davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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because Babes club has been going
in and out all year.
When Connie nominated Al prince
of the flock for all time he took in toe
much territory. Al is good. but not that
good. When you place the name OF
Simmons up there against Cobb and
Ruth on the all-time blackboard ii does
not look so great. Y
Babe was standing on his ear making
circus catches when al thought the
Three-Eye League was in the majors
And he was playing first base and
pitching goose-egg innings when SIM
mons was leaping tire-plugs back IN
Milwaukee.
And Babe has been doing that little
thing for 10 years baby. When bird
can top the loop. lead it in homers
play first and pitch a few great games
TO keep warmed up, for ID semesters
it is going to take more than a few
years Of smart hitting to sit up there
along side OF him
Ruth has color. Plenty of IL. And
he has more natural base bali ability
than Simmons Al is an actor, and in
his seemingly easy manner puts a Iai
vi SAOhAh"hotiAb INTO taACHlDE a ny DAA
that is not within reaching distance
But the Babe does the same thing, and
there is lot more Babe to trek over
that field than there is Simmons. Babe
looks better doing it.
Al viii never reacn the smuggling peak
set by Ruth, And yet the BAN can
turn about and place hit with the best
Of them. On the bases the Babe can
carry his 200, and more, pounds of beef
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no 4lIo UWII 4IgIIJEIIB III VIC IlIIs,
but a manager can do lot for fighter
Dempsey owed considerable of his
success to Kearns And Kearns has
taken Mickey Walker along farther than
the game little Irishman's own efforts
would have taken him. Mickey Is a
good fighter, but not as good as they
make him out.
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And If you know your Cornelius Nc
Cillicuddy you know that he never
MARBLES anything that he does not
mean. He says little and much at one
and the same time
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Yesterdays Star
ny tle - press.

Pie Traynor, Pirates His double In
ninth drove in Lloyd Waner with nun
that beat Cubs, 4--S.
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American League
GAMES TOMORROW

wash, az Chicaxo.
New YORK 81 C1ese.
phiia, 81 DetrQit-
Boston At 81. Louis.
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But Babe Ruth
was stijl a point
ahead of him in
batting for the sea-
son yesterday. And
Babe is having one
of his nIiet wears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11

NONNIE MACK dominates Al
Simmons as the ace Of the base
4 ball deck. Above Cobb and
Ruth, too, for all-tiine honors.
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him for years finally will get Robby out
of Brooklyn. After he has gone, they
probably will realize that Wilbert Robin
son won pennantS with material that
was not of cha npionship caliber. The
White Sox, Pittsburgh and Detroit are
mentioned as teams which may have
new managers. What they need are
new ball players.
THERE is a feeling that something
i will be done about the present Of
fetal golf ball when the rulers of
golf meet on September /. 1t is true
that the experts can play the new ball
with great ease and accuracy, but the
duffer does not like any part of it, and
it is the duffer who supports golf
The suggestion has, 1 am told, been
made that the present size be retained
but that the ball be made heavier That
would mean that with little paint
the supply OF rabbit base balls left over
from last season could be used as golf
balls.
Nothing. of course, has been done to
the base ball. 1t is Just that the eyes
Of all the sluggers have failed at the
same time and that they have lost their
sense of timing. That's why they are
not hitting the ball as far now.
(Copyright. 1881. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
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No doubt about
Big Al looking like
the prize melon on
the base ball dock
at this particular
moment. That's be-
cause he Is playing
with a champion
ship c ] 4 b a n d
backed by smart
pitching.
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CAVES TODAY.

HEE7-"77 ?
Wash. at Chicagc.
New York at Cle7e.
PhiIa al Detkptt.
Boston IL 81, Louis,
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VERYBODY knows a manager
~ can't think for ball player on
the bases, and that a boxer must
> Asn c,,.,. G-l H.. 4y,1 ,-;rc,
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August 1i-Interstate VS. Navy Yard
August l2--Ci. p. o. vs.. Navy Yard.
August IS Interstate VS. Naval Hospital,
August lA-Union Printers VS. G. p. o
August li-Navy Yard VS.. Naval Hospital.
August i8-Navy Yard VS.. Interstate.
August 10 @. p o. vs.. Naval Hospital.
August 20-Union Printers VS.. Naval Hos
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Alexandria Notes
LExANDR1A. Va. August IL.

