.A.
CATCHERS MAKE OR
v. i
1
Clarsnce a ("Lefty") Rutiell.
"A catcher can make a pitcher look
tood or bad, especially It the pitcher Is
t young fellow," said Connie Mack,
leader of the world's champion Athlet
ics, the other afternoon. "The first
lime I taw 'Lefty' Russell be didn't
took very good to me during the early
part of the game. Russell had a young
tatcber back of the plate and the bat
tery didn't appear to work very well
together. Russell had lots or steam,
felr control, and he caug'ut my eye be
tause, although be Is a southpaw, be
ised a 'spltter.' I looked for him to
Ihow a good curve, but he apparently
lidn't have It.
"After several Innings I strolled
lown to the front row of the grand
it and, back of the plate, where I could
jet a closer view. In the next Inning
Manager Dunn of Baltimore sent In
BRANSFIELD STILL IN GAME
Big First Sacker of Philadelphia Na
tional League Team Begins His
Fourteenth Season.
This la the fourteenth season since
Kltty" Bransfleld broke Into the
major leagues. According to the Phil
lies' first baseman, he first became a
big leaguer In 1898, the some year
that Frank Chance, Jimmy Sheckard
and "Kid" Elberfeld broke Into the
pig baseball swim. Unlike Sheckard
and Chance, though, this will not be
''Kitty's" fourteenth consecutive sea
son la the majors, for, after being
given a trial as a youngster, he was
farmed out for a season. The Indica
tions are that Bransfleld will last as
long as any of the other trio. "Kitty"
1m
"Kitty" Bransfleld.
Is playing this spring In the form that
be exhibited two years ago. Last year
was a bad one for Bransfleld. He got
in abcess on bis tonsils In the spring
which troubled blm for weeks, and
later be was laid up for nearly a
month.
Smith Gets Bowling Medal.
Jimmy Smith, the Buffalo bowler,
rho won th all-round medal at the
eoenV American bowling congress
lournament by knocking down the
highest number or pins In single, two
iud five-men matches, baa received
be medal, which Is in the shape of
l watch fob, a golden eagle with a
arge diamond set In its breast, bold
ng In Its talons an American shield
mameled In red, white and blue, with
he Inscription, "A. B. C, all-events
ihampion, 1811."
ft
h&'fMi
ie5
BREAK PITCHERS
3
A" ,,A "'i-sr
mW!
-4 .. .vj.v,.,...e.jiji
Kgan to catch Russell. Right here
I want to say that Egan, who was
on my staff at one time, has devel
oped Into quite a backstop. As soon as
Kgan went behind the bat there was a
wonderful change In 'Lefty.' Right
away Russell began to use bis curve,
and I made up my mind then and there
that I had to have that 'southpaw
with a 'spltter.' "
And Connie got him at the expense
of some $12,000. But how much would
Cornelius, etc., have paid for Russell
had not Egan been sent In to catch?
Test Power Behind Bat.
To test the power exerted In batting
a baseball a New Yorker has Invented
a machine which lifts a weight along a
scale when a ball at the end of a re
volving arm is struck.
NEW RACING RULES ADOPTED
Kentucky Commission Makes Impor
tant Changes Owing to Death of
Game In New York State.
Changes In the rules for Kentucky
racing, doubly Important In view of
the death of racing in New York, were
passed by the Kentucky racing com
mission in session at Lexington the
other day. It Is now provided In meet
ings at tracks whose Immediate terri
tory contains a population of more
than 100,000 meaning Latonla and
Louisville. No purse at a spring meet
ing shall be for less than $500 nor at
aulumn meetings for less than $400;
In cities of between 30,000 and 40,000
population referring to Lexington,
the purse limits are $300 to $250 for
the respective seasons.
After 1911 all guaranteed stakes are
to be prohibited. This means that
the Latonla derby, for example, must
give the winners all fees paid In for
entries and declarations Instead of
being held to the guarantee of $3,000
value.
Another rule keeps the commis
sions of the track of the parl-mutuels
machine at five per cent.
Wonder what baseball players will
write the big series this season.
President Lynch of tho National
league says umpires are bard to se
cure. A striving sport follower wants to
know what kind of a ball they use In
playing skat.
