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Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17

leg. Many have sprained their ankles
in just that way. There is no danger
in doing this when you 90 into bag
sliding. have trained myself so that
I slide without even thinking about it.
/ have practiced it constantly, so that
when I get 10 the proper distance from
the bag I hit the dirt just as natur-
ally as I put up my glove to catch a
ball, or just as naturally as ] move
both feet when l run. It is a habit
now.
Never slide stiff legged. but have a
timber position. AS soon as your foot
touches the bag stiffen your leg and
dig the left knee into the dirt. This
will serve as brake to you and will
stop you without your running a
chance Of injurng yourself Tighten
your muscles as soon as you touch the
bag. but not before then.
OF course, YOU can buy sliding PADS
at sporting goods houses. but you can
protect yourself even more and in a
simple manner When you put on
your uniform, double the bottom Of
your trousers up and under. so that
double thickness will rest over the
knee. For, as ] have told you, the
knee plays an Important part in slid
ing and should be protected as much
as possible. BY using the trousers as
means OF protection, you win not
cause yourself any Inconvenience and
you will be protected as well as if
YOU wore knee pads, as some boys do.
BY Ty Cobb in How to Play Base.
ball"
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17
eAsEsALL NOTES.
ii'tsrSaxlrttVS Stlt Y ~ seS2seSa w

1t is said that Buddy Ryan has the
call for the center field position with
the Cleveland Maps
Young Orr who is out for an in
field position with Connie Mack S
Athletics, is playing a wonderful
game in the practices of the former
worlds champions.
Pitcher Cyril slapnicka, the only
Russian grand duke in baseball, and
formerly a HEAVIER with the White
sox. has signed with the Milwaukee,
club.
Jacob c. Morse, the veteran Bos-
ton baseball scribe, has rendered his
resignation as secretary Of the New
England league after Is years con.
tinuous service.
Manager Bill Dahlen, q the Brook
iyn superbas. believes be has coppee
! real star in Leo Callahan. fhs
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17
COBB Tells HOW
TO STEAL THE
BASES
POINTERS WHICH WILL BE OF
VALUE TO PLAYERS bND IN
TEREsTINc TO FANS.

If you want to learn to run bases,
you must first learn to watch the
pitchers feet and shoulders. That is
the first thing the amateur should
get in his mind. There are many
other things, btu you shall get to
most Of them later on.
Success in base running depends
on many things To the average boy
they sound like little things and be
fore they are brought to his mind so
that he learns their value to him. he
has probably not given them a mo-
ment's attention.
There are few pitchers who do not
give away their intention of pitching
or of throwing to the base by some
particular movement. To keep a run
ner close to the base a pitcher must
hide his intentions He must try to
keep the RUNNER m ignorance of
whether he intends to pitch the ball
to the batter or to throw to the IN
fielder to catch the runner. Now,
there are not many pitchers in the
major leagues who can keep their
hands, feet and shoulders in such
position that a good base runner can
not guess what they intend to do.
Hard to Steal On Some.
There are a few pitchers who have
a deceiving movement, a few who
can fool the base runner; and it is
hard to steal in games where these
pitchers work, because the base ran-
ner cannot get his proper lead.
If the pitcher uses mis- right arm
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17
Friday

intercollegiate wrestling champion
ships at Cornell university
intercollegiate fencing champion
ships begin in New York City
Meeting at Harrisburg, Pa. to CONF
plete organization Of Tri-State Base
ball league.
Annual convention OF the Canadian
Lacrosse Association at Toronto
Opening of annual bench show OF
Del Monte Kennel club. Del Monte,
Calf.
Saturday /
Opening of annual United North
and South amateur championship gole
tournament at Pinehurst, n. C.
Opening Of annual horses how in
Paris, France.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17

