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THREE games with the White Sox
and the Nationals will be through

THREE games with the White Sox
/ and the Nationals viii be through
with their frst Western invasion of
the year. This series will open tOmor-
row, today being one Of tdlenesS Tor
the club, as 1t doubled up yesterday at
st. Louis.
sad sam Jones has been nominated
by Manager johnson as pitcher for the
opener Of the set with DOME Bush's
bunch. Fred Marberry and Bob Burke.
the hitting pitcher, are expected 10 see
service in the other contests. Lloyd
Brown is to be kept out Of the series,
as johnson wants to send his prize left
handler against the Yankees in New
York the last Of the week.
A winning streak that had extended
TO six games was snapped in st. Louis
yesterday, but the Nationals pulled
themselves together after dropping the
first part Of the double -header with the
Browns and In laSt-inning rally bag
ged the second contest.
The scores were TO ] against and
4 TO 2 for the Nationals. In the initial
encounter the Washington club was un-
fortunate to run up against Sam Gray
on one Of his rare good days. There
were no hits when hits would have
meant runs. so good was Gray. while
the Browns found Al Crowder very
much to their liking. In the second
game George Blaehol1er bested Lloyd
Brown in sparkling m1und duel for
eight innings, then was driven from
the slab in the ninth by homsrS hit by
the flrEt two men up in the inning.
Sam West and O6sie B-uege did this
prodigious walloping. West smote his
FIRST four-baser Of the year, lofting the
bleachers Bluege hit his sixth home
run of the season into the open left
field stand. Then Walter Stewart, left
handler beaten by the Nationals in the
series opener Friday, came on, TO be
socked for . run.
TN this second set-to of the day the
/ Nationals outhit the Browns, 10
safeties to g. But they waited
until the ninth round TO get four OF
their hits. Hayes double and Manush's S
single netted a run in the first frame,
then the Nationals could do nothing
worthwhile with Blaeholder until that
nifty ninth.
In the meantime the Browns profited
through Browns wildness. The left
handler was stingy with hits. but he
yielded six passes and two were con-
verted into runs. Two singles, the sec
ond by Goslin, followed Ferreli's walk
IN the fourth to put over q tying
sAs~
eighth, scored from first when Mellilc
hit q long ny to Harry Rice. Brown
was unsteady until the ninth, but ne
finished strongly after the Nationals
had forged 70 the front.
Crowder showed little In the mrs
game, test for him after a long lay
CT as q starter. He gave up just nin'
hits, but he also granted two passes ant
lineorked two wild pitches. The Browns
rot q run through . wild pitch in tht
first inning and the second wild pitch
aided them In getting . run in th'
eighth. -.
The General looked good for f:s
minutes In the second inning when n
threw third strikes BY Gray and Lev,
IN succession, but then he walked Burn
and Goslin stepped up 70 swat bis thiri
homer Of the year. After that ~
Browns did about as they pleased VIII
CfoRders pitching. That the Brown
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Cutting the String

Runs basted tn,.Msnysh. Gosiin t2l; Fer
Manush. Mea.ely. s: fsss Isses Home aunseos
lin. Manu,h: Stolen bese-Leyey. ,saeEihces
Burns: Ferren 70 Meiflio. Left on bases.
wsshinston; 5; 81. Louis. 5. Bases on balls
3; by Gray. 2. WILD pitch,-crowder. 2. Um-
pIres-Messrs. Van Grafin. Connolly and
MCGOWAN. Time Of game-1 hour and IS
minutes,
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Records for Week
In Major Leagues

Last weeks major league records OF
games won and lost, runs, hits, errors,
opponents runs and home runs follows: !:
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ANsAs CITY, May 10 (R.--

T p ANSAS CITY, May 10 (P.-A
pitched ball that felled
N Bill Dunlap, Kansas City
Blues first baseman, in the
second game of q double -header
with the Milwaukee Home Brews
opened a riot before 1000 American
Association fans here late yesterday.
Dutch zwilling. manager Of the
Blues, attacked Jack Knott, the of
tending pitcher, as his star batter
dropped unconscious. Hundreds Of
spectators. keyed up by o 1e.to-5 vic-
tory for Kansas City In the first
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hAMBLERs ON sTRkAK.