There will be no excuse for lack of
substitutes for the Chicago White
Sox for this year.
Yankee baseball players will have
to be content with their old quarters
for another year.
Stanford university girl students
have a baseball diamond of their own
on the college grounds.
"Peaches" Graham Is still a hold
out and says be will not sign with the
Doves unless the Hub club meets his
terms.
Walter Johnson believes that It will
take a little more of the green goods
to make him "smoke" as usual this
season.
"Scientific mnckerlsm" Is responsi
ble for Leland Stanford's dropping
baseball. Well, the fans "fall for It."
"What Is It!"
Manager Duffy of the White Sox
brought out and developed Sherwood
Magee, the best batter last year In
the National league.
Now that Honus Wagner has had
bis pedals fixed, the Flying Dutchman
promises to raise 17 different kinds
of trouble for the National league
pitchers.
Johnny Evers, second baseman for
the Chicago Nationals, has sold his
Chicago shoe store and has decided to
devote all his time In aiding his team
win the championship.
W. H. Carrlck, former pitcher for
the New York Nationals, has signed
a contract with the New Orleans club.
Carrlck managed the New Haven
(Conn.) club last season.
Manager Griffith of the Reds says
that young pitchers do not learn to
take care of thelf arms right until
they have had a severe case of sore
ana to teftsb them a leescuv.
A- y ;", ' 'f," ",.,, ', A I
If fil
jr.
NAMES OF TABOOED PLAYERS
National Baseball Commission An
nounces Men Ineligible In Both
Major Leagues.
Ineligible players of both major
leagues were announced by the na
tional baseball comnilKfclon the other
duy. The lint is supposed to tie given
out In January and July each year,
this announcement being tho January
list. It contains 21 names tabooed for
failure to report except whore other
wise stated:
National league: Boston Barney
Joy, drafted from San Francisco In
1907. Brooklyn Elmer Strlcklctt,
Joined California outlaws; Thomas P.
Sheehan, joined California outlaws.
Cincinnati John H. Doscher, violation
of contract; F. C. Ferguson. New
York H. E. McCornilck, not under
contract; M. J. Dunlin, not under con
tract; M. C. Pfyle, Joined California
outlaws. Philadelphia Player Berg
hammed, recovering from pneumonia
and excused by the club for remainder
of the season. Pittsburg L. T. Nel
son, drafted from Brandon In 1908.
St. Louis Charles Enrlght.
American league: Chicago Fielder
A. Jones, Earl lluphes. Boston F.
Anderson. St. Louis Olson. New
York Louis Mrockett. F. Glade, H.
fllldebrand, Branch Rickey, R. Zeller
and J. Chesbro.
GOOD PITCHER IS VALUABLE
President Sonnrs of Cleveland Team
Says 75 Per Cent, of Strength of
Team Is In Twlrler.
President C. W. Somers of the Naps
Is long on baseball dope. Probably
no man holding a similar position to
his In the American league keeps
closer watch on the dope and on play
ers than Somers.
Recently ho and Addle Joss were
discussing the pitchers of today and
the trouble getting them.
"No one can tell me that good pitch
ing Isn't 75 per cent, of the strength
of a ball club," asserted Somers. "Ad
dle, we hadn't really developed a
pitcher until last fall since you and
Earl Moore Joined the club.
"I think the crop of pitchers at the
time you developed was the greatest
for any ona period before or since."
"Yes," asserted Addle, '1 think that
Addle Joss.
the old Interstate league, during my
last year there, had the greatest bunch
of pitchers that any minor league ever
possessed. That year Oeorge Mulllo
also went to Detroit, while there wers
several others who are still In tha
game.
"You remember Gene Wright, who
came with Moore and I to the Cleve
land club In 1901. To this day 1 cant
understand why Gene didn't develop
Into one of the greatest pitchers tb
game has ever seen. That fellow had
everything that Walter Johnson has,
and even more. He possessed a curvs
which no battor, I don't care how
great, could successively solve.
"I think with a proper break in luck,
and If Wright's arm had not gone
back on him, he would have occupied
a place today alongside of Johnson,
Mathewson, Walsh and the others."
