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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
WHAT MAKES SOME BATTERs ACT PECULIARLY At PLATE

grab a handful Of dirt just as the
pitcher Is about to pitch. Ty doesn't
seem to worry whether the ball goes
over the plate or not, for Cobb takes
strike about as meek as any man In
the league. But he can afford to.
Lefty Davis formerly of Columb bus,
in the American association, is another
player who goes through some mysti-
flying motions. Lefty stalks to the
plate. turns his back to the pitcher, all
right before the catcher, and proceeds
to put a large quantity Of tobacco juice
on the trade mark Of his walloping
willow. After this performance Mr..
Davis fs ready for anything the pitch
er may have to offer, for Lefty is a
hard man to fool. for he uses the spit
ter hitter.
Both the famous Mike Kelly and the
noted Arlie Latham are given credit
for being the first players to take their
bats and draw line indicating his
position or where he would stand and
dare the hurler to put the ball within
a mile Of 1t. Sometimes after drawing
the line Latham would pull his cap
over one eve, cross his legs and lean
on his bat and challenge the pitcher
to stick three out of eight over (eight
chances those days). Cap Arson
never said much before coming to bat
or when at bat, for he, like Cobb. had
very little regard for balls or strikes,
for he knew he could hit when he was
ready. But after hitting, IL the UNI
pres decision robbed him Of what he
thought was safe drive or decision
at first went against him, then you
would hear your Uncle Adrian roar q
mile away.
"A nv bat e~Sv,> a.
little exhibition after they are through |
batting or trying to bat. It is always |
to watch batsman after he |
takes three healthy swings at the ball |
and misses. Very few take 1t grace |
fully or without a murmur. The poor |
has to sit on the bench and |
hear the alibis.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04

Ten minutes work each morning
with a pair Of light dumbbells will
greatly aid in conditioning runners
arms and do away with that awful
dead feeling" In the arms during a
hard race.
Don't bring your arms up until you
are ready to sprint in the homestretch.
Swing them as naturally and freely as
possible until you are called upon to
fight" in the stretch; then use the
arms to work up your sprint for the
tape.
The best time to train is in the aft
ernoon between 4 and o'clock. Three
times out and a race on Saturday is
plenty Of work for the average youth.
When waiting for your event whether
1t be run or a jump, keep your legs
covered and protected from the wind
The least chill will stiffen the muscles
and put you out OF the contest.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
Anxious to Bring Back the Davis Cup

p A. VALE. author OF Modern Ten
MIS-" Modern Golf.' ETC., is now
on visit to this country. Mr.. Vale
sprang into fame In London in 1908,
when he boldly asserted that the form
Of the famous brothers R. F. and II. L.
Doherty. who were at that time beat
ing the world, was wrong for anybody
except themselves and would undoubt-
edly land those who followed it in the
"mud"-of tennis. How completely
his prediction was verified is now ten
mis- history. No player using the Eng
lish strokes has won the champion
ship at Wimbledon In ten, years, and
the championship of the world, as it
is now called, has been held by New
Zealand and MISUNDERSTANDING and
Brookes 2-eix times during that
period and is now held by Brookes.
Mr.. Vale declares that we have here
the most wonderful young tennis play
ers in the world. He contends that
.-Axke4 ~ ,gsAn ~
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
WHY PITY THE uMPiREf--cot
GRATULATE THIS ONE.

IBID you ever hear of league hirin&
an umpire an a drawing card
Well, that's what happened to Gerald
Ryan who used to guess them In thf
American association. Gerald used "A
play ball in the Texas league long arr
and made quite rep.
This season he's going back TO tho
Texas league as chief umpire at thu
highest salary the league ever paid
because at a recent meeting Of tht
league magnates IL was decided thai
Gerald is well known among Texas
league fans and In well liked. henc>
would be an added attraction as Z
drawing card. Can you beat thatf
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
Jennings BsIl5I)I
Develop Team d

