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ways of making old plays, and to
keep up with the game player must
always be ready 10 admit that he
doesn't know it all whenever he sees
the benefits to be derived from max.
ing certain play in a way that he
has not been accustomed to make 1t.
In baseball one must never hesitate
to adopt an effective system or style,
even though that system or style may
be introduced in the game by ones
keenest rivals. Invariably, when a
new way Of making a play is intro
duced it generally can be improved
upon, and that Is what every student
of the game is anxious to do-to i'm.
prove upon methods, to dope out plays
that may Illustrate the opposition and
help to win games. A manager APP
preciates this ability in his players
and rates it even higher than natural
ability.
There are players in the National
and American leagues at present who
cannot hit the bah as hard or g far
as some minor league players and
who cannot cover the ground that
some minor league players can. /
have often heard comments from fans
about such players being kept on the
pay rolls. If these fans could be as
ISOLATED intimately with these players
they would change their minds. They
would learn the real value OF having
such players around They are what
are known as brainy ball players. And
a brainy ball player with only q fair
amount of natural proWess is of far
greater value than a player who can
hit, run and field with the best, but is
very slow from his shoulders up. Such
a player frequently gums up plays that
might have had a telling effect upon
the final score.
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eERMAn oa0ER AFFECTS SWISS.

BASEL.-The latest German milf.
tarY instructions for the evacuation of
all neutrals from Alsace affects 5000
Swiss subjects. A neutral zone has
been created on the German side,
near the Swiss frontier, the inhabi-
tants of which are still allowed to
communicate with switzerland, under
certain restrictions, but all villages
beyond this district are isolated by
barbed wire fences and the sentries
have orders to shoot at any person
attempting to cross the border line.
The market gardeners of Neudorf, who
supply Besel with large portion of
its vegetables, are thus cut off.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09
Local and Foreign
Sport Field Covered

Yuk Bung. a sensational young re-
cruit. Apau and Kan Yin win cover
third. For the present the outielders
will be Ping Kong. Yen Chin, Akana,
Kan Fat and Sing Hung. However.
a change may yet be made before the
team leaves here.
From an advertising standpoint.
Honolulu viii gain much from this
tour. The team viii go direct TO
Hongkong and then from there TO
Manila. A two weeks series has been
arranged with teams Of the Manila
league. About May 10 the local boys
win SAIL for Shanghai and on May Is.
the team win play is first game IN
the Far Eastern Olympic meet There
will be Japanese. Filipino. American
army and navy, and the local All
Chinese teams taking part. Besides
this, other events win include swim
ming, track meet. tennis tournament.
basketball games and military drill
by the Siam scouts.
The next jump win be to Japan.
where games have been schedules
with the Wasedas. Meijis and Osaka
colleges The present plans Of the
team are to return about the end Of
June.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09
YOUNG CALIFORNIA >, j 81
PITCHER WANTED A
SALARY OF $1,000,

A modest salary of 5000 for his
first season with the majors was the
remuneration wanted by young Bob
Ehmke, the California pitcher, who
created something of sensation with
the Los Angeles team last year by
winning eight straight games. when
he was asked to go to Washington
and see Manager Griffith OF the Sen
ators before he tumDed to the Feds.
Griffith. hearing that Ehmke was on
his way East and that he was nibbling
at the Federal bait. wired to a brother
of the pitchers. who lives in Silver
Creek, N. Y. asking that the two
brothers 60 to Washington and talk
things over.
1t was in reply to this request that
Griffith learned what Ehmke valued
his services worth, in the following
telegram from the pitchers brother:
Clarke Griffith, Manager Ball Club,
Washington, D. G.: Cannot 60 to
Washington. You are unable to nay
what / am asking. Advise Brother
Bob to accept $500 plus $500. II
you care to consider these figures, let
me know before 8 O'clock Tuesday
morning. =. F. H. EHMKE.'' -,
Grifith has not answered the tele-
gram and does not intend to do so,
as he declares that $4,000 salary for
a boy who has yet to show that he
can pitch major league ball is prepos-
ferrous. FL. j." d. -.
Nevertheless. the jumping of Ehmke
to the Feds has cost the Washington
club $1,000. for this was the price
Griffith paid for an option on the
young pitcher.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09
JOHNNY EVERS WAS ALWAYS
A CLOSE STUDENT OF GAME