Clean Baseball.
The popular American game of
baseball has been threatened by an
encroachment of the gamblers. Al
though gambling Is not allowed on
the baseball flelds, there has been a
movement In some of the larger cities
to establish baseball poolrooms, and
the owners and managers of the base
ball clubs are combating this move
ment, says the Nashville Banner. It
Is all-Important to keep this game free
from gambling, and nothing should be
left undone to protect the game from
an evil that, If allowed Its course,
would do Incalculable damage to the
sport. Organlted poolrooms for bet
ting on baseball games would raise
.v, ....nirinn that ball players are
VI 13 o4-"i.-- -
tampered with, and when the publio
suspects corruption in me game u
lose Interest and withhold Its patron
age.
Hub Hart Joins Mud Hens.
Hub Hart, the former White Box
catcher, who had been holding out
from the Toledo club because of the
salary question, Joined the Mud Hen
squad the other day. With Hart In
the fold ToUdo now bas as strong a
catching staff as any In the association.
"pi
ARMY OFFICERS TO LEARN SCIENCE
ACCORDINO to Brig. Gen. James Allen, chief of the signal corps, the I'nlted States army Is to take up avia
tion In earnest, und a number of young officers will bo taught how to fly. Twenty or thirty aeroplanes of
Americnn make will be purchuBod for this purpose. Aviator McCurdy has been giving tho army men some
most convincing demonstrations of late, and their enthusiasm bas been aroused as never before. The slguo'
corps' aerodrome at College Park, near Washington, will be open soon.
BABY'S REAL VALUE
Professors of Economy Differ in
Their Opinions.
Prof. Thomas Nixon Carter, Head of
Economics at Harvard, Discovers
That $20 Is Fair Estimate
on Average Person.
Cambridge, Mass. The California
tale board of health recently fixed
the value of a baby at $4,000, a sum
:onsldered far too low by Prof. Edwin
R. A. Sellgman of Columbia univers
ity, who declnres that a baby less
than a year old represents an eco
nomic value of at least $150,000. Now
jomes Prof. Thomas Nixon Carver,
who Is at the head of the chair of
iconomlcs at Harvard, who using a
hypothetical case discovers that $20
,s a fair value for the average person,
tnd that "It would be a losing Invest
ment to buy a baby at that price.
'How much Is a baby worth?" asks
Professor Carver.-
"Of course, the first thing to be de
sided in the discussion of this kind."
he says, "Is what is meant by tne
ralue of a baby. To Its own parents
after they have got used to It a baby
s an exceedingly precious thing, but
their estimate Is not necessarily the
tame as that of their neighbors, or
that of society In general. For ex
ample, a certain man Is reported to
have said that he regarded each of
his children as worth $100,000,000, but
that he would not give D cents for an
jther one. Therefore, we must ex-
lude from consideration the value of
existing babies to their parents.
"One way of finding the real eco
nomic value of a man Is to find out
how much the community would lose
tf be were to die or to emigrate. The
community would lose the value of
his labor, but It would save what he
consumed. In case he was consuming
more than be was producing by his
own Individual labor the community
would gain by his death. In other
words, such a man Is worth less than
nothing.
"This brings out the fatal defect In
a great deal of the reasoning regard
ing the economic value of the man,
viz.: Tbe failure to take account of
the cost of keeping him. The man
KEY TO EGYPTIAN HISTORIES
Inscriptions Which Heretofore Have
Defied Savanta Near Decipher
ing by Recent Find.
Cairo. An Important discovery has
been made y Professor Sayce, who
Is engaged In digging on the site of
Meroe, in the Sudan. Many ancient
Inscription In the Sudan are written
In the hieroglyphics of Egypt. But
many others are In a language that
bas, up to now, successfully resisted
all attempts at identification. This
mysterious writing Is known as the
Meroltic. Its pictorial characters are
similar to the ancient Egyptian hiero
glyphics, and Is styled a "demotic al
phabetic writing." Dr. H. Brugsch
and Dr. H. Schafer have trlcl to de
LONG TUNNEL THROUGH ALPS,
Last Obstruction Pierced After Five
and One-Half Years' Work and
Outlay of $20,000,000.
