if L437 points, representing all that
mpiscle and bone stands for in Har
vard eolloge, can be of any use in a
pennant race the Boston Braves should
walk home with the flag this year.
These fourteen hundredodd points
were hung wp at Harvard by George
A. Davis, student in the law school,
and incidentally a member of the
Braves’ pitching staff, It sets a rec-
ord for Harvard strong men, breaking
the best previous mark of 1,381, set
by Huntington R. (Tack) Hardwick,
last fall's all-American football star.
This makes two records for Davis
aid every wearer of the Crimson is
row boosting for a third. Last fall
Boston Braves.
material at the time than he aod.
Manager Stallings picked him up, but
carly in riooked.
and when Tyler, James and Rudaiph
begun to down the opposition
thers was no chance for the young col
legian., Then came a d
header, and after the Phill m
sacred the climbing Braves in the first
game Davis was shunted to the mound
in the seeond. He made good with a
vangeance, standing Tincup, Rixay
and QOeschger of the Philly twirling
stall cn their heads in the 7 to © dual
Ha had shown wildness before, but in
this gunme the balls cut the corners
the season he was ov
mow
y of a doulde-
3
Davis came originally from Wil
ting out the Philadelphia
without a hit or a run. Ouly two men
came which was played in Boston Sep-
tember 9.
Davis drank a cup of coffee with the
tarned loose without a serious trial,
WILTSE IS GENEROUS PLAYER
Veteran Pitcher, Whom Giants Re-
leased, Gives Credit for Success
to Catcher Warner.
Bascbali “fans” and players all over
the country will regret that the en-
forcement of the 21 player limit rule
necessitated the release by the Giants
of George Wiltse, the veteran left.
banded pitcher, for he 15 one of the
most popular players who ever trod a
diamond. He probably has more real
friends than any one else connected
with the game, His quiet, unassum-
ing manner has won for him the top
notch in country-wide esteem.
In his day Wiltse was one of the
greatest southpaws that ever un-
leashed a curve. He had splendid con-
trol for a left-handed flinger and was
unquestionably the greatest fielding
pitcher of the game
Wiltse insists to this day that it
was old “Jack” Warner, the catcher,
George Wiltse.
who was responsible for his success.
He sald: “If ever a catcher knew
bow to ‘hold up’ a pitcher It was War
mer, He knew just what all the bat.
ters in the league could not hit, and
I depended entirely upon his judg
ment. He was the boains of the com
bination; I was the machine”
Bill Lange's Rare Feat.
A player retiring from the game in
kis prime, while drawing down a big
salary, is a very rare occurrence. Bill
Eauge of the Chicago Nationals, when
ut his best a few years ago, married
@ wealthy woman in San Francisco
and retired from the game, passing up
ea offer of $10,000 a year.
tho ball team. After leaving college
lip 1913 he signed with the Boston
Braves, but was sent to the Interna-
| tional league for more scasoning.
| Great things are expected of him
| year, and as one of the marvelous trio
of last year is likely to crack Davis
may get a chance to show how strong
be is in the box.
this
A
BASEBALL NOTE
It is quite possible that McGraw re-
grets that he ever permitted Heine
Grol to go to Cincinnati
* ® -
R. W. Dalahunty, a semi-pro, pitch
Elgin, Ili, has signed with the
Bloomington club of the IL L I league,
» » -
The Columbus club of the Nebraska
State league has made Pitcher Mose
Justus mapeger for the coming sea
son.
er
of
Larue Kirby, the big outfielder, who
at one time was turned down by John
McGraw, is making a hit with the
Sloufeds.
The Wards retain their righteous
stand and again declare their Brook-
feds will not be allowed to play ball
on Sunday this year,
® * *
Hughey Jennings {a3 taking unusual
interest In George Boehler, youthful
southpaw, who had only a fair season
with the Tigers last year
% ® *
George Carey, the old-time “Scoops,”
who got religion at a Billy Sunday re
vival, is now doing missionary work
for the Anti-Saloon league in Ohio
* » .
Says the New York American: “Ping
Bodie makes a hone run against the
Sox. But Ping did his best work
against them when he was playing
with them.”
* * *
Did you ever notice that the “funni-
cst play a ball player ever saw” was
one made by some other fellow, and
the “best play he ever saw” was one
he made himself?
With the Harrison grounds only a
few minutes ride from New York city,
it is likely that many of the Newfeds
will be commuters-—playing in one
state and living in another.
