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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19

their stand at different locations in
the batter's box. and that is one
reason why pitchers find it so diff
cult to Judge what best to throw to
them, for they never seem to stand
twice alike. But these are very
exceptional men. ana they have
such wonderfully good eyes that
they can stand away back and still
tell whether the ball is coming over.
If they decide il is, or they wish to
hit at it, they step forward and
closer to the plate as the bali draws
near and smash it anyways some
thing you and ! couldn't do. The
general run of amateur batters will
do best to stand somewhere around
foot from the plate
NOW. the bat should not be hung
dead and inert on the shoulder,
for it requires bit of jerk to
draw it out of a. condition of iner-
tia, and that means that you will
have it slightly swung out of bal
ance. Neither should it be gripped
too tightly and tensely by the fin
gers, that will tire the muscles of
the whole arm 1t should be moved
slightly, easily and gracefully, in
small circle near the outside point
of the shoulder. That will keep the
muscles supporting it supple and
elastic, and ready for business.
The head and body should be
kept as nearly upright as possible,
no matter how low the ball, for we
are accustomed to viewing objects
with our eyes in that erect car
riage of the head and body. To
bend over to swat it means that
we are placing our eyes at dis
advantage. From that position we
more or less turn the tops of our
heads down and so have our eyes
upside down, as it We're
Any lowering of the body that
may seem necessary in order to
reach low ball should be accom-
plished by a longer step with the
forward foot and greater bending
OF the knee oil Jndt leg.
A ND the swing of the bat? Well,
that weapon should come
around to meet the ball so that 1t
will be as nearly parallel to the
ground as you can fetch it. Line
drives are what we all want in
baseball, and tn csc you can not get
by swinging downward as you
would swing a golf stick. Neither
can you get them by whacking
down from above as you would
swing an AK at something lying on
the ground. The one swing hoists
the ball into the air, the other
chops or beats it down, and neither
is what you are after. Besides if
you will bring your bat around
fiat" it will certainly reach out
farther after curve, should it
prove to be a curve, than either of
the other swings will permit
This stroke should not be carried
through so far, however, as to spin
YOU clear off your balance. The
chaps who spin clear around are
usually the ones who pull their
near foot back, for that's what also
pulls the bat around sc far. If
they did happen to catch the ball
on the stick, they would only pull it
clear out of the foul line and so
make but foul out of It, A right
handed batter should carry the
stroke through to where the far end
of the bat will about be pointing at
the second basemans usual posi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
ATHLETIC CLUB SECOND
TEAM WINS ANOTHER ONE

In a good game, the Atlanta Athletic
club defeated the Young Mems Christian
association, in the Atlanta Basket Ball
lea que. at the latter's court last night
by the score of 33 to 80.
The game was hard-fought through
out. Some brilliant goals were regis
tered by the members Of both teams and
the guarding was fierce though clean.
The passing alone was q faulty point
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
KID MCCOY MAKES DEBUT
TONIGHT AS EVANGELIST

NEW YORK, Feb 19-"Kid Mccoy"
otherwise Norman Selby. the former
pugilist will enter the ring as an evan.
gelist. He will endeavor to deal blow
for health and brotherly love. He makes
his public appearance IN a public school
tonight.
Il now intend" said Mccoy. Ito do
what | can to promote rational living. to
teach people that health is the center OF
everything worth while. and to instill
into them the golden rule.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
DILLON AND CLABBY GET
3 FIGHTS EACH IN PARIS

MILWAUKEE, WIS. Feb ia Paris
club has cabled an offer through Pro
moter Andrews here to Jack Dillon for
three fights in Paris, one with the winner
Of the Papke- Klaus go on March g. An
offer was also made TO Jimmy Clabby for
the same number of bouts
Dillon will go If he is furnished two
round-trip tickets
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
IF TESREAU MAKES GOOD
HE WINS HIMSELF A WIFE

