MACK IS MANAGER IN NAME AND IN FACT
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Connie Mack, Leader of World's Champion Athletics.
The world's champion Athletics
stand alone today in many respects. A j
fcysteni, or it may be systems, exist on \
that club which exists nowhere else I
la the baseball world.
The Athletics are managed first, last |
ftad all the time entirely by Connie I
Mack. His power and authority ranks
above that of any other man in a sim- |
liar capacity in baseball.
Tom Shibe, vice-president of the
club, gave a sample of the authority I
vested in the Athletic chieftain when j
the club was in New Orleans last
spring. Tom was discussing the af
fairs of the club and incidentally men- i
Honed that he didn't know the salary j
of a single player on the club. [
GREATEST SLABMAN IN GAME!
In All Elements of Pitching Walter t
Johnson, the "Idaho Cyclone," En- ]
titled to Decision.
Discussions break out frequently as
to the greatest slabman in the game
today. But at the wind-up of eacn ar
gument no one seems able to compile
a choice with any edge on Johnson,the
Idaho cyclone. If a vote were taken
among the profession there isn't any
doubt but that Washington's premier
Waiter Johnson.
would stampede the convention and
Ket the nomination on the first ballot.
There are others who have shaded
him at various angles. Mathewson
knows more about the art of pitching
—Ed Walsh can stand as much pun
ishment, Brown carries a better
curved ball and Rube Marquard shoots
almost as much smoke. Hut in the
combined elements of pitching great
ness the smoke-ball Swede is probably
entitled to the decision. He won 23
games with a team in seventh place
last season, after facing a bad start,
due to poor condition. There were
only live slabuien in his league who
did as well, and the oiher four were
ill with clubs pitched a much loftier
iltitude La the i'act#
One of the parties in the conversa
tion looked surprised and said: "Why,
surely, then, your father knows the
salaries." His father, Ben Shibe,
is president of the club.
"No, I aiu positive," Tom answered,
"that even my father doesn't know.
Why, a few years ago Connie went to
father and said: 'Mr. Shibe, so and
so wants a raise in salary. What do
you think?'
" 'Now, Connie, I don't want to have
a thing to do with the matter. l)o just
as you want. That's entirely up to
you. Anything you do will be com
pletely satisfactory to me.' "
And Connie still does what he
wants.
AROUND
XBASES
Kid Elborfeld has been sold to Mil
waukee by the Washington club.
Doc Johnson has been named as
captain of the New Orleans team.
Jack Nagle, a catcher farmed by the
Naps to New Orleans, has been sold
to New Haven.
Arthur Fletcher, Larry Doyle and
Chief Meyers are Giants lucky enough
to get three-year contracts.
Don't worry; it won't be long before
the Cincinnati fans will be saying that
Hank O'Day is a good umpire.
Rube Hildebrand of the Cincinnati
Reds has been sent back to the Mon
tana team from which he came.
Shotten, the Browns outfielder, seems
to be a much improved player this
season, and he was coming fast last
year.
Wid Conroy has bwn shifted to the
outfield by Manager Ganzel. It isn't
a new position for Connie, by any
means.
Manager Davis of the Clevelands let
Fisher goto the Highlanders because
his young catcher, O'Neill, looks like
a wonder.
John M. Ward, president of the Bos
ton National league team, has retired
from the competitive field as an ama
teur golfer.
Pitchers Baker and Reis, Outfielder
Gilhooley, and Third Baseman Scott
have been sold to Erie by the St.
Louis Nationals.
Hugh Jennings is as frisky as ever
on the coaching lines. Auto accidents
cannot shatter nor train wrecks stale
his infinite variety.
Pitcher Radabaugli, a Cardinal last
fall and shipped to the Montgomery
Southern association team this spring,
is pitching great ball.
Theodore Breiteustein, veteran
southpaw pitcher, has been released
by New Orleans so he could sign as
Southern league umpire.
Manager Frank has sent Pitchers
Galm, Frost and Cheney and Outfield
ers Dawson and Meixel to the New
Orleans team of the Cotton States
league.
