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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

JOHN IT. FARRELL, secretary and
 - chairman of the National Associa- tion of Professional Baseball clubs, the governing minor league body, declares that the principal effect of the recently concluded baseball peace would be the renewed prosperity of the small or ga,nizations. They would benefit more than the major leagues. in his opinion.
 The Federal league campaign,'' said Farrell, "had little effect on the ma jor leagues save indirectly. It did not cut appreciabIy into the attendances of the National and American leagues, but 1t forced operating expenses, prin- cipally through salary conditions, to a point where it was felt sadly.
 ''The minor leagues, on the other hand, were hit hard. They were the principal prey. More than 90 per cent of the recruits for the independents were taken from minor league clubs. This deprived the dependents of the major leagues of one of their chief sources of revenue. The inroads of the Feds on minor chattels knocked the bottom out of the market. Major league clubs were afraid to purchase minor stars at former prices for fear their purchases might jump to Gn- more's ring.
 sIn 1913 my office handled approxi- nately 12,0o0 minor league contracts. 5000, and last year it again dropped below 5000. In those two seasons nearly half of the little leagues under protection were forced to disband.
 Many of these, however, will be lined up again this season. I<think by the end of next year organized base ball will have a greater membership than ever before. The general terri tory throughout this country is richer in possibilities than at any other time
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
MINOR LEAGUES
 WILL BE HELPED

in the history, of baseball. A wave of prosperity has hit our republic. Mon ey is freer now than at any other time within ten years. The economical po1i- cies which organized baseball has in stituted as a result of the recent fight will leave operating conditions much improved.
 ITO begin with, there are unlimited numbers of good players out of em- ployment. mean good minor league players. Scarcely more than one-half of the number employed in 1913 were living by their profession last season, I have. pointed out. Not so many would now be required to operate the same number of minor leagues that prevailed in 1913, for down the line from the majors roster limits have been greatly modified Even the Glass AA- minor leagues have decided on methods of sane economy. The Inter national league has a roster limit of seventeen to a club.
 'The present season should be ban ner year in baseball. The best of the Federal league has been absorbed by leagues judiciously as to balance the fields admirably. The National league last season enjoyed it's most sensational race. Every club was in the fight until the last month. The American league in 1914 was a some what topheavy organization. Boston, Detroit and Chicago far outc1assed the five other clubs, but those conditions no longer obtain in Ban Johnson's cir cult. The anaIgamation of two teams in St. Louis puts the Browns on equal footing with the field. Frank Baker, Lee Magee. Joe Gedeon and a host of new material have raised the Yankees to a pennant prospect. It looks to me pretty much of an even thing among no fewer than six clubs"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
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subject of making the speed demons behave. therefore. is of particular value to young baekstops who are just breaking in.
 One of Sul1yss most interesting ideas Is that the really dangerous base run ners are not the men who at present have reputations as stealers. but are those who try to burglarize seldom. This sounds paradoxical. but when Billy gets through explaining it you can see that there is something in it worth considering.
 Didn't Fear Stars.
 eIn all my career in the American league" says Sullivan. 'I did not fear &he star base runners. To me they Wero the feast troubleso1Re of all be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

away and when he did make a break I was ready for him.
 This theory, of course, applies only when the pitcher will hold the men on. If any of the fast fellows who know how to slide can outguess the twirler and get the jump on you it's all off Many and many a time runners have stolen bases on me standing up when wasn't in any way to blame. Often I wouldn't even try to throw because it was waste of effort when the man on the mound wasn't tending to his part of the business. I don't care how wonderful a catchers arm may be nor how fast he gets the ball away. he has to have o-operation from his battery partner or he is go-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

surprise You never would think of calling for a pitch out on such heavy footed fellows. of courSe, and the tendency is not to pay mAch attention to them until it is too late.
 ''I have heard a lot about the won derful base running of this young Mai sel but I will bet that if the catcher will always be looking for him to start on the first or second ball they will throw him out so often it will astonish him. It is possible that he is able to get away with lot of stuff because he outguesses the pitchers. If so, the man who is working on the slab ought to use the same care in holding him on that the catchers do in watching him."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
Sullivan's New Theory Regarding Base Runners

ing to look bad in the eyes of the fans, who blame everything on the man be- hind the bat and nothing on the one who often is directly responsible.
 Slow Ones Troublesome.
 / "The men whom I really fear when they get on are those who seldom try to steal. You don't know how to figure those fellows at all, and they are apt to get the start on you and show you up. Some of the slowest men in the world have stolen when was catching because they happened to take me by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