Ramhler A. g. won its NTH atraight
diamond victory, defeating the Heffer-
son Fire Department, TO 2, yesterday.
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Reo G1 Ready Action Hyas Meet japanese Nine 7onoou
Standings in Major Leagues
MONDAY, MAY 1s.
American League.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
washington, IA; st. Louis, ia.
New York. 8; Detroit, 5.
Philadelphia. IS; Cleveland, 10.
Chicago, 2; Boston, u.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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BERG BATTLES KISER

Bout Tonight VIII Open Outdoor
Season in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, May 1s Op.-Jack
(Kid) Berg. British windmill who until
recently was junior welterweight cham
pion, opens the outdoor fight season
here tonight when he appears in a
l0-round bout with Ray Kiser,
Oklahoma.
Johnny peters.a Berg's stablemate,
meets Joey Ross, ClsEeland, In the
eight-found semi final.
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National League.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
st. Louis, 9: New York, /.
Cincinnati, .: Brooklyn, 5.
Pittsburgh, 5; Boston, 8.
Other clubs not scheduled.
Nyv~vNy, - , ~.w r,1
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nNE pitcher goes as another rejoins
~ the ball club. Walter Tauscher.
drafted last Fall from the Dallas
Club Of the Texas League, has been
shipped to the washington farm at
Chattanooga subject to recall on IA
hour notice. He left st. Louis last
night to Join his wife in Northern
Illinois and with her will motor TO the
Loekouts' home this week.
Although new to the majors Tauscher
Is an experienced pitcher and canny
one. He looked good two or three
times In relief roles this Spring and
should 90 well in the Southern Associ-
aticn President Joe Engel Of the
LookoutS has been after Tauscher for
some time and last week while the
Nationals were In Cleveland he tele-
plaofled Johnson asking for the pitcher.
Then Walter turned down Joe, but
yesterday the manager was instructed
by President Cri1hth Of the Nationals
to ship the hufler.
Tauscher's departure leaves the Ma
tionals with only eight pitchers-Brown.
Jones, Fischer, Marberry, Burke, Had
ley, Crowder and IAslka. With several
Of this lot not going 50 well, the stan
doesn't seem 50 good for club expected
to make q determined bid for the PEN
nant. Manager johnson feels his OUTFIT
could well AFFORD to carry nine mounds
men and was loath to part with
Tauscher.
Maybe Grinith has q deal in the
making whereby the Nationals will ac-
duire another pitcher, but no one on
the road with the club knows whether
this Is 50.
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TREATED IS TIMES,
WING AGAIN STRONG
Johnson Loath to Hand Over
TauScher-Break Even
in Double Header.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~HICAGO, May 18.-Ad Liska
is with the Nationals again
~ and the underhand pitcher
is confident he is ready to
give the club good service at last.
Ad steamed into st. Louis late
yesterday from Lincoln, Nebr.,
where for nearly three weeks he
had a specialist treating the fling
ing wing that went. back on him
while the Nationals were condi-
tioning at Biloxi. The pitcher in
forms Manager Walter Johnson he
is in trim to step to. the hill at
any time.
Liska, who left washington for Lin
coin on April 20, did not spare himself
while away from the club it seems. He
was given 10 treatments by the spe-
cialiSt and after each treatment went
through q workout at the Linccln Ball
Park. Much of the time he pitched
to the Lincoln club of the Nebraska
State League in batting practice and
his arm improved steadily, he says.
Last Friday I pitched to the Linz
coin batters for IS minutes" he told
johnson. 81 want to satisfy myself
that my arm was sound again. 50 I
threw number OF curves. had been
afraid to throw many curves before,
but cut loose Friday. felt no ILL
effect from the workout and Saturday
I had the specialist go over my arm.
He pronounced 1t ut for use and after
hearing that get the first train for
St. Louis"
Liska says he did lot of running
and fielding, too, while at Lincoln to
keep himself in good general condition.
He certainly looks f1t, but Manager
johnson is not likely to use Ad before
having him pitch to batters in two or
three drills. Should Ad then perform
impressiyely he probably will get an
early shot at starting ball game.
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ToACH DORSEY GRIFFITH Is to be
~ congratulated on, the firie piece Of
constructive work he has done In
building up Catholic Universitys track
squad this Spring. Beginning the VIM
ter with only fair material, he rot out
his men and kept 30 everlastingly ut it
that he surprised everybody by winning
the team trophy In his own indoor
meet. This Spring he has carried his
men through series of victories in
dual meets and wound up his season
Saturday by defeating Delaware by q
wide margin. And some Of Grifith's
athletes performed In a way that indi-
Gated it was not because Of weak op-
position that they won.
Evening star., 1931-05-18

