When President Comiskey recently
traded Frank Smith and Billy
to the Boston Americans for Lord and
McConnell, the latter, it is understood,
was thrown in to “sugar” the deal. Up
to the present time, however, McCon-
nell has been showing up remarkably
SANS NNN
well His batting has been
} fol ia
he fields his
good and
position cleverly, It is
not saying too much to state that Me-
Connell has proven to be equally as
good a player so far as Lord and that
the White Sox did not lose anything
on the deal
List of Sanctioned “Options” on
Minor Leaguers.
nission has
the foliowing list of
league players
major league cl
inor
sed by
ed:
league—By Washington—
Viinneapolis, Warren Gill
. Miller: from Peoria, Mercer
oit—From Williamsport,
rs and George Harding; from
Delos orake; fre
Kirke; from Rock Island
Fort Wayne, QGalnor
Renfer,
Boston From
from Worcester, C
Lynn, J. W. Buzick;
Dulin
By Chicago
Meg from
from Ded Moines,
Burg
By
from
Detr
Wilkesharre,
Scranton, J
Cavitt
from T
By
Yerkes
from
from
oronto,
Chattanooga,
son from
Brockton
From Birmingham,
Wichita,
Owen:
senger;
from Quincy,
Cleveland-—From
Doane; from New Haven, R. Pecken-
paugh; from Portland, 8. A. Long and
Gus Fisher,
By Philadelphia—From Scranton,
Charles Staley and Charles
{now with Danville).
By New York--From San Antonio,
Abeles: from Jersey City, Walsh and
Johnson
By ¢§ Louis—From
from Springfield,
from Om:
wark, Waddell:
from Montreal,
league-—-Ry Brooklyn
oux City, H. H. Meyers: fron
kee, W. Schardt; Chatt:
Miller
:
incionati-
Monmouth,
il, E
aha, Corride
frosm
trom
] a from
NOGga,
fly ,
PD. Db
chael;
From Fort
Young: from Buffalo, 1
from Denver, Alvin Dolan
Birmingham, Harry Coveleskie:
from Buffalo, Mike Konnick;: from
Wheeling, Joseph Burns
Hy Chiecago—From Danville,
from: Spokane, Ray Keener:
colin, Clyde Glest.
By New York--From Rochester, C
Spencer; from Troy, H. 1. Buck: from
Memphis, Klawitter;
Metz; from Newark, Kieber
Hy Philadelphia—From Seranton
Edward McDonough, Bert Humphries,
George Chalmers; from Albany, Ralph
McBride; from Grand Rapids, Harry
Welchonesa,
By 8t. Louis—From Omaha, Melter:
from Memphis, Johnson; from lLouls.
ville, Magee,
~ A MAA IAAI
Wa
Carm
from
Fisher:
from Lib
Keene to Retire From Turf.
Antirace legislation is likely to re-
sult in the retirement from the turf
of James R. Keene, vicechairman of
the Jockey club, who for many roam
has been one of the largest winners in
the country, says & New York dis
patch to the Chicago Journal.
Mr. Keene says that he will retain
about ten of his yearlings to be raced
or sold next year. The others will be
disposed of at public auction.
The Keene horses have not been so
successful as usual this year, and it is
said that his big stable has been run
at a loss even though the winnings are
close to the $560,000 mark. Last year
the stable cleared $111,000, and in 1507
he hung up a world's record with win.
nings of $397,000,
Fielder Jones Will Be Back.
President Johnson is authority for
the statement that Fielder Jones eon.
‘templates returning to baseball next
year somewhere and somehow, prob-
ably as part owner and manager of an
Ametfcan league club
i
i
Club Hits on Unique Plan to
Secure Recruits.
"Almost bring
a Herer 2
ors telling f digcovers
i won
and
r him
president is as
letter to these
them to forward
President C. W. Murphy.
mes of the looking
He prom-
dis
most likely
voungsters in thelr localit
ised to pax a lib
overer of
sum to the
youngeters who
with the
were sont out several
oral
tho
made good
The letters
ago and aiready
been received
‘You would be surprised at the an.
[ have,” he says. “Fans in the
most remote parts of the country have
me recommending the Hkely
prospects in thelr territory.”
west side team
days
have
many answers
swers
—————
Connie Mack Thought to Have Been
Asleep If He Ever Paid That
Sum for Pitcher.
——-
They say Connle Mack pald $12.000
club. Acquaintances
manager of the Athletics are from
Missouri, however. If Connie Mack
éver paid $12,000 for any player, he
must be addicted to sleep walking,
or has changed his system most rad.
leally, says Chlcage Sunday Sporting
Telegram,
Heretofore Connie has been content
to get his players very cheaply and
develop them himeelf. Plank, Pen.
der, Coombs, Collins, Barry and
Krause did not cost him a cent, He
got Morgan In trade for Schiitzer
Harry Davis came to him with the
franchise, as did “Topsy” Hartsel
Danny Murphy may have cost him a
fow hundred, and Baker, Oldring, At:
kins, Dygert and Heftmuller cost him
a few thousand apiece, but it Is doubt.
ful if all the men on the ia
payroll cost Mack much over $12,000
at the outset.
of the astute
Swacina Making Good.