cause I knew that they were going to try to go down onIthe first orN second ball all the time and I could govern myself accordingly. If you know when a man is going to try to steal and the pitcher will not give him flying start it is usually comparatively easy to throw him out.
 Clyde Milan hardly ever stole a base on me, and some of the other fiers weren't much better. Just as soon as. one of them got on would say to my self, This guy is going to steal right
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
PENNEY HAS HAD REMARKABLE CAREER.
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FRED PENNEY has had a remark
 able career in baseball Penney has been in professional baseball for thirteen years. and during that time played in the minors just three months and eleven days.
 Penney went directly to fast company from Brown university. He was farm ed out for eleven days to Lowell and then recalled by Boston That was the only bush league scenery that Ten ney saw, for he stayed up in fast cir cles until he was too old to keep the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

BILLY SULLIVAN, the Detroit Tiger
 battery coach, has some original theories regarding the thwarting of base thieves evil designs. /
 Few catchers were more successful than he when he was at the height of his career and even last season, after nineteen years of service in the pro ifessional game, he didn't allow the path burners of the American associa- ton to take any liberties with him.
 Anything that he has to say on the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
THIS HURLER'S TALLER THAN
 JESS WILLARD,

THE taIlest pitcher in baseball is try
 ing to cop berth with the New York Yankees this spring. Slim Love is the rangy southpaw's monixer. He stands six feet seven and one-ha1f inches on the hoof and weighs ITO pounds. That other well known giant, Jess Willard, is one-half inch shorter than Donovan's slab prospect, who hurled for Los Angeles last season, winning twenty three and losing ff- teen combats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

pace, and then he put in three months with Lawrence. Last year was the first year that Penney did not handle a ball and bat since he was kid. He will manage the Newark team of the International league this year and ex- poets to play first base. where he was once star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
Many Young Swimmers Nm Limelight

pounds. He is an all round star, and in one athletic meet on the coast he captured first place in broad and high jumps, high hurdles and shot put, the 100 and 220 yards dashes, the 50 and 100 yards swirns and the single and double canoe races. Ten 1rsts in six hOurSi
 Ross will some day add few chap ters to the championship literature of the country unless accident cuts him down.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
GRANT THROUGH WITH BASE.
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EDDIE GRANT, who some years ago
 one of the best third basemen in the game and who played engage ments with New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, has quit baseball. Sec retary Foster of the Giants announced that Grant. who was graduated from
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
HoPPE PREFERS RALk LINE.

WILLIAM F. HoPPE, the. billiard
 champion, asked recently regard ing the three cushion style of billiards, said: @TIl never challenge for the title. The games are different, and I find that to be at my best must con fine my attention to one speciality. I prefer balk Iine"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

the Harvard, law school several years ago. but kept playing professional ball to get the coin. now is going to prac- .tice law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31

CLUBHOUSE TO COST $1oO,ooO. DETROIT Golf club plans to have
 erected new clubhouse to osca over s1OOu0oA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
OREGON UNIVERSITY PLANS NEW
 ATHLETIC FIELDS.

of Oregon may in-
 V cIude in it's athletic equipment twelve new lawn tennis courts, 8 nine hole golf course. a new permanent baseball diamond and a women's pa viIion as fundamentals for the working out of the intramural sport plan of tR university.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
MAY ORGANIZE SOUTHERN

TNHE projected formation of a rowing
 association of southern clubs is again under careful consideration in Baltimore.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25

Beginning February 20 and 60
ing on five days at jackson, will
be held a conference for good
roads officials and citizens gener-
ally On the program are men
who know every feature of road
building. These conferences have
already been held in East and
Middle Tennessee. This takes
West Tennessee where the build
ing Of roads vary from that Of
the other divisions Of the state.
The State Highway Department
and the University of Tennessee
are the sponsors for these meet
ings. There will be no costs or
contributions made at the meet
ings, and the railroads have Civ
en- reduced rates. We trust our
road officials will attend, as they
are the people who are specially
intended to be reached as we'll as
any others.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25

The democratic party will have
only one candidate for president,
Woodrow Wilson. He is the log
ical candidate, notwithstanding
their platform opposed a second
term. The republican candidate
has not been named with any as
surance. That there will be sew
eral candidates before the con-
vention is certain. There seems
to be a sentiment in Tennessee
especially to have Roosevelt. 1t
is possible that the convention
win nominate him. If all parties
can be centered on any one man,
be it any one of the candidates
suggested. there will be no frict-
ion. Otherwise there may be.
But it seems all republicans are
inclined to not repeat the fatal
mistake of 1912.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
Call for Democratic Executive
Committee Meeting

The McNairv County Democratic
Executive Committee is hereby called
to convene in Selmer at the court
house at ] o'clock p. m, On Monday,
March 6, 1916, for the purpose Of en-
dorsing candidates or prescribing the
method for making nominations for
sheriff trustee. county superintend-
ent of public instruction and assessor
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before
the committee.
Every member is urgently request
ed to be present.
CHAs. B. STEADMAN, Chm'n.
RoBT. M. Houston, Sect'y.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
Notice to Teachers.

