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The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

scarcely more than q series OF vacant
fields at the edge OF Pittsburgh ] gave
up baseball. though ] was young and
strong. and settled in Chaieroi. Indeed.
I grew up with the town. gstting inter-
ested az time went on in q bank. manu-
factory. and In public service comps-
nies."
..Is the pitching nowadays aySswift and
scientific as II used to be?"
There has been great deal Of discus-
sion about baseball as IL was played In
the past and is played at present. Many
seers and astrologers have taken part IN
the debate. In recent years some new
things concerning baseball have been dis
covered, but the player OF my day was
just as earnest and skillful as Is the
player Of the present. There was no spit
ball twenty years ago. though Bobby
Matthews, as we look back and analyze
his methods Of pitching. must have EN-
ployed II occasionally.
The Greatest Catcher OF All.
80 the damp ball is one Of the modern
discoveries and has changed the game
somewhat. Yet venture to say oaseoaii
has never known more capable pitchers
than were Mark Baldwin. GARRISON
Keefe. and Radbourn. As for catchers
Buck Ewing remains uneaualed. He did
dh ptTltttiys W. imam
better. He was also a mighty hand at
the bat and his throwing was simply
wonderful. He could whip the BAN any
where and be sure that IL would so as
straight as a bullet.
Therefore, he was never afraid 10
throw. He would keep the ball making
a circuit of the bases. now at third, now
at second. now 1t first Meanwhile the
men on the bases were scared TO death.
They could dance up and down but didn't
dare to get more than a long step away
from the bags. Ewing plays no more and
has no superiors today.
Bunting the ball-that Is hitting 50
that the ball win slowly roll toward first
or second base-is not a recent develop
ment OF the game. though IL is employed
in play more often than was the case
formerly. This play has made the work
at first and second bases faster than IL
used to be. Formerly the man at third
would hesitate an instant before throwing
to first. Now he catches Or scoops UP
the ball and fires Il as quickly as he can.
such are the more important discov-
cries and new practices OF the modern
game Years ago II was believed that
only a tall man could cover first base
men having long arms and legs. They
could reach out and up into the air, so II
was argued. and still keep their toes on
the bag That II the reason ! began as q
first baseman. But the tradition about
iong-legged and long-armed men has
been exploded. Connie Mack plays
Baker. a big man, at third. and McInness,
a small twenty-year-old boy. at first.
Aside from the positions ! have named.
the game today is played as IL was when
/ was a pitcher and the players are no
more expert now than they were then.
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Blowing Up N His First Big League Game REM
niscences Of the Old Days and Companions with the
New-Brether George q Guardian.

cames have aiws been managed IN
the beid while tie playing was going On
ano going ON frequently with the rapidly
Ai"ost' VI electricity. Obviously. benc h
management Is impossible under such cir.
|cumstsnces. What managing .bere IL
emanates from the captain. Baseoa;p
players are not automatons. but human
beings wh" are required to thi---- ac-
curateiy and quickly. play comes and
must be made without an instant's hest
, tation. There Is no time for signals A
champion team like the Giants or the
Athletics Is composed Of g degree men.
Each In himself Is as good as a captain.
what Cesaie Mack Has Done.
The manager Of a baseball club h,.
enough to do besides making signs from
the bench. even were such a procedure
practicable He creates the team, fits IL
together like fighting machine, and
Keeps II tuned up to concert pitch. When
necessary he oyerturns traditions. as Con-
ME Mack overturned one when he placed
Baker at third and McInnis at FIRST. He
maintains discipline and cemtnts his play
ers into an enthusiastic and fraternal or
ganization- Half Of Iack's men are Ma
sons and the other half are knights %.
Columbus, but they work together like
brothers. That is management"
who signals as to the SORT of balls
"A nj are pitched p, asked
.sIIsuaIly the catcher bec,usa n, .,-,Is
where the halter canpo, see b,r,, >. -,
Tener answered "ReoardI.s. q, al a..
pleasant fiction that mas been Nr,r,ad ~,
the subject two signs only are commonly
employed between catchers and pitchers.
a curved han nv nI,cin, ona o. ,~n -
his fingers in the n.Im n, hjs LEI, hsns
These are daily signs and must he n.de
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15
John K Tener Chief Executive Of Pennsylvania, Relates
How "Pop" Ansen Took Him Out 81 1Semipro-
flesh" Int the Famous Chicago Colts