Swacina, once a member of the
Pittsburg team, fa now the big hit of
the Mobile team ot the Southern
Btarted in Baseball to Reach Some
Other Profitable Business—
George Huff Found Him.
By ARTHUR HOFMAN,
I always played ball for the pleas
ure of it until I saw that there was a
chance for me to get into fast com-
pany and make a better salary than 1
could as a bank clerk, Also | de.
cided early In my career that baseball
was the best means for me to reach
some other profitable business,
I started playing ball with my broth.
ers and the neighbor boys around St
louls and joined a semi-professional
team before | was sixteen. That led
ime to a job In a bank, which main.
| tained a baseball team. [ noticed that
i I received more attention and was
| more thought of because I was a good
{ ball player and decided to become a
| better one. I had no idea ¢{ devoting
{ all time to the game. [ pldyed
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and
| worked in the bank.the rest of the
| time,
I pot into
played good
idea of becoming
1 was getting
ing, with a proviso
did not permit the
I got nothing. One day
playing in ast Bt. Louis and
suddenly and swamped
I wanted the
weather di
my
the
ball,
and
an
Trolley
league
but i
never had
a big leaguer
$10 a game for play-
that, if
game to be played,
were
the
we
F FOBRe
and laimed
game
10 and «
i not prevent the
because sun was shining
management kicked and 1 jumped. It
jump which made me In
I went to Aiton and there
covered, Pittsburg got me, but
on the bench and I never
the
was that
baseball
was di
they out me
“Art” Hofman.
was a good bench player. Pittsburg
Never gave a chance but sent
back to the minors and finally George
Huff found me and brought me to Chl
There | hind a Jot of trouble un
left That shows
a player may be
with the
me mie
CREL
the tenm
how
lucky
had stayed
pever would have been heard from
He did not think i could play ball end
wanted to let me go Chance, how
me
a ball player than anything else. |
tation on me and wanted to make good
as well as for myself. It is
that confidence, one in another, that
has helped make the Cubs a great
ball club. A young player just start
in the business should think first
ther he into a team and is In
athy with it. and seek a berth
me club he likes and feels will
fits
Frank
pitcher,
Sparks the oid
ig making good as a Southern
pitcher,
Covington of the Evansville
of the Central league
Texas"
bascball team
has been sold to
for $1,500,
Cubs. He
not report until the end of the
American association season,
President Comiskey does not think
Meloan will lose his batting eye as
the result of being rapped on the coco
by that “bean” ball the other day.
Down at Arcola, ll, Ernest MeDow-
ell pitched a perfect game against
Lovington, allowing no hits, no runs,
Arcola won
over Lovington, 3 to 0.
Arrangements have practically been
completed for a post season series
between the two New York clubs at
the end of the regular baseball sea
gon. There is a lot of rivalry between
the clubs,
Happy Smith, who jumped the
Brooklyn team recently, has been lo
cated in the outlaw Pacific Coast
league. He quit the Superbas because
he was in love with a girl in the far
west, it 1s rumored.
The San Francisco and Oakland
teams are fighting it out for the pen
nant in the Pacific Coast league. It is
the first time Oakland has been In the
running for years and Harry Wolvar
ton is getting all kinds of praise from
the fans across the baw.
Manager Jennings predicts that the
Athletics are sure to have a slump.
| "Every team has its slumps, We have
bad ours and the Philadelphia men
~ wasn
00D HORSES ARE IN FAVOR
FINE POINTS oF GOOD PONY
| Clean Head, well Held Up, Full Round
| Eye, and Body Almost as
i Round as a Barrel.
In buying a pony one should under
| stand the points that go
| perfect animal. A study of the
yshown here will glve you a pretty
:
ter Class of Driving and Car.
riage Animals.
vor than at and It was ney
good one,” sald Ar-
Lawson, an ardent admirer of
horse, recently. Ten years ago
horses were common and prices
matched
to find, and
price named by the dealer is ap
Horseback riding is
of the fads of the s
wolan
wiil
10 re
present,
noid
the
fine
were
moderate. Today =a
palr is almost impossible
going to
one immer, and
has grown stout
take to the
duce her wi
who
bridis
again ight
back into form
ing
and
of fine }
horses. Ther
for ti
demand he better
ing
are
and carriage horses
increasing
wealthy men
most of thelr
of the
with the
and
horses
WO
when the
wbile came,
Pe
ii
stables
utom
to refill their
Prize Winner and ‘Foa
ieRiers
stock has
ness have prac
market for good
f o hres ¥
ing them at
fabulous it is
The
horses
his
Tiven
tically
horses an
rices which
said that at Dream
wold
fine
lige
nas WW. lawson's stock
is as large as 8.