Joe Agler, first baseman, has been
released by the Cubs to Jersey City,
and Pitcher Pierce, obtained by waiver
from the Giants, has reported to
Chance.
Ty Cobb started playing ball when
he was thirteen years old. This is an
awful blow to those people who are
j continually declaring 13 is an unlucky
number.
4 Headline in a Baltimore paper
reads: "Allen Russell, brother of
Lefty Russell, goes to New York."
This New York happens to be York,
Pa. Quite a difference between the
two cities.
HOW FAST DO BASEBALLS GO?
Careful Timing of Ground Hits Ea
tablishea Fact Balls Travel at Rdta
of 60 Miles an Hour.
Ask any "fan" how fast an average
"grounder" travels during Its first
hundred feet from the bat, and hl9
answer will bet anywhere from 20 to
200 miles an honr. Split second
watches and careful timing of many
ground balls have established the fact
that the average speed of ground balls
—that is, those struck by the hat of
the batsman from a fair pitched ball,
which strike the intteld before they
land In a fielder's hands—go at the
rate of almost exactly 60 miles an
hour, faster than the fastest mall
trains.
Sixty miles an hour Is 88 feet per
second. The bases are 90 l'eet apart.
A man who can run a hundred yards
fn 11 seconds, which is fast running
for any one, but particularly so for a
man with baseball shoes and uniform
on, can run !>0 feet in 3.3 seconds. Is
it any wonder that a ball which is
fielded in its first 100 feet of travel
usually reaches first base Just a frac
tion of a second before or alter the
runner sets foot upon It?
Every fan knows the many close de
cisions at first base form one of the
fascinations of the game. The speed
of a batted ball, the speed at which a
fielder can travel from his position to
the point where he can meet and
field the batted ball, the speed with
which he can stop ihe ball, pick it up,
set himself for the throw, make the
throw, the speed of the ball across
the diamond from his throw, and the
speed of the traveling runner, are so
nicely balanced that it is always a
question of whether or not the runner
will get there in time for the crowd
to see the umpire's hands go down,
or whether he will face a thumb over
a shoulder indicating that he is out.
—Technical World Magazine.
QUICK RETURN LOSES GAME
Pat Flaherty's Habit of Catching
Batsman Napping Proved Costly
In One Contest.
Ileinie Peitz in a fanning bee one
day. said that Pat Flaherty's quick re
turn ball kept him in the majors a
long while after he had been branded
with a minor league iron. Pat would
shoot the ball over the plate and the
catcher would return it to him just
about as quick as he got it, and Fla
herty would again send it whizzing
over the pan before the batsman could
regain his balance from the previous
swing.
But Flaherty had an experience
with his quick return delivery one day
that took the heart out of him. It
was in a game with the Cubs, and
Johnny Kling was at the plate. Pat
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Pat Flaherty.
sent the ball over the pan and Kling
swung at it with all his might. He
missed the ball entirely and the
catcher shot the pill back to Flaherty,
who immediately returned it. Now
the momentum of Kling's swing made
him revolve around like a top and on
his second turn he met Pat's return
ball square on the nose, and the wal
lop was good for three bases and the
game.
The Baseball Slaves.
The principal reason why Ameri
cans do not take seriously the pro
posed congressional investigation of
so-called "baseball trust" is because
they know so much about baseball,
says the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The average American may have
only a vague idea and a smattering of
information concerning business com
binations but of baseball his knowl
edge is full and complete. He knows
its history and its present status. He
knows what a puny thing it was be
fore there was such a thing as organi
zation and what a mighty national in
stitution it has become because of or
ganation.
Nor does fhe talk of "baseball slav
ery" at all impress the average citizen.
He has heard it before, but he has nev
er accepted it as more than a high
sounding phrase with little or no truth
for its basis. If there are baseball
slaves they are at least bound by gold
en shackles and many a freeman en
vies their condition.
Barney Joy Has Not Reported.
Barney Joy, the pitcher purchased
from Boston by Spokane in the North
western league, has failed to report.
He Is in Hawaii. Owner Colin says
he will cause Joy to be shut out from
organized baseball because of his ao
tion.
The Largest Bella.