* dl »
Bill Bweeney, released by the Chi.
cago Cubs, signed with the Boston Red
Sox in preference to other offers, so
that he could be at home in Boston and
look after his insurance business.
- . .
Bhortstop Arthur Fletcher of the
Giants, who went to Houolulu with the
baseball tourists last winter, reports
this spring heavier than he ever was
in bis lite. In his case the extra flesh
is needed.
Bill Rodgers, the Cleveland club's
second sacker from the Northwestern
league, has fitted (n so well with Short
stop Ray Chapman in practice that
Manager Birmingham Is expected to
make him the regular keystone guar
|
TEAM OF VETERAN PLAYERS
Not Difficult to Pick Aggreaation Out
of Old- Timers Capable of Hold:
ing Its Own.
Although but 25 of the ball
players who figured in the American
and National league races of 1902, the
last year of the American league base
bail war, still remain in the big arena,
a team t
all of whom have in
upward 14 seasons,
capable of holdiag its own
that mig
the;
wal
composed of tl 2 veterans,
the game
would be
with any
lit be selected today, All of
players are far above the aver
intelligence, which accounts
for thelr in the gama 80
are excellent flelders, great bats.
nen, and, with one or two exceptions,
grand baso runners. This all-atar vel.
eran team would line up as follows:
pitch
i
Or Of
age in
remaining
long,
Mathewson, Plank and Hess,
ere.
Brosvahan and Dooln, catchers.
, first base,
Evers, se
Laie
ond base
Vagner, shortstop
Wal ¢, third base.
Callahan, left field.
ieach, field,
Crawford, right field,
The manager for this team could
be selected from among John McGraw,
Flolder Clarke Griffith,
Jen Wilbur Robinson and
center
JON0S
0 £
RS, Ww hoa
these f
1802,
as all of
SLArg ware in Lhe game
McGraw being pilots as now.
STIL 4 119
ll” Phillips,
in
and
Show Manager Jeanings He Made
Big Mistake.
ional
that the
ered to reduce to
I, every club has a
be filled. Mo
and the boys
will win
NOW in the Nat
loagt« fact
clubs have bx
21 players by
bunch
Graw plays no favorites,
who can stuff
Pitcher
Ore
May
Micies to
of va
sow th tha
BILLY Ladt aa tl
will to
old
made a big
that litle
igh Ww
pajor league batsmen. Stroud bas
£ ia the Coast
Ralph Stroud try
that Mac's
J, Hughie Jennings
when ho decided
Qlevar
now McUraw
was not $Id
Ce A mn
Pitcher Ralph Stroud.
league since he
may stick on his second try. Jimmy
Archer came up on three differant oo
casions before somebody
he belonged on the top crust.
Then there is Al Holke, one Ger
man, who will be working against an
other German. Al has heard rumors
last season as he used to be, and will
try to horn in on the first corner
MANAGERS FOLLOW J. M'GRAW
All the Big League Pilots Are Now
Employing Voteran Coaches to
Develop Their Young Pitchers.
Everybody seems to be doing now
what Johnny McGraw started doing a
number of years ago-—the employment
of a veteran coach to traln the young
pitchers.
MeGraw's old teammate, Wilbert
Robinson, was looking for a job some
years ago, He applied to McUraw.
Robinson was too old and toe bulky to
play. McGraw was just about to turn
down Robinson when he thought about
the coaching idea. .
Robinson was a great catcher ia the
old days, and he always had accom
plished great results in handling young
pitchers.
“You're hired,” McGraw said to Rib
inson. “Your title la coach. Yecur job
will be to develop my young pitchers.”
Robinson made good. He labored
long and patiently with “Rube” Mar
quard--but he got results. “Jeff” Tes
reat was as wild as a Zulu warrior
when he was turned ever to Robluson
for “treatment.” Tesreau today ranks
as one of the greatest pitchers ia base
ball. Robinson made a good pitcher
out of “Al” Demaree,
The suocens of Robinson with the
Glant recruits has Influenced most of
the other big league managers to hire
a veteran caicher to coach the year
ling twirlers.
