SEVEN HARD HITTERS
Make Five Clean Hits in One
Game This Season.
Bobby Byrne and "Dots" Miller of
Pittsburg, Together With
el, Daubert, Olson, Verkes and
Collins in the List.
Hitting out four and five hits in a
elngle game looks like a great task,
but it has been frequent this season
for the batters in the American and
National leagues. To date just forty
two players have succeeded in hitting
"em where they ain't, and equally di
vided, twenty-one in the American and
twenty-one in the National. Four Na
tional leaguers have piled up five bin
gles in a single contest, while three
have turned the trick in the Han John
eon organization.
Four members of the Cardinal team
have clouted out four blngles in a
single game. Eddie Koney was the
first to turn the trick, getting them on
April 14, with Miner Brown the op
posing twirler. Reb Oakes duplicated
the stunt April 22 when he opposed
Humphries, Keefe and Bagby of the
Reds. Rube Ellis was the next Car
dinal to get four safeties in one game.
He did this on May 5 against the Reds,
when he banged out a single, triple
and lifted two into the right field
bleachers. Lee Magee gathered four
singles on June 1.
The players to hit safely five times
In a single game are liyrne and Miller
of the Pirates, each collecting four
one spots and a double. Hobby of the
"Dots" Miller of Pittsburg.
Reds gathered the same bevy on May
6, while Jake Daubert of the Superbas
did it against the Cubs with three sin
gles, a double and a home run. There
were the only four to turn the stunt in
the National league.
Ivan Olson started the ball rolling in
the American league when he hit out
five singles off Bill Burns of the Tigers
on April 13. Yerkes of the Boston
Red Sox was the next to hang five hits
in the Ban Johnson organization. This
came on April 20, when he got three
singles and two doubles. Eddie Col
lins got five singles on May 18 in the
farce game with the Detroit Tigers.
Larry Doyle* of the Giants has had
the most success in hitting the oppos
ing pitcher safely four times in one
game. The Giant's captain has turned
the trick three times this season. The
first time was April 16, with two sln-
Eddla Collins of Athletics.
«
gles, a double and a three-bagger. Next
came May 1, when ho got two singles,
a two-base knock and a home run.
Five days later ho again got two sin
gles, a double and a three-base hit.
Ty Cobb of the Tigers is the only
player in the American league to get
four hits in more than one game. The
idemon Detrotter has ripped off four
blngles twice in one game this Beason.
Charley Dooin's Phillies seem to b^. 1
(trikiug their stride again. (
OLD RIVALS PLAYING WITH JERSEY CITY
Billy Purtell, Formerly With Boston and Chicago.
Billy Purtell and Harold Janvrin,
who were on the Boston Red Sox team
at one time, are now playing with
Jersey City. Until recently Janvrin
has been leading off the batting list,
SAYS BAN JOHNSON IS WRONG
Manager Who Appears on Field In
Uniform Should Not Be Counted
as Player, Says Griffith.
Clark Griffith, manager of the Wash
ington team, does not agree with Pres
ident Baa Johnson in counting as a
player a manager who appears oa the
field in uniform, even though he may
not goto bat. He does not believe in
the justice of the latest edict of the
boss of the American league. "A club
is allowed 25 players," says Griffith,
"and that ought to include players, not
coachers. lam not a player just be
cause I wear a uniform. 1 wear a uni
form in order to be closer to the game
than I could be if compelled to make
complaints to umpires and assist my
team at critical pinches with my ex
perience. But that shouldn't make me
one of the players allowed the club.
Ilarry Wolverton may rightly be con
sidered a player. So might Harry
Davis and Jake Stahl and Jimmy Csl
- They appear in regular cham
pionship games and figure In the box
scores. But Hughie Jennings and I are
no more players than Connie Mack,
even though wo do wear a uniform
and coach on the lines. lam not in
sympathy with President Joiinson in
this view of the matter, but hardly ex
pect to make a test case, as I haven't
the limit of players even counting my
self."
lAmonstheJ
1
Griffith is the Sherlock Holmes of
the coaching box on balks.
