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Clarence Dickson Russell.
Wlille "Clarence Dickson" may bo
llttlo known, "Lefty" Russell's fame
has been pretty well advertised by the
announcement that Connlo Mack lias
just raid $12,000 to tho Haltimoro
Kastorn league club for his services.
No check for that amount has ever
been exhibited and the suspicion 13
strong that there was some cash and
that the remainder has been or will
be "taken out In trade."
"Lefty" Is a pitcher, born In Balti
more on July 8, 1890. From the first
te let tt be known that he could throw
out a bawl. In 1906 and 1907 Sunday
school leagues flourished In Baltimore
and "Lefty" became a Sunday school
boy a "bona fide" attendant of the
Twenty-fifth Street Sunday school, for
which team he pitched. After the
Sunday school business fell Into de
cline, be donned a Hagerstown, Md.,
uniform. It was an independent
team, but there were some hot old
games up in the mountains of west
ern Maryland and Russell made such
a showing that Manager Dunn of tho
Orioles corralled him for tho Balti
more team in 1909.
The Orioles were long on pitchers
of both ability and experience and as
Russell needed steady work, bo was
farmed to Wllkesbarre. Breaking in
badly there, he soured on tho team
and finally jumped back to Hagers
town, where he was allowed to remain
unmolested until near the close of the
Kastern League season, when Man
ager Dunn could have used a pitcher
of the caliber Uusseli had grown to
bo, very handily. Emissaries were
trotted up to Hagerstown in a steady
stream, but Uusseli would have none
of their blandishments and remained
until he took a notion to skip down to
tho Virginia League, where ho pitched
a game or two until "discovered" by
Manager Dunn and his prompt rejec
tion demanded.
Last winter, chiefly through the
agency of I'mptre McAlee, a close
friend of Russell, the boy was made to
see the harm be was doing himself by
defying tho laws of organized ball, and
he signed his 1910 contract like a
man. He has pitched some remark
ably classy games this season and the
fact that he has not shown much since
bis reported sale does not worry
'twas ever thus.
Incidentally, Russell is a southpaw
batter, as well as pitcher, and dis
places sufficient atmosphere to accom
modate 5 feet HVi inches and 105
pounds of vigorous and genial personality.
SCHULTE MAKES HOME RUNS I CREDIT IS DUE "ART" HOFMAN
in Recent Series Between Cubs and
Giants Star Right Fielder Gets
Four of Them.
A record that any baseball player
may be proud of was made by Frank
W. Schulte, right, fielder for the Chi
cago National team, during a recent
series of games between that . club
and the New York Giants, played at
Chicago. In the four games played
Schulte rapped out four dazzling
home run hits. In the flrBt contest of
tho series Schulte knocked the ball
over the right bleachers twice, and
those two runs, together with another
home run swat by Shortstop Tinker,
were tho only runs scored by the Chi
cagos, but they were enough to win..
In the last game, that played on
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Former Giant Says Clever Center
Fielder, and Not Evers, Saw
Merkle's Error First.
Harry McCormlck, tho former New
York Giant who played a prominent
part in the now famous Merkie affair.
Is out of baseball for good. He holds a
good position with one of tho big west
ern railroads. It was McCormlck who
scored the run that would havo eventu
ally won the pennant for New York
had not too umpire called Merkie out
for his failure to tuueu second. Mc
Cormlck has some interesting views on
the much discussed play..
Baseball followers have always given
Johnny Kvers credit for being the play
er who engineered the play that cost
the Giants the bunting and landed the
pennant for Chicago. According to
McCormlck, Hofman, the Cubs' center
fielder, was the man who did the brain
work and deserves all praise that has
been showered on Evers. That Merkie
did not touch second base is admitted
by McCormlck, but he contends that
not a member of tho Chicago infield
noted the fact. Hofman, who fielded
the ball was the man who noticed
Merklo's mistake, and after some fran
tic yelling finally got In touch with
Kvers to whom bi throw the ball.
