR.. O.. A. Martin,
DR.. Eric Gutlbeau and Assessor
Albert Trahan.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-09

IdSlOn olduOuS, AduiiAS INV
bridge work, special fund.-. 10 10
CASTOR Siadous, 5 Dbl corn, spe-
cial fund . -. ...... 3 70
Crandall & Son, bal. due on
lumber, bridge fund . -. 4 20
Charley Burke, lumber, etc.
on Jan. %, contingent fund. 10 90
BIRD. WARD. :.
J.. c.. Nickerson, road work,
special fund -. ...... -. lO0 w
O. j. Mouton, road work, spe-
cIal fund ...... go. -. ID w
Lafayette Advertiser, printing,
contingent fund -. 80. + AZ
Exline-Reimer Co., book to
clerk of court, special fund. Is 90
Clarke & Courts book to
clerk of court, contingent
1und 80. ...... ... 49,. - w
Moss Pharmacy, book to treas
urer, contingent fund 49,. 1 so
Moss Pharmacy. stationaries to ,
sheriff, contingent fund =. 10 70
Owl Drug Store, stationaries to
assessor, contingent fund . 6 so
Cum. Tel. & Tel. Co., tele-
phone, contingent fund . :. S 60
L. w. & f. l.. p, water and
light, contingent fund . .
Frederic Dis:nfec., disinfectant,
contingent fund .... . . . . 80 so
John V~igneaux, burying pau
per, contingent fund :. . II so
John J. eraser, stove pipes,
ETC., contingent fund -. . 2 25
Alfred A. Bonnet, maxim vo-
ting boxes, etc., contingent
IunQ -. .... 49,. 1000. q 20
J. P. Mouton, making 8 voting
booths, contingent fund .. 8 90
Mouton Bros, clothing and
shoes, contingent fund >. :. AZ 90
A. E. Mouton, lumber for
booths, bridge fund . j.. II Is
A.. E. Mouton, lumber, bridge
FUND 80. 80. -. ....... o 30
Vordenbaumen Lumber, Co.,
lumber, bridg fund. . :. al 36
Louis Lacoste. Grim. fees &
feeding prisoners, sheriff
luuu -. .... 80 -. . IN
9TH WARD.
NJ. Billeaud, Jr.. & Co., SUM-
dries, special fund -. . . 10 SO
M. BiAeaud Jr., & Co., road
work, special fund ...... f. 140 10
Billeaud Lumber Co., lumber
bridge fund. . . =. . . . 48 80
Comeaux Lumber Co., lumber,
bridge fund ...... -. .. 228 As
Geo. Malagarie, notary work,
contingent fund 80. . . . 3 90
Lucuius Duhon, lumber, ETC., on
Jan %, contingent fund -. 4 so
9TH WARD.
Delpher G~uilbeau, lumber, ETC.,
n Jan. %, contingent fund -. 8 90
Ervillian Simoneaux, lumber.
etc. on Jan %, contingent
| una 49,. 49,. -. 80. =. ~ w
Lacoste Hdw. c., dynamite &
caps, contingent fund . . Is IS
: 7TH WARD.
r. La%nglinais, hauling lumber
and bridge work, bridge
fund =. =. -. -. E. . ...... 20 %
r. L~anglinais, road work, spe-
, cial fund ...... -. -. :. 12O u
STH WARD.
: Jules Trahan, road work, spe-
, cial fund -. . . . . ........ 10 OC
: Dolce C.. Duhon, road work,
=, special fund (. d. =. :. 6 0C
Pierre Martin, road work spe-
cial fund :. >. . . ........ 100 OF
MISCELLANEOUS
: Geo. Crouchet, to making list
: from tax-collector's roll show
ing date, name and amount
paid by 26S taxpayers Of
the Eighth Ward Railroad
Tax. To deducting the COM
: mission paid the sheriff and
Z the assesso on the amount
paid by 268 taxpayers and
: deducttng the amount Of the
: commission from the amount
paid to ~ IL 1t balanced
with the amount In the treas
ury. To writing 268 war
rants and hlling the same
amount of stubs; for stamps
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-09