Hank O'Day Is still looking for pitch
ers to brace up his dilapidated staff.
Pitcher McTighe has been released
by Johnny Kling of the Boston Craves
to Buffalo.
Pitcher Sam Frock, recently turned
loose by Baltimore, has been taken on
by Kansas City.
Pitcher Walter Miller has been sold
to the Elmira club of the Xew York
State league by Atlanta.
With Brooklyn and Boston at the
bottom of the percentages that old
column looks natural again.
Cub fans would appreciate it If
Cheney pitched as well with none on
bases as ho does with the sacks crowd
ed.
Hugh Kellackey, manager of tho
Boise team, who died recently, was a
brother-in-law of Bill Bradley of Tor
onto.
Toronto sells Jim McGinley to Wil
kesbarro and Ed Winters to Bingham
ton, both in the New York State
league.
The reputation of pulling the unex
pected has become the property of
the White Sox as well as the Athletics
this year.
Jhonny Kling says that Bridwell Is
not through as a player, and that even
If he were the Braves would keep him
as a scout.
Heine Zimmerman will have a half
nelson on one of those automobiles
by fall if he keeps up his great bat
ting record.
Ed Kllllan, the once famous left
hander, who won many a game for the
Detroit Tigers, has been given his un
conditional release by Buffalo.
Ambrose McConnell, Becond sacker
Ot Toronto, was sent home to under
go treatment for what is thought to
Be a broken bone in his thumb.
! Herman Bronkle, who was released
/by the Cleveland club, is setting the
IA. A. on fire again. He holds up a
I batting average that looks like .370.
with Purtell second. Purtell played
second base while Janvrin was on
third. Purtell, however, was later
shifted to the outfield. He was a far
vorite with Chicago White Sox fans.
PITCHERS CANT MAKE GOOD
Miserable Exhibition of Cincinnati
Twlrlers Ha 9 Been Great Dis
appointment to Fans.
The great disappointment of the
Cincinnati Reds this year has been in
the pitching staff and Manager
O'Day's flingers, taking them as a
whole, are putting up the most miser
able exhibition in the National league,
their failure having practically killed
the hopes of Red fans for a look-in at
the pennant. One of the big disap-
Harry Gaspar.
pointments has been Pitcher Harry
Gaspar. The lowa photographer start
ed of? well, but recently has joined his
fellows on the pitching staff in boost
ing batting averages of opponents,
says tho Detroit Journal. O'Day now
hopes to make a trade for him and it
is possible that Gaspar in new com
pany will recover some of his old
prowess.
VALUE OF PLAYERS' ERAGES
One Can Judge Better of Man's Real
Ability by Seeing Him Work.
Than by Statistics.
After all, fielding averages do not
indicate exactly a baseball player's
value to a team. In the long run they
may furnish some substantial indica
tion, but one can judge of the real
ability of a player better by seeing
him work.
A good example of the general propo
sition here submitted was shown In
Chicago recently when Zeider was
given an error on a play, which an
alyzed, was a mighty good effort, says
the Milwaukee Sentinel. Mcßride bat
ted to deep short and Weaver, getting
tho ball after an effort, threw wide to
tirat, drawing Zeider off the sack. Zei
der scooped in the ball, and at the
same time touched Mcßride as he
went by. The umpire waived the play
er out, but the impact of the horsehide
and player caused Zeider to -3rop the
ball and the decision was reversed.
There was nothing to do but give Zei
der an error on play, whereas he
should be commended for splendid
work and quick thinking.
This indicates that sometimes where
errors are made, the plays are. as a
matter of fact, swell attempts, and
that those making them are better
players than others who have a fine
average because they refuse to take
chances.
Sweet on "Red" Smith.
Brooklyn papers say that "Red"
Smith, Atlantan, is the best player
Brooklyn has picked up aince the Su
perbas landed Daubert
ODD ISUD TRIBE
Queer Inhabitants of the Lane
of Siar.