Evors did tho spectacular work wltn
Joe McGlnnity and the fans and got
credit for a play that was mado possi
ble by Hofman, according to McCor
mlck, who never unite fcrgave 1'mplro
O'Day for hltr decision. McCormlck, a
former Hucknoll college man, never
known as an umpire baiter, contends
that O'Day never saw tho play and
that ho uiul his back turned and was
on the way to tho clubhouse when the
Cuba called bis attention to tbe mis
take.
Premier Pitcher of Philadelphia Ath.
letlca Relates His Early Base
ball Experiences.
BY CHARLES ALBERT BENDER.
The reason I went Into baseball aa
a professional was .that when I left
school baseball offered me the best
opportunities both for money and for
advancement that I could see. I
adopted It because I played baseball
better than 1 could do anything else,
because the life end tho game ap
pealed to mo and because there was so
little of racial prejudice in the game.
And I am glad I did. It has given me
a chance to broaden out, to see more
of the world, ond to learn the ways
and prejudices of other men.
As you know, perhaps, I am a Cher
okee, and my people.alwoys held posl
tlons of trust In the tribe. I was born
and raised near Iiralnerd, Minn. I
played -tho game with the other boys
as a lad on the reservation, and also
played lacrosse and other games. I
liked baseball best, although the game
we played was unfinished.
Then I was sent to Carlisle to
school and began to study the game.
I became a pitcher and pitched for
the school team In 1D00 and 1901. The
men who composed tho Carlisle team
knew more of the game than I did and
we had the advantage of good coach
ing. I began to learn to pitch there,
and when I went to Dickinson college
the following year I was considered a
good college pitcher and had several
offers to pitch professionally. I studied
the matter over from every point.
At first I was timid, because I feared
that the crowds might not welcomo
me, and that the players on the team
might bo prejudiced against me.
There was another player, an Indian
'.Ike myself, who Joined the Athletics
with me in 1903.
Tho help that I received from Man
ager Mack helped mo greatly In de
veloping as a pitcher. I feel that I
owe much of my past -success to htm.
I had some trouble at first learning
to control my feelings, because I felt
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that tho white men were unjust some
times, but I discovered that one of the
big secrets of success is keeping the
temper and keeping one's wits at all
times.
TO RECLASSIFY BALL LEAGUES
Right Fielder 8chulte.
August 28, Schulte duplicated bis for
mer feat
The first of his home runs was
something about which West aide fans
will talk to their children's children
and to the children of their children's
children thereafter, if the world lasts
that long. Twenty feet over tiie top
of the new steel score board dirt Krank
hoist that opening drive of bis, and
that Is aome bolst.
That means the ball must bave been
eighty feet from mother earth when
It went over, for the score board it
self I 1 feet high, according to its
architect, Moreover, It Is 33i feet
from the home plate to the front of
the stand out there and the acore
board is sixteen feet back of the
erven.
Outfielder Carey, the new man that
the Pirate bave secured from the
South Bend club, is av divinity student.
Ue Is having grand schooling for bis
futur life la the natlonalj ame. '.
Chicago Is to be one of tho cities
that Is to get one of the tun exhibi
tion games that will bo played by Tex
Rlckard's two all star teams.
Hughey Jennings is to be the man
tiger of tho All-American louguo team
(bat Is to be pitted against the Na
tionals in the big postseason series.
Hans Wagner has refused an offer
of.fl ' minute to play baseball with
the Tex Rlckard AU-9tar team. The
big German was offered $1,000 to play
ten game.
"Nothing like that ever happened
to me," said Fltcber Ed Koulbach
when he read In Chicago paper that
be had "perfect and Intermittently Ir
idescent support."
Patsy Donovan of the Red Sox has
signed a contract for next year to
manage the team axaia. That does
not look much like some of the sto
ries that hare been circulated that
Donovan was About through leading
the. Speed port, '
National Baseball Association Gets
Census Figures to Make Basis
for Drafting Players.
Census Director Durand has supplied
the National Baseball association with
a stuteniont, giving the approximate
aggregate population of the various
cities composing each of the 43 leagues
and associations as shown by the thir
teenth census. The information is sup
plied to enable the association to re
classify its leagues with reference to
the draft price to be paid for players.
According to these figures the re
classification will be as tollows:
Class A Eastern league, American
association, Pacific Coast league,
Southern association.
