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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
DID REALLY MEAN 1T ONCE
Newspaper Mans FIowery Compli.
ments Not Altogether Complete
Case of Bunk.

William D. Hassett, one Of the
sharks on diplomacy and information
al affairs in Washington, covers the
state department for a big news as
ISOLATION. One day another reporter
covering the same run rushed up to
him with this request:
bill, fix me up a nice little story
about this affair for my paper. You
know more about this than anybody
Hassett, not being particularly busy
at that time, complied with the re-
quest.
Half an hour later the same man
came back and requested:
bill, please fix me up another lit
tie story. You know you're the best
Informed man in regard to this par
ticular subject"
Bill again wrote the story. The 9th
er man came back the third time.
Look here" said Bill dryly. I'll
write this third story for you, but
hope you don't think it's because I'm
falling for this bunk of yours about
how much / know"
WELL" said the other, rubbing his
chin, "it was on the level the first
time. "-Popular Mechanics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

third when Higgins hunted down
first base line. The pitcher grabbed
the ball and shot it past the first
baseman. Two runs scored and Hug
gins reached third
He duplicated this play his third
time up. Runners on first and second
and again he hunted. with the same
result, wild throw from the pitcher
and two more runs.
In the clubhouse after the game
Higgins said to Kelley: 81 don't
know if you favor that kind of base
ball, Mr. Kelley, and if you don't just
tell me what to do. I want to learn,
you know
Say, kid" responded Kelley, keep
that stuff up, and they can bring me
eight other fellows just as small as
you" And from then on Higgins
was the regular second sacker until
traded to the Cardinals.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

doc to impair Konetchy's usefulness.
Bransfield was traded to Philadel.
phia by the Pirates December IA.
1904 The Pirates gave Mccormick,
Kruger and Bransfield for Del How
ard.
Just nine years, lacking two days,
after the historic deal, the Pirates
made the big dicker with st. Louis
for big Ed Konetchy.
Here are the men Pittsburgh has
used in trying to plug the hole at first
since Bransfield was discarded:
1905, Clancy and Howard; 1906,
Nealon; 1907, Nealon Swacina and
Storke; 1908, Storeke, Gill, Swacina
and Kane; 1909 Storke, and Abstein;
1910, Sharpe, Hyatt and Flynn; 1911,
Hunter, McKechnie and Wagner;
1912, Miller; 1913, Miller and Wagner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
SECRETS OF BACKSTOP
HOW CUB CATCHER PROTECTS
HIS HANDS DURING GAME.
Many Chicago National League Re-
oruits Benefit by instructions Of
Veteran PIayer-Seldom Both
cred With Stonebruises.

Jimmy Archer, as long as he has
been with the Chicago Cub team, has
been rather conservative about his
method of catching SO cleverly behind
the plate. 1t has not been because
he does not want youngsters or other
catchers to learn his secrets.
In instructing youngsters about the
art of working behind the batter he is
one of the most liberal in the country,
and all the recruits who have ever
been on the team since Archer has
been on 1t have learned the finer
points of the work, writes Oscar c.
Reichow in Chicago Daily News. He
has taught Bubbles" Hargrave a lot
this spring, and that youngster is now
one of the best prospects the Cubs
have had in some years.
In the springtime most catchers are
troubled with stonebruises on their re-
ceiving hands because of the tender
ness of the flesh after winter of idle
ness. Archer, when he began catch
ing, found scheme to avoid bruises
of that nature. but never revealed his
method to his teammates because he
thought they had systems of their
own. This spring, however, he &C
quired a stonebruise, and it is the first
one he has had In years, and 1t was
due mostly to an accident
While watching batting practise at
Cincinnati he was hit on the fingers
with a foul tip. To avoid hurting his
digits more he stuck his hand deep
into his mitt and caught the ball in
the palm of his right hand. This was
contrary to his method AS he has
only an extremely thin padding on his
glove the bruise resulted and when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
BankruptcY Decision.

The supreme court of New Jersey
holds In Bolton VS.. Bolton that when
wife goes into bankruptcy the trus-
tee in bankruptcy is entitled to take
possession of arrears of alimony due
her for the benefit OF the creditors.
The court said:
when 1t is considered that during
the period Of non-payment the wife
has in all probability been contract
Ing debts for her support on the faith
Of recovering these payments. and that
alimony is awarded for the express
purpose Of her support by paying in
cash as she goes along, and when it
Is considered further that by her dis
charge in bankruptcy these debts are
wiped out, 1t seems manifestly unjust
that the creditors should have no re-
course to the very fund that the d.
vorce court provided to pay them"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