"Manifestiy, very amateurish ball. he
replied with smile which, even after
sc many years and SO many greater
events, betrayed his discomposure. And
Anson." he continued, kept me In to
the end. Pitchers back In those days
| took their medicine and were not pulled
out Of the game at the first sign Of weak
ness or the loss of control"
How did you feel when 1t was all
over?s'
Il was sure Arson would give me 4
railroad ticket to Pittsburgh and tell
me that he never wanted to see me
again. On the contrary, he said: Don't
mind what happened today. I still be-
lieve you can pitch good enough bali
for the Chicago club.
"Then | won three or four games In
succession from better teams than the
one at Indianapolis and felt reasonably
sure that Arson would keep me-for the
rest OF the season at least
when did you begin playing ball?"
AS 1 recollect II, the second day after
our arrival in Pittsburgh from the north
of Ireland. j was about ten years OF
age. Oddly enough. ' visited my old
home in County Tyrone while a member
Of Spalding's around-the-world baseball
troupe in 1883. I found the fields and
villages looking exactly as 1 had re-
membered them since childhood.
MY father was a farmer. My eldest
sister had married and emigrated to
America. We sold our property and
were to follow her. when my father sud-
occurred in May. Nevertheless. my
mother, carrying out his plans. sailed for
the United States with her eight chill
dren. We settled near my sister in
Pittsburgh, where We arrived in June.
My youngest sister was born In August.
In a few days after that my mother
died"
What became of you and the rest Of
the family?"
George. my eldest brother. was eight
cen. He took charge of us and kept us
together. l like to talk about George;
he never does any talking himself"
How do you explain your success in
life?'
Three Ways of Jsdging Success.
Success, as i view 1t. can't be meas
ured by money. Honors do not measure
it. To say that man is President of
the United States, governor Of Pennsyl-
vania, or a millionaire does not mean
that he has been successful. He has
been fortunate and that may be all.
There are only three ways of judging
whether one has been really successful
or not First. what is the man himself:
second, what do those who know him
think about him and. third, what has he
done for others. II the man is all right
personally, IL his neighbors say he IL all
right, and IL he has been kindly and use
full, then he has lived a successful life.
Money does not count Honors are often
ornamental.
Asked about his first employment Gov.
Taner said After gninD fhrnn0h q
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15
BY JAMES 3. MORROW.

Harrisburg, Pa. Feb. n-capt. Adrian
C. Anson, the mightiest batsman OF ms
day, and of all the days since-the un-
matched swatter who broke down fences
with his fiail-was reading morning
newspaper in a Pittsburgh hotel
In the swift and thorough process OF
absorbing the essential facts on tne
sporting page. his attention was matted
for a moment by the report OF one
hit eame which two semi-professionai
clubs had played on the rim of the city
the day before.
.Do YOU happen to know pitcher
named Tenerg" he asked Mark Baldwin
who was sitting at his side.
Mark Baldwin was pitcher himseh.
He lived in Pittsburgh. and he lives tnere
VET. being a physician OF excellent stand
ing and large practice. On the morni"
mentioned Mark Baldwin was notable
member of Anson's hard-hitting and
rough-fghting Chicago Colts.
Yes" Mark Baldwin answered. Il
know Tener He is a fine ball player, but
now has a good position with business
concern"
He pitched a one-hit game yesterday.
Anson went on 10 say. Il would like
10 look him over. Get him on the tele-
phone il you can and ask him to meet
me here tonight
The appointment was made and the
captain and recruit came together.
reached an agreement. and separated
with the understanding that Tener should
20 at once to indianapolis. where the
Chicago club was scheduled to play its
next series of contests.
II went into the box the very day 1
Joined Anson's team" John Kinley Tener
told me- He is now governor of Pennsyl-
vania, and men are predicting that some
day, not remote, he will be a Senator in
Congress. He is also. by a recent cleo
ton, president of the National League of
Professional Baseball Clubs at a salary.
it is reported. of $4,000 year. His term
as governor, however. will not expire I'M
til early in January, 1915. Until then he
will counsel and direct the National
League without pay.
And with what result?' / inquired,
when he said he had pitched the first
day.
Chicago lost by a score of fourteen
TO nothing" he replied but he offered
no further explanation.
what kind of ball did you pitch?''
asked, wondering IL he used a drop,
curve or fade-awa..
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tion was not entirely approved BY my
brother George. but I was tweuty-rio.
and at that age boy often believes he
has accumulated ali the knowledge IN
the world shall never forest the nfst
time j appeared on the mound to pitch
IT was on the Fourth Of July, 1H6.
Our regular pitcher. let us say. had
eaten too much pork and beans the night
before. Anyway. he was not Visible when
the game was called. The managers eyes
lighted on me, and was ordered to the
slab as the only substitute In sight. !
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

