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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-21

1t was also decided that in basketball
the championship should he decided on
the percentage basis: in case of n lie the
teams will play one deciding game. The
referee viii be selected by the visiting
team and the other team will be notified
of the selection one week before the date
of the game.
ball season was arranged:
Jan. 6. Brownsville v. Harrington, al
Brownsville.
Jan. 10, Brownsville vs.. La Teria, at
Brownsville. San Benito vs. ~Raymondvillc
at San Benito.
Jan. 20, Harrington ". San Benito. nj
Harrington. Brownsville -. Raymondville,
at Raymondville.
Jan. ~, Harrington ". La Feria, at In
Feria.
Feb. 3, Brownsville y. San Benito, al
Brownsville. Harrington V. Raymondville
at Harrington.
Feb. 10, La Feria v. San Beniio, a
San Bcnito.
Feb. Liza Feria W. Rdymondville, Al
Raymondville. Harrington -. San Bcnito
at San Benito.
Feb. %, RaymondvilIc W. San Benito
at Raymondville. Brownsville ". La Fe.
ria, nj La Feria.
Feb. "A. Harlingen vs.. La Feria, at Har.
lingen. Brownsville ". Raymondville a
Brownsville.
March ,. Brownsville vs.. San Benito, n
San Benito. Harrington y. Raymondvillc
at Raymondville.
March o, La Feria ". San Benito, al
La Feria.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-21
How DeIehanty Was Cured.

"fes | know it-only too WE'LL ! an
swered. And ii you continue hitting 10
left field you'll bat about .0s6 in this league
These outficiderS are different than those
YOU knew beorc. And the fences are far
Their away.
"And 80, despite lis objections, | made
Delaney report every morning for nearly
"A month for one hour of batting practice.
| had a southpaw and 4 righthanded pitch
er work with HIM. Eds orders were to hit
TO right field-and nowhere else.
For the first week he failed miserably.
He couldn't get over that habit of kill
ing the ball with a full swing. And then
! got pretty mad about il and threatened
To fine him - for every ball hit TO left field
in those practice sessions. That scared
him and le at once quit trying TO assaSsi-
nate the horsehide. lie put the ball into
light. They were just taps at first-littl.
more than bunt hits because Ed was
afraid to swing hard. But before the
month was over Ed had learned his lesson.
"Delehanty become one of the greatest
hatSmen Of al time before his career end
Cd, and one of the reasons for it was that
he could hit to either field with equal pow
ere. That made il impossible for the out
ficlders 10 lay for him and Ed always
was crossing them with his mixing ups of
the drive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-21
irwin Found Benny Kauff.

81 discovered Benny kautf down in a
little league in West Virginia some years
ago. lie appealed to me then as Delehan-
~ did years ago-as 4 wonderful natu-
raj hitter but one who needed training and
a lot of it. kauff came up TO New York
tor a trial but no one spent time teaching
HIM the tricks Of batting trade. And 50
Benny dritted back 10 the minors only to
be- found again by the Feds.
bill Phillips who managed the Indian
apoliS Feds taught Benny a lot about the
art Of batting. And the boy learned quite
a bit from him about the value Of hitting
to both fields. Benny used that knowl-
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tFto.
GENTLEMEN
Almador. Apolinar: Agirre. Silbestrc: Ar
reese. hose; Arndt. Albeit.
I.arrera. Juan; Bermudes. Rernardo; Bus
time. Pedro; Rycrs. III. r.; Blemins, Basil
Burns. Robert: Bernier. J. O.: Benegas. Fran
cisco: Bailey. Casper; Bautirta. Eugenio; Bor-
jas. Malguidas: Barnhill. W. j.
Chitwood. Elmer: Chavcs. Anccelto; Ser
rata. Arturo: cortcz. Julian t2l; Chaves. Leon
ardo; Cart. II. A.: Castcnada. Ramon: Cor
tinas. Julia Garcia; Cassevoy. Gardner: ;ano,
Alacaro: Cantu. Erasmo: Cavazos. Matias;
Cortinas. Miguel: CoDteras. Martiano; Culver,
JEFF.
Davila. Guadalupe g.; Dnngery. Sill; Davis,
Mort.
Escohcdo. Simon: Echternacht Roy; Esco-
bedo. Pedro: Escobedo. Guadalupe.
Flores. Nictorana ": Franklin. Harris;
Flores. Rafael: Fechkl. Carroll: Ferguson. =.
r.; Fernando. r.. e.; Finlcy's Ranch: Filsal-
icia. Juan; Flores, Nicolasa; Fcndc, Clay
Flores. Juan.
Guria. Manucla u: Cara. Euicnio; Garcia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos: Garcia. Domingo: Grimes.
w. H.: Guerrero. Alberto: Cara. Armada: Con
zalcs. Mauro; Gordert. Elmer: Galicia. Juan
Torres; Galvan. Francisco: Garcia. lazaro;
Garcia. Joaquin; Gonzales. Miguel G.; Gallan.
Francisco: Gonzales. Cleofas: Grimes. Walter
=: Green. Jas: GIajardo. Simon G.
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edge in the Gilmore circuit-and he be-
came Il wonderful batsman.
But Benny -lumped with the Giants"
we interjected.
'Riehto'' answered Irwin. "But there
were several reasons. IIe was up against
strange pitching for one thing if you'll re-
member he hit at Il great clip during the
last five weeks Of the campaign. That was
because he had learned many Of the tricks
of the National leaguc pitchc~s by that
time. They couldn't fool him then a. they
did earlier.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-21
Watch Kauff in 1917