CE
——
Fertilized With
CHANDLER.)
plant, io practice,
runners that form
Normally,
plaat sends up flower stems,
spring, runners do not begin
to any extent balore
fruiting season. How-
the
rauners
Some
ly W
strawberry
fron
The
propagates
aftar the
great
fruit stems
will be
growers
way
by removing
early in the
form
tho
sGason,
gin 0 enriier,
TOWMOve frit stems io nis
the the
The
Ma
to hasten
in order
manar ormation,
tu spring
beginning of
tho practice
one
fruit
out
Load
The is borne on stems
buds from ths
strawberry plant. It is the opin
a8 greal many yWers
theses buds are formed tho season
fore, Just as the buds of js
Le are formed Experi
al the agricultural experiment
issouri, indicates that the number
frail stems seat up from any crown
y spring treatment
COIR Gh
{ bes
thal
be
aches,
*
Bre
nea
gtaticn
ef
©
gan be influenced b
GO the strawberry pl
where strawborrics wen fertilized
with nitrogen, throwing ti
into vigorous growth, ranoer
began earlier, and
were bor
s becanse of poor poliis
Thus
tion
442
w
Thrives More Readily Than Hogs
When Handled Properly.
‘
saccacd with tho farmer
know what
quirements and w
of animal for hi
RWine
To SwWins
market re
h is the best type
m to produce and foad
ky the
rmmation in © mature
hed condit And
broods are included in the
they may differ widely
’ nabs
detail as color
aust are th
wi
is shown
in
form ar
while many
same type,
from each other in such
shape of head or hang
At pressat ]
all of
deap, broad ;
con I
Berkshire and Ch
on fat-produs
a
boar
di
Barrow,
on the
bacon
long,
of the
Are
ye,
Hogs
1
goed
The Yorkshire and Tam-
IH
Well Bred and Thrifty.
worth breads best illustrate this type
These are of British origin and have
mainly composed of grains, grasses
and dairy products,
Comparative experiments show that
all breeds do about equally well un
der similar conditions and, for feed
consumed, usually make about the
same Increase in live weight and
growth. The bacon hog, however,
dresses but from 70 to 75 per cent
net of his gross weight. The lard hog,
on the other hand, dresses from 20 to
86 per cent. As dressing percentage
is the most important factor in deter
mining the value of hogs in the great
markets of the central Weat, it can
be seen why the lard type is particu.
larly popular in the corn and grain
belt states,
As the large packers are able to
secure much of their supply of bacon
from immature and unfinished lard
hogs, there is no large and woll-estad-
lished market of the central West for
animals of the strictly bacon type, and
although conditions are suitable for
the production of bacon hogs of high
quality, their breeding and feeding
should not bo undertaken with the
idea of marketing them in competition
with animals of the lard type. The
bacon hog is an excellent source of
home-oured pork, and where there is
a local or special market demand suffi.
olent to insure a good profit over the
cost of production the raising of ba
con animals may well be encouraged
Put the butter up in clean, neat, at-
tractive packages.
Acid Phosphate,
{or because fewer bloom
is not possible to say.
Normally there is one crown to
each However, H{ the runners
are kept removed a number of crowns
will be formed en each plant; saae-
times a large pumber Crowers
gome sections practice removing the
runners
a large number of arowns an one
This is known as the hill sye-
of culture. This system
ware set, it
3 +
JHATIL,
LiL
plaut
tem
thus reducing the
In Missouri, however,
are grown in what
matted row sysloza: that is, the
runners are permitted to form Dew
plants until a row fowrteen to twenty
inches wide is formed with the plants
covering the entire row
The question of fertilizisg
berries Is receiving cousiderabls at.
tention at the prosoat time,
ways
or %
hoeing. the
t 3
AOL aNowo
pla is
as the
and
and
souri station are herewith given:
id ned aldose al
« of from 158 to 446 pounds to the
$2
Sr lengive
phosphate
in five trials out of
tabie Lcrease 0 Lhe
rag Th
1 in as Bot
applied was a much richer
is generally pr
which I was profit
ward
WATER FOR BEES IN SPRING
Should Be Conveniently
Wooden Pails Near Hives—
Avoid All Dampness.
(By F. GQ. HREMAN
In the spring the bees require larga
quantities of water
happens io carly spring that thay are
od 0 go WW the creak
pond, and iu Sling thesose vos
the very ccld waler they Ix
that many fail Ww saver reach
1s
is
com pel
BOTHO
with CA a 03
a
M
80 chile
the hive,
To avoid, place a few wooden pails
or dishes filled wilh warm water at
convenient places yard, put.
