THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 0, 1011
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"BUGS" RAYMOND WAS ANX- $
IOU8 TO 8EE WAD.
DELL PERFORM,
When "Bugs" Raymond, whose
MUUU1 Willi IUU U1U11LS mis JCUl rf,
may explain the derivation of
nis urst name, was a real uuc
eccentric Btnr In the Nntlnnal
league Rube Waddcll was shin
ing similarly In the American t
Rube wns at the height of his
career then and by reason of his
wanderings from conventional
paths was pulling several col
umns of press agent stuff In the
newspapers every day.
Raymond's team happened to
be In the same city where Rube
was billed to perform, and as It
was an off
day for Ray
mond he
concluded to
stroll over
to the op
position camp and
watch Rube
In action.
When h e
reached tho
pass gate
Raymond at
tempted t o
talk his way
in.
"Thought
nAYiioira.
I'd drop in and look this freak
over," he said to the gateman.
"Got a pass?" the official de
manded. "Oh, no," said "Bugs" easily
"professional courtesy, you
know, old man. I'm a big
leaguer. Merely wanted to see
Rube pitch. They told mo he's
so nutty the squirrels follow
him. Funny how a bat like that
can pitch Sbout .000, Isn't itr
Tho gateman was silent.
"Been reading about him play
ing marbles In alleys with tho
kids while the managers were
searching the city for him to
take his turn in tho box," Ray
mond continued hopefully. "By
George, he sure is nuts, if all
this stuff is true. Must be worth
looking at. I'd Hko to seo him."
"You've got to show something
better than a vocabulary to get
in here," said the gateman.
"Why, man, you ought to pass
me. I'm Raymond of the Na-
tlonal. Merely want to size up
this freak you have caged here."
"Oh, you're Raymond, are
you?"
'Tcp."
"The one tliey call 'Bugs?'"
"Yep."
"Well, you wait hero a min
ute," said the gateman. "I'll
bring Rube out and let him look
at you."
PERFECT BAT NEVER MADE.
Hans Wagner, However, Used Ono
That Was Near Perfection.
"A perfect bat has never been made
and never will be," says Hans Wagner.
"I have had bats break when I met the
ball squarely, break nfter months of
faithful service, and a grounder would
trickle to an infield when the force I
put into my swing was enough for a
three base hit.
"The nearest perfect bat I ever saw
was owned by a kid in a small Ken
tucky town where I once played in an
exhibition game. I gavo the boy GO
cents for it. Everybody on our club
used the bat tho first day I got it, and
;we made twenty-three hits."
LONG YACHT RACE PLANNED.
Route From New York to Los Angeles
Is One Contemplated.
Plans for holding the biggest ocean
to ocean race in tho history of yachting
are being offered by Commodore
Daniel H. Laubcrshclmcr, Vice Com
modore Warren Wood and Rear Com
modoro Hubbcl .of the South Coast
Yacht club of Los Angeles and other
yachtsmen of southern California.
They plan to pull off a race from
New York to Los Angeles immediately
after the opening of tho Panama canal,
in which hundreds of tho big racing
yachts of tho east will bo invited to
participate.
SECRET OF LAJOIE'S BATTING.
Former Ball Player Says His Success
Is Due to "Follow on" Style.
"The secret of Lajolo's successful
hitting Ucs in tho fact that bo adopts
the 'follow on' stylo used by golfers,"
said n former ball player. "IIo doesn't
swing his bat from his side, but meets
tho ball squarely when it reaches a
point In front of his chest, and. then
puts his strength into a sort of punch
which carries the bat well beyond his
left side. All first class batsmen do
this, for It enables them to keep their
eyes on tho ball and to put; strength
into their bats when they hit tho
leather."
Pitcher OToole's. Assortment of Twists
Marty O'Toole, Pittsburg's now $22,
500 pitcher, according to reports, re
lies entirely upon two curves, a speedy
spltter and a drop. Ho has a fast ball
with a good break that ho occasion
ally mixes In and uses when he Isln
tho hole. Almost every other ball bo
pitches is a spltter. It shoots to tho
right or loft ond breaks with such a
quick snap that batters cant tell where,
It is going. ni3 fast baQ also breaks
with a, quick snap. lie $eta the; break.
by snapping ms wrw; as the. ball
leaves his band.
