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The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
THREE SWATS WERE ENOUGH
Gawsy Michigan Pitcher Who Could Fool Ty Cobb Is Given Chance
 to Show Jennings.

Hughie Jennings, manager of the Tigers, recently had letter from a Michigan pitcher who stated that he could strike out Ty Cobb three times out of four trips to the plate It only cost $1.S0 to get peep at this pitcher and, working on the old motto that you never can tell, Jennings forwarded the one buck and eight dimes.
 The pitcher came, a six-foot four ipch man. He was gawky and he was all joints and bone.
 Cobb was called and he faced the new marvel. The first pitch Cobb whacked against the right-f1efd wall. The next was good for four bags when Ty pasted 1t. and the third flew to deep center and was four-pfy shot.
 "Well, what have you got to say?" asked Jennings.
 'I don't think that's Cobb" said the pitcher.
 Needless to say, that ended the pitchers career.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

is a good base runner, one capable of getting the utmost inch on both his own and Bakers blows.
 Pipp stands today as an example of the sound baseball sense of Manager Donovan. When Wild Bill was brought over from Providence pennant fame to assume charge of the Yankees by Messrs. Ruppert and Huston, the new owners, he found that the Detroit club had given New York options on Plpp and Hughie High.
 Both Pipp and High made good, and formed q nucleus around which it was possible to build the present strong structure. Like most of the prOmi- nent American league sluggers, Wal ter Pipp is left-handed batsinan. He throws with his right hand, qualifica- ton regarded as a great advantage for 'ffrst-base play. Pipp is grand fielder, active, agile and certain with his hands. He is possessed of a won- derful reach-he stands six feet two inches in height, and weighs 1S0 pounds.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
FEW GIVE LUCID TESTIMONY
Average Person Seems to Get Badly Flustered When Talking to
 Lawyer or Detective.

And after the choking" prompted the lawyer. who represented the plaintiff in a recent trial for assault.
 ''Oh, there wasn't any choking that saw" said the witness.
 ''No choking? But didn't you tell the officer that the accused sprang upon his victim from behind and seized him by the throat?"
 ''Yes, sir. surely. But there wasn't any choking He just squeezed him till he couldn't breathe"
 'sWeu. wasn't that choking. I'd like to know?"
 "When body chokes he coughs till he splits it out" explained the witness. but the old man didn't have any thing in his mouth, and he didn't cough, so he didn't choke. He was squeezed till the life was most squoze out of him. that's all."
 If the court was not enlightened by such a finely discriminated point. neither was the truth beclouded. But William J. Burns, the famous detec-. tive. declares that it is nearly impos- sible for the average person to give simple, lucid information to a lawyer or detective. He gives as an exam pie the office boy who was asked, Did Mir. Jones or his partner usually reach the office first?"
 t'Well.' said the boy eagerly, bush ing and stammering with excitement, "Mr .JOnpS at first WaS always last but later he began to get earlier. till at last he was first although before he had always been behind. He soon got later again, although of late he has been sooner, and at last he got behind as before. But I guess he'll be getting earlier sooner or later."- Youths Companion.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
WELL CALLED GREATEST GIFT
Hard to Overestimate What the oual- ity of imagination Has Done
 for the World

X man may be denied health. wealth. friends, education many of the other good things of life, but there is one thing which, if he be so happy as to be endowed herewith. can never be taken from him no matter what his condition in life may be-and that is the quality of imagination. This quality it is which inspires all hope and furnishes the wings for faith
 which peoples the heavens with an- gels and lights up the very shadow of the tomb. Imagination it is that opens the windows of the soul and allows man to see back down the vistas Of the past and far along the lanes of coming time. It is imagina- ton that brings happiness and con- tentment into the lives of the sick, the impoverished and the oppressed. It makes noble men sing in prison yet hauntS with awful dreams the tyrant on the throne. Without imagination there would be no "Pilgrim's Prog
 ress," no Paradise Lost" no Mid summer Nights Dream. nor would there be ever any invention or archi- lecture O., music that is "the wine of the soul" or sculpture or painting that reflect in form and color the ideals in the minds of Inen. Blessed be imagination, the greatest gift of su- prerhe wisdom and power to the chil- dren of earth.-Los Angeles Times.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
Kinohird Is chlvaIrous Fighter.