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19.-Jeff Tesreau. one
of the star pitchers of the New York
Giants, has the promise of Miss Clara
Young, of Perryville, Mo, to become his
bride if he pitches up to his last years
standard.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
BY Jaw Davidson.

q AN FRANCISCO. Feb. 19.--Ad
y Wolgast may or may not have
done a wise thing in accepting
the match with Harlem Tommy
Murphy. One thing is assured above
all others, that it will make or
break with him when he enters the
ring against the Harlem boy.
Defeat at the hands of second
rater would end the career of the
former champion, because his
drawing powers would dwindle to
nil. If he makes an impressive
showing and is able to stop MuT-
ply, he viii give indisputable evil
dence of his right to return
match with Richie, and the fans
will demand that much for him.
The news that he had accepted the
match on such short notice, when it
appears entirely too short a time
for him to get into proper condi-
ton to do his best, was not re-
ceiVed with any degree of enthu-
siasm by his friends here. 1t seems
to be taking too desperate chance,
in view of his recent defeat and loss
of his title
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
HIRSCH BESTS HUBS
IN TERRIFIC BATTLE

NEW YORK, Feb. 19---"Special De-
livery" Hirsch, of Chicago, outpointed
Teddy Hubs, of Pittsburg, in a terrific
n-round battle at Browns gymnasium
here last night.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19

YALE DOWNS DIXIE TEAM.
NEW HAVEN, CONN, Feb. 19.-Yale
easily defeated Washington and Lee, one
of the best teams of the South, last night,
at basket ball, by a score of SO to 16
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19

GRAVES BEsTs AHeRN.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-hid Graves. of
Milwaukee, outpointed Young Ahern last
night at the Brooklyn Beach Athletic
club, in a fast round bout.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
vALDosTA PLEDGES COIN.

NALDOSTA, GA. Feb. 19.-Naldos-
ia pledged the money necessary for the
maintenance of a team in the Empire
State league at a meeting held last
night
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19

TIGERS BEST DARTMOUTH.
PRINCETON n. j., Feb. 19.-Prince-
ton defeated Dartmouth at basket ball
here last night by the score of % to T.,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19

M URPHY does not count for a
w whole lot in the fight game He
is veteran and never was serious
ly regarded at any time in his ca
reer as a possible champion. But
he is remarkably clever and has a
good punch and might be good
enough to give Wolgast a lot of
trouble. He assuredly has more
stamina than the former champion.
and will be in better condition.
Wolgast has not showed since
the operation fifteen months ago
that he could travel the derby route.
He is able 20 go about ten rounds.
but tires fast after turning that
point, which was proved in his
fight with Joe Rivers and the one
with Joe Mandot. A rugged chap
like Murphy would not have to
fight all the way to beat him
merely stall half the distance and
then outfinish him
ROVIDED he had six or eight
weeks in which to prep himself
for the fight, Wolgast might be
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
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The Washington times., 1913-09-12
BEYOND THE GRAVE.

Sir Oliver Lodge has made another incursion into
the realm of metaphysics and come back with de-
6ance to that dogmatism of materalism which has
declined to concede anything whatever to the theory
of life and continuity of personality and conscious
ness beyond the grave. His discussion Of the SUBJ
ect is suddenly become one of the topics of the
hour, attracting far more attention than similar
article by Maurice Maeternck in the current issue of
one of the magazines. Their conclusions, if judg-
ment of Sir divers position may be based on the
excerpts from his paper that have been cabled to this
country, are quite unlike.
Maeternck, while clinging to the general idea
that there is not instant end of existence,
sciousness, memory in the moment of dissolution,
points reasons for the belief that the disembodied
spirit finds itself in surrounding with which it
knows not how to cope that its memory is vague and
concerned mainly with very trvialities; that there is
little justification, in phenomena thus far studied,
for the belief in glorious progression onward
Moreover, Maeterlinck suggests that if there is
to be progression onward and upward in the FUTURE
there must have been such progression for very
long time in the past. If in the future we are to
have identity of personality and continuity Of memory
would it not be reasonable to assume that in our
bodily state we would have recollection of previous
states of existence?
Assuredy the Lodge hypothesis is more attrac-
tive one than that of Maeterlinck Sir Oliver holds
that science has no right reason to assume that
the movable is bounded by the confines of present
knowledge. He protests vigorously that in fact in
vestgators have proved the continuity of individual
life after DEATH and that, while the region they
have entered is treacherous and uncertain one, ye:
is most alluring field for further exploration.
Mankind has always nstinctively declined to believe
that death was the end and the apostles of agnos-
ticism have made small headway in convincing men
that all of life is comprehended in what we see of it.
At least it is good to man whose attainments
command respect, and whose methods are strictly
scientific boldly take up the cudgels for the con-
tenton that science is proving case in behalf of
all the religions and all the aspirations the race
have insisted upon.
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
THE STAR AND CIVIL SERVICE
WORKERS.

