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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

take your time" you have all alters
noon"
/ worked the plate in the game ] am
speaking of. and of course don't know
just what line of conversation did take
place in that case. but am willing to
gamble that i have quoted the line of
talk almost verbatim. 1t was ter
rible inning. In all probability il re-
auired twenty minutes for the New
York club to retire Chicago. From my
own feelings, | can imagine how the
10000 fans felt at each delay in the
proceedings During a regular season
of play. time and time again. similar
circumstances come up.
The chief trouble is. the fan is not
taken into consideration. Many en-
thusiasts do care when the game Is
ovef. They have not the entire aft
ernoon to spare. They don't relish
spending two hours and half Witness
ing game that should have been play
ed in an hour and forty-five minutes
eliminated. The popularity Of any sport
depends upon action. You are surely
slipping action an awful wallop when
you find IL necessary to delay each de-
livery.
No Sailing for Walter.
It is an interesting fact that Grover
Cleveland Alexander. the pride OF the
National League. and Walter Johnson.
the speed king of the American League.
are speedy workmen. There is no de-
lay when either of these two marvei-
Gus pitchers are on the rubber. All
they wait for is the signal from the
catcher. and they don't care TO wait
long for It. Games seldom go over an
hour and half with these two pitch
ers on the mound. The game is always
snappily played
In great many cases the trouble
for the many delays can be traced back
to the manager. / know certain
pitcher who under Of n fva
forced to take six steps in a circle
around the box before starting each
delivery. At one time the player had
peen the type of pitcher who took up
ols little time between each pitch.
He began going poorly and the man.
ager insisted on a take your time"
policy for him to regain his effective
ness. In a great many cases CATCH
ers. working under managerial orders.
must give four or five fake signals be-
| code
In every game there are perhaps one,
| Two or three situations where the take
your time theory" meets with approval.
Say the bases are filled in the ninth.
| one man out. and the team in the field
run to the good. It is mighty criti-
cal situation, base hit practically
| means the loss of the game Work
| slow is the proper system. The pitch
er should weigh carefully each ball.
He should try to embarrass the bats
man as much as possible. He should
| concentrate on each pitch, try his level
pest 10 work the batter to the limit,
| play constantly to his weakness. The
| Dali game hangs in the balance on
each pitch. The trouble is most mann
ayers look on each batter in the above
from the spectators standpoint. THAT
angie should receive much consfdera-
tion. It doesn't at the present time.
Copyright 1917. by W. c. Evans)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Fortunes Spent for Stars
Of Diamond in Recent Years

Here IL a list Of prices paid In
recent years for base ball starss
Grover Alexander, by Chi
caEo Cubs to Philadel-
phin, 1917 (csfimnted). 100000
Eddie Collins, by white
Sox to Athletics. 1918. &S0,00O
Iris speaker. by Cleveland
to Red Sex, 1916. 100000
Joe Tinker. by Brooklyn to
Ciaclnnatt. 1913. =. -. $25.OOO
Frank Baker. by Yankees
to Athletics, 1915. -. &25,OOO
BENZ. Kauff. by Giants to
Federal Leagne, 1915. .&2o.0OO
Lee Magee, by Yankees
to Federal League,
1918 422,5OO
Marty O'Toolc, by Pirates
to Indianapolis. 1919. 81, 500
Larry Chnppelle. by white
Sex to Milwaukee. 1913 s1S,O0O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Pat Moran Has a New Idol
in Young Pitcher Dixie Davis

Pat Moran isn't grievine 10
much over the loss OF Grover
Cleveland Alexander M some
persons believe. The Phillies'
shrcwd manager has another
great right-handeA pitcher. he
believes, In Dixie Davis. who was
drafted last September from the
Louisville American Association
club. Davis WINS In general de.
mand until MORAN landed Ain.
He was a sensation in the middle
west last summer and pil&d up
more than twenty svinnlng
Games. Moran ntill has Chief
Bender, Eppa Istxey, acrskina
Mayer, Fittesy anA several pfom.
tstng young boxnaem In AlAatfon
- Davis. H SAP eeeura anetAor
seAsOneA ptteAAk b44oes fha
Sewers blssa - tke 6Dsing.
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SALE OF ALEX AND KILLER
SETS NEW HIGH PRICE MARK
Famous Pitcher and Catcher, Purchased
by Chicago Cubs, Made Great
Record With the Phillies.