The scientists call the kingblrd Ty- rannus tyrannus, doubling up on the tyrannical significance of the thing be- cause this bird of ours tyrannizes over other birds, but 1t is grateful to say that his pecking pugnacity re- strains itself in the cases of birds smaller than himself.
 There are some good friends of the kingbird who will tell you that the tyrannus of his name is used in It's extremely ancient significance, which was that of ruler rather than tyrant, but the kingbird Is tyrant, neverthe- less, as one can find out by asking any crow or hawk which flaps or sails within the domain of this guardian of the fields.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

What is believed to be q new worlds record for chances accepted in a single game of ball was established the other day by Daubert the Brooklyn first baseman, when he had 27 putouts and four assists in the 22-innine battle with the Pirates. At least this is latter day record.
 Jake himself disposed of as many men as are required to complete a nine-inning contest and even so he did not kill off a third of the men retired in this one. He was the only Brook lynite to handle more than ten put outs except Otto Miller, who caught the whole game and slew 13 opponents.
 Other Records.
 In the famous 24-inning tilt be- tween the Athletics and Red Sox at Boston. September 1, 1906 the longest game in major league history none of the first basemen even approached Daubert's record. Grimshaw of Bos- ton had 20 putouts and two assists. Davis and Schreck divided up the
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
CLEVER WALTER PIP
Yankees First BaSeman Is Most
 Remarkable Player.
Earned Title of Home-Run CIoutc~ of His Circuit While but Twenty Three Years of Age-in Clean
 Up Position.

Walter Pipp, first baseman of the Yankees, is one of the most remark able players developed in the last de- cade by the American league. Last season, while only twenty-three years old. this clever performer earned the home-run title of his circuit and also batted in more runners during the sea- son than any other ball player of the Johnson organization. His hitting was more effective than that of Iris Speak CT, Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Eddie Col lins and several others who topped him in the official averages.
 Pipp bats fourth in Bill Donovan's order. Fourth place is considered the "clean-up" position. There is a fine distinction when it is remembered that J. Franklin Baker, the home-run king of Connie Mack's famous world cham pion pennant trust, is now team-mate of the Michigan marvel.
 In Pipp and Baker the Yankees pos sess an ideal offensive pair such as has carried more than one team to success. Walter and Frank are to New York just what T!s Cobb and Sam Crawford were to the Tigers many years before Wahoo began to slow up. Pipp is not so fast as Cobb, of course, but still he
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

Eqsss comfortable and reliable kimo- xz. E7z7disturbed by brilliant rivals in l..ung5ag robes and negligees, appears ss szrafer force than ever, secure of srxz<xe sn every wardrobe. Japan is se.xs5Eng a tot of them In pretty color f7.=s and with attractive embroideries, ard selling at very moderate prices. Ssrzss of these are made of thin silks, s1vsrxsEaed. but most of them are of s.r<fsea crepes. The printed silks are vrrT Interesting.
 Among the American cottons flannel esse sS the most popular choice for x7ssssmss and house jackets made for -v1y comfort. The newest arrivals ssyuas.x them are finished with ruffles sss RATION ribbon, and proclaim their sSzezSance to the cause of pockets by wFnp<sRg one or two. Most of them ssxzsD bear the signs of the times in a ssazxusw belt made of the same mate yss,H az the kimona But this is one asF Che garments that has no good req sv-n ear changing and therefore the xTrpzras of today are much like those .s~ zsany yesterdays.
 gn the picture a cheery and good snskfxg example of the Japanese silk kl,1erzz has set-in sleeves and wide 41sszar edged with frilI of satin rib tsnz Three points of lace at the front If ske cofiar are set on at each side. The sleeves are three-quarter length wFkh turned back cuffs edged with rib 1sE frflls. and the pockets are, ,ffa 1sshed In the same way. -
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
MANY PLAY BALL TN FRANCE
Not Counting canadians, Americana Find Lot of Nifty Players AmoNe
 Australians.

