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catcher A portion Of a stout rake
or pitchfork was most in demand as
a bat, which was welded generally
In one hand by the muscular young
players of the country schools who
rivaled each other in the hearty
cracks they gave the ball. There were
from six to eight players in each
side.
"In my experience as a player it
was always understood that the
striker had the right to knock the ball
with his bat in any direction he
chose, the object being to put the
ball as far out of reach of the op-
ponents as possible and thereby en-
able him to go his rounds in safety.
I recollect one player. gentleman
now residing in New York, with
whom often played ON Boston Com
mon when we were schoolboys to-
gether. who had a most original way
Of striking. He would grasp the bat
with both hands, pointing it toward
the ground and with the handle
touching his chest. The thrower
would deliver the ball the usual way,
to the right, when the striker would
bring up the bat with great force,
catch the ball with q smart blow,
and send 1t over the head of the
catcher and far behind him. He
seldom missed the ball, either.
Half the fun of striking is in the
strikers being able, by the novelty
Of his blow and the unexpected direc-
ton in which he forces the ball, to
keep his side in by preventing his
opponents from catching him out, or
putting him or any of his side out
as they run their bounds.
Base ball used to be a favorite
game with the students of the Eng
land high and Latin schools of Boston
a few years ago. Boston Common af-
fords ample facilities for enjoying the
sport, and on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons In Spring and Fall players
from different classes in these schools,
young men from Is to 10 years of age,
used to enjoy it to their hearts con-
tent. It is also the favorite game
on the greens in front of village
school houses throughout New Eng
land. On Fast day. which is usually
early in April, Boston Common is COW
cred with amateur parties of men and
boys playing bases. The most at
tractive of these parties are generally
those composed Of Boston truckmen.
who are nearly all Americans. coming
from the rural districts of New Eng
land, and possess supply Of muscle
that enables them to Guido all COM
petition"
The Brooklyn Manhattan series was
played under the rules adopted only
the Summer before at a convention
Of all the base ball clubs in the
New York area, the most significant
Of which follow:
The captains, umpires and referees
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and publishing three volumes of his
History of the United States, which
was one of his greatest contributions
to literature. However, this work was
somewhat interrupted when he became
Secretary of the Navy, and it was
not until 1849 that he began to pre-
pare the fourth and fifth volumes for
the press. These appeared in 1852.
The sixth volume appeared in 1854.
and the seventh and eighth followed
the ninth appeared in 1866 and the
tenth and final volume was completed
in 1874.
After leaving his post In Germany
Mr.. Bancroft temporarily resided in
New York, but soon gave this up be-
cause the climate there did not agree
with his wife, and in 1875 he pur-
chased the residence then known as
1923 tnow the site of 1920 H street
Here he resided until his death. on
January II. 1891. when he was in
his 91st year.
IN THIS old home, Bancroft spent
= some Of the busiest and happiest
days of his life. surrounded at times
by many of the most famous men of
that period, whose tastes were the
same as his own, and here he wrote
his History of the Formation of
the Constitution OF the United States" I"
which was published in 1882. Four
years later appeared in print "A Plea
for the Constitution of the United
States of America. Wounded in the
House of Its Guardians" and re-
garding which he said to a New York
editor: "I have your letter asking
what changes had better be made in
the Constitution. know of none; If
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From San Francisco came letter to
the office of the Spirit of the Times
telling of the establishment of the
Pioneer Base Ball Club" in that city.
The base" players around Boston,
seeing their native game in danger Of
being appropriated by the New York
ers, held convention at Dedham,
Mass, and organized a New England
association. At this meeting they drew
up lies for "bases," which hitherto
had not been formulated.
Among these were:
THE bases shall be wooden stakes
projecting feet from the ground"
In playing all match games, 100
tallies shall constitute the game"
New Englanders around New York
were astonished at the way the game
they had played on their village COM
mons as boys had been distorted and
made aristocratic. In letters to the
sporting journals they claimed a
birthright in the sport. Base ball.
they insisted, was only an effeminate
form of bases" The easy, under
handed tossing Of the ball to the bat
ter, they said, was the way bases"
was played by little girls at home.