The biggest baseball deal of the
season, which landed Ed Konetchy
with the Pittsburgh Pirates, may close
the longest hunt for a player on rec
ord.
Pittsburgh has been searching nine
years for first baseman to fill Kitty
Bransfield's shoes Honey will now
tackle the job.
Since Bransfield was traded, Is men
have been used on first by the Pirates.
None gave the satisfaction Bransfield
was giving before being traded to Phil
adelphia. Kitty played good ball for
several years after the deal.
Konetchy became Pirate Deem
Der II, last. He led the National
league first sackers in fielding last
year and batted .276
No one expects the Pittsburgh hoo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
BALL PLAYERS STATUES.

naturalization of modern
sports to replace the time-worn
Greek discus thrower and Olym-
plan champion of centuries past
is the object of Miss Anna Pfen-
niger, Cleveland sculptress, who
recently put the finishing
touches on a marble bust of
Johnny kilbane, champion feath-
er-weight pugilist. She will seek
to have the statue exhibited at
the Panama exposition.
In the meantime she will ex-
tend her efforts to a series of
baseball statues showing Home
Run" Baker, "Ty" Cobb, Walter
Johnson and other diamond
stars who she believes should
have niche in the sculptural
halls of the country. She also
desires to model Jim Thorpe,
the Carlisle Indian, who is one
of the best all-round athletes
ever developed.
why keep on copying the
heroes of an ancient athletic
history when there are more
interesting subjects in the mod
ern field of sport?" said Miss
Pfenniger. Athletes, ball play
ers, prize fighters, living men
of today, are more appreciated
as models for sculpture by the
general run of people than the
so-called classic subjects"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

he catches now the pounding of the
ball into the center of his glove gives
him considerable pain. When his
hand is well he does n.s insert it into
the mitt more than half way and
catches the ball practically on his fin
ger tips, which avoids all possibility
of getting a stonebruise, which is
source of much annoyance to catch
ers.
Archer's way Of catching the ball in
his fingers accounts for the steadi-
ness with which he holds the ball at
the plate. AS soon as the ball strikes
the center of his huge mitt his fingers
close tightly over it, thereby prevent
ing its dropping out. His trick of
using his fingers instead of the palm
of his hands also accounts for his I'M
failing ability to catch foul fly balls.
Fans have seen catchers go back to
the stand for fouls only to see them
strike the glove and bounce out again.
Archer seldom drops one, as his fin.
gers grip the ball viselike as soon as
the ball hits, no matter how difficult
the catch.
The star Cub backstop did not have
an error credited to him all last sea.
son for dropping foul fly. Like all
great catchers, he seems to know in
tuitively where the ball goes after
leaving the bat. AS the ball goes up
back of the plate his mask is thrown
off and he has plenty of time to get
under the ball and generally makes all
the catches look easy.
Archer was not exempt from blum
ders last season, but they were due
to wild pegs to the bases. He did not
drop a ball at the plate all the year,
which is also a point in favor of his
method Of catching with the big glove.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
EIberfeId Is Optimistic.

IF the Brooklyn players play the
game according to 'Robbie's' ideas
they will finish close to the top" said
the veteran Kid Elberfeld in discuss
ing the Superbas the other day. "'Rob-
bic has splendid material to work
with and he knows every angle of the
game 1t will take some time, how
ever, to develop the right kind of team
work Well have winner, sure"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
BASEBALL MOTIFS

In lining up the regular Giants, Man
ager McGraw has picked Snodgrass or
Stock to cover third base in the abb
sence of Arthur Shafer. McGraw pre-
fers Snodgrass because of his peppery
aggressiveness and good batting.
George Stallings, leader of the Bos-
ton Braves, says there will be quite
change in the old league this sea-
son. He declares the scribes will
have to pick another team instead
of the Braves for the tail-enders.
Hans Wagner says that with men
like Bob Harmon, Mike Mowrey and
Ed Konetchy doing real duty under
Manager Fred Clarke this year the
Pirates look more like a real club
than the team of 1913.
Nick Altrock and Germany Schaefer
continue to amuse American league
followers-and themselves-by cut
ting capers on the coaching lines for
Washington.
Herbert Murphy, who is filling the
shoes of Mike Doolan for the Phillies,
has a strong whip. His throws to
first are like rife Shots" says Red
Doom.
Connie Mack has turned George
Brickley, the brother of the famous
Harvard athlete, loose. He goes to the
Tri-State league, as an outfielder.
Rivington M. Bisland, the sensation
al shortstop of the Atlanta team last
year, has been secured by the Cleve-
land Maps by the waiver route.
A Boston paper declares that in the
last ten years the Braves won eight
opening contests Why quit SO soon
after the opening?
Edgar Palmer gave 100000 to
Princeton for a stadium. Gee, just
think how popular he would be in the
Federal league.
Bobby Wallace has an able assist
ant In Dee Walsh The younEster
put on a sterling attack at shortstops
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
Curtain Lecture,

Miss Polly-When was in the city
l attended a vaudeville show. and 1t
was just grand.
Villager-What were the names of
the pieces?
Miss Polly-I don't remember all.
but the curtain said the first piece was
Asbestos. Buffalo Express.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
Minors Fight Optional Agreement.