w EALTER JOHNSON. jr., has a
ANI tough job ehead Of him If
he means to duplicate the
haze hall career of his
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~HICAGO, May 18.-Ad Liska
is with the Nationals again
~ and the underhand pitcher
Is confident he is ready to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
the Nina, E zen
AferLOng Study
OfMuSicaI and
Ma e m aticaL
Prodtgies and Wise
Idiots.

Every one is interested in lightning calcula-
tors, and particularly in children who develop
unusual gifts in the fields of memory or mathe-
mates The scientists who study eugenics,
genetics and the relationship of heredity to the
production of such geniuses have not been able
to find quite satisfactory explanations for their
appearance in most circumstances.
Popenoe has recently described some of the
prodigies Of remarkable ability who have ap-
peared in the United States. A 9-year old boy
from Vermont was able to answer in a minute
the question as to the number Of seconds in
1913 years, months and ~ days. His facility
was first noted when he was years of age at
which time he was able to answer Immediately
such questions as Is times 81. With minutes
thought he could raise the number eight to
the sixteenth power. This boy lived about the
time of Napoleon, became a teacher and Meth
odist preacher and eventually professor of
languages in the University of Vermont. His
mental powers declined rapidly and he died at
the age Of 30 with only ordinary mental ability.
This boys name was zerah Colbrn-
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CONTESTS have been held between memory
experts, and . Norwegian philologist Paula
Bergh, learned 400 figures IN lO4 minutes, thus
breaking the world record held by q professor
named Diamond, who had learned roo figures
in IS minutes. Then German named Ruckle
learned 504 figures IN 20 minutes It appears
that Paula Bergh also remembers figures by
individualizing them Is objects.
According 10 Popenoe there Is no such thing
as q special memory for figures or anything to
the specific capacity Of that development. He
believes the achievement requires only the
capacity that Is used IN other kinds Of learning,
with exceptional concentration and lack of
fatgabtlity.
1t has long been recognised that there are
many kinds Of persons mentally defective who
develop unusual abilities IN the field of memory
or mathematics Thus, newspapers have fire.
quently carried accounts of the SON Of Prof.
Sidis, who demonstrated higher mathematics
to the professors when he H. but who
subsequently developed mental deficiencies and
was last heard Of as street car conductor and
as the author of book on the collecting of
street car transfers as q hobby.
In an asylum for the insane in Great Britain
there was q mentally defective sailor who could
read the first page of a newspaper and then
repeat it word for word without reference to
the original text.
THE explanation, however, that all lightning
calculators are poSsessors of some systems
for memory or mathematics is not sufficient to
satisfy the majority Of persons. Popenoe is
convinced that such performances require not
only system, but also a gift. He relates the
case Of Simonides, who lived on the Island of
Cos IN Greece from 556 to 468 BIC.
Simonides was not only q first-class poet
but was so good at the ready development of
couplets that he commercialised his art, selling
rhymes and epitaphs.
One time Simonides was attending banquet.
He went out for moment and while he was
gone the roof fell in, killing every one present.
Simonides was able to identify every one at
the banquet by remembering their positions
at the table This called his attention to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

