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HALTED BILL REIDps PLAN
Connie Mack Persuaded Veteran MIL
waukee Pitcher to stick to Game
--Now a Cleveland Scout

Bill Reidy, Nap scout, would have
quit baseball years and years ago had
It not been for Connie Mack, manager
of the worlds champion Athletics. A
hit by Connie cost Bill his job with
one club. so Connie Immediately hired
him.
Bill and Connie got together for a
tanning bee. and the boss of the Ath-
letics told how he kept Reidy In base
ball
bill was pitching for the Grand
Rapids team in the old Western
league" said Connie. II had been
meat for Bill all along with his
change of pace, which consisted Of
slow ball, a slower ball and slowest
ball. was managing the Milwaukee
club in those days and doing much Of
the catching. One day happened to
guess that Bits slowest ball was COM
ing up The score was to against
us, eighth inning, and men on third
and second. had a bunch his very
slowest was going to be the next shot,
so l delayed my swinging as long as
possible. was lucky enough to time
1t right and singled to right field, win
ming the game. Bill had COPIED i've
in a row before that"
Yes, and your smash cost me my
job" said Reidy. my boss told me
that when Connie Mack could find me
for hit in pinch was through"
But you were not" shot back the
Athletics boss. Remember when
you passed through Detroit on the
way to Cleveland? You said you had
quit the game and we're going back
there to work. But persuaded you
to come to the Milwaukee club and
you led the league in pitching for
three or four seasons in a row."
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first sacker of the Cardinals, In deal.
1t was the making of the team. First
base has been a weak spot in Pitts
burgh's lineup for several years. Ko-
netchy seems to fill the gap better
than any player since Kitty Brans-
fields day. If the Pirates do not win
the nag 1t is certain that they will
finish up somewhere near the top.
They certainly have thrown a scare
into the other clubs of the National
league circuit.
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tabIecIoth he calmly and unhurriedly
retrieyes it. He is not nervous about
II. He is not even nervous II the
waiter looks at him reproachfully.
The writer saw one huge. bronzed
man with a mighty walrus mustache
and an appearance which justified the
belief that he could face 10 bad men
with guns and not wink an eye. The
bad man had ordered veal outlet.
And one of the best bits OF the outlet
escaped the curtain-draped cave that
he called his mouth and fell slushily
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hamike
while trying cellar
anything iter i'm
"Anyth
Nnnoth
the waiter. soicitously
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is
wasting
oh Arlington I've watched
their
the they fly down the Potomac to
their feeding
they made his
adjective strongl
Cav, shrlled the
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-06-26
coRsAIRs ARE BIG FACTORS
Making PIttsburghers Contend
ers for the Pennant.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are looming
up as formidable candidates for the
National league pennant this season.
Clarke and his Corsairs are too danger
GUS a bunch for any of the other clubs
to take any chances with. When the
Pirates secured Ed Konetchy, the big
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NOTES critic
DIAMOND
Eddie Lennox looks like the only
real ball player on the Pittfeds.

Eddie Lennox looks like the only
real ball player on the Pittfeds.
Red" Ames is pitching good ball
for the Reds. Maybe that's just what
he wanted-a change in scenery.
Triple plays are getting to be com
mon. Five of those plays have al
ready been pulled off in the majors.
James A. Gilmore says the Federal
Baseball league has spent over three
million dollars In establishing the or
ganiZation.
Roger Bresnahan is showing the
comeback stuff for the Cubs. He is
slamming the sphere in great fashion
and fields well.
Honus Lobert misses Mike Doolan
at his side this year. The lengthy
Mike used to nail lot of balls that
were out of Lobert's reach.
Hughey Jennings says that he has
first-class catcher this season. some
thing he didn't have when he won the
flags in 1907. 1908 and 1909.
The title Pittsfeds has been short
ened to Pittfeds and then to Pitfeds.
If defeats and elisions keep on they'll
be just plain Pie.
Terry Turner Of the Maps is one Of
the best sacrifice kids in the league
Terry has nearly made half of Cleve.
lands sacrifice hits.
The story that the Feds may become
part Of organized ball before another
season rolls around ie going the rounds
OF the exchanges very faithfully.
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hender onera rrophY.