New England was the home of pitch
ing.
THE ball was thrown" wrote an
indignant Bostonian, land not
pitched or tossed It was thrown,
q rrrith rtino that rnndn If
whistle through the air and stop with
a solid smack in the catchers hands,
which he generally held in front OF
his face. I have frequently heard
the catcher tell the thrower, and
have made the same request myself
when catching, to throw as swift as
he wished and aim for my face. One
of these swiftly delivered balls, when
stopped by a skillful batsman, Is sure
to give the outermost scout employ
ment. and the striker time to go his
rounds in safety and score one tally
as he reaches home.
"The finest exhibition Of skill in
ball playing is, think, to witness the
ball passed swiftly from thrower to
catcher, who, being experts, seldom
allow it to fall to the ground and
scarcely move their feet from the
position they occupy. The pitching
or tossing of the balls toward the
batsman IS never practised in New
England, except by the most juvenile
players, and he, who would occupy
the post Of honor as catcher must be
able to catch expertly swiftly de-
livered ball or he will be admonished
for his inexpertness by request from
some player to butter his fingers
"The ball we used was made Of
yarn, tightly wound round lump of
cork or India rubber. covered with
smooth calfskin in quarters as we
quarter an orange, the seams closed
snugly and not raised lest they should
blister the hands Of the thrower or
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having been chosen, the captains shall
have absolute direction of the game
and shall designate the position each
player shall occupy in the field.
IT SHALL be the duty Of the umpires
to see the game is property kept
and they shall decide all disputes and
differences relative to the game, from
which decision there shall be no ap-
peal, except to the referee.
The bat, or club, is of hickory or
ash, about 3 feet long, tapering, and
about 21a to 3 inches in diameter at
the lower end. and round. The ball
varies from 512 to 6 ounces in weight,
from 21s to 31a inches in diameter.
The bases shall be from home to
second base, AZ PAGES; from first to
third, 40 PAGES equidistant. and from
home to pitcher not less than Is PAGES.
The game to consist of 81 counters
or aces-but at the conclusion an
equal number Of hands must be
played-that is, the last to go in at
the commencement of the game shall
have the last innings. The total
score shall decide the game
The ball must be pitched, not
thrown or jerked, for the bat.
A ball knocked outside Of and be-
yond the range of first and third bases
shall be considered foul and shall not
count the striker an ace.
Three balls being struck at and
missed and the last one caught is a
hand-out. If not caught 1t is con-
sidered fair and the striker bound to
run for the first base.
A ball being struck or tipped and
caught, either flying or on the first
bound, is hand-out.
A player must make his first base
after striking fair ball, but should
the ball be in the hands of an ad-
versary on the first base before the
striker reaches that base 1t Is hand
out.
A player shall be put out if at any
time, when OF base, he is touched by
a ball in the hands Of an adversary.
An Intentional attempt Of player
to prevent an adversary from catching
or getting q ball is a hand-out.
A player must be allowed every op-
portunity to make his base, and in
case of his being prevented by the &C
tions of an adversary he shall be en-
titled to the base.
If two hands are out. player run
ming home at the time ball is struck
cannot make an ace If the player Is
caught out.
A player coming home from third
base is entitled to a mark, If home
before another Is run out.
Three hands out, all out.
Players must take strikes in regular
rotation and after the first inning Is
played the turn commences at the
player who stands next to the one on
the List who lost the third hand.
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Upper e Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft his
desk. Top center Comdr Stephen Decatur fatally
wounded in duel Bladensbure, with Comdr. Barron,
March e. 1890 Upper right: Home of W. w. Corcoran,
II and Connecticut avenue where Daniel Webster
resided site of the National Chamber of Commerce.
Lower left: The home of Bancroft at 625 from
1875 1891 site of the Transportation Building Lower
right: The Blair House, 1851 Pennsylvania avenue which
the temporary residence of Bancroft when he
Secretary of the Navy.
