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The Washington times., 1920-07-18

Nit q nome run II would select a day wien
the barometer was high, with the air so
heavy with moisture that 1t would ret ,rd
the progress Of the batted ball. The
pitcher selected would be one good on very
slow but curry downshoots. II such a
pitcher were not available, one who ad
such great speed that Le cuud put any
kind Of a ball over the plate for the
batter would be chosen. With this
kind of pitcher the ball is likely TO
be hit behind the plate and unlikely to be
started on its course at the proper angle.
His hitting of home run could then be
made still more difficult by compelling the
redoubtable Babe" to use bat either so
heavy that he could not swing it with much
speed, or so light that 1t would tend to hit
the ball at the wrong horizontal angle.
There is a certain spot on the bat. usu-
ally few inches from the end, but vary
ing with different bats, which science
knows as the centre Of percussion II the
ball hits the bat exactly on this spot the
greatest effect is produced. All ball play
ers are aware when the ball hits this spot
on the bat, not only through the absence
Of jar to the arm. but also through pecu
lar satisfaction which is hard to define,
but which is no doubt physical as well as
mental.
Babe" Ruth's phenomenal home run rec
ord is largely due to the fact that, con-
sciously or unconsciously, he has found a
way OF producing the collision between
his bat and the ball on this centre OF per.
cussion more frequently than any other
player.
What Is called the centre Of percussion
is a principle that enters into the design
not only OF baseball bats. but OF all things
designed for men to swing. In the ham,
mer, for example, the centre OF percussion
should be in the head. IL the tool is not
designed so that this centre Is properly
located the hammer is unsatisfactory to
use because It jars and tires the arm too
much
The problem Of hitting home runs with
the surprising frequency that Babe" Ruth
does is one more complicated In the mat.
ter OF powers Of Judgment and observa.
tion involved than in mechanical prin-
ciples. Viewed as a mechanical problem
the home run requires bat just as heavy
as player can use with comfort the bat
to be given a motion as fast as possible
when hitting the ball, and striking the
ball so that It will be impelled into the
air at an angle Of approximately AZ de-
grees or half a right angle. The ball
should also, OF course, be hit at such a
horizontal angle as not to cause a foul.
The weight OF the batter has very little
to do with the matter OF home runs, but his
arm muscles are a controlling factor to
the extent OF, say, fifty per cent or course,
II his arms are rigid enough to make the
bat for all practical purposes a part Of his
body when he hits the ball, and II his body
Is swung forward at Just that instant It
is possible that a heavy batter, all other
things being equal, would be able to knock
the ball farther than a lighter player.
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

Ruth in all the home runs he has made
up to date could be collected into a single
force it would be very enormous thing.
Twenty-nine such runs last season and
more than a score thus far this year
this would be the equivalent Of more than
0-horsepower-enough if exerted be-
hind gigantic bat to demoish building
like New York's Metropolitan Tower.
OF course, there are many psychological
as well as mechanical factors involved in
the hitting of the long series of home runs
which Babe" Ruth has been making for
two seasons The batter must be able to
sense" in some manner not yet fully un-
'derstood just about what kind of ball the
pitcher is going to throw. Then he must be
capable of putting his body in readiness
with lightning swiftness to meet that kind
Of ball when it passes over the plate The
players judgment about the ball must be
made within the smallest fraction of Sec
ond after II leaves the pitchers hand
Through some queer sixth sense-the
kinaesthetic sense. as psychologists call IL
all batters have the feeling as to whether
the ball the pitcher is about to throw is go
lnB tO pass over tue ptdL6 or NOT. In the
average batter the impressions conveyed
by this sixth sense cannot be more than 60
per cent accurate, but in the case of Babe"
Ruth, as his batting record shows. they
must be about 80 per cent accurate. AS
everybody who plays baseball or ever
watches game knows. you can't strike out
and make a home run and the player can
seldom hit home run unless the ball he
strikes Is taking a course that would have
carried 1t straight across the plate unless
interrupted by bis bat.
This, then, is the secret OF Babe"
Ruth's home runs as viewed from a scien.
tifc standpoint. A highly developed kin.
aesthetic sense enables him to sense" the
kind OF ball the pitcher is going to throw.
When ball rotating on its horizontal
axis and curving most favorably for his
purpose comes along he swings his bat at
1t with an energy sufficient to change its
direction and greatly increase its velocity.
The bat is swung in such a way that the
centre OF percussion meets the ball, send.
Ing II upward at an angle OF ~ degrees
and not too far to the right or the left
When all these things happen the result
should be a home run, provided that the
pitcher has given the ball proper speed
and that the wind and other atmospheric
conditions are favorable.
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