youngster who played with Elmira
last season.
As he is owner, president, manager.
captain. utility player and pinch hit
ter Of the Baltimore team, JACK
Dunn may relinquish the captaincy
and appoint freddy Parent the field
general.
Word from the Giants training
camp at Marlin, Tex, has it that
Manager McGraw intends to make
an outfielder of jim Thorpe as the
Indiana has shown some pretty nifty
batting.
George Kiln, the former Columbus
player who has been out of the game
several years, viii again don the
spangles the coming season and play
first base for the Akron Interstate
league team.
In a recent ball game in Porto
Rico, Dick Breen. the Jersey City
second baseman. suffered a broken
ankle in sliding into base. He will
be out of the game probably for the
remainder Of the season.
When asked whether he intended
to do any training in order to reduce
his weight. Umpire Tommy Connolly
replied, that umpires could worry off
any overweight they might be bur
dened with in the first three games
Of the season.
A new comers" infield is being
tried out by Manager Evers, OF the
Cubs. Mcdonald, formerly of Bos-
ton, is coverisg FIRST, Berghammer,
a recruit. second, Corridor, the former
Detroit Tiger, short, and Phelan, the
ex,Red, third.
Louis P, Roth, a sergeant in the
United States army, has signed to
umpire in the Wisconsin-lllinois lea
If WI players try to start anything
ge, If WI. players try to start any.
thing on the field this season it viii
be a case of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
quick" to the club house.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17

in Is rounds by Bill johnson. in Lon
don, few nights ago.
Eddie Campi, Of San Francisco, and
frankie Burns, the Jersey City ban
tam, have signed to box 20 round
bout at Vernon. Calf, March 20.
Joe Woodman, manager Of Sam
Langford, is bringing over with him
from Australia a lightweight named
Reed, who is said to be some scrap
per.
Freddie Welsh, the Hghtw eight
champion of England, has turned
down an offer of $4,000 to box five
bouts in Australia Freddie claims
that his services are worth $4,000
per at least.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17
cLARA MoRRls IS S.

Yonkers. N. Y. Marcn 17.-Mes-
sages of greeting and bouquets Of flow
ers were received in abundance to-
day by Miss Clara Morris, who is re-
membered by the older generation Of
piaygoers as one of the most noted
emotional actresses on the American
stage This was Miss Morris sixty
fifth birthday anniversary. she lives
in great old-fashioned house in
Riverdale avenue in this city. She
is now totally blind and for two
years has been confined to her bed
by illness. Despite her misfortune
the former actress keeps intimately
in touch with the affairs q the world.
Interested all subjects, she has her
mother, who is 80 years old, read
magazine and newspaper articles 70
her during the day and when during
the night she cannot sleep, her hus-
band. DR.. F. c. Harriott, reads to her.
When not listening to the reading OF
her husband and mother. Miss Morris
spends much of her time debating
short stories for he magazines.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17

in pitching, watch the left foot You
can tell by the position OF the left
foot whether he intends to throw TO
the plate or the base. If the pitcher
is a lefthander, watch his right foot.
There are some pitchers who bend
their knees when they intend to
pitch to the batter. They do this in
order to get better spring and give
the bail more speeu, SO when these
pitchers bend their knees we know
that they intend to pitch to the bat
ter; and if we intend to steal, then is
the time to make the dash. Some
pitchers have a peculiar movement
Of the elbow You can tell their IN
tentions by this movement, and you
will discover that ~ watching the
elbow you can always tell when your
opportunity arrives.
Other pitchers have telltale move
ments There is the veteran @Cg''
Young. When Young settles the ball
on his chest, holding it with both
hands, he is ready to pitch to the
batter ] do not think that / ever
saw Young fail to pitch to the plate
when he took this attitude. This is
not saying that he never did; I guess
he has, but it was always my signal
to start when we were playing
Boston or Cleveland and Young was
in the box.
When 1t is Bad to steal.
It is hard TO tell you when to steal.
It all depends on the situation. You
must take into consideration the boy
who is pitching against you and the
boy who is catching h1m You must
know the pitchers habits and the
catcher's ability. But that is not all
You must take your team into con
sideration. Base stealing is risky a
times. If the game is close and the
occasion demands that you play safe,
it would not be a good idea % Try
to steal; and the same advice holds
good in a close pennant race. You
may be throwing away your teams
chances to win by trying to steal a
base.
You probably would not think that
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17