Presently / became a clerk in the
was a humdrum occupation for a young
ster of my temperament. In the mean
time l played baseball whenever l had
the chance. / was known as a swift
thrower. All boys learn to pitch a curved
ball. l learned. too. Any boy who really
can play baseball doesn't care to do any
thing else He would rather play than
eat That is the way I felt
$50 in course of time became the first
baseman for the Haverhill club, in the
New England League. My new connec-
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URSIONS

Account of New Mexico Educa-
tionsl Association at Albuquerque,
N. NJ, Nov. 21-25, 1914
Tickets on sale NV. 20 to %,
1914, at one and one-fifth fare for
the round trip.
Return Limit Dec. !, 1914.
One-half of these fares will APP
ply to the sale of tickets to chill
dren between the ages of 6 and II
years.
For further information see
TO. EIrod, Agent
KEFNA, NEW MEXICO.
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ANY MAN CAN BUY
A FARM.

j | have a wiz dow a
client who owns 400
q acres of wild land III Y
u Northwest Wisconsin u
which Is bringing her
4 no income. She has p
authorized me to s ell
this land for $500 an
acre, one third down and
the balance on terms to
suit the purchaser. Will
divide tract if desired.
Purchaser can rent part
ly improved sarm close by
or can buy same. This
with other adjacent lands
| can sell so as to suit all
y most any kind of GUS 4
1 toner. Write IN e Il
freely telling ju s t
p what you want, and y
u believe | can do you II
a lot of good,
y ED L. PEET, y
DANBURY, WISCONSIN. >,
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whsr. Danta Nay Havs studied.

Ct. Edmund's hall, OXFORD. Eng, 10
how the sole survivor of the original
''halls" from whlch university life
arose at OXFORD. 1t bears the name
net OF the maytyrSd Saxon monarch,
but of Archbishop Edmund Rich, whO
possibly about 1919 delivered near this
spot the Arst Oxford Lectures on Arts
tstie. This legend once enabled the
present principal to retort that II
Dante really visited Oxford he might
eonceivably have studied at St. Ed.
munda hall, but not At Queens col
haEO, which die not then exist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
PLAYER ON WAY
Cooley After Another Infielder
WIN Strengthen Club.

Dick Cooley, the new manager. of the
Kaws. is not worrying about Infielder
Roche and has another infielder COM
ing who he thinks will fill the hole
at shortstop. This new infielder is
coming from Perdue university and was
recommended by Hugh Nichols, for
merly manager Of the St Louis Browns.
Nichols has been coaching the Purdue
baseball club for three years, and on
account OF his major and minor league
experience, is aware of the class of
the Western League. Cooley wired
Nichols to send the man to Topeka He
touts the infielder as good enough for
any minor league.
In the meantime. Cooley is negotiat-
ing for another shortstop, who IL
known in Topeka and has no doubt
about his ability. This fellow is with
q class b league team just now and is
the class of the league. He will hit
$50 or better in the Western League.
Cooley will strengthen the club from
time to time until the club gets in the
running and will give the fans a first
division club if possible.
Shorstop Roche wants pay for his
services since May and will not play
until he gets it. There is little doubt
about his playing, at least until he gets
In the game and demonstrates his
ability.
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Jayhawker lots


