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The Washington times., 1914-10-12
BRAVES TURN TRICK
ON PRESS PROPHETS
They Also Prove That Old Adage
"You're Never Down and Out
Till You're Dead"
By BERTON BRALEY.

BOSTON, Oct. 12.-Well start this
! story with sundry slaves OF the ioy-
Gus song Of the Boston Braves.
The wise prognosticators of the
Journalistic press were certain that
our future vas lueubrious. they made
asseNerations with profoundest of
distress. that we'd tnd the Quaker
City insalul rioTs. thev ratiocinated
on the Mackian machine and its mar
Velous efficiency impeccable. which
would quite otliterale us from thi.
pleasant earthly scene with q brand
OF baseball science quite unwrcckabIe
But our captain. Nj Evers, in his
cultured Boston way. considered nucr
dlsG usslons aCadem!cal. 'Nvc shall
cheerfully endeavor.' he informed the
WORD. to play in manner highly
active and polemical:' so we entered
into conflict with McGillicuddv's crew
!they will never be so hulbons IN tb"
dome again. and We won the first
engastment-and the next dav made
II two-and we'll win another couplc
nov were home again
:tnu rather fancy that's quite
enough Of polysyllable hiShhrow stun
put ! had to put in some like these 70
sound conclusively Bostonese. n 7
really wrote es the players talk. why
Emcrsons shade from the grave would
stalk. and he'd shudder and vince and
squ'rm. 7 wis when he heard a tum-
BILE of words like this:
AW. say, them baseball writer SIjys
they thinks they're hep-they stalls
they're wise: they says that we amt
got no show 10 beat that bunch Of
Connie's-bo. But Johnny Evers saws
'GWan! They're sIipp!n' yuh a line of
con: we'll make them Athaleitics-sk'd
we'll bump 'em off. an so-we did,
An now we've got their goat all right
Good night, you Quaker team. Good
night"
The Braves disproved the expert
dope" believed by saint and sinner,
and what was Just a ''forlorn hope
became two-tine winner. and that is
truly for the best-it gives the game a
greater zest. II things should always
go along the way that we expected. if
'eXaerts" never got off wrong. II long
shots ne'er connected, there'd he no
savor TO the rsce-the world would be
drearv place.
And the Braves have made this clear
-hlazed t TO the very sky, You can
come UP from the rear. if YOU try II
you never finch or doubt. or II you
fight with heart and head for you're
never down anS ont til1 Won re dead "
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Cross and Welsh Will
Battle in Garden Ring

NEW YORK Oct l2-Jimmv johnson
will open the pugilistic season at Madi-
son Square Garden the last OF this
month with a ten-round bout between
Freddie Welsh. champion lightweight CT
the world. and Leach Cross, the nghtinc
dentist, as the feature. The date for
the bout has not Yet been settled upon.
but will be picked definitely on Wcdnes-
day
Welsh and Cross met this year in LOS
Angeles prior TO the time that Welsh
won the title and the EnglishmAn
gained a decision over the New Yorker
in twenty rounds. Leachie is anxious to
get another crack at the Briton. feeling
that he can make a better showinr in
another tussle.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
'ue engagement, Chicago, 1902

This grand player cost the Chicago
team absolutely not a cent when he
was secured from Troy. but try to pur-
a difference thirteen years of playing
has increased Evers' value. Chicago In
1902 was In the market for a pitcher
named Hardy. who was with Troy. No
price was put on his release to Chi
cago when they asked for it, but an
offer to look him over in a game was
made and accepted, so Chicago stopped
over to play Troy on their way to
Boston. Hardy won his game, and
when Manager Frank Selee asked the
price it was named at $500. 1t ap-
pears that another club had been dick
ering for the same player and rad
offered that sum, so when Selee offered
81 900 he was turned down. Tell you
what I will do" said he; "if you throw
in that kid who played short I will give
yOr- zoo fo- rr,rI--" " WOE NJ son ,er
said than accepted, so Hardy went for
81 800 and Evers for nothing.
Where is Hardy today? No reply.
Where is Evers? Why, he is going to
take part in his fifth worlds series. and
will get large sum for playing in those
few games Evers has already played
in four worlds series and received the
following amounts for doing so: l306.
$39.5O; 1907. $3.50: 1908, s1.317.5s, and
1910. s1,375.1s. total for the four series
Of S5.3s2.A.
Owing to having a broken leg in 1915
Evers was unable to play against the
Athletics, but he received his share
just the same.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Vigilants Narrowly
Escape Soiled Slate

