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AHEARN 0UTporNTs RoDEL.
Neithsr Boxcr scores q Knock
down-RartaeId leafs Martin.


Jake Ahearn didn't kill a giant at
brisnton Beach racetrack last night,
but he did manage to oleverly outpoint
Boer Rodel. who weighed twenty-five
pounds more than the t%,nglishman. Ten
rounds went by the boards without u
~knockdowp.
Ahearn made the Boer mies a lot. but
when they got to close quarters the Boer
ripped right handlers into Jake's ribs.
When the bout was over Ahearn's left
side was bruised and red. Ahearn
seemed to have trouble In reaching his
taller opponent with a solid punch,
though he did send the Beers head back
with iolting left hand jahs. At times
me giant Killer would dance before the
Dir Boer and feint him into knots. The
crowd enjoyed this and shouted ali sorts
OF advice to the big fellow.
They had a great rally of close fight
ing in the sixth round. Ahearn having
the better of IL. At the end of the
eighth round the Boer had Jake groggy
from a sound punch on the jaw. 1t
came as an interruption to one OF
Ahesrn's dances. When the bel, rang
at the end Of the tenth round Che men
were In a mix and they kept at it after
the bell. They had to be pulled apart.
a crimson stream was running down
the Beers face.
Soldier Bartfield had no picnic with
silent Martin. Fairfield won. but the
Silent one fought him every inch of ths
way through ten rounds. The Soldie,
scored a clean ~knockdown In the nintr
round with a right to the Jaw. In tht
curtin round Bartfeld opened Martin.
right eye and. though a doctor wac
called into the ring. the flow of bloot
could not be checked. Martin was Z
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WNsHINGTON JnIv .l--TNo-0 army
orders we're issued to-day:
capt r. : Griug"r second Field Artil.
First Lieut. e NJ bowel, Eleventh In
fautry. detailed lu uluve Of Judge AdNo.
cate General, Washington
Major r.. : R,utnu, retired, from duty
~ Columbia Military Academy, Columbia,
Tom to his home
capt ! Luu XIV tol. retired, from
Flrk linton Mii'lrt Academy, Fork Union,
We. to sweet water, Tenn, - professor OF
military science At the Tennessee Min.
itry Insti'N',
Sccoud li"4' J. \ Merr'''. Fourteenth
Iniautt'. t''H Tennessee MitlirN Insti-
me S"'"'Na'"r Teun - Columbia,
Tent. 49, professor NJ military science at
Columbia Ml.trv Academy.
capt + y Macon, retired, relieved from
duty At \p''h Dakota Agricultural cal
lee. Agricultural college, y. u, 20 his
home.
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TO SHOOT FOR FIVE DAYS.
Trapshooters VIII Gather In Chi
cage Next Month.

Nearly eight hundred gunners will
compete in the Grand American Han
dicap, the biggest t~rapshooting event Of
the year. which will be held at Chicago,
August Ia to 90. There will be at least
one feature event on the programme
every day of the five. the principal ones
being the Introductory shoot. the ma
tional amateur championship singles
target, the national amateur champion
ship double target, preliminary grand
American handicap, grand American
handicap and consolation handicap.
The amateur single target champion
ship will be the big thing OF the tourna-
ment. The only competitors in this
shoot are State champions. and about
forty States will be represented. There
will be a host Of professional matches,
joker trap events and other unofficial
affairs which will keep the gunners busy
for the five days.
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COAST YACHT DATES SET.
August II ChOscn for start Of snu
Francisco Regatta.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2t.-The open
ing date OF the international yachting
regatta has been set for August II. II
was announced to-day by delegates from
six yacht clubs who arranged the
schedule for the events to decide the
Panama-Pacihc Exposition champion
ships. The regatta will be held each
Saturday and sunday until the close on
September 8.
every boat In the country owned by
amateur yachtsmen will be entitled TO
compete. The Kings cup, presented by
King George of England, and President
Wilson's cup are among the trophies to
be awarded. % .
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ASiil\tItN Jaw Gi--Ihs battle
SHIPS wyoming ana TeNls, tho cruiser
Birmingham tni the dos'royers Cls,ln,
poVuos have a%lriN Ell a. Newport, the col
her Plmpcy, tho training ship Dalr and
the destruyers Barry and chauncev at
Iambpunga, l., 7 the torpedo boat Whip
pie at Bremer'on; the cruiser Cleveland
al Mazat,nn the glnbost Vixen at Port
and Me, tho sJrhpit Annapolis ~ RAJ
boa the collier tH -ar at Alexandria, the
cruiser Ies AiniurN ~ Rhodes IN" de.
.frpNer REID - Charleston aud the hst-
t"sn1p Sew hamrsh''" At Gloucester ,
The designer BtIg.f.,ge has sale |
iron, Mqni.1 fnr Mtkdssar, Celebes, l.. l.;
the destroyer Sianiish. from Boston for
norfolk and the destroyer Dupont from
Nantucket for Fan River.
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MILLROSE STARS TO
SET OUT TOMORROW
kyrOncn, Pores, Big Nick and
Cahill VIII Make Trip
Under Sheppard.
BOSTONIANS WITH THEM
ny MELVIN w SHEPPARD.
Coach Of the MillrOse 4. A.