Berne, Switzerland. The final ob
Itructlon to tbe Lootschberg tunnel,
through the Bernese Alps, was pierced
by the laborers the other day, after
five and a half years' work and the ex
penditure of $20,000,000. The tunnel,
which Is the third longest In Europe,
measures about ulue miles.
With the completion of the bore,
which was planned to give the 81m
plon line a direct connection with the
railways which traverse Switzerland
from north to south, there will be a
direct through route from Milan to
Berne and thence to Calais and Bon
tague. Might Advertise.
"I am learning to speak Esperanto,
but It Is slow work learning from a
textbook."
"Why don't you hire some native to
converse with you? They say that's
the best way to learn a language."
who earns $000 a year and consumes
exactly that ' sura Is worth exactly
nothing. How much would you give
for a cow that would produce $100
worth of milk and $10 worth of veal
In a year and consume $110 worth of
reed while she was doing It? The
man who earns $000 In a year and
consumes $500 of It, using the other
$100 to employ a toolmaker In mak
ing tools that Is, Invests It In some
form of productive capital Is worth
$100 a year to the community. By
reason of his existence the commu
nity bas $200 worth of productive
power or tools more than It vould
otherwise have bad."
The only logical conclusion Is that
no person Is of an economic value
whatever unless be Is by bis own In
dividual efforts performing some kind
of serviceable labor, and of these only
those of a positive value whose serv
iceable labor Is worth nore than the
food, clothing, house room, furniture,
street car seats and other consumable
goods and services which they are
using up.
PLAN TO ISOLATE SNORERS
Men In Different Organizations Who
Mike Unearthly Noises In Sleep
Are to Be Grouped.
Chicago. Chicago will have
unique organization of fire fighters if
suggestions made by Fire Marshal
Charles F. Soyferllch are carried out
by the head of the dtsartment. The
proposal Is nothing less than that all
of the confirmed snorers of the fire de
partment be gathered together as
members of the same company and
quartered In tbe same firehouse. A
man to qualify must prove his ability
to snore and snore loudly.
What there Is about tbe work of a
fire fighter that fosters and encour
ugea the snoring hublt would be bard
to say, but the fact remains that
among firemen are often found men
who can always shake the putty out
of the windows when they once start
snoring. Possibly their bronchial tubes
and lungs are affected by the large
quantities of smoke they Inhale.
The members of a fire company all
sleep In one large room and when-
cipher It In vain, but Professor Sayce
writes that ne has Just obtained some
Egyptian translations of Merotlc
words. Thus, owing to this discovery,
the unknown Merotlc so.lpt may be
read by Egyptian bleroglyphists for
the first time, just as the key to the
latter was obtained from the demotic
and Greek translations on the Rosetta
stone.
Profossor Sayce bas lso discovered
the names of some new kings. Some
of them call themselves kings of
Egypt, and as they belong to tbe ob
scure period of the twenty-seventh
dynasty, the Inscriptions are expect
ed to throw some light on Egyptian
history.
RJJNS OVER SUNKEN FOREST
Long Planned Water Way In North
Carolina Reveals Prehistoric Rel
icsCost $425,000.
Raleigh, N. C. The long projected
canal from Pamlico sound to Beaufort
Inlet, North Carolina, to connect tbe
waters of Norfolk harbor with the
Cape Fear river, at Wilmington, has
been completed, at a cost of $425,000.
The money was provided by tbe rivers
and harbors bill approved by congress
March 2. 1907.
Tbe north end of the canal Is fresh
water from the Neuse river; the lower
end Is salt water, and Is In about four
miles of Beaufort Inlet. The canal
will be of the greatest use to all small
craft and coasters, and yachts going
south will use It this season to special
advantage. It cuts off all the capes
except Cape Fear, and shortens tht
distance more than eighty miles, as
compared with the old and uncertain
route.
In excavating four miles of the canal
through solid earth two sunken for-
OF FLYING
H
PORK AND BEANS ARE BEST
Sir Hudson Maxim Praises American
Dish and Offers to Teach Women
How to Cook Them.