Some minor league club owners, es-
pecially in the larger circuits, are pro-
testing against the optional players let
out by big leagues, on the ground that
by exercising the option a big league
club can ruin a minor league team
when the string is pulled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
Easy Payments.

Please, Sir" said the maid to the
mead of the house, there's a gentle
man here to see you on business
Tell him to take a chair
'Oh, he's already taken them all,
and now he's after the table. He's
from the installment house."-New
York Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
She Knew What She Meant.

Miss Ethel" he began, "or Ethel. !
mean-I've known you long enough to
drop the Miss haven't II"
She fixed her lovely eyes upon him
with meaning gaze. Eyes, think
you have" she said. What prefix
do you wish to substitute ?"-Catholio
Citizen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
Overexertion.

You frown like a pessimist."
Well" replied the patient man,
that's what get for worrying my.
self half to death trying to think OF
something to be optimistic about"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

Constipation causes many serious dis
eases. 1t is thoroughly cured by Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One laxative,
three for cathartic. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
Mixed Up.

Il was trying for swimming REQ
ord"
Did you land it," Baltimore
American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

Many a friendship has been cut
short by a long tongue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22
The Patriotic Play.

THAT Mexican comedy of yours is
a scream"
Eyes; an Eagles scream"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

Edgar Palmer gave 100000 to
Princeton for stadium. Gee, just
think how popular he would be in the
Federal league.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

Bobby Wallace has an able assist
ant in Dee Walsh The younEater
put on a sterling attack at shortstop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

Nick Altrock and Germany Schaefer
continue to amuse American league
followers-and themselves-by cut
ting capers on the coaching lines for
Washington.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

Herbert Murphy, who is filling the
shoes of Mike Doolan for the Phillies.
has strong whip. His throws to
first are like rife Shots" says Red
Doom.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

Connie Mack has turned George
Brickley, the brother of the famous
Harvard athlete, loose. He goes to the
Tri-State league, as an outfielder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

A Boston paper declares that in the
last ten years the Braves won eight
opening contests. Why quit so soon
after the opening?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-23
THE D Ally
a CIV p Z 8 z T 3
THE FmsT BLUFF.
...........e.:-.::......ss..ii..ss.s..i..;;..;.%

Lightly balancing an enormous
stone wall on his left shoulder. Sam
son rested one foot on Mount Skazoo
and essayed to light cigar with his
right hand.
st. Harold, passing that way on his
walk toward sunset. stopped and for
awhile gazed curiopsly.
Finally: after SamsonIs fourth
match had gone out, st. Harold re-
marked. But Sam. . (See Yeager
Vows tScriptural Familiarities
4but Sam, why don't you put that
gate down and then light the cigaret?
The gate must weigh about a. thous-
and tons.
samson shook his head: It was only
a slight shake, but the birds Eel!
from neighboring trees. dead.
..No. old man." he explained. Its
this darn wind. This wall Is only
made of cardboard, and don't weigh
more than twenty pounds. You see,
me and Deliah are going to have our
pictures taken. and she always wants
me to look as strong as possible IN
our pictures because she always sends
'em home to our people. This card
board wall is Just to save me little
work. All, now 1t is lighted:
And tossing down the match SO
forcibly that, though used, 1t struck
again, he continued on his way to the
photographers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-23
Liehtening the Darkness.