Those NiEilants feel today that they
had narrow escape from having their
thus fer clean slate somcW hat soiled
when They took on the eleven OF the
Fifth Regiment at Andrews Park yes
terday. and barely got away with a -
to " game. The CaVslrymen showed the
Vigilants one OF the strongest defensive
teams which the locals have been pitted
against in all their years on the grid
iron. and had it not been for the feet
Derby, who vent over the line for both
tOTChdoWnS. the game might have
ended in a sCOreless tie
The Nigilant lads scored their first
touchdown near the end of the second
quarter, when after a series Of line
plunges and end runs, Derby carried the
ball over from the 1-yard line. Brown
missed goal The other touchdown came
in tho third quarter when, after Brown
had gotten away for two gains OF forty
and fifty yards. respectively. he shot a
forward pass into the outstretched arms
Of Derby. who raced twenty-five yards
Ia the goal posts.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Earl Hamilton May Be
Out of Baseball Forever

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 12.-Earl Hamilton.
pitcher for the st. Louis Americans,
probably never VIII be able to PLAY
baseball again. This opinion was ex-
pressed yesterday by physicians who
attended the injured player at st.
Mary's Hospital, in East St Louis. H.
where he was taken, together with five
women all of whom were injured when
his automobile was wrecked on Eads
Bridge before dawn today. A broken
collarbone. two broken ribs. fracture
Of the left arm, laceration punctur-
ing his right cheek, and probable inter
nal injuries sums up Hamilton's con-
dition.
The police are holding the injured
prisoners at the hospital, while trying
to place the blame for the accident
Physicians have given I'D hope of re-
covery for Miss Pearl Kelly, one of the
women who had been in Hamiltons
machine.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

Walter Maranvile, smallest in 5tatu1 3
, of any of the players, has the larses.
hands The Braves shortstop catche :
fly hall scoop fashion, with his
hnnds close to his stomach.
Connie" Mack Baker Bender, Bush.
Collins. Davis. Lapp, ,McInnis. strunk.
Murphy. Oldring. Plank. Schang. Thorn
as. Wyckoff. and Shawhey own and
drive automobiles. In 1872 the loss OF
the remnant was charged to autorno-
biles hut with more this season than
ever the Mackmen won without being
headed in the last four months of the
season.
The largest receipts for a single game
are s77,S59 recorded at the Polo Grounds
in 1911 for the first game of the Giants
Athletics series. Receipts in 1912. when
eight games were played between the
Red Sox and the Giants. established the
series record of s49O.449. Paid adnis-
sions for the opening game in 1911 num-
bered 3s, Isl.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
SOME BIG SERIES DOPE

Braves, intends to buy a farm near his
home in Derry, y. H.. with the profits
OF his first post-season series.
"Bill' James and Bert Whai ng
were battery mates on the Seattle tear.
Of the Northwestern League, i'll 1912, Iut
before going to Boston Whaling had
been tried out by the Cleveland Ameri-
cans.
Fred Mitchell who is credited by
StailiIgS with having done most of the
work IN the development of the Braves
pitchers. was born Iapp, but ne
changed the name upon entering pro-
fcssOnal baseball.
For the fifth time Ira Thomas. cap
tain ni the AthletCs will divide world $
series SpOils. Before joining the Mack
men Thomas was with the Tigers in
1905.
Josh" DcVore is credited with be
Ing the luckiest player in the big
leagues. He was with the psnnant win
ming Giants OF 1911 and 1912, and had
since be n shelved BY the Reds and
Quakers before Stallings got him in /.
trade in m!dseascn. Devore was de-
1clored by Stallngs while the Miracle
Mam'' was manager of the Newark
team in 1905.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

American Leaguers cinched the bunt-
ing The series comes to a close today,
but the Brownies have won four games.
The second game yesterday was called
because of darkness with the score
even, to > The Brownies scored both
their runs in the first battle in the
third frame. series of singles and
an error aiding them. Austin walked
Pratt and Walker singled filling the
bases While Williams was forcing
walker at second Austin scored. Beck
fumbled Howard'5 grounder. letting
Pratt tally. Hoch was invincible, allow
ing but one hit. The scores:
First game RHE
Brownies ............o0o 0OO 000-2 S
Cardinals ..-..........co0 90 600
Batteries-Brownies. Hoch, Baumgard-
ner and Agnew; Cardinals, Doak and
Wingo, Snyder.
Second game RHE
Brownies ---...-..--.......1p Up o.
Cardinals -.-.............-100 100 O. Z
Batteries-Brownies Weilman and Ag-
new; Cardinals. Terdue and Snyder.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Offer Even Money.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. I2.-Michi-
gan students are today offering even
money thst the Maize and Blue will
win from Harvard on October 81. They
are preparing TO send a big wad OF
money TO Cambridge to back the VOL
NeTpes
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Odds Against White Sox.