That was painful column through which the
Star last evening dragged its explanation that while
it is opposed to civil service empoye being eligible
to place in the assessors office, it is the firm and
fighting friend of the civil service employees. Our
contemporaries bold declaration that for the civil
ice people it has fought many stout fight and with
good results, really makes wonder if the rabbits
don't probably get together at times and brag about
their prowess and intrepdity Think of the dear old
Star ever having conviction that it would fight for
Or of the Star doing anything impolite to fight
anyhow!
Not that the Star is incapable of profound feel
ings the subject of its beloved civil service en-
rloyes. To the contrary, it is animated by a pro-
digious concern for them. 1t can't afford to have
them realize that in fighting Oyster, it has taken the
general position that the civil service people who
vote or maintain voting residences outside Washing
ton are not desirable citizens here.
They are good enough peoplesto rent houses and
buy groceries and ride street cars; but though
they live here half century, they must not be
esteemed eligible to a poor little municipal job of
assistant assessor!
That's fine doctrine for the fighting friend of
civil service workers to promulgate, isn't it?
The real nwardness of the Stars attitude
couldn't be suppressed, even through the long and
nulhfarous apology it was prompt to make when
il caught with the goods Speaking of the
Oyster appointment, it says:
SUCH AN APPOINTMENT MIGHT BE MADE,
AND BE DECIDEDLY OBNOXIOUS TO THE
PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON WHO ARE NOT
VOTERS ELSEWHERE, AND WHO FEEL THAT
TO THE EXTENT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE
MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION THEY AND NOT
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VOTERS IN
THE STATES SHOULD BE PREFERRED.
There is the nub of the whole business The Star
finds such appointment DECIDEDLY OBJ
NOXIOUS to the people of Washington WHO ARE
NOT VOTERS
Who are these people of Washington who are not
voters and by reason of that curious superiority
should be solely eligible for political consideration in
this town of politics and politicians?
The Star frankly avows its position How many
business men in the town, their business being
largely made up of the patronage of the civil service
people who constitute the income-earning backbone
The Washington times., 1913-09-12

of the community, will line up with the Star in max
ing such distinction as that?
The Star cannot dodge the issue. 1t is opposed
to Mr.. Oyster-it says it is-BECAUSE he votes
in Pennsylvania. A residence of forty-seven years
here avas him nothing against that fearful dis
qualification HE VOTES! Think of it,
No wonder the Star doesn't much about hav-
ing Washington given voice in its own government.
No wonder it pollyfoxes and hens and haws about
the question of suffrage for the District; of real
political autonomy such as American communities
enjoy
Why shouldn't it worry, when its real test of the
virtue of true Washngtonian is that he SHALL
NOT VOTE!
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
ANOTHER ASSASSIN'S VICTIM.

