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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
CHAMPIONS STILL LEAD CENTRAL ASSO-
CITATION IN CLUB HITTING IN JUNE
The cham sons with a percentage OF

The champions, with a percentage OF
26O. are still leading Central associa-
ton clubs in batting, according to
league averages issued today by sta
tistician A. f. Johnson, OF Waterloo,
covering games to July :. Waterloo
has crept up to second position with
a percentage Of .255 Mason City, fin
ishing second in the first half or the
championship race, is last in CLUB
hitting, with 215. The club batting
fpllnyy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
A sian Of Early Peace,

A porter in an Atchison barber shop
predicts confidently that the war win
not last longer than two weeks. He
says his brother has enlisted, and he
never held Job longer than two
weeks In his whole life.-Kansas City
Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
Peace At Any Prie.

With all the other burdens 1t has to
hear. it will be great relief to the ma
the new bride In the family. fBalti-
more American.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
ciub. Work Ear R.d cro..

- AID societies and clubs II the city
are taking up Red Cross work very
extensively At their meetings, doing
! iris snstead Of fancy work Or sewing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14

Years ago when = man stole q $50
horse he was flirting with the moose
end OF = rope. Nowadays, when he
steals q car worth ten times a. much,
no ID the central figure Of an invsstt-
cation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14

Fort Dodge is leading the clubs in
fielding, with percentage of .s59
Marshaltown is sixth, with .946. The
n1,h porcapfapaS follow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14

Pitching Records.
Derkelson, Of the champions, leads
the league in strikeouts, with ninety.
four in seventeen games. Killeen, Of
Fort Dodge is champion wild man."
having walked seventy-two and hit
eight batters In eighteen games. The
averages follow:
W l. Pct. Ave
Graham, F. D. 2 ITS 1.0S
Tomlin, Clin. ...... 81 1A5
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
SPORTING NEWS
Can the Giants Do 1t?
DEITY WILLIAMS, WHITE sox MURDER. HAS NEVER BEEN
BEATEN IN HIS FIRST START AGAINST A CLUB. s

In the Sox batting practice jackson
and Collins chase Williams off the field
every time he attempts to pitch to
them.
Williams has a peculiar habit Of
stepping between the ball and the bat
ter when he is using a new white ball.
His uniform shirt is kept spotlessly
clean, the effect being that the batter
loses sight of the ball on account of
the white background Of his shirt.
1T don't know why it is I can al
ways win against a club hat has new
er seer my pitching before, but I have
had remarkable luck that way" Will
Jams told me.
"The same thing works out against
Individual players as q general rule.
Let any player, no matter how good a
hitter, face me the first time and I
usually take care of him. Confidence
may have a great deal to do with it
I have grown rather used to %disposing
Of men in their first game against me
and am pretty confident whenever l
face q new man" ...s
If this is a criterion, Williams, the
neglected, might prove to be the Babe
Adams or Bedient of this series.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
BRADsTREET,s VIEWS.

New York, Sept. 2s.-Bradstreets'
tomorrow will say: p
Price adjustments temporarily re-
strtcted fresh developments in some
of the larger lines without, however,
reducing the rapid pace Of industrial
operations or Of trade in essential
commodities, and in a broad sense the
swing is still upward, governmental
buying plus ordinary domestic re-
quirements superinducing an enor-
NOUS, in fact, record volume Of bus
mess. This Is more especially true
OF business in terms of values, even
whereas in some lines, trade stated In
quantity shows little gain, or perhaps
some losses from a year ago. While
fresh buying of iron and steel marks
time pending clearer views Of the ef-
fects of the lower prices announced
Monday and of those yet to follow, 1t
is recognized that new business Is only
held in allegiance and in view Of the
war wants Of the allied nations 1t may
turn out that ordinary consumers Of
steel will have to go short Of supplies.
The main point Is that there GEMS
to be a potential demand for every
thing that can be produced, save lux
uries, Of course, with producers still
complaining Of paucity Of raw mater
1als and a growing serious shortage
Of labor. -
Weekly bank clearings IS, $780,
900.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29