Home runs depend, to a considerable de-
gree, on quickness Of the eve and a speedy
response of the body's muscles to the
message which the cyl 'ashes to the brain
To follow the ball as it leaves the pitchers
hand Ia no easy matter, as the sphere is
often travelling at the rate Of $50 feet
a second or nearly two miles minute.
The eye movement necessary to follow It
increases greatly as the ball draws nearer
and nearer the plate, owing to the in
crease in the angle Of vision which, by the
time the ball is over the plate. is about
ten times what 1t was when it left the
pitchers hand
AS have said, the pitcher often hurls
the ball at the rate Of $50 feet a second.
But the ball Is travelling much faster
than that when II leaves Babe" Ruths bat
after being hit for one OF the home runs
that have made him famous. This ia in
accordance with the laws Of the impact OF
elastic bodies
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How much actual energy does Babe"
Ruth expend in hitting one OF his home
runs? The activity or horsepower involved
is very great, but 1t is in operation only
for the fraction Of second.
The ball which Babe" Ruth hits for a
home run weighs about five ounces. II
his bat gives II a velocity Of 500 feet sec
ond, we find, by applying a well known
formula Of physics, that 1,200 foot pounds
OF actual energy or work is done. Now,
II II takes Ruth onetwentieth OF second
to impart this energy by a swing OF his bat
this would be at the rate OF $4,000 foot
pounds a second, which Is about forty-four
horsepower.
The king OF home run makers is then
working at the rate OF fortyfour horse.
power every time he cracks out one Of his
long hits. but he maintains this rate for
such a brief length OF time that not very
much actual work is involved.
But II the energy exerted by Babe
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

All other things being
equal, the faster a ball Is
thrown the farther it can
he batted. You can prove
this to your own satisfac-
ton by throwing a ball
against a brick wall. The
faster it travels, the hard
er it hits the wall and the
farther it will bounce
back.
OF course. IL 1t is raining
when one of Babe" Ruth's
long hits Is made, the
drops Of water striking the
ball will bring it to the
ground long before II
otherwise would fall. The
rain also makes the ball
heavier, and as it contains
only so much energy to
start with, it will be
slowed up In its fight on
account Of some Of the
energy being used to give
the captured rain drops
thoir pou yolocity
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
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Diagram Following Ball (B)
Approaches Nearer and Nearer the B.ttsr
Eye (A), the Angle Al Which il Is Viewed from
Positions s and Being Ten Times
Great That from1 I to
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

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The Washington times., 1920-07-18

The Story Of One Of Babe Ru Home Runs Told Terms Of Science
Hand Rotating
Az and Travelling Initial Velocity of $50 Feet Second
Nearly Two Miles a Minute.
BThs of Babe Ruh Bat for
4
Ball. Checks Its Course Toward the Catcher
Waiting Speeding Gre.l~ increased
in "A Entirely Different Direction.
CTs With the Bat. Moving Skyw.re
Angle of Forty-wo Degrees and With an Initial
Vsl,eity Estimated at Five Hundred Feet Second
]: !
Train Travels.
D-AM.ximum Height Reached by the Ball as q Result
of Its Collision With the Bats
Centre of Backed Up
Mr. Forty Horss -
Height At
tanned Will Be Greater Clear
Day Than on One When the Air
10 Full of Moisture.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26
Bring your lunch baskets and cele-

