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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1921)
«mAVTN l'.U*> DAILY IMHRIKK PAGE TUO BRANCH RICKEY TEACHING ROOKIE The War emphasized the reasons why all Americans should demand articles STARTI N G & LIGHTING MADE IN THE U. S. A Similar reasoning and the advertising of Oregon Merchants is teaching all Oregonians to use, articles Made in Oregon The same reasoning carried one step nearer home should cause all citizens of Josephine County to use when possible, « * Josephine Made Products Here are the products of one Josephine firm: Graham. Whole Wheat Flour. Cornmeal. Ryemeal. Health Bran, Cracked Wheat, Rolled Barley, Rolled Oats, Ground Corn, Cracked Corn. Chop Feeds. Scratch Feed. Egg Mash, Dairy Feed, Any Kind of Ground or Mixed Feeds. All made from Josephine Grown Grains when possible. JOSEPHINE COUNTY FLOUR MILL \ Manager Branch Hickey of the St. Louis Cardinals Is shown In graph teaching one of his rookies the proper way to slide Into a peppery leader did not overlook auy of the tine point* of the game his charges through their paces while In training camp at Orange, TELLS ABOUT ORIGIN OF "TEXAS LEAGUER” B ring - THE P ieces Tous V p |X\35 «/ MACHINE WORK You will find out the things we weld Like new parts have together held. If you meet with an accident *'*av* the piece«." A broken part need not necessarily be replaced with a new one. The chance* are that we can anneal and weld the fracture perfect ly thus saving you money, Ume and annoyance. We put the "rep" In re pair work. AMENT'S AUTO' REPAIR AND .MACHINE SHOP SKRV1CK CAR DAY OR NIGHT PHONES—Day 113-J; Night 232-Il RUMORED THAT HONUS WAGNER IS YEARNING TO RETURN TO GAME Honua Wagner Is among those inen- tloned by Promoter Lawsori of the new outlaw baseball league as a desirable prospect. When Wagner retired It wan said he bad gathered a fortune, hut now there are rumors that he Is yearning to get back into the game. Wagner did not quit until he was nearly forty-five years of ng*-, and even when he retired he could have had all sorts of Jobs In baseball, but be spurned all offers to manage clubs I d major and minor leagues and that sort of thing. The game was no side Issue, no sec ond consideration with him. He never tried to cash his reputation us a dia mond star In other lines of work or play as no many other famous play ers have done. Earned Hi* Salary. When he quit it was said he had made big money, but he made It all In his profession, and gave a dollar's worth of effort for every dollar be received In return, writes A) Spink In Chicago Post. He could have lidded thonsanda of dollars to his Income Imd he been willing to accept offers which were made to him by those who were eager to trade upon his prowess. A big clothing firm In Pittsburgh a few years ago approached Wagner with a proposition to pose as head of Its men's furnishing department during the winter months. “I'm no clothing man," was Bonus' reply. “I know absolutely nothing about the business. Pm a baseball man.” "You don't have to know anything about the clothing business to fill this punltlon,” he was told. "All we want Is for you to allow us to use your name In our advertisement«, and for you to stand about In the store for a few bourn each day." “Nothing doing," was Wagner's la conic comeback. "That would be tak ing money under false pretense«." Refused Stage Offer*. The Mg Dutchman In the heyday of his career had vaudeville offers galore, but he turned them all down. One manager offered him a huge sum to go upon the vaudeville stage with Larry I.aJole and Ty Cobb. Wagner's part In the skit was to swing a few times at a ball at each performance. He would not have been required to speak a word. It was "easy money" and I.aJole and Cobb were both eager to get the coin. Lajole was so deeply Interested In It that he made a special trip to Pitts burgh to *ee Wagnet*, but Honus re fused point-blank, and said he de sired no work of that sort, because he knew he couldn't earn what was paid him. That was Wagner's policy through life. He never hunted the limelight m»r nought the honors which