Chief Bender of the Athletics, who
runs a sporting goods store in Phila-
delphia as a side line. has offered a
trophy for the pennant winner in the
ri-County league. q Pennsylvania In
dependent organization that plays fast
ball and has graduated many men 70
the professional ranks.
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he
he made elaborate effort tot-and failed
Then he Strengthened
sideways
Nobody ocious
ana was about to pass thought might be case Of dropped or some
thing vital like that,
Thank madam white
clovers If might tax kindness"
handed a
the
These little blooms a
l a
The smiled apprecaive recognition
all there
When stf m
honest bohood prize clover the sake
world can't be half the
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-06-26

UPWdTU, AHU IH5I5 On VuIr1noJ
ledge perched a crow shrilling out his.
Cav, cav, cav"
While the farmer man was Gran
ing his neck, another man, in passing,
paused to inquire fraternally:
pet Of yours got away?"
The answer went of like an ex-
plosion:
What in thunder do you suppose
a farmer wants with a crow except to
shoot him? I'm plagued to death
every year of my life with the darn
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-06-26

If the pitcher is taken out and the
pinch hitter fails, the substitute pitcher
may prove to be "a mark" for the OPP
posite batters and the game may be
lost by what was intended to be a
strategic move.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-06-26

HInl' anu IHe sHme prImeVaI BlIIIHesB
lay over the streets outside, not count
ing the iconoclastic rattle Of passing
cars.
The man limped because Of stif
leg that had to be helped out with
cane, and 1t was slow limp because,
again, his architecture included q
bay-window front incompatible with
high speed. He carried a newspaper
and was numbering toward a tree
shaded bench, when
Something In the grass caught
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Thing That Thrills Some Visitors to the Capital

0NE thing about the small town visitor that thrills the
confirmed habitue
able restaurants happens particularly choice
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-06-26
Not So Bad as Cynics Would Have Us Believe
faYetta square.

A MAN Imping through Lafayette
"A Of
coming path toward
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right" to
tany the
dmondback
crabs Norfolk spots Chesapeake shad reedbrds Smthfed
Strawberries April
o to
canvasbacksl And don't
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Terry Turner of the Maps is one OF
the best sacrifice kids in the league
Terry has nearly made half of Cleve
lands sacrifice hits.
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This Congressman Comes From Land Of Plenty

6 COME said Representative Holland
world pride
the world for its good things
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oysters and terrapin and hams is sung
throughout the length and breadth Of
the nation from where"-and Mr.. Hol
land. waxing eloquent. harked back to
valedictorian days-"from where the
icy waters of the Atlantic beat upon
the bleak crags Of Maine to where the
placid waters of the blue Pacific kiss
the golden"
IT'S a fact, sir. fact" concluded
Mr.. Holland. when reminded that
these stories must be limited to 400
words "I'm right about II. daad
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The story that the Feds may become
a part of organized ball before another
season rolls around ie going the rounds
OF the exchanges very faithfully.
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This Farmer Man Knew Something About Crows


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The title Pittsfeds has been short
ened to Pittfeds and then to Pitfeds.
If defeats and elisions keep on they'll
be just plain Pie.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-06-26

Hughey jennings says that he has a
first-class catcher this season. some
thing he didn't have when he won the
flags in 1907. 1908 and 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
Offers Two Dictionaries

'As l have been watching for one who
needs dictionary, | will submit to you
what | have If you think they are worth
passing on. Two small ones that / used
way, way back in the 70s q never crossed
a schoolhouse step after l was 15). They
are still intact, but have few loose
leaves and bindngs-simply better than
no dictionary. If the student gets a bet
ter offer than mine let him have it, and
make note of mine at your future dis
posal 1 wrote Miss S. the day your let
ter came that she could have the mag
azines, that | would pack and ship them
if she cared enough to have them to
pay the freight. ALICE w. L.
Mrs w. b. W., whose request for a
dictionary elected your generous offer,
has been supplied, but we have numerous
applications for lexicons of all sorts,
and gladly accept your offer OF two.
They served you so well that added value
should be attached to them. There may
be a. mystic charm in the well worn
leaves Other students than the one for
whom Mrs. w. B. w. pleads will be
delighted to get them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11

under the auspices of the extension course
of the Birmingham board of education.
The Outlook club will meet Friday
with Mrs Charles E. Holcombe at her
home in Graymont.
The Young Matrons' class of the Fifty-
sixth Street Baptist church will give
George Washington tea on the evening
of February II at the home of Mrs. u.
NJ. DuPiee.
The Study Circle of the Woodlawn
Methodist church will meet with Mrs.
Won l.. Thompson at 2:90 Monday after
noon.
The Christian Endeavor of the Anne
Street Presbyterian church will give
valentine party Saturday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas La rage.
The Kennedy School Improvement as
sociation will meet this afternoon at 2:So
o'clock.
The Woman's Missionary society OF the
Pratt City Methodist church will meet
at the parsonage this afternoon at
o clock.
The Westminster Guild of the Grace
PRESBYTERIAN church of Fairview VIII oe
entertained Saturday afternoon by Mrs'
Roy Golf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
MISS LONGS LUNCHEON
FOR TWO BRIDES-ELECT

