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home plate and the pitchers points
The pitchers points, so far as their
distance from the home plate was con-
cerned, will be gone into more IN detall
under the head of pitchers"
The home plate certainly had rather
uneasy life. Before 1868 any old piece
of stone or rock sufticed. In 1868 it was
limited to flat iron plate foot
square" In 1871 it was suggested that
the plate be of wrought iron. as cast
iron plate was apt "to break with the
blow of a bat"
In 1872 iron was cast aside alto
gether and white marble or stone was
substituted, even with the surface"
Up to 1876 the home plate, one foot
square, could be placed anywhere. In
that year it was ordained that the plate
must be outside the diamond. But in
1877 1t was ruled that the plate of
tirely within the diamond, and there
it has remained ever since.
A rubber plate was ordered by the
National League in 1885, while white"
rubber was according to the liking of
the American Association. In 1886
white rubber or white stone, twelve
inches square, even with the ground,
was the way the National League put
1t, while the American Association ex-
pressed its choice to be white stone
iron or rubber. In 1887, under the joint
"whftened rubber" would do, and that
rule held good until 1909, when the
present five-sided home plate of rubber
was adopted.
There are two kinds of diamonds
the skinned affair and one covered with
sod. The latter is generally preferred
and is used by all f1rst-class clubs.
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HOW THE BASE BALL DIAMOND
HAS EVOLVED THROUGH YEARS
Was First Hit Upon by the Famous Old
Knickerbocker Club Of New York in
1916, and Was Measured by Pacing.

"forty-two PAGES from home to sec
ond," we instinctively picture the sec
onds, after loading the pistols, pacing
the distance in solemn tread. The
game has. developed into duel, to be
sure, but a duel in which no blood is
shed, but at which a doctors aid is
sometimes called for nothing more
serious than to set fracture or
straighten out a broken nose.
Ten years later all this ancient rub
bish was eliminated and the rule was
made to read explicitly: The bases
must be four in number. paced at equal
distances from each other and securely
fastened upon each corner of a square
whose sides are, respectively, thirty
yards. They must be so constructed
and placed as to be distinctly seen by
the umpire, and must cover a space
equal to one square foot of surface.
The first, second and third bases shall
be canvas bags painted white and filled
with some soft material; the home base
ana pitchers points to be each mark ed
with fiat plate, painted white The
base from which the ball is struck
shall be designated the home base and
must be directly opposite the second
base: the first base must always be
that upon the right hand and the third
base that upon the left hand side of the
striker when occupying his position at
the nome base. And in all match games
the line connecting the home and first
base and the home and third base shall
be marked by the use of chalk or other
suitable material, SO as to be distinctly
seen by the umpire. The base bag
shall be considered the base. and moi
the post to which it is, or should be,
fastened"
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BREAK
ALEAGUE RECORD
Shatter Mark for High Game in
Mount Pleasant 0rganiza-
ton With $40 Count.
GANDILS MAKE A SWEEP
IN THE ARCADE CIRCUIT
Roll Set Of 1922 in Accomplishing
Their Victory-Mueller
High Man.

The Princetons broke the league rec
ord for the season for high game IN
the Mount Pleasant circuit last nlsht.
They knocked down $40 pins. each
player getting a mark Of 100 or more
excepting Thompson. who finished with
a count of 81. Sonneman rolled Tor
an even 100, Grimes got 1o7, Mcclure
12S. and Conradis, 1923
The Princetons took two out of the
three contests from the Coiumbias ana
came very near getting the third. as
they were beaten by only two pins.
The score in the one game lost by the
Princetons was 444 to 446.
The Gandils made clean sweep in
the Arcade League, beating the Mount
Peasants without much trouble. In
securing their victory the Gandils roll
ed set of 1922. for which games
of 52s, $40 and 545 were obtained.
Mueller Leads Gandils.
35s, the high one of the evening. Muel-
ler rolled 131 In his first game. 11s in
his second and los in his third. Vim
cent Gulli obtained two scores of lis
and 1872, while Gusdorf also scored well
in two of his contests. knocking down
1O5 and 129 pins.
Pratt did some splendid work in the
Departmental League. rolling a set OF
343 for the Land team. Land won all
three of it's games from War. though
it got the first by a very narrow mar
gin-467 to ASS. Pratt's scores were
1O1 1875 and III.
The Drillery continued to forge ahead
in IT, Commercial Alleys League. TAX
ing two games from the Standard OIL
five Neither team did anything unusu-
al in the way of big scores.
The Cardinals captured three straight
from the Indians in the Knights of Co
lumbus League. Kane was the best
bowler for the winners. while Kennedy
led the losers. Kane's scores were 105,
105 and 1o2, and Kennedy's 1875, s5 and
116.
The scores of last nights matches fol-
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DAILY QUITS AS COACH.
West Point Must Get New Foot Ball
Mentor.