effort and team play shown by the
Cheerups as a result of those meet
ings to study plays. ::
cIose Student OF Game. .=1.. ts
When / used to be bleacherite al
the Laureate grounds, where the Troy
team Of the New York State League
PLAYED It's games, seldom went to .
game without watching closely the in.
side of every play. II was there that
had my first opportunity to test my
knowledge of the game against play
ers who ! knew were more experience
ed and who knew more about baseball
than I. Although an ardent rooter for
the home team, / was more deeply in.
terested In the way the game was
played than in the score.
When a runner got on first / would
figure in my own mind what the next
play should be. Sometimes it was
made in accordance with my idea and
sometimes II was not In the latter
case it was my custom to compare
the plan OF execution with my idea
and then discuss with myself which
was the better. When thought the
state leaguers worked out better
plan than / had thought of / told my
self that ] was wrong. But If / still
thought my play would have been
better under the circumstances.
stuck to it.
When I finally got a chance in pro-
fessional baseball ] got my real start
70 learn the game. In the New York
State League at that tirne-it was in
1902-there were many players who
had been in the big leagues. / made
up my mind, first of all, to watch ev-
cry play those old fellows participated
in, for / knew that there was much
for me to, learn, and figured that If
there were any from whom could
learn it was those players who had
had the advantage of experience in
the major league as well as in the
minors. Among those men were Wal
~ Taylor. then manager of Utica;
Howard Earle, now scout for the Pr
rates, who was managing the Ilion
team; Count Campau, manager of
Bfnghampton; Tom Dowd, manager of
the A. j. & G. team, and others. On
the Troy team were Bill Smink, Pop
Hamburg and Louis Bierbauer, the old
Cleveland player. He was at second
base for about a month, and / learn
ed lot from him during that time
So, when joined the Chicago Cubs
for my first big league TROUT, had a
head full of ideas as to how certain
plays should be executed. Many Of
the things that / had learned in the
New York State League and many Of
the things that had doped out myself
while an amateur player were Of
value, but there were many others
that were fundamentally wrong.
Must Know When One Is Wrong.
1t is fortunate thing for me that II
was willing to admit when was
wrong, for, otherwise, it is certain II
never would have succeeded. A play
er who is eager to make Roadway
must never believe he knows all
there is to be known about baseball.
No one viii ever know all there is to
be known about the game, for the suf-
ficient reason that the methods of
playing the game are continually
changing, Each season sees the ad.
vent of new plays, or, rather, new
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-WAR HoRsE HOSPITALS.
fAssociated Press1

INSTERBURG, Germany. - One Of
the best Of the horse hospitals con-
nected with the German army is that
erected at this place, which has han
died nearly 1000 horses since Novem-
Der, and whose average number OF
animals under treatment is over 800
During the past month 81 horses
we're operated on for severe wounds
and 70 OF these we're discharged as
cured and returned to service. Reck-
oning the average value of a horse for
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09
) BY JoHNNY EYERS.