HEAR Hughey Jennings
Hariand Rush. the new T.
coach:
i've never met Rush. but
heard a lot about him, and ]
he has the right sort OF stuff.
at first that Rush had never n
football. but 1 understand that h<
that is. he played In prep, school
on scrub teams at college. Foo
and baseball are alike in some ~
don't think a man could teach "a
ball well IL he had never played
game. but doubt IL II is necessaryz
him to have played on D college var
team.
III he has the right kind Of BIRD
and is a good leader he ought 70
Where a lot of these colleges maj
mistake, it strikes me-, is In choo<|
men without sizing UP their me-
ability. They look for a star s.
played last season or ffteen years q
perhaps, and think just because
could get over the ground or Gel
throw all his opponents out OF the VI
he ought to be q good coach.
"A baseball manager and n footf
coach have to know the game from
to bottom and must have the KIN
of imparting that knowledge 70 9th
and, in the bargain, must thderstsuI
lot about human nature. He has 4
to have the sort of q personality s.
will convince his boys that he kn6
what he Is doing and thinking =
You can't get away from that.
is that type, I hear, and IL that
he certainly ought to make thu
at Princeton.
THE college boys, however.
let him alone. There's the biz
with lots Of these football
The boys never give q coach
to make good. II he can pr
winning team he II all right -
he's down and out. s.ss ,avs 49,
"A coach, IL he is the right I'D
should get q good lengthy contf1
with the college he IL going to: q
he will have to make good. II RI
sticks to his job Princeton ought
get out Of it's bad rut--that IL. II Hu
is the type they say he 10"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04

RATTERS have their peculiar notions
about taking their positions a.
bat and most Of them have some little
oddities they indulge in just before
stepping to the swat station. few
really believe that by going through a
certain set OF motions and imbecilic
didos it will bring good luck. Others
do it for effect, a grand stand play or
for their own amusement However,
the great batsmen of the game rarely
indulge in any Of this fancy stuff either
before or after getting to the plate.
Sam Crawford. Lajoie, Honus Wagner.
Home Run Baker and a few others Of
our famous batsmen have very bust
nesslike air about them when taking
their position before the hurler. The
fact they are there is sufficient to
worry any well balanced hurler.
White Lewee, who used to play
with Kansas City. had a stunt he al
ways pulled off before hitting at a
ball that reminded one Of an Indian
medicine man going through his mys-.
ferrous incantations. invoking aid from
the fathers Of the great waters. Just
before his turn came to face the pitch
er Lewee would take his cap in his
left hand, then, swinging 1t slowly
around, would face the sun-that IL. il
It was visible walk slowly to the
plate. step on it with both feet, care
fully turn around twice. step back and
then strike.
Ty Cobb makes a great fuss before
going to the plate and generally creates
q great fuss after reaching 1t. Ty
swings an armful OF bats for real
long time before he stalks to the plate.
but he only uses one. although many
hurlers imagine he still has the arm
full by the way in which he lambasts
the pill. Cobb has some very annoy
ing stunts, annoying to the pitchers,
that he pulls off in between balls and
strikes, whichever the case might be.
He will pose as If ready for the on
slaught, then suddenly stoop down and
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04

over. Going back to the early days OF
the game. It Is found that Pop Arson
was q third baseman, while Comiskey
was pitcher when he became a pro-
fessional. Fred Tenney and Jack
Doyle were catchers, and good ones
too Jiggs Donahue, one of the best
fielding first basemen the game has
known. was noted as being one of the
few left handed catchers in the busf-
ness. Frank Chance Is another who
doffed the protector and mask to guard
arst bass Jake stahl is ANOTHER. :.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
any First Basemen Have
Started at Some Other Position

and Bob Wood. were catchers. Char
ley Hickman began as a pitcher and
was an ioutfielder when bought from
Boston. George Stovall was a pitcher
until his arm went back on him. while
Claude Rossman was an outf1elder I'M
til assigned to the inf1eld work.
Gandil Of the Washington Nationals
started In the game as an outfielder
and then switched to first base.
Cleveland has had no monopoly upon
the first basemen who have been made
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
30 81 American Press Association.

lat each OF the three first sackers
kof Cleveland has started his baseball
Ser "a some other position brings
the fact that q large portion OF the
|kSbasen1en in the country are play
the. cushion through necessity
eaer than BY choice. AS rule,
E& young man inaugurates his
dali career 1t is his ambition to
&pitcher. shortstop or second base-
~ II he IS very fast he selects an
hid dob al his by right and but
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
by American Press Association.

B does he pick first base as his
NJ position.
leland has three aspirants for
bitial pillow-Doc Johnston, Roy
and Pete Shields. Johnston used
RI he was a star southpaw. Wood
s outfelder, while Shields was q
b yuntil last season. Getting
Iown to hard facts, most Of
nd,s f1rst sackers have been
3&rs. Pat Tebeau began A. q
Sfnan, George La Chance and
l,am. - yell q os1ie schrsc,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-04
HOBBY BAKER Is NOW TO TRY
SWIMMING.