CHICAGO. Oct. 12-With the series
standing three TO one against them the
White Sox had their backs to the wall
in the fifth struggle for the city cham
pionship at Comiskey Park this after
noon, and were i'm grave danger OF losing
a title they have won three successive
years Manager O'Day planned to send
Larry Cheney in to grab todsys game,
and the series for the Cubs. Scott was
CaIlahan's probable choice.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

"Johnny' Evcrs is the only Brave
regular who has had world s series tests.
He was with the cubs OF 1906. 1907, apd
1908. and shared in the profits of the 1910
engagement with the Athletics. but
could not play because of a broken
ankle.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Browns Win City Title
From Higgins Athletes

ST LOUIS, Oct. 12.-Branch Rickey's
Brownies are champions of st. Louis.
BY grabbing the opening game Of the
double-header yesterday. to 0, the
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

Hank O'Day. manager Of the cGhs.
is credited with the prediction that tn"
National League representatives will Ne
be aten in four consecutive games
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

Three of the worlds champions were
shifted to new positions whom the.
Joined Connie Mack. "Rube' old
ring was moved from shortstOp to the
outfield: Eddie" Collins was CON
verted into a second baSenan when he
failed as shortstop, and 'StuTy'' Nc
rnres was shifted from shortstop to
first base.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

Bush. Schang, and Murphy. with eX-
perience in only one worlds series. arc,
the youngsters Of the Athletics squad
of regulars.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
TODAY'S PLAYERGRAPH

JOHN EvERS Boston Braves-Born Troy, N. Y
feet inches Weight 16O and throws
righthanded. First professional engagement Troy Y 1902
league engagement Chicago
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

J. Franklin Baker was recently mai led
as one Of the incorporstOrs of c1m-
pany dealing in rare coins. he has
souvenirs of the worlds series.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

George Tyler, southpaw pitcher Of tn
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04
Encouraging Economy.

Trifes begin to assume the i'm
portance of big things when you null
tiply them enough times, A gallon
of oil or a shovel of coal saved here
and there will soon pay the wages
of an extra man. Fifty shovels of
coal used unnecessarily on g. trip
means that the company will have to
haul an extra ton of freight 200 miles
to pay for 1t.
An engineer can rough-handle his
engine so that he will not only waste
steam, and hence fuel, but he can jolt
and jar the locomotive so that the
mechanism will soon give out. Rewards
are today Offered on dozen differ
ent roads to engineers and firemen
who make their regular trips on a
minimum supply of coal and oil. This
policy of encouraging economy has
resulted in enormous savings.--Sun-
day Magazine of the New York Trib-
une.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04
MADE TIME FOR ONCE
OCCASION WHEN "oLD BILL" Ex.
cEEDED SPEED LIMIT.
circumstances Over Which Engineer
Had No Control Caused Pet Loco
motive to Exert Itself As
Never Before.

sold Bills fireman used to duck his
head every time he stopped over to put
in fire from force of habit, - was so
used to havin' Old Bill kick at him."
relates a veteran engineer in the Rail-
road Mans Magazine. And whenever
the brakemen wanted to know any
thing about their work, they used to
drop Old Pop Hickenlooper a postal
card.
"Old Bill was perfectly dotty about
his engine. He was eternally fussing
about the old mill. He couldn't run
her half mile without stoppin' to oil
round. He would steal oil for her
from the other engines, besides using
about three times as much as any
other man used that he got on requisi-
ton. He wouldn't crowd her over
eight miles an hour for fear of heating
her brasses, and he simply wouldn't
pull full train.
"Any of you fellers that have been
over the Denver & Rio Grande knows
that comm down the Cimarron canyon
is like fallin' down well. Pop Hick-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04
WAR ADDS TO CITIZENSHIP
Large Increase Noted in Application
for Naturalization Papers in
This Country.