HEAVY HITT1N
THIS SE
New Records Likely to Be Made
In Major Leagues.
MANY EXTRA BASE DRIVES.
Seybold Mark For Home Runs May Bs
Beaten or Equaled Before Season
Closes Other Batting Feats May Be
Overshadowed.
By TOMMY CLA1UC
When tho baseball season closes in
October the fans will probably have
now batting records to discuss. Judg
ing from the way' the batters, in both
the American and National leagues nrc
hitting the ball this year, new records
are sure to be made. During the
present Benson nn unprecedented -number
of extra base drives have been
made. There is every reason to be
Hevo that now records will be estab
lished for two baggers and three base
drives ns w.ell as for home runs.
Sinco there Is something magical in
the words "homo run" naturally the
fans throughout tho country are inter-
Photo by American Press Association.
TY COBB, DETROIT'S HEAVY HITTER.
estcd in tho player who manages to gel
the greatest number of four base drives
during tho season.
At the present time enthusiasts all
over tho country nre watching the. bal
work of young Fred Ludorus, the Phil
lies' first baseman, who by his batting
early this year became as famous as the
noted Cobb or nans Wngner. Luderui
is after tho home run record made in
1809 by Buck Freeman of tho Wash
ington Nationals. Luderus recentls
slumped In his batting and was re
placed by Bransfleld, but Managei
Dooln believes on his return ho wil
regain his eye.
"Socks' Seybold holds tho Ameriear
league record for home runs. He es
tablishod it in 1002. Tho former Ath
letlc in that ycoit made sixteen.
Luderus' record Compared to thoss
inado when baseball "vns in its In
fancy might be called t Joke. The
game, however, has changed much
slnco then, especially the batting and
pitching. Then, too, batters played o
greater part in tho gamo than pitchers
It is a remarkablo feat today foi
a batter to mako two homo runs li
ono game, whereas in olden times twe
and three wcro not unusual.
However, it is a fact that ono man
has made seven homers in a single
game. On Juno 12, 18G7, Ilarrj
Wright, playing for tho Cincinnati
club against tho Ilolt club of New
port, Ky., mado that number. A yeai
later Lip Plko made six in one con
test. As late as 1874 Al Reach, Klein
felder nnd Potter earned the distinc
tion of making five in a single contest
Ping Bodlo, another young playei
who is making good this year In big
league company, eclipsed Freeman's
record of twenty-flvo four-baso drives.
Last year, when tlie White Sox out
fielder played with San Francisco, Bo
die mado thirty homo runs.
Ty Cobb of tho Tigers is also striv
ing for a batting record. He is aftei
tho one Hugh Duffy set up la 1801,
which was .438 for 12-1 games.
Duffy Lewis of tho Red Sox Is try
ing his hardest to beat the record
mode last year by Nap Lajole for two
base drives. Last year Lajoio made
flfty-ono doubles. Lewis hatf made
more than half the number. If he
continues his present gait ho is confi
dent of beating Lajolots mark.
Lajoio also holds the record for the
greatest number of triples made dur
ing a Bcasod no established it in
1003, when' ho registered twenty-three
for tho eoaeon. To date Larry Doyle,
Cobb and Crec have each, passed the
-fifteen mark.
HERE'S ONE THEY TELL ON
JIMMY CALLAHAN.
Ilcre is one they nre telling on
Jimmy Callahan, the. Chicago
Americans' oillllelder. whose
comeback has been one of the
wonders of the baseball world:
James was running a semi
professional team In Chicago
and controlled a collection of
planks and sod called by courte
sy n ball park. Ono dark night a
company of park hunting friends
Who wanted to pull off a benefit
game for a wooden legged wom
an or tin eared orphans, drove
up to Jimmy's residence nnd ono
of them went up to tho door and
punched the bell.
