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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-12
ALFALFA GOLD" BRAND

ALI AIFA 1SIG 0ntAtN6
"Its long, branching roots penetrate far
down, push and crowd the earth this way
and that, and thus constitute q gigantic
subsoiler. These become an immense mag
gin to decay and lberate the vast reser-
yoir of fertiiizing matter below the pillow,
to be drawn upon by other crops for years
Alfalfa seed sown during August or Sep
TENDER will yield four to six cuttings next.
season. Frequent cuttings thicken out the
stalk and makes 1t stool out and grow OF
Alfalfa ranks higher than Timothy in
feeding value, In fact, 1t might be termed
plete food. Experiment stations place the
feeding. value of Alfalfa hay at $40 per ton,
as against Timothy hay. at $12 per ton.
yield, on good land, 6 to 16 tons of splen-
did hay pear year, shows what valuable
crop it is. Lands in the Western States
from 500 to 5000 per acre. The acreage of
Alfalfa Is increasing very largely all over
the Middle and Southern States; our farm
valuable crop it is. Alfalfa will succeed
and do well on any good loamy, we'll
drained soil, but the land must be well and
thoroughly prepared for best results.
1t should never be used for pasture; it
is too valuable as hay producer to risk
injury from stock. heavy aapplication Of.
pounds per acre. Alfalfa is usually sown
broadcast at the rate of 20 to 80 pounds to
the acre. Our Alfalfa seed is the highest
grade, strong terminating seed of the best
ard cleanest quality possible to procure.
We offer American Dry Land Non-Irri-
GATED Alfalfa Seed, Bolgiano's "Gold''
scand Fancy, 90i8 per cent. pure.
If you want the best field seeds of any
kind, always insist on getting Bolgiano's
Gold" Brand standard Clovers and
Seed, Red Clover, Crimson Glover, Al
syke, Red Top or Herds Grass, Orchard
Grass, Winter Oats, Tail Mead Oats Grass,
Millet, Permanent Pasture Mixture, Dwarf
Essex Rape, all varieties Of Turnip Seed,
including Cow Horn, Southern Seven Top,
Yellow Globe, ETC.; Cabbage, Kale, Spin
ach, Winter Radish. If your local mer-
chant does not sell Bolgiano's Big Crop
Seeds, drop us postal and we will tell
you where you can get them.
Write for our Wholesale Summer and
Fall Catalogue for Market Gardeners,
Farmers and Truckers.
J. BOLGIANO & SON
Careful Seed Growers and Importers
Pratt. Light & Ellioott Streets
1917 Baltimore, Md. 1915
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15
PITcHER wEARs GLASSES.

N PITCHER afflicted slightly with 1A weak sight and forced to wear glasses while working on the hill has been purchased by the St Louis Car dina1s. He is Lee Meadows. giant right handler, from the Durham (l. CD club. The purchase has been com- pleted. and Meadows will report this fall
 discovering Meadows. He has been pftching sensational ball in Carolina and offers were made to the club own CTS by the Giants. Red Sox and Ath- letics, but the bid from the Cardinals proved to be the highest. and ConneFy landed his prize
 According to Connery. Meadows is a sure winner. despite the aff1iction o1 being forced to wear glasses while curving on the hill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

JEROME D. TRAVERS, four times
 amateur golf champion of the United States. regards the butter as the most important club a golfer can use. MT. Travers is considered to be the best living exponent of the art of putting. and his skill on the green has repeatedIy won matches for him. He declares the butter has 45 per cent playing va1le against 55 per cent for all the other clubs in players bag.
 MT. Travers is writing series af ar ticIes on golf for the American Maga- zine, and in the September issue he takes as his subject 'HThe Winning Shot, in whichShe saysE
 saThe average golfer starts out upon his round of the course with an aver age of seven clubs, which are likely to be driver, brassie, cleek rnfdiron, mashie, nibIick and butter.
 ssIf each one Of these clubs was of equal value in the task of securing the proper score, upon the basis of 100 per cent for the round, each club would represent a playing usefulness of about IA per cent. But this is where the sys- tenn, cracks. There is one club in the bag that has a greater value than 14 per cent. It is the shortest lightest and smallest club of the entire lot, the simplest and yet the hardest to play, the clGN that many unknowns can han y Evans and Vardon from one year into another. refer to the butter, and put this playing value at 45 per cent as against 55 per cent for the remain ing six, seven or eight clubs needed for the round.
 Forty-f1ve per cent is too high rating for any one club a number of experts have said to me- but if have made a mistake here it is on the short, side. I only wish some of those who underrate the tremendous value of the butter had been at Brookltne last Sep tember when the nechampionship of America was at stake. If they had they would have gone well beyond my computation and put the value of the butter at 75 per cent
 l Alec Smith, the well known profes- siona1 kept track of different scores l turned in through this tournament. and
 he figures that of every 100 shots play ed seventy five were taken on the put
 ting green. It was no uncommon sight
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Caldwell's Career SpoiledTI
dIPutting Is Important, Says TraVers