WEST POINT, \. Y, December Il
Lieut.. Charles d. DAILY. L. 5. A., who for
the past three seasons has been head
coach for the Army foot bali team, VIII
not act in that capacity next fall. He
sails December . from San Francisco
to join his command. the 1st Regiment
of Field Artillery, now on duty at
Schofield. Honolulu
DAILY was captain of the Harvard foot
ball team in 1900. He entered the Mill
tary Academy in June, 1901. wa grad
uated in 1905 and played on the Army
eleven for the first two years OF his
stay here. The Army won from the
Navy in both these years.
No successor to Lieut.. DAILY has Vet
been selected as coach
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The diamond is the distinctive and
never changeable field upon which
base ball battles are fought. In the
days before the national game was
launched they had a sort of oblong
square in New England. with five
bases, and called 1T FOUNDERS, or the
New England game. In the eastern
part Of Pennsylvania. around Phila-
delphfa, town ball was the game, with
bases limited to the number Of play
participants in the sport. If a dozen
players agreed to play on each side
dozen bases, marked by stones or
pegs. were planted here and there.
generally taking the outlines of a bal
loon or pear, and not square.
In and around New York the diamond
was first hit upon by the famous old
Knickerbocker Club. In 1s45 the first
definite action was taken concerning
the dimensions of the actual playing
field. The diamond, of course, includes
the four bases, the home base particu-
larly, the distance from base to base,
the pitchers points" (now merely
memory and the foul lines, which
originally ran only from home base
to first base and from home to third.
1t is necessary to impress this upon
the minds of the readers, who, when
they attend a game and see a per-
feet or nearly perfect layout of the
diamond, probably never think between
cracking peanuts and yelling their ap
proyaI or disapproval of what is going
on before them Of the hewing and
chopping of the pioneers of the game
to perfect its details.
In 1S45 the fathers of base ball-and
there never was "a father of base
ball, no matter what interested de-
scendants may extraordinarily laid
out the diamond. The dimensions they
agreed upon are still the ineXorable
law of the game today.
Measured by Pacing.
They decreed that the bases shall be
from home to second base. forty two
PAGES; from first to third, forty two
PAGES, equidistant" 1t Is probable that
in those days PAGES was the word
for what we today call feet and yards.
None of US at the present moment
would think of laying out any distance
by pacing" We would first size up
measurement of his stride.
About the time the fathers of the game
seriously measured the bases by PAGES"
dueling had not altogether gone out of
fashion, although under the ban of the
civil law. So that when we read OF
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BID FOR GOLF TOURNAMENT
Three Clubs Want to Hold Western
Amateur and Olympic Fixtures.

CHICAGO, December Three clubs
are seeking the 1916 Western amateur
sof championship. It was announced yes
terday, bids having been received from
the Del Monte Golf and Country Club Of
Del Monte, -al.; the Midlothian Club OF
Blue Island. Ill, and the Omaha Country
Club. The bids include the Olympic cup
competitions. Only one bdder-the Hius-
date tll.) Coli Club-WaS recorded for
the junior championship. The tournaments
will be awarded at the annual meeting of
the association. which will be he'll. n
Chicago January -. the day following the
United States Coli Association meeting,
TO be held here also.
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Gand Make Sweep Arcade Bowling League Rolling Set Of 6
Schedules in Bowling
Leagues for Tonight

Southwestern League-Amer1can
Federation of Labor vs.. Reso-
luteS.
Bankers' Leaxue-Bank of Wash
1ngt0n vs.. American security
and Trust Company.
Commercial League Southern
Railway vs.. Hecht & Co.
Masonic League Federal W.
Dawson: Naval VS.. st. Johns.
Knights of Columbus League
Green Sox VS.. Boosters.
Arcade League-Argyles VS.. Col
denbergs.
Southeast League-Schlitz VS..
Government Hospital.
Departmental League-Labor VS..
Post Ohice.
Agricultural Interbureau League
solicitor VS.. Plant Industry.
Mount Pleasant League De-
caturs VS.. NewtOns.
Capital City League-Ivory Soaps
vs.. National Laundry.
Marine Corps League-Cavite vs.
PolIoc.
Sunrise Leasue-Trainmen VS..
Baggage.
National Capital League-Poto-
macs VS.. A. c. NJ. y.
District League-Garrisons VS..
Contenders.
Patent ExaminerS League-H-
iuminators vs.. Lawyers.
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How Field Is Laid Out.