Whole Population Number Only 14Q
Yet Forms a Distinct Tribe With
Manners and Customs Pe
culiar to Itself.
Friedrlcli Wilhelm Hafen. No
international exposition or large fair
is supposed to be complete now
adays without its native village, where
two score or so of men, women and
children, preferably cannibals, from
some far distant land, and supposed
to live more or less in their na
tive state for the edification of the
curious.
A visit to Siar reminds one irresist
ibly of such an exposition village; tho
difference being that the inhabitants
instead of displaying their charms to
crowds of civilized visitors, are en
gaged in doing so to each other. It
is hard, on visiting the island, to real
ize that the natives are specially got
up for one's particular benefit.
The island of Siar, which is less
than a mile round, lies in an archipel
ago on the coast of German New
Guinea and close to the principal port
in the colony, Friedrich Wilhelm
Hafen. This town boasts of a white
population of about 25 and contains
only ten or a dozen houses half hid
den among the cocoanut trees.
The whole population of the island
of Siar is about 140, and these people
really constitute a tribe distinct from
the Inhabitants of the mainland or of
the other islands. The natives of the
mainland, who are themselves suffi
ciently curious people to excite the
wonder of anybody, are ready and anx
ious to point out the islanders to vis
itors and make money out off one by
rowing one over in a boat on the
monthly visit of a steamer.
On approaching the island nothing is
seen but the dense vegetation which
covers St all over. However, on pene
trating a few yards inland two clear
ings are reached around which are
grouped 30 or so huts that form the
village. The word hut is really too
dignified a one to describe their rude
dwellings; strictly speaking, they live,
eat and sleep on a straw and wooden
platform raised four or five feet from
the ground, and which is covered over
by a rudely-thatched grass roof. There
are no sides to the dwelling, the front
and back being generally quite open,
o = 'jj
Hut on Island of Siar.
although the slanting roof extends so
far down as to form eaves which come
below the level of the platform. Ac
cess to the platform is furnished by
some logs placed so as to form a slop
ing ladder and in addition to the main
one the Papuans huto a custom of pro
viding a smaller one to be used by the
dogs.
What little work needs to be done
on the Island seems to be done by
the women; the men are apparently
too deeply occupied in exhibiting
themselves to the other members of
the community. Tfielr costumes may
be said to consist of a loin cloth, which
is really the only article of actual
dress they have; however, to make
up for the lack of tailor-made gar
ments, the rest of the body is fairly
covered with miscellaneous ornaments.
Every man has around his forehead a
large number of dog's teeth made
into a necklace; these teeth are look
ed upon as being quite necessary, and
the desire not to be without them is
so strong that a few of them are usu
ally sufficient to buy a wife. These
teeth form a good setting for his elab
orate headdress; the hair is carefully
fuzzed up, dyed a rusty red, surmount
ed by a flat circular shell, and dee
orated with feathers and colored
grasses, sticking outward and upward
a distance of a foot or more.
THUGS DRESSED AS WOMEN
Woman Bound by Masquerades,
Loses SIO,OOO Gems in New
York Apartment.
New York. —Thugs dressed as wom
en attacked Mrs. May liernhelmer at
her home in a fashionable uptown
npartment house a few days ago, beat
her Into insensibility, bound and
gagged her and escaped with gems
valued at SIO,OOO.
Mrs. Bernheimer told the police th?»i
her maid met her at the door, upon
her return from a shopping expedi
tlon and welcomed her with a blow
upon the head with a potato masher,
j A second blow knocked her uncoc
*."loubs si)« atu-J.
VALUE OF LAUREL WREATH
Trophy Has Always Been Much Prized
by Victors in the Arena and
In Battle.
Time was when a laurel wreath
meant to the winner of an event more
than a diamond-studded belt and a
SIOO,OOO purse, and the classics give
us 110 hint of any "fakes" in those
days, says the New York Telegram.
It is curious what an important part
laurels have played in the develop
ment of man, and to "win one's
laurels" is a phrase in common use, as
signifying the attainment of honors of
i one sort or another.