Bring your lunch baskets and cele-
brate Labor Day in Emmett.
Miss Hazel Brown of Montour was
an Emmett visitor the first of the
week.
l. ] Dickson of the Citizens Lumber
Co. left for the mountains today TO
look over timber interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Hayes and Mr..
and Mrs. W. L. Nicols left Wednes-
day for the hills after huckleberries.
Mrs. R. N. Cummings and children
and Mrs. Lauren Dean returned Sat
urday from the Lakes, where they had
spent several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Davis, Miss
Gwen Davis and Miss Emily Bandel
left Tuesday for Idaho City, where
they will visit Mrs. John Quinn.
The E. H. Strang family, who have
been occupying rooms in the Lizzie
Womack house, are moving into the
Newly house on Second street. Mrs.
Newly will make her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Burkhard.
MIR. and Mrs Thos. McConkey of
Frankfort, Kan, arrived Sunday to
spend few weeks visiting in the
home of Mrs. McConkey's sister, Mrs.
St. Clair Guthrie on the bench. This
is their second visit to Emmett.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26
EMMETT NEWS

Wanted-Thirty prune packers b.
the Gem Fruit Union. Packing will
start Tuesday morning.
J. Hit came up from the ranch
near Hammett last Friday, and is
spending the week here on business.
Ray Keithley came up from Namps
Saturday to pack up, and move his
family to the Junction City.
Am digging cellar. Have good soil
to fill your lot. How much can you
use? l. J. Dickson. phone 154
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Yergenson and
the children returned Sunday from an
enjoyable outing in Bear valley.
Mrs. Blackler and son Merton came
down from Montour Wednesday to
visit friends for few days.
c. E. Warns, a recent arrival from
Pinckneyville, H., has been added to
the force of Whitman & Co., to ham
die their growing business.
Miss Lenore Berry, who has spent
the past year at the home of her
brother, A. L. Berry, will leave to-
morrow for Kansas, where she will
attend school this year.
VIM. H. Geopfarth, a former man
ager of the telephone office in En- +
- L.. OF or from
znanagership of the exchange at Nam
pa to the cashiership of the district
office at Boise
Mrs. Sarah Martin left Tuesday for
Spokane. Wash, to assist her daugh-
ter in taking care of her husband,
Lynn Burton, who recently underwent
an operation for the removal OF an
incipient tumor.
Wanted-Experienc prune pack
-ers to register now. Earl Fruit Co.
across from depot
Walter Keith returned yesterday
from a vacation of several weeks with
his brother Bob in the mountains. The
trim was made in his brothers car,
and they journeyed to Haley, through
Stanley Basin, around Cape Horn,
then making a tour of the embryo
cities on the Twin Falls tract Mr..
Keith is expecting Mrs. Keith and the
kiddies home Saturday or Sunday.
AID Simon, who will be remembered !
as the manager Of the Alexander store
here, dropped into town Tuesday from s
Boise to visit old-time friends. Mr..
Simon has been in San Francisco the
greater portion of the time since leav-
ing here, and for seven months was ,
pretty sick man, having undergone
serious operation. He is himself
again, however, and feeling better /;
than for many years. He still has !
warm spot for Emmett and her people.
Miss Maxine Terry of Portland,
who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs.
A. ]. Colvin, for two months, was the
guest of honor at delightful party
at the Colvin home Monday evening
in celebration of her 9Th birthday. :,
The lawn was prettily. Illuminated by
Japanes lanterns and there the young
people INDUCED in their frolic and t
fun. A luncheon was served, the a
feature of which was /.
birthday cake baked by Mrs. William {
Emard, who assisted with the serv- I
ing. The young guests were: Mar S
garet Stinson, Erma Baust,. Edna and
Irwin Lystead, Erma Nelson, Dorothy
Frances Henderson, Gerue =
Terry, Andy and Joe Parker, Erne and .
Viola Thompson.
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Special Coal Sale

We have 45 tons of Rock Springs
coal which we are selling at cost at
s1o.25 per ton while it lasts. Coop
Exchange.
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FOR SALE-Nice residence lots. A
snap if taken at once. Also some re-
sidence property priced from 1920 to
$1,000. Good terms. Bert Sherard,
Real Estate Dealer. 47-tf.
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FOR SALE-Two acres half mile
from city limits, room house, good
cellar, outbuildings, large chicken
yard, family orchard, nearly u acre
of berries. Inquire J. C. Gray or w.
W. Wilton. 47-1p1tf.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