CIp.ss B New England league, West
ern league, New York State league,
Connecticut league. Central league,
Trl-Stata league, Northwestern league,
Texas league.
Class C Ohio and Pennsylvania
league. Southern California Trouey
league. Illlr.ols-Iowa-Indlana league.
Virginia league, Southern Michigan
league, Minnesota-Wisconsin league.
South Atlantic league, Wisconsin-Illi
nois league.
ClaBs D Central association, Wash
ington State league, Ohio State league,
Carolina Baseball association, Virginia
Valley league. Western usi'oclation,
Cotton States league. Southeastern
loague, Kent.ucky-Indlana-Tcnnessee
league, Eastern Carolina league. Blue
Grass league, Connecticut association.
Contral California league, Indiana
Michigan loague, Michigan State
league, Kansas State league, Illinois
Missouri loague, Nebraska State
league, Southwest Texas league. Cen
tral Kansas league, West Virginia
loague, MUsourl-Iowo-Nebraska-Kansas
league, Norttwest Arkansas league.
For the Hostess
Chat on Interesting Topics of Many Kinds, by
a ' Recognized' Authority
' Freakish Baseball Plays.
Speaking of freakish plays in base
ball. Jimmy Shockard, left fielder for
the Cubs, pulled off a quocr one last
week that will bo told whenever the
fleet-footed outgardcrier's name is men
tioned. Chicago was playing Brooklyn.
The score stood 12 to 0 In favor of the
Cbanco crew, with Sheckard safely
perched on third. Chance smashed a
slnglo to right fluid and Jimmy stnrted
home. Juiit us ho was about to cross
the plate, ho stopped, dug his cleat
Into the base lino and boat It hack to
third. . Tho crod yelled "boncboad"
and guyed B'.ickard unmercifully. Thou
Jimmy explained: "It I had crossed
tbs plate it would have Uohu the thir
teenth run. Jink. 1 Elicits yes," Suro
enough. Beaumont rrvM a safe one
and both Chance and Bhokard count
ed, making the score 11 Instead of
the fateful 1).
Novel Cotton Wedding.
This affair was celebrated way down
;n old Kentucky, and was such a de
lightful affair that I am sure our read
ers in all parts of the country will be
able to adapt Ideas from it to suit
their own needs and conditions. Tho
invitations said "Please come in a cot
ton frock." This conveyed the idea
that It was to be an Informal affair.
The spacious porches and grounds
were lighted with many lantorns, and
dotted over the lawn were great white
cotton umbrellas, such as are used for
shade on wagons. They wero on long
stakes driven into the ground, and had
ft Japanese lantern lighted and sus
pended from each rib; rugs and chairs
were underneath.
These trystlng places were much
sought in the Intervals between
dances. There was a large platform
erected with negro ployers. Just like
the plantation dances before the war.
Before the dancing the hostess pro
duced bandana handkerchief-aprons, to
which the men sewed the strings ;
then a woo colored china doll was
given each girl, with bits of chamois
skin from which she was to mako a
pen wiper for her partner.
The refreshments were typically
southern: Individual chicken pies,
hot. corn muffins, tiny stuffed peppers,
Iced tea and delicious watermelon.
A Neck-Wear Shower.
A fall bride says the prettiest show
er the girls of her home town gave
her was -. "neck-wear" downpour. Tho
lovely part was that each girl made
with her own fair fingers the dainty
creation for tho bride who had grown
tip among them and was so soon to go
far away across tho sea. No one
can have too many stocks and collars,
and there was every variety Imagin
able, some being of Irish crotchet. The
table center piece was composed of
the white gllly flower, often called
"stocks," and the place cards were
bogus certificates of "stock" drawn
upon tho Bank of Matrimony and
signed by her majesty, the "American
Woman," with "Cupid" named as treas
urer. The gifts were all done up In
dainty tissue pnper tied with white
satin ribbon and were brought In on
a tray with bows of tulle on each
handle. A wee maiden dressed as;
Cupid presented the tray to the bride.
on a screen, the children guessing who
was who as each little figure passed
by. This made loads of fun, as It was
done before they entered the big draw
ing room, I had better explain exact
I" how. As the guests arrived (and
tl:ey were all very prompt) they' were
met by a maid who took them Into a
side room without romoving their
wraps. The screen was in plain view.