"Great Paul." the bell of St.. Paul's
Cathedral, in London, weighs nearly
17 tons and Is nearly 30 feet around.
The first. "Big Ben" of Westminster
was cast more than 50 years ago and
weighed more than 14 tons. But "Bin
lien" had a crack uud was cast over,
losing some weight, and the clapper
was made smaller, now being about
600 pounds instead of a ton. The
great bell, "Peter of York." cost $lO,-
000, weighs about 13 tons and Is 22
feet in diameter.
The largest hanging bell in the
world is in the great Buddhist monas
tery near Canton. It is 18 feet In
height and 40 feet in circumference,
being cast of solid bronze. This is one
of the eight monster bells that were
cast by command of Emperor Yung
1.0 about A. D. 1400. It cost the lives
of eight men, who were killed in the
process of casting.
Time.
"How long have you beon a widow,
Mrs. Weed?"
"It will be a year the fourth of next
month."
"Dear me! Is it as long as that?
How time flies!"
"Oh, do you think so? Well, if you
ever have to 'vait a year to look pleas
ant when men offer you attentions
you'll give up the idea that time is
much of a flyer."
Impolite.
"Why wouldn't you put out your
tongue for the doctor this morning,
Karl?"
"Oil, Emmy, I couldn't. I don't
lcnow hiiu well enough."—Fliegende
Blaetter.
Many a fellow who puts up a good
front is talked about behind his back.
If You LiKe
a Little Qtiiet Fun
Ask some pompous person if Grape-Nuts Food helps FROM THE EDITOR.
build —the— brain. Forgot That He Had a Stomach
Chances are you get a withering sneer and a bias Talking of is probably
of denunciation. no professional man subjected to a
, -ill j 1 greater, more wearing mental strain
Then sweetly play with the learned toad. than the responsible editor of a.
.... .. , | . r 1 ' • I J modern newspaper.
Ask him to tell you the analysis ot brain material and keep his mental faculties con
the analysis of Grape-Nuts. etantly In good working order, tha
. _ editor must keep his physical powers
"Don't know? Why, I supposed you based your opinions up to the highest rate of efficiency.
on exact knowledge instead of pushing out a conclusion like you £l? badiy^eieTte^foo*
Would a Sneeze." and a disordered stomach. It there
. . , , fore follows that he should hava
"Well, now your tire is punctured, let S Sit down right food, which can be readily as
i-j j £ • j 1 _■ ;. •• simllated, and which furnishes true
like good friends and repair it. bl
•uin nourishment.
The bulky materials of brain are water and albumin, "My personal experience in the
' r —j , j of Grape-Nuts and I'ostum," writes
but these things cannot blend without a little worker known a Philadelphia editor, "so exactly
as Phosphate of Potash, defined as a "mineral salt."
One authority Geohegan. shows in his analysis of brain.
5.33 per cent total of mineral salts, over one-halt being Phosphoric Ated ine so much, however, during
Acid and Potash combined, (Phosphate of Potash) 2.91 per cent. TJ
Beaunis, another authority, shows Phosphoric Acid and holding my testimony.
Potash (Phosphate of Potash) more than one-half the total thaV^he^xpres^on'^m^nes^a's^a
mineral salts, being 73.44 per cent in a total of 101.07. generous tat>ie, brought about lndi
# gestlon, in my case, with restless-
Analysis ofGrape-Nuts shows Potassium and Phos- ness at night and lassitude in tin
phoru. (which join and make Phosphate of Pota.h) i. JXTtrSSK,
considerable more than one-half of all the mineral during: working hours.
in foorl " The doctor diagnosed the condl
salts in me rooa. tlon as . catarrh of the Btomachi . and
Dr Geo.W. Carev. an authority on the constituent elements prescribed various medicines, which
- . . . ..V-, ' £.i 1 • • i did me no good. I finally 'threw
of the body, says? Ihe gray matter ot the brain is controlled physics to the dogs/ gave up tea
entirely bv the inorganic cell-salt, Potassium Phosphate (Phosphate and coffee and heavy meat dishes.
of Potash). This salt unites with albumin and by the addttion of ? r P S; N 0 u ( " m , A d ,«? ,, " , °
oxygen creates nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain. Of "i can conscientiously say, and i
course there is a trace of other salts and other organic matter in
nerve fluid, but Potassium Phosphate is the chiet factor, and has that they have benefited me as med
the power within itself to attract, by its own law of affinity, .»< ~ u». w
all things needed to manufacture the elixir or lite. table.
