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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
HOFFMAN THE REAL HERO.
He and Not EVers Made Famous
MerkIe Play Possible, Says Brown.

He and Not Evers Made Famous
MerkIe Play Possible, Says Brown.
Art Hoffman. and not Johnny Evers.
was responsible for the famous play
in the final New York-Chicago game
in 1908 which robbed John J. Nc
GraW's Giants of the National league
pennant and possible worlds cham
pionship, to say nothing of depriving
each and every member of the New
York team of at least $4,000. says Nor
decai Brown.
For years, or ever since 1908. Evers
Las been famous for touching sec
ond." 1t is true that Evers touched
second and completed the play. but
Eyers should get the least credit for it.
as two men thought of the play before
re did. These two were Holman and
Steinfeldt. Hoffman engineered it.
After more than five years Hoffman
comes in for share of credit, but it
is doubtful if he will ever get the full
amount due him. MOTdecai Brown.
/ the former great curve pitcher of the
( Chicago Nationals and now manager
Of the St Louis Federals. tells the in
side story of the play. which for year
after year has been kept secret.
"Evers knows as much baseball as
any man in the game" started Brown.
Hes n quick thinker, always thinking
Of some play to stop the opposition
but lie won credit where it wasn't de
served on that Merlle stuff.
1T wasn't Evers who saw it. but
Artie Holman. ana rs long as l live
I'll never forget the scramble on the
Polo grounds field. Evers made the
putout and he got it because he was
the only one near second. Still. Hof
man was the one who started it,
with Mccormick on third and Mer
/ IKE on first Al Bfldweu shot a single
10 center. Mccormick raced home
with the run in the ninth inning thai
would have beaten us and won the
pennant for the Giants. But MerllIe
i getting near second, didn't touch the
4 bag and raced for the clubhouse. an(
4 Holman was the only one who noticed
X the oversight
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
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Sporting Notes.

Amherst ran up against trouble in the
game against North Carolina university
Monday and met defeat, 6 to 0.
Tim NIurnane, the veteran sporting
writer, declares that Pitcher Johnson
Of the Red Sox staff will surely make
the team and the fans open their eyes.
Not only win parents OF public
school children find it interesting to be
present at the athletic exhibition in the
Armory Thursday evening, but so viii
others. oa
The University of Vermont lost to
the University of Virginia at Chariot
tesviIle yesterday 9 to |. The day was
cold and rainy. Spear, who started for
Vermont, was very wild, and Gilbert.
who finished the game, was hit freely.
Captain Charles Brickley of the Har-
ward football team is urging his candi-
dates for the team to keep up in their
studies. He announced to them that
there IS enough trouble ahead for the
team with the schedule arranged with
out being obliged to bother with
scholastic troubles.
Vermont lowered her colors to Wash
ington x Lee university at LeXing-
ton, Va, Monday by score of . To
/, Malcolm, who twirled for Vermont
was wild but effective with men on
third. He issued seven passes and al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
Sporting NeUs
MINOR CHANGES IN
BASKETBALL RULES
Dr.. Naismith Says About 10000 Per
sons i'll This Country Are Now
PLAYING the Game.

Satisfaction with the present college
basketball playing rules was the mes
sage brought from all over the country
by the members Of the rules committee
to the annual meeting Of the committee
held recently. Only minor changes were
made in the rules. The timing OF the
game, which his been in the hands OF
the umpire for the past two years. was
found to impair his efficiency for more
important duties and so he was re
lieved Of the duty and provision was
made for two timers. The warning to
players removing their hands from
behind their backs on the Jump ball
was removed and in future a foul will
be called for failure to keep the arm
behind the back
\ questionable was mailed to 800
leading colleges and officials asking
for recommendations for changes in the
rules and opinion as to the welfare Of
the game. Approximately 400 replies
were received and only three stated
that the game was diminishing in popu-
larity. No colleges were recorded IS
having dropped the game. while about
20 colleges and high schools were LISTED
as having adopted the game for the first
| time during the past year.
| DR.. James Naismith OF Kansas Uni
versity, who, while director of physica
| education at Springfield Training schoo
| in 1891, invented the game and is {
| present member of the committee from
the Missouri Valley conference. report
| ed to the members that there were 80;
! organized teams, or about 10000 col
| lege and school boys, playing basko;
| ball, and while there is no accurate way
to gauge the total number of persons
| playing the game, DR.. Naismith has es
timated it as about 100000. whiel
would mean that more persons play or
! gained basketball than any other spor
save baseball, in the opinion of tn
committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01