HOBEY BAKER. the ex-Princeton
athlete. who has established rep
utation as a football and hockey play
er, will take up swimming this summer
and represent the New York A. A. In
,aauaticA
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
SEEKS DIVORCE FROM MAN
Who welded ON DARE"

READING, Pa, Nov 1S.-The story
Of young wife's realization that her
husband had married her on a dare"
and never intended to live with her
or acknowledge her as his wife, was
told before a divorce master here
yesterday by Mrs. Ida Michaelis, of
this city who is seeking a legal sep
aration from Albert Michaelis of Phil
adelphia.
According TO the wife the wedding
took place in Elkton. Md. December
10, 1914, but they never lived to-
gether. Her husband returned to
his parents home in Philadelphia,
she said, and sent her back to Read
ing, promising to provide home for
her within a month. When she call
ed on him to keep his promise the
husband wrote that he never intended
to live with her: that he had mar
ried her on dare and that she would
not be welcome should she come to
Philadelphia. The master recon-
mends divorce.
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
some ADVANTAGES OF
EARLY XMAS SHOPPING

"Why should Christmas shopping BE
Completed Before December 20Y' The
Consumers League Is being confirmed in
its view that carly Christmas shopping
is OF benefit to all classes, not only to
the merchants and the clerks in the
stores. but 10 the customers as well.
The following essay that has come IN,
in the contest being conducted by the
league on this question, shows some OF
the advantages of the movement from
the shoppers point Of view.
Loving hearts make it necessary to
shop early. that our selections may lave
the love aud good d-will that should ae-
company such gifts.
Early the department stores, clerks
give us their undivided attention with a
fresh. happy countenance, ready to show
this "bargain" or some special or
perhaps suggest suitable gifts, and feel
ing that the clerks have been very at
tcntive and interested in our particular
needs, as they could not have done later
on
Early we who have many friends and
slim purse may select some article to
be made or embroidered, with a little
work and loving thoughts. IL will be
more appreciated than the article
grabbed up at the last moment by the
late buyer, perhaps after reaching homo
find il soiled or damaged. The late buyer
generally laments because she has left
or lost packages in the crowded stores
never accounted for.
The early shoppers have the advan-
tage of line fall weather. Towards
Christmas the days grow short. cold and
raw. oftentimes with snow and slush.
With early delivery there is less oc-
casion for accidents with trucks and de-
livery wagons rushing at the last mo-
ment to satisfy the late impatient
shopper, making the thoroughfare very
dangerous to the pedestrians neai
Christmas.
II is more sanitary to shop early and
not mingle with masses OF people, per
haps from homes Of contagious diseases
or breathe the same air with people hav
ing tubercular trouble. There is thi
danger in crowded, over-heated places.
Let MS finish shopping before the 20tl
of December that we may not be tirc'
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
GOLDEN EAGLES GROW.

The grand officers OF the knights Of
the Golden Eagle and the degree team
went 70 Glasgow Tuesday night and
conferred the degrees. IN fun uniform,
on a class of candidates OF Pencader
Castle. No. 20. making twenty-five
members entered in this castle IN
November. The castle is the youngest
in the State.
The degree work was well done
By members. mostly from this city.
Addresses were made by Past SUI
preme Chief Garrett S. Smith. District
Deputy Grand Chief, William NJ.
Hooven. Grand Sir Herald Cecil p.
Ewing. Grand Instructor Harry W.
Roberts aud others. The knights went
down in automobiles.
The Knights will attend service in
Mt. Salem NJ r. Church next Sunday
morning. They will meet at Seven
teenth street and Woodland avenue at
10 a. m.
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
CASCARETS" FOR
YOUR BOWELS If
HEADACHY, SICK
For bIliousness, had breath. colds,
indigestion and
constipation.
Enjoy lie. LiVen your liver aud
bowels tonight and
feel tine.