it is much easier to steal third base
than It is to steal second base. In the
first place. you can get a much big
ger lead off second base than you
can get off first base. The pitcher
has to make a turn to throw TO sec
ond, and you have more time to get
back to your Dase. Also it is more
dangerous TO throw to second than
to first, and pitchers do not attempt
to get runners off that base as a gen
eral rule. In the second place the
catcher has to throw to the left of
him when you are going to third,
while he has to throw saead of him
when you are stealing second. The
catcher has to turn to make the
throw to third It is much more diff
ficult to throw to third than it is to
throw to second. Knowing these facts,
you will probably agree to the Wis
dom of preferring to steal third rath-
er than second.
/ have told you about studying the
pitchers, but you must not neglect
the catchers. Study them as much as
the pitchers. Learn to know how
fast catcher can throw. and what
his weaknesses are. Then learn to
take advantage Of them.
Try to fool the catcher. Go down
any time. BY that l mean, try TO
advance any time. Do your best to
cross the catcher. When you are on
first or second and see an opportun-
ity to better your own chance to
score by stealing, go down on the
first pitched ball or the second or
the third pitched ball. Change around.
Keep the pitcher and the catcher
guessing. If you always 90 down on
the first ball or the second or third
pitched ball they will soon become
acquainted with this fact and be pre-
pared to catch you in your attempt to
steal.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17
CALENDAR or SPORTS
FOR THE WEEK

Monday
Opening of annual Southern Cross
golf tournament at Aiken, s c.
Eddie McGoorty. vs.. Sob Moha, 10
rounds. at Milwaukee.
Jack Britton vs. Billy Krase, {
rounds. at Philadelphia.
Tommy Burns, VS.. Arthur Peilc, 8
rounds, at Calgary Alta.
George Brown, vs.. Jack Geyer, 20
rounds, at San Francisco.
lack McCarron vs.. johnny Clio oser.
6 rounds, at Scranton, Pa.
Opening Of annual bench show Of
Cincinnati Kennel club Cincinnati.
Opening of annual bench show OF
Springfield Kennel club, Springfield,
Ohio
TIesday
Opening Of annual tournament OF
csmden Polo club. s c.
FIarIy Treneal S Jack shelton. lO
rounds, at s. Louis.
Wednesday
Ora Morningsfar VS.. wins Hoppe
at Pittsburgh, i,r ISL balklias chan.
pi9nship
Abe Atten VS.. Ollie Kirke. 10 rounds
at New York.
Thursday
Opening Of bench show Of Toronto
and Ontario Kennel clubs. at Toronto.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17

John. dear, it's TOO bad that we
have to pinch and save and econo-
mize on everything we buy. Isis
there such thing as a moneg trustg
''Yes, love; think there IS"
(Pausel
John. dear, why don't you join
it?"
Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-17

unreasonable
stock
Everything will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

To tho Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-As Sydnor Harrison says / am
TO call the attention OF our fellow
citizens To an inequality in our laws
that appears 10 inc most glaring. ! hope
YOU will ind space for it In your fair
minded paper.
quote from The Times Di spatch OF
Harvey Williams. confessed white
SLAYER. was Yesterday sentenced to one
year ara one day Ia prison by Jude
Court He viii go to the Federal
prison at Moundsv!llc, W. Va. lie was
charged with transportin.s Annie
Bahncr from baltimore TO Norfolk FOR
"Pleadins l guilt to Iareeny @ on the
sentenced by Judge Waddili TO fifteen
months in the Federal prison. Lewis
was charged with stealing, a gold watcf
and n diamond pin, valued at 5000.
For stealing property worth 5000. Il
one who confeFses t. having ruined
man. a confessed white SLAYER, II he
has been In the business long, would
be perhaps responsible Tor the rum
The point to which would like 10
call attention Of good men and women.
is the peculiar attitude of mind which
has made the laws more severe upon
the unlawful taking Of property. than
upon the fearful crime, Of white
I
strange perversion Of justice? Certain
~ not tho judge. who is merely admin
isterinE the law ms he finds IT. But
how account FOR this remarkable twist
In the minds of our legislators our
men claim, ana the antisunragists
claim for them. that women nave ali
the protection they need. Is ~ protcc-
ton. when the honor Or a woman, the
so-calied weaker vessel, is valued at
less than 5000 worth OF jcwciry? Can
men who call themselves Chivalrous,
and who consider themselves Justified
In killing {; man who insults one or
their womenkind, call such laws az
these protective? Is ii any wonder
that women having come At last to a
realization OF these iniquitics in their
midst. have risen in rebellion against
their continuance? What arc the anti
suffragists doing about these statutes
that stain the Code or Virginia? Until
they join with the suffragists III an
effort TO get these inadequate laws
repealed. are they not more or less
responsible for them?
Let them take this to heart. and show
by working with us. that the sumra-
gists are not the only women wnu
care for and love their fallen sisters.
who so often. as has been proved again
and again. are unwilling victims ana
not responsible for their miserable
condition. y. DOOLEf.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Polk Miller

