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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
GOOD HITTER SHOULD
CULTIVATE PATIENCE
No Ball Player Will Ever Succeed
Who Makes Practice of Strik-
ing at Bad Balls.
BY CARL

By CARL LUNDGREN,
Baseball Coach, University of Illinois.
AS IL of the leading authorities on
baseball has often said, mo n Is a
good batter or will ever become one
who makes a practice of striking out
on bad balls" Patience is the virtue
you must cultivate. Wait for the good
one, because one good clout will do
more good than Il dozen foul tips or
easy grounders. Determination is an
other necessary factor. If the pitcher
works you into a hole, never give up,
but keep the idea that you can and
will hit the ball. Your degree of self
confidence will oftell determine the
difference between a hit and a strike
out.
One great fault of batters Is step
ping away from the plate. Instead of
stepping toward the pitcher, that left
foot lin case of a right-handed batter)
inclines to step toward third base. He
is then an easy victim for every ball
that is sent TO the outside of the plate.
Nothing will ruin your ability more
lIldl1 Ills.
Bunting is another very important
part of d good batter. AS in hitting,
you must pick out a good ball to bunt.
Follow the ball very closely with your
eye until it reaches your bat. One way
to bunt is to slide your hand up within
six or eight inches of the large end of
the bat, while holding the bat loosely
in your hand. Allow the ball to hit the
bat, but do not hit at the ball. Be
sure that you get the bat on top of the
ball, turn your body a little toward the
pitcher and allow the ball to light well
in front of your body. The direction
of the bunt may be controlled by the
position of the small end of the bat.
Follow the ball down with your body
and arms both. With a little practice
you will know how lightly to hold your
hand on the large end of the bat.
Another way to bunt is to slide both
hands up towards the large end of the
bat and follow the above instructions.
These are two methods for sacrifice
hitting in which you do, not attempt to
COuCeul SOuI llLcullOhS 40 lOHB dS gOu
do when you are trying to bunt safely
and beat it out. The common method
Is to start the stroke as in hitting and
finish by allowing the bat to come
over and down, the ball hitting the
bat nearer your hands than you intend
to when hitting.
The utmost attention should be paid
to batting. In fact, every team should
spend at least four times the amount
of time in batting practice that it does
in fielding. Even the best batters have
difficulty in hitting a good pitcher. To
develop into a hitter requires the ut
most concentration of will power, the
use of the keenest kind of judgment,
and n tremendous amount of batting
practice.
Three of the greatest fundamentals
to remember as you step to the plate
are:
l. Watch the ball.
2. Hit at nothing except good balls.
8. Do not swing too hard.
AS a final word about batting, do
not wait to strike until the ball is over
the plate. Try to time your swing and
step so that you will meet the ball in
front of the plate.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
HAVE REMNANT WON

The Yankees may lack several
things, but confidence is not one
of them. The other day the
six regular and veteran pitchers
formed a pool, each contributing
S25. The $3.50 will go to the
pitcher who wins the most games
this season, and each of the six
was willing to bet a lot more
that he would win % games. Six
times % is $50, which means
that the Yankees would lose
only 4 Of their Rig league sched-
ule of 154 games during 1923. 1t
looks as if somebody is slightly
exaggerating.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
How Firpo Compares
With Jefries in Size

Measurements of Firpo and Jeffries
show that the "Tarzan of the ring is
big JEFF was at t~hirty-five years,
when he fought Jack Johnson, but the
latter's biceps and wrists were larger
than Firpo's. In all other respects
they measure nearly the same.
EIRPO
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
Collars Gninn To ItaIu

]. II. Taylor and Alexander Herd,
crack British golfers, will visit Italy
next autumn and on September l will
open the new 18-hole golf course of the
Menaggie and Cadenabbia club.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
B. Il. Howe to Resinn

DIR. Il. II. Howe, '01, general super
visor Of rowing at Harvard university,
Is to resign that position mex fall. to
become headmaster of Belmont high
school, Belmont. Mass.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
Kansas citv Hustlinn

The Kansas City club of the Ameri-
can association will move into a new
and modern park July 1, when the
100000 steel and concrete structure
will be completed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
Golf in Great Britain.

The popularity of golf is illustrated
by 74s courses in England, 36S in Scot
land, 9S in Ireland and "A in Wales, a
total Of LBS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
MAY Send Team 70 EnnIand

Montreal soccer football officials
favor sending a Canadian eleven TO
the British empire sports to be held
next year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02
O'NeiI# Is Returned.