Gerard tells us that the laurel "is
well respected for the beauty of its
leaves and their continual greenness,"
and these leaves are remarkable for
. the fragrant though dangerous odor
they give forth. Indeed, the leaves
' were at one time much used in cook
ery to impart the flavor of almond, for
both contain the acid which goes to
i form prussic poison. But so danger
ous is the shrub in this respect that
its use has almost disappeared from
| modern cookery, though the sweet bay
I —which is another form of laurel —is
much used up to the present time, as
it is harmless unless taken in large
quantities.
This form, the bay. It was that
probably became the pride of the
victors in the Pythian games held in
honor of Apollo in ancient Greece.
For it was by means of the purifica
tion the god obtained In the sacred
j groves of Tempe, from the blood of
the python, that he was enabled to
purify others, and the laurel held a
close connection with Apollo in an
j clent Greece, the legend of the beauti
ful woman who was changed into a
laurel being the origin of the modern
name Daphne, which has been be
stowed upon the two native species of
i laurel in this country,
i It was only the winners of the con
: tests In the Pythian games who were
! crowned with the laurel, the Olympian
t winners receiving crowns of olive
| leaves, and the Nemean and Ismian
| winners receiving crowns of pine and
; parsley respectively, but the use of
j the laurel afterward spread into
■ Rome where the victors in war were
! crowned with laurel, and the leaves
were much used in the triumphal
entry Into Rome of the conqueror
after a battle.
ITCHING ECZEMA ON HANDS
"Eczema began on the second joint
of my thumb on my left hand. Sev
| eral blisters came which soon broke
I and water oozed from them. Then
j the terrible itching began, and the ec
: zema came in blotches on both hands.
| Sometimes the skin would seem to
! break, and gave the appearance of
being cut. and blood came out of them.
It was very bad when I consulted a
i physician. I was treated for several
months, but grew worse all the time.
"Then it came in my face. I suf
fered more than I could describe from
the itching and burning. I became
nearly a wreck physically. Then I
• consulted another physician and was
: treated by him for some time when
I he finally advised the Cuticura Rem
edies. I began improving after the
first treatment and was cured after
taking the Resolvent and using the
j Cuticura Soap and Ointment. That
| was fifteen years ago, and I have
| never been troubled with it since.
"I owe my cure to the Cuticura
| Remedies and would be thankful to
impart any help to others. I have Just
ndvised a lady friend who is suffering
j with eczema on her face and neck, to
try the Cuticura Remedies. She has
been treated by a physician for some
time without relief." (Signed) Mrs.
L. C. Warriner, Lincoln, Del., Dec. 15,
1910. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold everywhere, a sam
ple of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed tree on application to
j "Cuticura," Dept. L, Roston.
Getting things without paying for
them is some men's idea of economy.
No Real Roads in the Kongo.
Outside of Stanley's old road from
; Matado to Stanley Pool, now rarely
used, and the lately constructed roads
i in the Katanga connecting the differ
i ent mines, there are no roads in the
J Kongo. Native trails, waterways and
i railroads furnish the only facilities of
| transportation. Over the trails native
i porters carry loads averaging sixty
i pounds on their heads. There are no
! native industries in lielgian Kongo. In
' former days, before the state required
so much of the native's time to gather
rubber and prepare food, and before
; traders had introduced manufactured
' goods, the natives wove grass cloth
i and mats, made baskets, metal spears,
i implements and ornaments. Now.
; even though the rubber days are
; past, the new generation knows little
; of the native arts and the young men
are usually found in the service of the
state as soldiers or workmen.
When Talk Beats a Book.
A book agent's great disadvantage
I lies in the fact that he so>seldom Is
! able to stock up with a publication
; which reads as interestingly as h®
can talk about it.
Comment Unnecessary.
Saxon —It's a fine morning, Sandy
(Sandy grunts).
Saxon—l said it was a fine morning,
Sandy.