Mrs, Kate Sparks Of Ncwfane is IN
If Mrs. Aiouzo T. stowe :
Miss Bertha Rider picked two pam
sizes in foiI bloom from her garden last
week.
Mrs. Birch has finished work 70,
Mrs IIoyt II. Barber and returned
home.
Miss Della Tudor has taken a posi-
ton In the Holstein-Friesian office. he
ginning work there yesterday.
Miss Gladys Stellman returned Mon
day night from Boston, where She had
been visiting her sister, Miss Frances
StelIman.
Martin Hall of Wilmington, who was
brought from Chesterfield to Thomas
Collins : two weeks ago. is still very
il! there
Miss Nellie \. Prouty of Western
avenue resumed teaching i'm the Canal
street school this week, after a week :
Illness ut her nome.
Mrs Henry A. Stockwcll was able
to be down stairs Monday for the first
time in several fwceks. Mrs. Stockwell
who has been i'll, is gaining each day
IIoratio Burnett moved yesterday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
Rictouraph In BASEBALL

A story was current in Pittsburgh
that several men associated with or
gained baseball tried to get at the Sc
crets of the Federal league through
the use of Il photograph ut the leagues
meeting in Chicago. This charge is
made by William \. Kerr, one of the
principal hackers of the Federal league
club i'm Pittsburgh Ned Hanlon. Kerr
SAYS located a suspicious wire in the
hotter. room. which led through the hall
to another room, where the instru-
ment was concealed behind i piano.
Hanlon had the wire ripped up before
the session began. @
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
BCSK TO JOIN UTICA.
Who Helped Brattleboro Win
Pennant in 1911 to Report April Z.

Johnny Bosk, whose fine twirling at
the close of the 1911 season landed the
pennant for Brattleboro in the Twin
State league, viii report to the Utica
club of the New York state league
April :. After leaving Brattleboro
Bosk joined Utica and dId well in the
few games that he pitched there. On
returning TO his home in Fitchburg he
was hit on the head by a pitched bail
in an exhibition game. and 50 terribly
injured that he was not expected to
recover. His skull was fractured and
in operating upon him the surgeon took
out large piece of bone OF the skull
and fitted the opening with a silver
cap. For a time Bosk was in an an
sane asylum, but he eventually recov-
cred and last season pitched for the
Fi+chburg Independent team. doing
good work. but lacking the fine control
which characterized his pitching before
he was injured. The Utica team viii
report in Hamilton. \. Y, where sew
eral practice games viii be played
against Breck $ Colgate university
bows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01

from his farm, which he recently sold
John Mckay of New York, to the
souse which he has built on Prospect
ill.
The Woman : association of the Con
gregational church viii hold a regular
missionary meeting tomorrow, Thurs
day, afternoon at , O clock. in the YES
try Mrs. Charles II. Thompson viii
speak. This meeting Will be the annual
thank offering meeting for the Wo-
man Home Missionary union, and ali
the women of the parish are invited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01

WE CANNOT FORCE THE PEOPLE
to insure, but we can and 10 PIT in
surance in force for the people. We
can t insure all the people, but ar the
people we insure are insured all the
time. National Life ms Co, of VT
(AIutual) EARLE S. KINSLEY, Gen
eral Agent. Rutland. Va.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01

Some men couldn t generate personal
with a high power dynamo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
HEINTE ZIMMERMAN.

long been considered one of the best
keystone guardians in the business and
he should round out the BearIet in
field splendidly.
The great Tim will probably carort
around the third base bag during the
coming season, but no matter where
he plays the big black bat will still be
OIL duty at the plate.
Heinie refused big offer from the
Federal league recently.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
3 sossseseososeseessesses
FIXED EVENTS.