The Reading Internaticnals have re-
turned Shortstop Jimmy O'Nelll to the
Washington Americans.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02

The funny man of baseball is the
universal term applied to Nick Alt
rock, a very valuable asset to the
Washington "Griffs." Mick" with his
flow of ready wit, has "rattled' many
a good baseball player in contest with
the Griffmen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-02

Miss Ida Schnall of Brooklyn, N. Y,
all around woman athlete champion,
who has won numerous championships
at swimming, diving and other sports
and who has decided to enter the fistic
game. Miss Schnall would like to ar
range a match with the French wom-
an f~eatherweight champion Jeanne La
Mar in n decision contest for the WON
ems fea%therweight championship.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
State Oil Nets Govern
ment $l4,s5l Bonus

Washington, April Mon
tana oil wells accured S14, 95l IN
royalties for the federal govern
ment, Second Assistant Secretary
Goodwin ofthe interior announc-
ed. He added that oil royalties
being realized by t he United
States government as a result OF
oil and gas production upon leas-
ed public lands in the west is
n O w running into millions OF
dollars.
The total net royalties from
these sources up to March l, ac-
cording to the figures just com
pleted, reached 10,045,6 37 Dur
ing the month of February, 1928,
alone, S519, 939 was realized from
these royalties, s489, 76l of which
came from oil production, Sl8,-
1888 from natural gas production,
and S11,29O from the manufac-
ture of natural gas gasoline on
public lands.
Oil and gas royalties ACQUIRING
to the government by states dur
ing February included Sl79,29
from Wyoming; and $225,690
from California. A total of SlO,-
327 oil and gas prospecting per
mits were issued by the depart
ment OF interior up to March !.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
0hio-Stockmen's
Encountered Showing

The Ohio-Stockman's National
bank we'll in 1852 w have en-
countered a showing of oil at the
depth of 1854 feet where the
Ellis sand was just tapped.
They are now running 5-8
inch casing to the bottom of the
hole after which the well will be
drilled in.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
BOOST FOR KEVIN

Kelvin, Kelvin, set the pace,
Don't let Sunburst win the race,
We were in the running first,
I Therefore, don't lets get tee worse.
Sunburst thinks she's mighty smart,
Out to break poor Kevin's heart
BY claiming all the oil wells,
Until her head begins to swell.
But Kelvin owns a few you know,
That have made a ribht good show.
East and west we've found the dope,
So do not, therefore, give up hope.
Boost her boys, it's worth your while
Meet all newcomers with a smile,
Kelvin first and Kelvin last,
Let dear old Sunburst go to grass.
Mrs. Chas. Thompson.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

Helena, March 81 Transmls-
sion of crude oil from the Kevln
field in February was lO,l7l bar
rels, according to report OF the
Illinois Pipe Line company to the
state public service commission
Wednesday. The TRANSMISSION
was 7,647 barrels less than IN
January and brings the total
transmission by the COMPANY IN
the six months its pipe line has
been in operation to 56,987 bar
rels.
During February the price OF
oil in the Kelvin field rose from
81 for % per cent gravity Sl.lO
for 1879 per cent gravity and
S1.2O for oil 80 per cent or more
gravity, to S1.30, S1.40 and Sl.5O.
, 1923-10-24
Get Turkeys Ready for
Market, Instruction to
Park County Farmers

The Big Horn Cooperative mar
keting association cooperating with
the farm bureaus of Park and Big
Horn counties have nearly completed
the arrangements for the marketing
of the turkey crop of the two counties.
The price schedule for the different
grades of live and dressed turkeys
will be announced about November
1. Cash in full will be paid upon the
delivery of the turkeys.
About the 10th of November the
association will load out a car at Cody
and n or more cars at Powell. All
of the turkeys that are ready for mar
ket at that time should and will be
shipped if the growers will deliver
the birds. If the association is sue
cessful in satisfying the most critical
buyers with a superior quality of tur-
keys in car lots this year the future
of the turkey business in the Big Horn
basin is assured.
All old and early birds should be
marketed now. In former years the
Christmas market was usually better
than the Thanksgiving but this year
conditions point to the contrary. How
ever, one but fat, well matured birds
should be broungt in. Your turkeys
should be on full grain feed now and
should be stuffed until marketing time.
Well matured corr or wheat is the
best feed. The late turkeys will take
on a rapid growth and the older ones
will fatten. Do not neglect the feed
ing of your turkey flock now. The
exact dates for delivery will be an
%nounced later.
The association prefers to receive
the turkeys dressed. You will make
money by dressing them yourselves,
however, we will prepare to handle
them alive for those who do not know
how or do not care to dress them out
If you bring your turkeys in alive be
very careful with them. The finest
turkey ever grown will grade as No.
2 if bruised OF torn. Do not haul
them in a double wagon box. They
will pile up and if none are killed they
will be badly bruised. Do not allow
more than 16 inches of depth in the
crate or wagon box.
Now let US get behind the cooper
alive scheme and put it owe 100 per
cent efficient. The officers of your
farm bureau and marketing ~associa-
ton will go the. limit to do their part.
Will you do yours?
Oliver r. Irwin,
Pres.-Mgr. Big Horn Coop
erative Marketing Assn.
, 1923-10-24
THE PATTON BROTHERS