TellA NlOutOU, LII. u. "A. MdrLlu,
Or. Eric Gutlbeau and Assessor
Albert Trahan.
.'nerletnper the NAME
lhe auNan.c pfAnlUu uaL.or an
AouA.IAS Tue Coming 70 LAS cIty at
ia cay Oa,e o. Tic ofAsuuai llaislng
Tie -ua,ne inolion pctur1S Is voiuul-
nous ii intensely interesting, Iur-
nlsnIng d comprehensive resume OF
the saIlent features OF the great cat
aStrophe and h Prominent army
Il navy officials connected with all
subsequent incidents relative to our
recent unpleasantness with Spain
and the colossal engineering enter.
prise OF retaining the giant bulk.
from her sombre resting place at the
bottom of Havana Harbor. Perhaps
the most picturesque parsonage of
this generation now before the pub
lie eye is Major Harley B. Ferguson,
under whose personal supervision the
great work OF reclamation Is now be-
ing carried on. Major Ferguson rec.
commended the plan to THE Maine
Board" Of which he is a member. to-
gether with Colonel william Black,
formulated 1t and advocated it. Othere
insisted that it was madness, but Fer.
guson was obdurate. He was willing
to stake his reputation, his position
and future On the success Of the So
called experiment. Wherefore, al
though grave and eminent engineers
continued to shake their heads doubt.
fully and predicted disaster. Fergu-
sons mastery obstinacy won out.
To-day Ferguson denies that the
plan originated with him. Had IL
failed he would have fathered it. This
is the way he IS built. The army men
and navy men all know this, and in
the holr Of triumph defend him We.
he.nently IRON his own modesty
After the f,nal adoption Of the plan
the work of experimenting it's appli-
cation fell to Ferguson. Thus it hap.
pened that hesis the central and com.
handing figure. He has had charge
ever since the first pile was dr. ven
He has spent his days and many of
his nights aboard the wreck. He has
gone to work in the gray of a Cuban
dawn and directed and led and com.
manded and mastered every situa.
ton, until those associated with him
have come to understand that he has
every detail in hand and that he
knows more about what to do and
when to do it than all the rest OF
them put together.
And while they, as a class. appre.
ciate what has been and what Ia be.
ing done, it will only be after the biz
job, SO tardily undertaken by the
United States Government ia com.
pleted, when the wreck is cleared
away and the last fragment Of the
bones Of the eighty-eight sailor mar
that were unaccounted for after the
gruesome checking up Of the dead n
February thirteen years ago ii p
covered and given burial, that thu
public at large will appreciate thu
splendid work done by the un.rs=,w,
ing Ferguson.
Major Ferguson is distinctly seer
at close range in the motion nicfu...
-supervisine the work.-Je6At.c,
t Theatre. tonight. Friday. reoruarv !
:. On Johnston street hstv.- 49,
trial Institute and q 2. as,et ~,
hrovn fur necknia~> 49,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-02-09

On Johnston street hstweea lpdr..
trial Institute and q ?. sspst tt.r,
brown iur neckp'ece. FinAr p,sase
return to this once ana receive =.
ward.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21

of those home runs was made against
Mathewson in the most important game
of the six which were played.
With twenty-five men out and the
Giants in the lead, Baker walked to the
plate and a strike was called against
him. twenty-five twenty y-seyenths of the
game had been decided in New York's
favor. What were the odds that Baker
would make a home run and de the
score?
Quite problem in figures, isn't it? And
as speculation goes most folks would
have considered a spectator as laboring
with a species of mental disturbance had
he shown a disposition to wager / to so
that Baker would make a home run.
Baker made the home run and tied
the score. What logical chance did he
really have, based on his record as a bah
player? Eliminate the question of pitch
er for the sake of less argument, as had
he met the ball properly he would have
been as likely to bat one pitcher success
fully as another.
In the American League season Of 1911
Baker went to bat 592 times. It is i'm
possible to tell how many pitched balls
were served to o>him in that time. Sup
pose, for the sake Of Illustration, that 1t
be conceded the pitcher threw to him at
least four balls every time that he took
his turn at the plate. Five might be a
better average, but this is only for the
sake of demonstrating almost impossible
odds, and four will do as well for illus
tration as Eve. On the basis of four for
every time that he was at bat, the pitch
ers of the American League served Bak-
er with 2,36s pitched balls in 1911. In
that season he made nine home runs. 1t
only takes one swing to make home
run, so that in every 263 1-9 balls which
were pitched to Baker he made a home
run.
Take it another way. Eliminate the
number of balls which were pitched to
Baker and compute mis- average of home
runs on the number of times which he
was privileged to bat in his organization
during the season. He was at bat 500
times to make a hit of some kind, as
base on balls is not considered to be a
time at bat and is not included in that
record. In the 592 opportunities in which
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21