The bags from that day to this have
been thirty yards (ninety feet) from
base to base The base bags were original
ly one foot square. as the rule says, but in
1877, year after the birth of the Ma
tional League, they We're enlarged to
fifteen inches square, and they are so
to this day.
At the start the center of the bags
was placed exactly on the corner of the
diamond. That made the bags at first
and third bases slop over into foul ter
ritory. Frequent disputes about fair or
foul balls across the bags finally Gin
1850 led to the enactment of a law
that requires all the bags to be on
fair ground and that any ball going
across the bag, no matter at what
angle, should be called a fair hit
That is the reason the fan at the game
today sees the first baseman kick his
bag into position. even with the foul
line. He may also see the base runner
kicking it the other way. precipitat-
ing a wordy argument between them.
The fan saw it in years past and saw it
last season, and no doubt enjoyed the
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action of the players, and let it go a

Indl.
The last sentence in the old rule. as
will have been noted, that the bag, not
the peg to which it was fastened Csc
curely fastened are the Words). was the
base 1t meant that the bag must be
followed. If the bag was detached
from the peg by the impetuous runner,
he was compelled. to avoid being put
out. to run or slide after it. even if it
took him into the outfield. That will
remind old printers of the injunction to
follow copy" though it blew out of the
window ten stories above the ground.
This rule led to many situations which
instance, a runner at first base would
by hook or crook dislodge the bag and
gradually pass it several feet in the di-
rection of second base. The first base
man, as was the fashion then and is the
unwritten law today, turned his back
TO the bag. When the pitcher threw
the ball to him to catch the runner
mapping. the first baseman would whirl
around only to find the runner grinning
at him several feet away, securely
standing on the bag.
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Must Grab Peg.

Later the rule was changed to read
that the peg and not the bag should be
considered the base, and SO it stands
today II the bag should become loos-
ened, the runner has only to clasp his
hand or kick his foot on the peg buried
in the ground to be declared safe.
Besides the base bags the most i'm
portant points Of the diamond are the
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Holmead Beats Good Shepherd.

The Helmead basket ball team won
from the Good Shepherd quint last night
for the second time this season The
score was 20 to II. johnson and Evans
did some splendid work for the win
ners, while Thiele and Talbert played
best for the losing quint.
Evening star., 1915-12-01

two, one of the founders of Buena
Vista, Va, and interested in the indus
trial development in Rock bridge dur
Ing the boom" days twenty-five years
ago, died at Lexington.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01
A PERTINENT QUESTION

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

constant creatures In the world The
really successful wife Is the woman
who doesn't hold the reinS too tight
who allows her husband a little latl
tude In his relations with other women.
| douf mean that she should condonc
anthng vitAlly wrong ! mean that
she should allow her husband rca
sonable measure NJ personal freedom
But" asked isn't he liable TO
take advantage 10 the~trrrtturi -Ae Js
granted"
Not II he knows'it is granted Most
men are Ike this the minute they
know they cnn do a thing they cease
10 want 20 do It. The most devoted
married men know Is man whose
wife apparently indifferent to the i'm
preston other women make upon him
Then, too. II never pays Il wife 10
let her husband know how much she
really cares for him Keep him busy
doubting and he'll find very little time
70 concern himself with other women ~
Somehow her philosophy strikes me
aS possessing II fair amount " wisdom.
wonder what Justin would do II
! let him think that do not care for
him az much as he now think, dpf
There Is a certain amount NJ fascina
lion In the prospects " the exert
ment
Shall | try H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01
rrI11GS9 9PlLllyAY

h"n'.l,r Free Press snv. that g, n. Mccoy. tn
dn... n ukarrhr transacted business between trains
H N.Wn.nu rrua, Sounds very much as II the drug
. ..w n...sd nnr trv hotties ~ cold tes TO the
....H".r.
IN" iros. N on lhr pumpkin In Seminole county. and
". rior NJ ihr capital Is reminded of the fact that
..WclIug besides burning editorials on the tariff and
other questions must keep the office from freezing
mn. vlntcr Hls subscribers urged to pay up back
inscriptions by another load Of wood cut II inches fur
t0e purposes lou might also pay FOR friend IN this
way"
Babies near pawnce win have TO depend for their
uonrshmeu the canned Kind FOR a few days n
rN'ellcl local In the P0wnee Courier Dispatch Is to he
believed THE cyclone blow down the windmill NJ Jerry
jeginsou, our popular dairymon which practically puts
him out OF business until q No rsnalred reads the
item
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