Teachers examination will be held
in the High School building at Sell
mer on March 10 and IL, 1916.
All who took the December exanl-
inaiion and fell below 60 on any sub
ject may have the privilege of taking
that subject again on the next exam
ination. No one will be permitted to
take the examination on any subject
in March on which he made as much
as so. Those who failed to take the
December examination may take it as
scheduled for December and also as il
scheduled for March.
The subjects for Friday, March 10,
will be spelling, reading, writing and
grammar, and those for Saturday
I March IL, will be geography, Tennes.
see and United States history.
High School examination will be
conducted on The same days.
Examination for colored teachers
will be held for colored teachers as
scheduled above, at the colored schoo1
building in Selmer.
A. II. GRANTHAM, Co. Supt.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
own YOUR CROP
INSTEAD OF owe IT
Food And Grain Crops VIII Make
Agricultural South Independent,
Says n. G. Hastings

Atlanta, Ga-(Special)- 1.-The cred.
1t system under which the agricultu-
raj south works and stays poor Is an
alyzed in a striking way by H. G.
Hastings of Atlanta, chairman of the
agricultural committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and a member of
the executive council OF the South
eastern Fair. He does not mince
words in talking about the situation.
every season during the last fifty
years." he says, there has been trou
BILE in the cotton belt whenever the
crop was large and the price low, or
the crop short Each time the cry of
hard times goes up, and the reason
back of it is that the farmers cannot
get enough money to pay their debts
out of their so-called cash crop-cot-
ton. 1t is disheartening because 1t Is
so absolutely unnecessary.
A cotton farmers debts are large
ly for food and grain, charged up
egainst him on the merchants books
3 two to three times the price that
5se same items could be. produced
od his own acres, and usually without
serieus interference with q erep es &C.
ton as large as he now makes.
1.-THE trouble is that most cotton
farmers owe their crop instead Of
owning it when made.
"The credit way looks the easy
way, but it strangles most farmers
before they get through life.
Il have said repeatedly in public
addresses, that, no state or section of
any country can be prosperous that
is regularly dependent on another
section for its food supplies. What
is true of state or section is true
of the individual farmer.
"The great exhibits Of grain, hay
and food. products shown at the South
eastern Fair held in Atlanta in No
vember, give the lie to the statement
that these things cannot be grown
here at home successfully and prof
itably. ,r,
"a good big home garden kept
planted and rightly tended through
the season will produce half of the
living besides furnishing an abund-
ance for canning or drying from the
surplus.
when we make our food and grain
we will have few or no debts at the
store; we will own instead of owe
our crops when made, and farm
wealth will accumulate in the south
instead of farm and crop mortgages"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
Foot Crushed Off

Last Friday morning, while engaged
iii III switching cars at Henderson, Dan
Ramer, brakeman on the local
freight, while between the cars, had
one Of his feet crushed, and was taken
to Jackson on No. 2 and carried to
the Civic League Hospital, where it
was found ampu.ation Of the injured
foot was necessary. Dan is son of
the late Esq. J. s. Ramer, and was
reared at Ramer and is a splendid
young man, He has many relatives
here and throughout the county who
will regret to hear of the misfortune.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25

Miss Topsy Turvy" will be pre-
sented by the members Of the Loyal
Cleaners class of the Christian church
bible church and Altruists class Of
the Presbyterian Sunday school, at
tn College Auditorium Friday eve
nj &, March 10. In selecting miss
Topsy Turvy" we feel that this is a
play you will appreciate seeing. Our
caste is made up of the best amateur
players Of the town not only of the
town butanywhere in the county. The
price Of admission will be 25c and l5c
and the proceeds will be equally d.
vided between the two classes.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
c. Your Store Bill
eloWll One HaIf

gns of thousands of farmers as well as
to- a and city folks cut down their store
bills one-half last year and saved money
in spite of generally short crops and re-
duced wages.
Absolutely millions of dollars were
saved and countless families lived better
than ever before in the face of the cotton
crisis and general business depression.
How were these burdensome store bills
cut down? BY the real money-saying
power Of good home gardens, rightly
planted and kept planted and tended
through the season.
Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how
to cut store bills down; tells about gar
den and farm seeds of kinds and quail
ity that cannot be bought from your mer-
chant or druggist. It's full of garden and
farm information. It's free if you ask
for it. Write for It now. H. G. HASTINGS
CO., Atlanta. Ga.-l lAdyt.)
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25

