Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 13, 1912, Page 3

| KNEW SOME- THING WouLp (Copyright) NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY. Open daily, except Sunday, 1 to 6 p m., 7to 9 p. m. Sunday. reading rooms only, 3 to € p. m. Road Accidents in Great Britain, | road accidents is noted in the United Kingdom. The total rose from 28,023 o s e e+ | i1 1909 t0 35,210 in 1911, of which mo- §!tor vehicles caused 20,226. Statistics for the London metropolitan area show William . Kigin) oo i injured three times as many as every leU RANcE | ome hupdred horse-drawn cabs. | Rentals, Bonds, Real Estate|| FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER and COUNTY CORONER First Mortgage Loans on City and Farm Property | 5 and 6, O’Leary-Bowser Bidg. || Phone 18. Bemidjl, Minn. Good Prospects for Panama. As an example of a money-making A marked increase in the number of enterprise the Suez canal is hard to beat. The company is restrained by its charter from making more than a certain percentage of profit, and one of the principal worries of the man- agement is to dispose of its surplus cash. With the best will in the world only so much can be spent in main- tenance and improvements and re- | duced rates generally mean an in- | creased income. That is what has happened now. By | the report read at the annual meeting | beld in Paris the other day it was shcwn that the company's revenues during the year which the report cov- ered aggregated $27,762,000, an in- crease over the preceding year of $886.000, and so to meet the emer- gency thus presented another reduc- tion of rates was ordered. In this instance the advance was the more notable because political troubles had interfered with the Chinese trade.— 405 Beltrami Ave. Bemidji,-Minn. | Philadelphia Inquirer. AFTER THE FAIR We Must Think of STOVES You should be looking up Stoves Now Universal Stoves and Ranges are - still the best and they are sold on an Absolute (&g IMPERIAL UNIVERSAL See Our Exhibit Of Universal Stoves, Perfection Oil Stoves, Big 3 Washing Machines and De- Laval Cream Separators at the Fair. Guarantee EVERY RANGE SUPERB UNIVERSAL Given Hardware Co. THE STOVE STORE 316-318 Minnesota Ave. Bemidji, Minnesota ¥HE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | | | Lange was the greatest base stealer of jeverything figured down to a nicety. | |bag if & left-field hitter is at bat and | itecond made him feared, any \lapedA COUNTY FAIR WEEK This store has made special preparation for the convenience of the visitor who comes here to attend the GREAT BASEvSTEALER i | | Veteran Fans Give Bill Lange Credit for Honor. | Californian Was Especially Clever in | Going From First to Second— | Had Big Advantage in His ! Tremencous Size. Beltrami County Fair Make this store your headquarters when you come to Bemidji. You will find that quality, service and courtesy predominate. The Big Ben Special | i Veteran fans will tell you that Bfll‘. all time. Bill was especially great in going from first to second. He had | It's one of the A, B, C's of the game ) that the second baseman covers the | the short-stop, if the batter is a not- | gble rightfield swatter. Every man | has his tendencies toward plugging | the ball a certain direction. i When Lange was on first he would | stand flat-footed off the sack a few | feet and watch the man who was ex- | pected to cover second. As a catcher | Is liable to throw wide or high the | expectant tagger always glances | around to see whether the center | felder is going to back him up. This | was the time Bill Lange started his l steal. He would have the opposition { off guard momentar: The short- | stop or second baseman, glancing over bis shoulder, would be delayed a trifle | end Bill would be coming down the Lne like a streak. His tremendous | size and force when he slid into | v, SO | bte had every advantage in favor. ‘ It was his selection of psychological | rioments in a game that made Bill | L e such a power in the sport. | e Kelly of “Slide, Kelly, Slide” | fame was perhaps the fastest starter ! cn stealing bases the game has deve- ! He could stand steck still and then develop top speed in a couple of steps. The advantage of this is cbvious. Kelly inaugurated many plays in baseball which are being used today. When Kelly and John Clarkson, the great pitcher of his time, were sold to Boston for $10,000 apiece they set the record for the highest price ever paid for ball players up to their time. There always has been a standing dispute whether King Kelly or Buck Ewing was the greatest catcher. It never will be decided satisfactorily. Ewing also contributed many new | ideas to the game. Tom Burns, one | iime manager of the Chicago Colts says it was Ewing who first rar more Big Ben alarms in a week than 1 sell dollar clocks 1n a month and I can sell them with positive knowledge that they’ll live up to all claims that I make for them. There’s a feeling of bigness and strength about them, a pe- culiar glow of brightness and cheer, that is strangely novel about an alarm clock. And their work doesn’t end with the morning call; they’re good, reliable timekeepers for all day use and they’re good looking enough for any sur- roundings. $2.50 BARKER'S DRUG & JEWELRY STORE Bemidji, Minnesota Bill Lange. into the diamond to get a thrown ball from the outfield when Kelly was| sliding home, and whipped it back to second, clearing the bases of run- ners. Ewing had it figured out in a flash that Kelly had eight chancesz out of ten in scoring because of his! terrific, twisting slide, and he took a | chance of retiring the runner at second. This play has come down to | our generation and is often used| when the man coming home cannot be retired. The Taste Tews' This space reserved by the Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co, For price of lots, terms etc., INQUIRE OF T. C. BAILEY, Eppa Rixey's relatives are opposed | to his playing baseball. | Ban Johnson is watching the minor leagues for good umpires. Marsans is said to be that one best | bet of the Reds this years. The, New York Americans have re leased Shortstop Martin to Rochester. Everybody is pulling for Walter Bemidji Johnson to beat Rube Marquard’'s re- *Ba : or write Bddie Summers is done. He has| ’ quit the Providence team and gone home. Joe McGinnity pitched three double- headers in the recent trip of the New- ark team. George Stovall says he would not trade Lefty Hamilton for Eddie Plank or Nap Rucker. Cleveland fans are howling because Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. 520 Capital Bank Bullding George Stovall is making good and 1sn’t doing so well 8T. PAUL MINNESOTA P R e —————————————————————T K { ' AN 1