But the big reason for the low average
turned in by Kauff in his first year a a
National Lacquer was his ever anxiousness
He felt he had a reputation To live up To.
lie forgot what Bill Phillips had taught
him about hitting To both fields. His one
aim was to murder the ball. SO he swung
always during the early part of The year
with all his power. The rival outfield-
ers quickly saw that and whenever the
Federal Lacquer came to bat they'd shift
far 10 the right. When kauff didn't fan
in his wild efforts to drive the ball cut Of
the lot. he'd get a full swing to it and zip
pc. Out it would 90 into the fielders
mftts.
But watch Kauff in 1917 One year
in the National has taught him much.
And its cured him of his 'busher' trait.
He'll remember in 1917 the Phillips lesson
10 target ii l9l6-and he'll make 'em all
hustle to beat him to the batting throne.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-21

poultry. Anything 10 make n holiday for
the multitude. Smoking ont the middleman
works and seeing Niagara Falls.-Fcrt
Worth Star Telegram.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-21
(By Frank &. Menke)

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-"Say, do you
know why 80 many busher- fail when they
90 into the big leagues ~ quizzcd Arthur
Irwin.
shoot was the INJUNCTION Of the for
mer big league player, m1nager and scout.
ats because they don't know how TO hit
and No one takes the pains ID teach
Them" wsS The answer. Il dare~ay that
at least 10 per cent Of the bushers who
come up only 10 slip back again would
stick in the big show il someone just taught
them the proper way to hit.
"Niney per cent of the bu-hers cannot
push the ball 10 both ields. The south.
paw clubbcr invariably drives to right the
right handler hits 10 left field. That's MI
right for the buShers where the outfield-
crs, too, are bushy and don't know now ct
play a batter. But il doesn't 20 in the
majors.
How Bushers are Tricked.
why"
Because the league gardeners know the
invariablc act of the bushcr-to swing full
and hard on the ball and drive it to the
llfld Opposite tntiF hdillig bp~iiibn. " u
left handed rookie comes M the veteran
outficlder- invariably shift far To the right
side Of the lot. You'll notice often that
the right fielder moves close 10 the f1ul
line. that the center fielder goes far to the
right and the left fielder moves 10 the cen
ter. When the battle ~ right handed the
outilcldcr- move to The left.
"And whats the result? The bu~hcr
lams the bali with Y FIJI swing. pulls the
ball around and out il goes into the wait
ing hands.
II was with the Phillic~ when Ed Delany
broke in. lie was q right handed batter
and n purely left field hitter. I saw at
once that he would fail n a major Lacquer
unless | could train him to hit 70 both
fields and - cross the outfieldcrS.
~ told I'd hc would have to hit right
field - well a- q left. H. lcmurrcd.
Il can't 10 it, he answered I'm 4 left
field hitter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
MEAT PRODUCTION LAGS.

