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talent, while one team had two big lcngue players In the line IN. The
team with the two big leagucrs happened to be one Of the teams In tho
final playoT. On the other tenn was a first bascmnn who Ind been
very much In evidence with his hitting. He hit left handed.
Going into the last half OF the ninth, the team with the two big
lcaguers led by n one run margin. With men on second and third and
two out, 1t was the turn Mt bat Of the hardhittng left handed first
bnsemnn. A southpaw pitcher OF considerable minor league reputation
had been warming up and was rushed into the fray to try to battle the
left handed hitter. It so happened that this player could bat equally
well either way. Believing that he was pulling something out Of the
ordinary. he remained In the left side OF the box until the pitcher
started TO wind up then he shifted to the right side. and, hitting right
handed, singled cleanly to left on the first ball pitched, driving two
runs across the plate.
The big leaguers rushed at the umpire as the crowd rushed on
the field. Who won the game, and what did the umpire df
Answer TO Problem.
The team with the two big leagucrs In Its lineup won the game,
although the crowd and the tenn Mt bat thought to the contrary. The
two runs needed to win, and which had apparently been recorded on
the hit to left, were rendered void by the actions Of the batsmnn.
Under section 10 Of rule n, the bntsman Is out II he steps from one
bntsrnnn's box to the other while the pitcher is In his position ready
to pitch. The big lenguers were quick to take advantage Of this slip
md protested. and, OF course, the umpire was compelled to call out the
batter who bud singled and not allow the two ruLs that had appar-
entity been scored. This made the third out, retiring the side and
giving the cnufo 60 the other club by the onerun margin 1t held when
the Hnal inning was started.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE IS BEST
Coombs Says Teams Seem to Have
Edge on Account OF Their supe.
rior Batting Strength.

Jack Coombs says the American
League teams seem to have the edge
because of superior batting power.
Practically every t am In the Ameri-
can league has three or more men who
are mighty dangerous with the bat"
says Jack. "Detroit has Veach. Cobb.
Crawford, Hellman and Burns. Cleve-
land has Speaker, Roth, Graney. Gan.
dill and Chapman. Boston has Lewis.
Gardner, Hooper and Barry. st. Louis
has Shotton, Sislcr and Pratt. Chicago
has John and Eddie Collins, Welsh,
Joe Jackson, Fourier, Weaver and
Schalk. New York has Baker. Pipp,
High and Magee.
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ferent room one evening. as she ex.
petted company and wished him to
be farther from the noise. Alfred
stuck to rules and traditions. He
had always slept In that bed, and he
would not change now. lie was prom
ised that he would be taken back to
his W bed during the night, and
would not be disturbed but he held
out against the %irregularity Of the
proceeding-it was an unhenrd OF
thing to go to sleep In one place and
wake up somewhere else. But father
called attention to the fact that peo-
pie go to sleep In a railway chr In one
city and wake up In another city many
miles away. That was interesting;
and Alfred fell into the game OF play
Ing that he was 10 take n journey
from q distant city, and was to wake
mp In his bed In the morning.
This worked very well us a trick
hut II that were repeated too fire.
Quently II would soon break up any
sense OF order-or. rather. the new
wny might gradually replace the old
order.
That Is indeed the danger In max.
Ing exceptions; hut We must not be
deferred by the danger. We must vary
the routine as need arises and thus
teach the children that a rule is not
something absolute. but n convenience.
We must teach them. also, to be the
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Molla B~jurstedt.

Bjurstedt Is capable Of strokes that
would pose many Of the best male
players.
One of New York's tennis experts
recently declared that Miss Bjurstedt
could not win from at least the first
100 male stars. Paul Trcanor, a we'll
known tennis player Of Washington
and n who would be listed among
the first 40 players recently declared
that In practice play Miss Bjurstedt
frequently took sets from him when
he worked at his best speed. Other
male players who have played the
woman champ have said the same.
II would be interesting IL Miss Blur
stedt could he induced TO tackle the
mems singles and try to ind her rat
Ing among them. There are many who
nre sure she would rank well up with
In the first 40 and since the women's
title has been so easy for her she
might find II II little more exciting.
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SAVE COLLEGE YOUTHS
Guard Boys Against Profession.
alism While Young.
Dean Briggs Of Harvard Says Ath.
ietes May Be Protected In Gram
mar Schools - Cheering is
Termed as Good Thing.