44Ht p4aOt III NLIt 4A4NAttIINlI IA
amateur unlimited diamond
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n DECISION 10 play out the
"A schedule in the Government
League viii make it almost neces-
sary to change the date of the city
series from August "a At the earliest,
the second half schedule would not be
over before August 20 With Naval
Hospital needing only one more victory
to clinch the second series flag a
play-off between the c. p o.. first
half winners, and the Sailors appears
probable.
Following is the remainder of the
Government League schedule:
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tardy finish of the Govern
ment League season and the
lack OF a suitable playing field

TWO OF the Weekday league cham
Il pionships already have been de-
cided-the Industrial and Georgetown
Church-but the Departmental anC
Government Leagues still are in the
throeS CT bitter scraps. There was a
chance that the Departmental title
would be decided today when Com
merce and District Repair shop were
TO play the second of the three-game
play-off series. A win for Commerce
would put that club in the city series
Yesterdays game was rained out,
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WILL SEE IF ARM
IS IN TRIM AGAIN
Pitcher Believes He Is 0. K.
Cr0Wder, Burke to Follow
Marberry at Chicago.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

bA OVUN ID IAk4AIK1LNs
0HICAGO, August While
the Nationals are making
~ their final swing of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

these principles of liberty to the
workers.
Automatic machinery is supplant-
ing the need of human skill in indus
try. This condition is making the
workers more dependent. Some large
employers have adopted policies, So
called profit-sharing methods, EN-
ploye stock-ownership and other sys-
TENS to lull the workers into sense
of security, as substitutes for their
demand for the application of the
principles of justice in the relations
between employer and employee. En-
ployers are shortsighted in believing
that workers have not the intelligence
to discern the false from the real
These substitutes will not satisfy the
workers in their demand for justice
With all our vaunted civilization
and progress, never before in history
has it been more necessary for the
principles of the trade union move
ment to be recognized and enforced
not only in the interests of the work
ers and the masses of the people, but
that our free government may sur.
vive.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

they support the American concept of
liberty, but at the same time enforce
feudal policies in their relations with
labor
Throughout the pages of history
we find the struggle Of human beings
for liberty, for the right of self-ex-
preston. Our own government is bas-
ed on the recognition of this inherent
right and the guaranteeing of the
safeguarding of this right to its citi-
zens. The trade union movement is
the physical expression Of workers
struggling for self-expression and for
the right of the development Of op-
portunity for the masses of the peo-
pie, for the enjoyment Of a better life
in accordance with their hopes and
aspirations. In our own time, in our
own country, this struggle has been
carried on always in the face of the
bitterest opposition. Legislators, the
courts of our land and the military
forces of state and federal govern
ments disregarding constitutional
guarantees have stigmatized and pc
nalized those workers who have the
temerity to agitate for and support
the demand for the application of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

For officials holding positions of
responsibility and trust in trade
unions, Labor Day is day of stock
taking. Our minds revert to the year
that has passed in retrospective con-
sideration Of circumstances and con-
ditions which mark progress or re-
progression for our movement.
Labor Day, 1881, finds problems
pressing heavily and with no sign OF
the dawn Of the millennium on the hori-
zon. Labor is suffering keenly from
the hardships and privations growing
out of nationwide unemployment.
Union workers more fortunate than
their unemployed brothers are CO.
operating to make the distress less
acute by sharing with unemployed
members the work available. These
activities carried on under trade reg
ulations indicate the constructive ma
chinery that could be put in motion
through the cooperation of trade
unions with employers in an indus
trial program. The potential power
of the trade union movement as an
instrumentality to remedy economic
ills is checked by the attitude of ar
chaic- minded employers, who pretend
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
RICH GROW RICHER
SAYS u. S. LAWMAKER