Looking for a new kind Of tooth pow
der is woman's favorite shopping
stunt. says the Clay Center Times.
It's a waste of time to contradict a
woman, insists the Florence Bulletin.
Give her time and she will contradict
herself.
The bug pest that seems to be invad-
ing the country may be a gentle hint
for us to protect the birds. surmises the
Holton Signal.
An Atchison woman, according to the
Atchison Globe. has such sharp knees
she has to pad them to keep them from
ripping her tight skirt
Told by the Pratt Union: Elder Sis
|ter-'Come. Clara. take your powder
like dear. You never hear me making
any complaint about such q little thing
las that" Tiny Clara (sorely)-''Neith-
Ter would II could dab It ON my face
It II nwallOwing Il that object fn.'s
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SLEEP THEIR BOON.
CONTINUED from Page one.)

Sunday night they found this "sine
qua nOn," hitched at the rack outside
the entrance to Garfield Park. Inves-
tigation proved the animal tractable
With the stealth Of experienced bad
men they hoisted anchor and their
pirate craft swayed gently down the
darkest streets to the spot where arms
and ammunition were concealed
These slowed beneath the quarter deck
the black flag was hoisted and the
craft started on its voyage into un-
known waters.
Hummer of ShOrey pushed the bell
and called Sheriff Kiene to the door.
He had been enjoying his Sunday
evening at Garfield Park until toward
midnight. When he desired to re-
turn he could not for his horse waa
gone. Apparently it was a plain case
of horse-theft for old Dobbin had been
tied securely to the rack and could
not have departed without help. He
had telephoned and the horse was not
at home.
Warned Other Towns.
With promptitude characteristic of
his office Sheriff Kiene enlisted the
services of the night telephone opera
tor and in a few minutes warnings
were ringing from Topeka to all the
principal towns and cities within a
radius of fifty miles. In fact ali
eastern AAuSdS KNOWS AOOuI the mat
ter for the sheriff put in the most of
the night talking about it to sleepy
functionaries wherever he could wake
them up.
The victim of the robbery started
back on his weary hike for home. It's
a long way from the county Jail to
Shorey at 1 o'clock in the morning and
Mr.. Hummer was ready for bed. He
had just turned in at the gate and was
making for the front door and the feath-
yard arrested him. There. with nose
of injury at being kept out of his stall
till such unseemly hours, stood
Dobbin. But there were other wonders.
Curled on the cushions OF the buggy.
fast asleep, were two desperadoes.
From the quarterback protruded the
rusty muzzles of two p rifles. Scatter
ed about the cockpit was about a peck
of cartridges. But the pirate craft was
aground and the watch asleep.
Mr.. Hummer considered the situa
ton. First he relieved Dobbin from
his distasteful harness and gave HIM
an extra quart OF oats to soOthe his
feelings. Then gently, after the man
ner of q man who was once q sleepy
lad himself. he carried the two pirates
to the house and slowed them for the
night between clean, cool sheets in
the spare bedroom. Then he tele-
phoned the sheriff that the hunt was
over. He undertook to keep the pr;s-
Oners under surveillance until the Of
flcers arrived. That part was easy for
the career Of orfme was over.
The Dira4ne aoleDt - late they Wero
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
MANY FILE PAPERS.
Candidates for State Nominations Send
in Petitions.