it would pay or not. For instance,
last year when we sold two carloads
of silage and alfalfa fed steer at the
st. Paul market, which brought So
per hundred, there was one extra
fancy steer in the yards that day that
fed only a half ration of grain for
sixty days, while this steer had UNI
|doubtedly received all the grain he
would eat for six or eight months. At
the present price Of grain 1t would
readily be supposed that steers
would show the larger profit At least
we were very well satisfied with the
profits they showed, statement Of
which was presented in a previous
article.
Short Feeds, Only, Mean PROFIT.
At the present time, apparently the
only way II make a profit out Of feed
ing cattle, is to- buy a good grade Of
cattle in as thin a condition u posi-
BILE. It is shown by carefully conduct
ed experiments that the greatest pro-
at is made during what might be CALL
ed the preliminary feeding period.
That Is, in getting the cattle really
started on feed. ANY fat that is on the
cattle when bought, must be paid for
most economically put on. This is be-
cause OF the fact that an animal, as It
lfattens, requires more and more feed
for Its body maintenance; while q
thin animal requires much less and
will consequently use a. larger amount
OF the feed for adding to It's body
weight. A. thin animal will gain rapid
Nv on a ration that would barely main
tain the weight OF a fat animal. In
fact, there comes time In feeding
all animals when the animal is barely
able to eat enough to maintain its oWn
weight. And It is only the amount of
feed, over ana above the amount re-
CURED, for maintenance, that pro-
duces any proft to the feeder. Conse-
IquentIy we have found 1t advisable to
buy our cattle in the fall, when the
market is apparently most favorable,
and keep them in good shape through
the nos gevere part Of the winter, ana
then by q short feed put them in fair
shape and let theln go. AT least this
system has shown a good profit, while
many feeders who have insisted on a
long and heavy grain feed have lost
heavily
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
CORN PRICES
Low; FOLLOW
YIELD REPORT
Crop Greatest Ever Harvest
ed-Has Bearish Effect
on Market.

Chicago, Sept 2S.-Oncial refer
ences to he 1917 corn crop as the
greatest which ever was brought to
harvest, had a noticeable bearish eff
feet today on the corn market. Prices
closed heavy, 2 3-8 toI2 3-4 cent net
lower. Oats finished 7-8 Ole off to lc
up. Provisions showed q
varying from 2 to soc.
Lowest prices Of the day in the corn
pit came just before the end OF the
session and followed reports that the
assistant secretary Of agriculture de-
clared the United States this season
supposed all previous achteve-
ments in the amount Of corn which
had been raised. Other bearish FAC
tors gave the market q downward
any important rally difficult. Disfa-
vor which talkrof removing the max
imumF price limit has encountered DID
a good deal to handicap the bulls.
and SO, too, did peace gossip. and the
absence Of signs that there q been
serious damage from frost. Besides.
there were forecasts of a prolonged
period Of mild temperature through
out the corn belt.
Urgent seaboard demand, together
with month-end adjustments OF
trades put strength into the Septem-
Der delivery Of oats. Other options
weakened with corn.
Packers selling carried down pro-
visions. and was offset only IN part by
enlarged commission house buying.
The unloading was ascribed to the
weakness Of grain. Continued search
5ty Of hogs failed to check sellers.
Option open High Low Closing
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
Feeding Cattle

more profit in feeding them a rather
light ration of grain. That is, two
year old steers, weighing eight or nine.
hundred pounds, should eat thirty to.
forty pounds Of grain per day on full
feed. Our practice a been to limit
them to about half this amount,
which would call for their eating a
large amount of other feed. such as
silage and alfalfa.
While 1t is not possible to put the
same finish on cattle with this method
OF feeding, that it would be by feeding
a full grain ration for a longer time,
there unquestionably is a greater pro-
fit made in this way of feeding. The
experiment stations, especially Of
South Dakota, has demonstrated this
by carrying on experiments for q
number of years along this line. Where
the silage is available, II would Of
course be advisable to feed all the
corn silage that the steers would
clean up once q day. And also have
available about all the alfalfa hay
they would eat. The practice has been
to begin about the middle OF March
by adding chop Of ground grain to
the silage. In some cases, where 1t was
available, we fed a. corn for a short
time. In beginning to feed corn, we
started with a small allowance Of
about two pounds per head-per day,
and increased this a pound a day, nm
til they were getting twelve pounds,
and then held them at this amount the
entire period OF about s~eventy-fve
days. The grain thatgwe have fed has
consisted OF corn, barley and speltz.
When possible it would probably be
advisable to mix these. II no other
grain than barley was available, 1t
might be fed alone. Oats could also be
fed with good resI1Ifa. Tn fart fhera
is very little difference In the value OF
grains for the purpose of fattening
live stock. While corn Is more fatten-
ing. and has perhaps 20%o more value,
pound for pound than barley, the diff
ference IL not very material.
Long Grain Feed Expensive.
Especially at the present time the
feeding Of grain for a long period is
very expensive, and would be Justified
only under very unusual conditions. Al
few very high grade steers might be
fed grain for long period, with d
view Of producing very high priced
beef. However, IL ts doubtful whether
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
Ciootte's Puzzler, Which Now is
Worrying Giants, Nothing More
Than Variation of Knuckle Ball