The American boys in France arc finding out that they are not the only men who can play ball. Not counting the Canadians, or "Americans,r there are in the Australian part of the Brit ish empires army lot of very nifty baseballers. A special campaign was made in Australia among the various baseball leagues for recruits early in the war, ard as result hundreds Of the players enlisted and large per centage of them finally found their way to France, though the bones of many now lie blenching in Gallipoli and In the sands of Assa
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
Breakfast Cheer.

A breakfast daintily served is the surest index of perfect day. One woman, who determined to give her hubby cheerful sendoff every morn ing, bought blue willowware for the breakfast china. Then she used blue and white as her color scheme for the dining room. She made napkins of white linen. rolled their hems and bIanket-stitched them in blue. They were related at once to the china. Then sile bought two blue and white runners and spread these over the breakfast table A blue bowl, which held a place in the center of the,ta- ble, always contained white flowers 0{ 2 Hme sort This was one woman's way td3 make husband happy.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
Al Demaree.

he got busy again and succeeded in engineering the swap that sends him back to the Giants and probably into more worlds series money. Kilduff loses out on the worlds series, but is said to be satisfied, because he thinks he will have a chance to play regular ly with the Cubs. Marvel: A player who would be in the game regularly in preference to sitting on the bench and sharing in worlds series purse. This Kilduff must really like to play ball.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

Lajoie unlike the other Napoleon. has shown that he is able to come back more than once.
 A big league catcher escaped the draft because Of an injured thumb, with nothing said about his cold feet.
 Rumors that Ward and Frazee have tired of their venture in baseball per sist and are believed to have some foundation.
 Joe Tinker. president and manager of the Columbus American association club, continues to fight and wrangle with the umpires.
 ''Casey" Stengel is called "Casey" be- cause his name is Charles, just as "Jeff'' Tesreau is called Jeff" because his name is Charles.
 Pitcher Slim Love of the Yankees was turned down by the army exam iners because he was too light in weight for his height.
 Kauff and Zim are doing all the Giant slugging these days, That is. with bats. Fletcher and Herzog take care of the other kind of hitting.
 An eastern ball player wants to be exempted on the ground that if he is sent to war his team may lose the pen naDt. A modest little chap, isn't he?
 Jack Warhop, for years pitcher for the Yankees, has turned his attention to shortstopping and he has done good work in several games for Lajoies To- ronto club.
 Zach Wheat thought his trouble was sprained ankle, but examination showed that he has a fallen arch that may develop into a permanent handi- cap to playing ball.
 Pitcher c. l.. Torkelson and Third Baseman Fred Eunick, late of the Marshaltown team of the disbanded Central association, will be given trials by the Cleveland Indians.
 Jack Hendricks Indianapolis club of the American association is out in front by several games and there ap- pears to be little chance of any other team beating out the Indians.
 
 Jim Shaw has proved the most ef- fective of Clark Griffith's boxmen this season. George Dulnont started out as star, but he has been having his troubles lately trying to win game.
 Harry Pifenger, the schoolboy pitch CT recently signed up by the Cleve- lands, Is real cute little thing. Harry Is little bit of shaver. only six feet seven inches tall, and tips the beam, when he doesn't bust it, at 220 pounds.
 The Pittsburgh club Is still grabbing youngsters here and there. One of the latest sighings Is Fred Bowman, a pitcher who was with Mason City of the Central association until that cir cult dlsbanded. He is rightJlander.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