An increase in the citizenship of this
country was not among the many and
multifarious predictions made at the
outbreak of the European war, but
such has occurred, especially in the
anthracite regions of Pennsylvania,
according to reports from that section,
the New York Times remarks. 1t is
said that great number of applica-
tons for first citizenship papers have
been filed since the war began by for
eigners, who for one reason or anoth-
er wish to be allied with a neutral ma
ton. None of the mining companies
in the region, according to report, has
complained of the loss of many labor
ers by the return of reservists, and
some mines are carrying more men on
their pay rolls than at this time last
year.
The laborers in the mines represent
many different countries. One COM
pany recently reported that it's aver
age number of employees last year was
lG,tCG lACll, VI WuOln O,GCt were nus
slams, 2,14t Poles, LICE Tyroleans, sos
Austrians, ISL Lithuanians, 500 Ital-
ians, 522 Slavs, 247 Hungarians, 100
Greeks and 1924 American born or
naturalized.
1t is the English employees holding
the higher positions in the mines who
are going home because of the war, 1t
is said, and it is these who are diff
cult to replace, because most of them
hold positions requiring miners GER
tiflcate, which, under the laws Of Penn
sylvania, it takes man three years to
obtain The English are going home
in greater proportion than the men of
other nations because they have more
money and can more easily reach their
country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04
TRAGEDIES ALONG THE LINE
Seems to BE a Hard Thing to Edu-
cate the Public to Avoid
Railroad Dangers.

The generation that remembers the
beginning of the railroad has nearly
passed away, but a younger one cas-
lily recalls the time when the railroad
was a fascinating plaything as well
as means of transportation.
To those in the country, and to
many in the city it was a convenient
highway a short cut ito the depot
or between points. The inhabitants
used to gather at it to see the trains
go by. The children used to put their
crossed pins on the rails and wait
till a train went by to get their "scis-
sors." They used to flatten cents by
letting the trains go over them. They
used the railroad in scores of Nays as
a plaything. Then the tramp found
this convenient highway; indeed, it
is even suspected that the railroad
had much to do with making the
tramp. He tramped its ties by day,
he camped by it's side at night These
are a few of the side ways in which
the railroad was used.
hob IL was NV bhuo uoCu III odlC-
ty, even in it's early days, hundreds
of tragedies along the lines have tes-
titled. But the danger has constantly
increased. Doubled and quadrupled
tracks, more frequent and swifter
trains whose speed made it unsafe
even to stand by the side of the tracks
when they went by, have steadily in
tensified danger. Grade crossings
have been replaced by bridges, ties
have been raised from the ground and
filled between with ballast of rough
crushed stone, everything possible
has been done to discourage walking
on the tracks, and still the killings
of trespassers on the rail are annual
ly far in excess of the number killed
in train accidents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04

enlooper was at the Summit one day
when he got can have to Gunnison.
The orders didn't allow any time for
pickin' flowers, so they started right
down the canyon, with Old Bill grum-
bin as usual because his darling old
fast.
'He had a string of a dozen empty
flats, with a hundred Italian shovel
ers for passengers. Old Bill worked
steam little till he'd got 'em a rollin'
nicely; then he shut off, stretched him
self out on the seat-box, and prepared
for a comfortable ride, expectin', of
course, that the brakemen would do
the rest.
This was in the good old days of
the Armstrong brake, you see. He
didn't take much notice until he saw
juniper bush on the rocks close be-
side the track bend violently over in
the direction he was goin', as no bush
ever does except in violent wind.
Then he yelped for brakes.
did anybody ever see a fiat-car any
where that ever had brake in good
order? / never did. The only response
Bills call for brakes was an extra
squirt as them ornery flats dropped
down over little pitch. Old Blu let
out another yelp and looked to see why
it wasn't responded to.
He saw the two brakemen on the
caboose platform, both swingin' on the
caboose brake, the only one ON the
whole train that would hold two
ounces, with Pop Hickenlooper stand.
in in the door, watchin' 'em with his
eyes stickin' out till you could have
used 'em for hat-pegs.
by this time they were goin' so fast
that the wind picked up one of the
lightweight Italians and slammed him
back against the two brakemen, biff!
They all fell off. Old Bill kept yelpin'
for brakes and givin' her sand, while
the fireman made the greatest effort of
his life with the tank-brake. Another
Italian was picked up by the wind and
carried off, followed by another and
another until the train was depopu,
! lated
by this time the train was moving
so swift that it cracked like the snap
per on a whip every time it went
around reverse curve. The wheels
were spinning so fast that the hum
ming they made was keyed up to a
pitch as shrill as the song of mos
quito. In their wake was an oder OF
scorching wood, caused by the fric
ton Of them old flats
"They probably would have busted
out into blaze If it hadn't been for
the creek. The road followed every
bend of the creek within three feet OF
the water, just like all mountain roads
do. That train was goin' so fast that
the suction just picked all the water
up bodily and eddied it around over
them flats, keepin' 'em thoroughly
drenched, and so preventin' a fire."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04
ENGINEER SWEPT FROM CAB
tive on Southern Railroad With
out a Guiding Hand.