Another great bunch Of star athletes
who will represent the Millrose Athletic
Association in the national champion
ships at the Panama-Pacihc Exposition
will start West tomorrow morning. In
the Millrose contingent will be Willie
kyronen, the former senior and Junior
national champion, who is the only man
In the country that is expected to give
the great Kolehmainen any trouble In
Frisco. Kyronen will start In the five
mile run and the modified marathon or
twelve miles on August 10. The little
Fin IL In great shape after a long rest.
Charles Pores by virtue of his VIC
tory In the Brooklyn-Sea Gate marathon.
ID another Wanamaker athlete of whom
u great deal is expected. Pores VIII
start In both the five mile Junior run and
the modified marathon. Both of these
races will be good workouts in prepara-
ton for the full marathon of twenty
six miles at the exposition or August rs.
Nick Gianakopulos, one of he most
popular athletes Gun New York be-
cause OF his many victories In spite OF
his great human frame, will be a team
mate of Pores In both the modified
marathon and the full marathon. j. j.
Cshill, the Millrose giant, will compete
in the weight events. Cahill Is perhaps
the most improved weight man in the
East and his winning Of the discus
event at the Boston tryouts is evidence
enough that his name will figure promi
nently among the point winners.
Bill Meanix OF the Boston A. A, the
worlds record holder over the 44O yard
hurdles. and J. T. Higgins, winner of
the half mile at the Boston tryouts. Will
be additions to the Millrose party. The
trip overland has been arranged with
stopovers in some of the principal cities
/ on the way. Chicago Will be the frst
resting place. Arrangements have beer
made for a workout on stage Field.
| other cities TO be visited are Omaha and
Salt Lake City.
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BosToN. July 24-Boston had the first
world champion club, as far MS American
and National league contests are con-
cerned. II beat Pittsburg in the series
of 1903, That was twelve years ago
There are only a few members o. that
club still connected with baseball. and
none Is an active big league player. Bill
Dineen is an umpire, George Winter
and Tom Hughes are pitching in the
minors. Charlie Farrell is a scout for
the New York Americans. Parent and
Ferris played minor league bah last
season. They may be in now, but IL
they are no one hears OF them.
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WYANTENUCK JUNIORS WIN.
FAKE Junior Doubles and Mixed
Doubles at LenOx.

LENox. Mass, July "a big gallery
watched the finals in the Lenox Junior
Tennis Association championships at the
Lenox clubs courts this morning. In
the mixed doubles Kenneth Sheldon ana
Miss Ruth Church of the Wyantenuck
Country Club OF Great harrington de-
feated Miss Alice Goddard n John
l.. Rochester Of the Stockbridge CLUB,
ia. ca. In the young mems doubles
Kenneth sheldon and Malcolm McComb
Of the Wyanteauck Country Gu beat
Lllery Scdgwick and Machlin Davis OF
the Stockbridge club. Ga, 81.
Al H.atou Hal in Stockbridge in the
finals IN the women's doubles, Miss Clara
Gregory and Miss Edith Burtis defeated
Mrs. Charles r. Gay n Miss Helen
Van Voorhis, st, 6-i, Ga.
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LONDON. July 24-The match of Is. 900
points for $500 "A side between Mel
bourne Inman, champion of English bill
lizards, and George Gray. the Australian.
which began in London June gl. has re-
suited in a victory for Imam by 7sS
points, II was a contest featured by
several breaks of over 500. BEGINNING
play the afternoon of the final day Gray
had an advantage OF Pa, the score
standing l6.5Ol and ls,207. During tina
session the lead changed ten times. In
man was seventy-one ahead when play
ended. At night Gray made only 80.
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Tho Russian-American liner Dwinek.
sailing Tuesday for ArChangel. will take
mail, closing at 10 A. NJ, for Russia only.
The White Star liner Arabic. sailing
Wednesday for Liverpool. will take mail,
closing at $40 A. NJ for Europe. except
Germany. Austria, Hungary. Luxembourg,
Turkey. The Netherlands, Norway, sweden
and Denmark. when specially addressed
only.
The Transstlantica ttalisna liner Dante
Allghierl. sailing Wednesday for Naples,
VIII take mall, closing At lltW 4 ",
for Italy, Bulgaria. Rumania. Servis.
switzerland and Greece when specially ad-
dressed only
The ScandInsvisn-A American liner Oscar
H. sailing Thursdiy FOR ChrIstipnsard.
VIII take mail. closing ~ 10 A. NJ. for
Norway, sweden. Denmark. Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg and Tur-
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Giles RIDGE, n. j., July 2t,--With a
net score of 90 Harry u. smith n
", a.. Thomas won the -FOUR Dali
'OurS,me event on the Glen Ridge Coun
Try club links this afternoon. The scores
II u. Smith and w. q, Thomas ~; r,
u Miller and G.. ID. Baldwin. so. ], o,
Newell and II. Walker. 30. W. b Rogers
ana G D.. Bartlett. 60; r. NJ Burn and
sands. 80: %, w. Taylor and u. r. Chat
feld, So, p. e. Council and G, b. Beck
man. 80, II. NJ. Edward and II. l., snyder,
90 y. l., Martin and l.. y, sIni'h' ~
e.. W., Yates and d. II. tandish. II.
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QUALIFY FOR CLUB TITLE.
l.. T.. sturges Leads Field at Wyk-
aSyI with Score of IT.