Baker, and tried to meet IT fairly and
swing on II at the same time, with the
natural movement of my arms. knew
that had made q good hit, for the batter
can sense the square impact of ball
against bat through the wood. did not
know that had made a home run either
against Marqusrd or Mathewson' until
took a second look, as was running the
bases, at the flying ball, heard the cheers
of the crowd and saw Morgan and Hart
sell dancing on the coaching line. As !
met the ball could not tell whether il
would fall safe somewhere or be caught
by an out6elder. just knew that had
hit it right. and l was sure by the way
in which the ball gave that had hit it
hard"
Then you don't believe that home
runs can be made offhand?'
I'D like TO see the ball player who
could do it. Say, he would be worth
almost $1,000 every time he went 10 bat.
That ofhand business sounds like a
fairy tale"
All professional ball players can be
divided into three classes so far as re-
lates 10 their ability to bat. The very
best class is the Order of the 800" 1t
is small and select society.
Explanation of the 200"
Possibly an explanation Of the 800
will not come smiss to those who are not
conversant with the technical terms of
the national game. 1t is the briefest
way of stating the average ability of a
batter to hit the ball safely. Suppose
that a batter obtains FIVE times at bat
in game. He makes two base hits To
find his average possibility as a batsman
2 is divided by 3. The dividend is 4.
To find the average skill Of batter for
the season all the base hits which he makes
is divided by the total number Of times at
bat. For convenience5s sake the dividend
is carried into three figures. II batter
made $50 base hits in 500 times at bat his
average would be exactly 300. As base
ball goes that would be considered excel
lent work on the part of the batsman.
The second grade Of batters are those
who bat between .2T5 anG 300 The third
grade are those who bat between DDS and
.215. When batters drop below DOS they
are not steady help to their fellow players
unless they happen to be wonderfully ex-
pert felders or very good pitchers. Pitch
ers never are expected to bat well, for
some reason or another, and little atten-
tion is paid to whether they are skiIful
enough to accumulate the large percentage
of 200 or be satisfied with a plain .1J0.
Now and then there is a pitcher who can
bat better than 800. Otis CrandaI, of
the Giants, is one of that type. Usually
where a pitcher is as much Of a success
in the batting line as that he graduates
from the pitching department into the
fielding department, where his term Of
years is likely to be longer, even IL he does
not receive quite 80 much salary for two
or three seasons Of his career.
If player is able to bat well enough
to be among the aristocrats Of the inner
circle it does not need any theoretical
proof to convince any one that be must
combine accuracy of eyesight. auicknsss
Of decision and certainty or swing.
Suppose the player fails to bat that
veIll In which of the three qualities Is
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
OPTIMISTIC.
Nj ISS Jane Adams, the head Of Hull
House, while she believes that ulti-

Nj ISS Jane Adams, the head Of Hull
House, while she believes that ulti.
mately universal suffrage will be
granted, also believes that there is no
sense in taking too roseate a view of the
situation. At q recent luncheon she
said:-"We women have still lot to
fight for, and the battle win be long and
difficult. There is nothing to be gained
by deceiVing ourselves or by employing
such optimistic phrases as the colored
man William White used. William
Whites brother had killed man in
cold blood. Well, William, how about
your brotherr visitor to town asked him
one day after the trial.
"'well,' said William, they've done put
him in jail for month
IA month! That's rather light SEN
tence for murder, isn't it? asked the
visitor.
"'Yes, sir admitted William, but at
the end Of the month they're going to take
him out and hang him.'r
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
E!IHE SCIENCE
Of BAT TING
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

has Oeen proHered to me players who
are not so wonderfully clean batters that
rhey receive an ovation every time they
appear through the gate between the club
house and the playing field.
When batting is reduced by analysis %
its component principles" as the pro
lessor in chemistry would say, it is found
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21

to be made up of three basic elements
First, the sight; second, activity of men
tai force; third, the swing.
All three of these are matched agains
the mental cunning and the muscular arm
of an athletic young man who is trying
to deceive the batter by throwing to hin
to the best of his judgment and with th'
most of his skill, a round missile, which
must not be less than nine inches or more
than nine inches and a quarter in cir
conference.
With the whole world for a back,
ground" as Pat" Tebeau once put it,
referring to the perspective facing the
batter, the latter must try to meet at the
right moment, on the right spot and with
the right force, a ball which is about
three inches in diameter. II he fails he
will never be a second Dan" Brouthers.
He may have a good eye" but the eye
will amount to nothing if he is slow or
cowardly about deciding when to swing,
and he may have a good eye" and splen-
did judicial capacity, but be so awkward
that the first two attributes are nullihed
because he is shoulder bound, cramped in
the elbows, or prone to strike at ball
ike a man failing wheat, instead of at
tempting to hit it on the centre.
The point of contact between the cir
cumference of baseball and the side Of
a cylindrical baseball bat, when both are
side by side in rest, roughly speaking, is
about equal to the size of silver dime.
That is not the accurate measurement
but it is near enough, and the comparison
is familiar enough to make clear to the
reader something of the quality Of SkiR
which is demanded from the batter. When
the bat meets the ball fairly as the striker
swings with it the point Of contact in
creases to varying dimensions, for the
ball is elastic, and the side on which it
is struck by the bat Hattens to q degree
corresponding with the force Of the blow.
Very likely the wooden fibre of the bat
also gives slightly when speedy pitching
is being faced, but as one may readily un-
derstand not in such proportion as the ball
which is made of yarn and rubber.
Baker Group" of Games.
No one ever hears much of the worlds
series between the Giants and the Ath-
letics, that splendidly played succession of
games in 1911, without hearing of Baker.
If each worlds series were to be named
for the player who had become most prom
inent in it the games of last autumn as
suredly would go into history as the
Baker group" exactly as the first worlds
series under the Brush rules would gol
into history as the "MathewsOn group
As it happened, the New York pitcher
who made the, first series the sensation
of American baseball circles because he
assisted largely in preventing the Ath-
leties from making a single run faced the
man who made the last series famous be-
cause he batted two home runs. and one
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
TOOK NO CHANCES.