tr.tn clerks a Nisgup rsll' have
Herman. IsTmsny has Ia oo.srnm.or min,
Ne. Zealand 10. NJ rad, union
Almost 40 women work boo tr- poal
nlhes OF the Tinted Kingdom
Under sweden compsnsAuon Law
fishermen rave separate btlnT
The Hrtish Army contain, no-. than
&0@ enlisted coal miners
DsnmarN has bur one female factory
InsIrUtU.
OF 5ll Ssl union mstsl wor ,sr, n Ger.
man, tn| hs'r enlisted
There are Sl labor exchange, IN th,
nltsd klngdom
Hawaii ana the Philippines nov nave
NorkinenS compensatlcu laws
More than leooo rad, union mem.
herr are serving IN German, armies
rnion elevator constructor, nov nave
total membership Of sl,
"FN'l .NlFu FUV' VIII " made 10
organize LAUNDRY worker, In younsrtl.
ruI
international Moldtr, Union has q
total membership ~ infnl
sacramento. Cal civ Commis,ioners
Nill employ none bul citizens on ror.
tract work
Workers IN the Du ponl powder mills
have secured sn ~itht'hout ds}
Postor,c, clerks are uEtaung nor a
reduction ~ nlsht work
A ssmi.monthp psyda, lav 10 nov in
snsgt in Kansas
union OF celprsd Ions shursmpn has
been formed NJ Houston rsNss
From AuEWt e. l,li. TO March 3i Sb.
ueymany hsd bat 81 ntikss Involving
49, wofkmen
Employment agenviN 10 distribute az.
flruturAl WORKERS viii ne sstaNishrd
BY the Union of Soutl, A'rlcs
Fourteen tBrs 10 naei o, Mo MIME
mum ago tot Industrial rmp'o,msntt
after lslt In AlsbAus
The Central Trade linton OF Gemsn,
about ~ trades. on Arm D. lF'
The only states moi having ,ompul-
sory educstlon str NlssHipr. ana
Georgia
Three thousand women ana children
are employed In the smbrOidsrt indus.
try 81 rsrcelra, AEoTe ISLANDS
There viii he no reduction n us
wages Of IlsEs bottle hlovsp lht ses.
son
The Alssks c0mpenfatIon Iap a elect.
I've 'n form and appllss only 10 mining
and related operation
On smher ;, a. San rraurisco.
cal American Federation ot lshor Nill
convene
About m women conductors ars now
smplo, "a ON iht street y,rs 100 Susrl-id.
Fngland
tntsrnationul J,unEsnorsrsr t.sneIa.
lion viii meet In convention uI San
rrsncisco On November
The New YORK polio, found work for
Nl last year and e per cent landed
m permanent positions,
Frs. public employment of,cs under
The Stale l.shof Commtsiontr are PRO.
vided for the latger cities OF California
students " Princeton will taks turns
In serving ~ walters FOR the eommon
meals
broom iabsls issued was EAp.e vh,i,
Whlsk lsbels totsled en,@o
once WORKERS Cnlon OF New York
cltv has taltsn up n chalenHe to double
ils member ,hlp within the nsnt three
months
Fnginsers and nfemen " The Lindsey
divtSlon GRAND Trunk Railway are col.
lsctlnH funds TO- the purchase of ms.
chine gun
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

An institution that shall Always be found nghtl.-
deccncy In the public service. regardless Of par.
san consideration constructive In all s policies and,
while belongnE to no party, opposing with us might
the dstnHE oEues Of all fighting for progress and
pTurieAl reform opposed to special privilege and the
custom OF improperly influencing law-maknE and
enforcing bodies whether by predatory piutocracy
predatory poverty whether by Capital or Labor
devoted to the public welfare, resource con
snntly strained to present the accurately and to
discuss IL impartially willing to correct INSTANTLY an
Injustice done the most humble, yet too proud TO
apologize TO the most hiEh for policy sake.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01
SEaH9 News OF
Is6gh& Years Ago

November t. 1907 Hnprsts In cot.
ference AZ Ardmurr raise $500 Tor or
uhnnng" IN oklahoma tiiy
Prairie Oi and Gas company buys ll5
acres of land near Tulsa for tank farm
Weather summary indicated October
rainfall was 2l2 inphrs. 'hn heaviest FOR
that month I'm Is yr0ra
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