Ixmdon. The food controversy In
London has elicited from Sir Hudson
Maxim a glowing letter in praise o(
what be calls the American national
dish pork and beans. Sir Hudson
closes his tribute to the "best dish in
the world" by offering to give cooking
lessons at his laboratory to English
housewives who do not know bow to
prepare this nutritious food. His let
ter states:
"No food In existence Is so benefl
rial to man as pork and beans. II
has been proven scientifically that
pork and beans excel cod liver oil as
a stimulating food In cases of con
sumption,"
Find Washington's Sword.
Albany, N. Y. George Washington's
sword has been recovered from the
ruins of the New York state library
The weapon Is little damaged. It was
at first believed tbat the sword had
ben demolished by the heat and
flames.
ever there Is a member who hss pecu
liarly strong snoring powers the other
laddies often find It difficult to get
needed rest. Cases have come up
where tbe offending firemen found
their cots transferred to a rear room,
where they were less likely to dis
turb the peace of the night.
Now the suggestion has been made
to Marshal Seyfurllch that one of two
things should be done. Tbe snorers
should all be made members of the
same company whore they could have
no excuse for grumbling tf kept awake
at nlgbt, or provision should be mad
at the flrehouses for separate quar
ters for snorers, so that the other
members can have peace. The de
velopment of tho snoring habit with
some of the firemen Is responsible for
the latest propositions and also for
bringing out the fact that It Is not
considered a trivial subject of coin
plaint, though there Is nothing per
sonal In the matter. As a rule firemen
who snore are among tbe bravest,
hardiest workers and most popular
members of the department.
At one engine house a string Is tied
to the foot of a loud snorer and the
other firemen keep Jerking It during
the night to prevent tbe man going to
sleep before they do. At Btlll another
house the champion snorer Is forced
to sleep near the pole bole, so that
the man on watch In the station be-
low can prod him during the nlgbt to
prevent him from awakening the
other members of the company.
In the fire department snoring Is not
considered a physical defect, for many
of tbe men who show the most agility
at fires are snorers who can easily
Bcale buildings.
Birds Roused the Police.
The hammering of woodpeckers on
a tin sign, near King's bridge, New
York city, was mistaken for pistol
shots and caused two hours' activity
by the police.
rests were found, one below the other
Tbe work of clearing tbe right of way,
through a dense forest of Immense
trees, some cypresses being ten feet
in diameter, began October 1, 1908,
The total length of cutting Is 95,62?
feet, of which 23,177 feet In Adams
creek la 250 feet wide, with side slopes
of three on one; 5,258 feet Is 125 feet
wide, with side slopes of three on
one; 84,018 feet Is ninety feet The
next 12,614 feet Is 125 feet wide, with
side slopes of three on one, and the
remaining 20,500 feet. Is 250 feet wide,
with side slopes of three on one.
The total length of cutting Is 95,627
feet, solid earth, at an average eleva
tlon of eight feet above mean low "ra
ter. The remainder was In the old
channels of Adams creek and Core
creek and Newport river, which were
widened and deepened to conform to
the adopted prism.
To find cubic Inches in a ball mul
tply cube of diameter by .623$.
It Is In the minor acts of our dally
life that our character Is revealed.
Lee. 1
Your Driirilat M ill Trll Von
Murlni Kye Keim-dy KmIIi-vi-s 8or Kys,
HtruriKthens Weak Eyi. Doesn't Smart,
H'Miili.-s i:ye I'uln. try it in nanyg
fcyeH for tic-uly KyelldH and Uranulutlon.
The truth Is that tho love of dress
Is, next after drink and gambling, one
of thq curses of our country. Mrs.
Humphrey.
for iiicAo.triin nuu rPcn.Nn
Whrthrr fniin I'ul.U. Unit, Hiumm-b of
J4rviiim Troullc., hmi"Hh will rrllrve you.
li s liquid-plrimitiit to tHkr- uctn lmmil
tf It Try It. luc., , "1 60 ceut ul druf
lores.
Not Alarming.
Arry I'e"ard you've got a Job, Bill.
U It a fac'?"
Bill Yus, It's true; but there ain't
no cause for anxiety; It's only tem
pory! London Opinion.
