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Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
RUMORS OF A BIG TRADE.
Charley Murphy Trying to Land
Konetchy for the Cubs.

CHICAGO. January 24.-Conflicting re-
ports of the negotiations between the
Cubs and the st. Louis Nationals in a
proposed big trade reached the city yes
terday. Miller Higgins. manager Of the
Cardinals, is quoted as saying he had
not arranged a meeting with President
Murphy of the Cubs in Cincinnati. De-
spite these reports, Indications point to u
trade.
Murphy said he had received letter
from HugS.Es Offering a trade. Big I'D
Konetchy. his first baseman. is dissatis-
fed with st. Louis and Is holding out FOR
81 $50 salary-a sum Higgins says the
club will not pay. Murphy Is anxious
to land the big fellow and also hopes tC
get Harry Sal!ee, the left-handed pitcher
Higgins wants Jimmy Sheckard. and
as he needs catcher, he might accept
Cotter in a trade. In fact, Higgins needs
a number Of players, and Murphy has
more athletes for disposal than any other
owner Safer, knisely, Phelan, Sheck-
ard and others on the Chicago list will
be offered, it is said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
win to Stand Pat Against His Hod0uS MAY Raise CobbS Pay
ONLY BIG PITCHERS ARE
WANTED BY MOST MANAGERS
Day for the Small Chap as Twirler Has
Gone Past-New York Has
Some Real Giants.


equal a trio Of pitchers on the staff OF
the Phillies. Eppa Rixey, jr.. tops all the
tWirlers in the National League. He
stands six feet five inches high while
Gaddy. a youngster from the coast, and
Earl Moore each stand six feet two
inches high.
The New York Giants can boast of such
human skyscrapers as Marquard. Tes-
reau and Mathewson. and McGraw is 60
ing in for more big men. Two or his
young pitchers this spring will be Tom
Hanley, who is six feet two inches high
and E. X. Perryman. who boasts OF be-
ing six feet four and One-half inches tall.
So keen is McGraw to sign giant twirl-
ers that he actually got Perryman's name
to a contract last year before the youth
had Won a game. Last year Perryman
pitched for Richmond, Va He won only
five games in twenty last season. Despite
this McGraw says he will take the young
ster to the training camp and give him
all the Goa ching possible in the hope that
he will turn out to be another Tesreau.
Would any such announcement be
given to youth of five feet and a half?
Not by a joyful If chap who is short
of stature but long on brains wants to
get a good trial in base ball he wants to
cut out the pitching and catching and
try for an infield or outfield berth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

PHILADELPHIA. January 24-There
was a time when small man had a
chance to make good in base hall as a
pitcher. hut only big fellows are wanted
for such positions nowadays. Old-time
fans will remember when Kid Carsey
and Wee Willie McGill held their own
with other major league stars. They were
small even for the pitchers Of those days,
but they would be midgets compared with
the present day crop of curve breeders. So
keen are the managers for six-foot pitch
ers that they will spend weeks and
months trying to drill a giant into the
rUdiments Of twirling. whereas they
will scarcely give a second look to a
youth who is under the five-foot. eight
mark.
If the average height of the twirlers on
any major league team was secured it
would probably be found that it was close
to the slX-foot. The New York Ameri-
cans are boasting of two pitchers who
stand over six feet tall. and other clubs
thankful that they have a bunch OF
big fellows to do the tWirling.
They will have to step some, though, to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
nERIINENI @f1l1ENT
N Happenings