The news that the city Of Ha-
'vana has decided to permit bet
ting on baseball results some
how recalls the visit of fa-
nous British marquis to Amer
lea.
The marquis was intensely in
terested in trotting horses and
somewhat Of I'm authority on
breeding and racing.
The big Rcadyille meeting
was on. and the marquis was ia
ken there ana introduced 10
John Splan, the famous driver.
They talked for 4 time the Eng
liShman inquiring about the big
harness events of America.
"Ah. Mr.. Splan,' he said pres
emily, haven't you any fixed
events at all in American
Jack scratched his head an in-
slant, then said:
To tell the truth. duke,
they're all fixed"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
TEAM C WON EASILY.
Took Three Strings with Lead OF Is
ever Team 3 in Masonic League.

Team c Of the Masonic bowling
league easily defeated team B last
evening, the scores being ,220 to l.
141. The victorious team won an
three strings and was never in danger.
Thompson of team b had high total Of
233 and Proctor, who rolled only two
strings, reached the 100 mark and ear
ried off the single string honor. The
scores:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01

In England the Smiths are the most
numerous of all families. but in Ireland
they are content to rank fifth. after Muir
ply, Kelly, sullivan and Walsh
Prince Edward Island is going in for
he breeding of beef cattle, Registered
ierefords. Ganoways, PolIed Angus and
English Shorthorns are to be imported.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-01
ZIMMERMAN WON'T MOVE.
of Sweeney Settles the
CHICAGO Second Base Muddle.

Heinie Zimmerman may not so to
second for the Chicago Nationals after
all, as was reported when Johnny Ev-
ars left. The trade whereby Purdue
and Sweeney 90 to the Cubs fixes
things up in full shape. Sweeney has
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-13
HERE AT HOME
Pine Bluff Citizens Gladly Testify
and C0nfiden rialy Recommend
Doan'S kidney Pills.

1t is testimony like the following
that has placed Doan's Kidney Pills
so far above competitors. When peo-
pie right here at home raise their
voice in praise there is no room left
for doubt Read the public statement
of Pine Bluff citizen:
Mrs. F.. NJ. Smith, 1105 Alabama
street, Pine Bluff, Ark, says: II have
had symptoms of weak kidneys the
greater part of my life. | suffered
from steady, dull ache in my back
and at times | had awful shooting
pains through my lons. l had rheu-
matte twinges in my arms and
shoulders and my kidneys acted too
freely. A relative advised me to try
Doan's Kidney Pills and few doses
soon relieved me. I kept on using
them and | took about six boxes in
all. My back hasn't bothered me
near as much since and | have felt
BETTER"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Smith had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-13
Cannon That Mcdernized japan
By HERBERT KAUFMAN

By HERBERT KAUFMAN
Author Something! Be Something,"
ID USINESS is longer contact in which the
seller and the buyer establish personal bond than
battle dto-hand grappe and muscle and
new decide the Trade we'll changed aspect
both now fought at long range.
Just pesenday heroes would have opportunity
display the individual vaor OF members just merchant
ho his direct acquaintanceshp for
q the pasta business dodo.
Japan changed policy foreigners after fleet
wahips battered down the Sama fofcation Samurai
who had hitherto considered their blades
covered that mgie than all the
1T they could enough them Japan poted
the She did wait further ramprs pounded
but satisfied with her
modernze her methods.
The merchant who doesn't advertise pretty in the
position that in which Japan stood when her
opened the fact that had changed The long publicity
OF competitor will surely destroy his business
the foreigners crumblec the walls of Ssuma Unless
lesson heart unless realize the Importance of Advertising
only extending business but for defending
WE'LL must be prepared face the of folly
that of due who expects survive
his adversary twice length of own
Don't think that it's late begin because there
which have had the advantage
Using The growing 1t will grow
1t needs increased trading facilities it's hungry for
neghborhoods
Newspaper advertising the value of being locally
prominent five fares have advantage
being away can reach
through the columns of the and draw your
block enced without being able retaate
customers to take their place.
1t question your ability cost advertise
ing of being able thing
consider only extension of business but Of holding
what you already have.
Advertising investment the which same
for consider publicity
would be for farmer hesitate purchasing fertilizer,
discovered that he could protaby increase his by employ
ing it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-13
HOW THE ENGLISH
SUNK SUBMARINE
Eye. Witness Of Naval Battle De
scrlbes Sinking Of German
Vessel.