TO DUIVB OIT M AI.ARIf .,
rnk tho Old blAliilunl UltoVHrl TAhTHI.lH
(JIUl.L, 'J'ONIU. You knuw til jou urn uklng
7hti formula la plainly priniil cm every butn
Allowing 11 ll limply Onlnlii und Imn In s Ihim.
ai form. 1'lie Oulnlnn rtrlvt mil tlifl tuiilarli
n4 th Iron bullili up tho tyfuu Mold t7 U
ilrtleri fur HI )n rriu U) ewit,
First Set Own House In Order.
How unconscious we all are of our
own faults and fallings! As we see
others, so others see ours. It Is our
own faults we have to correct first
before we tell others where to get off.
Important to Mothers
TTvnmltiA mr&.rill!v Vttlv hntflA
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants ana cnuuren, ana see that it
Pears the
Signature
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatoria
A Backhanded One.
He The great trouble with Gab
blelgh Is he talVs too much.
Sho That's strange. When he's
been with mo he's scarcely said a
word.
lie Oh, he's too much of a gentle
man to Interrupt.
Care of the Child.
It Is announced that Los Angeles
county government will In future ex
pend as much money upon societies
for the care of children as It does
now upon societies that look after the
welfare of animals.
This Is well. Perhaps, In course
of time, we may come to regard chil
dren as of equal Importance with
horses and dogs.
Irisn Landmark Gone.
Tbe famous temple of liberty, one
of Ulster's best-known landmarks, was
burned to the ground tbe other morn
ing. Erected at Toomebrldge, on th
County Londonderry side of the River
Bann, by the late Rev. John Carey,
some 60 years ago, It bad a romantla
history. Its founder was a remark
able man, possessed of considerable
wealth. He was a descendant of a
Cromwelllnn family, and hod been ar
rested and tried for murder, but was
unanimously acquitted by the Jury,
whereupon be erected tbe building la
question. London Mall.
Youthful Criminals.
One of the most distressing cases
he has ever had to deal with faced a
Liverpool (England) magistrate re
cently, and one cannot wonder at his
exclamation, "Whnt can I do with
these babies?" as he gazed upon Ave
tiny prisoners in the dock. Tha
youngest was only seven years old,
and the oldest eleven, yet the quintet
for two months have carried out
thefts and other depredations with
such skill and cunning that for two
months the police and detectives have
been trying In vain to find out who
were the thieves. No fewer than iO
charges wero brought against tbe
children. The seven-year-old child
was tbe ringleader, and quite an adept
at thieving and planning thefts.
A ROUGH WAY.
Poi a I liAr Hat fiiun'a wife dona
cracked him over da hald wid a rollln'
pin an' frowed all de klndlln' wood t
him.
Joe Well, I specks she were eel
bratln' dere woodln" weddln'.
DAME NATURE HINT8
When the Food Is Not Suited.
When Nature gives her signal tb
something Is wrong it Is goneraiy
with tbe food; the old Dame U alwa!
faithful and one should act at once.
To put off .the change Is to risk that
which, may be Irreparable. An Art
tona man says:
"For years I could not safely ?
any breakfast I tried all kinds of
breakfast foods, but they were a"
soft, starchy mesBes, which gave ni
distressing headaches. I drank stron
coffee, too, which appeared to benefit
me at the time, but added to the head
aches afterwards. Toast and code
were no better, for I found tbe toast
very constipating. .
"A friend pernunded me to llllljT
fee and the starchy breakfast fo'1
and use Postum and Grape-Nut ;
stead. I shall never regret taking w
advice. .
"The change they have worked i
me Is wonderful. I now have no mar
of the distressing sensations la J
stomach after eating, and I never ,ha!
any headaches. I have gained j
pounds In weight and feel better i
xt ... n moitA a de
ewiy wuy. umpo-nuiB w'
UcJouB as well as a nutritious
dlsb,
an4 I find that Postum is easily
geited and never produces dyspeP
symptoms."
Name given by Poitum Co., Bal1
Cieek, Mich. . t0
Get the little book, "The Rof
WellvUle," in pkgs. "There s
Reason."
Rvr rend h above " r"
oo appeara from time 11,,"r,hi
are crnaino, true, u
lafereat.
.... Ai.