his services forfnext year. It is believ- ed that this clause will hold in law But if CaIdweu gets a berth with a Federal league team where will he ished by his new employer? As one sporting writer put 1t. Caldwell had a chance to be a Christopher Mathewson or Bugs Raymond and he took his choice.
 Playing ban may look easy. but 1t means self denial and good conduct The player who is a rounder. who loses sleep and disregards health rules will not last long Most of the players know this. and in the big leagues there are few men who have any sympathy with reckless behavior.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

awhile Crayath or zimrn neIrnan or Mer- izle or Safer or Chief Wilson or Ham Hyatt can pole one to the tall and un- cut.
 Frank Baker is a tremendous clouter. depending mainly upon a heavy bat and a tremendously powerful pair of wrists. but for clean, driving swing, combined with wonderful snap of the wrists, Crawford leads them all
 "On the trip, around the world, says Fred Merlxle, q saw Crawford drive line waIlops to the outheld that almost knocked the fielders down When a man can hit an outheld drive too hot to handle he must put something in his swingss
 Drives by Baker and schulte and Jackson often carry as far but Crasv lords smashes seem to leave the bat quicker, with faster rebound. There is nothing particularly note. worthy or spectacular about Crawford s position at bat. He Stands almost straight, with his feet firmly planted and he swings with all his might. There is nothing of the choppy step favored by many modern batters about Crawford's drives. and many of his base hits are due entirely to the force
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

with which they are made, force which sends them through the inf1eld like bullet.
 Speed in getting away from the plate is material aid in raising a batting average. Try Cobb gets credit for many hits where a slower runner would be
 thrown out A bunt that is made Just
 right is a safe hit for a speedy runner. Cobb is master at bunting. and lie
 gets down to first about as quick as any man in the game.
 Iris Speaker. perhaps the highest priced outfelder in either league is a graceful batter, his position being much. like Jake Daubert's Speaker is one of the few American league players able to hit the mighty Walter Johnsonss S delivery. He has batted above 300 iagainst the Washington star a dis ltinction shared only by J Franklin
 Baker, Sam Crawford, Joe Jackson and
 Nap LaJoie. These five stars do not fear Johnson. Baker actually batting at
 a .393 clip against him. a higher per
 centage than he made agairst the oth- Ter pitchers. Naturally Johnson has a I high regard for MT. Bakers batting. f But it is likely that Johnson fears 1 lCrawford more than he fears Bas5er-
 that is, if he fears either of thams
 Three times in recent years Craufofd has gone through game with a per
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

seem probaBle that the advice of the sporting writer was sound and that he could have proftably followed the sug gestion of trained observer.
 It seems plain that the man who takes position which cramps his movements and makes it difficult for him to reach either low balls or high balls will certainly lessen his hitting. for opposing pitchers will dnd what balls are his weakness, and they are the ones he will get. Stones crouch ing posture made him weak on balls that were shoulder high.
 If a young player is eager to shine as a hard hitter he might probably study tho pose taken by Sam Craw- ford. for players who have worked with him agree that he hits the ball uni player.
 Once in awhile Joe Jackson can hit Ia ball as far a3 any man. Once in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