MISS Louise Long entertained yester-
I day at luncheon in compliment to Miss
| Fannie Evans and Miss Mary Lou Cobb,
| two brides-elect. in whose approaching
! wedding the interest of society is cen
tered.
| Her party was given at the Southern
club in the new TUDOR room with covers
laid for % at a large circular table. The
cieverness of the young hostess was ex-
pressed IN the decorative arrangements.
In the center was great placque of small
spring flowers from which ribbons led to
each cover. French corsage bouquets
were drawn by each guest and made be-
coming ornaments for each pretty guest
The place cards were Fascinating little
EeWpies dressed as bride, bridegroom and
the various attendants for a nuptial oc-
casion. Those whose names were in
scribed upon the cards were Miss Cobb,
Miss Eva1s, Miss Clara Lee Woodson,
Miss Carol Woodson, Miss Florence Cof-
FIN, Miss Elizabeth Bowie. Miss Leila
Wood Miss Bessie Evans, Miss Cecie
McCrossin, Miss Virginia Mcpavid, Miss
Edith CIR, Miss Rose Owen McT,avid,
Miss Lydia Eustis, Miss Kitty Bibb of
Decatur. who is the guest of Miss Coffin,
Miss Mary Cash of Memphis. the guest
# Mrs Frank Smith; Mics Margaret
Cronley of Wilmington n. c, who is
visiting Mrs. John Loudon: -Iiss Keith
of Anniston, Miss Edith Or guest; Miss
Lillian Bowman of Me- York, the guest
of Miss -.ose Owen McDaVid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
MRS. LONDON'S TEA
TO THE DEBUTANTES

Miss Margaret Cronley of Whining
lovely hospitality extended yesterday
levely hospitality extended yesterday
afternoon by Mrs. John London. AS her
pretty visitor is debutante. Mrs. Lon
don's invitations were extended only
among members OF this set and limited
TO 40. Mrs. Harold Samson and Mrs. w.
N. Drennen assisted the hostess in serv-
ing tea. The table was springlike in
its profusion of daffodils, the yellow
blossoms and their dainty tea table ac-
complishments showing under the can
dies CHEEKY CLEAN one of the most
attractive tea cup assemblages this
season
Mrs. London's popularity as a hostess
and her charm as companion and
friend are alike unassailed, an invita-
tion to her home is thus regarded as
n decided privilege. When she has so
lively an incentive as her vivaeious lit
tie debutante niece her friends are
drawn to her by an additional force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
MRS. WILLIAM r. GUM
A COUNTRY CLUB HOSTESS

Mrs William Robert Gums bridge
party yesterday afternoon at the Coun-
try club was planned by pretty and
gracious hostess for a lovely visitor.
Mrs Gums originality and artistic
taste were evident in the many clever
details of her party which lost not an
atom Of enjoyment because the day was
damp and because graceful throats We're
in more than one case carefully covered
from the cold in fear of the prevailing
influenza.
Significant of the approach of spring,
the sun parlor in which the tables were
placed, was adorned with narcissi and
other flowers in season. Also indicat-
Ing the spirit of the times, Mrs. Gum
had chosen her cards to suggest the
tangoists--dancers poised on the edge
of the tea cups making gay and pret-
ty conceit. Again to emphasize the
terpsichorean motif, she chose slipper
buckles for her prizes, a pair Of cut
steel ones, a pair of carved ones and
pair of rhinestone buckles composing
three trophies. To her honoree, she pre-
scented a tango set
dainty luncheon was served at the
conclusion of the games. Those whom
Mrs. Gum invited to meet her guest in
this pleasing way was:
Mrs. Eugene Brown, Mrs. Frank
ONlkeS, MIS-. Teu ItlllllpS, MIS-, JOStpi
T. Collins Mrs. Alex Birch, Mrs.
Charles Nice, Mrs Harry Jones, Mrs.
Carl Wittichen, Mrs. Phares Coleman,
Mrs. David Prowell of south Alabama,
Mrs. Fred Dow, Mrs. Charles Lutz,
Mrs Oscar TIundley. Mrs. Viola Redin,
Mrs b. i. Wilkerson, Mrs Victor Han
son, Mrs. Darlington of Montgomery,
Mrs. Brooks Forbes. Mrs. Dunbar s'ib-
ley, Mrs. John W. Sibley, Mrs. Charles
Calhoun, Mrs. William Major, Mrs.
James Davidson, Mrs. W. n. Malone,
Mrs. Annie Stollenwreck, Mrs. Harring-
ton Heflin, Mrs E. w. Rucker, Jr., Mrs.
Mercer Barnett, Mrs. Laurens Jones,
Mrs. Hubert Scruggs, Mrs. r. d. john
ston, Jr, Miss Thayer of Brooklyn, Mrs.
George CruikshanlS, Mrs. Saxton Craw-
ford, Mrs. Thomas Wingfielh, Mrs.
Richard Randolph, Mrs. Hubert Dren-
nen, Mrs. d. NJ. Drennen, Mrs. Vincent
Ferguson, Mrs. Roy knight, Mrs John
c. Henley, Jr., Mrs. George Bondurant,
Mrs. Henry Westall, Mrs. John Gelzer
and Mrs. T. 7. Ashford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11