Washington.-The claim that "the
rich grow richer and the poor grow
poorer" was proven by Congressman
Rankin with federal statistics submit
ted to the house committee on ways
and means in urging payment of the
soldiers adjusted compensation GER
tiicates.
"There has never been in all the
times of written history such con-
centration of wealth in the hands of
the rich and powerful now represented
by the great bondholders of America
as in the last four or five years, "
said Mr.. Rankin.
"In 1924 there were rs people in
the United States with an annual in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

come of 100000 and over. In 1928,
four years later, there were 511 in
that class. In 1927 there were 290.
The number had gone from rs to 900
in three years, and from 1927 to 1928
it went from 900 to 511.
"Take incomes of 1000 and under.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

In 1924 there were 344,S76 in that
class In 1928 there were III, ,123.
While those with incomes of mill
lion dollars year were growing in
number from rs in 1924 to 511 in 1928,
increasing approximately sevenfold,
those with incomes from a thousand
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
dollars down fell from the number Of
344,876 to 11,123.'

Children of today play games that
were played by children of Rome
These games are generally known as
jacks, ball and jumping rope.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Insurance Concern One
of the Worlds Oldest

The London insurance organization
known as Lloyds was formed In Lon
don In the Seventeenth century. 1t
was not Incorporated until 1871, when
that was done by act Of parliament.
1t takes its name from that of Edward
Lloyd, who kept coffee house In
Tower street, London. in his place
these underwriters met to transact
their business and 1t became their
headquarters until 1774, when they re-
moved to the Royal exchange, where
they have been ever since.
Lloyd's does not undertake insur-
ance business as corporation. The
business is conducted by member
firms under their own account. but In
accordance with the rules of the So
ciety, which thus compares to the
stock exchanges and similarly regu.
lated market places.
Lloyd's Is also an organization for
the collection and distribution of mar.
thine intelligence, and this Is pub
llshed In Lloyd's List. The List, found
ed in 1896 as Lloyd's News, is with
one exception the Oldest current news
paper In Europe. The corporation
also publishes various works for the
benefit Of members, shippers and the
business world in general.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Nav Oil Thanrx HID

Another myth about oil has been ex-
ploded by scientists, who now believe
that heat and time, rather than pres
sure. are responsible for the natural
formation of petroleum in the earth,
according to the results of laboratory
experiments announced by the Amer
lean Petroleum institute.
The old pressure theory thus takes
its place as a myth alongside the an
tlquated notion that the quality of a
lubricatlng oil depends upon the
source Of the crude. A recent survey
by a leading eastern university among
professors OF organic chemistry indi-
Gated that stress Is no longer laid by
scientists on the origin Of the oil from
which a lubricant Is made, but rather
on the refining processes to which 1t
II subjected
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
London,a Sunday Lawn

Many of London's Sunday observ-
ance laws are very old. Many Of them
date back 305 years to famous act
of 1925. All sorts of queer things are
prohibited on Sunday, including bull
batting, bear-balting and football.
Strictly, 1t is Illegal for an hotel to
cook meal on Sunday, or for any
thing to be sold in shop. 1t Is also
provided that no carrier or wagon
man-which might possibly include
the driver Of a motor coach-may
travel on Sunday. Not only sellers.
but buyers may not break the law, for
one of the old acts says that any per-
son who makes purchases on Sunday
Of such things as sweets or tobacco
can be convicted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Seaman Is Remembered
as Rescuer of Crusoe

William Dampler is one Of the most
extraordinary figures in the story Of
exploration. He was great navigator
and great explorer; but he was also
buccaneer with reputation for
cruelty. His name is remembered for
two reasons. First, because he was
undoubtedly the first English seaman
to set eyes on Australia and the first
explorer to do any photographed sur
veys there. Secondly, while bucca-
neering, he took part in some OF the
most amazing exploits Of the so-called
Brethren of the Coast, crossed the
isthmus of Darien and was present at
the sacking Of Santa Marta. Twice
the government sent Dampier to the
South seas The second time he re-
turned poor and Ill, wrote "Vindf-
cation" and lived to sail again on the
famous voyage that thrilled the world
by the rescue Of Alexander Selkirk,
the sailor who was marooned on Juan
Fernandez island and became immor-
tai as Robinson Crusoe.-Montreal
Family Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Chinese Awarded Palm
as Worlds Best Cooks