New York, Sept. 27.-The baseball
writer Of the New York Times said in
the Times yesterday:
THE famous ball with which
Pitcher Eddie Cicotte of the White
Sox has been fooling the best bats
men Of the American league this
season, and which now looms up as a
bug-a-boo to the Giants in the coming
worlds series, turns out to be moth
ing more or less than q variation of
Cicotte's knuckle ball, which he has
been using for the last ten a The
close scrutiny Of the umpires Of the
johnson has proved that Cicotte uses
no foreign substance on the ball, as
has been charged by many batsmen.
Whenever Cicotte struck out this,
that or the other batsman the en-
barrassed hitter walked back to the
bench with the complaint that he had
been a victim of the Shine ball.
THE Shine ball is a myth, and the
trajectory It pursues on the flight to
the batsman is the self-same trajec-
tory that It has always taken and is
much the same as that Of the moist
ball. The ball spins up to the bats
nan very fast and suddenly the
spinning ceases, and the ball takes a
tantalizing little hop, which is never
the same twice.
Optical Illusion.
"Cicotte does this by throwing the
ball Off the knuck1es Of his first two
fingers instead Of off the ends Of the
fingers. as all other pitchers do. The
only other pitcher who ever was able
to throw this knuckle ball with any
degree Of ucces was Eddie Sum-
mers. h old Detroit pitcher.
"The ball got its name from, the
fact that before he throws the pill
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29

Cicotte rubs a part Of the ball on his
uniform to make it clean and dry. II
the ball is dirty this makes a small
white spot on the ball, against which
Cicotte rests his knuckles when he
throws. Early in h season when
Cicotte pitched the ball in such way
that the white spot was a little whittier
than usual, because the other parts
Of the ball happened to be dirtier, the
white spot evolved into a sort Of an
optical illusion, the white spot causing
a flicker as the ball spun toward the
batter.
"when the news Of this flicker Of
the ball spread among the ball play
ers, If course, their superstitious
folks in the world and their imagin-
ations accepted the Shine ball.
"Throughout the American league
the players confidently believed that
Cicotte was using wax or vaseline to
effect q new variation Of the moist
ball. No one thought of Cicotte be-
ing an old stager at the art of battling
batsmen with his old knuckle ball.
He has been at the pitching game SO
long that he knows the failings and
virtues of every batter in the league.
When he was accused Of using foreign
substance on the ball, he just denied
it and allowed the players imagin-
aLlOnS 10 go TO the limit. .i
Jumps to Blame.
A a matter of fact, If the umpires
insisted on using clean, white balls all
the time there would be no chance
for Cicotte to rub one part Of the
ball so as to make the mythical
flicker which many players maintain
makes the ball jump like a grass
hopper when it floats up to them.
There is nothing in the rules which
prevents a pitcher from rubbing a
clean place on a dirt-covered ball. In
fact, the practice is not so objection
able as he moist ball, which will
probably be legislated out Of the
game before another season.
The Chicago players have had
little to say about the ~so-called Shine
ball since it received such a reputa-
ton, but it is from the players of the
White Sox that the above explanation
comes. As a matter of fact, Cicotte
doesn't rub a clean spot on thu, ball
to create an optical illusion. He
cleans a place on the ball."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
Feeding to Fatten.