FOR SALE OR TRADE-A good
Waltham gold watch. Will trade
for good bicycle. 602 N. Wardwell
street. In
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

FOR SALE-My home, 606 E. Sec
ond St., rooms and bath, two good
screened porches, good cellar and
lawn. New and extra well built.
Roy Sanders. 4S-2p
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FOR SALE-40 acres near New Ply
mouth, 20 shares paid up water.
$1,000 will handle Will consider
trade. Address Box 661, Emmett.
~ l8-2p
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FOR SALE-8-ton platform scales.
Birds Barn 48
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

FOR SALEl9-room modern house
good location, inquire at Index. 6
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FOR SALE-Furniture: Quarter
sawed oak dining table, with three
leather seated dining chairs to match,
500; oak chiffonier So; long used hair
mattress, SIS. Also two heating
stoves. one a Howard Phone All,
or call at former Goodwin residence.
48tf
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FOR SALE-Ford ear. Walter Lar
hin. PAo6s nv T-A
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FOR SALE-A Shetland pony, ]. L.
Berry, At Gem Co. Garage. 80.
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FOR Cement blocks. See b.
D. Buys. s1-tf.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Hudson z passenger car
in good condition, easy terms. F E.
Mingus, 1922
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

FOR SALE-Seventy acres Of good
pasture two miles from town. A.
Bird. 48tf
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FOR SALE-Four high grade Hol-
stein mich cows and pure bred
Holstein bull, years old DR.. A. w.
Judd SO.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

FOR SALE-Pickles and a U. S.
cream separator, good as new, $50.
Lee BlRkinship at depot. 1t
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

FOR SALE-Good wagon and hay
rack. H. Bauer, Letha. 46-Sp
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FOR SALE-Lots ON South Waking
ton st at g front foot. Also lotS
on South Hayes Sto. 1t MA Pif
front foot Ed Nodin. 08
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

LOST-Black suitcase on Haw creek
road between Kingman's and Brush
wood ranches. Full of clothes, silver
watch with gold trimmings, and nat
uralization papers. Reward. ]. E..
johnson. Leave at Index office.
48-2p
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FOR RENT

PASTURE-For horses and cattle. A
L. Berry, phone 200. 40.
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FOR SALE-New five-room house, on
John and Davies streets, $1,000. C.
L. Zimmerman. In
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

LOST-An auto license tag, No.
41437. S. G. Knee, or leave at In
dex office. Up
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26

FOR SALE-Colonial rooming house
furniture. Call and see it. 47-3p.
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FOR SALE-1O0 head Of sows. All
will farrow soon. 13e pound. EN-
met Cooper, Lower Emmett Bench,
Rout 2. 39-n
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You will see real contests on Labor
Day in Emmett.
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LOST-Between Emmett and Boise,
roll blue prints Emmett High
School. Finder please communicate
with U. S. Mfg. Co., Boise. 1t
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WANTED-A middle-aged house
keeper. Must be good cook. Phone
%. 46tf
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STRAYED-From pasture on butte,
2 brown yearling colts, 2 brown q
year-old colts, gray 3-year-old colt,
all branded double bar on left shout
der, foretops clipped Also gray
mare branded OP on left shoulder.
Any one finding same please notify
Mills & Son, route 2, New Plymouth,
Idaho.
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WANTED-Middleaged woman want
ed at the Gem City Steam Laundry
A worker. AZ.
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WANTED

WANTED-To rent or buy a good
modern house, well located. See E
E. Dean. 1927
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C. A. Thomas and family, who have
been living in the home of Walter
Keith during the absence of the lat
tet's family, will move tomorrow into
their new home The house is not yet
completed, but a portion Of the house
has been made comfortable, and the
finishing touches will be given at
their convenience.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22

blooded racing horses in his Ken
lucky stables: there was "a yacht
in southern waters. and he had ex-
.tensfve wardrobes in each house to
entrance the women and impress
the men he hobnobbed with.
The night before he was murdered
was doubtless an average one for
him. He had spent the afternoon
at the races at Belmont Park, bet
ting on the horses.
In the evening his chauffeur drove
him in his Mercer to the Ritz Carl
ton, where he had dinner with
Walter Lewisohn. the millionaire,
who had with him his wife, his sis
ter-ln-law. Mrs. Viola Krauus, and
Octavio Ffgueroa. Il newspaper pub
Usher of Buenos Aires.
Mrs. Kraus. who had just received
a decree OF divorce from her for
mer husband. was called by Philip
Boileau, the famous illustrator. the
most beautiful girl in America"
After the dinner the party drove
to Ziegfeld's Roof. There Elweil
danced with the two women
Later. he is said to have gone TO
another restaurant and dance hall,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22
BY III. =. Burton,
T.. * staff COrrespondcnt