NV ROCHELLE July 24.-The quail
fyirg round for the club championship
va played to-day at the Nykagyi
CoVutry club. L. f. Sturges lehdlhs the
field Nth a IT. He received II special
prize. The final for .,e Huebner cup
also was played to-day and w. l.
o'Br.on beat !. u. Calhoun by ? up and
! TO play, The scores:
r. Z Sturgss. II; r. V. Birmingham
,.n""J 'riresorrovw',' IS; II. NJ. Miller. s.;
II He~rirk. ~; q. X. Maltby, So c.
Ieiyea, 90, W. II. Holston, yo' % =. Lewis,
~, q. Wilmer, 81; W, h.. Bunnell, VI
". r. Haskell. "; c: v, Calian, 80; X. =,
lohr-tlu, o., Il. Durham. Hi T. t.
MAIL a.
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Commando r r Craven, from tn"
Lieut. + " Harris, from Fore H'per
shiphuildtrs company, quincy, Mas, to
the Delaware,
Lieut. " r lhfreua. from recruiting
station, De- Mriues, la, to temporary duty
on the 81. lou!,
knta To the Minnesota.
Medical iu.p-ctor / l. Won Wclckind,
from recruiting station, chicago, to fleet
surgeon. AsiatIr feet,
Passed Assistant surgeon 4, J, Toul1n,
from N" severn tn the Missouri
Assistant surgeon W. \. Brams, from
the Missouri ~ the severn.
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Clock GoIr at Watch mn.

WATCH HILL, r. l., July 24.-George
H.. Barbour OF Detroit and Louis bal
zell of Pittsburg tied In the special clock
golf match at the Ocean House this
afternoon. with IL. l.. Childs Of Pitts
burg n Henry e. Butcher Of phila-
delphia. The first game resulted in "A
tie and the second went to thllds and
Butcher. With the score tied ut the
twelfth hole barbour won the third
game by putting the first ball into the
Cup
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SITUATIONS WANTED-MAIE.

,s.r- o.thuit employment. recently had
charge manufacturing plant, more than
ordinary ability A. salesman, resourceful,
lualiaeI 20 make myself of vain" many
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cern. moderate salary; christina, 20 Years,
married: former EMPLOYERS gladly recon-
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CALDWELL, N. j., July 24.-ln an
eighteen hole medal play composition on
The Es,rx Fells Golf Club this afternoon
F, w. Robinson was the winner. The
scores; +. w. Robinson, 9s-2o. rs;
r. S Despard, 93-l9, "a; T.. Merriman.
sO-l2, IS; ]. l.. McCord. s3--l9, u;
w a. Bush. 96-2l. 10.
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BUSINESS


y SAILS steam biktgN with Mnnggu
Machinery and ovens, ia South carolina,
only been In operation one year and now
Baking 35 Rhls. -Four per week, In adai-
ton to this have a very good cake bust
ness. owners hay" other business and can
NOT devote their time to Baker,, this - II
rropustnn and worth !nNestIE i'tug
Address STEAM BAKERY, hoN rs sun
ntnCp
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WEATHER FORECAST
Washington Predictions for
To-day and Tomorrow.
For eastern New York. generally fair -
day and Tomorrow soncw hst " tenn
prraturc In north portion; light winds.