While some Congressman are again
exerting every effort to investigate the
packers as the prime cause of high
meat prices, the Department of Agri-
culture is advising US through state
ment just published that meat produc
ton has Jagged behind population, and
that this fact, combined with greater
cost of production and lessened pur-
chasing power Of the dollar, accounts
for the elevated values of steaks and
roasts. From 1907 to 1913 the number
of cattle declined materially, but the
last two years have witnessed a check
to this movement and ground has been
regained perceptibly. The number of
cattle on farms and ranches at the be-
ginning of this year was estimated at
81, AL 900, which is more than 1,0O0,-
900 less than nine years ago. Swine
show a decrease of about the same
number in the last five years, and stand
in estimate now at 6s,o00,00O, while
sheep have shrunk in numbers over
100000, with a present estimate of
100000 The packers are not paying
around 10 cents a pound Cor cattle on
the hoof because they want to do so;
it is because they are obliged to do so,
in accordance with the ancient law of
supply and demand. The departments
Conclusion is that materially lowered
prices for meat-eaters are not to be
expected in the near future. And then
there is milk. 1t is easy enough to
meet the altitudinous prices of meat
and yet live and move in strength,
comfort and content. The farmer
needs the rise.-The Breeders Gazette
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07

good time running around the coun-
try in a brand-new automobile.
ut was also outrageous. What busi-
ness had agricultural folk riding in a
seven passenger motor car, Heretofore
the exclusive vehicle for bankers?
"And parlousness of the times con-
tinues to a considerable degree, as the
banker views things. The farmer not
only buys and uses automobiles, bus
he is also getting to be rather keen on
the other comforts and luxuries which
city people have long considered their
inalienable rights. He provides himself
with implements with comfortable
seats and sunshades on them. He is
beginning to own tractors, some Of
which more nearly resemble Pullmans
than ploughing outfits. He is lighting
his home with electricity. His wife
and his family have conveniences that
open the eyes Of urban visitors. In
short, the farmer is beginning to live"
Implement and Tractor Trade Jour
nal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
CRYING FOR JEWELRY."

Members of the jewelry trade who
have returned from South America re-
Gently have called particular attention
to the opportunity which is being
missed by the American manufacturer
in Latin America at the present time,
ard this applies as much to the jewelry
trade as TO almost any other line.
French and German products have been
absolutely shut off from the South
American countries, and, as one men,
Der of the gem trade who had been
down there remarked, The people are
crying for goods, and some of the jew
elry houses in Rio and Buenos Ayres
have not waited for the trade to be
solicited by American firms, but are
sending their buyers here Many Of
the people who speak Of these condi-
tions also speak slightingly of the way
a few American houses are bidding for
trade by sending down representatives
who do not speak the language, know
nothing about the class of goods want
ed by the people or their methods Of
doing business."-Th jewelers. Cir
cular
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
COTTON GOODS
DEMAND GROWS
New England Mills Prices Show
an Upward Ten
dency.

Fall River, Mass, Aug. 6.-There was
an increased volume Of business in the
cotton goods markets of New England
last week, and the sales are the largest
in several weeks. Prices have ad-
vanced to some extent, and the general
condition of the cloth markets is very
firm and strong. The general tendency
of the market is upward, and, save on
those styles which have very small and
infrequent call, the feeling is prev
alent that prices will still 90 higher.
The demand last week was almost
entirely for the wider styles. Good or
ders were received for 36-inch sheet
ings, and those mills making this con-
struction did a very good business.
Reports from New York and other
large cloth distributing centres are to
the effect that the call for finished
goods is active and that prices con-
tinue to advance.
One of the contributing features TO
the stiff cloth market is the advance IN
raw cotton, and the evidence now At
hand indicates that cotton prices will
still soar and that the crop will not be
as large as some Of the cotton mer-
chants expected. The character of the
material is not fully known.
The narrow end of the market showed
some life last week, but there are COM
paratively few mills that make strictly
narrow goods, and on this account the
amount of business accomplished in
this division does not serve to give an
adequate idea of the volume of bust
ness that is being done in the general
cloth markets. The situation among
fine goods mills remains unchanged, but
these concerns have orders on their
books which will keep their machinery
employed for some time TO come.
The demand for yarns is very active,
and those mills making yarns suitable
for the manufacture of automobile
tires are doing a very good business.
Combed yarns of high counts are used
in tire manufacture, and these yarns
cost much money.
The sales for the week in the cloth
markets are estimated at $4,000 pieces.
The quotations: 2s-inch, 64x64, Az
NOM; 2S-inch, 64x60, Az NOM; 81
inch. 64x60, g. 27-inch, 66x56, 80. 81
inch, 56x52, 31a; 1914 inch, 64x64, 6n !;
S9-inch, 56x44, As.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
THE COUNTRY BANKS PROFITS.