Mayor Gaynor's death is now a.trtputed, in the
light of more detailed information as to the recent
state of his health, to the bullet which discharged
employe of the city fred into his neck three years
ago.
Thus one more is added to the toll that assassna-
ton has lain on our public service.
Three Presidents murdered, and Presidential
candidate shot only year ago in fashion that made
it almost miracle that his life was spared, makes
up just suggestion of the record the political assas-
sin has written in the best blood of this nation.
Kings and emperors, premers and statesmen in other
lands, have likewise been his victims. Truly, the in
stitution we call civilization is not a very advanced
one in some of its aspects.
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
THE PEOPLE AND THE GAS COMPANIES

In directing a suit to dissolve the Washington
Gas Light Company, the District Commissioners are
merely obeying the letter of the law. The Wash
ington Gas Company has no business owning stock
in the Georgetown Gas Company. There is law
tc prevent such intercorporate reations and it is
proper statute.
There has been mystery about this holding oi
the Washington Gas Company in the Georgetown
company. The holding was acquired a good many
years ago. Lattery the laws have clearly prohibited
it; and for a considerable time the Georgetown COM
pany has refused to pay dividends on the stock
owned by the Washington company, or to let the
Washington company's stock be voted.
Georgetown Gas stock is very substantial
security. There has been no time when the Wash
ington company could not have sold its interest at
good figures: Yet the sale has not been made; for
some occult reason the Washington company has pre-
ferred, seemingly to lose dividends and have its
money idle, rather than to loose its grip on the
Georgetown concern.
Doubtless the explanation lies in some consider
alton of charter powers, monopoly features, or the
possible advantages of ultimate consolidation of the
two companies At any rate the Georgetown in re-
cent time has been no catspaw of the Washington
company; it has gone its own Independent course,
and to force the sale of the Washington company s
holdings, while proper procedure, and one the law
requires, will not do the public any immediate good
What the new District Commissioners ought to
do, if they want to call enthusiastic public to
their support, is to sit down Public Service CON-
mission and issue an order that gas shall be sold at
go cents the thousand feet. That will open the gas
contest at the right place; it will start the fight that
at best must be long one before the monopoly can
finally be defeated in the courts. The sooner it is
started, the better.
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
DEMAND FOR TECHNICAL MEN.

To those who have little information and some
small degree of curiosity regarding the advantage OF
college technical training, clipping from the record
of the fourth class graduating from the technical
department at Dartmouth will be of interest:
Within two weeks its thirteen members
actively engaged in professional work and wide
ly scattercd-two in Maine, six in Massachu-
sets, in Pennsylvania, two in Virginia, one
in New York State, and one in Porto Rico.
Dartmouth is not large college. Its technology
cal school is not especially we'll known. To certain
extent therefore, demand for its graduates must be
a sort of overflow from that made upon larger in
stitutions, such as the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Cornell. Yet each of the thirteen
men from this one of. its classes was hard at work
before the ink mad more than dried on his drdorna.
And it really happens to be the proud boast of the
larger institutions that graduation with merit carries
with the practical assurance of an immediate post
This would seem TO demonstrate two things: First,
that there is constant shortage in the supply Of
young engineers; second, that any young man will
ing devote few years to the study Of engineering
may also be sure that his efforts will not have been
wasted.
1t is pretty we'll demonstrated that any city in
which there is good medical school has admirable
medical service in general. Young physicians tend
TO stay there after graduation The same ought to be
true of chronological school and its influence. Nor
can one we'll doubt the advantage that accrues city
and State having extensive industrial and public en-
gineering enterprises under way, in having also
abundance of trained men at its call to further the
work.
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
Queer Superstitions That
Have !'WOrked OUT

Lincoln had just been elected to the
Presidency. He was lying on a couch
taking a nap. Suddenly he awoke and.
looking into n mirror. beheld two distinct
views of his face-the one a life tinted
and healthful outline. the other a worn,
pale and faded face. says the Chicago
Tribune. He related this vision to
many, and several times while in the
White House attempted with the same
mirror to get the same result. but
failed. To friends he interpreted this
vision as follows:
well, 1 believe 1t means that the
healthy face stands for my first term
as President-I will succeed and save
the Union. But the pale face means
that I will be elected to a second term.
but wifi not live to see its end. for 1
will be assassinated."
Napoleon admitted he was supersti-
tious, and he was constantly getting
some definition from every flower, bird
and creature In his path Of blood.
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
Good Stories
His Regret.