Further on he says:"The beginning and end of fe
matter is to supply the lacking principle, and in molecular ened both brain and nerves to a most
form exactly as nature furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and cannot say!' but "know that'afteJ
grain. To supply deficiencies —this is the only law of cure. breakfasting on Graj>e-Nuts food ons
> . . . _ , - actually forgets he has a stomach.
Brain is made of Phosphate of Potash as the let aione 'stomach trouble.' it is, in
principal Mineral Salt, added to albumin and water. he" most eZmmicaffood "
Grape-Nuts contains that element as more than
one-half of all its mineral salts. Battle creek, Mich.
Every day's use of brain wears away a little.
Suppose your kind of food does not contain Phosphate of Potash.
How are you going to rebuild today the worn-out parts of yesterday?
And if you don't, why shouldn't nervous prostration and brain - fag result?
Remember, Mind does not work well on a brain that is even partly broken down
from lack of nourishment.
It is true that other food besides Grape-Nuts contains varying quantities of Brain food.
Plain wheat and barley do. But in Grape-Nuts there is a certainty.
And if the elements demanded by Nature, are eaten, the life forces have
the needed material to build from.
A healthy brain is important, if one would "do things in this world.
A man who sneers at "Mind" sneers at the best and least understood part of himself.
That part which some folks believe links us to the Infinite.
Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which to act, and Nature has defined a way to make
a healthy brain and renew it day by day as it is used up from work of the previous day.
Nature's way to rebuild is by the use of food which supplies the things required.
€l There's a Reason" for
Grape - Nuts
POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY. LIMITED, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, U. S. A.
ALL FREE.
Mrs. New-Wed—llow much did you
pay the minister when we were mar
ried?
New-Wed —Nothing.
Mrs. New-Wed —How was that?
New-Wed —He didn't dare to take
my money for fear that it was taint
ed.
Surgeon in Ancient Times.
High honorariums were paid sur
geons in ancient times. When Dar
fus, the son of Hystaspes, sprained
his foot Damocedes was called in,
another surgeon of renown having
failed to effect a cure. Damocedes
was successful, and the king took him
to his harem and introduced the doc
tor to the ladies of the court. The
ladies filled a vase of gold with money
and precious pearls, which a eunuch
was ordered to carry to the doctor.
The eunuch let fall the vase, and the
careful historian tells us that slaves
gathered up the pearls.
Innuendo.
"What's Chollv so angry about?"
"Oli, some rude girl asked him if he
was a suffragette."
They Saved His Life.
Does it pay to stop your motor ear
after an accident and go buck to see
what has happened? Two young mo
torists on the South side believe it
does.
With a green chauffeur these two
boys were trying out a new model
touring car. They were sitting in the
back seat when the greenhorn at the
steering wheel gave it a twist and
came within an ace of hitting an old
man at a crossing. The victim was
so shocked that he fell to the pave
ment, and a crowd gathered in an in
stant.
Looking back, the motorists decided
that things looked bad, but that they
had better go back and see whether
the old party was killed. Finding hira
all right, but winded, they took hiin
for a nice ride around the parks. So
pleasant did they make it for him that
when they took him home to his wife
he introduced them as "The two young
men who saved my life."
They are now thinking of applying
for Carnegie medals.
Her Little Ring. \
Mary had a little ring; 'twas given
by her beau; and everywhere that
Mary went that ring was sure to go.
She took the ring with her one day,
when she went out to tea, where she
might display it to the girls, who num
bered twenty-three.
And when the girls all saw that ring,
| they made a great ado, exclaiming,
with one voice: "Has it at last got
round to you?"
T rouble.
"That man seems to he greatly do
pressed about something."
"Yes. He must live in some town
whose baseball team is at the tail
end "