A lightning calculator ON the vaudeville stage
could answer Immediately the population by the
1870 census Of every town and city Of over
5000 IN the United States; the names, number
Of rooms and location Of 2000 leading hotels;
the county seats Of every county In the United
States; the population Of 800 leading foreign
cities: the distances Of all cities from Chicago
and New York. His explanation Of his re-
variable memory was that he associated every
figure with some fact which he carried In his
mind.
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fact that arrangement Is the greatest aid 10
memory
Mathematical talent seems to be an heredi-
tary trait primarily. POpenoe lists French
family which produced eight OUTSTANDING
mathematicians in three generations, and he
refers to the study Of family in Pennsylvania
made by Wilhelmine Z. Key. In this family Of
mental detectives there was found TO be one
group that absolutely lacked any sense Of
quantity and number. One Of the men named
Aaron Rufer before he went out to work I'm
the morning had to measure the meat and
potatoes that his wife prepared for the dinner.
II he left this 10 her, as she had absolutely no
sense Of quantity or number, she might cook
enough for an infant or enough for base bali
team. In one line of this family the defect has
persisted for flve generations.
TN many instances mathematical prodigies are
not freaks, although many listed by Tred-
gold In his essay ON Idiot Savants" were
abandoned mentally. Among famous geniuses
who were mathematical prodigies In youth were
James Watt one Of the inventors Of the steam
engine; William Herschel, the astronomer; r. 9.
Laplace, the astronomer: Isaac Newton, who
had invented the differential calculus before he
was ~; A. M Ampere, the physicist, and men
who devoted their lives to mathematics, such az
K. F. Gauss, L. Euler, Tn. Joung and George
Bidder.
One Of the most interesting cases that has
disturbed the minds Of the specialists Is the
subject Of music memory. There seems to be
no doubt but that many people are especially
gifted In this field. However, musically- gifted
people did not seem t. have any more ability
in mathematics than the rest Of their families
when they were studied by two famous German
psychologists.
When q person is born with the urge for
mathematics 1t comes out sooner later as
the dominating factor in his career. Several
of the famous French family that has been
mentioned were educated for other careers, but
sooner or later all of them gave up everything
else for mathematics. The famous geneticist
Karl Pearson was educated as a lawyer, but
under the drive of his hereditary interest he
turned to mathematics.
Not long ago members of the department
of psychology of Stanford University studied
the life records Of 800 eminent men and women
in history paying attention to their early be-
havior and brightness while young and energy,
ancestry and their body build to find out what
were traits in the young that insured greatness.
There were among the most eminent many
who in childhood had intelligence below the
highest order. This is explained on the grounds
that high, but not the highest, intelligence
combined with good deal of persistence may
lead to greatness. However, in the majority Of
instances the rare and striking personality OF
genius Is emphasized even in early youth by
behavior that differs from that of the average
child so pronouncedly that the record Of its
appearance is preserved.
Children who achieve eminence have In gem
erRl parents above the average and many
H0nkima.ed IN 1sanolfth Dane
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TT Is well known that in cases of irregular
mental development one particular
ability is sometimes developed to a
phenomenal extent, though the mind in
general is subnormal or even idiotic.
Psychiatrists have studied such irregular de-
veloping brains carefully, but they differ as to
how such persons should be classified. Tredgold,
lecturer on mental deficiency at London Uni
VerSity, uses the extraordinary title of idiot
sayants" Probably most of them might prop
erly be classified rs imbecileS or merely feeble
minded.
Despite q brain that is idiotic or feeble
minded when attacking the ordinary problems
Of life, such patients often show remarkable
development Of one Of the senses and can
perform feats which would be impossible to Q
completely normal person.
In one English asylum was boy with such
Q fine sense Of touch that he could split Q
newspaper page into two perfect sheets, just
a. you would peel q postage stamp from IN
envelope.
In other types the memory seems to be espe-
ciAI1y gifted. In the Earlswood Asylum b q
man e5 years Of age who has no ability 10 use
his mind for ordinary purposes, but who has
memOriSed o complete biographical dictionary
and IN able On mention Of any name In Il 10
reel OF IN Q steady, unhesttattng stream q fun
account Of the persons birth, life and death.
In Normansheld, another institution, is an
tmbecile, 80 years Of age, who IL given any date
during the last five years can state the day Of
thu week correctly without hesitation.
A MOTHER inmate, who IN addition to being
mentally enfeebsed was completely blind,
had developed the faculty Of calculating to o
degree little short Of marvellous. Within four
seconds he could give the square root Of any
number running into four figures, and within
sin seconds the cube root Of any number with
IN figures.
Tredgold suggests that such instances repre-
sent the concentration of all the mental fac
ulties along Q single groove, because Of some
physical tmpossibaity to develop the mind IN
tim normal manner.
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I'm outrageous fake of the days before
the eighteenth century. This quack is
making Gn incision in tOon:an's head
and pretending to remote stone sUhich
he says is causing insanity.
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which U0viOus normally develop.
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BY MORRIS FISHBEIN, NJ. d.,
Editor of the Journal of the American
Medical association.