O'Brien of the Giants, the books showed
total Of $500 collected from McGraw' s
players in fines last season. O'Brien
points to this item as proof that McGraw
enforces the rules Of the club without
fear or favor. For several years Nc
Graw has employed a man to keep tabs
on the Giants as they reported at 10
o'clock each morning for practice at
home. Whenever players have been ten
or fifteen minutes late McGraw has
slapped on the fines-$1O. $50 Or $50. In
each instance McGraw has refused to re-
NIT the penalties.
1T appears that during a trip to a
western city last season McGraw heard
of stiff poker game in room at the
hotel. He waited until it was all over
and then asserted himself. He handed
out 500 fines to a veteran star pitcher
and an inflelder who. he said, should
have known better. and also tackled a
So fine on young player who had
taken part in the game.
- didn't play. McGraw.' said the
youngster. in evident distress. 4 just
looked on
'Thatl cost You twenty-five more for
not telling the truth. retorted the Giants
manager. Now. didn't you play?
Yes, sir, l did, was the meek re-
Spouse.
Well. see that you don't do it again.
said McGfaw. dryly. In telling this yarn
O'Brien shows that McGraw is the boss.
discipline he makes the Giants walk a
crack. Yet McGraw is not unfair in his
treatment Of the players, who are in
formed just before the outset OF each
campaign just what they can and can
not do. Unlike Charles Webb Murphy's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
BY J. ED GRILLo.

The schedule makers seem to have been
kind to the Nationals. SO far as giving
them dates which are sure to prove prof
liable. Not only will the Nationals open
their season at home with the New Yorks
as their probable rivals, but it is an
nounced that Griffiths team will have the
honor of playing the first regular game
against Frank Chances New York team
on the Polo Grounds. This game is sched-
uled to take place April II, and it is need
less to say that it will draw an immense
crowd. New York fans are for Chance,
and they are sure to give him a rousing
send-off on the occasion of the opening
of the season.
This year the eastern clubs will go west
before the western clubs come east. This
may or may not prove hardship. There
was time when Il ball team won bat
small percentage OF its games away
from home In those days umpires ia
yored the home club and gave 1t all
sorts of advantage. OF late years there
has been no such advantage. and the
result has been that winning teams have
Jared even better on the road than at
home. The Nationals, for instance. last
season won sixteen straight games on
the road.
That John McGraw is a strict disci-
plinarian is proved by some facts which
are told by Joe OBrien, former secretary
of the New York club, and printed by
the New York Sun:
According to story related by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

ton, as is the rule with managers. kept
on using Cady. Carrigan is just as wise
on the bench as in a game and he didn't
care who did the catching just so long
as Boston won. Since the series closed
I have read number Of reports saying
that Bill was sore because Cady caught
majority Of the games. Such state
ments do Carrigan an injustice. He is
not grandstand catcher, his only
thought being the success Of his club
One of the young players on the New
York team thought to have some fun al
Bills expense, and probably thought he
would make a hit with McGraw by say
ing:
$50 you're the brains of the Boston
club"
That is what some folks are kind
enough to say" added Bill, with smile.
from the coaching lines.
Evidently Stahl doesn't place much of
a premium on brains," continued the re-
crut.
mot when we are playing New York, -
replied Carrigan.
Il suppose that is because you can't
throw with your brains.' answered the
yOungster in sarcastic tone.
Right again." answered Bill; IF such
was the case 1 would have the edge on
your whole team"
At this stage Billy KLEIN butted In or
the scene, stopped the bout and awarded
the decision to Carrigan.
Copyright. 1913. by ". G. Evans)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
TALES OF THE DIAMOND
Humorous and Otherwise.
By Billy Evans.

Bill Carrigan is unquestiOnably one OF
the brainiest catchers in the business.
He makes a careful study of every bat
ter. seldom OverloOks a situation and Is
constantly encouraging his pitcher. Best
of ALL he is game to the core. not know
ing the meaning of the word quit. Bill
has only one fault-his arm is a trif1e
weak-but he is so resourceful that even
the speedieSt runners in the American
League have their troubles when taking
liberties with Bills arm.
Before the start of the big series the
papers proclaimed the fact that Carrigan
would do the most of the catching. 1t
was stated that Bits wise old head
would be of such advantage that Man.
ager Stahl would not dare to take chances
on receiver with only a years expert
ence 1t was known that Cady would
catch Wood being his regular catcher
throughout the season. but it was be-
lieved Carrigan would work behind all the
other twirlers.
In a big series where the rivalry is SO
keen players seldom miss chance to
put one over at the expense of their
rivals. Cady got away to such good
start, was hitting the ball SO hard and
throwing so fine that Manager Stahl. not
caring to break up winning cOmbina-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
West May See Jim Thorpe.