«= ti Bynes
i iN See 0
ting in a fe
may enabled to keap on a
“secure fooling"
glass dishes, as the
bring about he
many a bee's life
as dampness within
| Does be
Ore or i
Avedd tin >
’ Tima Lis Ui
cry sides will
of
the
gmuch
should be takea that the hive
if
fo
lar care
covers are light and waterproof
the hives are far enough apart,
avoid danger of blowing off,
he hives nice and dry.
shade board i# an indispensable ar
cle in every wellregulated apiary. It
is also important that hives be fArmly
and squarely fastened to a base sup
port, elevated some six or eight inches
from the damp and cold earth.
A free air space beneath is prefar
able for evident reasons. If you can
find time, level up the aplary, marking
out the paths, etc. This work pays in
more ways than one, and should not
be neglected.
Arrangements for the eoming profit
have everyth™mg in readiness se that
no time may be lost when time bo
comes valuable in a pecuniary sense.
This is good management and ab
of success,
CHOLERA CAUSED MUCH LOSS
lowa Was Biggest Loser in 1913, Hav.
ing Lost Two Million Hogs
Cause of High Prices.
Hog cholera caused a Joss of
$73,000,000 in the United States dur
fag 1913. The resulting loss of pork
is estimated to be over $100,000,000.
fowa was the heaviest loser, lmving
lost 2,000,000 hogs, or 2-7 of the entire
loss for the year. It is estimated that
the loss during 1914 was fully as
great as during 1913. No doubt this
loss of hogs and pork has had its
effect in forcing the price of pork up
ward; thus the consuming public suf.
fers from the loss, but the producers’
loss is not reduced in any way. It is,
therefore, as much to the advantage
of the consuming public as of the pro
ducer to have such diseases success
fully combated, even at public ex
revenue to the farmers and it is alse
a power in bullding wp the commen
«al prosperity of the community. It
deserves the support of every right
minded farmer,
Feel All Used Up?
Does your back ache constantly? Do
you bave sharp twinges when stooping
or lifting? Do you feel all wed up—
as if you could just go no further?
Kidney weakness brings great disco
fort What with backache, headache,
dizziness and urinary disturbances it is
oo wonder one feels all used up
Doan's Kidaey Pills have cured thou-
sands of just such cases. It's the best
recommended special kidocy remedy.
A Virginia Case
A I,
Tent?
Point, Va,
. Was ia
ili ape
Ax
Ht,
basrabis
o Kidney i
me aller doctors’ ireatment
have ginoe been good hit
Cot Doan’s at Amy Steve, 50c a Bex
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ail
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| BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY
| Liverpool! Man Exceedingly Careful
That He Should Not Shock the
Merves of Hig Friend.
y
a contributor to Pearson
{who is famous for his oalr
overy ococasion. One day
wigurely lute the olics of
just had & ch
{ wife,” hos began
“Why, I diddy’
town.”
“Oh, she wasn't in
{ the other. “I calied at your housa'
‘1 didn't know she
{ day," sald the husband, with son
esripht
OUgnL
“I've atl
know
town
was receiving
prise I 4
ache.”
St
sie Guan t
oalin man i
| the
rowd at he house”
“A crowd!™ echo
“Yen,”
came with ire engine ™
“The fire engine!” gasped
band.
“Oh, It
ra vy A
ISOUANG
went on the “They
the
the hus
s all
man i
| much of
Uke to kz
a Ere, but
ow of it
The ice cream oons
5 *
{ United States
quarts per capita annually
is «
and a
note always displays the
Chickens come home {0 roost,
Promasscry
SAMs len
dency
When prohibitionists have banquets
they are supposed to eat the toasts
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid of “Coffee Habit”
The injurious action of coffee on the
hearts of many persons is well known
by physicians to be caused by caffeine
This is the drug found by chemists in
coffee and tea.
A woman suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told Ser she must give up cof
fee, as that was the principal cause of
the trouble. She writes:
“My heart was 80 weak it could not
do its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
1 would never breathe again,
“The doctor told me that coffee was
‘ causing the weakness of my heart. He
| said I must stop It, but it seemed I
' could not give it up until I was down
ia bed with nervous prostration.
“For eleven weeks I lay there and
suffered Finally husband brought
| home some Postum and I quit coffe
{and started now and right. Slowly [|
got well. how I do not have any head
aches, nor those spells with weak
heart We know it is Postum that
helped me. The Dr. sald the other
day: ‘IT never thought you would be
what you are’ 1 used to weigh 92
pounds and now I weigh 158
*Postum has done much for me and
I would not go back to cofee again,
for 1 believe it would kill me if 1 kept
cort per cup about the same.
“There's a Reason” for Postum.
«sold by Grocers.