The unusually high price of grain
is causing many feeders to leave their
yards empty, and in some cases milk
and breeding herds T being sent to
the shambles. This will result IN
higher prices for beef and dairy pro-
ducts. The very high price of all ami
NAL products at the present time Of
fers as great a margin of profit as
ever, Notwithstanding the high prices
of feeds. Feeders should consider this
and not be too hasty in selling stock,
or be afraid to buy stock to utilize all
the feed available.
The feeding Of cattle for the pur-
pose of fattening them up has been
given very little consideration in this
why many more cattletshould not be
fattened here. 1t has been proven by
experience that u dry winters are
very favorable t feeding cattle.
For the past three winters on our
farms we have fattened put cattle. and
sold them on the markets. This has
largely been possible because Of the
fact that we had corn and alfalfa to
feed. The cattle fed have ranged from
two year old steers % old cows, and in
all instances the results have been
very satisfactory. Our experience in
dictates that cattle that are to be fat
tened should be bought in the fall,
when they are in fairly good shape,
and fed a little more than a main
tenance ration during the fall and
winter. That is, they should be fed
sufficient to keep them in good shape
until the last Of February, and then
fed more literally until time to mar
ket which would probably be about
the first OF June.
The feeding OF cattle, even in the
corn belt, ID being conducted along
very different lines than 1t was twenty
years ago A great many feeders used
to believe and practice, that 1t requir-
Led q year OF more to fatten steers.
Now q great many feeders do not fg-
ure on feeding longer than seventy
i've TO one hundred days.
Our method has been to buy the
stock In the fall, and as stated FED
them q fairly ration Of alfalfa,
silage end stray until about the mid
die OF March, when we have beaIin
feeding Grain and fed until the drgi
of june. We also figure that there r
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
WASHINGTON TEAM
DEFEATS WILDER
ELEVEN So TO#6

The Washington team, last years
champions defeated the Wilder eleven
yesterday SO to- g. 5
The o is no indication Of the
game, as 1t raj a very interesting
game throughout, the Wilder team
playing o plucky game. O.
The Wilder men started out with a
rush and held their opponents on
downs the first quarter. Mumford of
sational end run and was not downed
until within five yards Of the goal,
when Elliot tackled him. Sandlie,
right half for the north end team,
took the bali over for g. touchdown,
but failed to kick goul.
The Washington eleven then re-
ceived the ball on the kickoff and
rushed 1t down the field for a touch
down. Strebig making the necessary
tally.
The second quarter was rather one-
sided, Boyle making two touchdowns
for the winners. IN this quarter the
team ripped the Wilder line time and
again. adding long gains every time
the ball was put In play.
In the third quarter the northend-
ers, using Sandlie and Mumford con-
tinuously, played a very strong game
Tor q snort time XXI the argeS
gains during the entire game. but
were soon battered down by the last
years champions. The Washington
team then got the ball on downs n
johnson carried the ball owe for an
other score. They again received the
ball on a kickoff, and after a few
downs streibig made another touch
The last quarter was the best ex-
hibition Of football staged during the
entire game. when each team played
the ball up and doWnIthe field with
in scoring distance, and not until only
Ave minutes were left to play did the
Wilder eleven weaken. strebig n
each making a score. .
sandlie, Mumford, Turner and
Granard played the stellar game for
Wilder, while Doyle, Strebig, Grumil-
Ter, and Johnson played an excellent
game for the Washington schoo
The lineup for the game was as
follows. ~ FtrAH'E Va" 81 agagEs
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
(By Paul Purman.).

With the White Sox-so far as T
know not much attention has been
paid to the part Lefty Williams may
play in the series.
williams has been pretty generally
neglected by most players and critics
with whom I have talked about the
big event.
But Williams may be very valuable
in at least one game, the first n he
pitches, If Rowland picks him to start.
In Lefty's few years in baseball he
has never lost an opening start against
any club.
Precedent doesn't count, you may
say-maybe not-but the fact Of the
matter is Williams has won every
game he has ever pitched against any
club. major or minor and there is no
more reason for believing this won't
work out In the world series as well
as at any other time.
Williams is death against left-hand-
ers. Cobb, Speaker, Collins-any of
the great southpaw hitters Of the
league candidly admit Williams is one
Of the toughest pitchers in the league
for them to hit.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
Local Y. M. c. "A. Boys
Win At Fargo Contest
Billiards, Ping Pong, Bowling and
Other Games Played at First
Meeting OF Associations.

A dozen members of the boys de-
partment of the Grand Forks 7. M.
CA. went to Fargo yesterday for a
tournament Of games with the Fargo
association. In the bowling, billiard
and pingpong games played last g
ing the Grand Forks boys were the
victors, winning 20 points to the Far
go boys 15.
H. B. Frame, boys director, is in
charge Of the local party which mo-
tored to Fargo and will return to this
city Sunday.
Caroms, pingpong and checker
games were played this morning and
a basket ball game will be played at
5 o'clock this afternoon. The Fargo
aggregation will return the visit on
October Ia.
Results of the games follow:
Pocket Billiards. IA
Boo, Grand Forks, so; CLANCY, Far
go, Al.
Froats, Grand Forks. so; Carlson,
Fargo, %.
Carom Billiards.
Rustfeldt, Grand Forks, 25; Peters,
Fargo, ID.
Smith, Grand Forks, IS; Berdahl,
Fargo, 25.
Pfngpong.
. Friedman, Grand Forks, 6-8; Bur-
nett, Fargo. 2-2.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.