Edinburgh, Aug 12.-The Scotsman
today prints the story of an eye-wit-
ness of the naval battle between Brit
ish cruisers and German submarines,
in which the submarine U-15 was
lost.
"The cruiser squadron on Sunday"
the story runs, suddenly became
aware of the approach of the sub
marines flotilla. The enemy was
submerged, only the periscopes show
ing. The attitude of the British in
the fact of this attack was COOL. and
the enemy was utterly misled. when
suddenly the cruiser Birmingham.
steaming at full speed, fired the first
shot. This shot was carefully aimed,
not at the submerged body of a sub
marine, but at the line of the peris-
cope.
"The gunnery was superbly accu-
rate and shattered the periscope.
Thereupon the submarine, now a
blinded thing. rushed along under
water in imminent danger of self de-
struction from collision with the
cruisers above.
Inc SASHtACoS SuuIIIdI Iut tuVu was
forced to come to the surface, where
upon the Birmingham's gunner fired
the second shot of the fight. This
shot struck at the base of the coming
tower. ripping the whole Of the up
per structure and the U-15 sank like
stone.
"The remainder of the submarine
flotilla fled"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-13
DEVICE DOES WORK
OF HELLO" GIRL
Invention Of Stephens Man May ReyO.
Iutionize Long Distance Sub.
Station Methods.

r. NJ. Northern of Stephens, Ark,
was in the city yesterday mingling with
his friends. Mr.. Northern is the in
ventor of an automatic device for reg
istering long distance telephone SER
vice. The attachment registers the
amount of the coin deposited makes
the connection. computes time paid for
and automatically disconnects party
when time paid for expires.
The apparatus has already been pat
ented and Mr.. Northern has received
offers from several large concerns
who would manufacture it on a roy
atty basis. All the offers We're refus-
ed and he has practically closed a
deal with the Bell system to sell the
patent outright. Applications for
patents on several minor improve
ments which have been made on the
apparatus are now pending.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-13
PROPHETS HAD WRONG IDEAS
Dismal Predictions a. to Future Of
Our Country Somehow Failed
to MaterlalizO.

In the year 1888 Alexander Hamil.
ton wrote of the electoral college sys.
tenn: "If the manner be not perfect,
it is at least excellent; it unites in an
eminent degree all the advantages the
union of which was to be wished for. +"
Yet, in decade, the electors would
not have thought of exercising their
constitutional prerogatives.
Hamilton predicted that the house
Of representatives would have mo
small advantage" over the senate in
any dispute, since 1t would be the
popular branch of the government,
and because it would have the power
of originating all money bills "A
strong weapon in its hand. But the
senate soon became the dominant
partner. and the house found that the
power to amend money bills exercised
by the senate nullified the advantage
of originating them.
At the close of John Adams admin
istration it is said that John Jay re-
fused the appointment of chief justice
on the ground that the bench would
never attain "the energy, weight and
dignity which were essential to it's at
fording due support to the national
government" This forecast John
Marshall made absurd.
When Louisiana was annexed Sena
tor White remarked in debate that
gentlemen on all sides, with very few
exceptions, agree that the settlement
OF this country will be highly injurious
and dangerous to the United States
and that it's incorporation into the
Union would be productive of innu
merable ills"
In 1911, in speech on a bill to
permit the organization of a state
from a section of the Louisiana Pur
chase, Representative John Quincy
Adams of Massachusetts asserted that
II the measure should pass "the bonds
of the Union would be virtually dis.
solved"
In the thirties Scotchman. Patrick
Shirreff, made journey through the
United States and published the re
suits of his observations. At that time
Chicago was a town of $50 houses. OF
its future the traveller wrote: Chicago
will in all probability attain consider
able size. but it's situation is not SO
favorable to growth as many other
places in the Union"
In 1862 Lincoln, in a message to
congress. predicted population OF
100000 for the United States in
the year 1910 and of 187,OOO,OOO in
1920. The estimate for 1910 was A..
100000 too. great. The difficulty was
that the country did not continue to
Increase in population after 1860 in
the same proportion that it had prior
to that year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-13
STATE PROUD OF
FARMERS CLUB
Minnesota Has $50 of Them
and Hopes for 1000 BY
End of Year.