College boys can be saved from pro-
~fessionnlism In the grammar schools. Is
the idea expressed by Dean lie Baron
X. Briggs Of Harvard, chairman of the
athletic committee OF the college, In his
warming issued to prospective college
athletes against playing for money. In
nm address on athletics at Harvard.
He said:
'Thc ethics OF athletics should be
like the ethics Of anything else. II a
boy breaks his amateur standing, he
should be quick to say so and face the
music. l think that any normal Ameri-
can boy will play n game Of baseball
wherever and whenever he has the
chance. Often they get into semi
professional company, and without car
Ing much about the stipend they re-
ceive, accept money for their services.
Few boys realize what may he the fu-
ture effects Of receiving pay for play.
Ing baseball.
"As a rule, a boy will keep secret
the fact that he has earned money for
ball playing. But sometimes-it may be
seuAS III tht lutt 10 iihtiy
to come to the surface ut a time when
the boy would give many times the
original amount IL he could only blot
OF his n slip into professionalism.
"The seriousness of playing for
money should be shown to the boy
when he Is still In the grammar or high
schools. Oftentimes they have mar
red their amateur records before they
even think OF coming to college. II
advice Of this kind Is impressed upon
the boys early enough, the danger Of
their being declared professionals and
inellgibles later In college life would
very likely be obviated.
There are some phases OF baseball,
practically accepted as institutions Of
the game. that are decidedly unsports-
manllke. Rattling the pitcher is one OF
these. The lncessant talking Of the
players Is another phase that Is hardly
necessary. The talk does not encour-
age.
Cheering Is a good thing. 1t Is or
ganlzed and under the control of the
cheer leaders. But even this institu-
ton can be mlsused, as It Is In football
games, when the cheers may make II
impossible for the opposing quarter.
back to make himself heard"
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STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS
~femenina" Is the wonder worker for Ill
female disorderA Price o. 90 and 500 Adv.
Books In Prison.

Prison literature has many fine pro-
auctions to its credit In prose as well
as poetry. In his prison at Athens,
Socrates completed his great argument
for Immortality; In a Roman dungeon
Calico made some Of his greatest dis
coveries. In his prison In Wartburg
castle Luther translated the New Test
ament into the German language. Dur
ing his twelve years In Bedford Jail
Bunyan dreamed his immortal dream
Of the "Pilgrim's Progress" Sir WAL
ter Raleigh wrote his frngmentary
history of the world to beguiie the long
years Of his Imprisonment In the
Tower Of London. Much Of the New
Testament also Is prison literature.
Some Of the finest Of the epistles Of
st. Paul were written during his i'm
Drisonment at Rome. and the Book OF
the Revelation of st. John was writ
ten while he was an exile on the island
prison of Patmos.-London Ohronicla
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fectious.
the soda water n wants. But for
all that II Is perfectly legitimate to
satisfy the taste for the cold and the
sweet and the favored confections-
on occasions, and In moderation.
II Is a bad rule to indulge the soda
water habit but It's also u bad rule to
be absolute In our a%pprovals or dlsap-
prevails. We are not compelled to say
TO a child. either. "You may always
have what you WISH" or, "You may
never have what you WISH" II Is this
always-or.never attitude. this infexi-
bllity OF judgment that antagonizes
and estranges the growing child aud
makes US old before our time. And Il
Is quite unnecessary. for II Is possible
to give the growing child a wholesome
routine mltigated by more and more
variety. II Is possible for children to
learn that there are %justlfable excep.
lions to the usual way of doing things.
Children love novelty so much, In
general. that they are quite eager for
everything that Is out OF the ordinary.
Sometimes, however, they quickly be.
come attached to the comfort OF fixed
routine. This seems TO have been the
case with Alfred when his mother
wanted him to 80 to sleep In u dif-
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BY the Skin Of hls Teeth.

IL had the narrowest kind OF an es-
cape from getting into terrible trouble
last night" confessed old Festus
Poster. 1.-THE family that moved In
next door to us yesterday have n hound
dog which yapped and hammered oil
night long. When ] could endure no
more Of It | arose and threw u shoe at
him. Thank heaven. l missed him, for
this morning | learned that the head
of the family Is second cousin to a
policeman kansas City Star.
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Economy,

In the thlrd-class compartment Of
the city train the conversation turned
on the important subject Of economy.
Various Views were expressed. Then
n small man In n corner said. slow
ly:
"A friend O. mlne-leastwnys. 'e's
more OF an acquaintance llke--'e amt
spent a 'a'penny In Ave years."
"Roti What are you givin' esp
and similar remarks greeted this state
ment.
Fact" said the small one, briefly,
as he lit his pipe. "But Ell be out of
jail next week "-London 1it.B
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HARTFORD IN GRAND CIRCUIT
officer Of Connecticut Fair Assoeia.
. ton Expects to See Best Trotting
Meet There In 1917.