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Nationals
Collins Speaker from
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Barrow May Run Business End
Of the Red Sox Next Season

H. n. Fraxee, owner Of the Bos-
tom Red sox. has practically en-
rared Edward G.. Barrow, former
uresident Of the International
League, to attend to the business
management Of his club. 1t ap-
pears that Fraxee and Barrow
hive been talking this matter
over for some time. Fra4eN II
anxious to turn over the Red 6ox
! to BARROW. 70 that he can have
Mofe time to attend to his thee
mAkn . hit with DSatoA fans. Ho
r. oAA ~ the mA9t pApular mem
d peo1s4si6nAl baAo bAll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
"STALLINC" THE WORST EVIL i
BASE BALL is INFLICTED WITH
Take Your Time" Spirit Held to Have
Hurt Diamond Sport Immeasurably
in Recent Years.
By BILLY EVANS.
Take your time


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downs is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

Clarence Rowland is certainly some
is CONGRATULATIONS" II our national
pastime could have been represented on
the stage by Heine Zim and his laugh.
provoking stunts-Oh. boy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
PRATT HOLDS LEADING SCORE
PALACE DOT TOURNAMENT
Tops Other Players With Count of 1919 for
Ten Games at Duclxpins- Champions
ship Pocket Billiard Tourney.


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

The figures on these players change
from day to day, as contestants have
the right to replace low games with
better ones at any time they may be
rolled. Few tournaments have been
held at the Palace alleys In which
greater interest has been shown than
in the present dot" event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

Bill James, the Tigers big pitcher.
has gone on a prolonged hunting trip
into the Rocky mountains, there TO re.
main until the training season opens In
the spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
First Played in Nebraska.

He was born In Elba, Neb.. February
-, 1887. and started playing -erni-pro-
fessionai bail with the Central City.
Neb, club, in 1908 The next year
he went to oalesburg. H.. for a season,
then was picked up by indianapolis of
tha American Association In 1910. but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Then schupp Took His Time.

In the second inning, schupp gave
a remarkable demonstration of what
q reversal OF form means. From the
greatest looking pitcher in the world
in the opening session. he looked very
ordinary in the next. After he had
gotten into the hole. the New York
infield took 1t on itself to steady
Schupp and tide him over the inning.
The take your time" theory was the
one adopted. After each ball, the in
fielders would congregate around
Schupp and consume at least thirty
seconds.
No doubt many people were won-
dering what Herzog, Fletcher, thinner
man and Holke were saying to
Schupp. Probably a great many thought
they were expressing an opinion of
what the batter might find hard to
hit. or handing out other words of
wisdom. I have stood nearby. while
hundreds of similar conferences have
been held in major league games. Rare
ly have / ever heard any worth while
bits of advice being slipped to the
pitcher.
saying to the pitcher is, don't hurry;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

Harry Pollock, former manager of
that his new charge, Patsy Cline. IL the
next lightweight champion. As the cof-
fee ad says: Everything taken out of
the bean"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

Westons are making a splendid show
ing in the District League They have
busted the Continentals from the lead
and now top the Royals. Continentals
and Grand Centrals. the last three sup
posed to be the best duckpin combina-
tions in the city. The team is not only
doing good work in the District League
but practically the same players stand
second in the National Capital League
race. The National Capitals In the Ma
tional Capital League have almost the
exact personnel of the Westons and
they are only two games behind Roy
Whitford's Inglesides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

With the repeal OF the FrawIey box
ing law New York fight fans can now
turn to wrestling matches. grand opera,
sfxsday whirligiEs, the Central Park
Zoe and other exciting pastifnes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

Here is the, standing Of the players |
now holding scores which may entitle
them to qualify among the first twenty |
for the final round. |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

Maintenance is leading the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Duckpin League by
a margin Of one game. Construction
stands second and Commercial third.
Stenographers are in a tie for fourth
place with Auditors. Wire Chiefs bring
up the rear. The Stenographers might
be little higher in the race but had
to take the standing of the Traffic
team when they entered the league.
This league has a distinction that no
other organization In town possesses---
one of its teams is made up entirely Of
women.
The league is none the worse for its
experiment, either, as the team usually
makes good showing. In all its
matches the woman's quint gets a
handicap of fifty pins in each game.
ten for each player. The averages of
the players are computed with ten pins
added for each game rolled.
Ford of Construction holds the rec
ord for the year for high game. hav-
ing knocked down 141 pins. @. Hughes
has the best average and the most
spares.
The averages OF the league follow:
THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC rELE-
PHONE co. DUcKPIS LEAGUE RECORDS
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
Has 500 Horses for U. ..