flushed is the voice, and sim the
tongue.
Which, in the past we loved so we'll:
To hear, while loud the darkics sung
To illustrate the tales he'd tell.
or moonlight nights ON huskinS pile
His magic banjo, picked the while,
To grace all that he sung or said.
oh. genial heart. which ever beat.
In sympathy with all we love-
OH, warm hand clasp! with which he'd
greet
His friends, his friendlincss to prove:
oh. twinkline eye, whose humorous
light,
Is quenched in death, where shall we
Such other true Virginian knight
TO sing the years, long left behind?
quiet is his banjo on the wall.
Dumb is the gifted tongue which told
TO those born after "Richmond's fail"
The joyous tales Of days OF old.
Stilled is the active brain which
The patchwork bright of bygone
wears.
And ended is the message frausht
With laughter, bubblinE up through
tears,
Well may he sleep. close where the
Sweeps meath the cliffs OF Hollywood.
carve deep his name, among the names
Or those who wrought Nirginia'a
y youth in war he. did his part
By gifts of tongue and touch and heart,
Above the things of common ken.
G. CONWAY BAK Err
Montross, Va, October 23.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
wATCIIING TIE WIRELESS

The radio law which was nassau !,
Congress after mo ,ri,,i
has at last been put into effect ana
has been used to convict New Wi.
amateur, who amused himself win =,
tercepting messages.
The Importance OF cloa- nn,d for
the wireless I'm cases of marin. dis
astcr prompted the enactment Of tbts
law, but tho growing importancc of
wireless would have forced the nassau,
Of such a measure even had no, tho
Titanic shown the need OF local nro
vision.
Already the powers are sprcodtnc
their wireless antcnnac over their nos
sessions, in an effort TO establish 3
system, Of communication. which co,.
never he interrupted. Great Britain
IL Will be recalled. made a., orr,nor,,,,,
with the AIarconi COMPANY last ,o,,
by which it will have i'm 1915 = evs,o,,,
of wireless station bcltiup ,,c oor,l,
Belgium has taken similar stcns ,o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

There amt no gown made so tight
nut what there is some woman thin
enough TO wgElc into it,
Hud Hicks wanted to mail = Iottor
70 ms gal, who works I'm Il restaurant
Gown 10 the city. aud didn't have tho
cents. SO he beat the government oi,t
OF inc postage. He stuck around mill
m,opuddy was lookin and then slipped
ne ictter INTO the nailboX without any.
., lot OF mon holler about these hcro
nun skirts while they arc around home
~ dont say word arin' 'cm any
me Lucent magazine contains ohou,
80" tcntS worm OF advertising and .
ems Ms worth of reading mattcr. =
me worst about bein' n lit,1o NJ
ican boy is that he may some tirNo
grow up To bc President '''he
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