se ¥ fla 4 - 3 4
automobiles for long
but his horses it is
for pleasure
that he will have a
yw Ii at the Natio
There is nothing, to my m
can take the place of a
horse,” sald Arnold Lawson,
know of any thing that aff
pieagure than bandling the reins over
spirited, blooded
horse. Whether it is true or not that
there Is a corner in the supply they
certainly very hard to
fancy prices are being pald for such
fo requirements
stable
next
ind,
welldired
i do not
nore
mated
IrRes nal
ords
are
B88 come
He
have
up
ree dealers over the
been gathering up the
horses to meet the :
have
supply has been greatly diminis
ree, because of the
of recent
all id
worl
finest
reacti
geen was bound to o¢
Con
years for riding :
2 ade
Convenient Structure for Animals May
Be Placed in Side of Hill With.
" out Much Expense,
DD. NEALE, Missouri.)
convenient hog house may
of a hill
(By W.
A very
If the hill slopes to the south so
much the better.
be made In
desired size of the house. The dirt
.
west.
Posts can be set in the ground and |
two by four pleces nalled on them
upon which boards for the covering
may rest The roof should slant to
the north, so that the sun may shine
under as far as possible,
Good ventiiation must be provided
at the top and draughts shut out
This will be an excellent place for
brocd sows to farrow in, for they will
be protected from the weather,
Raising Bull Cail.
Good bull calves can be bought
cheaply. Get one and raise it. It will
be ready for service at about one year
old. In this way you can afford to
have the best stock.
Work Horses Carefully.
Work the horses Saretully these hot
days. Use judgment and practically
as much work will be done and not
injure the horses. Much depends upon
Belle of Brassay.
neces
clear idea of wha A8ATY
You
a clear
MUCH PROFIT
More ing Animals
Than by Planting Legume Crops—
Humus Is Retained.
IN LIVESTOCK
in Rais
Money
The man who
to turn
get
Loca ust
inder will
tired of
CARES
ARRANGE TO KEEP STALL DRY
filustration and Explanation Bhowing
How Water May Be Drained
Away at All Times.
in the I{llustra
ot
device shown
gives an excellent idea
keeping a stall dry; two age
put one inch, apart, forming a sec
ond floor. This keeps the water drain
ed away the time The
of the barn should sloped
such a way that the water runs back
by fours
54
ail floor
be
Keep the Stall Dry.
ward, and is soaks d up in the manure
and bedding that is hed off the
standing floor. In this way the horses
are never stained
pus
The horse killed by lightning is usu
ally the one that's not Insured.
Dry sows are in good condition and
| on good pasture need little else.
| Black leg is a disease, and it is con
| taglous and practically incurable.
| Heredity is of more importance te
{ the breeder than to the pork pro
i ducer.
| pote with first class stock when profi
| is the object.
When you feed the chickens watch
Too much will
*
get too much corn.
cause indigestion.
mid puddle, you had better start for
the pump and get them some water
that is good and pure.
Eggs are becoming dally more and
more scarce. This is not surprising
It is enough for the hens to supply the
new growth of feathers,
unm S
Witch Maze!
is more soothing than Cold
more healing than
any lotion, liniment or salve;
utifying than any
mse bea
cosmetic
Cures dandruff! and stops hair from
falling out.
Cream
Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes and
GCRANULATED EYELIDS
Murine Doesn’t Smart-Soothes Eye Pain
Druggists Sell Murise Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25¢, 50¢, $1.00
Murine Eye Salve, in Aseptic Tubes, 25¢, $1.00
EYE BOOKS AND ADVICE PREE BY MAIL
Murine Eye Remedy Co.,.Chicago
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FISHING TIME IN THE PAS 16
Sw mming in
They Are
Myriads Nea
Snared
by Filipincs,
Surface
and beg
make
England and
the
peace
womer
RT
BI
right to
$s Sov shale
at trouble
vole
to Come Back,
Lord Kinnaird, who is
nierested in religious
visit to a mis
3001 end of London
" a class of boys the story
Introducing his
his lordship added
was sirong.
regained his
destroy
Try
long
always actively
work, paid a surprise
sion sc in the east
and tol
Samson
Not BRO
of
narrative,
He became weak, and
strength, enabling
enemies Now
then
had an enemy, wha
to do
ter meditati
Something Dreadful.
Wee A # as listening
{f the J« ‘ H
"What made she
“Oh, the m broke,”
ma
The next me
asked
replied grand
into her
up on the
“Buvver,
that swe ar
Jose peo ple?
runing she ran
nd, climbing
tired anxiously
just drefful
and killing a
A fool man apy preciates the nonsense
bed, ang
wasn't it "bout
\
i
the sense of a homely one,
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Post
Toasties
with cream;
A soft boiled
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A cup of Postum,
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