He signed contract for the next year which carried big increase in salary if he again led tEde league. but his bat ting fell considerably below 300, and after a few years he dropped out of baseball
 Stones high batting average was largely due to his speed. Many of his hits were bunts that he beat to first base. His batting fell off when he in jured an ankle and slowed up as 2 sprinter.
 Stones attitude at ths bat was some thing like Wagner's. He crouched as he waited for the ball though he kept both feet In one ward I remember that ( talented sporting writer in St. Louis once took Stone to task for his bad position at the plate. The critic advised the player to stand up straight and thus be able to hit the ball fairly. He argued that Stone hadea. good eye and was a natural batter. but that he needlessIy handicapped himself by his awkward position. Stones brief ca reer as champion batsman makes 1t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

CT position then CoDD IS reduclnS HIS batting average by standing up not seem likely that Wagner would be a better batter by following Cobb g ex- ample nor does it seem probable that Cobb would have improved his batting. by standing with his feet far apart when at the plate.
 It seems fair to assume that the pitching in the two big leagues is about the same. especially when a term of years is considered. Wagner would unquestionabIy have been great bat ter on the Detroit team and Cobb would league. club.
 Most of the batters in the 300 class come nearer taking Cobb's pose than they do giving an imitation of Hans Wagner. Joe Jackson, Cobb's greatest rival in the American league, assumes
 an easy attitude at bat standing up straight, but with his feet a short dis
 tance apart. Napoleon Lajoie, the oth-
 CT great sIugger on the Cleveland team, stands with his feet still farther apart l-about the way he would stand at any time. During the eighteen years Izajofe has been in the big league he
 has annassed a batting average of .351. and he did this by healthy wallops at i the ball, speed in beating out bllnts having little to do with his record. So it would seem safe to advise young Ebatters to study the big F'renchm ans
 pose and try to copy it.
 Some years ago-it was in 1906-a Enew batter of renown appeared in the
 American league. He was George Stone of the St. Louis Browns. and he He'd the league with an average of 1858. I The ,hext year he was again at the top lof the heap with an average of .S20.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15


 feet batting average getting on nrss each time either b1 a hit or pass. One day he made four hits in four trips to the plate, one of Che blows being q home run.
 While considering the batters who could hit Johnson's fast ones it Is in teresting to know that Billy Sullivan of, the Chicago White Sox who was really pretty fair batter, never made a hit off Johnson. The records show that he tried twenty s1x times without success. O'Leary of Detroit usually a dangerous batter. got two hits in forty trials when facing Johnson for an av- craze of .05O, and Eddie Collins Of the Athletics, Q reliable 300 batter was able to do only .144 in his 11o attenpts to solve Johnsonss delivery.
 Manager McGraw of the Giants Is q believer in schooling battets. He takes pains to show youngsters where they are at fault and how they can bat more EenectixeIy. His coaching has d0ubt- | less had much to do. with the deveicp- for he has always had a hard hittlns team.
 Golf players know that there is right way and wrong way to make shots Occastonaily 2 player will. ds- veIop a style of his own. but if it asf- Hers materially from the standard hu never gets very far The stance of the Heading players for putting or for driv ing varies butiittie from the accepled style An arpatata who assunaes faulty position can improve his play by proper coaehing. and he can never hope to develop any particular skill un- til he has 4eafned how to prepare tor shot
 Coaehing, win add 10 the speed oi runners. r and some baseball managers have useJ athseric arlstTuctors to inn prove the speed Of their base runners I So it would seem that it is possible foi a standard position for batters- to es set and for batters to improve theii yvs5rls by conformfng tosstyle. But beforI that is done it will De necessary ti lessrn whether Ty Cobb or Honus Fyag. ner should be the model,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

DAY CALDWELL is just now serv-
 ing a tolerably valuable purpose as a horrible example. Equipped by nature with the physical abilities that would make him one of the greatest pitchers in the game. he refused. to be- have himself. He would not obey training rules, would not keep in con- dition, and when Frank. Chance fined him $500 he disappeared He rernained away ten days and was thus automata-. caIly suspended. Until he is reinstat- ed he cannot play with organized ball.
 Of course there is the possibility of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15
ex oseAR pq4LE.