she SO often makes a grand muss our
OF her. life. As she sees it her great
need is--joy. Lack of 1t is the evil
canker that is molding her life. She'll
risk IL ALL and let Joy In with its
sunshine, and everything will be
changed. If she doesn't take the risk
TO reach out after what she thinks
Is her happiness, the other state is
equally as sad. She is discontented.
miscast, and oh, well-the type of
woman who is at the bottom of all
sort of reforms and feminist move
ments, and she's gone a step further
than her simple sisters, and sometimes
makes a bigger mistake. by thinking
she can revolutionize the race and bring
every woman her birth right"
Frequetly women talk to clarity their
thoughts In their own minds, and my
companion was indulging in this now
'All the back biting gossip and petty
envy In the world" she said lis based
on lack of joy. Do you think any
happy woman would waste her rainbow
thoughts by thinking mean and lni<ind
things about any other woman? Well,
happen to know positively that no
happy woman would do such things
She'd know too we'll that by doing SO
she'd smash her own beautiful crystal
bubble of joy. It's the joyless woman
who in her ignorance spends her
strength and time in hating ami gos-
siping."
Some women, for instance" she went
on, are breaking their necks trying TO
9utshlne other women for the same rea-
son. When woman hasn't any riches
of spirit, then worldly possessions have
to be given a value they don't and
never could possess. If a woman had
enough real joy in her life she'd be
as happy in a calico frocl< as the finest
point lace and diamonds ever seen, for
both are merely silly dress. accessories
when you come to think of it. Just As
an automobile spells nothing TO a
woman whose happiness transcends the
need of worldly possessions"
didn't take issue with her so she
said:
Are you bored with my theorizing
and sermonizing? forgot that my little
discovery may be a truth that every
body also has known for a long time
except me, but 1t means so much to
mes that l can't help talking about it,
Reforms take on a new light IN my
eyes; make people happy and they will
be good; no woman or man could be a
crouch don't you see, If he had all the
joy that he needed in his heart. 1t
would spill over into his life lust as
sunshine clears up and glorifies moldy
damp cellar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
DOLLY LEARNS ABOUT
THE ROOT OF EVIL
By DOLLY DALRYMPIr

Most of US women folk love to read
things we can't understand.
And
That gives us the excuse to fit our own
interpretations to an expressed thought.
I talked with a woman of this type the
other day.
I'm reading Nietsche." she said. In
all his sea of words. one thought only Is
all I've gathered for my very own. But
that repays me for reading it all, for it
Justifies what I've long believed. 1 can't
even quote the passage as he wrote it,
but the gist of it is that the root of all
evil"
She stopped, waiting for me to supply
the ending of the platitude
THE root of all evil,' she continued.
while I remained silent. rs not money
but an absence of joy That's it,
You'd have expected woman to make
a statement like that, now wouldn't you
Since way down deep in every woman S
primitive soul the thing she wants most
is happiness-simple to spell, easy to pro-
nounce-j-o-yi
1T is, really" she continued 'If every
body were happy then everybody would
be good A person can't be happy with
the right kind of happiness, without spill
ing their happiness over and irradiating
everyone who comes near
She had begun to sermonize-but she
was interesting, so l listened and she
said:
Happiness engenders good will It's
more contagious than measures or laugh
ter; it's a leaven that changes a heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
MRS. ROBINSON HOSTESS
MATRON CLUB YESTERDAY

