Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 14, 1911, Page 4

SPORTS OF LR R AR RO R OB RO O Y @ BASEBALL NOTES. ® POPORELIVOOLOOOOOOS® Cliff Curtis is the traveling kid in the National league. He has played with Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia this season. Catcher “Doo” Kerr, of the Tren- ton Tri-State league team, took part in every game his team played the past season, 111 games in all. Perhaps Harry Davis will not manage the Cleveland team after all. Stovall has certainly made good since he took charge of the Blues. Boston fans figure that “Buck’” O’Brien, of the Red Sox, and Pitcher Donnelly, of the Rustlers, will put the Hub on the baseball map next season. The American league grounds at New York and Boston have been closed for good. Next season the Highlanders and the Red Sox will perform at new parks. Chance to become a Dbaseball magnate. W. H. Pradley owner of the Richmond club in the Virginia has placed his entire plant on the market. From the time they left the Polo grounds for their last trip of the until they landed back home, the Giants played 26 games, of which they won 22. X i A Buffalo sneak thief lifted a watch valued at $200 from Pitcher “Dummy”” Taylor recently. On the inside of the case is engraved, “L. 1. lor-Presented by San Diego 1901.” k Tighe, the Seattle manager, has been engaged to manage the Louisville team next season. Before going to Seattle Tighe lead champ- ionship teams in the Cunnecticuti and Three-I league. i | ANOTHER GREAT PLAY| “Kid” Elberfeld Redeemed Him- self After Making Error. | Scrappy Little Third Baseman Made Sensational Catch of Hot Hit Over Third Base and Caught Run- ner at Home Plate. (By “WID” CONROY.) The greatest play I ever heard of was the ome “Tacky Tom” Parrott made when he mistook an English sparrow for a line fly and caught it with one hand after a hard run. But the greatest I ever saw I believe was one Elberfeld pulled off in a game agalnst New York a couple of years ago. The game was close and up to the ninth, the score was tied, and the way things were breaking it looked as if we had the better chance to win out as we were hitting their pitcher hard- er than they were hitting ours. EI- berfeld was playing third, and in the ninth inning of the game New York g0t a base hit, then I kicked one, and finally the kid kicked one and filled |- the bases with no one out. It was Saturday and there was a big crowd out and everyone in the stands seem- ed to cut loose at once to tell me and the kid what they thought of us as ball players. They called us every- thing they could think of, and one big fellow over in the bleachers stood up and informed me I was a disgrace to the Irish. It just goes to show how quickly a player can turn from a hero to a dub in the eyes of the fans. The next batter hit the ball hard and almost over the top of third base. ‘When he hit it the runners on first and second were going with the pitch, but for some reason the runner on third was late in starting and that made the play possible. Elberfeld jumped at the ball and stabbed it with one hand back of the base. That might have happened with any fleld- er. It wasn't the stop itself that made the play seem so great to me, but the way Elberfeld acted and “Wid” Conroy. thought. He jumped to third base, touched ‘the bag, forcing the runner coming.up from second, and then ‘slammed the ball to the plate—and the catcher tagged out the runner there and made the double play. That saved us and we won out in the tenth. Elberfeld had figured as soon as he got the ball that the only way he could make a double play was back- wards, and- knowing the batter was fast he played to.the plate for the runner who was off to a bad start. He must have had almost half a sec- ond in which to figure it out, but he calculated it perfectly. 4(Copyright, 1511, by W. G. Chapman) 2 Foothall Notes. - @ POCOORLOPOOOOOOOH S Harvard, Yale and Princeton will agree on their officials for the big games early. Dunn, formerly of Holy Cross, looks to have cinched in the George- town backfield this fall. The Brown university team made eleven successful forward passes in its game again New Hampshire State. Secret practice is now the rule at Harvard and the gates are closed every day except when the Crimson has a game. The University of Hlinois has in- vited the Universities of Chicago, Wisconsin -and Purdue to form a Western inter-collegiate soccer league. R RO R ORI R R RO ORORCY & With the Boxers.