The Futuristic Musical Program
which will be given by the Patton
Brothers on Monday evening, October
10Th, at the Temple theatre, is one
of the most interesting, entertaining
and artistic events of the season.
There are three of these brothers,
all good looking, all good voices, all
otherwise gifted in such a I'M as
to make them quite the most attrac-
tive group seer for some time.
Their program is just as attractive
as they are, only more so, for it is
something so entirely different, so new
and original in its conception, that it
is entirely out of the ordinary. 1t in
cludes n musical prologue, six epis-
odes and an epilogue, something on
the order of n tabloid revue" only
it is given by three handsome gentle
men instead of pretty girls as is usu-
ally the case, and is altogether pro-
per and refined, which is not always
the case with the theatrical program.
The episodes are Russian, aid fash
Toned, religious, popular, oriental and
patriotic, giving opportunity for n
vivid array of costumes and introduc-
ing character songs, sacred chants and
dances. Piano solos by Lowell Pat
ton are also introduced and are a de-
cided feature of the evening, as the
young artist is particularly gifted and
has studied extensively in this coun-
try and abroad.
The Arizona Gazette, Of Phoenix,
had this to say Of the Patton program
There was a choice morsel for ev-
cry appetite in the audience, no mat
ter what the fancy might be. II was
just a bit different from anything seen
heretofore. Only the Patton Broth
ers, with an inheritance of character
which finds root only in the soil of
the west, plus the culture of the east,
can inspire crowds with a veritable
wholesome purpose"
, 1923-10-24
FEDERATION OF COM
HE2cIAL CLUBS Of BIG
HORN BASIN PLANNED

Upon invitation from the Greybull
Chamber of Commerce, delegates
from the Big Horn basin towns met
in Greybull Monday night, where was
formed the nucleus of the Federation
81 the Big Horn Basin Clubs. Its OBJ
iIStiS for the promotion and develop
ment of the agricultural and CONNER
cial interests of the Basin and sur
rounding country.
In order to start a going concern
a tentative constitution was drafted,
to be perfected and the organization
completed at Basin on November 9TH.
The presidents of the commercial
clubs of the Big Horn basin towns to
compose the board of directors.
The newspaper men of the four
counties, with Margaret Hayden, pub
hclty director of the Cody Club, as
secretary and Reyn Leedom of the
Lowell Chronicle Of chairman, were
charged with the responsibility of de-
Veloping n program for the afternoon
and evening, which is destined to
orlng to light the hidden of
the Big Horn basin and emphasize the
possibilities of development. All coun
tes are to have important places on
'he program, among them being the
annual Corn Show to be given in Wor-
land December 1914 - the opening
number Of the continuous program of
the future.
The turkey industry rs a grasshop-
per menace control and n pot-boiler
ior the farmer will be features, and
transportation, freight rates. market
ing home production, and home buy
ing viii be other topics.
And withal the dude and recreation
al business will be handled rs a unit
70 the benefit both Of the traveller
and Wyoming ut large.
keyn Leedom vas made secretary
VI the Greybull meeting.
The shortncss Of time did not make
.or full attendance but many Of the
owns were represented and IL Is
Planned that delegations from all OF
sae towns win be present ut Basin
November 9th.
, 1923-10-24
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
BEING ARRANGED
FOR ARM|ST|CE DAY

