Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 2, 1912, Page 8

- i | | | | | i FORMULA BY SCHULTE Confidence is Secret of Knocking Out Home Runs. ¥ If a Ball is Judged Correctly and Hit 8quarely on the Nose With a Free Swing It Will Easily Sall Over the Fence, “Confidence! That single word lets you in on the secret of knocking home runs in the major leagues,” says Frank Bchulte of the Cubs. “When baseball tans wondered at the number of four- baggers I hit out last season and asked me for the key to the mystery I al- ways gave them that answer. “One ‘instance will illustrate the whole story. Mathewson is justly re- gparded as one of the hardest pitchers to hit the game has ever developed. Yet Joe Tinker can solve his deliv- ery as easily as if the great Giant pitcher were a bush leaguer. For Joe Goes up to bat with one thought, ‘I can hit that fellow,” and he does. I bave often heard it sald that Mathew- son would rather face an entire team of sluggers than Joe Tinker by his lonesome. It’s confidence that makes Tinker win so many games for the Cubs from Mathewson. I know I hav- en’t the confidence against Matty that Tinker has, and I don’t hit him well. “It’s not so difficult to score homers ag many ybelieve. It's mighty hard to tell just how I do it. But after I have rapped one out I know that I have not swung at the ball as hard as I did a few Innings before, perhaps, when it went only as far as the shortstop. It you judge the ball correctly, hit it right on the nose with a free swing, not too hard, and raise it up, you stand an excellent chance of making a aircuit of the bases. The hardest hit balls generally go on a line to the in- flelders or outfielders. But the long, tall flies are the boys that clear the fence. “I can’t tell how I had such a year for making home runs last season un- less it's because I didn’t try to get 1 \ Frank Schulte. them. If you stand at bat and don’t pull all your strength into your swing it’s amazing to see how many get past the infielders. . I've made a lot of ex- tra base hits that might have: been four-basers if I had hustled a little more at the start. Because sometimes | the fielder fiddles around with the ball | when he gets it in his hand, giving you a chance to get all the way home on a ball that doesn’t go over the fence. “The longest ball I hit last year was et the Chicago park against Pitcher Ames of New York. I didn’t put any more muscle into the drive than I do In some grounders which are easily fielded by the infielders. But I judged the ball was going to be an out curve, and I walloped it right on the heart. It not only cleared the high bleacher board, but would have gone a hundred leet farther if a building hadn’t stopped it.” Baseball Season Promising. Thomas J. Lynch, president of the National league, is suitably optimistic regarding the baseball season. “It will be a close, hard fought race,” he says in a statement given out, adding: “Every club in the league is stronger this year than last, Bome of the second division clubs are so much stronger that I look to see them in the first division for the great- or part of the new season. The pen- pant race will be a sustained and hard fought battle, holding the interest of the fans until the final days of the sea-: pon. I predict the most successful sea- THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER STAR FILLS BIG GAP Baseman Aids St. Louis. 8tovall's Presence Expected to Inspird Other Players With Confidenoe to Make Them 20 Per Cent. Better In Flelding. Ask any member of the Browns ta give one reason why Wallace’s club should not finish last and he will an. swer: “Stovall.” Not that the Browns figure Stovall, single-handed, will lead the club out of the depths of the sub-cellar, but the players to a man believe that the pres- ence of Stovall on first will give each member of the infield sufficient confl, dence to make him a 20 per cent bets ter ball player. Since Tom Jones was traded to De- troit for Claude Rossman there has been a big hole around the imitial sack at Sportsman’s Park. The play- ers have had no one to “throw to.” True, there has been no less than twenty men tried out at first, but they all failed, and many of them were so putrid that the Browns’ infielders lost confidence. Such is not the case this season. Stovall is a great fielder, and his pres- ence will inspire Laporte, Hallinan and Austin with sufficient confidence to make them much better players. “I heaved a sigh of relief when I heard Stovall was’to join our club,” deelares Jimmy Austin. “It’s so en- couraging to know that we have a real first baseman after having had so many goats dancing around that bag. “Why, do you know I have seen game after game lost when the play- ers were afraid to take any chances with their throws because of crude work of whatever particular man we happened to have on first. “We had so many of them that fre. quently I didn’t know who the first baseman was. Then in a close game: it often happened that a fast'man hit & slow one to me. I had te rush in, First Baseman Stovail, glove the pill, steady myself and shoot as straight as T could or else the first] baseman would let it roll to the fence, “I didn’t have confidence in the man’ at first .and consequently ‘my work: suffered. - This year I know what Sto: *vall can'do. I can take more chances with' my throws, I have more confi: dence, and consequently more dash; and I'li head off a lot of fast men whe last year got hits on slow grounders: towards third. “There’s nothing so good to a ball club as one man’s confidence in the others’ ability. If you know the man on first or second or third is playing the game all the time, you ‘can take more chances, throw faster and work with that recklessness which wins ball games. I think we'll win a lot of games this season with Stovall, not because he's a goot hitter and a good flelder, but because the other infield- Reliable and Experienced ;"* quence.” Paddy Livingston Nervous. Paddy Livingston shudders when he thinks how close he came to miss- Ing a share of the proceeds of two. world’s series. When a telegram came from Connie Mack in the spring of 1909, offering Paddy a job at & good | salary, Paddy’s wife was on the verge pt tearing it up. Needless to say, she {s slad now that the telegram wasn't fdestroyed. Five Hits In a Game. Olson of the Naps was the firsf jon in baseball history.” this’ season. ers have confidence in him and their ||| game will be better as a conse- | Fashions in Canes. 