IA N. 10. "A. StaII
Y NEW YORK,-As detectives un,
3wrap covering after covering IRON
fthe private life of Joseph u. Elwell,
4 neoule are discovering that. after
III Robert w. Chambers and Edith
don't fictionize over-muen
IN their famous novels of high lie
in Manhattan.
For every ingredient that is woven
: into a typical society move seeming
Dliv is present in this mysterious muir
Of the bridge whist king OF
America'-beauty, wealth, society,"
and. lurking everywhere beneath
these surface refinements. strange
hidden vices.
Had Three Residences
-, The evidence that is appearing
shows that Elwell, who maintained
houses in Newport, New York and
Palm Beach, often won or lost
$4,000 in a single night at the
I b~ridge-tables noiseless footmen I'M
/. folded in the tapestried drawing
rooms.
Il Everything that enhanced the
charm of this Jolly good fellow"
: who grew rich as a bridge whist
expert, was apparently AT his com
mand. He kept high powered
!" motor cars and a string of blue
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22

alone.
Early the next morning he was
found shot through tho head in his
apartment.
Led Mysterious Life
The night life of this society
gambler was so mysterious that 1t
is battling the trained minds of the
detectives.
One of the rooms in Elwelrs
bachelor home is fitted up as a most
luxurious woman's boudoir.
Several society women are said
to have possessed KEYS to the Ell
well house.
Elwell had been separated from
his wife for eight years. The widow
says she had recently refused to
agree to a divorce.
She says that she introduced him
into society as a bridge whist expert.
She is a cousin of DIR. Richard Derby,
who married Ei hel Roosevelt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22
Woodbridge

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Holmes Sian
of Detroit, Mich. were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. +. DUNCAN on
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Sian were
enroute from Atlantic City to New
York. They are enjoying their
honeymoon touring and will go
from New York to the B~erkshires.
Mrs. +. A. Barron will celebrate
her 1O3rd birthday tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dickson. of
Chester, Pa. are the guests of Miss
Laura Cutter.
st. Mary's Unit of Trinity parish
will hold a food and apron sale
Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. r.. n. Valentine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thayer Martin spent
the weekend at Orange Lake, New
York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22
Roosevelt

Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Teats spent
Sunday enjoying the scenes at
Coney Island.
David Linsky. of New York, was
a borough visitor yesterday.
Paul Kiedel. of Newark. spent the
weekend with friends in the bor-
ough.
William Zettlemoyer. of Buffalo,
n. Y, formerly a resident here.
spent a few days with friends here.
Big crowds attended the dance
held at East Railway Sunday under
the auspices of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety. A big land auction was also
held. The property is owned by
several prominent business men of
the borough.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22
Sewaren

Mrs w. w. jackson will enter
tain the Sewaren Bridge Club at the
home OF Mrs. T. #. Zettiemoyer to-
morrow afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. II. Brown and
Miss Daisy Rush left early Sunday
morning for a trip to West Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Clarkson and
little son, Richard Livingston Clark
son, OF Belle Rose. L. l.. are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. +. Bal
lard.
Wallace Christie. of Ann Arbor
College, is home for his vacation.
The regular Saturday night dance
at the Land and Water Club was
well attended and like the previous
events was most successful. The
music Is always excellent. the floor
good and the members and their
guests enjoy the dancing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22

Three Theories. Illustrated above
form the basis of the hunt for the
of Joseph b. Elwell:
First-That he was shot by a Jeal-
'ous husband or lover;
c.cond-That he was shot by a
heavy loser at one of his card garleS,
Third-That a spurned woman
shot him.