ST. LOUIS. January 2i-The first ap-
pearance OF Jim Thorpe. the Carlisle III
dan all-around athlete. west OF the Mi
issipri river. as a competitor in the trac <
and field games. will be March IL al the
annual indoor games Of the Missouri
Athletic Club here. Word has been sent
to the club officials by Thorpe thar
Coach Glenn Warner of Carlisle approves
his making the trip and appearing In
three or four events against the pick OF
the athletes in this section. Although
Thorpe's birthplace and home is in Okla
homa he has not been seen i'm competi-
ton in this part of the country since he
became famous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

race is concerned 1t would mean heavy
loss to the club and yet those who know
Navin well are sanguine that he will
never bacl, down from the position he has
taken.
the players viii hold out. There have
been few instances in base ball where "A
PLAYER has stayed out of the game for
any length of time because salary conci-
tons were not satisfactory. This guar
tet, however. may feel that it holds the
winning hand and try to force the club
to meet their demands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

AS yet Charley Murphy has not been
able to convince Miller Higgins that ii is
to his advantage to let Konetchy and
Sallee go to the Cubs. though it seems
to be the general impression that this
pair of stars will be found in Chicago
uniforms the coming season. If Murphy
can put over this deal he will have stolen
another march on those club owners who
figured that the Cubs We're through. so
far as being contenders for the pennant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

| is concerned. Konetchy and Sallee, the
| latter a left-handed pitcher. would add
enough strength to Evers' team to give
him a grand chance to cut some figure
| in the next race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

ironclad rule regarding the Cubs total
abstinence. McGraw believes that his
players should be allowed to drink a few
glasses of beer after a game. He doesn
place the ban on cigars, but he's death on
the cigarette habit. If a player fails to
keep in proper condition McGraw doesn't
believe that he should receive the full
amount Of his salary. and when pay Gay
comes around the culprit is almost sure
to pay Il fine for his behavior. In short.
the Giants leader insists on results. and
will stand for nothing that may work to
the detriment of his team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

AS the time for reporting of the play
ers is drawing near the Detroit situation
grows more interesting. President Navin
seems to have taken firm stand against
the demands of four of his star players
and he insists that the men must report
for the amount of salary offered or stay
at home. To have Cobb, Crawford,
Stanage and Dubuc absent from the team
would virtually put the Tigers out Of the
running so far as a high position in the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Evidence Found by r. F. Glider tc
Prove Traditions Of the Omaha
indians.

Omaha, Neb.-Traditions among the
Omaha Indians to the effect that a
tribe Of cannibals once lived in the
Valley Of the Missouri have been YER
flied apparently by discoveries made
recently near this city by persons op-
Grating under the direction Of R. F..
Glider, well-known archaeologist.
The Omaha Indians came to this
region from the Ohio river about 800
years ago. These pioneers heard
from other Indians who then lived
here of the former existence of q
tribe that ate human flesh. Inquiry
among other tribes that had formerly
been In the valley showed that they
had the same tradition, and persons
interested in uncoverjng the history
OF the early inhabitahL Is Of America
undertook to learn If there was truth
in these tales.
The search has been going on for
eight years. At the beginning it was
found that some race had lived on the
bluffs Of the Missouri in dugouts,
which at times were 10 feet deep and
were rooted with poles over which
were laid twigs, grass, and earth. In
the floors of these were caches in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
BARRIERS ARE PUT IN PLIGHT
Consul In China Reports Market for
Supplies Upset by Recent Re-
form Order.

