davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1919-04-06

and not the steal, should have been
tried. 1t is an easy matter to show
that. had the runner been off with the
pitch, he could have scored on the
long double. Some pan the runner
who WAS thrown out, others say un-
kind things to the coacher for send
ing him down, while still others pick
on the manager, who was undoubtedly
the man responsible.
The situations are just a few that
come up for which the player is
criticized. when he has pursued the
proper course The second guess is
one of the evils of base ball. 1t is
always easy to figure a better way
after one course has been tried and
failed.
So in the future if ready to say
unkind things of some athlete when
it seems he has pulled a bone. stop
for a moment and see if you can't
figure out a reason for what seems
a rather unusual procedure. Perhaps
you and not the player or manager
are pulling a bone.
(Copyright 1919 by w G. Eyansl
Evening star., 1919-04-06
.sFHE CENTURY WINNERS,

Christy Mathewsen alone challenged
mighty big six" fell far short OF the
record Of the veteran Of bygsRe days.
Mathevson lasted oaly seventeen
years as twiFler, during which time
he scored 37s victories. His yearly
winning average was twenty-five VIC
marx q .sS1. In Iii thoss se.satsss
years MatheEson issued only 7l5 bases
on balls In sas Gamss. \ shelving that
eclipses anything ever exhibited. Here
are the records of Young and Mathew
son:
Evening star., 1919-04-06

man ever won mere than see games.
And that star Of stars was ey Young,
the old Rail Splitter" who garnered
a total ef sos victories in sS7 games
during his twenty-two years as 2 big
Lacquer. His yearly average was
twenty-three victories against fifteen
defeats for a percentage Of .S06. Dur
ing all the years Of Young's career
his novice days, his prime and his
waning power-he struck out an aver
age of three men per game and yield
ed only about one and one-haH passes
Evening star., 1919-04-06

7 elongated Indian, who starred fer
many years with Connie Mack's tribe
and is still on the big league reserve
list. The aborigine won zoe Of 4ls
games during his fourteen years fer
an average Of $50.
Grover Alexander annexed fourth
place by scoring 1s2 victories in az
games. in which he has participated
during his eight years as a bis
Lacquer. Alexander. however tepe
the league in the percentage division,
having pitched for the remarkable
winning average Of .ss3. AlsxsRasy
has mhsrsd Hfty-four ehetout tri-
umphs in this 1872 victories-an aver
age of almost enc shutout in every
three contests. The mighty Cub
twirler dispensed 5s5 bases. on halls
less than twe peF game, while in the
same time he famed an average 81
more than four batsmen per contest
The yearly average Of Alexander
shows twenty-four victories against
eleven defeats.
Is it any wonder tha tthe Cub own
ers paid Sse,eee fer this supermounds-
man?
The table below gives the names
and the complete records Of all the
pitchers in the game today who have
won 100 or more victories during
their careers. 1t is arranged accord
tRg to the most games won.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
'TRULYCREATS" "OFTHEMOUW
HAVING 100 OR MORE VICTORIES
Walter Johnson Second Only to Plank Of
Active Pitchers and His Yearly Aver
age Ties That of Cy Young.

who have gone beyond the ICE marx
dot the big league rosters Of today.
And of that group Eddie Plank i,
during sixteen years of battling. Pl
and they may not. He has announced
| never again play major league base I
on the reserve list of the Yankees, ar
unit in the JohHsenian organization
Plank has been classed as one of
the greatest southpaws that ever lived
and his record justif1es all the praise
that has been showered upon him.
Through his sixteen years he figured
in 5s4 games and pitched for a grand
average of .62s. One out Of every five
victories was a shutout triumph. In
his 5s4 games Plank issued only sa7
bases on balls-an average less than
two per game. He famed four bats
men per game through all of his six
teen years and yielded only six hits
per combat.
ter of victories is Walter Johnson. the
great Washington right handler. THE
speed king" has annexed 275 victories
in sos games pitched during twelve
year career. Twenty-nine victories in
1919 will move him beyond Plank.
Johnson's average for victories is
sos and his yearly showing has been
twenty-three victories against fifteen
defeats johnson has famed aPproxi-
yielded only trifle mere than one
base on balls per combat phenome-
nal showing.
Third place goes to Chief Bender, the
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Ksaey Owns . Clay Nine.