Each guest was taken separately, the
wrap removed and ho or she was
placed behind tho m-r:"" If the chil
dren recognized the character that In
dividual took a seat in the drawing
room, the chairs being arranged In
rows. When all were admitted there
was a professional entertainer, who
did wonderful tricks for 20 minutes;
then there were games and dancing
for a half hour. Refreshments were
served in the upstairs ballroom, which
had been transformed into a veritable
"wonderland," with a bountiful use of
gold and silver tinsel.
Many little surprises had been
cleverly planned for tho mystification
of the young guests. For Instance,
there was an Immense water lily made
from paper and placed before a screen
made from a clothes bars covered with
crepe paper and ferns; there was a
petal far each child, which when
pulled down revealed' a plate contain
ing on Ice cream rabbit. From the
mouth of a huge, fierce-looking cat
there came cookies and from an enor
mous snow ball came wee boxes of
bonbons. There was a witch who
passed favors and a clown who dis
tributed balloons. Wasn't this a won
derful party? It sounds rather diffi
cult to produce, but the hostess as
sured me that It had been a delight
to get all ready, as she had the loving
co-operation of a couple of young col
lege men and two adoring aunts of the
little hostess.
MADAME MEItRI.
vhBUR D NESBIT
An Unusual Party for Children.
A mother of a twelve-year-old
daughter issued Invitations for this
very pretty party. Remembering how
children loved to dress up, she said:
"Please come In a costume represent
ing a character from 'Alice In Wonder
land.' " When all had arrived there
was a pantomime showing the figures
Heels are to be lower.
Black satin tailor-mades are good.
In materials, pled de poule is one of
the newest.
The smartest now hats are low,
broad affairs.
The plaited frill holds its vogue won
derfully well.
Jet for buttons Is not quite aa pop
ular as last year.
The colonel's plume is more than
ever worn on small hats.
Shaded automobile veils are among
the novelties of the hour.
Yellow is one of the favorite colors
as the summer advances.
Three Dainty Dresses
THE dainty dress at the left is of
white batiste trimmed at the bot
tom and around the yoke and
sloeves with embroidery. The yoke
and the cuffs are of the batiste
finely tucked. The sash Is of rib
bon finished In front with a sash end
reaching to the bottom of the skirt
and ornamented with littlo pink roses.
The noxt dress Is of old red voile.
The front of tho Mouse and of the
skirt ore made with crosswise tucks
and ornamented 'with buttons of the
material. The blouse Is trimmed at
the top with a tucked band of the
voile; the little sleeves and the bottom
of the skirt are trimmed In the same
Would You Defy Agof
Here are three excellent "Don'tn"
which help to preserve your youthful
ness. Don't wash tho face In hot water
before going out for a walk. It opens
the pores of the skin and makes them
more sensitive to dust and dirt.
Don't use soap and water as soon as
you return. Rub a good cold cream
Into the face and wipe It off with a
soft handkerchief.
Don't wrinkle the forehead when
worried or draw the brows together
In a frown when bright light strikes
the eyes. Nothing ages a woman so
quickly as deep ridges on the fore
boad. San Juan Straw Serviceable.
A smart-looking and serviceable bat
for general wear by a small girl Is of
San Juan straw In a burnt color, hand
pressed. It Is In a shady, mushroom
shape with trimming of red or navy
blue ribbon around the crown tied Into
s bow on either side.
Then there Is the prettiest little
boat hat that eosU only $1. It Is of
fine white straw, trtmm4 wit bows
way, and a similar band forms the gir
dle. Tho tucked gulmps and the puf
fed underslceves are of white batiste.
The dress at tbe right is pink silk
voile. Tbe blouse U shirred at the
shoulders and crossed in front; the
front is tucked and trimmed at the
top with lace. The collarette Is oi
tulle, as are also the puffad under
sloeves, the latter trimmed with nar
row bands of liberty. The sleeves
themselves are wide and cut In one
piece with the body of the waist.