It was 1 a. m and the maid
was taking no chances on that
door in Chicago at that time
of night Sticking her bead out
of an upper hall window of the
Callahan mansion, sho saluted
tho street fleet in the low necked
cab with "What's wanted?"
"Is this where Mr. Callahan
lives?" called one of tho visitors.
"Sure ut be," responded the
maid. "Bring 'lin in I'm comln'
down t' unlock th' dure."
BOBBY KEEFE HAS NO EXCUSE
When the Cincinnati Pitcher Is Not In
Form He Admits It.
Pitcher Bobby Keefe of the Cincin
nati Reds is a nonallbi hurler. Bob
never has any excuses to make. If he
is hit hard ho admits that tho opposing
batsmen had their eye on tho ball, al
though he was dishing up his best
stuff. If he is wild ho admits it and
makes no excuses. In one inning of a
game ho pitched tho other day Keefe
gave three men bases on balls and hit
one man. Tho Reds had a pretty good
lead, and Griff decided to leave him in
and make him light it out. Bob settled
down. After tho game some one .asked
Keefe why ho was so wild in that in
ning. "You saw why I was wild, didn't
you?" answered Bobby in his charac
teristic fashion. "I couldn't get the
ball over." And that was tho only
alibi Bob had to offer.
RALPH ROSE TO COMPETE.
Great Shot Putter to Get In Shape For
Next Olympic.
Desirous of making tho next Amer
ican Olympic team, Ralph Rose, the
champion shot putter at. the various
weights, is coming out of his shell to
prepare for the iron sphere event In
the 10J.2 Swedish games. The native
son's determination to fight for a place
on tho big team no doubt will send a
thrill into tho other shot putters when
they learn of this.
Rose holds all kinds of records in the
shot put. Ho established tho world's
1 .Sim: &
3S .y-
RALPH HOSE.
record with a put of 51 feet in Ban
Francisco back In 1000. Ho won his
event in tho London Olympic games
without the least bit of trouble.
Tho San Franciscan is credited with
07 feet 7 inches for the eight pound,
57 feet 3 inches for tho twelve, 61 feet
6 Inches for the fourteen, 43, feet 05
Inches for the eighteen, 40 feet 8
Inches for tho twenty-one and 38 feet
2 inches for tho twenty-four, besides
his world's record put with tho sixteen
pound.
Kelly Wants to Defend Title.
James F, Kelly, tho New York po
liceman, world's champion handball
player, is out, with a challengo to any
m
m
proposed amendments to
the constitution sub
mitted to the citizens of
this Commonwealth for
their approval or rejec
tion, by the general assem
bly of the commonwealth
of pennsylvania, and pub
lished by order of the sec
retary of the common
wealth, in pursuance of ar
ticle xviii of the consti
TUTION. Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of tho Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, so as to
consolidate the courts of common
pleas of Allegheny County.
Section 1. Bo it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly, met, That
tho following amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in
accordance with the eighteenth ar
ticle thereof: '
That section six of article flvee
amended, by striking out the said
section, and Inserting in place there
of the following:
Section G. In tho county of Phil
adelphia all the jurisdiction and
powers now vested in the district
courts and courts of common pleas,
subject to such changes as may be
made by this Constitution or by law,
shall be In Philadelphia vested in
five distinct and separate courts of
equal and coordinate jurisdiction,
composed of tlireo judgos each. The
said courts in Philadelphia shall be
designated respectively as the court
of common pleas number one, num
ber two, number three, number
four, and .number five, but the num
ber of said courts may be by law
increased, from time to time, and
shall be in like manner designated
by successive numbers. The num
ber of judges ,inany of said courts,
or In any county where the estab
lishment of an additional court may
be authorized by law, may be in
creased, from time to time, and
whenever such Increase shall
amount In the whole to three, such
three judges shall compose distinct
and separate court as aforesaid,
which shall be numbered as afore
said. In Philadelphia all suits shall
bo instituted in the said courts of
common pleas without designating
the number of the said court, and
the several courts shall distribute
and apportion the business among
them in such manner as shall be
provided by rules of court, and each
court,, to which any suit- shall be
thus assigned, shall have exclusive
jurisdiction thereof, subject to
change of venue, as shall be pro
vided by law.