u lsrJOf1NN1 EYEh6.
The fans have always given me
credit for being close student of
baseball, but In beginning this story
might say that this acquired through
q natural liking for the game. As far
back as / can remember, when / was
first able to pick out words and learn
their meaning. read everything /
could find relating to baseball The
meetings of the National League as
reported in the papers were always of
interest to me. and before long l had
q good knowledge of all the promin-
ent men who we're interested In the
game in those days.
At the time when most boys are in.
terested In story books of fairy tales
I was more interested in works per
tanning to baseball, and when owned
my first baseball guide / was happier
than most youngsters who possessed
a whole library Of story books. There
was not page in that first guide that
| did not read over and over again,
and especially those pages that con-
tanned the rules of the game. These
latter went over so often that when
| began playing baseball with other
boys Of my age was able to argue on
any of the rules, and after playing
some amateur games and getting prac-
teal demonstrations of the rules my
knowledge Of them became more in
innate.
Used Big League Methods.
As have said in a previous story,
our meetings of the Troy Amateur
League We're patterned after and con-
Quoted along the same lines as the
National League sessions, and there
was never meeting of this amateur
league without its discussions over
some protest or other that involved
the fine points of the game. These
discussions consequently brought out
the various rules, and on sone oc-
casions real technical interpretations
Of the rules were necessary in order
to reach decision Having taken a
prominent part in the organization Of
the league, / usually attended the
meetings and they were great help
to me in collecting what knowledge. /
possess of our national game.
Ny first experience in working out
plays Of any kind was during the two
years ! played In the amateur league.
With my knowledge of the rules, I
was not satisfied to have my team.
simply go in and depend on the pitch
er to shut the other fellows out, or to
have our batters knock the opposing
pitcher out of the box When we
were scheduled for a game our play
ers usually held meeting before go
Ing TO the grounds and we discussed
certain plays that might come in.
Various Illustrations were put up to
the fnfielders. Win runners ON this
or that base, each member Of the IN
field was asked to tell what would be
the best play in case the bah were hit
to him by the next batter. In this
way each man knew almost exactly
what to do under any condition when
the ball came his way, and believe
that the success of our team during
the two years was largely due to those
meetings. firmly believe that there
were other teams in the Troy Amateur
League that outelasSed us man for
man, but they lacked that concerted
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09
News and Comment
Written by Experts
CLASSY ENTRY LIST FOR
A. A. U. TRACK MEETING
Chances are That Records Wi Be Smashed When Crack
Athletes of Hawaii Meet the cinder Path-Tak of Pro-
tests Over Some of the Entries >...E

A long and classy list of entries fol
the annual A. A. U. track and fielt
meet has been announced by Chair
man J. T. soper OF the registration
committee. The field In every event
Is large and there is every prospect
oil sharp competition. Island records
are certainly in danger this year and
good judges of athletics will miss
their guess II some OF the perform
ahces are not far above those Of form.
er meets. -s~- +.
There are rumors OF potests over
several Of the entries, hut nothing def
mite has been filed. Chairman Soper
stated this morning thai anyone with
4 protest would have 10 get il in to
the registration committee in short or.
der, as II would be necessary 10 call
q meeting and take testimony imme.
diately In that event
Below is the entry list, the abbre.
viations being as follows: M. McKin.
ley Track Team; P. Punahou Athletic
Club; S, st. Louis College; r. Trafl
and Mountain Club; Nj, hills School;
4, Kamehameha Track Team; u,
OHdkkdCneu.
l20-yard hurdle race trial heats
Z. s. Andrews (M). Harold Baldwin
(Pl. Kalei Hipa (K).
50-yard dash-frsal ,i,eats.-R. NJ.
Benny fM), Edmund Weng fM), Cyril
Tinker tMl. T. c. Melim iM), Jay Vat
tNl, Joseph L. Dwight IaIl, Kui Fong
Lee (M), F. B. McStocker tP1, Ernest
Gay (P). William Napisaa fP), Ben.
jaulin II. Mills tK), Willie Woods (Kl.
J. Hila (K), Harold Godfrey (Kl. Geo.
Manoha tK). Frank 3. fernando (sl.
Manuel B. Fernandez ts), Frederick
Cramp fTl, A. z. Tuilocs III.
One mile run w. H. Meinecke tM).
w. A. Raseman fM). Jack Lee (M).I
Joseph Stickney mi, st ford L. Aus.
tin lP), william Noble tR). Hollis A.
Hardy Cpl, Alan Webster (P), George
Woolsey XXI. George Machado XXI.
George Brandt XXI, Tony GonsaIyes
Isl, August Agnire Isl. Joseph Nc
Gettigan Isl, Stanley Carey Isl.
Chun Lee Puck M.
100yafd dash-trial he Edmund
Wong tl). T. G. Melim M, Jay Vat,
mi Kui Fong Lee fM), F. B. Me-.
Stocker fP). Ernest GAY fP). Benja.
min Mills fK), Willie Woods fK) y. /
Hila fK) Weston Dover fK). George
Manoha fK), Manuel paptiste fS).
Manuel h Fernandez 81. Frederick
Cramp fT)
4lo-ynrd dash R. n. Benny fM).
Cyril Tinker mi. =. s. Andrews fM),
Henry Henry chi. JOSEPH L. Dwight
(Ml Jpfo Smith ffol Eranf n MA
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army purposes at 1915, these opera
tions alone have saved the war office
authorities $27,375. Many others were
suffering from slight wounds which
rendered them temporarily unfit Tor
service and these also were returned
cured to the army, while hundreds Of
the sick horses have gone back TO
the front.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09