The best cookery In the world comes
from central China. trust there are
few readers who still believe that the
chop suey and chow mein concocted
by the half-Malay Cantonese for Amer
lean tastes are Chinese dishes
The fine flower Of the cuisine Of the
middle empire was cultivated In the
regions where the best silk, the most
beautiful paintings, the mast imper-
ishable ceramics were achieved.
The Chinese kitchen takes prece-
dence over the French because Of Its
exceeding delicacy and Its grasp OF
the chemistry of food. In the prep
aration of vegetables the former are
Incompatible.
1t was they, for instance, who In
vented sauerkraut, which came into
Germany by way Of Russia. But aft
er you have eaten Chinese sauerkraut
you will have lost your inclination for
any other kind.-Kansas City Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Relief. About Prssiou. Stones

Car Ivan the Terrible believed that
diamonds restrained fury, obstinacy
and desire for luxury, and also that
the smallest amount Of diamond
crushed into powder and dissolved in
drink could poison man and even a
horse, writes Albert Parry in Asia
Magazine.
The beliefs of Ivan the Terrible
were typical Of the time and people.
OF other stones he said that the ruby
comforted the heart and brain and
strengthened human vigor and men,
DRY, since it clarified the CONCEALED
and corrupted blood; the emerald sue
cessfully combated uncleanliness Of
blood in man; the sapphire cleared the
eye, Strengthened the muscles, pre-
served and increased courage and al
together was pleasing to the vital
senses; the turquoise, by turning pale
when applied to the arm of sick man,
foretold the mans death.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Liberty of Pres. Above All

Give me but the liberty Of the press
and will give to the minister venal
house Of peers. will give him cor
rupt and servile commons. will give
him the full swing of the patronage of
office. / will give him the whole host
Of ministerial influence. will give
him all the power that place can con-
fer upon him, to purchase up submis-
sion and overcome resistance; and yet,
armed with the liberty Of the press
will attack the mighty fabric Of that
mightler engine. will shake down
from Its height corruption and bury 1t
beneath the ruins Of the abuses It was
meant to shelter.-Rlchard Brlnsley
Sheridan. HuA
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Meaning of Word "Dish"
Has Undergone Change

Originally the word dish applied
only to plate, bowl, or platter. There
are related words in other languages
which mean either plate or table. The
word comes from the old English disc,
plate, which Is equivalent to the old
High German tisc, plate. Prcsent-day
German has tisch, table. 1t has been
in our language since about the
Eighth century.
1t has been used to designate "a
broad shallow vessel, with fiat bottom,
concave sides, and nearly level rim,
made of earthenware, glass, metal, or
wood, and used chiefly to hold food at
meals" Sometimes it Is restricted to
those vessels which are oval, square,
or irregular in shape, as distinguished
from circular plate. Other times
1t refers to all open vessels used to
contain food at table, ''as tureens,
vegetable dishes, etc." 1t also means,
"a hollow vessel of wood or metal,
used for drinking. and also especially
as a beggars receptacle for aims; a
cup" but this latter use seems less
frequent than the FORMER. IL was not
introduced into our literature until
about 1881, and 1t has not been used
much since the Eighteenth century.
This use has survived In the phrase,
"a dish Of tea" which Is fairly COM
mon today. Macaulay wrote in 1855,
"More than one seat in parliament
-. had been bought and sold over
q dish of coffee at Garraway's." Dish
here means an indefinite quantity.
A water pitcher, sugar bowl, and
possibly cup, are not, strictly speak
ing, dishes. But. to the American
housewife, dishes are coming to mean
those utensils that go on the table at
mealtime, as well as to refer to the
amount or kind Of food served In a
dish.---I4iterary Digest. sa
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23