Arrangements are being perfected
for a real Armistice Day celebration
in Cody on Monday, November 18th
1928, the matter having been taker
in hand by Prof. Rudy w. Cooper
who is arranging a comprehensive
program to be given on that day in
conjunction with the Promenade and
Initiation of the 40 & 8 of the Amer
lean Legion.
The day will begin with a meeting
at the high school auditorium at 900
a. M, where a program consisting of
special musical numbers and an adj
dress on patriotism will be given to
the students and the general public,
and the presentation of the flag to be
given by the Forest Service to the
students of the school.
Following the program a parade
will form at the schoolhouse at 1000
a. m. which will march through the
principal streets of the town. The
parade will be lead by three color
bearers carrying the American flag,
the high school colors and the Red
Cross flag.
Following the color bearers will
come the high school band, veterans
of the Civil and Spanish-American
wars, veterans of the World war,
Troop F of the Wyoming national
guard, and the entire body of school
children, divided into separate classes,
each representing some phase of ma
tional life.
Many of the business men have al
ready voiced their approval of this
plan, and have indicated their inten-
ton to prepare appropriate floats and
it is hoped that a large number of
floats will be in the parade, represent
ing the business, social and fraternal
organizations of the town.
During the afternoon the prom
enade and initiation of the 40 & 8 of
the American will be held on Sher-
idan avenue, and those who have had
the privilege of participating in these
ceremonies promise that they will be
of unusual interest, and something
never before seen in Cody.
A large number of the Legion men
from Powell, Greybull, Basin and
Meeteetse have signifed their inten-
ton of being present at the initiation.
During the afternoon the football
game between Powell and Cody will
attract large numbers to the High
School athletic field, and an exciting
game is anticipated.
The day will be rounded out with
the Annual Benefit Ball that Mrs.
Lulu Hall gives for the American
Legion each year at the Temple
theatre.
, 1923-10-24

hard finish. The condition of cattle
is placed at ~ per cent.
heavily with prospects of "A heavy run
during October and the opinion of
the stockmen is that the shipments
this year will run from Is to % per
cent larger than last year which is
considerably above the early indica-
tions.
The unsatisfactory returns of the
past few years is now having its eff
feet in the closing out of entire herds
and a tendency to sell very close. Few
local sales have been reported with
hardly enough price quotations for
an average price On any class of cat
tie. Early returns from shipments to
market indicate that the prices from
steers and calves are generally a little
better than last year, but so far COWS
and stock cattle are about the same
as 1922.
, 1923-10-24
S. A. ASH LONG FORGOTTEN TO
LIE BESIDE FATHER AND MOTHER
Removal of Body Awakens Memories of Cody's
Most Cowardly Murder When Druggist
was Killed by Trap Gun

"DOC' ASH ASSASINATED"-
these three words in big black type
stretched across the front of the Cody
Enterprise in its issue of December 9.
1909. At the end of a full page story
of the murder the editor wrote:
"Due to the great popularity of the
man and the fact that he had no
known enemy in the community, pro-
gress is naturally slow, but it surely
cannot be that such a heinous offense
against all known rules of regulated
society shall go u~navenged."
, 1923-10-24
CODY GETS ANOTHER
BAD BEATING, 40 4

The Cody High School football
team met with their third reverse on
Saturday last when Greybull High de-
fcated them by a score of 40 to z on
the home grounds.
The game was exciting and interest
ing from start to finish, the Cody boys
fighting hard to keep the Greybull
eleven from scoring, but the superior
skill and weight Of their opponesnt
was a force that they were unable to
cope with.
The Greybull eleven played a strong
offensive game, making repeated gains
through the Cody line, and the long
throws made by the Greybull full
back we're frequently attempted and
often successful.
Noonnn. quarterback on the Cody
team, played n great game, being fast
on runs, elusive and hard to tackle
successfully. His playing was highly
complimented by the Greybull play
ers and rooters alike.
Buster Arnold wal forced from the
game early in the first half by n
w~renched knee, which materially
weakened the Cody lineup.
Altogether the Cody team made n
very creditable showing against n fast
team that averaged Is pounds heavier,
and displayed good courage and grit
by playing the game until the final
whistle.
A good crowd was in attendance
with many from G~reybull along the
side-lines.
The next game will be played on
Saturday afternoon, October 27th, Mt
2:30 p. M, on the local field against
the fast Basin High School eleven.
Coach Roberts still believes that
his team will o on show n reversal of
form, and be victorious in their next
game.
, 1923-10-24