Young Dover, the star of the Kan
team. will enter the A. A. U. meet
this Saturday and he win endeavor to
capture one of the sprints. Among
his opponents will De Clifford Melim,
E. Gay, w. Napihaa, Q. Fernandez and
Woods.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09

While following the custom OF burn
ing the clothing OF q dead Indian at
a funeral in the 0uineault reserva-
ton, a cartridge exploded. seriously
wounding 12-year-old child.
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ATHLETIC NOTES

The final score OF the Cornell meet
Saturday gave Punahou 561s points
instead of 66k. The Kan team won
the meet with seven points to spare,
not counting the 90 points gained in
the cross country run a week ago.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09

John Edwards was arrested in
Lynn. Mass. after a chase. on the
charge Of uttering worthless checks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09

All stray cats in lebanon and Da-
mascus were Communicated by the
Turks to protect. army stores from
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have dark horse In this event.
The Punahou relay team this year Is
a strong one, consisting of E. Gay,
Bill Nspihaa, C. Austin and A. zap.
The Highs and Kams are weak in this
event Rice, Andrews, Melim and
Brach will no doubt enter for the
Kams, while Manoha, Dover, Hila and
Harrison will represent Kamehameha.
The Saints are not known.
Bill Jensen Is scheduled to do the
high jumping for the Saints again this
year. He will no doubt capture first
place In this event. J. Fernandez viii
be a strong factor in the broad jump.
Midkiff, the Punahou coach, will be
seen in the naK-mile event again this
year. 1t is claimed that he viii low
er the island record this year.
Mills, the star 25th Infantry sprinter,
is down on the Kan team again this
this year. There is very little chance
of any protests against him holding
good as Mills has lived up to the A.
A. u. rules according to Godfrey, cap
tain of the Kan team. ~ -
Brownie Rice and many other Nc
Kinley High stars are working out
daily on the Kan athletic field getting
in trim for the A. A. U. meet Satur.
day. Bill Crozier, who gave Midkiff
of Punahou hard rub in the half-mile
run last year, is doing well and the
High athletes are expecting him to do
better this year Elisha Andrews, who
holds, the island record for the pole
vault, is improving steadily and no
doubt will make Lindley of Punahou
go some in order to beat him. An
drews will also run the quarter-mile
for the Mckinley High.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09
TosleHT's BAND PROGRAM.

The Hawaiian band, Capt Henri
Berger leading, will give a concert in
Thomas square at7:30 o'clock tonight.
The program will be as follows:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09

Frank Kane has once more joined
the St Louis team and will enter the
weights for that club. Kane has held
the island record for putting the shot
for the past eight years. The Kams
have dark horse In this event.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-09

A youth walking in his sleep at Hill.
yard, Oregon, fell from second story
window to the ground, breaking both
legs.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-09-22
HOMES WANTED FOR CHILDREN.
Adopt Child and Help the Helpless
and Add Happiness to Your
Homes.

The Tennessee Children's Home So
ciety has in its Receiving Home num-
ber of bright attractive children, for
whom we want good family homes.
This Society has the absolute right to
place these children in we'll selected
homes.
Have you not place In your home
for one of these unfortunate little ones,
that you may give chance in life and
thereby make your lite more usetu
and happy? These children are all
right mentally and physically.
The ages are seven years, and under,
both boys and girls. number of these
are babies. DO you not want little
fairy in your home? Ii so, write for
application blank, to B. q. Regen,
State Superintendent, 3l5 Second Ave,
North Nashville, Tennessee.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-09-22