Aberdeen.-J. H. Chamberlain, an
Aberdeen livestock dealer, has over
300 horses and mules in his stock
yards at Aberdeen, awaiting the ar
rival of a government inspector to
look them over and o. X. them for
government use. Mr.. Chamberlain
has gathered up several hundred head
of horses and mules for the govern
ment during the year, securing the
Dakotas and adjoining states for the
animals. which must meet a required
high standard before they are accept
ed by the government. A surprising
feature of the trade is the fact that
Mr.. Chamberlain has managed to pick
up several hundred mules in the Da.
kotas, for use as draft animals for the
army. Ordinarily, the Dakotas are not
looked upon as mule producing states,
but farmers came forward with quite
number of the animals when a local
market for them developed. Inas.
much as the animals must be in the
pink Of condition the outlay for feed
while the inspector is on his way is
heavy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
HOW HE SAW THE BALL GAME
Man carted Dry Goods Box and Bras.
Kettle to Grounds to Prevent
Repetition Of Injuries.

Il am cautious man." said Mr..
Slowboy, land rarely place myself In
danger without taking great precau-
tions," and he lifted out of his wagon
a dry goods box and a brass kettle.
Il came out here to see match three
weeks ago." the old man explained,
"and during the game a red-hot ball.
right from the bat, struck me like a
cannon shot between the eyes, bent
my spectacles down. broke both glass
es. disarranged my ideas, obstructed
my view of the game and knocked me
down. Then the catcher and short
stop ran together and stood on me.
and jumped to catch the ball, and
when they came down they both
kicked me for getting in the way and
making them miss the ball. And now
1 have brought along this dry goods
box to sit in and this brass kettle to
wear on my head"
And, placidly, safely. but little
warm withal, he saw the game clear
through. = Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
pakotan Wounded.

Canton.--Word has been received
here that "Billy" Thorin. OF this city.
who has been fighting with the French
legion, has been invalided out of the
service and will be home shortly. The
message stated that he left France q
week ago. Thorin wears. several
medals. Thorin was first wounded in
1915, but soon returned to the
trenches, The gas got him later, and
he did" fourteen months in the hos
pital, where he was once placed in a
death ward" Thorin was free lance
sailor and soldier. He fought through
several Mexican revolutions and con-
tends that, compared with a German,
a Mexican is perfect gentleman. A
reception is being planned for him on
his return to his home here.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
sw,tehmen Want Bio Boost.

Chicago.-Demands for q so per
cent wage increase will be submitted
to the railroads Of the United States
by the members of the Switchmen's
Union Of North America as a result
of action taken by a special commit.
tee at 3 two-days' meeting which end.
ed here. The Adamson law. enacted
in 1916. to avert a threatened strike
reduced the daily hours of labor OF
the switchmen from ten to eight. but
did not increase their earnings. The
demand for q wage increase will be
followed by referendum vote on a
nationwide strike of switchmen II II
is not granted in thirty days. it was
announced by s. r. Heberling, Of Buf
falo. president of the union. The
thirty days notice which the con-
tracts Of the union with the railroads
require must be given before any
change in wage questions can be
taken up was served on the railroads
at once.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
GERMAN INTRIGUE IN BRAZIL.
Lansing Throws More Light On Lux
buru's Schemes.