BY 0StfAf1s GSS0 I t-E-s
 HAT position should a.
 AM batter take at the plate to be the most effective2
 Should personal habits be- aaI0wed to induence a ball player, should he assume the position that comes naturalv to him or should he take pose that has been proved efEec- tive when facing a MatheWson or a Walter Johnsonz
 Spectators who have observed many ball games and have studied the posi- t1ons ee batters often comment on the. wide var1anca noted. No one can com- out being struck with the dissimiIarity in the way they make their hits. The great Cobb stands up straight with his feet close together while waiting for the ball. Wagner assumes a. crouch ing ttitude with his feet far apart and his body bent No two batters ever showed such difference in their posi- lions while at the plate.
 Ana yet these man have records as ba1ters that are nearly parallel. Each has led his league for four successive years sn batting with averages running betWaen .33o and .420s WagnEI has led hiS league more years than Cobb. but the ssEayinE Dutchmana was In the game many years before the Georgia Peach'' attracted attention. Taken Altogether. the question Of the supremacy of these two masters Is matter of personal ure5udice or feeling Fair minded ob- are as nearly equal in prowess with the bat as could be found
 So the question as to the proper att t1tude for bats1nan seems hard to answexs If Cobb is right, Wagner ia wrong. IF TVagneE's crouch Is the prop
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

there to see crack golfers reach greens. over 400 yards away in two perfectly played shots and then scatter three or four puts all over the green before the bottom of the cup was reached. saw
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

one crack professional gel within foul feet of a 400 yard hole in two shots ant finally get down in six He missed hi three. went well below the cup ant then took three Hpre coming back
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15
RosINsoN A DIsAPpoINTM MENT

RUBE ROBINSON of the Cardinals
 has been one of the pitching dis appointments of the season. A year ago he looked like one of the most promising pitchers in the game, yet with a first division club he has been unable to win half his games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15
LEFT HANpEp TENNIS EXPERTS.

LEFT HANDED TENNIS ENPERIS. EYENNIS has always appeared to be
 a good game for southpaW. Among a few of the great left handlers who play or have played the game are Wrenn, Davis, Wright, Brookes. Kreutzer. Powell and young Murray.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

sthe but for for Boston powerful Pirates of the of khe
 
 en Cobb of the Detrets he bunts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15


 
 ftt the swim an the al n1asdis of e1e he H he W1ngo next faenc lvveeks the could cabin
  . he whr h b
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15

his joining Federal league team, but his contract with the New York Amer
 jeans had a.c1ause giving an option on
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-24

but the ones on the inside can still
buy and sell at private sale.
Some superficial observers think
the tariff is the cause of high prices,
but the tariff only affects the price of
foreign products. But the railroad
levies a tariff between the city and
country and it works both ways and
on everything. Even the foreign i'm
ports after paying the tariff duties
have to pay another tariff to the rail-
roads and watered stock before 1t
reaches the consumer.
When we license peddler the con-
sumner that deals with him pays the
license in the increased cost of the
goods and when we send an alderman
or schoolteacher to Europe on a
pleasure trip at public expense it all
comes back either directly or Indirect
Iy in the cost of iving.-W. ]. Smith,
6159 Ellis Az.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-24
LETTER TO EDITOR
FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION

Editor Day Book:-l read with IN
terest your articles on One Mans
Opinions and if you can bear with
me 1 would like to, express another
mans opinions.
1t seems to me that the cold stor-
age houses were a public benefit rath-
er than menace. l understand their
object is to preserve food from time
of plenty to a time of stress in years
past. / can remember when the fluc-
tuations in prices between the sea-
sons were much more than now and
l can only give modern methods of
preserving it the credit. If prices are
high now, remember they will be still
higher next winter, and the law of
supply and demand will control prices
for the best, if left unhampered by
artificial restriction.
There is immense quantities of
food rotting in the fields every year
because the producers cannot get it
to market without loss, and the abil-
ity of the country to produce food is
only limited by their ability to sell it
is produced.
II you want to ind the key to the
cause of high prices look up the
transportation problem. Less than a
month ago they raised the freight
rates on some roads to pay dividends
on watered stock that Hartman and
his kind put on the market. He may
be gone, but his water keeps on pay
ing dividends. :.
And our government (for which 1
voted) only this summer passed a
currency act with watered stock as
security.
By this mornings news the govern
ment is contemplating buying mer-
chant vessels in company with private
interests that will give chance for
another deal like the q. P. Railroad,
where the government paid for it and
the other fellow owns it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27
W. Lake st. Frightened from