Dan Dyer Of Smith Center, today
verified the report that he would be q
candidate for a place on the irrigation
board when he filed his nomination
papers with Charles Sessions, secre-
tary Of state. Dyer will be a candi-
date on the Republican ticket.
During four sessions of the state
legislature, Dyer was sergeant at arf7f4
OF the house. He served four years
as postmaster in his home town and
knows almost every man of political
note in Kansas. This Is the first time,
however. that Dyer has sought a place
on the state ticket and it is probable
that he will have a strong following.
MY announcement is not inspired
by the urgent demands of my friends,
as most candidates would have you to
believe" said Dyer, ''but was occa-
stoned by my ambition to hold the job
and draw the pay
Bert Walker of Osborne and Paul
Reich of Syracuse have also announced
their candidates. for place on the ir-
rigatiOn board. Walker was appointed
as a member of the board by Cover
nor Hodges more than a year ago.
Both Reich and Dyer filed their NOM
fnation papers today.
Among other candidates to file their
papers today were: Congressman Dud-
ley Doolittle. Strong City, Democratic
candidate for denomination in the
Fourth district; Earl Akers, state
treasurer; William c. Plumb. Kansas
City, Democratic United States sena-
torial candidate; A. ]. Curran, Pitts
burg, candidate for judge of the Thir-
ty-eighth district. and Dallas Grover.
Salina, candidate for Judge of the
Thirtieth district.
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HE WON'T SEE TOWNE
The President Has No Wish to Hear
Anything From Huerta.

Washington, June 10. = Secretary
Bryan conferred at length with Presi-
dent Wilson over the progress Of the
Mexican situation today and Immediate
ly afterward dispatched long telegram
to the American delegates, at the
Niagara Fails conference. which it was
understood concerned the character and
personnel OF the proposed provisional
government and the attitude OF the
Mexican delegates who object to a pro-
visional executive with oonstitutiOnalist
leaning.
ture of his conference with the pres
ident and would only say that media
ton was progressing satisfactorily
The opinion prevailed here that the
United States would not recede in its
desire to have named as the head of
would succeed Huerta, a man who
would be acceptable to the revolution
airy faction.
Bearing on that conclusion was thu.
attitude of the administration towards
Charles A. Towne, a New York attor-
ney, in Washington in the interests Of
the Huerta regime, and who hal de-
clared that the Mexican delegates at
Niagara Falls positively would not ac-
cept pronounced constitutiOnallst
for provisional president. Mr..
Towne planned to seek conference
with President Wilson today but it
was stated at theri White House that
the president. has no engagement with
him, and that in all probability no
engagement would be made.
! The presence in Washington of
Pedro Del Villar continued to arouse
speculation, and a report was per-
sistent that adherents of Felix Diaz,
represented by Del Villar, and the
Huertaists had patched up their diff
culties and were acting together to
exert the strongest possible influence
before the mediatOrs. Del Villar is
said to have conferred with represent
ativeS of Huerta. COnstitutiOnalist
agents in Washington had received no
reply from the mediators today to the
offer of Carranza to send delegates to
NiaRara Falls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
PLAN ANOTHER MARCH
Army Of Suffragist Club Women to
SwOop Down on Wilson.

Washington, June 15.-Another suf-
fragtst march on the White House Is
planned as the result of an endorse
ment OF women suffrage by the Fed
Grafton OF Women's clubs at Chicago.
PRESIDENT Wilson will be asked to
receive a deputation of suffrage club
women, headed by Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley, on June 80. The leaders here
have entrusted to Mrs. Wiley the work
OF selecting the members of the depu-
tat1on which they plan shall be COM
posed OF several hundred representa-
tive club women from all the states.
The demonstration will come as the
climax Of campaign for favorable
action on the suffrage amendment by
the house rules committee on July 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
RUN over ''NEWSIE. !"
''Pinlk" Workman Badly Bruised by
Tea Wagon.

Pink" Workman an eight-year-old
newsboy, was run over and badly bruised
by a wagon of the Jewell Tea company
at noon today as he was running in the
street at the corner of Eighth street and
Kansas avenue. The driver Of the wagon
failed to see the lad, the wagon being
enclosed on both sides Of the drivers
seat. and had proceeded nearly a block
ried the boy and Dr. J. C. Hensiey to
the Workman home at 126 Adams street.
A badly bruised leg that had been run
over by the wagon wheel and some
scratches about the head and face con-
stituted the lads injuries. The boy gave
no explanation Il his accident DR.. Hens
ley believes he was trying to climb on
the wagon.