burg's Schemes.
Washington, D. C.-Two more of
the notorious Count Won Luxburg's
messages to the German foreign office
from Buenos Aires were made public
by Secretary Lansing. They provide
official confirmation of Germany's
plan to control southern Brazil. shed
additional light upon Teuton intrigue
In South America generally and re-
veal that Luxburg appealed vainly for
a squadron of submarines with which
to awe some Latin-Americans and to
fatter others with salutes. These dis
patches, like others that have gone
before. were given out by Secretary
Lansing without discussion of their
contents. The only comment was in
this statement attached to the copies:
I'm view OF the fact that the sub.
stance or certain kilograms addressed
by County Luxburg to the German
foreign Office has been published. the
secretary Of state makes public the
actual text of the kilograms"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
COUNTIES OVER TOP.
rHIRTY-NINE SOUTH DAKOTA
COUNTIES EXCEED BOND
QUOTA.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What 10 Going On Hero and There
That Is Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South o.
kota and Vicinity.

Nes.--p Newspapes Unio0 Newa ossvics
Mitchell.-Thirty-ni counties in
South Dakota have subscribed $1,614,-
$50 more than their Liberty loan allot-
ment. The remaining counties of the
state are expected to break even.
Brown county leads, subscribing $751;
600, so per cent over her qquota.
Charles Mix has SO per cent over and
Lawrence 81 per cent.
Although no official total has yet
been announced, 1t is now considered
an assured fact that South Dakota
oversubscribed the second Liberty
loan at least $1,5O0,00O. according to
reports received here at the Office of
n A. Oldham; state manager. The
state allotment is S12,OOO.O00.
The result in several counties is an
Agreeable surprise to the workers.
Hutchinson county, which has been
the recipient of considerable undersir-
able advertising on account of the ar
rest and conviction of twenty-seven
violators of the espionage act residing
there, came to the front with an eley-
ClilA Aoui Aolly IadL put IL several
hundred dollars over the $250,OOO ap-
portionment.
Returns from Hutchinson county i1i-
dicated that the county was in SYM
pathy with the convicted men, as
practically no bonds were reported
sold from that quarter. Workers
from Mitchell and other outside cities
went to the county seat at Parkston
and found that the county had not
been organized in any manner. They
discovered that the business men were
anxious to do their part and wanted
to redeem the community's good
name. Organizations were hastily
made, meetings called and work on
raising the loan started. 1t was as
sured that the county would do it's
bit. The last estimate at hand show
ed the sale of $251,O0O in the county,
with number of statesmen yet to re-
port.
Indians on the various reservations
of the state. who had not been given
an allotment and who were not or
ganized for the campaign, outstepped
their white brothers in some cases.
The Rosebud reservation led with
subscriptions totaling $110,5O0. Other
reservations and their subscriptions
were Lower Brule reservtion, $4,000;
Yankton reservation. $4,000; Sisseton
reservation. $3.50; Grow Creek
agency, $500.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
To Remain In .jaii.

Sioux Falls.-W. Gray Tisdale, a
prominent state musician, who was
arrested on a charge of sending an
obscene letter through the mails and
for contributory delinquency, cannot
enter plea Of guilty at once to the
charge Of sending an Objectionable
letter through the mails. It was dis.
covered that before he can enter such
plea he will have to be indicted by a
federal grand jury. A grand jury, will
not convene until later in the year,
during the Aberdeen term of federal
court. In default of bonds Tisdale
will remain in Jail here until thai,
time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02

Six of the ten German prisoners who
escaped from the alien enemy deten-
| tion camp, Fort Mcpherson, Ca, were
captured by agents of the department
of Justice.
Charges have been received by the
department of justice at Washington
from persons in various s..stiOns of
the effect that retail and wholesale
coal dealers are violating the law In
charging more for coal, both anthracite
and bituminous, than figures set by the
fuel administration.
John ]. Arnold, vice president OF the
First National bank Of Chicago, was
run over by Northwestern train, and
as result amputation Of both feet
Just above the ankles was necessary.
Louis Hunsberger, waiter, Wds
fined $50 and costs for knocking Lib
erty loan subscription blank from the
hands of Hobart Stewart, Il salesman,
on an elevated train in Chicago.
Speaking as party leader and as
an individual President Wilson urged
the woman suffrage issue upon the
voters of all states. He told a delega-
ton of 100 members of the New York
state woman suffrage party at Wash
ington that he hoped their campaign
would be successful and urged men OF
all parties in New York particularly
to vote for suffrage.
Contracts were made between Lou
Isiana sugar growers and the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company for the
delivery of 2OO,OOOOOO pounds of raw
sugar at 61a cents a pound. The food
administration at Washington, an
nouncing the agreement, said this
would mean price to the wholesalers
of S.35 cents, to be followed soon by
a reduction to 7A cents.
A plot to assassinate President Will
son on Thanksgiving day has been dis.
covered by secret service agents in
Memphis, Tenn, and eight men
charged with being the cOnspiratOrs
have been arrested in different places,
according to federal officers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
WORLDS EVENTS
IN SHORT FORM
PEST OF THE NEWS BOILED
DOWN TO LIMIT.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Notes Covering Most Important Hap,
penings Of the World Compiled
In Briefest and Most Succinct
Form for Quick Consumption.
U.S.-7euto,,ic War News