came to him. lie devoted himself wlmlvlmurtedly and entirely to bale ball. not striving for any personal rec ord», but <1 ilng Illa best always for the club. Leader in Everything I luring hia w onderful career Wag ner wax at otie time or another the leader in the National league In vir tually every department of tin- glim««— batting, total have hlta, extra bus* hits, atolen banes, runs ami fielding. J. Doak Roberts Gives History of Expression. Disgusted Syracuse Pitcher Gave Vent to Exclamation When Throe Re cruit* Dropped Safeties Back of the Infield. "Texas leaguers," recruits or stars from the circuit of cities In the Luue Star state uuiklng up that association, have wrecked many ball games when they ¡tassed on to lhe major leagues, but the real "Texas leaguer,” the hit Itself, no matter from what state the player who delivered it came, has wrecked many more day by day. narrations of play have shown for year*. Every fan. from the lad at the knot hole to the tnan In the box seat, knows a "Texas leaguer.” when he sees It drop safely Just back of the In field and out of reach of the outfield ers. but few know the hl«tory of the expression. According to J. Ikiak Roberts, presi dent of the Texas league, and a man with a lifetime's experience In profes sional baseball, the expression origin ate«! in the early 00» when a disgusted Syracuse pitcher gave vent to ••Good Lord I Another of those Texan leaguers I" when Scrappy Bill Joyce, third In a row of three Texas league graduates dropped a short safety back of the Syracuse Infield, The story antedates even the ve- teran, Huberts, but this Is his versimi of It: ' Emmett ltogers. Scrappy Bill Joyce and Arthur Sunday, three famous players well remembered by all of the. old timers, were members of the 1880 team of the Houston club, managed by John .McCluskey. They were the first Texas leaguers ever sold to high er company, netting the sum of $4<X) as a total purchase price. •The trio were finished stars, past masters In the art of bunting and placing hits. The story gis-s that In their first game In bigger company they faced O'Brien of Syracuse. Kog ers placed a hit over the Intleld. nnd the Syracuse defense moved In, ex pecting Sunday to bunt. Instead Sun day chlp-shooted the ball and It drop|H-d Just out of the reach of the shortstop, who muld not get It back In time. "Joyce, too, was ex|iected to built, but he followed in Sunday's wake, dropping another short hit buck of third, scoring Kogers. "It was then that O'Brien voiced his disgust and coined a new term for baseball." 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 t 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 I 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 A * A 9 I 9 9 */ CHARLEY RIGLER ALL RIGHT AS AN UMPIRE Cinplre Charley Hlgler like« Ills Joke, tine night after Um plre hilly Evans had gone to bed. his telephone bell rang and Evans answered. Over the win he was told that a fan wan speaking and wished a decision on n piny to settle an argument It was an Involved question and Evans answered It at length and with much patience. Then the voice asked: “What kind <>f an umpire is Hlgler?" Evans began to get impatient. "A very good one; as good ax there Is." he answered shortly. •‘Thanks." came hack over the phorie. ‘'This Is Hlgler speak Ing. Now you can go hack to bed. Billy.” 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 f 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 ****** *»^ DUNN INSURES HIS INDIANS Owner of Champion Clevelgpd* Places Value of $100.000 on Winners * of World’» Title. Having won n world's rhamplonxlilp. the Indlens are more vnlunlde than a year ago. At any rate. Jim Dunn hns Insured them for iltsilksi Instead of $50,000, as he did last year. the photo base The In putting Tria*. AFTER FOUR SPORT LETTERS Pete Stinchcomb Bide Fair to Equal "Chic" Harley's Record at Ohio Institution. "Chic” Harley may have to share his honors as the only Ohio state ath lete to win letter* In four varsity ■port*, for Pete Stinchcomb. who last fnll wa* accord«*! a place on Camp's All-American. Is on tils trail A four-sport man In