Mrs. Harold was hostess to the Matrons'
club Tuesday afternoon, at her home in
East Lake.
On entering the guests were served tea
by Mrs. C. +. Shumake. The afternoon
was made most enjoyable by hearts and
music. Mrs. Wayland Jones and Miss
Chalmers Shumake had charge of the
musical numbers.
The score cards were dainty hand
painted hearts and cupids and delicious
salad course was served at the .conclu-
sion of the game.
The club members and guests present
were: Mrs. j. III. Roper. Mrs. Wayland
Jones, Mrs. B. E. Mcconnell. Mrs. Yam
cey Sem, Mrs. Joe Sem, Mrs. C. f. Shu-
make, Mrs. Sumpter Lea, Jr., Mrs. w. A.
Hill, Mrs. T. E. Huey, Mrs. H. B. Wood,
Mrs. Joe Robinson, Miss Eta Hodges of
Ashville. Ala, Miss Mary Robinson and
Miss Claud Robinson. Mrs. Henry Bar
nard. Miss Georgia Weatherall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
Wants a Bible

Il read in your Corner there is a Bible
to offer of which / shall be very glad.
as | have been without one for some-
time. | am unable to buy one at the
present time MRS. G. P.''
There will be many Bibles to spare.
You give no clew as to the person who
offers the one that caught your eye.
The book of books may be had for the
asking at the Bible house in your city.
All the same, 1 would not deny our mem
asking at the Bible house in your city.
All the same, | would not deny our men,
bers the pleasure of sending to me for
your address. that they may supply you
with the volume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
Wants a Baby Buggy

rs there among your many readers
one who has a baby buggy for me? | had
splendid one. which the boys stole from
my back gate and pounded to pieces
to get the wheels. | found it, indeed, but
like 30 Peep, it made my heart bleed,
for there was nothing / could do with it.
There was nothing left of it but the
wheels l am the mother of eight small
youngsters, and 1 really cannot get an
other one this winter. Reading of all
that Is done through the Corner, thought
| might be able to secure one in this
manner. MRS. A. G.''
Our condolences are yours, in that you
have to live in the neighborhood of boys
capable of the vandalism you report. To
smash baby buggy implies brutality of
which we are 10th to believe our Amer
lean boy capable. 1t would be fine bit
of poetic justice were our juvenile men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
Basket of Silk Pieses

Il have a market basket full of silk
pieces such as silk pettcoats, neckties.
ETC., and will be glad to give them to
someone who will call for them.
MRS. H. b"
a market basket full' has a lordly
ring. Let us know when it is emptied
by the demands that [ foresee will fol-
low this announcement. We would not
ride a gallant free horse to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
TODAY IN SOCIETY

Table dehote luncheons at the
Country club.
Mrs. Robert McDavid enter
tains at luncheon for Miss Fan
ME Evans.
Mrs. Harvey Woodward enter
tains at luncheon for Miss
Cherry.
Mrs. George Tarrant is host
ess to her Forty-two club.
Mrs. Hugh Martin gives a
lucheon for Miss Cobb.
The Friedman-W Wertheimer we'd
ding takes place at the Werth-
inner residence. 80 o'clock.
Hall-Palmer wedding at home.
Mr.. Wallace Wilson's marriage
to Miss Laura Chambers in
Montgomery.
Miss Charlotte Thornton's
bridge party for Miss Anderson.
The Book club meeting at 1890
with Mrs. N. l.. Miller.
Mrs. j. S. Counselman's in
formal entertainment of the
Randolph Macon college girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. 7. Randall
entertain at dinner in compli-
ment to Mrs. r. IL. Pearson's
guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-11
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY
MEETING IN ENSLEY

The Stonewall chapter of the ohiteo
Daughters of the Confeedracy met Win
Mrs. Fl. NJ Broadnox at her nome III
Ensley yesterday afternoon.
The valentine idea, including hearts and
cupids, was prettily used with RED car
nations and ferns to make the house at
tractive for the guests.
An interesting programme was given py
Mrs M. Nj. Johnson. Mrs. e. L. F1elds'
Mrs. G. NJ. Truss, Miss Ruby Truss. Mrs
A. e. wells and Miss Pauline Philips
At the close of the meeting tempting
refreshments were served to the follow
ing guests:
Mrs j. A. Dupuy, Mrs. ]. w. Brigman
Mrs. e. T. Fields. Mrs. A. p. Weiis' MRS
r. r. Noble. Mrs. NJ NJ. Johnson, Mrs
A. d. Wood, Mrs. e. NJ. Truss, Mrs. Joe
Smith. Mrs w. l. Phillips. Mrs. u. b
Mays, Mrs. d. A. McCurry. Mrs. w. h
Brown.