Your tongue Is coatedl Look inside
your watch cover and see. That's
bad business What have you been
eating? What were you drinking?
What kind of lazy chair did YOU
take exercise in? Now don't think it
doesn't matter. because, it's your
bowels that talk now every time You
open your mouth. That doesn't help
your popularity, nor your earning
capacity Besides, a person with bad
bowels is in a bad way ana coated
tongue or a bad breath are sure signs
OF bad bowels and poor digestion.
Why don't you get a l0-cent box Of
Cascarets at any drug store and give
your liver and thirty feet of bowels the
incest. gentlest cleansing they ever
experienced. Take one or two Cas-
carets tonight, and wake up feeling
fine and nt All Headache, Dullness.
Biliousness. Bad Breath, stomach
Sourness. Cold aud Constipation zone
wake up with your head clear.
tongue clean. stomach sweet, liver and
bowels active. step elastic and COM
pleNion rosy.
Cascarets work while YOU sleep
never gripe or siclgon. Cascarets act
so gently that you hardly realize you
have taken a thorough cathartic. They
don't bother you all next day like
salts, pills, oil or acknowledgements
being perfectly harmless, is best chill
dren's laxative
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
rnrNrzrR coIrPLr MARRY.

Suscial TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
EBENEzER. Del, Nov. 1S.-The wo-
men of Ebenezer Church are making
great preparations for their annual
poultry supper, to be held on Thanks
giving eve in the basement Of the
church.
Cards have been received announce
ing the marriage OF Miss Erma b.
Pennock and william c. Baldwin.
both of this locality. The marriage
took place in Wilmington on last
Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. e. c.
Prettyman The bride was attended
by her sister. Miss Mabelle pennock,
as bridesmaid, and II. Lewis Baldwin,
brother Of the groom, was best man.
After short wedding trip, Mr.. and
Mrs. Baldwin returned on Saturday
and were rendered reception by inn
mediate relatives at the home OF the
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
In Ponnock. of Union.
Personal:-Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Buckingham, Misses Elizabeth and
Ieora Little. Miss Alma Little and
Gliss Margaret Whiteuan. Harold
FHerman ana Clarence Little were en-
tcrtained on Sunday al the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Comfy OF near
Christiana Raymond Buckingham is
suffering from chicken poX-Miss
Katherine Nouslcy. Miss Nellie
Crossan. Messrs. Clarence Dempsey
and Samuel Eastburn were entertain
ed on SUNDAY an the home of relatives
in Brandywine hundred. Her
man Cook and son. Wallace. were
Wilmington visitors recently. Mr..
and Mrs. William Cloud and family
we're the sunday guests OF relatives
near New London. Pa. The Rev. Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Klug. Miss Bette
Klub and Herman klug, Jr, were the
Saturday guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. II.
BuclSingham.- Miss Margaret White
man. OF Iron Hill, has been spending
several days with relatives here
Miss Blancho Towson. of Newark.
and Raymond " buckingham were
Sunday guests OF Mir. and Mrs. Frank
l.. Vansant, of McClellandsville.- Mrs,
Warren Iamborn and children. Helen.
Lewis ana Margaret spent one day
recently ot the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alban buckingham, Sr.-Mrs sara
Whiteman. J Harvey Whteman and
willard Whiieman. of Wilmington,
were entertained ON sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Prank White
man. Mrs. James IA. Little was the
guest last week OF Mrs. Frank Nichol.
OF Wilmiug gton. Miss Sara Braokir
has been visiting relatives In Belle
meade. ~ J-Miss Louis Baldwin an'
Lewis Baldwin. both OF Wilmington
spent The Weekend at their hom
near here.-Mrs. Sara l.. Worrall am
Miss Sara Davis were Wilmingto
visitors last Thursday
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
NO OUININE IN
This cold cure
~Pape's Cold Compound ends colds
and grippe In a few
hours.

Take "Pape's Cold Compound every
two hours until you have taken three
doses, then all grippe misery goes
and your cold will be broken. II
promptly opens your clogged-up nos
trils and the afr passages Of the
head: stops nasty discharge or nose
running; relieves the headache, dull
ness, feverishness, sore throat, sneez-
ing, soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed upl Quit blowing
and snudiing. East your throbbing
head-nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief IS "Pape's Cold
Compound, which costs only 20 cents
at any drug store. II acts without as
sistance, tastes nice, and causes no
inconvenience. Accept no substitute.
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
Gained Eighteen Pounds
After Using Three
Bottles of Peruna