Ed Kgeey. whe will be succeeded as
hrst bassman on the Boston Braves
by Waiter Helks. prefers to attend
to Business rather than play in the
minors. Koney fs interested in q
clay mine neef st. Louis which is said
TO Be Eeed paving proPpsitten..
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Nixsa Nay De . Geod oae

Breeklya hes rslssssd AL Nixon to
BsaYAisat 81 ths Texas League. ssv-
sral Of the BoAgsr players think big
lAaS1a eaHAs eeysA n Vply)4e -
N3ep. - = . A& ,H9l1sr IN :
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Coacher Thinks Right.

The coacher, realizes one rrn will
have little or no bearing on the re-
| suit of the game. Likewise, he knows
ne will be toasted to a dark nrea n,
If he sends the runner home with no
one out and he is retirtd at the
| with runner on third IS more Nur-
| ried than with the bases cleared.
The ceaeher plays proper base ball,
| and stops the runner at third The
| chance on sending him hom.. isn't
worth while.
AS is often. the case, the infielder
handling the return thres drops the
ball. then kicks it around a couple
cf times before picking it up, 81 tnat
II would have been an eass matter
he continued to the plate. That is
what many fans see.. and they give
vent to their feelings by roa sting the
coacher for his failure TO send the
man home.
On the contrary, had the runner
scored it would have been the worst
kind Of base ball. For so directing
the runner .he coacher should have
been criticised. yet nothing IS said,
because most fans are guided by re-
mon plays for which coacAer is
censured ana very unjustly so.
There are Two other interesting
plays with runner on third and no
one out ana tne team at eas several
rpns behind in the last half 90 tie
ninth that create much discus 81 IN.
We will assume the score is s to 2
against the home team, runner on
third and no enc out. It is tFadi-
tional in base tsll that i ;hs hattar
such conditions existing the rum
ner on third should hold his base
Major league infielders in most ca ses
handle the. ball accurately. and it is
almost sure death at the plate for a
runner to try 10 score from third ON
a ball hit to the infeld 1t need not
be the final inning for the runner TO
play out the string, because at any
stage of the game it is foolilaiiy for
him to try to score. Sometimes the
the runner could have made the plate
had he tried. At such times both
runner and coacher are spoken OF in
an uncompli imentary manner. when,
parsued was the only proper one.
Is Panned Either Way.
sumo there 10 runner on third in the
last half Of the ninth. no one out and
the scors 8 to 2 against the home
toam. The batsman hits a long hy to
the left fielder. The runner on third
has 2 better than even chance to score
on the play II the Dall - caught
Realizing he is about as valuable. if
not more so. on third, he makes no
attempt to score. The fans believe
he could haye turned the trick, and
pan coaeher and runner for failing to
attempt to score, when as a matter of
fact the system adopted was the only
sane way to handle the situation.
Often with 2 runner on first base
and one down, the runner on first,
very fast man, attempts a steal of
second. He is thrown out on a close
decision At the time little attention
is paid to this play. Perhaps the
umpire is taken to task for his ruling,
because of the closeness. A moment
later the batsman hits for two bases.
That Wallop gives the second guessers
a chance to pick the previous play to
pieces They insist the hit-and-runs
Evening star., 1919-04-06

(cpy.isat lsss. U Al Nmro Mias.)
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
HoW's Thisl

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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
TOO MUCH WITCHAZEL

VIM. Ellis was before Judge Whit
aker in Police Court>this afternoon on
a charge of Breach of the Peace. Ellis
was arrested Saturday night In a
Sixth ward home by officer Tolle when
he was raising the neighborhood about
his wife drinking witchazel. On the
stand Ellis said he had tasted witch
azel but that he was not drinking
when arrested.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
yEsuyrus AGAIN m ERUPTION