initial bag labor for the Mackmen. Harry had F putouts and an assist and Ossie Is putouts. The two to- gether thus were two short of Dau- bert
 Pitcher Makes New Record.
 It is probable that Pitler of the Pirates also hung up new mark for second-sackers when he took care of 15 putouts and four assists, a total of 19 chances without error. Only Dau- bert of the players in this game ex- ceeded him.
 One of the remarkable features of this battle was the good control shown by several of the pitcf IFS. Jacobs walked only three men in 17 innings, and Cheney but one in 13. Pittsburgh had ? men left on the bases, which comes close to being record, and Brooklyn was not far behind with IS. Bigbee of Pittsburgh was at bat II times and made six hits, while Myers of Brooklyn was up ten times and s t five safeties.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

EF 2scfober's brides take advantage aE sAe great liberty in the choice of ssyssS. for their wedding gowns this ytsE, xaey will be wonderfully garbed l. ssTESeaEs that they may be quite in- szaSszdent of the current modes and sFasasss excursions into the past in order sss zz7rss themselves and their attend sgsss En the styles of other days and sssssg lands. All that is required of ESis: zasHding procession is that it shall its= picturesque and dignified There is 9rso zsGting away from that last condi- sssF-ss re frivolous and light-binded sBg. gsssSEsasa must appear in the brides ap- E.azr4
 BE she chooses the modes of the hour >sase Is fortunate, also. for she finds sssssza Beautifully adapted to the we'd sfszg gown There are the straight-line dresses and those that show q little 9sss715fioa of the waistline all simple rzSa dignified And the vogue for full afszEseries ia soft, rich satiHs plays in sss sSae hands Of the designer of we'd szzEIE gowns. Just how we'll this style .fzrs tse managed is shown in the gown ssse4s1rrsI.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
They Fooled 'Em.

Did anyone discover that you were a bride and groom on your honeymoon trip?"
 NO; we fooled everyone. Instead<of calling each other by our first na4hes, U called Jim Mir. Black and he called he Miss Kinkly. just as we did before Ae. were even engaged. We were just as formal with each other as alx01xesa should be.--Detroit Free Pr
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

This model has the regulation long sleeve, partly of satin and partly of crepe georsette. but it has not the reg ulation high neck. A little chemisette of crepe with a V opening at the front, makes pretty amends for the absence of q higher collar. It is hardly dis eerniblc in the picture. The train is long and straight and the veil is long CT. falling in two lengths from the puffs across the back of the head. The ends of the veil are bordered with fine val lace and the shorter length is something over half the length of the figure. A very narrow girdle and a double strand of pearl beads dispose of the finish at the waistline, and a long strand of pearls is worn about the neck.
 Orange flower buds make a band about the forehead, with clusters of buds and blossoms arranged in the veil at the back. Altogether this is q costume that will never look less beau- tiful in years to come than it does to- day-and the bride will always be able to point with pride to her picture.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
DEMAREE DOES OWN TRADING
Former Cub Pitcher Negotiated Trade Sending Him From One Team
 to Another.

Pitcher Al Demaree does his own trading. At least he negotiated the trade that sent him from the Phillies to the Cubs, and when he heard that Manager Mitchell had taken shine to Pete Kilduff and that McGraw would like to have an extra pitcher,
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
USE BASEBALL AS CIvILIzER
Japanese Government Plans Sending Teams to Manchuria to Get Ma.
 tives Interested.