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any change is needed 1t is in our
selves that we may more and more
respect that body of primal law
His was an agreeable companion
ship. for he loved life, he loved ami
mails and he loved flowers. and the
spacious grounds which then sur
rounded his home contained many
rare floral specimens. He was par
ticularly fond of roses. which he de-
lighted to cultivate and experiment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Today S Science
by DAVID DIETZ

ACK of sufficient iron in the diet may lead to the
IL development of form of anenia. DR.. Cyrus C.
Stmgs. director of the Simpson Memorial Institute
for Medical Research of the University of Michigan,
points out. This is because iron is essential part
of the hemoglobin molecule Hemoglobn is the COL
orng matter in the normal red blood curpuScles
There IS a group of iron-deficiency anemiaS due
to various causes DR.. Sturgis says All of them have
body
The iron content of the body of the average
human adult is normally very small. 1t is estimated
at about three grams-approximatey one-tenth of
an ounce Eighty per cent of this amount is in the
fluid part of the blood and the hemoglobn.
The average daily intake of iron is estimated at
about IS milligramS. "a milligram is a thousandth
of a gram) This intake, it will be noticed, is ex-
tremely small, but as DR.. Sturgis says, the body
possesses a remarkable mechanism for the conserva-
ton OF iron and uses 1t over and over again.
4 NENIIA due to an iron deficiency in the diet
n rarely in male adults Dr. Sturgis says
but does occur in infants. growing children and
women 1t has been established he says, that such
anemia does not occur in adult males when the
iron intake is as small as six milligramS daily.
Mothers require larger amounts of iron during the
prenatal period and while nursing their children,
DR.. SturgiS says.
times occurs in women between the ages of 20 and
40 who unable TO absorb the required amount of
iron despite the fact that it is present in their diet
This form, know as idlopathic hypochromic anemia
of women is characterized by a red blood cell count
which is not much changed but by a hemoglobin
percentage which is so per cent less of normal.
1t is thought that a deficiency of hydrochloric
acid in the stomach may play role in this type
of anemia.
THE most common type of iron-deficiency anemia
u occurs in cases OF chronic hemorrhage, DR. Stur-
It's says Because much of the iron is in the blood
even small daily loss of blood. if continued con-
stanty for months, depletes the bodys reserve Of
iron.
These types Of anema are treated best with prep
arations containing large amounts of iron Dr. Stur-
giS says.
AS in the OF pernicious anemia which is now
successfully treated with liver extract exact knowl
edge of the rondefciency anemas is comparatively
recent. Medical science has made many important
advances in the last few years in the investigation
and treatment of diseases of the blood
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Farley Is Very Thankful

TT difficult to arrive at a very conscientious
Il appraisal of the phiaelic value of the treasure
stamps because there knowing precisely how
many Mr.. Farley had let go. Rarity, as we'll as the
cash available in the buying market, governed the
cataog quotations, Senator Long however, being
hampered by conscience, guessed that they we're
worth some fabulous and crowded his criticisms
with insinuations of larcenous intent.
This set the stamp-nuts frantic and Mr. Farley,
with a composure as serene as his unpuckered coun-
tenance decided to initiate the rarties to extent
limited only by the nut-demand at face value. Thus,
Senator Long promoted for Mr.. Fareys struggling
department a known windfall Of S530,0000 and an
additional revenue which may bring the total to
$2O0O0OO For all of this Mr. Farley undoubtedly
feels much obligated to the statesman from Loul-
Siana.
1t seems pity to add to the anguish of the nuts
but they do not appear to know that the original
sheets were autographed back-and-forth between
the recipients. Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. Ickes and Uncle
Louie also put their names on some making them
rarer than the nuts allowed themselves TO lear
But these are the personal treasures of the privileged
owners They are priceless in the philatelc Market
but the autographs personal, not ofnclal, ana
not subject to anybody'S demand.