Wv ~
day and o-morrow somcw hat lower teuv
p%craturc In north portion; light winds.
Tor southern New England. fair to-day
and probably tomorrow; moderate tenn
perature. light easterlv winds.
For New Jersey, probably fair to-day
and tomorrow; moderate temperature;
light castcrly winds.
For western New York. partly cloudy
with somewhat lower temperature to-day
winds.
NEW IORk. juiy 25.-The general
bsrometric depression over the Southwest
extended northeastward Yesterday to the
upper lake regions. combining n series o.
relatively unlmportant centres Of low pres
sure.
In other respects general weather CON
dltions remained almost unchanged.
High pressure continued over the east
ern sections. except the comparative de-
preston lingering over Florida. and was
high over the Northwest.
showers occurred at scattered points In
the Northwest. the central valleys ana
the Atlantic states.
1t was cooler In the upper lake regions
and the Northwest.
In this city the day was fair. slightly
warmer; wind. .resh northeast; average
humidity, 10 per cent; barometer. cor
rectcd to read to sea level, at s A. ~,
5000. 9 r. NJ. 3o:iS.
The temperature In this city yesterday. ~
recorded by the of1cial thcrm ometcr. Is sh own
40, shn Il. .II-
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Harper After Westerns Re(pPd.

HlNNEApoLIs. July 24.-Pitcher Har-
Per Of Minneapolis. who some weeks
t'o hurled a no hit no u game. has
tsobllshed another record. In "a recent
zane between the Millers and 1t. Paul
Harper issued twenty passes In eight
Innings, which comes pretty close 10
being a worlds record In the free trans
bortation line. The contest wal called
a. the end Of the eighth, else the Apos-
YES might be walking still.
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R INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALNIASAC
sun rises .aas sun SGT, is Moo, s.,s..3 %
HlGh WATER TINS DIV
sandyH'k. i q Gov. Isl. 8 50 He'll Cat. ! 20
LOW WATER TINS DAY
AM Mi An
ssndyH'k.ii Gov I' i. O5 Hell Gate .iAs
Arrivcd-SATURDAY july %
So ben of Airllc. rs A NJ. Liverpool,
July u.
"a s,ra,hallsn, /! A. NJ. Friday. Havrs.
July :
Sc willsston. $50 4 VI Harrc. July 10.
s. Nord Amcrika. . A NJ. LISBON. July Z.
IS ltalia, 10 Z NJ. Friday. Gibraltar, Jhly
10
SIS Nea Helias. $50 NJ. Gibraltar. July 10.
s. Conal. Galveston. July l.
81 Mama Hata. Baltimore. July =!
So Ancona Philadelphia July q.
81 Millinocktt. stockton. July =.
50 Madison. Norfolk. July -.
Sc Elbergen. New Orleans July IL.
SIS Giuseppe. Norfolk. July ~.
ARRIVED FRoM NEW YORK
So S'ampalia. NJ Genoa
SAILED o new YORK
IS =, Louis. from Ltveruool
- E-paguc. from Bordeaux
:. Cameronta, from Liverpool
- Tsornina from Genoa.
ss Frederik VIII, from Chrts'iansand.
IS Bermudlan, from Bermuda
- Advance. from Cri-tobal
- SARATOGA. from Havana
Sc Santa Marta. from KINGSTON
81 Maracalbo, from Porto Rico
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SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE.

observation-disclosures several nsat
eirIs. cNp,rirD, au. good references, thor
mvc,l.g ,f'i, want ,p,4ces, other
Southern hr'p furnished LINCOLN IN
bpth. Phone So! Cotuuius t.stahi!shel
1898,
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Laidlaws play Together and Win.

RYE. n. Y. July ga four ball
handicap competition in which the as
gregate scores of each pair counted Was
play ed to-day at the .Apawsmis Club.
The scores:
r. j. IAidiaw and VI ". 1aidlaN.
1915. i4S. :. Plummer and :, W. How
land. ls4-l7. l7. ", NJ. Oier, Jr.. and
q Gwathmey, isl-il. $50; l. |. Fleming
erty and q. II. Abbott. ls7-2a. lGl; Mar
tin Carey and J. Il Russell, lSg-2S. 1871
T, 7. sherman and II. \ sherman,
Doubleday, 1873, lss.
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EUROPEAN MAILS.

HigheSt temperature. ~. at 10 y \
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sary. write at once. URBANS SPECIALITY
-. Hardwood sta. Iit'shUrg IA
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-09-23
IMPROVE YOUR FARM PRODUCTS.
Let's Stop Planting Scrub Seed and Better
Results Along this Line Will Follow.