- & R R R R A A R R CR R Rl Howard Morrow, Tommy Ryan’s middleweight “hope,” Will meet Jack Novak in Benton Harbor, Mich., oct. 26. Frank Erne, the ox-lightweight champion, is now coaching Carl Morris, the “hope” recently defeated by Jim Flyan. Al. Delmont, the Boston bantam, is out with a challenge to Johnny Conlon, to box for the bantamweight championship of the world. GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM As Stagg grows more pessimistic the rooters get more optimistic. Football really isn't football unless played in mud or on frozen ground. It’s too bad the boxing game is judged by its worst representatives. Socker 1s a great game—if one knows what they are running around for. Golf is one sport which will for- ever resist attempts at blood and thunder novels. . One always can tell Maroon football prospects by believing the opposite of how Stagg feels. : Perhaps if there were more intra scholastic athletics it might help. Just the same, next year will find the Chicago fans as hopeful as ever. Swindell, the pitcher signed by the Naps, should be a good base stealer. -Another rooter’s pet notlon of noth- ing to read about is an ante-season football game. Somehow or other Rye doesn’t seem a_siugularly appropriate name for a golf tournement. The golden days of football are past. Athletes are obliged to attend classes nowadays. Over in dear ole Lunnon they have a way of letting the opponents to box- ing take it out in talk. It 1s understood some of the high schools have substituted marbles and top spinning for football. The 1911 Carlisle football squad in- cludes the following: She Bear, Halt Town, Ez Nez and Wounded Eye. The “old boys™ who once played prep school football hate to admit it in these days of the board of control. ‘Aviation has proved the only suc- cessful competitor to the diamond game and that was a trifle expensive. One of the best things brought about by changes in the football rules is the interpretation of rules decided upon. One of the best things about au- tomobile races is that no machine seems to be able to win two in suc- cession. Parental objection seems to be as great a bugbear under the present re- formed football rules as under the old ones. Suing a ‘ball club for damages after having been ejected on account of dis- orderly conduct seems the height of fourflushing. Ty Cobb is thinking of training this wih . r in a billiard room. He heard George Sutton made 500 points in four innings. The Yale football candidate who tell out of a Pullman coach and escaped gan prior to 1906. 2 This year a football official 1s con- sidered part of the properties of the field. A ball striking an official is not dead, but continues in play. Bobbie Kerr, who won the 220-yard dash for Great Britain in the last Olympic, got one poor third place in the Canadian championships. Some of the best baseball recruits this year have come from Texas. The state 1s bearing out General Sher- man’s opinion that it is a hotbed. To the uninitiated it seems as if a course in football, track or basket ball ought to be just as much physical training as fancy dancing, even in the “credit” . line. Test For Stutterers. & A new method of voice control was tried by the lifelong stutterer. In a few lessons the impediment in speech wWas overcome. “That’s fine,” said a candid friend. “Now I wish you would take a bit of advice, You talk all right today, but just keep a watch on yourself and see how you talk this time next week.” “You're a wet blanket; all right,” growled the ex-stutterer. “What's the matter with next week?” “We'll be in the full moon, then,” said his friend. = “It's a fact that everybody who has ever stuttered stutters worse when the moon is full than at any other time. —Until you get so you can talk smoothly then you can't count yourself really cured.” The man with halting speech. took notice, as advised, and found that several full moons waned before he could control his speech at that time. —New York Times. % 0000006666666 6 uninjured should have attended Michi-- N HARLAN, HIGH 'COURT HEAD, IS DEAD (Continued from first page). = caused the break in the Kentucky delegation in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes and the latter was nominated for president. i After Mr. Hayes had been elected president of the United States, he offered Mr. Harlan a prominent posi- tion in the diplomatic service, but the offer was declined. A few months later Mr. Harlan was appointed asso- ciate justice of the Supreme Court of the United”States and this honor he did not decline. Mr. Harlan was married December 23, 1856, to Miss Malvina F., daugh- ter of John Shanklin, of Evansville, Ind., and upon the occasion of their golden: wedding in 1905, the justice jand his wife were.overwhelmed with tokens of esteem from all parts of the country. The widow and five grown children survive him. g Sparks and the Odor. Every boy who has struch flints to- fether to make sparks knows the typi- fal odor that arises from the clash. He also knows that the whiter the fints the more smell they emit. This phenomendn has been observed for centuries, but scientific men Lkave been at a loss to account for it. Many ex- planations have been given, but ex- periment has