an all the talk that has been going
on in higher official economic circles,
the real position Of the country bank
seems to have been ignored. Thus one
member of the Federal Reserve Board
tells the banks of the country that
they must forget the collection of
profit department, and sage advice has
been offered by other members which
does not apply at all in the case of the
smaller institutions. The difficulty is
that the average official thinks in
millions and has in mind constantly the
bigger end of banking, which is rela-
lively the smaller end when We COM
pute the totals of American bank fig
ures.
There are 1000 or 800 little ma
tional banks in the United States-that
is, banks with an average capital not
much, if any, in excess Of the minimum
of $4,000, and probably as many with
capital ranging around $4,000. To
earn a 10 per cent dividend on the
smallest national bank requires only
$4,000 annual profit, and on a $4,000
bank $4,000 profit, plus, of course, the
amount of surplus which the bank is
required to set aside until a certain
proportion has been accumulated. In
other words, $50 a week profit will pay
10 per cent dividend on a $4,000
bank capital. This may seem, and is,
an absurdly small sum regarded in the
light of the great institutions of the
country, but it is just as important
that the stakeholder of the small in
stitutions receive his dividend as in the
case of the shareholder of the biggest
institution in the country, and it is
quite as important to the business
prosperity of the country that the
small banks should yield a profit, and,
therefore, a continuance of existence,
as it is in the other case cited."-The
Financier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
HORROR OF HORRORS.

At time when publishers are eager.
ly scrambling for paper; when, like
suppliant beggars, hat in hand. they
plead with the lordly manufacturers
for to-morrow's supply at price tina,
will leave them enough to pay the
printers, and even then cannot con-
tract except from day to day or week
to week; when prices are soaring tow
ard the empyrean blue, and the manu-
fac,urer rides in airships while the pub
fishers crawl in the dust or at bss.
Jolt in oxcarts; while old garrets and
cellars are being scraped for paper IN
order to increase the supply; when
poverty is the chief asset Of publish
ers and wealth the chief liability Of
manufacturers Of paper, here comes tho
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Trace
in the United States Department OF
Commerce and announces that II has
employed an agent 70 travel through
South America in order to open up new
markets for the paper and paper PROD.
ucts of this country The Bureau CT
Foreign and Domestic Trade has done
much good, but il ever a man was To-
viting the just anger of any set o.
men. surely the head of this bureau I"
in that position when he seeks to lini'
the supply of paper available in THIS
country by creating a market IN iO'.
eign lands for paper, the supply o.
which is a vacuum rather than sur
plus. Manufacturer Record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
DISTRIBUTING THE BURDEN.

"As the time approaches when con-
tracts are ordinarily made for the sue
ceeding calendar year to supply the
paper requirements Of the larger peri
odicals, both the publishers and paper
manufacturers are seriously concerned
regarding the price at which such sales
shall be made. The disposition of the
manufacturers is TO delay the making
of contracts as long as possible, which
they are doing upon the ground that
agreements made at this time covering
the year 1917, if carried out, would in
all probability work a great hardship
to one or the other Of the contract
ing parties. Fluctuations are violent
and extreme and will probably con-
tinue to be so. Taking everything into
consideration, this would seem TO be a
time when reputable manufacturers
and publishers should deal with each
other upon broad lines and repose in
one another business confidence. An
other problem which is now attracting
the serious attention Of the publishers,
or at least Of many of them, is whether
they will be able to pay the current
prices for paper not being delivered
under old contracts and keep their
business going. Some of them have
positively declared that they cannot
stand the increase in the cost Of paper,
and assert that it is up to the manu-
facturer to supply them at rate which
will at least save them from loss in the
continuance of their business. This, it
strikes US, is rather an unusual atti-
tude for business men to take. In the
first place, it assumes either that the
paper manufacturer is running his
business at the same old cost, and
therefore pocketing the difference in
the price Of paper, or else that If any
body is to suffer a loss and fail in
business it should be the manufacturer
instead of the publisher. Paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
STATE INSURANCE cos
INCOMES TAKE A JUMP
1915 Receipts S5l, 100000 More
than in 1914.