Mrs. Hattie Hamilton. No. 91S
Glen Ave, Latonia, KY, writes; Il
have taken two bottles Of Peruna and
commenced on the third one. did
not really need the third one, but
thought it best to take another bottle.
I have always weighed 102 pounds,
but since | began taking Peruna,
weigh 100, for the first time in all OF
my life, and / am now 32 years old.
Your medicine has surely done me a
great deal OF good. and ! have recom-
mended II to several others who have
begun taking II. My mother, who is
76 years old. had grown so weak she
could scarcely walk. She took two
bottles of Peruna and is fleshier and
looking we'll.
Our booklet, telling you how TO
Those who object TO Liquid medicin
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
CONGRESSMAN TO talk
OF The TRIAL OF JESUS

Under the auspices OF The st. James
Brotherhood in Grace NJ. b. Church.
Ninth and West streets, on Sunday
evening. the Hon. Walter M. Chandler.
member OF the New York bar and
representative in Congress from the
Nineteenth Congressional district of
New York, will deliver his notable ad-
dress on the subject: THE Trial Of
Jesus from a Lawyers Standpoint" -"
Mir. Chandler besides being an orator
OF unusual ability is the author OF two
popular volumes published upon this
thomC
Evening journal., 1915-11-18

plicaton was made at the last Court
of Honor meeting will be given out
this Saturday before the troops 80 on
the hike. Special arrangements are
being made for this presentation. All
scouts who are to receive merit
badges are requested TO attend. We
gave New York a surprise when We
handed in such a large number Of ap-
plications. There ought TO be more
activity among the troops in the line
OF scout tests. Every scout ought not
be satisfied until he has passed the
second class requirements at least.
Richardson Park Troop held a spe-
cial meeting last Tuesday evening to
decide some very important business.
The troop will hold a bake here on
Saturday, November 90.
Vincent McDougle, Scribe
Troop No. held an important busi-
ness meeting last Friday evening. in
charge OF Scout Master Bicking. After
the meeting We had some drilling and
a short hike. When we returned to the
headquarters we had treat i'm store
for us. as Mr.. Biclling had provided d
basket OF apples and bananas. The
members of the troop are requested
20 attend the meeting on Friday night
The inter-patsol contest is drawing tc
pa close and your patrol needs youI
points. The standing is as follows
First, Beaver; second. Fox: third
Eagle; fourth. Heron. There have
been some new appointments, Leroy
Boyd, senior patrol leader: Ehart
RichenbaaS, patrol leader; Harry Al
bers, assistant patrol leader. and Clar-
ence Thomas, patrol leader.
Wallace butcher, Scribe.
There will be no meeting OF Troop
No. 3 this Saturday afternoon. All
members Of the troop are requested to
report on Saturday. November %. to
take part in the joint-hike. AT the
next meeting a new list OF patrols
will,be given out.
The field music is meeting regularly
at the Y NJ. c. A. on Wednesday even
ings at 730 o'clock. The fellows are
fortunate in having for their leader
Mr.. Parker
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
PENNSCUOVE PROMISES
TO BECOME SPOTLESS

TRENTON. Nov 1s.-Members Of
the Board OF Health of Pennsgrove
and of Council assured the State
Department OF Health at a hearing
here yesterday that every possible ef-
fort Is being made TO comply with the
instructions issued for a general
cleanup Ia the borough Omcials OF
the borough were notified TO appear
before President William VI. Chew.
of the State Department. 10 explain
the failure OF the borough to obey
the orders Of the State body.
After informing the State Board
that the work OF placing the borough
in sanitary condition had been be-
gun last Monday. Mr. Chew an
nounced that the present hearing
would be postponed for month to
allow time to comply with the State
Boards order
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

That is the Joyful cry OF thousands since
DIR. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomel.
Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for
II years and calomels old-time enemy.
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients Tor chronic consti-
patton and torpid livers.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do not con-
tain calomel. but a healing, soothing vege-
table laxative.
No gripping Is the Keynote Of these lit
tie sugar-coatcd, olive@colored tablets They
cause the bowels and liver TO act normally.
They never force them to unnatural action.
If you have a clark brown mouth now
and then---a bad breath--a dull, tired feel
ing-sicik headache-torpid liver and are
constipated, you'll find quick, sure and only
pleasant results from one or two little DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every night
lust to keep right Try them. 10c and 35c
per box. All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company. Columbus. o.
Evening journal., 1915-11-18
ALLIANCE.FRANCAIsE MEETING.

AT the next meeting of the Alliance
Franchise, to be held at the Misses
Hebb School, next Monday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock, Paul Leyssac will re-
cite his own poems. Mr.. Leyssac is
a Danish youth. and has special tai
ent in the impersonation Of animals.
He will recite some of La Fontaine's
fables.