Copyright 1885, by United Syndicate 1nco
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Louis Is Doing All Right

bride may go before fail but do the filters.
l. Big business is putting arrogance in order
to conceal apprehension. Nobody is going to tell
me how to run my business has become almost
Coue-like formula and in this selfhypnosis there is
a deal Of unconscious resistance. The who goes
about parrOting the statement conceals within him
self the fear and indeed the hope that somebody
will come along and tell him how to his business
before it is too late
These men who around shouting that they
Will accept no sort of regulation or supervision
the very ones who wept into their beer two years
ago and muttered brokenly that the Of the world
had come. In all fairness to them they still talk
Of the immnence of judgment day, but it has been
pushed ahead a few years
The old gentleman who had the chair next to
mine was talking about it only yesterday. Louis -"
ne said to the No. barber, the one with the wife
and II children, IF the government doesn't stop
this damn relief pretty it will mean the end
OF civilization have known it."
In casual conversation the captains and the kings
make that word we" cover great deal of TERRITORY
1t was the same old gentleman who was telling
Louis, Now of course in 1929 before the crash we
were all well off"
knew Louis in 1929 and he was no better off
then than he is now. At least not much Of course
ne only had eight children then And it is true that
mad tipped him off to Kreuger and Toll
The colonel the old gentleman is an honorary
colonel made some reference to Jack Biddingford
LOUIS remarked that he had not seen Mr. Bidding
IoEo around the club in time.
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They Want EN- autographed

ME POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, which needs
L the money, received S53OOOO in one day from
sales over the counters in Washington when Mr..
Farley made the raritieS available TO all Corners
They standing in line at a. NJ. nuts OF all
ages and Of all degrees of Stamp-nutneSS and when
the windows were closed that evening it was esti-
mated that total profit of 81 100000 all of it gravy
except the negligible cost of printing selling heat
light and overhead would accrue to Mr. Farley's un-
happy department before the demand was entirely
appeased
The stamp trade still insists of course that
Mr.. Farley didn't Go right in autographng, in his
traditional green ink, the sheets of album stamps
which he presented to the President Harold Ickes,
Uncle Louie Howe and the friend of friend of
friend in Norfolk Va.
The true nut demands that he autograph all the
thousands of duplicates which were placed on public
sale to destroy the rarity of the gift sheets and
store the democracy of the U. S. A. but, in democ-
racy, any man, public official, may stand on
his constitutional right to autograph not to auto
graph. Mr.. Farley took the position that his
graph was his own to beStOw withhold as he
pleased. 1t pleased him to withhold his signature
from the sheets which were sold over the counter,
although any nut certified him by his county COM
mlttee or Congressman a deserving Democrat
could have had the writing put in the authentic
creme de menthe out of the veritable Farley foun-
tain pen.
This incident is probably the only in the en-
tire career of Senator Huey P. Long in which he
discovered, at length, that he had performed help
full service for enemy with malicious intent. It
days and days about the fortune in rare stamps
which Mr.. Farley had distributed among favorite
few including the President, Ickes, Uncle Louie and
himself
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They Call 1t Busted

"RROKE," said the colonel, dead busted like all
- me rest OF us. He isn't back yet. I saw him at
PAIN Beach this winter and as remember he was
gong to Pinehurst and straight from there to the
Derby" w
IL must be that when the colonel uses the word
broke he doesn't mean the same thing as I mean
But for that matter when say I'm busted which
could in all good conscience, it may be that don't
mean precisely the thing as Louis And
cont think we will ever arrive at satisfactory
economic setup until the words broke" and busted"
mean the thing for all persons throughout the coun-
try.
And would like to have some definition of that
phrase, The end of civilization as we have known
It, To the colonel it would mean the day the Pen
dennis Club put up its shutters and set out sign
'1or sale" To a good many members of the Cham
Der Of Commerce it merely means that hour when
they Will be compelled to adopt union conditions.
And as for me? Well suppose might describe
THE end of civilization I have known it" as the
morning when executive says. I'VE have decided
to drop that silly column and put you back to news
paper work
Copyright, 1881
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lions under his direction not a life
has been lost.
Despite the enthusiastic recep-
tions planned for the explorer, it
is hard to see how more honorS
can be given him. He has the
congressional medal of honor and
IA military citations, four of them
for personal bravery, two for saw
ing lives at the risk of his own.