Commenting on the widely circu-
lated report that Hartford may drop
out ~ the Grand circuit next year.
Mr.. w. II. Gocher, one Of the officers
OF the Connecticut Fair association,
said that NJ action has yet been
taken In this direction. Without as
Stunning to speak officially for the or
%ganization now In control OF the Char
ter Oak Park, nc said he expected to
see the best Grand circuit trotting
meeting In the East there In 1917.
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TO try Lydia Z. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken II with good
results. ] did 30, my weakness dis.
appeared, / gained In strength, moved
into our new home, did al kinds Of
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
Ing and cement work, and raised hum
dreds Of chickens and ducks. can
not say enough in praise Of Lydia e:
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
II these facts are useful you may pub
lish them for the benefit Of other
women. Mrs. M. o. JOHNSTON. Route
d, Box 100, Richmond, Ind.
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TRAINING TODAYS
.. BOYS AND GIRLS
Wise. Folk Know All Rules Are
Meant to Be Broken.
WHEN TO DO IT IS QUESTION
Flied Regularity In the Daily Routine
is Essential With Very Young
children-Latitude May Be
Allowed the Older Ones.
BY slooNie N. oRuENeERo.

W SFtSs
W lSE folks know that all rules are
w meant to be broken. but It Is not
safe to let the children find II out too
II happens that some grow up
without ever tindlng out, and n hard
time OF II they have ever utter.
We can understand the establishment
OF Aunt 10, who dropped In unexpect.
ediy q evening and found eight.year-
old Marion sitting up and reading, and
the hour long after the usual bedtime.
why, ! thought your children never
stayed up after seven o'clock u was
her way Of showing that she knew that
rules were rules. That had been the
rule; that was still the rule for the
younger children. "But now" ex.
claimed the mother, marion stays up
a half hour later on Saturday nights.
because she can sleep later on Sun
day, and because father comes home
later on Saturday"
These were very good reasons for
staying up later; but to some people
there never seems to be n good reason
.or breaking Il rule, and that Is really
what bOthers them-the difficulty Of
lsing discretion. Aunt 10 was N OF
hose people, aud she was one Of u
sery large company.
With very young children II Is essen.
tial to have a fixed regularity In the
daily routine. II 1t can possibly be
carried out. This Is necessary, be.
cause II Is the only way OF getting
children into the habit OF dlsposlng OF
The daily necessities In n routine way.
In the matter Of eating, sleeping and
dressing, In putting away tops aud
clothes, In table aud In the
details Of courteous conduct, the ou-
tine must be observed. with never an
exception. 1t Is apparently the only
way Of making sure Of the habits.
You know the saying about being
offered an inch and taking a yard.
Well. that Seem to be particularly true
OF children On the way to learning the
rules Of llfc's game. A change from
the ordinary a a license to Ignore
the rule. During this period. there.
fore. every departure from the routine
involves . serious setback. When
habits are being acquired. no excep.
ton should be permitted. But after
habits have been formed they must not
be allowed to Interfere with common
sense or with our happiness.
A friend out shopping with her little
girl met me on a crowded street on a
warm day. After talking Of nothing
in particular for n few moments she
told ME haif-apologetically that they
were about to get some ice cream soda
and asked whether I would join them
She explained her hesitation by say
ting: II did not think you would up
prove Of children drinking Ice cream
soda" And. of course. I do not-as O
steady diet. There are no doubt many
children who consume too much Of tn,
colOred and sweetened juices that ar,
sold under various fancy names. Ant
there Is no doubt that children SHOULD
learn to Quench their thirst with wa
ter. II Is also true that II you glv'
them a chance they will nag and mai
until you yield the nickel or dime thu
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from my age nas
when going up
stairs I had TO 60
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, then sit down
at the top TO rest
The doctor said he
thought I should
have IN operation,
and my friends
thought would not
live 10 move into
our new house. My
dauOhtar aaked ma
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Cap Arson Favors Golf.

Cap Arson, heroic baseball figure,
frequently visits The public courses of
New York city. Van Cortlandt park Is
Caps favorlte hangout In Gotham. An
son Is one veteran Of the early days Of
baseball who refuses to grow old. He
'Niscs skeptics to take the golf diet
stnN vhunT.
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ELECT PERSHING AS CAPTAIN
Nephew Of Noted Major General Sc
ieeted az Leader Of Chicago
University Squad.

Frank +. Pershlng Of Chicago. a
nephew Of Maj. Gen. John J. Pershlng.
has been elected captain Of the Unlver-
sity of Chicago football eleven for 1917.
Pershlng Is n quarterback. He has n
more year to play.
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Some Namea.

A Philippine secret society Is nance
Kataastansan Kagalanggallang Katlpu.
nanl The Kataastaasan Ka~galangga.
lang Katipunan has headquarters at
Manila. Originally II was called the
Kataastaasan Kagalanggalassan Katip-
unan. but for easier pronunciation 1t
was changed to Kataastaasan Kaga.
langgalang Katipunan.-Boston Globe.
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PLAYS STRONG TENNIS GAME
Molla eJurstedt, Norwegian Star, 10
Most Speedy and Forceful Of
Any Woman Champion.