lived, Ula proposed to live It valiant
ly. Two weeks later, she appeared
before the opera committee In place
of Marcia, who was honeymooning n
Havana.
There was never a time after that
when Ula's success faltered. In two
years, she was singing the most i'm
povtAl soprano roles with the most
important opera company in the world,
Inevitably, the pharaphernalia Of
grandeur wound itself around the SIM
pie person of Ula. She became diva,
a public figure and one Of whom was
expected the intricate and bedecked
life.
Externally, aided and abetted by ad-
visOrs, impressarioS, agents and secre-
taries, she fulfilled these requirements,
supplying the press with the necessary
complicated detail of what was In
reality her simple life, and appearing
before the public with all the attend
ant glamour expected of one in her
brilliant role of singing-bird of fine
plumage
Every spring, in the interval be-
tween the end Of the arduous opera
season and her sailing for Europe, Ula
visits the Felix Ermins back In the
town where young singing teacher
coached her niece toward fame.
The Felix Ermins live in a rambling
frame house, set in wide area Of
great lawn on one Of the nice streets
Of the little town. Felix Is a locally
successful architect. There are three
children. Marcia, who Is bit too
plump, still Is obstreperously young
in her vlvacity and filed with a dark
glow that lends much to her per-
sonality.
To Ula, the rambling frame house,
set in the center of the elaborate
lawn, is the center of the paradise Of
the earth. Her visits there are as
terrible to her as they are beautiful.
Marcia, as she watches her, is the
most-to-be- envied and the most-to-be-
loved human being on earth.
And yet, there is no knowing Mar
cia. She reveals nothing by manner
or word. Nor does Felix. Ostensibly
they are happy pair, rearing happy
family in the midst Of stability, pros
perity and well-being.
Sometimes Of an evening during
these brief annual visits Of Ula to the
home of the Felix Ermins, Marca's
slitted eyes, regarding Ula, are filled
with pretty nearly every kind of de-
feat there is.
(t0. 1881. Mcclure Newspaper synoicate.l
(WNU SerYice,l
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Reason Advanced for
Use of "Oz." as Ounce

There Is no az" In "ounce" and
therefore "oz." is symbol rather than
true abbreviation or contraction of
the word. Two theories have been adj
vanced to account for the use of ~"
instead of IS" in this symbol or alb
breviation says the Pathfinder Maya
zine. The Oxford dictionary says that
it is Fifteenth century abbreviation
of "Onza," the italian form Of "ounce,"
and adds that "in manuscript forms of
abbreviatlon the z had the heightened
form, its tail being usually carried In
a circle under, round, and over the o.
as to form the line of contraction over
the word" The italian abbreviation
was retained in English, according to
this theory, because 1t had become a
sort Of symbol like the modern S and
% signs.
Some authorities, however, are Of
the opinion that "" got in "oz." In
the same manner that 1t got in "viz.,"
the abbreviation of "zldelicet," Latin
word meaning to wit or namely and u.s.
ually so read. Although the third let
ter e." 1t is really the character used
by early printers for the arbitrary
mark of terminal contraction. Dur
ing the Middle ages character sim
liar to ~" was used as the abbre-
Walton of "et," meaning and. It was
equivalent to the modern 5. TIA
bet" for instance, was abbreviated
"habz" by medieval writer's. The
early printers had no type for the
symbol Of terminal abbreviation and
therefore used ~" the nearest thing
to 1t in the printers case. Thus
wiz" originally represented a double
abbreviation-"zi" for wide" and ~"
or "&" for "licet." "Ounce" was de-
rived from French "ounce," which in
turn was from Latin 'uncla,' twelfth
part.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Just Bidinr His Time

The taxi driver making my change
one evening recently hastily took back
a coin which he started to give me
as a quarter. THAT'S puk," said
he; ''some kind Of Dutch nickel that
I'm stuck with" / looked at II, saw
II was half gulden and gave 1t back.
Saving them" inquired.
mot for long" he said omlnously. II
got that from a good, church-golng
Christian few minutes ago carted
him to church, and that's what he
worked off on me, the stiff. A swell
Christian he Is, handing that to a poor
taxi driver when he might just as
well dropped 1t in the collection plate
and done no one no harm."-Baltl-
more Sun.