Justin has gone to Pittsburgh ou 70
hu>iurs, trip and Evelyn Sweet ru
turned rp Chiugo this afternoon.
julia Rogers has brru in to spend the
evening with me. but she ha, gone
home and now am all alone
This is really the first time | have
had nll to myself since We came to
New York 10 live. and # IS the first
opportunity I have had to think over
IN" happening, Of the past Few weeks
without outside influences 10 disturb
me
cannot say lhat / am exactly
pleased with myself Al the beginning
/ thought ll luoycr M boz with Juelu's
scheme iur a brilliant social season.
llr hus h,-n very hrnu fur us tu du 70
lot NJ entertaining brUusr be- thought
ir would help him boo bu.iup,, wa,
tu know his business as,uintc> so.
yi0ug
! ugu,I Goo uU-.lH him to ANS reason
able extent. uuu to sru1iug fhr Dlu
drau away ro -nhool for 'n. winter
have Nd plenty "f tlmr 'u devote tp
sur.a. attain. Juu much time lu fHH.
hcnus. poo hr strictly honest with my
self ! n0Na developed craving ror
N" Very thing ! objected 10 find
myself numlly planning entertain
menl, a.H running about from One rr.
c"uuuu rm ur dinner to another
p Ih.. must hr the reason for the
IruIou. l.lr -""ms to be- taking hold
NJ mn ! unuN about Justin all of
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

Honesty Is the hest policy" said
the readymndc philosopher 'Of
course, 1t Is. replied Mr. Dustin StaN
But the publir doesn't always realize
It Most people would rather be-
cheated little in au uftnble way than
do business with % person whose con
science keeps him 100 state " lrrlta
tlOn ~ Washington Star
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

"A .I.. .Imr. 0tfIre, '"' '"'' '''H
."r .mr \"I lmt ! doubt hi, fidelity
I""'-n ! must say my trust was some
N"'' stunned when he t"oA Mis- flem
N- Nl~ rlrnugrarh"r, ont 10 luncheon
1'" I'D" a,t week. Everywhere ~
".'f women discussing the r-rapndes
col married men ana women ANA ap.
P'.."..l .'hlhE lh'm as mailer oi
,"". SOB Ihnl seems 4" hr the New
l'lh va! "t looking al such things
hh0 suppose iNr germ is getting lhl"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

VI" great question before No, Cherokee
strip IL valid but whether or n.t ,,,
I,-. VIII consider % Dspatcheg IRON.
Washington Indicate that tho ndmnIstt-.
ton Is growing tired NJ the manner r,
which The th"rukccs conduct negotiation.
and radical 'tcps may b. ,,p, ted n somr
attention ai least n not paid the offer ~
lh" government nt the coming council A
hslt lnaf Is better than no bread nj nlI
amd lh" hefokre nation ,uuuut afford iu
allow eight millions OF dollars fp ,l,.
from its grasp
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

first line ship. We have been told 8.
a SCHOONER mat never passes tu tho secnrd
row NJ customers from tho L,r
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

Irate Father IT'S astonishing.
Richard. how much money you need d"
Son ~ don't need n. father. IT'S the
hotel Keepers. the tallors aud the tax
irnh men BOSTON lrnnsrrlni
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

And what do you do At your
Shakespeare club" on we discuss
Shakespeare Seems rather '
White We play bridge. " course the
other lady mrrledly explained
l.nmIsNIIle CnnrIer JnMrmal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

The man who take. cold baths all the
year around I. doing DTS annual quitting
tho tain about 10
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01
SAYINGS OT CHRIST

For thl~ IL he N whom " j. Vritrp.
hehold. | will send my messenger before
thv face, which shall prepare the w3v
before thse
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

\ g scott, proprietor ana former ed
Tor or th" journal delivered yefy inter
t1iing nnd Instructive lecture before tb.
! VI = al their hall un Main stree,
Yesterday \ &. is glnpd ou the rostrum
nnd "ill make d man N Influence ~ som
l, u" 'hn overcome the damaging effects
"hInhumat primitive history
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01

Sealed bids will he received NJ tho .,
nee NJ l. l. Reu and 4 NJ owen a.,
nr"ad"e, up to Saturday Al q O'clock fnr
Tue erection and building N q two storv
ana basement stone Rnd brick buildlpu
Ilnns and specification. NAV be- rV
Hmlned Al the office ~ the said owens and