Minneapolis, Sept. 2s.-Wheat re-
ceipts 37S cars, compared with $50 q
Corn No. 8 Yellow 1876 q 1876.
Oats No. 8 White Sc 1-S q SO 1-S.
Flax 3.49.
Flour unchanged. Shipments 6S,-
269 barrels.
IN Rye 100 q 1.91.
Barley 1.18 @ LAO.
Bran 31.50 @ 5000.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
MONEY MARKET.

New York, Sept. 2s.-Mercantile
paper s IA q 5 10. Bar silver 81
SIS. Mexican dollars rs.
Government bonds steady. Rail
road bonds irregular.
Time loans firm; sixty days and
ninety. days s LIZ a 6; six months 8.
Call money firm: high s; low 4 172;
ruling rate g.; closing bid A; offered
at 4 ~; last loan 4 ID.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
Hides, Pelts, Wool, Etc.
Review OF the Market by The Redick
Hide & Fur Co.

HIDES: The hide market has suf-
fered q severe slump and prices are
quoted from 3 to 4c per pound lower.
Our prices herewith are nominal and
may be too high. The cause OF the
decline is given as large stocks Of for
eign and domestic hides on hand and
q poor leather business. No country
hides are used by the government for
war orders. 4
firm and good lots are still bringing
high prices.
TALLOW: The market is slow but
prices are well maintained and good
stock is bringing full prices.
Pelts are In good demand
and bringing high prices especially
those with long wool.
RAW FURS: It Is yet too early for
prices on raw furs. Do not catch any
fur bearing animal until late in Octo-
Der and better yet wait until Novem-
hnYs L..#H. fas-a LItE.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
THE MARKET WORLDN
LIVE STOCK MARKET

South st. Paul, Mimi. Sept. 3D.
Hog receipts, 5000; 5000 cents
higher for week; range, s.26@1s.7
bulk, 1880 a 1870.
Cattle receipts, S2,100: killers, ESQ
rs cents lower for week; steers. $500
@14.25; steady; cows and heifers,
$4,000 800; calves, $500 1850;
stockers and feeders, SCOTS cents
lower for week, $500 $1,000.
Sheep receipts, 1000; 25 cents
higher; SO cents lower for week.
lambs, $8.00@16.60; wethers, $1,000
1900; ewes, $1,000 10.50.
Chicago, Sept 2s.-Hog receipts,
5000; steady; bulk, $1s.7b@1s.46;
light, $18.80@19.60: mixed. $3.50.
1880; heavy, $18.40 q 1880; rough,
S18.4O q 1880; pigs, $14.60@1s.80.
Cattle receipts, 1000; native beef
steers, $7.25 Otis; western steers,
$6.40@16.25; stockers and feeders,
J$6.25@1l.25; COWS and heifers, $500
@12.50;s calves, $1,000 a 1876.
Sheep receipts, 5000; steady; weth-
ers, $4,000 1850; lambs, $13.00@1s.
Sioux City, Ia, Sept. 29.-Hog re-
ceipts. 1000; @I0 cents lower; esti-
mated tomorrow, $500; bulk, 1880
@19.10; range, s18.80@19.30; light,
$3.50 1910; mixed, $4,000 1900;
heavy, SIS. 80@19.3O.
Cattle receipts 1900; estimated to-
morrow, 5000. stockers steady.
Sheep receipts, 200. @
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh, Sept. 2e.-smith was hit
harder than Steele, but the latter's
wildness proved his undoing, and
Brooklyn won the second game of the
series with Pittsburgh yesterday.
The score: r.. H. e.
Brooklyn 100 o2o oo1-3 4 o
Pittsburgh 1000 100 000-1 1
s. Smith and Miller; Steele and w.
Smith. +
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29

More than rs Bonn university pro-.
fessors have petitioned the kaiser not
to make another peace offer. Age and
immunity lend enchantment to the.
spectacle Of a
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29

Those radical Socialists at Petro-
grad who nave declared that no prop
erty owner shall participate in the
government will change heir point Of
view If they succeed In confiscating
what they want. ~