In the county ot Allegheny all the
jurisdiction and powers now vested
in the several numbered courts of
common pleas shall be vested in one
court or common pleas, composed
of all tho judges In commission in
said courts. Such jurisdiction and
powers shall extend to all proceed
ings at law and in equity which
shall have been instituted In the
several numbered courts, and shall
be subject to such changes as may
be made by law, and subject to
change of venue as provided by law.
The president judge of said court
shall be selected as provided by law.
The number of judges in said court
may be by la.y Increased from time
to time. This amendment shall take
effect on the first day of January
succeeding Its adoption.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1,
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, articlo nine, of the Const!
tutlon of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
or me uomnionweaitn or .rennsyiva
nla in General Assembly met, That
the following Is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, j
in accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment to Article Nine, j
Section Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight.
article nine, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "Section 8. The debt of any
county,, city, borough, township,
school district, or other municipality
or incorporated district, except as
herein provided, shall never exceed'
seven per centum upon the assessed
value of the taxable property there
in, nor shall any such municipality
or district Incur any new debt, or in
crease its Indebtedness to an amount
exceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of tho electors there
of at a public election in such man
ner as shall bo provided by law; but
any city, the debt of which now ex
ceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to increase the same three
per centum, in the aggregate, at any
one time, upon such valuation," so
as to read as follows:
Section S. The debt of any coun
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of tho taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or Increase
its indebtedness to an amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of tho electors thereof
at a public election in such manner
as shall be provided by law; but
any city, tho debt ot which now ex
ceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to increaso the same three
per' centum, in the aggregate, at any
one time, upon such valuation, ex
cept that any debt or debts herein
after incurred by tho city and coun
ty of Philadelphia for the construc
tion and development of subways for
transit purposes, or for the construc
tion of wharves and docks, or the re
clamation of land to be used in the
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public Improvements.
owned or to be owned by said city
ana county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to tho city and
county or Philadelphia current net
revenue in excess of the Interest on
said debt or debts of the annual In
stallments necessary for the can
cellation of said debt or debts, may
be excluded in ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Phila
delphia to become otherwise in
debted: Provided, That a sinking
fund for their cancellation shall be
established and maintained.
A true cony of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth,
NOTICE OF UNIFORM PRIMARIES.
In compliance with Section 3. of
the Uniform Primary Act, notice is
hereby given to the electors of
Wayne county, Pa of tho County,
Township and Borough officers to be
nominated at the Primaries to be
hold at the regular polling places in
each election district from 2 to 8 p.
m.,
Saturday, September 30, 1011.
For nounfv nflirfirs. nr1i at tha nn.
lltical parties is entitled to nominate
as follows:
One norson for Judere of tho Court.
of Common Pleas.
One person for Prothonotary and
Clerk of the Courts.
One person for Sheriff.
One person for District Attorney.
One nerson for RAelstnr nf Wills,
and Recorder of Deeds.
one person for County Treasurer.
Ono person for Coroner.
One nerson for Minn InsnAnt-nr. Sth
District.
Two Dersons for Countv Commlti-
sloners.
Two persons for County Auditors.
The terms of all Township and
Borough officers who wore elected in
1908 for a three-vear term will nv.
plre the first Monday in December
ana tneir successors are to be nom
inated and elected as follows:
One person for Supervisor for 4
years.
One person for Constable for 4
years.
One person for Assessor for 4
years. '
'Two persons for Overseer of Poor
for 4 years.
One person for Auditor for 4
years.
Two persons for School TMrectors
for 2 years.
Two persons for School Directors
for 4 years.
One nerson for School nirpftor for
G years.
Ono person for Judge of Election
for 2 years.
One nerson for Insnentor of Fllon.
Hon for 2 years.
One person for High Constable In
each Borough.
Town Councilmen to fill the place
of those elected In 190R.
Justice of the Peaco In place of
inose eiectea in luou.
One Town Treasurer In Townships
that elect them.