The lives of scores of persons leav-
ing Baltimore for Philadelphia on an
early morning train were placed in
peril few days ago when the engin-
eer of the train, Benton l.. Relentless
of 1928 Federal street, was swept from
his cab by piece of wreckage on an
adjoining track, and instantly killed.
That no other lives were lost as the
train rushed wildly through the coun-
try without guiding hand was due
to the fireman, who sprang to the
throttle and stopped the long line
of cars.
The accident was due to the break
ing of a car on freight train bound
for Bayview.
At Orangeville there are four ad-
joining tracks. The freight train was
proceeding to Bayview, and had ar
rived at this point, when one of the
cars buckled over and across the ad
joining track.
Train No. %, local bound for Phila
delphia, passed red lanterns trainmen
had hung up to warn approaching
trains of impending danger. AS the
passenger passed the freight there
was terrific crash as the oyerhang
ing freight car tore the cab of the pas
senger train apart. Redmiles was
catapulted from the train, together
with the debris of the cab.
1t was then that the fireman Of the
passenger train succeeded in stop
ping the train and saving the lives
of the passengers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04
Pure Water En- Route.

The interstate commerce commits
sion has taken up the matter of i'm
pure water on railroad trains and in
ships plying in the coastwise COM
merce. Common carriers are to be
prohibited from providing their
crews or employees with polluted water
for drinking purposes and are not to
be permitted to maintain upon vessels
or vehicles or in any of their stations
or other ordinary stopping places over
which they have control, any tank,
cistern, receptacle, hydrant or article
With water which may contain impur-
ties.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04

remarkable collection Of Cromwelliana
formerly in the possession of Sir r,
Tangye, presented by his son, Sir H.
Tangye.
Cromwell's Bible, bearing his sigma.
ture, and other personal possessions
of great interest are shown among the
relics of the commonwealth, together
with the journal of the house of com.
mons from July 4, 1868, to March 16,
1850. A gruesome object relating to
this time is the skull of Charles Bran.
don, the reputed executioner of
Charles |.
Riches in Costume Exhibit.
One can only hint in passing at the
rich collections of Lambeth delft, of
Bow and Chelsea porcelain, and OF
Battersea enamel which have been
lent or presented. The museum is
rich in costumes of all periods from
James l downwards. Mr.. Joicey has
given 4S or 40 complete sets and some
admirably preserved hats of the time
of James l.
Mrs. Abbey has presented the com.
plete collection formerly owned by the
late Edwin A. Abbey, R. A., and used
by him in his studies for his histori.
cal pictures. Mention is also to be
made of the attractiveness of the cos.
tune galleries.
The more sordid side of London life
is illustrated in the basement of Stat.
ford house, where are collected exam.
pies of the prison cells formerly ex.
listing in Old London, many records OF
Newgate when hanging was the rule
for small offenses, and similar things.
The Roman boat discovered on the
site of the new county council hall
has been accommodated with a shelter
here, though it was necessary to pull
down part of wall to introduce it.
And, finally, as an instance of the
catholicity Of the museum, it may be
added that the postchaise used by the
duke of Wellington at the battle OF
Waterloo is here preserved
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04

a sunbeam-and every form Of lire is
a component part OF a cycle continu-
ally transforming. by means of the
sunbeams, dynamic into potential
and potential back into dynamic en-
ergy. So far as we know man is
the only species with sufficient pre-
sumption to break the cycle. and the
price we pay for our arrogance is loss
Of our normal resistance to decay.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-04

pressure and the combined
force of the train line and brake cylin-
der pressure for properly controlling
the triple valve and preventing un-
even pressures in the brake cylinder
and to prevent undesired action ap-
American.