| 81. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 12-MOre than
than 700 farmers clubs have been
organized in Minnesota during the
past year according to A. d. Wilson,
director of agricultural extension at
the university farm. There are $50
farmers clubs in the state represent
ing all but two of the eighty-six
counties.
The move to establish clubs among
the farmers is one of the greatest
steps toward prosperity that the
state has ever taken in the opinion of
economists at the college of Agricul-
ture. A good, active farmers club
does for rural community what an
active commercial club does for a
village or city, they declare. 1t tends
TO secure the united influence or a
community to develope and bring
about any desired improvement and
to oppose anything that is not for its
best interests.
There seems to be only two solu-
tions," says Prof. Wilson, "to the
problem of putting the farmer on an
equal basis with those with whom
he has bushes outside of the rarM.
One is to increase the size of the
average farm. The other is to unite
the interests of several farmers own
ing farms of outside contact in both
buying and selling.
"The latter plan is decided perfer-
able, because it does not involve the
landlord and tenant or landlord and
hired help system. and makes pos
sible the maintenance of the family
sized farm, which is one of our most
important American institutions.
Il believe in the farmers club be-
cause it develops people. 1t tends to
bring out the best there is in COM
munity and to get people .'eady to act
concertedly for their own betterment.
1t is an ever-ready means of taking
up and studying independently any
matter of Importance to the commu-
nifty. 1t makes the work of the I'M
scrupulous promoter Improbable and
aids any movement that is for the
real interests of the community. A
farmers club is needed in every
community
Prof. Wilson points out that the
advantages to be gained through q
farmers club are three-fold. they
are social, educational and financial.
Chief among these are the financial
advantages of cooperative buying
and selling of farm products ard
things to be used on the farm. %
operation in marketing secures not
only a better price for the average
farmer. but tends to make the prod
ucts OF any one community uniform
in quality.
The cooperative idea is carried tc
the educational features. Commune
ties threatened with fruit blights, po-
tato diseases. animal diseases and in
sect pests can get together at the
farmers club and discuss ways and
means OF combating the evil.
Prof. Wilson aims to have 1000
farmers clubs in the state by the end
of this year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-13
SKIPPER TELLS
OF NAVAL fight
Terrific Running Fight Be.
tween Two Immense
Warships.

Boston, Aug. 12.-Capt. TerjesOn o
the Uaited Fruit company's steamer
LOveland, which arrived at this pOr
yesterday reported seeing fierce
naval battle in latitude q nort
longitude "A west. or about POO miles
off San Salvador between an Eng
lish aid German warship last Thurs
day night.
at was a bright moonlight night,
said Capt. Terieson, land about
o'clock, when we came in sight Of
two battleships, although he had
heard them long before. They APP
peared to be warships of larger type
One was apparently chasing the
other and although we could not dis
Germ them very distinctly, we came
to the conclusion they were English
and German warships'
1t was suggested to Capt Terjeson
that possibly the chase was the one
reported in which the North German
Lloyd Liner Kronprinz Wilhelm was
said to be chased by British cruiser
but he denied the likelihood.
II saw distinctly the bristling guns
on both ships" continued Capt. Ter
peson. ''Ther German ship was belch-
ing forth great clouds of inky smoke
but the Britisher sent up less and
seemed to be going faster.
when we first came up the Brit
Usher was firing her light broadside
battery, and as the German ship
cha. Ied her course, the French YES
sci youred volley after volley from
hef heavy bow guns into the other
ship. The German ship answered by
her stern guns and kept up a steady
fire, while she went of in an eastern
~ by north direction, followed by the
Britisher.
1T was One of the most appalling
sights l have ever seen-the two
great vessels exchanging shots and
going the limit of speed through the
night. We could not see what dam
age was done to either, but we were
in sight of the battle for over an hour
although we tried to make getaway
as quickly as possible. Some of the
passengers were badly frightened.
and they had good cause to be afraid.
as to one time we were within three
miles of the fighting vessels and the
vibrations OF the shooting made our
ship tremble SO that it was exceeding
ly dangerous for us, let alone the
chances Of being hit"