The skirt Is trimmed at the bottom
wtlh twoorerlapplng ruffles of tho ma
terial. Tbe girdle Is of liberty, knot
ted at the left1 side.
of satin ribbon and forget-me-nots
This, too, has a mushroom brim and
fairly high crown.
ABOUT
ANOTHER ABOU
Abou Ben Pusher, may his tribe Increase,
Awoke one night from a sweat dream ol
peace
And saw an ang-el standing there besldt
bla bed.
"Who are you, stranger?" Abou Pushei
old
"Are you tho tax assessor or the census
man.
Or one who takes straw ballots if h
can?"
"May, nay." the figure at his bed then
pake,
"A simple little record of good men I
moke.
And If you please, I'd like a fact or two
To work up In a little sketch of you."
Abou Ben Pusher did not weakly blush
And beg; the mystlo stranger, with the
book, to hnab,
Ito rose from off his couch and sat him
down
Appareled In pajamas and In dressing
gown.
And rattled off a lengthy lot of things
So rapidly the stranger flapped his wings
And sals: "Qo slow, good friend, I beg
of you
You talk so fast I know not what to do."
Abou Bon Puehor smote a knowing stnllo
And seized the poncll then with c rutty
guile.
He took tho book and spread It on his1
knees
And said: "I write my own biographies."
Ha wroto and wrote until the night was
j gono
The stranger vanished In the paling dawn.'
A boa Pen Pusher, on the morrow night
Awoke again aa well he knew he might
And w the angel standing there beside
his bod.
."Tour book la ready for you, friend." he
! said.
."Also you'll find cigazn, and drinks and
DIDN'T "GET" THE QUOTATION
Boston Reporter, Unlike Most New.
paper Men, Was Unfamiliar With
the Scriptures.
The "cub" reporter Is the greens
reporter on, the staff of a newspap,.
When anything particularly Muwj
happens on the paper, he Is th.
first to be accused, and he Is usual);
rightly accused. The only salvation
for him Is to Improve, which he
In nine cases out of a dozen. Th
Boston Journal told recently of an
amusing "break" of wholly Innocent
nature which a certain cub made, u
It shows anything, It shows that a
thorough training In the Bible li Uw.
ful in other walks of life than th
ministry.
The reporter had been sent to i
suburb to report a sermon. He ar
rived late, near the close of the ier?.
ice, and took a seat near the 6m,
When the last hymn was over, he
asked his neighbor, an elderly gentle
man: "What was the text of the sermon"
'"Who Art Thou'" replied tie
other.
"Boston reporter," replied the other.
The man smiled. Subsequently he
told the preacher, who next Sunday
told the congregation at the cub's ex
pense. Youth's Companion.
INDEED, THEY DO.
Upon tbe buffet you may have tho
I bunch.
The stranger thanked him. took tbe book,
I and ate.
And slapped blm on the back with smile
' elate
"Abou Ben Pusher," then the stranger
I said
."The way to got ahead la keep ahead,"
Ben Pusher's book holds honor on tbe
shelf
Because Ben Pusher wrote the thing himself.
A Disappointment.
"Such a dreadful disappointment as
the ladlea of the Main street church
had in tbe new minister," sighs the
caller. . '
"Why? What was wrong? Wasn't
ho orthodox?" asks the hostess.
"O, his principles were sound
enough, but you know they had been
without a pastor all fall, and engaged
this man without seeing him, and"
"Bless me! What could have been
the matter?"
"I'm coming to that As he was to
arrive the first of December, they
thought they might as well have his
Christmas presents prepared and out
of the way of other things. And when
he came, ho proved to be a man who
had both logs amputated after a rail
road wreck, and now all the ladies
who made carpet slippers for him are
terribly put out over It"
Her Future.
"My dear Mis Flossie," said the
friend of the family, 'I wish to cau
tion you against that young Mr. Fly
sogb. I hear that he is a man with a
past"
"Indood?" asks Miss Flossie. "Well,
he was hero this afternoon and at
that time be was a man with a pres
ent" And she meaningly studied a large
diamond ring on the third finger of her
left band, while Into her eyes comes
the rspt expression of one who con
templates the future.