Rome, August 24.--After loud un-
foreground rumblings, Mt vesuvius
began erupting today, two streams of
lava flowing toward the valley.
So far the eruption has been so
heavy as to threaten villages at the
base OF the mountain.
The last great eruption of vesu-
vius was in 1906, when $4,000 per-
sons were driven from their homes,
1900 killed and wounded and property
damage of millions done. Most of the
casualties occurred in the cities of
Bosco and ottaiano, to the west of the
mountain.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
BROOKSyLLE EDUCATOR
REPORTING INSTITUTE

Prof. w. T. Berry, principal of the
Forest Avenue School, who for the
past several years mas so successful
ly reported the proceedings of the Ma
son County Teachers Institute for the
Public Ledger, was unable to take up
the work today because of pressing
personal business and in his stead
Prof. R. Y. Maxey, Principal of the
Brooksville High School, who is a
resident Of Maysville, will cover" the
Institute for the Ledger. Prof. Maxey
is a splendid writer and an expert
enced educator and will give our read
ers daily very interesting account of
this very important gathering of edu-
Gators.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
AIRPLANE TO SAIL OVER
NASHVILLE TUESDAY

An army airplane en- route from
Camp Knox to Germantown will fly
over Maysville sometime Tuesday.
Just exactly the time is not known
now but the machine will more than
likely circle over the city before noon.
The machine will follow the L. & N.
railroad from Lexington to Maysville
and the Germantown road from the
city to Germantown.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
AUTOMOBILES COME TOGETHER

All automobile driven by County
agent George Kirk and another driven
ny Mr. Ellis, of Dover, came togeth-
er IN head-on collision at Fern Leaf
sunday afternoon. Both of the ma
chihes were damaged put no one was
injured Mr.. Ellis thought Mr.. Kirk
was going on to Germantown and
turned to the left running directly into
the kirk machine. 1t was an un-
avoidable accident and quite fortunate
that no one was injured.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Joe Vending, who escaped from
the Kentucky State Penitentiary at
Frankfort on last Friday evening, was
captured late Sunday evening short
ly after he had attempted to break in
to the home of one of the prison
guards. Vending was armed with
revolver and a razor. He had been
sent to the penitentiary from Louis
vile on charge of murder and was
q trusty at the institution.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
AID SOCIETY THURSDAY

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Third
Street M. E. Church will meet Thurs
day afternoon, two-thirty o'clock at
the church. The meeting will be held
in the auditorium on account of the
teachers institute downstairs. The
society is closing it's years work and
requests that all the members be pres
emit.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
MUNICIPAL OWNED WATER
Continued from Page u

TO- The Industrial development of
the city is handicapped by the pres
ent unsatisfactory water supply.
IL. The Water Company has failed
in its obligations to the city, and there
are now no indications that they will
be able to fulfill them.
IL. Satisfactory service in regard
to quality, quantity and rates can be
assured only by municipal ownership
of the water works.
10. A new pumping station is alb
solutely necessary to prevent a COM
plete failure of the water system.
Plans for its construction should be
prepared at once.
IA. The pumping station should be
located where the water will be safe
from contamination by local sewers.
Is. Maysville can secure a clean
and safe water from the Ohio River
by filtration through rapid sand fl
tiers.
16. Such a filtration plant should
be constructed at the earliest possible
date.
RECOMMENDATIONS
In view of the results of this inves-
tigation and the extremely serious
conditions with which the city is now
confronted, the following recommen-
dations are made for the immediate
improvement of the water supply.
l. That the city acquire the water
works plant by appraisal as provided
in the franchise.
2. If satisfactory arrangement can
not be reached by the above method,
have the plant placed in the hands of
a receiver, or turned over to the city.
8. Immediately install a modern
rapid sand filtration plant, equipped
with electrically driven pumps of the
centrifugal type, for raw and filtered
water.
4. Locate the plant we'll upstream
from the city above all local sources
of pollution.
s. Install a meter system, and re-
wise the present water rates.
g. Clean the reservoir at once, and
when the filtration plant is construc-
ted, build concrete covered reservoir
on one of the lower hills,
For the State Board Of Health.
c. N. HARRUB,
Sanitary Engineer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
LICENSE TAG FROM =
STOLEN AUTO FOUND