Neutrality-suspicious. G. I. L. Will
liams, from Shatow. China, sends in
word that the recent edict In China
which commands that all cues be sew
cred has rather upset the market in
that country for BARRIERS supplies.
There is somewhat of tendency
to do away with BARRIERS altogether,
although BARRIERS, the consul adds.
never did thrive particularly we'll.
Itinerants- tonsorial artists who car
ried their kits about with them and
who never went to the trouble of es-
tablishing permanent stands--were
the rule rather than the exception.
A good many families now consider
that hair clipper. which costs about
$135, is all that is necessary. The
outlook for the sale of razors Is very
poor, the consul reports. since the Gus
tom of shaving the head has given
place to home hair cutting. The JAP
anese have entered the field and are
retailing a safety razor for about 16
cents, American money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Noted Men Plant Trees.

Reforestation of the Capitol grounds
by prominent statesmen is the latest
fad at Washington. The old German
custom Of planting a tree every time
one is destroyed has been inaugu-
rated, and there is rush among con-
gressmen for planting privileges.
A purple beach that grew in north
ern New York, near the home of
Vice-President Sherman now adorns
the capitol grounds, near Delaware
avenue and B street northeast, at the
brow of the hill on the north drive.
Other public men, including Speak
er Clark, former Speaker Cannon and
number of prominent candidates,
vii be invited to plant trees, and
there promises to be a lively arbor
campaign. Among the trees that will
be planted are the walnut, hickory
and red oak, each man selecting the
tree under which he loved to linger
in his boyhood
Superintendent Elliott Woods Is pro-
viding photographs of the recent tree
planting. to be filed away with the Of
fetal records, and reforestation is now
having its innings on the capitol
grounds.-News Letter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
FOOTGEAR OF THE moment
Harmony With Costume il the Idea,
However Extravagant May Be
the Outlay.

Some ingenious person has had the
idea that we may as we'll have our
feet in harmony with our faces, and
so our hose are being made to match
our wells In patterns of fine cobwebby
lace which are not quite so dishgurirg
on our extremities as they are when
masking the presumably delicate com
plexion of some fair lady! Our length
ening frocks for evening wear do not
give our shoes the prominence they
merit, but Cinderella would find 1t
difficult to make any sensation in a
modern ballroom, l am sure, with
nothing more remarkable than crystal
slippers, for footgear is most dainty
and artistic and individual. no two
pairs being alike. 8. =.
: The distinctive extravaganza Of the
season is the slipper Of gold or silver
tissue discreetly yelled with real lace
Brussels over gold, black Chantilly
over silver. the lace itssn being tss'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
MOTORS FOR SHIPS

the Jupiter. The Cyclops is equipped
with triple expansion reciprocating
engines and the Neptune is equipped
with a pair Of steam turbines with
gear reduction.
The electrical equipment of the Jupi.
ter was given a thorough test a few
days ago before a party of naval off,
GERS. The test showed beyond a doubt
that electricity is the ideal power for
> battleships and other large steam.
ships. Nearly all the work aboard a
modern battleship, exclusive Of pro-
pulsion, is now done by electricity
and there is no reason why they
should not be completely electrified
1nasmuch as the Curtis steam turbines
take but little room. and the motors
even less, there Is no reason why the
available horsepower of future battle
ships could not be much larger than
at present, thus increasing their speed
beyond the present record and max
ing them more efficient The saving
of the power now lost ia battieships
driven by reciproctaing enginox would
make vast difference in the speed
records.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
NECKLACES OF ALL SORTS
Any Woman Hesitate to Mako
Her Own Choice.