rake. leaving the husband ana several
small children i'll the home. and at this
date don't know that they have been
heard Of. To deny that man the right
to remarry, 10 deny those children Il
mothers protecting care in real
home, would seem TO me 10 he Is
hcartlcsS as the hcariless woman whom
he unfortunately married.
There WAS Il law In the code of our
remote ancestors that permitted che
punishment of Il criminals near kins-
man for the offenders crime. II seems
to mo that our society, even in this
day OF light is tinctured with the prin-
ciplc Of this ancient law. We punish
people for the sins Of others For in
stance. when q person does some dis
honorable decd We require the rcla-
tivcs to suffer dishouor however In
noccnt and irresponsible they may be.
Md now ] conclude.
After careful study OF the subject
in question | ain led TO believe. and |
hope | speak with charity, that the
church or State that will not allow an
innocent person who has been divorced
TO remarry takes Il stand that is in
consistent with the heart Of christ;
imposes upon that person II great and
unnecessary hardship: and. further. |
believe that no moral interest of so.
cicty would suffer in consequence OF
rcmarriagc OF innocent parties.
l.. w. ltENDRlCkSON.
Nashville. Tenn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--it Is passing stranEe to ne mat
The press of the conntrry, especialiy me
urc the downfall Of former Governor
Sulzcr TO the relentless persecution or
himself by Charles +. Murphy. Ear be
it from my PURPOSE 10 defend Boss
Murphy. but | have yet failed TO see
one scintilla Of evidence produced to
sustain the accusation brought against
him. and Sulzcr. with his puny. whine:
81 appeal from Murphy TO the future"
will ina no responsive echo in the
hearts and minds of right thinking pco-
pie
There were many causes which con
prominent among them being the IN
ordinate vanity he has all along dis
played in cndeavoring 10 appear as the
brightest star In the political firma-
ment; his insatiatc desire. 10 acquire
process: his disgusting pose rs the
friend ana champion of the people,'
and last but not least, the 'cXaSgcr-
ated ego and swell hcadedness," 10 use
an everyday expression with which hc
has been afflicted since his entrance
into the political arena.
Strange, is II not. that in these de-
generate times a champion Of the PEG
pie" cannot be found who is willing
ana ready to mount the rostrum and
horrors of so-called ''machine rule
bossism." etc unless there lie n lucra-
tive political job dangling somewhere
IN SIS!ll. BtlIel lpE Such Il man Inul
Il milestone be tied around his neck
and his body consigned TO the merci-
less waves of the ocean than that he
try TO fool all OF the people all of
the time" into believing, az Sulaer did.
that craftsmanship and patriotism go
hand in hand with deceit and dema-
gogism.
The people OF New York nominated
and elected Sulzcr not the so-callcd
bosses" ana il is now in order for
the people OF that great state to re
pcnt in sackcloth and in ashes for
having elevated to the highest Office
Within their gift this prince Of 'fakirs'
ana political dcmagogue.
1t is pitiahlc in the extreme To wit
ness SulZer, the deposed and disgraccd
Official. hcapinS obliquy upon and
Questioning the veracity OF his friends
ana former benefactors. who. through
no choice Of their own, but in ODE
dicncc to the mandate OF the law, We're
compcllcd to testify against him.
Judging from the statement Sulzcr
issued to the public imm edatcly after
his impeachment. this proclaimed
physical image of the original Com
moner." Henry Clay. handles the truth
with great Indifference
said in my haste, Al men, are
ilarS" When the good old Psalmist
uttered this imprccation Theodore
Roosevelt and William SulZer had not
been born into the world.
c. T.. b.
Walker Ford. Va. October 20. 1918
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pOIl< MII.I.I:R-PAT

I We have delayed writing of our
friend Polk Miller until we could see
what our contemporaries had TO say
of him. We had n very definite apprc-
citation Of him, ana q very positive view
or his services. and we hoped that his
admirers in other States knew and
would write the facts
| There have been scores of tentie,
references TO him in the press of the
country. Discerning editors, quick 10
see the true and to commend the no
bic, found in his humble, gentle life
inspiration for beautiful tributes From
every city in Virginia, from North ana
South, even from the West have come
Exchanges that bemourn his death.
But in none OF these have we found
| that which we looked for.-thc story
OF ms introduction to the lecture plat
form. We valued Polk Miller not only
because he was n genial artist and n
delincator OF unique character tvpes
We valued him not only because he
was friend of every worthy cause ana
champion OF honor. We valued him
most because he was Il patriot and we
found IN the story of his platform
career n beautiful illustration of our
noblest ideals.
Twenty years aGo,-if We may tell
the story.--Polll Miller had a northern
born neiEhbor who had come TO apprc-
ciatc the South That ncighbor was
DR.. j. *. Hazcn, wcll-known and we'll
beloved. Learning from Mr.. Millcr's
stories the rare character of the man
and seeing in the genial story-teller the
spirit of the South toward the negro
Dr. Hazen told Mr.. Miller that he had
duty to perform The North" he
said, needs your story,-lt needs TO
learn how the Southern gentleman re-
CARDS the old time Southern negro. AS
n patriotic citizen, YOU should go on the
platform and Introduce the negro to
the North"
Polk Miller remembered that. pom
dcred on IT. and at last, in his gentle.
unassuming manner, told Dr. Hazcn
that he would follow his suggestion.
The rest is history. too fresh TO be re-
peatcd. Patriot that he was. he visit
ed practically every city Of the Norti,
and portrayed the old South in "a new
light Men who came TO laugh re-
maincd to wonder and went away to
remember
Folk Miller was an institution. a
gentleman. Christian and patriot.
to whom none can succeed