One person for Registration As
sessor in each election district In
townships that have two or more
polling places.
If anv Sunervlsor la VioIiHtut nfflno
by appointment by Court, his term
expires ana nis successor must be
nominated for a two-year term.
School Director candidates must
designate on their petitions for
which year-term they are candidates.
Petitions for county office can be
obtained at the Commissioners' of
fice. Petitions for Township and
Borough office can be had of the
party committeeman in each district
or at the Commissioners' office.
All petitions for County, Town
ship or Borough office must be filed
in the Commissioners office on or
before Saturday, September 9, 1911,
Judicial candidates must file their
petitions with the Secretary of tho
Commonwealth on or before Satur
day, September 2, 1911.
J. E. MANDEVILLE,
J. K. HORNBECK,
THOMAS C. MADDEN,
Commissioners.
Attest: Geo. P, Ross, Clerk.
62eoi 3.
SPECIAL ELECTION.
To M.. Lee Braman, Esquire,
High Sheriff of the County of
Wayne, Greeting:
Whereas, In consequence of the
death of the Honorable George W.
Kipp, who was a member of the
Sixty-second Congress, from the
Fourteenth Congressional District,
composed of the counties of Wayne,
Susquehanna, Wyoming and Brad
ford, a vacancy exists in the repre
sentation of this State In tho House
of Representatives of the Congress
of the United States.
Now, therefore, I, John K. Tener,
Governor of said Commonwealth, in
pursuance of the provisions of the
Constitution of the United States
and of an Act of tho General As
sembly of this Commonwealth, en
titled "An Act relating to the elec
tions of this Commonwealth," ap
proved the second day of July, A.
D. 1839, have issued this writ com
manding you, the said M. Lee Bra-
man, Esquire, fligh Sheriff as afore
said, to bold an election in the
County of Wayne, on Tuesday, tho
seventh day of November, A. D.
1911, for tho election of a represen
tative of the people of this Common
wealth in the House of Representa
tives of the Congross of the United
states, to flu tho vacancy aforesaid,
and you are hereby required and en-
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joined to glvojolncdcm'twdy.wddmfw
Joined to glvo lawful notice, nd,
caiiso td bo held and conducted, the;
said election,- arid make; freturai "
thereof lh nianner and form as by"
law Is directed and required.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of, the State, at, the City
of Harrlsburg this' fourteenth day of
AugUBt in the year .of our, Lord one
thousand nine .hundred nnd 'eleven
and of the ' Cohimb'nwe'aith the
13Gth.
JOHN K. TENER.
By the tlo'vernori
Robert McAfee,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
DIGNITY and
CONFIDENCE
It Is wonderful what an
amount of dignity and confi
dence one gets from the fact
that he has a growing bank ac
count. The possession of moik
ey you have earned and saved:
yourself makes you independent
mentally as well as in regard to
material things.
Become, a regular depositor in
a good, strong, growing insti
tution like the
Honesdale Dime Bank
We will help you with three
per cent. Interest. Each new de
positor Is' presented with a use
ful, as well as ornamental house
hold bank.
We make a specialty of loan
ing money to Wayne county peo
ple. Business accounts solicited.
Call and see us or you can do
your banking with us by mall.
Write and we will tell you
how.
JOS. A. FISCH, Cashier.
E. C. MUMFORD, President.
The Home of the
Honesdale
ORGANIZED
1836
--f
ressiwe
SuccessffuB
Will extend every facility
that good banking will
justify.
Accounts of individuals,
firms and corporations soli
cited. Correspondence invited
OFFICERS:
HENRY Z. RU SSEIX-EnWIN F. TOItRKY
PRESIDENT. CASIIIKH,
ANDREW THOMPSON - A.C.LINDSAY
VICE rKESIDENT ASSISTANT CASHIER
DIRECTORS:
Henry Z. Russell Andrew Thompson
Edwin F. Torrey Homer Greene
Horace T. Mknnp.ii James C. ISirdsall
Louis J. Dorflinoer E. H. Hardenberqii
Philip II. Murray
Wo print legal blanks,
Wo print envelopes,
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