proved all of these to be erroneous. Recently, however, two Atalian - scientists, the brothers Pic- cardi, demonstrated that the smell of spark emitting flints is due solely to the minute quantities of organic mat- ter that are upon the stone and that are burned by the sparks. This or- ganic matter need be in only the most minute quantity, such as may be left by water in which lichens, weeds or water plants have .decomposed, for the olfactory nerve. are so exquis- itely sensitive that they can detect the burning of almost infinitesimal bits of matter. The delicacy of these nerves is proved Ly the fact that even after the pebbles have been washed in lye the smell of burning can still be de- tected. But if the pebbles be heated in fire and then struck together at poiats that the hands have not touched there is absolutely no odor at all.— New York World. Insects That Imitate Ostriches. The habit of the ostrich of burying its head and imagining that it has eluded discovery is copied after a fashion by certain insects. according to Dr. G. Rodman in his lectures on the subject of the stick insect, or ba- cillus rossi, which he bas cultivated. ‘These insects, which are so called be- cause of their resemblance to dry sticks, have two fore legs which they fold completely over their eyes when disturbed and evidently think that in 50 doing they themselves are lost to view. The eggs of these insects, Dr. Rodman says. take something over six months to hatch. They are only one- tenth of an inch in their longest di- ameter, and by some miracle an in- sect which at hatching is three-quar- ters of an inch in length is packed into them. The stick insects destroy the weaklings of their number by eat- ing their legs.—Westminster Gazette. A Whack at Turtle Soup. Turtle soup is called green just be- cause turtle fat is “kinder that color.” And believe it, whether you now do or not, turtle soup will make anybody sweat green who eats of it often and much. Hogarth has a picture showing how green turtle soup and its fellow foods and drinkables in the good old golden days put London aldermen un- der the tables. From the viewpoint of nourishment turtle soup is not worth a tenth it costs. Sun dried turtles are found in some of the markets of the world, and many chefs say they are about as good as the fresh reptile. As for the true secret of mock turtle soup, it is only the sealp of a sucking calf, a gelatinous fraud, masquerading as a chunk of green turtle shell fat, but even so, it is better than the best genuine sea turtle soup at that.—New York Press. A Floor That Turns Over. The floor in the Apollo theater in Paris is reversible, one side being made for dancing, the other being the usual inclined floor equipped with the fold- ing seats of a theater auditorium. The floor is mounted on a horizontal axis on which, it revolves. It is built on a framework of steel girders, has an area of 2,500 square feet and weighs 100 tons. The axis, which is parallel to the front of the stage, is not in the middle of the thickness of the floor, but nearer to the seating surface than to the dancing surface. The floor swings through an excavation over thirty feet in depth.—Cement Age. Coffee and Fatigue. The question is often asked, What will relieve fatigue more quickly than anything else? Clerks in stores and men generally, as well as women shop-| pers, become at times very tired. For- tunately the British army has thrashed the question out and tried every kind of decoction that'could be thought of, and we may profit by its experience. It awards the palm to coffee and de- ‘| elares it has neither superior nor equal for this purpose.—Indianapolis News. Growing Pains. £ Never ignore “growing pains.” Man: people seem to think they are perfectly natural and, 1in fact, that they are a necessary part of growth. As a mat- ter of fact, they are sometimes an in- dication of a strong tendency to rheu- matism, and a child who complains of them should wear wool next the skin always, though lighter, of course, in summer than in winter, and be prop- erly treated by a doctor. Things He Knew. His Wife—Why don’t you go.to the doctor and find out just what you ought -to_eat and" what you ought to ayoid? Dyspeptic —Oh, I know all that mow. I ought to eat everything I don’t like and avoid everything. [ do.—Exchange.. 2 = itution of Works of Art After Na- n's Downfall. The Louyre has known a still blacker day than théit on which “La Giocondo" was abstracted. This' was Sept. 23: 1815, when formal restitution had to be made of the pictures looted during the conquests of Napoleon. Commis. sloners attended from fourteen differ- ent states. The lion's share was ob- tained, curiously enough, by the rep- resentative of Cassel, who recovered no fewer than 421 pictures, Austria recovered . 