THEY were going along the pub
lie highway at a leisurely rate
i of forty miles per hour when
a decrepit hen and rooster
started to do the chicken specially
cross the road.
The front and hind wheels on the
right side struck the poor, old, stiff
5ointed rooster amidships and with
one squawk he succumbed.
Immediately the man at the steer
ing wheel started to slow down and
to look about for a place to turn.
His solicitous wife turned to her
seatmate and said:
Isn't that just like his tender
hearth. He won't be satisfied unless
he goes back and settles for that
rooster. He just can't bear to feel
he has injured anyone or anything.
Then. louder, to her husband she said:
George, remember that appointment
We haven't any time to go back for
anything"
Glancing at the clock near his feet
and at the speedometer near by, he
sighed and said:
You're right, Jennie; but just know
II had turned back I could have killed
that old hen just as easy as 1 did the
ooster!'-Magazine Of Fun.
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
Little Hints for the
Home Dressmaker
By VIC

n OwHERE can individuality be
mi better displayed than in the
" present skirt draperies. Many
styles are being featured. the
prime idea being to accentuate the fig
ure below the girdle.
The pulled up effect Is new idea IN
draperies that has found favor in Paris.
This Is produced by a box-pleat in the
center front either stitched to a depth
of five pr six inches or simply pressed
fiat. These skirts should be cut in ono
piece with the seam In the center track.
They will then pull the fullness down
gracefully toward the back below the
hips and retain the narrow foot meas
urement. The Japanese draperies
which are the drawn-up variety that
fasten at the waistline in front are
produced by clererly laid plaits across
the front and arranged in deep folds
over the hips. These folds are weighted
to form the fullness in the desired
drapery. The weights are placed IN
small pockets Of silk that are blindly4
usually used, set one above the other.
about six inches apart.
The v opening continues to be the
1aSOTllS neck IiIlSL, OuI I06 U6Ch
should be high. The Medici collar is
again seen in the fall gowns and will
probably be the smart collar of the
season. 1t is an easy matter to make q
collar nowadays as the prevailing idea
is to have it ili-fittins to give the pull
away from the neck effect.
Sleeves of contra asting color or fabric
are a feature of the fall waists and
will make possible the renovation OF
last seasons waist For dressy wear
the transparent sleeves are popula-
while for general wear bright colored
sleeves in crepe or silk ar favored:
The waistcoat idea Is also seen in
waists where 1t takes the form of a
broad vest made of contrasting ma.
terial to the waist. At the bottom THU
forms a cutaway. the sharp points ex-
tending over the skirt. Usually these
vestees have a left side button trim
ming up the front.
Blouses are again prominent In the
fall suits and the fullness may either
be confined above the waistline or
drawn into a belt or sash. The peplum
NAV be Of the cutaway variety or
straight like the Russian type. Sleeves
are still very much a matter OF taste.
Good dressers have adopted the long
sleeve for afternoon and street wear.
but for dressy occasions the three
quarter length is popular. In evening
gowns they vary from the sleeve-caps
to the three-quarter length.
The Washington times., 1913-09-12
The Wrong Prescription.

EWIS WALLER, the actor, who
recently returned from a
successful season in America,
tells a story of a very old
Irishman, who one day astonished a
friend by announcing that he was
about to get married.
Married." exclaimed his friend. AN
old man like vou!
n,ained' 'lt's Just because I'm an
ould boy now. IT'S a foine thing. Pat.
to have a wife near ye to close the
eves of We whin We come to the end"
"Arrah. now. ye ould fuler' exclaim-
ed pat Don't be so foolish. What do
Sada' I'VE had q couple of thin. an
faith, they both of them opened mine."
pearson'S Weekly.