TT is well known that in cases of irregular
mental development one particular
ability is sometimes developed to a
phenomenal extent, though the mind in
general is subnormal or even idiotic
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Visitors Week Sale

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easonabe The things this page but exempy the
others here this week. All many
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limited. Due TO this there will be-
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NORMAN TOWNSHIP

Andrew Henhapl, who had been
looking over his farm and visiting old
neighbors for the past week, returned
to Superior Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Purull and fam
lily visited at the L. H. Kowitz home
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Kruger and
family visited at the VIM. Hennen
home Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Tabery and
Philomene were Sunday dinner guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
Purull.
Mrs. Emma Zeleska and Mrs. Spuk OF
Denham, spent Sunday evening with
Mrs. Gust Overbecke.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Chicos and family
visited at the Steve Purun home Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Evelyn Berry gave a Hallow-
cen party to her pupils Friday after
noon. They all enjoyed the afternoon
very much.
Miss Lille Purull visited with Mrs.
Overbecke Monday afternoon.
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SAND CREEK

Mrs. Aug. Hessler is still on the
sick list and under the care Of a
physician.
Emil Swanson left the first of the
week with truck load of rutabagas
for Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Carlson and son,
liner, were dinner guests Sunday at
the Ole Roland home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Teddy Rydberg have
now moved onto their own farm south
of E. G. Berry's and this community
is glad to have them as a neighbor.
Word was received here last Thurs
day morning that Mr.. and Mrs. Axel
Swanson of Minneapolis, were the
proud parents of baby girl born at
a hospital there. Mrs. Swanson was
formerly Miss Inez Soderquist.
Miss Hazel Gjertson spent the week
end at her home in Sandstone.
Read the announcement of the sale
at Sand Greek in the post office and
Cooperative Store at Sandstone, and
remember the date, Nov. 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Swanson at
tended Sunday school at Danforth
Sunday.
Elmer Larson is back in high
school at Sandstone, after a weeks
illness.
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ABRIDGED NEWS
CLIPPINGS FROM
OTHER PAPERS

Pine Clty-Carl Holmberg, familiar
figure in the business life of Pine City
for the past 81 years in his capacity
as manager Of the mems furnishings
and dry goods department of the Pine
City Mercantile Company, has re-
signed because of ill health. Mr..
Holmberg came to Pine City in 1900.
Mr. Holmberg will take a complete
rest and endeavor to regain his nor
NAL health. He has many friends
who will wish him speedy recovery.
Moose Lake-Three boys, Lyle Skel-
ton, Donnie Anderson and Bud Sisco,
tipped the canoe in which they were
riding and were forced to cling to it
in the middle of Moose lake until
other boys heard their cries and
pulled them to shore clinging to their
canoe. Besides receiving a cold bath
and scare the boys were none the
worse for their experience.
ClOquet-It has been announced
that the toothpick factory here will
build a large extension to their al
ready large plant. The addition
planned will be 10Ox2SO feet and will
be equipped with suitable machinery
for manufacturing matches in large
enough quantities to make the in
dustry paying addition to the tooth
pick manufacture. 1t is estimated
that the plant will cost 100000 and
will employ about $50 men in new
permanent jobs in the spring when
the new plant will be completed.
This industry besides making for
more employment is expected to be a
boon to the rural communities tribu-
tary since poplar and aspen lumber
will be used and since this lumber
abounds in the cutover district around
Cloquet.