323, ‘Spain. .284, Holland 210 and Prussia 119, = Altogether 2,065 pictures were removed, together Wwith a mumber of statues, bas-reliefs: bronzes, wood carvings, cameos, and enamels. Sir. Walter Scott in his “Life of Napoleon™ gives a graphic account of the removal of the masterpieces, which were. being frantically copied by en- thusiastic students until the last mo- ment before their departure. Thanks to the exertions of Baron Denon, who was then director of the Louyre, a certain number of stolen pictures were retained, among these being the finest example of Paolo Veronese extant, “The Marriage at Cana.” The gallery, however, was left with only 270 pic- tures and remained closed until the vacant spaces had been filled, mainly ‘with the works of French artists.— Pall Mall Gazette. TRESPASSING IN -ENGLAND. If No Damage Is Done Intruders Need Have No Fear. Many timid pedestrians “in rural England are frightened away from in- viting fields )by the notice “Trespass- ers WHI Be Prosecuted.” They need have no fear, says an English ex- change. . As the law stands any trespasser who doeés the- smallest -damage—in- Jures a fence, breaks a small branch, etc.—can be summoned before a mag- istrate and fined. But if he does no damage the ‘landlord must bring an action at law and get an injunction: This costs a lot of ‘money, and unless the trespasser is a man of means the landlord won't bring his action at law. All he can do otherwise is to ask you to get out. If you go peaceably you can return aun hour later and repeat the visit as often as you wish. Noth- ing can be done beyond asking you to leave agaim. But if you resist then sufficient force can be used, and if you show fight: you may be legally knocked down, your legs tied and your- self bundled on to the road. The - landlord may, however, play some ftricks on you. He can saw a bridge crossing a stream, so that you will get a ducking; he can dig a pit for you to fall into, and he can so fix the stile you are likely to cross that you will break it, and then he can have you up before the magistrate. 1f you don’t commit any damage, how- ever, you can trespass to your heart’s content. . An Architect’s Ruse, A story is told of Sir Christopher ‘Wren, the great English architect who built the town hall of Windsor, Eng- land. It appears that a fidgety mem- ber of the 'orporition insisted that the roof required further support and wished more pillars to be added. Vain- ly did Sir Christopher assure him that the supposed’ danger was imaginary. The alarm became infectious, and the great architect was finally worried into adding the: desired columns. Years rolled on, and in later times, ‘when architect and patrons had passed away, cleaning operations on the roof revealed the fact that the supposed additional supports did not touch the roof by a couple of inches, though this was imperceptible to the gazers be low. By this curious expedient did Sir Christopher pacify his critics while vindicating his own architectural skill to future generations. Small In'a Double Sense. “After all,” remarked Smithers, yawning, “it is a small world.” “It has to be,” snapped Smuthers, *“to match some of the people in it."— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Rl A Missing Leaf.. . That ordinary care which is taken by the Japanese in their very exact “flower arrangements” is illustrated by an incident related by Frederic S: Isham, the author. He was present at a demonstration in Kyoto of: the .art . of placing - flowers, leaves and branches together in an artistic man- mer. ' At one polnt a little maid ap- parently offended the “master” deeply. He spoke to her and ended by order- Ing ber to retire. She did so, prob- ably the most broken hearted girl in Kyoto, and the master proceeded to alter her work. The American, who had seen nothing wrong, ventured to ask what was the matter, whereupon he was informed that she had placed twelve leaves in a certain combina- tion instead of thirteen. Twelve, it seems, was the right number 200 years ago, but thought, study, medita- tion and prayer had led to the discov- ery that not twelve, but thirteen, was the ‘correct number for the -artistic effect of that particular arrangement. This may seem a trifling alteration, but it suggests Michelangelo’s retort, in which he pointed out the relation between trifles and perfection. A Business Suggestion. Bobby bad worn his mother’s pa- tlence to the limit. “You are a perfect little heathen!” she remarked. giving way at last. “Do you mean it?” demanded Bob- by. § “I do indeed.” said his mother. “Then. say, ma,” said Bobby, “why can’t 1 keep that 10 cents a week you gimme for the Sunday school collec- tion? I guess I'm as hard up as any of the rest of ’em.’