The machete is the universal inn
plimcnt in Costa Rica and other Carib
bean countries, and II is carried by
every country laborcr. II Is used for
chopping brush and trees, clearing
ground, cutting grass and sugar cane,
killing and skinning animals, for of
fence and defense, and for almost
every conceivable purpose. Two
types arc used: The machete de suelo
which has n long blade rounded Mt the
end with the cutting edge sloping to-
ward the handle, the end being much
broader than that part near the
handle; the other simply n long
straight knife.
, 1923-10-24

During a debate in the South At
rican Assembly relative to an appro-
priation of a quarter of a million
pounds for the relief of unemploy-
ment, two radicals from Johannes
burg chained themselves to the rail
of the public gallery, and from there
insisted on addressing the House. In
required half an hour to unchain
them. General SHUTS and the Speak
err of the House refused to prosecute
the offenders.
, 1923-10-24

1t is claimed that Bert Stages. who
was recently adjudged insane and
taken to Evanston, had written a
check for a considerable amount and
signed his mothers name to it, pre-
senting this check in payment for a
Ford car which he bought in Their
mopolis.
Mrs. Stages, who is a mute, dis
claims all knowledge of the check or
the alleged transaction.
Sheriff Scott Hazen of Hot Springs
county, arrived in Cody on Friday and
returned on Monday to Thermopolis
with Mrs. Stages, who will be given n
hearing, and a full Investigation of
the ease will be made.
, 1923-10-24

The new honeymoon cars made by
the Pullman Company insure daytime
as well as nighttime privacy to pas
sengers. The cars already are in
operation on most of the transcon-
~tinental roads. When the berths are
made up, a new style partition going
from the seat to the ceiling gives the
occupants absolute seclusion. Newly
weds hail the Innovation with joy.
, 1923-10-24

That vas fourteen years ago and
the man whose popularity was so
great that he had no known enemy
has lain in a neglected grave all this
time-forgotten and ~unavenged.
The fact that his coffin is now to be
taken back to Storm Lake, Iowa, by
a nephew, F. j. Foster of Marshall
town, Iowa, will come as welcome
news to those who remember with a
friendly feeling, big, genial, "Doc'
Ash . And something of the horror of
that night comes back to those who
heard his screams of agony when the
cowardly murderer's trap-gun did its
work.
1t vas on Monday night, sometime
, 1923-10-24

after IL O'Clock, that he closed his
drug store and went home to his tar
paper shack on the now vacant lot at
Second and Rumsay 1t was
nearly 20 below zero, so cold that
boot heels squeaked shrilly in the dry
snow.
When he opened the door he receiv-
ed full in the abdomen, a charge of
shot from a cheap, single-barrel shot
gun set with such diabolical ingen-
uity that it could not miss. The gun
was wired to a board and laid with
, 1923-10-24

Peanut oil is one of the prime nee
e~ssities Of the average Chinese in
South China. As a cooking oil and
foodstuff il means to the Chinese
what olive oil does to the Spaniard OF
Italian and lard to the American.
Large stocks Of peanut oil are al
ways maintained in Hongkong. Most
Of the local oil is crushed from nuts
grown in the colony, South China and
in North China.
, 1923-10-24
Bert Stages Accused of
Forging Mothers Name

MRS Sylvester Stages, of Mectee-
Sc, was arrested on Thursday by Un-
e.snerif Earl Pulley upon n warrant
ued IN Thermopolis charging the is
ling OF worthless checks. Advices
,ha received from Thermopolis by
sneriff's office asking for the APP
broehsion Of Mrs. Stages and Pulley
tion her to Cody to await the nc
fcers. springs county oi
, 1923-10-24

the muzzle of the gun resting on the
top of the stove. A clothesline rope
was fastened to the trigger, carried
around the stove and the wall to a
hinge on the door. When the door
vas opened the pull discharged the
gun.
Ash died in an hour, protesting to
the last that he had no enemies and
did not know who had shot him. Bert
Lampitt was afterward arrested but
discharged as it was considered that
the evidence brought out at the pre-
liminary hearing was lot sufficient to
hold him. DIR. Ash was engaged to
Dorothy Newton with whom Lampitt
also was said to be in love.
, 1923-10-24

The Schlosspark Theater in Steg-
litz, n suburb of Berlin, is taking
farm produce in lieu Of money. For
the best theater seats the price is n
pound Of butter, or the equivalent in
marks ut that days butter quotation.
The cheapest seats are sold of rtow
eggs, or their value in paper marks.