Eighty French army officers are In
New York. They will be distributed
among Americas military training
camps to instruct Uncle Sans fighters
in the arts of war.
Escaping from n German submarine
after "A bitter fight lasting nearly four
hours, with seven of her crew wound
ed. two of them seriously, an Ameri-
can steamer arrived at French sea-
port from an American port. The
timely intervention OF an American
torpedo boat alone saved the ship from
being sunk.
General Pershing accompanied one
of the French generals as far as the
second German line in the French at
tack on the AiSne front in France.
General Pershing's imperturbable atti
tude during this time is the talk of the
French army.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
Kicked in Face.

announces the tragic death of Charles
McGregor, a former we'll known resi-
dent Of Spencer. He was killed in an
automobile accident at Windfor, Col,
the new home of the family. A daugh-
ter, Miss Lulu McGregor, is attending
school at Aberdeen. A son resides
with an uncle and aunt at New Un.
derwood, N. d.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
Foreign

The resignation of the Italian cabi-
mier Beselli, following defeat for the
government in the chamber of depu-
ties, when a vote of confidence failed
by 314 to &c.
The chamber of deputies by an al
most unanimous vote at Rio Janero
declared that Il state of war existed
between Germany and Brazil. The
vote was 149 to !. President BraZ at
once sanctioned the proclamation.
The plant of the Canadian Explos-
ives company at Vaudreuil. near Mon
treal. was blown up. About 1900
We're employed in the plant, but so far
as known all escaped.
Emperor William, on leaving Con-
stantinople, says an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch to London from Am
sterdan1, invited the sultan of Turkey
to visit Berlin. The sultan may visit
Vienna, Sofia and Berlin in November.
The sale of Liberty bonds in Ha-
vana, Cuba. has passed the $1,OOO,OOO
mark, che amount allotted to Cuba for
disposal.
DIR. Ramon Valdez, president of
Panama, and members of his cabinet,
have subscribed literally to the Amer
ican Liberty loan.
The extent to which women are TAX
Ing the place of men in the mines Of
Germany is disclosed in government
report just issued at Washington.
During the last quarter Of 1916 there
were 1888 women SO employed,
compared with 1895 in the same Pc
riod of 1914.
The Petrograd council of workmen's
and soldiers delegates adopted reso-
luton proposed by Leon Trostky, pres
ident Of it's executive committee and a
leading Maximalist, declaring the sal.
walton of the country lies in the con-
clusion of peace as quickly as posi-
ble.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
Pettierew's Secretary Held.

Sioux Falls.-John F. Larkin, for
some time private secretary to former
United States Senator Pettigrew, was
lodged in the county Jail in this city
on charge of forgery. This is the
fourth or fifth time that Larkin has
been arrested on similar charge, and
each time it has been the name of
his employer that he has forged Lar
kin was originally sent to the Sioux
Falls penitentiary from Belle Fourche.
He has served three penitentiary
terms. He was released only few
months ago and was given employ
ment as a stenographer by former
Senator Pettigrew. It is reported he
will plead guilty to the latest charge
against him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
Dakota rhre.hina Record.

Dolton.-A great record in the
threshing line was made during the
season now drawn to a close by
Henry Yontz, thresher. of this
place. During the season he threshed
an aggregate of 77,772 bushels of oats,
15,14O bushels of wheat, 5,914 bushels
of barley and 22O bushels of flax. This
single thresher in this territory.