Albany, Aug. 6.-Life insurance com
panies doing business in New YORK
State had admitted assets Of s4'SoV'
SOC $50 at the close of business year
according TO Part 9 of the annual re-
port Of the State Insurance Department
made public to-day. Their Liabilities
excluding gross surplus and spec"
funds. amounted TO s4,5S6, $50 ,2O3.
During the year 1915 the total ~
come of the companies was 1925, $780,
an increase Of ISL 900 900 over the pre-
ceding year. The amount Of premiums '
was 1854 ,632,053, an increase OF ,eit
proximately 3l.OO0,000 over lsit
During 1915 policyholders were para
s5l2 $50. 900, while the cost Of manage,
ment. including dividends, amounted "
s2Ol 900, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
AS WEALTH MARKETS AND COMMERCE @|

of the Northwest. In the preceding
year her bank clearings had been
S1,312,OOO,OOO against st. PauPs
$500, O00,0 900; her daily shipments Of
merchandise had been 3,400,94O
pounds, against st. Paul's 1,841 800;
the capital and surplus Of her ma
tional banks was $13,710,000, while
in St. Paul the figure was s9,600,-
900. The net banking power Of Min
neapolis was 70 per cent greater
than that of st. Paul, the older city,
standing there at the head of water
navigation, on the great Mississippi.
Minneapolis got the bank.
Is it merely that the st. Anthony
Falls happened to be where Mime
apolis now is? Or is it that the
spirit of those who went out Of st.
Paul to harness that power to -four
mills survives in Minneapolis and de-
termines her impulses?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
WHAT EDITORS
OF THE TRADE
JOURNALS THINK
A Survey of Expert Opin-
ion in Various Fields
of Business.

America, out Of its earnings and
out Of its savings, has actually done in
the first six months Of this year nearly
as much new financing as is represent
ed by all the money it owed to Europe
when the great war started. This was
an astounding feat, everything consid-
cred.
at is interesting TO know to what
use this new capitalization is being
put. One figure will suffice. The pro-
duction Of bituminous coal in the first
six months of this year was 26l, 100000
tons. This shows an increase over the
corresponding period of last year Of
80 per cent. Bituminous coal, in the
larger sense, is mostly used for power
making. Certainly the big percentage
of increases was for power purposes
and not merely to warm homes. There
fore the 35 per cent measures the in
creased amount which went into in
dustry."-The Black Diamond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
A NEW SOUTHERN INDUSTRY.

1t is interesting to watch the wide
spread interest that has been developed
throughout the South in the packing
house proposition. Without the estab-
lishment Of packing houses it will be
practically impossible to adequately
develop the livestock interests Of this
section. The movement by the Armour
company to build a packing house in
Jacksonville is one of the most inter-
esting signs OF the times in this con-
nection, for when great packing
house like that leads the way at one
point it is quite probable that that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07

The Steel Founders" Society held
a gloomy meeting last week at At
lantic City. The dragon in the ONT
ment was labor. H. X. Pollard spoke
as follows:
The bottom literally has fallen
out of the labor market. Thou
sands of men are being paid wages
which are ridiculous and which
cannot continue when normal
condition is restored. Under the
present chaotic state of affairs
manufacturers have no alternative
than 10 pay what the men demand
If they want to hold them. Com
netition among manufacturers
themselves in the steel and other
trades for the services of skilled
workers has been one OF the con-
tributing causes of the system now
prevailing in many mills.
To this ominous view he added the
statement that it was generally be-
lieved that the zenith in steel prices
had been touched. That is anony-
nous prophecy. The rest is wide
spread tale. The indocility of labor
is a common dilemma. Labor is linn
ting prosperity. 1t consumes more
and produces less, increasingly. But,
as Mr.. Pollard says, the manufact-
urers are themselves largely to blame
for the state of wages, having raised
them on demand, not for altruistic
reasons, but because they wished to
avail themselves of the opportunity
to harvest great profits. And now
one is constrained to wonder whether
they are really so greatly concerned
about the after-state of labor, when
the readjustments are in order, as
about the present unwillingness Of
labor to assist to the end of the har-