Sandy—Verra weel, verra. weol. 1
dinna want tae argue!— London Opin
ion.
Evil Result of Poverty.
There is no doubt wliateve
poverty murders the spirltun
th<v people; and we may i»
rid of our rellgiolis cant
»iev. Thomas Phillips.
Many a man looks lika a statesman
who Is not guilty.
Garfield Tna purifies the blood and clean
the complexion. Drink before reiiriujf.
As the Romans Do.
"How long did it take you to do
Rome?" "About twice as long as it
took Rome to do us."—Life.
A splendid and highly recommended
remedy for tired, weak, inflamed eyes,
and granulated eyelids, is l'axtine An
tiseptic, at druggists, 25c a box or sent
postpaid on receipt of price by The
Puxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
At the End of the Spat.
Hubby—You know, dearest, that you
are my star.
Wlfey—Do you mean a sky star or
a stage star?
Huby—Oh-er-why ?
Wlfey—Because If you mean the lat
ter, I want to tell you that your star
doesn't handle as much money as au
ordinary soubrette.
Impractical on the Face of It.
"I understand," said Mr. Erastus
Plnkley, "dat dey has invented a
machine foh washln' an' ironin'
money."
"Go long, man," replied Miss Mi
ami Brown. "You knows des as well
as I does dese white folks ain' g'lneter
leave no clothes lines full o' two-dol
lar bills hangin' out In de yard."—
Washington Star.
What Difference Did It Make?
Walking behind some colored girls,
homeward bound from a school, in a
Missouri town onoe upon a time, a
visitor overheard the following un
blushing and giggling, rich-voiced and
sparkling-eyed assertion of individu
ality from one of them: "Yes, she
kep' me in, but I don' know inny mo'
'bout Caesar now 'n I did befo' han'.
An' ef she kep' me twel Gabriel
blows his horn I wudden know an' I
wudden care. What diffunce it make
to me whut ol' man Caesar done away
yandeh befo' dewaw!" —Evening Post.
Awful.
The president of the university had
dark circles under his eyes. His cheek
was pallid, his lips were trembling;
he wore a haunted expression. Every
now and then he turned and glanced
apprehensively behind him.
"You look ill," said hia wife. "What
Is wrong, dear?"
"Nothing much," he replied. "But—
I —l had a fearful dream last night,
and I feel this morning as if —as if 1
—" He hesitated and stammered. It
was evident that his nervous system
was shattered.
"WhaCt was the dream?" asked the
wife.
"I —I—dreamed the trustees requir
ed that —that I should—that I should
pass the freshman examination for —
admission!" sighed the president.—
Youth's Companion.
HOW IT LOOKED.
Gladys—The count say 3 Edith 1*
pure gold.
Jack—That means another gold ship
ment to Europe. I suppose.
DUBIOUS
About What Her Husband Would Say.
A Mich, woman tried Postum be
cause coffee disagreed with her and
her husband. Tea is just as harm
ful as coffee because It contains caf
feine—the same drug found in cof
fee. She writes:
"My husband was sick for three
years with catarrh of the bladder, and
palpitation of the heart, caused by
coffee. Was unable to work at all
and in bed part of the time.
"I had stomach trouble, was weak
and fretful so I could not attend to
my housework —both of us using cof
fee all the time and not realizing it
was harmful.
"One morning the grocer's wife
said she believed coffee was the causa
of our trouble and advised Postum. I
took it home rather dubious what my
husband would say—he was fond of
coffee.
"But I took coffee right off the table
and we haven't used a cup of it since.
You should have seen the change in
us, and now my husband never com*
plains of heart palpitation any more.
My stomach trouble went away in two
weeks after I began Postum. My chil
dren love It, and it does them good,
which can't be said of coffee.
"A lady visited us who was usually
half sick. I told her I'd make her a
cupi.of Postum. She said It was taste
less stuff, but she watched me make
it, btoi"- '* lV ~*"i«sWly for 15 minutes,
or * 'd It was splen
out the fla-
by
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