safe.
Michael PuIut, 3724 S. Hermitage
aV., dislocated jaw yawning. DR.. L.
I. Witkowski gave chloroform. Pulut
dead. Witkowsh guarded by police.
Ben RoWitski, 10, 731 Ayres Ct,
Owed into lake at Illinois st. Drowned.
Body found stuck in mud.
Thos. Rowland, cook, attempted
suicide at home, S18 N. Clark st.
Cut throat with glass. Revived. Ar
rested.
Edward McMeans, "a, 2215 Park
aV., suicide. aGs.
Harry Lewis, 1857 S. Clifton Park
aV., entertained two guests. Diamond
ring worth $3.50 disappeared. Police
notified.
Evanston policemen to stop noise
OF ROSTERS and dogs in early morning
hours.
Dane Stanich, sent to Jail for re-
tusal to pay grocery bill, waekend, Of
fered money. May be released today.
Three burglars robbed house of
John Reese earl ythis morning.
Bound wife. Gogged six-months old
baby. Baby dead.
Arnold Erickson, II, 1923 s. Green
st., diVed into lake. Struck rock.
Head cut.
Outlying Lorimer banks adjusting
losses. May open soon.
George Saszaras, $50 S. Water ST.,
hit by car at Lake st. and Fifth av.
Hospital.
Judge ScuIIy risked life stopping
runaway horse at church dedication.
Bruised.
Chas. r. Crane retired as head of
Crane Co. Brother, R. T. Crane, to
succeed.
Miss Dolly Stanley in Ravenswood
Hospital with lost memory. Swoon-
ed in restaurant at 7O16 N. Clark st.
Otto Mansfield, saIoonkeeper, 542
Wells ST., attacked by thugs. Killed
Tony Hahn, IS, 230 w. Erie st.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

rested. ....-
Miss A. L. Manning, 4a15 N. ST.,
Louis av., attacked by boy purse
snatcher. Beat off assailant. Saved
purse.
THIRD DUEL EXPECTED IN THE,
CAILLAUX CASE
Paris, July 27.-A third duel grow;
ing out of the trial of Madame Call
laux is expected today following a.
bitter alteration between the hus-i
band of the prisoner and Henry Bern
stein, noted playwright, author and
intimate friend of M. Calmette, whom
Nine. Caillaux slew.
CaillauX, on the witness stand, re-
called Bernstein's desertion from thei
army and the author, leaping to his
feet in the courtroom, made heated,
reply. \
Caillaux demanded of the judges
that he be placed on the witness tsandt
soon after court resumed its session.
today. He declared that he was bel
ing accused of suborning witnesses by
The Figaro and that he desired a.
chance to submit papers concerning
Calmette's relations with the Hum
garian government. I
After obtaining the courts permits
sion following an argument with Mai,
tire Chenu, Caillaux read Calmette's
will. 1t was following this that he
made reference to Bernstein's deser-t
ton from the army. Friends expect ,
Bernstein to send challenge to CALI
laux following the trial :
Nine. Caillaux took today's pro-
ceedings much more calmly than sehI
has any previous session. Weak and |
wan from her Sunday fainting spells, .
she sat very quietly in her seat.
She evinced the first show of in d.
terest when chr husband and Bern =
stein became engaged in their argu-
ment, but that was the only time to- 2
day she seemed to take any interest !
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

st. Quarreled over woman. Or
rested. ....
Miss A. L. Manning, 4a15 !
Louis av., attacked by boy
snatcher. Beat off assailant.
purse.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-26
NAMES DRAWN
FOR JURY LIST
CIRCUIT COURT
THIRTY SIX WERE SELECTED
FOR GRAND AND PETIT JURORS
FOR THE WINTER TERM OF THE
EscAMsIA COUNTY TRIBUNAL.

Names of thtrty-six voters were
drawn from the regular jury box Sat
urday and from this list those who
will make up the grand and petit 3u-
ries for the winter term of the circuit
court will be selected. The names were
placed in the hands Of the sheriff for
service, and will be made known only
after all service has been exhausted.
The grand Jury in this county is
mainly for the purpose of making in
vestfgation into cases Of homicide, as
a court OF record has been established
here. There are several cases which
are to be inquired into. The criminal
docket, however, is excep tionally light
The same may be said Of the civil
docket, although some of the actions
filed in this court have been Of more
than passing interest.
Court will be convened. Judge EN-
NETT Wolfe presiding, on February 8.