What's the Mr. Progressive Farmer, of waiting until next
spring select seed when do work much
effectively now? What's the of planting gnrun badly mixed
field selection sup
ply of pure seed for planting next year?
We do claim that pure seed will double yields but
by getting the variety of best suited
conditions and then keeping by careful selection
your yields percent
good seed will increase of from twelve f
from so $50 pounds of
Aen worth working for? In selecting seed there
points that we'll bear mind Some of these
Choose variety best adapted to local conditions.
variety we'll suited to the western Carolnas Tenne
northern Arkansas account OF different climatic
dons very poor variety for south Georgia. Florida and all the
Gulf Coast Here is where State experiment stations
help True they not always be able to name the particular
variety that will prove best for condtons but they the
ing selection can be made.
D. Hold constantly mind ideal type In other words
desirable characteristics have been settled
making future selections that they made only from the plants
possessing what the most nearly ideal qualities.
g. Plant patch every year. 1t is manfestly impract
cable year sufficient seed plant whole crop
year, but comparatively easy carefully select enough
plant Then from this seed plat selections be
again years seed while the general seed
be used for the whole crop next year
Avoid mixing after harvesting With seed however
careful be in selecting seed in the field smps impossible
keep pure with present ginning methods. Where
power gin available probably the best plan will be
to hold the seed until rush ginning is
over gner clean the roll and clean thor
oughly prevent any other varieties getting mixed with
S. Avoid losses in stored Weevils and particularly
kept away seed and important that the cots
ton seed be kept dry and allowed to heat.
TO carry suggestions will be neither difficult
pensve and doing so will bigger yields larger
profits being you longer afford plant scrub
seeds?-1he PrQ1rs&Ire F"'"eT.
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It's one of the laws of the Universe to provide for the
future What provision are you making for old ageare
you putting anything aside-have you started to put
money in the Bank You'll need it some day. Take
lesson form the Squirrels, store up few dollars for the
Winter season. We pay per cent on Savings Accounts,
compounded annually. ONE DOLLAR OPENS AN
ACCOUNT.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-31

melancholique" on his hat rack from
bone. getting along wonderfully with
Rocked in the Cradle OF the Deep
until the last. when he SEEMINGLY lost a
note. After much hurrying and
scurrying about, the last note was dis
covered by Marshall Ruth. and borne
triumphantly down the aisle by that
young gentleman. Three Blind Mice,
billed as "Fuga Incorsequenza," was
very well rendered by the entire or
chestra, and received much applause.
In fact all numbers were encored. In
the second part Miss jeanette Smith
played Love Me and the World Is
Mine" on her clothes horse harp 50
fervently that she all but tainted, and
Librarian Smith had to resort to the
expedient Of holding her hands. Loren
Dunmire read some alphabetical verses
original, Of which some were good and
some not. All were local, and were re-
ceiYed with much hilarity.
During the intermission, Miss Irene
Mason sang very sweetly, Miss RAN
dolnh Mayed two violin solos: and Miss
Patience Wallace gave two very good
readings. Miss Pearl Adams acted as
The class cleared about $50 for Its
annual junior banquet. Miss Randolph
herself as exceptionally well
pleased with the manner in which the
class took hold of the program, and
from spectators standpoint, the en-
tertainment went off very smoothly.
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GROUND WORK is BEGUN.
Workmen Begin Task Of Rebuilding
Baseball Diamond For Ansons.

Workmen Begin Task OF Rebuilding
Baseball Diamond For Ansons.
Active Work on Arson field has been
begun, and workmen are engaged in the
task Of rebuilding the diamond for the
practice season. With favorable
weather the field will be in shape for
the squad when the men arrive next
week.
The principal work on the grounds
is the laying of a storm sewer across
the playing field. just back Of second
base to take care Of the water from
the track and the amphitheater in
rainy weather. The sewer will not
be laid until later. however, owing to
the condition of the ground at pres
ent.
The diamond will be releveled and 1t
will be necessary to do considerable
filing around the back of second base
Owing to a protest from Belden Hill at
a league meeting, in which 1t was al
legged that the pitchers mound on the
local field was too high, the mound will
be rebuilt and will be a little lower
than last year.
Manager Hill was in error, however.
as the mound was in fact about half
an inch lower than home plate accord
ing to the surveyors figures. To a
person standing on the mound. on
either the first base or third base foul
line. the mound appeared to be at least
four inches higher than the plate. This
Illusion is said to have been due to
the sloping nature of the field, and the
surveyor who laid out the field last
spring declared the measurements to
be correct.