He is one of the youngest rear
admirals ever created by an ap-
plauding Congress. He has won
uncounted further honors from
this and foreign countries.
Admiral Byrd comes home as
Americas No. l adventurer. But,
as the Roosevelt Memorial ASSo-
citation said on presenting him
with its medal for distinguished
service, Like the pioneers, he was
impelled by more than love for
adventure or material gain"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

Ut is not too soon to begin the campaign against
loss of life and sight from fireworks. Last Fourth
of July there were more accidents than there nave
been for some years
While there are good ordinances against sale OF
fireworks in many of large cities, similar condl-
lions do not obtain in the areas just outside tne
cities and use of the motor car makes II possible
for persons to get fireworks and bring them back
into town. ..-
The National Association for the Prevention OF
Blindness has come the conclusion that 1t Is al
most as hopeless to try to control the sale OF fre-
works from these roadside stands as it was during
prohibition to control sale of liquor under similar
conditions.
IF only those persons who trihe with fireworks
/ could see child with one eye closed for life, or
a little girl in lacy holiday dress caught on fire.
if they could smell the odor Of burning flesh, or II
they could hear the screams of a child suffering
from fireworks burns, they would do their part in
stopping this needless tragedy.
Thousands OF persons injured in fireworks
accidents in 1884. In New York, where there Is
law prohibiting sale of fireworks, the hospitals on
July reported $500 casualties or 1900 more than
in 1888.
Figures for last year show ISL persons killed by
fireworks 50 of whom children less than
years old; 81 were burned to death when their
clothing was ignited by fireworks bonfres 20 chill
dren burned to death by harmless" sparhers;
81 children died as a result Of eating fireworks; 30
persons lost or both eyes, and 300 others suf-
fered serious eye injuries.
TNHOSE who have been most concerned with such
accidents have become convinced that there is
only hope for effective control and that is to
control the manufacture and sale of fireworks from
the factory.
Manufacturers Of fireworks not short
sighted as to fail to realize that inability to control
this situation will result inevitably in extreme legis-
lation which will destroy their business entirely.
CIT the moon enveloped in atmosphere?
A-No.
Q-Are diamonds ever red?
A-Red diamonds have been found, but deposits
are rare.
Q-What was the Stamp Act Congress?
A meeting of delegates from the colonies at
the City Hall in New York in October, 1865. Petit
tons addressed to the King of England and 70
parian ent protesting against the documentary tax
laid on the colonies declaration of the rights OF
Amerie ans was drawn up. stating, among other
things that internal taxes could not be laid on the
coloni IS without their own consent
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C. 0. P.FORMS
VICTORY LEAGUE
BurreII Wright to Head
State Group in Anti
New Deal Fight.

Burrell Wright, treasurer of the
Republican state committee today
held blanket authority to build an
organization of business men and
manufacturers to finance a fight on
Democratic New Deal policies dur
ing the ensuing year.
The decision reached yesterday by
the state committee, was seen as
casting aside all efforts to soft
pedal" attacks on Roosevelt policies.
The organization, which is to be
set up in other states Of the union,
is to be known as the Victory
League. Will G. irwin, Columbus,
Ind, has been mentioned as possible
head of the Indiana group.
Indiana participation in the Cen
trail States Republican rally to be
held at Springfield, ILL.,, early next
month was Endorsed by the state
committee.
The state committee will hold
meetings the first Friday of each
month.
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Floyd Bennett over the North
Pole. After Is hours of perilous
flying, he returned, successful.
But another disappointment
was in store. In 1927, as Admiral
Byrd, Col. Lindbergh and four
others were poised for the epoch
al flight to Paris, Admiral Byrd
was ready first.
But on a trial hop, his ship
nosed over, injuring Pilot Bennett
and putting the admiral out of
the race long enough for COL
Lindbergh to get off on his epic
flight in the Spirit of st. Louis.
=
Admiral Byrd's own flight to
France little later, while a great
achievement, reached something
Of an anti-climaX in crack-up
landing in the surf at YER Sur
Mer, after so hours in the air i'm
de- wretched weather conditions.