Fagoting or Black.
A black satin tunic gown soon r
cently was trimmed by two rows of
fagoting. In light green and red, fol
lowing In pattern the outline of the
tunic. Tho work was finished off by
a double row of French knots In al
ternate redl and green.
The black net of (he yoke was em
broidered In the same way, and by a
row of little rose pearl buttons.
New Collar and Frill.
A modish shirtwaist shows a frill
of white tucked lawn edged with dull
blue and a atrip of embroidery In
buckle effect, with a darker blue for
the buckle and a shade matching the
frill edge for the buckled strap. Tbe
stock Is edged again wltb th blue
lawn, and the smart little bow tie Is
of th two shades, the darker show
ing la th under loops. .
Patent leather belts' with enameled
or Jwld buckles ar la the Wad.
Bright Child.
"Mrs. Leopard said she thought the
baby looked a great deal like his
uncle, and then the little pet cried
terribly."
"Bright child! I've argued all along
that be understood what was said In
bis bearing."
A Rock for a Ston.
"Quit that!" screams tbe wife of the
man, when h begins rocking tb boat
"I never thought I was married to ft
rock the-boat-ldlot"
"You're not Maria," explained tb
man, earnestly. "I'm simply paying
yon In your own coin,"
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't you bake cherry pi for
me, and didn't I break ft tooth on ft
seed I found In It?"
"Yes. but "
"Well, II thereafter you'll ston tb
cherries I'll not rock th boat"
But tb wretched woman,, realising
that ah was linked for Ufa to ft punt
star, began rocking tb boat herself In,
desperation.
"I always try to be a gentleman
"Some people have pretty hard
trials, don't they?"
Unfair.
Senator John H. Bankhead, discuss
ing a political move, said, with
smile:
"Oh, it's too coldly calculated. It'i
almost unfair. In fact, it's like Mn.
Blank.
"Mrs. Blank is a leader of Bar Har
bor society. Her husband said to her,
one afternoon, as she made a verr
elaborate toilet for a garden party that
she was giving to some members of
the British legation:
" 'Why did you write to all our guesti
that this party was to be absolutely
Informal?'
Mrs. Blank laughed.
" 'So as to be the best-dressed wom
an present, of course,' she said."
The Enemies.
- Apropos of the enmity, now happily
burled, that used to exist between
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Senator
Clapp said at a dinner in tbe former
city:
"I remember an address on carelesi
building that I once heard in Minne
apolis. " 'Why,' said the ' speaker In the
course of this address, 'one inhabitant
of St. Paul Is killed by accident In the
streets every 48 hours.'
"A bitter voice from the rear of
the hall Interrupted:
1 " 'Well. It ain't enough,' it said."
Does Engineering Work.
Mile. Bandurin Is superintendent of
an engineering firm In Russia. She
was graduated from he Women'i
Technological Institute in St. Peterr
burg, and has had practical exp
rlence In engineering. She built
steel warehouse for an army cooper
ative society, has been assistant en
gineer in building a bridge acrosi the
Neva and has done other important
work.
Family Secret
- "Did yon bear her promise to obey
ttmr asked tb little slater of tb'
groom.
"Yes," answarad tb llttl brother
ol tb bride, "bat but night I beard
bar make blm protnis not to try to
make bar obey blm." '
A Fallen Idol.
"What makes you so sure tbe Amer
ican public is fickle?"
"The reception a player who med
to be on the home team gets when hi
comes visiting." ,
' Misdirected Energy.
"How did the street car comparf
come to fire that old conductor?
thought be had a pull?"
"He did; but he didn't use it on th
cash register." Christian Advocate
We reduce life to the pettiness ot
our dally living; we should exact on'
living to the grandeur of life. Phillip
Brooks.
There Is genius and power In P
sistence. Orison Swett Marden.
Brings
Cheer
to the breakfast table-
Post
Toasties
f.
with cream.
Crisp, golden-brown
"crinkly" bits, made
from white corn,
A most appetizing, con-,
venient,, pleasurable
breakfast,
"The Memory Linlers
Foatusi Oi rl Oo , LML
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