'The manager of a cane and umbrel- la department in a large New York concern was surprised at the ques- tion: “Is there such a thing as fash fon in canes?’ Of course there is. The straight canes, with knob handles of all shapes and made of all mate- rials, were, 8o he said, “all the rage” a few years ago. Conservative men wore simple canes, but a miniature bandmaster's baton was easily dis- posed of. Then came the thin switch ‘cane, and a few years ago nothing sold better than canes with straight handles. Today everything wants a crook handle cane, and there is a good reason for the style. In crowded sub- way and elevated trafis and surface cars where a man must hold to a strap and has only one hand left for cane and paper, the crook handle comes very handy. It hangs at the pocket or.over the arm and its shape is grace- ful’and sensible. It will not be ‘dis- Dlaced as the leader In many years. Parisiennes Learn to Box. The falr Parisian has taken up a pew pursuit. Boxing among women is becoming fashionable in the French tapital. Several well- known society women who belong to fencing clubs have introduced teachers of the manly art, and are becoming experts in the use of their fists. T —— Beautlful Hands, A perfect hand, according to the long-established rule based upon the Greek sculptured ideal figures, should mmeasure seven inches from wrist to the end of the secoud finger, but by the same criterion a hand which is classic in its shape and i8 in true pro- portion to the rest of the figure may be also given the palm of perfection. However, the painter or sculptor work- ing to produce an “ldeal” figure, with a model whose hand was other than seven inches, however true in pro- portion and form, would probably so kcale the whole figure as to bring the hand to the highest sought measure- ment of perfection, Arching of the Chil- to-Wear y CGarments Exclusively. and Women'’s dren’s Read Everything Ready-to-Wear Mid Season Glearance Sale- These last few days inspire renewed vim and vigor and spurs us on to still greater efforts. Odd and Short Lines, Small Quantities, and Many which for Reasons consistent with Cood Complete Merchandising. The Reason for such Unusually Low Repricing of Thoroughly Cood Desirable Merchandise is found in Established Closely Adhered to Policy of This Store to keep all Stocks Free from Incomplete Assort- ments and to Close Out All Lines Before the End of the Season of Assortments, which they were Purchased. Special Suits at $9.95 A heavy selling results : i 1n a general regroup- ing of all suits that ; are left. prices on all remain- ‘I Y ing suits. that we have left must ‘ be sold at once. tailored suits of serge and English mixtures now selling at $8.95 also a few better ones at '$12.50, $15.50, and up to $27.50. Silk Kimonas The past week’s Special reduced These few Beautifully hand In Belted and Empire style in'wash $18.00 Kimonas........... $15.00 TS $12.00° e T $6.00 i $3.00 “ $2.25 and $2.75 Kimonas Women’s Silk Lisle Onyx Hose Four thread heel and toe, with four- inch garter top, regular 50c values, | 38e per pair, 3 pairs ‘ for . priced from $2.50 1.85 ( $1.00 this event at.. Girl's Wash Dresses Made of fine French ginghams and madras, trimmed with fine em- broideries and insertions, regularly sale at Ome Third OFF. Extraordinary - Offering In ' CGhiffon Covered Silk Walists, Regular $5.00 to $6.75 values, specially priced for $2 95 *eescscsase L} 34 to Special price ...... Serge Dresses An elaborate showing of fine serge dresses, all of which are on sale at special clearance prices. $15.00 Dresses, $10.50 $18.00 and $20 00 Dresses, $13.50 $22.50 and $25.00 Dresses, $18.50 Special to $10.00, now on The Savings in this =Sale are from 20 to 60 per cent for you NEW 1912(25 Per Cent White lingerie and tailored waists of fine|On all Women’s and b‘atlste, e'fi'ec- Children’s fine under- tively combined ] x 7 with cluny lace muslins, This sale and embroidery | includes our entire in all styles|stock of fine white : and sizes from 44 98¢ New Spring Goats Handsome novelty and fine plain tailored.coats at our special clear- ance prices. $15.00 Coats now......... $10.50 $25.00 and $28.00 Coats 25 Per Gent. Reduction On all infant's wear, such as white and colored wash dresses, rompers, straw and wash bonnets, nighten- gales, crib blankets, bibs, bands, and in fact everything for a com- plete infant’s wardrobe. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912, nails adds to the beauty of the Bands, and this arching should increase from the index finger to the little finger, and the nails should be narrow and lengthwise straight. Dally Work of the Bee. How much work is done dafly by each bee in order to make up his quota for the building of the hive? An agriculturalist who has made a study of bees estimates that each bee sips more than 600 flowers per load, and as he makes 20 trips to and from the hive daily he visits 12,000 flowers— Harper's Weekly. peip -84) 9y} 40j S403333IN0 | ! “aelppolL o13317 pue juBjujl Reduction undergarments in all manner of styles from simple to elaborate skirts, gowns, princess slips, combinations, etc. R, SPEGIAL $3.50 and $4.00 gie]:‘ticoats ...... $2l35 Reductions on Al S All $19.60 player to register five hits in a gam¢| i [~ B %E‘ : I silk, Crepes, etc. i | Remember---Nothing Offered that is Not Up to to the T. J. 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