We are having fine weathre now, and
the people are very busy saving feed.
Fenner Swafford has been i'll with
typhoid, but is convalescent now.
The Sunday school convention con-
vened at Parham's Chapel Saturday
and Sunday with Messrs Watson and
Wright, of Crossvllle, and Mr.. Daven-
port, of Grassy Cove. also Rev. Geo.
Reed, of Jewett, as leaders.
Several people from here have been
attending the revival at Happy Top.
James Darwin. of Evansville, was
here last week buying cattle.
Fred Davis of Crossvile, is here
with his. aunt, Mrs. V. H. Hlnch.
Arthur Swafford and family, of Days
vile. are here visiting relatives.
E. V. Hinch, Of Pomona, was visit
ing relatives here last eek.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. H. Hlnch went to
Crossville Sunday. They returned
Monday. They will soon be comfort
ably situated in their new home, which
Mr.. Hlnch is repairing and painting.
Tom Lee, OF Lltton. was here the
first OF the week.
Messrs Emmett and James Parham
and j. d. Turner went to Grassy Cove
Tuesday.
Sept. II. Xxx.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-09-22

CURING PEAvINE HAY.
Have You Ever Tried This Method and
Did It Prove a Success With You2

Let the crops grow till the pods are
well filled and some beginning to turn
yellow. Now only in the morning till
noon. beginning as soon as the dew is
off. Run tedder behind the mowers
and keep it going to toss up and hasten
the whiting.
In the afternoon rake the hay into
windrows, and the next morning turn
these over with the rake.
That afternoon put this cutting in
to cocks as narrow and tall as will
stand well, and rake the second morn
ngs hay in to windrows. Then as
soon as a handful of hay can be taken
and twisted hard and no sap run in the
twist, put the hay in the barn, letting
1T simply settle with its own weight
and not packing
Then let it alone for if it heats and
you stir it you will let in the mold
spores with the air, and the result will
be moldy hay; but If let alone i. Will
cure sweet and clean and the leaves
will be retained. This is assuming that
the weather is good and there has been
no rain. If rain comes on the cocks
they will have to be opened and dried
off, for If there is any external mois-
ture on the hay it will mold.
One practice, | think, which has
caused some to fail is that they have |
let the cocks stand on the damp ground !
and have run his damp bottom In with
the hay. In VET weather it is impor-
tant that the lay cocks be dried off.
Now l have, IS said, never made
failure in gettifG clean hay, and hun
lreus have W i'm me that they have
lad perfect success by following this
method. while srs have said that
hey got moldy i.ss
Why they d could only say from
IN intimate knowledge OF their crop
onditlons and methods, for it was evi
lently not the fault of the method but
he way in which the method was ap-
,lIed under varying conditions, and the
allure to use comm on sense in the
work. w. f. Massey in Progressive
Farmer.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-09-22
CRIMSON CLOVER.
What Some Farmers Think of It WI
Have Grown Il for Several Years.

Delaware farmers were among thy.
first in the United States to discover
the great value of crimson clover, and
they now grow 1T very extensively.
The following extracts from letters
from Delaware farmers to the Della
ware Experiment Station show the high
regard in which crimson clover is held:
"We have never used any grade of
commercial fertilizer that gave US the
yield for corn that clover sod does"
81 consider the fertilizing value of a
crimson clover crop as good as dress
ing of stable manure, and this have
found worth much more than any appli-
cation of commercial fertilizer.
''It is impossible to put enough fer
tiizer on corn to compete with the fer
tilizing value of crimson clover"
:" 1t would take 20 two-horse load of
manure to the acre to produce the same
result as heavy clover sod. -
Crimson clover is equivalent to 20
loads of the best stable manure at one
dollar per load, besides the expense of
handling"
81 do not think that you can replace
crimson clover with fertilizer. 1t will
take coat of stable manure costing
$40 to $25 to do the same"
1--WE have grown corn 10 years IN
succession on the same land with GRIM
son clover. The yield was 25 bushels
of corn the first year and 60 bushels
per acre the tenth year.
81 would rather have good GRIM
son clover sol than Is to 70 loads of
manure per acre. My land before the
use of crimson clover, would not grow
more than 10 and. Is bushels of corn
per acre. Now can grow 80 to 100
buspeis ger acre ana the land gets
better every year. II get two crops 2
year. hay and corn or tomatoes, on the
same land. nd.-Progresslve Farmer.