politics. He has queered himself with
one element by espousing the cause
Of Belgium against Germany, and in
the state here many factions are
against him. for he is too impatient
Of party restraint for the regulars"
and still holds to his Bull Moose ideas,
which cost him so much political pres
tige in the last election.
| have not yet seen President Will
son, but he is a familiar figure in
Washington, otter taking walks, and
attending base ball games, of which
he is fond. He opens the seasons
games by tossing the first ball.
Our people have been remarkably
successful in choosing presidents,
always getting good men, who re-
fected credit on the country. None
Of them ever went crazy. and yet it
seems wonder, when one thinks Of
the multitude of things they are called
upon to do, and to do it right, and
how few mistakes they have made
The snow-white edifce on Pennsylva-
T..
MIA avenue, hallowed by the memories
Of the long line Of chief executives of
our nation, bears no stain Of scandal
on its cleaning front. and we have
the faith that it never will.
LINDSAY S. PERKINS.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25

Read The Independent for the
NEWS Of the county.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
Time, z:3O ID. nm.
Admission 15c and 25c

aon stepped forward with a sheet of
paper from which he read a short
speech, rather dry. Then, tossing the
paper to one side, he said: Now am
going to talk" And | am here to
say it was a great talk. He said,
among other things: There are per-
haps twenty thousand people here
today. No two of them have the
same idea of what God is. My God
it not the same as yours. cannot de-
scribe Him to you, and you cannot
tell me what He seems to you to be.
And vet We all feel that He does ex-
ist, and is as much yours as mine."
Champ Clark has a big round, full
voice, and straight, pleasing way Of
expressing himself. He made an
amusing blunder by appealing to his
hearers, both Catholics and Republic
cans" about something, which made
the audience gasp, but he caught him
self and turned it off neatly. Champ
is big man in our national life, and
has grown in mental stature with his
various promotions.
After the speaking was over. and
the speakers had moved off to chat
with each other. the crowd set up a
howl for Roosevelt, and the cries Of
"Ah there, Teddy!" attested the affec-
tion still felt for him by thousands Of
admirers. Roosevelt, perhaps un-
consciously, posed in the very center
of the big stage, a light black coat
like the toga of Roman senator
thrown over one arm, his face turned
sideways and diabolical grin Git can
be described in no other way) reach
ing from the corner of his mouth to
one eye. | never saw anything like
it. His big, bull-neck upholding that
heavy, square-locking head, cleaning
glasses in their gold frames, the bold,
almost insolent bearing of the man
all it unmeant, knew-made picture
| shall never forget. And all the
while his admirers, who almost wor-
shipped him, yelling at his feet, but
he said nothing; scarcely making a
sign in recognition of the demonstra-
ton, except that perfectly indescrib-
able grin, and maybe a little jerky
nod of the head once in awhile.
never believed the many uncharitable
tales told in the papers of Rooseyelt's
ambition to be emperor of the western
world, but he certainly would look the
part if such authority came to him.
| No face, even that of Lucifer (who-
ever that worthy may be, but we have
all heard of him) or of any earthly
potentate, ever looked more contemp-
tously proud than 7. R. did on that
June day in Baltimore. looking down
at the cheering crowds below him.
He is still one year younger than
President Wilson, and no one, perhaps
least of all himself, can tell what
"rhe Only Theodore may yet do in
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank our many loyal
friends for the kindness shown US in
the loss of our dear husband and faith
er and for the beautiful floral offer
ings. We wish especially to thank
DR.. Bell for his faithful service and
effort to revive and restore him to us.
Sincerely,
Mrs. w. H. THOMPSON.
Miss LAvARA THOMPSON
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25

A number have spoken to us
about a graded gravel road with
toll gates from Selmer to Adams
vile. 1t would be a self-sustain-
ing proposition. The gravel road
from Pittsburg Landing, we are
informed, is a paying concern.
Whether it paid or not, a good
road from these points is the most
most important one in the coun-
ty
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
For Sale or Exchange.

! have for sale or exchange one
high-bred bay stallion, l5.3 eight
years old; good individual and fine
breeder, and a combination horse.
Roy L. OzIER, Pinson, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-25
Marriage Licenses.

R. A. Harris to Rena Barnes.
]. S. Grantham to Mrs. Rosa Bob
nson.
]. 0. Gam to Bertha Phillips.
VIM. Donahoe to Eliza Tackett.
Rufus Reeder to Allean Fulghum.
Joe Lain to Julia Grantham.