Answering a recent shot taken at
it by the Telegram, the Wheeling
Register gets of the following piece
of foolishness:
.Denouncing as evil everythins
that is Democratic, and exto1ling the
Fixed habit of the reactionary news
papers Of West Virginia which leads
them into many queer assertions
They are saying now that IL the old
Payne-Aldrich tariff law were still in
operation the government would be
securing enough revenue for it's run
ming expenses, and it wound not be
necessary to devise any form or spe-
cial taxation to meet conditions
brought about blythe European war.
THAT Is to say that If, for example,
the government collected duties to
the amount of $1,000 week on a
certain European commodity under
the Payne-Aldrich act, and the duty
under the Democratic tariff amounts
to $500 a week, when the war shuts
of imports of that commodity the de-
fciency in revenue is greater under
the low tariff than under the high
tariff; the loss of $500 a week makes
a bigger hole in the treasury than
would the loss of $1,000 a week, IN
other words, the more we depend
for our national revenues on the tar
III levied on imports the less Will be
the deficiency when the imports
cease"
The trouble with the Register is
that it is blinded by the imaginary
possibilities of its own fallacy. Let
us work out an exampel and see how
ludicrous it is for the Register TO
compare alike the imports undes
protective and free trade tariffs:
Under a protective tariff, the OBJ
ject of which is to prevent importa-
lions and build up home industry,
the imports of certain commodity
having tariff rate of. say. three
cents pound, amount annually to
two million pounds and yield an an
| nual revenue Of 100000.
Under a Democratic free trade tar
| i'll. the actual result of which is to
increase importations to the detri-
.ment Of home manufacturing. the
tariff rate is reduced to. say. two
cents pound and foreign manufac-
Iturers Immediately dump the COM
modify into this country at the rate of
fifteeen million pounds.a year. which
would yield tariff revenue of $780,
0vv.
The difference between the pro-
tective duty of 100000 and the free
trade duty of $500, 900. is $24O. 600.
Thus, If imports are suddenly shut
| Off under protective tariff the loss
would be only 100000. whereas ii
they were shut off under free trade
tariff the loss would be five times as
much; and, with two billion dollar
Congress on hand something, would
have to be done.
I
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-23
White,s Answer.


Chairman Prichard of the Republic
can CONGRESSIONAL committee gave
diEnified answer to challenge for
joint debate among the congression-
al candidates in this district, setting
forth that Senator George e. White e
plans had been fully made before the
challenge was issued and that the
campaign would be prosecuted along
the original lines. Mr.. Prichard
stated that personal controversy
among the candidates was not an OBJ
ject Of the Republican campaign, al
though others than Senator White
could indulge in 1t to their heart
content.
Senator White began his campaign
many days before the challenge was
Issued and he had visited every coun-
ty and arranged his plans before the
SEINE reached him. The Progressive
chairman must have been aware OF
this fact and he and others thought
they woulu try to upset those, plans.
They resorted to the joint debate
challenge for that purpose. How
.ey er, they counted their chickens be.
fore they we're Matched.
Mr.. Whites action need not keep
others so apparently anxious for
with zest. They certainly have some
selves, which they could ventilate to
their own satisfaction. and If Con-
gresham Nicely and the Progressive
party nominee fail to engage in joint
debate, the suspicion that they were
in collision as to the Issuance of the
challenge will be greatly strengthen
I'D
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-23
Drawn in Wall street.

The Democratic currency bill was
drawn in Wall Street. The Demo
cratic Congress paid the editor Of
the Wall Street Journal $4.S14.50
for doing it. The name of the editor
Of the Wall Street Journal is III. Par
z ker Willis. This is the Glass-Owen
bill which the Democrats passed as
panacea for the country's finan-
cial evils.
.Discussing this very Glass cur
fency BILL" said Representative
MondelI, of Wyoming. on the floor of
the House OF Representatives. the
other day, "I said someone had been
Inpolite and unkind enough to in
uuire who wrote it, and I said it oc-
cnrred to me that that's not so i'm
pOrtant an interrogatory as this:
Who furnished the receptive ear to
Influences, with personal aims and
1ufposes to serve, and. upon the
SngEestions thus altering In from
wall Street and other interested
noants, finally agreed upon the form
of 1egislation?"
Mr.. Mondell added that If the ed
itor Of the Wall Street Journal ac-
61aIly wrote the currency bill-and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-23
Those ssMonster Crowds

Democratic newspapers in this sec
ton tell their readers that Thomas p.
Hodges and John NJ. Hamilton, Demo
.pratic nominees for Congress, had
monster crowds" to hear them at SUIT
ton and Gassaway.
Thoroughly reliable reports state
that there were not more than two
hundred persons at the Sutton meet
ing, of whom only about fifty were
from the country. The Gassaway
meeting was even smaller than the
sutton meeting and there was no one
there from the country.
The Kilograms informant says the
Democratic Campaign in Braxton coun-
81 has awakened no interest whatever
md the crowds are not turning out as
Democratic press reports have 1t.
Thus. another lie has been nailed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-23
Coming Events
IN Clal.ksburg

y, 3 =, 8
Wednesday. September 23'L little
Boy Blue" evening. Robinson Grand
-theater.
Saturday, September zt.- EootAe4l
west Virginia Wesleyan vs. Gexhs.s
indians. Union Park.
Sunday, September 27 dication
ceremonies, st. Marks Lutheran
church.
Monday, September 2s.-Robi 8
circus, afternoon and evening: !,
Friday. October The Tram1e.
Robinson Grand theater.
Saturday, October 3.-The Rrince
of Pilsen,'' Robinson Grand theater.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-23

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