One of the license tags from the au-
tomobile belonging to Mr.. Walter Glib
son which was stolen from the streets
here Friday night, was found in the
yard at the old Marion Tolle residence
in Forest avenue Saturday and turned
over to the police Sunday. The police
are trailing every possible clue and
hope to locate the stolen machine.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
TO SPEAK AT COURT HOUSE

j. w, Ireland, Superintendent OF
Frankfort City Schools, will deliver
an address at the Court House at 2 p
m. Thursday.
Supt. Ireland is the statewide
speaker for Mason county in the State
wide Educational Campaign.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
COURT DAY AT JOHANNESBURG

Monday was County Court Day at
Flemingsburg, and there were many
Maysville and Mason county people
in attendance. The usual number of
Maysville merchants attended with a
stock of goods for sale and they al
ways report splendid business at
Flemingsburg on court day.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTEND.
ANCE SOMEWHAT REDUCED
Report Of s. s. Attendance Secretary
For Last Sunday shows Attend
ance II Reduced.

Sunday School Attendance Secre-
tary ]. H. Richardson makes the fol-
lowing report of the attendance at the
various Sunday Schools in Maysville
and Mason county on last Sunday
morning:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Miss Fannie Gault, of the county,
was the guest last week of the family
of her nephew, Mr.. Glenn Gault, and
attended the Maysville Chautauqua
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

George Douglas and family of Toles-
boro, were the pleasant guests of Mrs.
Lou Howard, of Fourth street Sat-
urday afternoon.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Mr.. Robert Young, of Bellevue, KY,
visited Maysville friends Sunday for
the first time in years. He Joined his
wife, who had been visiting relatives
here for some time and they were ac-
companied home today by Master Eu-
gene Lynch, who will visit at the
Young home for several days.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Mrs. Mamie Holtz and daughter,
Mrs. Archibald Johnson, of Columbus,
Ohio, are the guests of Mrs. Holtz's
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Miss Sallie Rains left for Pikeville
this morning to take up her work as
matron of the Girls College for the
ensuing year.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Frank Browning was dismissed of
charge of passing a street car while
discharging passengers, in his automo-
bile this afternoon.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Dr. Dimmitt c. Hutchins, prominent
Chicago attorney, former Maysville
man, is here shaking hands with his
many friends.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Mr.. w. l.. Brosee, Mrs. Fannie
Campbell, Mrs. Sarah Case and Miss
Fannie l.. Case left this morning for
a months stay at Potoskey, Mich.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Mrs c. Warrington, OF Covington,
State Illiteracy Agent, is here to at
tend the Mason County Teachers In
sulute and is the guest of Miss Elean-
or =. Wallace, of Third street
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
NOTICE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

The regular monthly Conclave of
Maysville Commandery No. 10 X. T.
will be held this evening at 1880
o'clock.
H. P. PURNELL, E. c.
C.'P. Rasp, Recorder.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Constable James Mcnamara is act
ing as special policeman substituting
for Officer Fred Wells, who Is taking
his annual ten days vacation.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25
CINCINNATI MARKETS

FURNISHED by the Maysyille Chamber
of COmmerce)
MONDAY, AUGUST 20
Hogs-s22.00.
Cattle-$15.00.
Sheep-$17.50
Veal Calves-$21.00.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Burr T. Richardson
and baby boy are visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Richardson of Jer-
sey Ridge and other relatives in this
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-25

Mrs. Ella Farrow and daughter.
Miss Madeline, returned this morning
from Massie's Mills, Va, where they
nave been visiting relatives for some
time past.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-27
An Attack Of Influenza
Often Leaves Kidneys In
Weakened Condition