Miss Molla Bjurstcdt, the Norwe-
gian tennis star, Is perhaps the speed.
lest and most forceful OF any woman
champ the game has known. Miss
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catcher of the Athletics. Is such n batsmnn. When
southpaws are working against the Athletics.
Schnng hits right handed and vice versa. He pre-
fers hitting left handed. ms IL renders his speed Of
greater value. but he finds that he has much better
success against southpaws when he shifts to the
right side. This by way Of preface to the de-
scription Of n simple play that caused n big riot,
with n wcll.known International league umpire as
the central figure.
This umpire had been selected to preside over
n series Of games at n big baseball tournament held
ut one Of the county fairs In the West. where such
events are very popular. All the teams were
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He Had Always Slept In That Bed and
He Would Not Change Now.

masters OF their habits. and not the
slaves. Children must retain as long
rs possible that peculiar power OF
youth-the ability to change from one
set of habits to another. With ad-
vnncing years and judgment, this
means the ability to use discretion
without rejecting the benefits Of regu-
larity.
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ACTRESS TELLS sEcRer.

A well known actress gives the follow.
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OF
water add / OF. Bay Rum. q small box Of
Barbo Compound. and Y or. Of giycerins.
Any druggist can put this up or o can
mix Il at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come in
each boz OF Barbo Compound. II will
gradually darken streak.d. faded gray
hair. and a II soft and glossy. II will
not color the scalp. 10 no> sticky o.
greasy. and does not rub on. Adv.
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THINKS KEEPER WILL STAR
Manager Lee Foil Of Cleveland Team
ls OF Opinion Pitcher vii. Be
Effective In 1917.

Manager Lee Foil Of the Cleveland
Americans Is of the opinion that Pitch.
or Edward Klepfer will be much more
efficient next season, for the reason
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CLIMBED STAIRS
ON HER HANDS
Too IN to Walk Upright. Operations
Advised. Saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

This woman now raises chickens and
does manual labor. Read her story:
Richmond, Ind.-"For two years +
was % sick and weak with troubles
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Austrian women are now employed
in digging trenches on the Galiciap
front.
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that Klepfer has undergone an opera
ton for the removal Of his tonsils.
"Klepfer's throat bothered him last
season." Foil said. "and l am certain
that II he had submitted to an opera
ton last spring he would have been
"A different pitcher
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st. Peters cathedral In Rome win
$4,000 people.
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One out OF four Austrsli ans has Q
substantial bank account.
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Fallen In His Estimation.

Mrs. Flatbush-Dldn't you say your
husband used to like the Ice and snowf
Mrs. Bensonhurst-Oh. yes.
well l saw him today, and hs
seemed to be down on It,"
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BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS

written Especially for This Paper by the Famous American
League umpire)
There are some batters who can hit equally well from the left or
the right side Of the bntters box. "Wany" Sclnng, the famous younp
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"You say your wife Is economically
Geel Look ut the clothes she wearsi"
Yes, but look ut the clothes sk
doesn't wear"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-11
AMERICAS NEXT CHRISTMAS

Ihree years ago, when the Euro
pean war was young, America sent q
Christmas ship across the Atlantic.
loaded with gifts from American
children to the children of stricken
Europe. This year America has, or
should have, greater interest than
ever in a Christmas ship since it's
own children are over there and it is
now that America should wake up to
Its obligation and prepare for it.
When Christmas comes this year
there will be thousands of young
Americans far away from home,
spending the most joyous holiday of
the year among strangers. They will
be just such men as we know here at
home, healthy and hearty and full of
life-but with just a little touch of
sentiment about them which will
make Christmas without their home
folks a cheerless day that will stand
out forever in their memories, unless
of course, something is done to take
the edge off their lonesomeness.
When Pershing was in Mexico last
year with his handful of fighters the
people at home arranged to brighten
their Christmas in strange land
with gifts of candy, tobacco and
knives and other things, and the
grim general who is leading them in
Europe provided the biggest Christ
mas tree ever decorated.
Mexico was only a skirmish. Eur
ope is a real war and just as America
ia more deeply interested In the fight
ing across the Atlantic so should it
take a deeper interest in the happi-
ness of the men who are fighting and
not skylarking there.
Of course the mothers, brothers,
sisters and sweethearts Of every
American in Europe will send him
something for Christmas, but we
must remember that there will be
many of them who have no relatives
to care for them, and many who,
though they may care, cannot afford
the expense even of such trlfles as a
pound of tobacco or candy. 1t is to
such of our soldiers that we must
discharge our duty.
Giving to the tobacco fund is praise-
worthy, but now we must start
Christmas fnnd. Or, better still,
for Christmas, be his Santa Claus
that day and send him such package
that will cheer him.