N y author bearing bulky manuscript
~ went into the Office Of the Bookseller
rill Company in the hope Of having his
book published. After stating his business
to the clerk he was shown into the Office of
Mr.. VIII Bobbs. 1t was evident that
the aspiring author found nothing to en-
courage him in the appearance of Mr..
Bobbs.
"Er-er-beg your pardon" he said, els
this Mr. Bobbs?"
Yes" smiled the senior member Of the
firm encoursgingly.
''Mr VIII Bobbs?'
''Yes. am Mr.. VIII Bobbs."
.of the arm Of Bobbs-Merrill e. Co. %
aThe same" said Mr. Bobbs
aweIl-if you don't mind-I want to see
1Ir. Merrill" said the author,
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
STRENUOUS EXERCISE.

r. HEY were talking about the value Of
regular physical exercise, and one Of
the group. noticing that Meredith
Nicholson, the author, seemed pretty fit,
asked him what he did to keep in condi-
ton.
Who. me?" he exclaimed. Why.
don't need any calisthenics or things Of
that sort. live in a house on the sunset
side of the street, and get all the exer-
else my system needs in building the FIRE
every morning"
That doesn't seem to offer much
chance for exercise" remarked friend.
what kind of FIRE it is you build, wood
or coal?'
Neither" replied Nicholson. We use
gas. and have to scratch a match every
time light the fire.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
Home Run Hits.

Home Run Hits.
Yet he made two home runs two days in
succession against odds of 263 to l, by one
way of reckoning, and 66 TO by another,
and both are right if it be recalled that a
time at bat is a collective term which de-
fines how often the player had the right
10 go to bat plus bases on balls and sac
ri6ce hits, which are not included in the
at bat" column. Were both of these to be
included the odds would be increased. but
what's the use? They are great enough
as it is.
Combine the fact that game which was
twenty-five twenty-seveuths won by one
team was tied by 263 to chance and
al idea may be had Of the uncertainty of
the national paStme and the potent effect
Of a timely home run.
II seems ike a needless question to ask
q player how he came to make home run,
for all players will agree that home runs
are not made to order, yet it was natural
thar, when home runs played such an i'm
portant part in the Baker series" as they
did in 1911, the batter would be questioned
to obtain any informa ton which he might
be supposed to possess.
Il picked out ball which looked good
to me as it came toward the plate" said
The Washington herald., 1912-04-21

he either batted the ball safely or not
safely he made nine home runs, or one
home run in about every sixty-sixth time
at bat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04
Miss Daily ApprecIatiye

During my stage career l have been frequently interviewed and written about in the newspapers, but l remem- Der as the most pleasant of all such experiences the clever interview which was written last season by Dolly Dal- rymple. the exceptionally brilliant spe- cial writer for The Age-Herald," sara Lucy Daily comedienne with Ward and Vokes, and one of the stars of the famous Daly family
 Miss Dollys interview Is entirely different from any I have ever seen and read, and it was feature of my life. So delighted was I with what she wrote and the way she wrote r. that I bought 200 copies of The Age Herald and sent them to my friends. 1 have received many letters about the interview, and invariably they praised it as being at once bright. original and unique.
 "I have been looking forward to my week in Birmingham with the hope that I would again have the nleasure of meeting this lady and talking with her, not for publication. of course, but for social chat. Her manner of pre- senting the outline of a conversation Is certainly admirable.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-04

sional districts. They vote directly for full list of delegates. All vote for all candidates of their party for delegates. In California, too, no one can be made candidate without his consent. By filing a declaration with the secretary of state any one can have his name taken from the official ballot.
 The presidential primary is young yet and the experience of the six states will be carefully studied. In the long run perhaps the national con yention will fall by the wayside as a clumsy and useless contrivance and a general direct primary will do the work. This will, however, be an out growth of experience and practice, and the reactionary east will cling long time to the old method.