Doctors in all parts of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic OF IN
fuenza which has visited so many homes.
The symptoms OF this disease are very
distressing and leave the system in run
down condition. Almost every victim
complains of lame back and urinary
troubles which should not be neglect
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists
report a large sale on DIR. Kilner's
Swamp Root which so many people. say
soon heals and strengthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp Root,
being an herbal compound, has gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which
is almost Immediately noticed in most
cases by those who try it. DIR. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, offer to send
sample size bottle Of Swamp-Root, on
receipt Of ten cents, to every sufferer
who requests it. A trial will convince
any one who may be in need of it. Regu-
lar medium and large size bottles, Tor
sale at all druggists. Be sure to mention
this paper.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-27
AMATEUR SPORT BIG
AFTER-WAR PROBLEM
Professionals viii Continue to
Dominate Baseball Game.
Resumption of Golf and Tennis Will
Place These Sports on Footing
Never Before Observation-Disclosures
Will Be Revived.

After-the-war problems confronting
the sport world include questions of
what is going to happen in the ranks
Of the amateurs?
Amateur sports always have been d.
vided into two ciasses-amateurs which
competed with professionals and anna
tours which had the field practically
to themselves.
In the latter class may be grouped
football, basketball, track and field
games and other such sports Baseball
and boxing are the two most prominent
Of the professional sports competing
with amateurs and which give wide
margin to the professionals, writes III.
@. Hamilton in a New York dispatch
to Chicago Evening Post.
Baseball probably will continue the
uneven tenor of it's long and troubled
existence. The professionals will con-
tinue to dominate the game. Amateur
baseball is so decidedly lacking in at
Effectiveness to the persons who have
become accustomed to seeing high
class professionals perform that it has
no hold on the nation.
OCCASIONALLY there are games among
the amateurs which produce such phe-
nomena as that which attended game
In Cleveland where $4,000 persons were
present at game for the amateur
championship. But they are rare-ex-
tremely so.
The same facts hold good for box
Ing.
Therefore, the conclusion may be
drawn that, despite the popularity of
sports In army and navy, the American
public will continue to patronize the
professionals instead Of staging its own
entertainment.
This will not hold good in golf and
tennis, which, as amateur sports, have
yet to be touched by the hand of the
professionals to great extent. Golf
enjoys its professional tournaments,
which are greatly similar to it's anna
teur tournaments.
The resumption of golf probably will
place that sport on a footing never be-
fore realized, while the advance of ten
mis- since war broke out has been re-
markable addition to the history of
that game. That the Davis cup
matches and other brilliant fixtures Of
this game will be revived early is
foregone conclusion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-02-27
Weekly Health Talks
The Many Mysteries
of Nature
BY L. w. BOWER, M. D.

You can take an onion seed and pansy
seed, and plant them side by side in the
same spot of ground. In one case, you
get an onion, with its peculiarly strong
odor, and in the other you get flower OF
rare beauty. You can plant poppy seed
and get opium "a dangerous, habit-forming
drug), or you can plant rhubarb seed and
get something that helps constipation. No
scientist, living or dead, can explain these
mysteries of Nature. Behind the invisible
life germ in each seed is hidden the oeep
secret that nobody understands. Every
thing growing out of the ground seems in
tended for some use in establishing natural
conditions. DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y,
long since found out what is naturally best
for women's diseases. He learned it all
through treating thousands of cases. The
result of his studies was medicine called
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This
medicine is made of vegetable growths that
nature surely intended for backache, head
ache, weakening drains, bearing-down
pains, periodical Irregularities, pelvic in
Examinations, and for the many disorders
common to women in all ages of life. DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is made of
lady's slipper root, black cohosh root, uni
corn root, blue cohosh root and Oregon
grape root. Women who take this stand
ard remedy know that in DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription they are getting a
safe woman's tonic so good that druggists
everywhere sell it.
Favorite Prescription should have the
full confidence Of every woman in America
because it contains no alcohol and no mar
cotic. DR.. Pierce knew, when he first
made this standard medicine, that whisky
and morphine are injurious, and SO he has
always kept them out OF his remedies.
Send 10c to DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y, for trial pkg. of tablets.