Here's q further tribute to baseball as civilizer: The Japanese govern nent, 1t is reported. plans to send two college teams in tour of its territory in Manchuria, partly to make the Jap anese colonists there feel in touch with the holne iand. and further to get the natives interested, so that they will -,aY less dfS to grumDie about Jep-
 os,-l policies.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

made of the silk. tells the rest of the story of this unpretentious garment that contrives to be fascinating because of It's simplicity and the real beauty of the silk It would make lovely gift for the girl going away to school or nnyone else inclined kimonaward in her hours of ease
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

\ novel window seat. which contains fbrage space for clothing, can be e,s.
 F to form Q single bed.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
BAS(:. BALL >S T TORIES

Lajoie, unlike the other Napoleon, has shown that he Is able to come back more than once.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

A big league catcher escaped the draft because Of an injured thumb, with nothing said about his cold feet.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

Rumors that Ward and Frazee have tired of their venture in baseball per sist and are believed to have some foundation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-04
BY Bernard A. KeItner-

way change system Of expensive cheap roads
(for the records prove that there is thing
70 system of inexpensive permanent roads. and
modern highway engineering is giving ample evidence
that there is such a thing that This is the
cOncensus of opinion Of county road experts
Comparison Of the initial or both concrete and
gravel roads show that the former cost several
thousand dollars Labor constitutes a big fea-
in the cost but than in the construction
Of the gravel highways. With the present price Of
material. a 10-foot concrete road will ap-
EroXimatey 81 900 per mile. while the 14-foOt road
per mile amounts $4,000. against $4,000 for the
10 IT. gravel $4,000 for the 14-foot gravel
road At the present time, stretch of three miles
the Turkey Creek road is the only 1O-foOt road in
the county. The Perkins roads south OF Mishawaka,
intended 10 be 10 feet wide but because of the
difficulty experienced by drivers of vehicles turning
out into the sand for passing conveyances the
nissoners revised their plans and added four feet
Really bad roads i'm St Joseph county TO be
found principally in the marshy of Harris,
Green Union. Madison and Liberty townships and are
i'm cases side roads which seldom used.
Every township the county has small pieces of
bad roads but the majority Of roads in good
dition
Corduroy roads in abundance in the county.
rapidly disappearing before the onslaughts of the
modern highway engineer. The Kankakee marshes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-04

.inued with Ackerrnann Construction Co the dura-
labor. A bunch OF Kentucky negroes were
the most faithful remaining FOR the entire space ~
two weeks before packing up- and leaving Tor the
southland.
Not only the are 20 be benefited by the
Lincoln highway but also the farmers who naturally
should receive or more benefit because q
their bearing OF the incurred the constru
tion.
Rain or all kinds OF inclenent weather cannot
prevent the farmer from hauling his produce 70
market along the Lincoln highway. Muddy roads
irritable soughs certain OF year.
not be encountered il is less likely win
be heavily drifted in the winter time
Since part Of the Lincoln highway west OF South
Send was opened 10 traffic. more producers put IN
their appearance at the city market while
dealers enabled TO make earlier deliveries
ers who had not marketed their produce at the city
market in past years regular attendants The
attendance during the last few months the IL
ample evidence what good roads
Indiana is backward by any means in regard 70
good roads her standing OF fourth the
- in the union signifies. Joseph county
well be proud Of her contribution to the
According 10 county road experts Indiana might
higher II state SUPPLEMENTARY would estab
lished. The states that ahead OF Indiana
eastern CONFERENCE.-The and old in experience we'll
age with the government having direct super
vision Of good road Construction.
some ways Indiana ahead OF these states prin.
cipally IN respect and that is the gravel
used in the construction of roads In St Joseph
county alone there is gravel used 14-foot
gravel roads than in other county Of correspond
ing size the state. The Sumption Prairie. Division
and Cruns Point roads good examples. But they
have not been classified superior others by the
commissioners because they have been able
a high amount or taxes collected vhicles And
with other counties in the they
could under the classification and accepted
by the commissioners. then Indiana might rank frst
among the good roads Of the union
In mileage st Joseph county is equal TO any single
in the state. having not only q miles OF
roads and 81 miles of gravel roads but also
many miles Of highways which IN fairly
rood condition. These roads cannot be called poor
but they not OF the best by any means n Is not
motorst who IS affected this time but Ia the
farmer Motorists seldom these roads