—Harper's Weekly. All Sound. Fred—What do yvou think of my ar- gument? Will—Sound: most certainly sound. Fred—What else? Will—Noth- ing else; merely sound. Verifying His Statement. Old Mr. and Mrs. Smiley were giving their annual party, and Mr. Smiley was making his usual speech. “For forty years have my good wife and T traveled hand in hand down life’s thorny path,’ be said. “In all those years not one single harsh, hasty, un- kind word has passed our lips. Isn’t that true, mother?” “Mother” -had quietly fallen asleep on the sofa, and as he laid his hand caressingly on her shoulder she snorted defiantly and said sharply: “Get up yourself and light the fire, Sam. T lit it-last, and I'll see you far enough before I'll do it this morning, you— Oh, oh, I-I—why, I must have dropped off to sleep!” “And I think you'd better have stayed asleep, Lily,” hissed -Samuel into her ear.—London Tit-Bits. Some Welsh Words. Welsh is a marvelously expressive language. In a.souvenir guide to Car- narvon there is a‘list of Welsh rail- way stations with their English equiv- alents. Here are some of them: Aber- gwynfl, entrance to the place of bliss; Amlwch, a place of frequent expan- sion; Cefn Brynich, the back of the screaking hill; Dowlais, the voice of God, and Llanbister, the manure yard road.” There is also one station the name of which runs to fifty-eight let- ters. Its meaning is merely, “The fair church at the pool of the white seagull near the alder grove where the fodder for the oxen is stored in the red barn” And surely teetotalism ought to flourish in a country where beer is known as “ewrw.”—Pall Mall Gazette. His Vulgarity. Mrs. Finefeather—Are you taking your husband abroad this year? Mrs. Bonton—No. I decided last year when be insisted upon speaking of the Vene- tian gondolas as canalboats that the real charm of Europe is lost upon him, —St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ',-Cent-a-Word ‘Where cash accompanies copy we will publish all “Want Ads" for half- cent a word per insertion. “Where cash does not accompany copy the regular rate of one ceuta word will be charged. : EVERY HOME MAS A WANT AD For Rent--For Sale--Exchange --Help Wanted--Work Wanted --Etc.--Etc. HELP WANTED AN AP AT OUR AUCT'ON SALE MONDAY, October 16th we will have several cars good, heavy boned Dakota colts from ! to 4 years old, some good big nares; with colts and the regular run of draft, farm and gen- eral purpose horses. Will also have two c.rs’ good young- horses that must be so.d to settle an es- tate. South St. Paul Horse Co., Union Stock Yards, South St. Paul, Minn. D. D Brunson, Mgr. WANTED—For U. S. Army—Able- bodied unmarried men between ages of 18 and 35; citizens of the United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write the English language. For information ap- ply to Recruiting Officcr, 217 Tor- rey Building, Duluth, Minn. WANTED—Competent girl for house- work. Mrs. W. L. Brooks, 519 Be- midji Ave. FOR SALE Carload of Western HORSES Broke and unbroke Mares and Geldings weighing from 1000 to 1500 pounds. To be sold at Pogue’ s Barn Commencing Thurs- day, October 19, by LOUIS SIEFF Kellogg’s. able Kellogg way. Have Kellogg’s for delight the family. But you can be suze he remembered The crackling, filmy flakes are far too delicious to ever forget. A delightful taste of purest white corn flaked and then toasted in the inimit- morrow’s breakfast and to- FOR SALE—Portavie saw mill (com- plete) and 28 horse-power traction engine (good as new), at less than 1-3 cost price. Call or writa First National Bank, Bagley, Minn. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you on short notice: FOR SALE—Coal stove 17 in. fire pot, used only four months. In- quire 6f Ray F. Murphy, Phone 319. FOR SALE—Round Oak Heater. Mrs. Geo. Kirk, 1109 Lake Blvd. FOR RENT FOR RENT—Two furnished or un- furnished rooms to rent. 701 Mis- FOR RENT—Two unfurn Modern except heat. sota Ave. 320 Minne- front room fur- 511 3rd FOR RENT—One nished. Men preferred. st. LOST AND FOUND LOST—Saturday 2 $20 bills. Finder return to tiis office and receive liberal reward. LOST—Small Please return to for reward. white poodle 420 Minn. dog. Ave, MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISERS—The great state of North Dakota offers unlimited op~ portunities for business to classi- fied advertisers. The recognized advertising medium is the Fargo Daily and ‘Sunday Courier-N@ws, the only seven day paper in the state and the paper which carries the largest amount of classified advertising. 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BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand furniture. 0dd Fellows building, across from postoffice, phone 129, ‘WANTED—Work cooking for small crew by man and wife; experienced cooks. Address X Y Z, this office. WANTED—Washing to do at home. Address Y, care of Pioneer. T. BEAUDETTE Merchant Tailor Ladies' and Gents' Suits to Order. French Ory cl-mlyl;numl and Reparring a pecialty. 315 Beltrami Anl” S accepted. Cut all buttons off, * * “