All the girls are collecting necklaces
to go especially with the simply-made
frocks Of linen, crash or lingerie. A
favorite necklace Is of amethyst-col-
ored crystal beads and clasps with a
silver bar; another is of bright red
opaque beads and third is OF COM
position resembling turquoise.
Because yellow is so fashionable
this season amber beads for necklaces
are in great demand. The ornaments
are prettiest when strings of gradu-
ated lengths are used to form series
Of chains, one Of which comes close
to the throat, willie the lowermost
falls halfway to the belt.
White necklaces are particularly a
fad. Some Of the beads employed in
their making are Of an Opaque compo-
sition somewhat resembling celluloid,
and, like that material, to be cleaned
with ammonia. Necklaces of indie
structible pearl beads with solid gold
clasps are charming, but not more SO
than are those of white coral or Of
clear crystal. On any Of these neck
laces may be worn color-relieved lock-
cts Of rhinestones, with a single
ruby" sapphire" or emerald" or of
white cloisonne enamel with a pink
rose center.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Writer'S cramp a Misnomer,

V''sSs ~ 0"iH q 1UIouO1USGs
Medical authorities now claim that
writers cramp" and other similar
states Of apparent muscular paralysis
are actually due, not to the firing of
the muscles, but to brain fag. 1t ap-
pears that the particular part of the
brain which controls special combina-
lions of muscle action, such as the
movements OF writing or the working
of telegraph key, tends to become
more quickly exhausted in some indi-
viduals than in others. Such exhaus-
ton leads to state in which the
brain is actually unable to send out
its necessary messages to the hands
and fingers to write, tap key, hold
q violin bow, etc. Furthermore, once
the nerve cells, the batteries" of the
brain, get thoroughly run down, it is
not easy t. restore their energy. Here
tofore it has been supposed that all
troubles Of the kind were due simply
to overtiring of the muscles con-
cerned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
LIMIT ON BAIHER!S.
Only One Hour Is Allowed SWIM
mers at This Beach,
Authorities Have No Difficulty In Reg.
u'at'no Length Of Stay, but canx
Make Them Come Out When
Their Time 10 Up.

boston, Mass.--Revere. a suburb of
this city, has burning question. It
Is not who will be the next president
or whether the Red Sox will get the
pennant or not. These important prob
lens are discussed far less around the
popcorn booths and the cool trains of
the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn
railroad than "How are they going to
Keep tabs on the bathers under that
new one-hour limit rule?''
Will the policeman on duty have to
stand on the beach and sing out the
time at minute intervals that the oc-
cupants OF the suits may get back to
tnelr rooms within the hour? How
can the bathers be depended upon to
remember at which hour they went
into the water? Would it be feasible
to chalk the time of day on each bath.
er as he springs gracefully down the
runway upon the sands?
Ihese and many other conjectures
are being made. The proposal to put
IN time clock is strongly opposed by
the labor interests They say that
play will be just like work when they
nave to punch the clock" at the be-
ginning and end of their bathing hour.
Others say that under the new sys-
tenn the bathers will not fully enjoy
their hours splash when they have to
remember constantly that they are
swimming against time. The fun of
the dip Is just to slosh around and
nave a good time. Under the new sys-
tenn, they say, all you would have
would be short time. And that con-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
First Wireless Apparatus.

As wireless telegraphy grips the
imagination Of men more and moro by
its ever growing wonders, so does the
marvel increase that it's inventor de-
veloped and achieved his epoch.mak-
ing idea when he was in age but a
schoolboy. expected to do no more
than study his lessons and enjoy him.
self. Guglielmo Marconi studied at
the universities of Bologna and Padua,
and when only fifteen years old, on
his fathers estate near Bologna, Italy,
plunged enthusiastically into the
dreamland Of electricity. In the course
OF the next few years he headed
straight for one of It's great mysteries,
the so-called Hertzian waves, or elec-
trical impulses which could travel
through air without the use of wire.
In 1895 when he was only twenty
years old, his advanced knowledge on
this obscure subject inspired him with
the theory that these waves could be
sent out and received at will, and in
that year he had constructed the first
wireless apparatus, whose efficiency
astonished even his enthusiasm.-F.
Minturn Sammis in the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.