hl* Interecho- laatlc Ktincbcomh I»«« con<*rn* Are you Loaded for Bear? HERE wa* one • Hunter »hw l'ntl.u.l«.m el rreded hi. Caution. He u.ed hi. U»t U.rtrl.1«* I* Get ■ Deer Hut on th* W*y B*rk 1“ < *a«p. with hi« HIA* EJnpty. h* m*t ■ Bear! There *r* molori.t. who «t*rt onl with • better, that ha« no reaerve power. They pull lhe battery down with frequent .t*rt«. And when th«v mu.t h*v* one mor* •lari to evert an en»barra««in| engine-alell. the battery * Super«: “That’« *11 there U the«« uo't any mor*. T Th* Pre.i-OZ.ile fl*K*rv use« /•»» '*•» AuiUrediA of it> oo*wmr for a tioglo gie generator que Aly replec** iA«t »f Adams’ Electric & Battery Shop South Sixth Street Grants Pass, Ore. Quality Goes Clear Throutfi WHY NOT ? WHAT ? Get That Bargain! SPECIAL OFFER Now warming up, fishing is good—get a good economical, comfortable car and get your family out doors as much as possible the next seven months. Means better health for the family, longer life and plenty of fun. See me for details of the bargain. A. N. PARSONS ¿08 North Sixth Shed t SUNSET TO MIDNIGHT Stinchcomb. trated on varsity football thia year, lie Is pretty certain to annex n bas ketball letter and plans to turn his attention to baseball anil track thia spring. He was a good high and broad Jump er as well ns n ilnxh man In hla high school days, while on the diamond he ranks as a good fly chaser. INTERESTING SPORT NOTES It'« perfectly all right for a bowler to go out on strikes. • • • If the United State« win« the golf and polo cup* we'll be n monopoly. • • • Horeman* ha« gone deaf. Ill* can't hear lloppe'» 1.00»» point title match. • • • ftuaxia 1« the only country the Dempsey <'nrpentler match hasn't vl« Ited. • • • Stanley Nells, deposed bask et bn 11 captain of Princeton, baa quit the uni verxlty. • • The British open golf lourney will Rtiirt June 20, over the St. Andrew'« courue. • • Folks who cnll Johnny Wilson the "cheese champion" must be referring to strong cheese. • • • Walter lllgglns. Junior two-mlb* champion, Ims been elected tnuic rap tain nt Columbia. • • • The Dartmouth varsity Rwlmmlng team has been admitted to fho Inter- collegiate Swimming association. • • • George Pringle. Tietrolt, ha« been elected an executive committeeman I of the American Bowling congrea*. ELECTRIC SIGNS You quit selling goods at 6 o’clock (or thereabouts.) So do your clerks. But the relit does not quit. And your taxes do not quit. A ih I your insurance does not quit. Moreover the people tlo not go to betl at 6. Why not let an electric sign anti brightly lighted windows, illuminated with electricity, go on sell ing goods for you after 61 All through the evening in fact. Why not— The very people you want to reach—the purchasers —have no time to be on the street except even ings. That is the time they roam abttiit, looking, seeing, > formulating ami deciding on their purchases. People do not have to hunt up your electric sign. It hunts them up like a search light. It is seen from afar. It talks to folks all along the street. They do not have to decipher it, either. It burns its message into them quickly, pleasantly, deeply and surely. And mark you, they will I'cmembcr it, and you and your location, after they have gone home. Once more then, we ask, “llow about Sunset to Mid night’’— May we send our representative to help you decide 1 The California Oregon Power Company Phone 10H-.T 623 G Street, Grants Pass Fruit In the Morning. ' Pretty Irish Super .tition. Don't make ilo mlHtake of going An old Irish auperailllun «ays thnt It Is dangerous to sleep out of door* without finii in tn, morning. Most of In the month of May. for that la the ita don't linvc fruit enough nnd there time when the fairies tire most pow I- no Him- when It In mor«* beneficial erful anti on the watch to carry off llinn n« the firm course of breakfast th« handsome girls as fairy brides, Luting trult for breakfast I* largely the young mothers ns nurses for the n ninths of hnhh If yon got out of fulry hahlen, ami the handsome young •he hiihll of it you niron Hod no brrnk- men for husbands for the fairy prin foNt complete without Rome sort of fruit. cesses.
