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^ cr iE g B lg ^ ä g iie j ASEBALL By BILLY EVANS r, Big Laagu» U m p i r » a n d G e n a r a i M a n a g e r o f th e C le v e la n d In d i a n i Baseball has been very kind to me. I have enjoyed my work. I t has dove tailed w ith what I kidded myself Into terming my "lite ra ry ” efforts. I not only umpired, but also tried to be a spectator In every game that I have officiated. I wanted to get both slants. I t was my very good fortune to have been the umpire In some of the greatest games that have been played In the last 25 years in the Majors. I have picked out the high spots In these contests, the unusual happenings, the superlntlves o f baseball and Intend to dwell on them a t length In various articles. I umpired the first game W alter Johnson ever pitched. I marveled as be turned back the slugging Detroit Tigers In his league debut, using noth ing but a fast ball. T h a t was all he knew. H e boasted no curve, slow one or change of pace. Simply burning speed. Johnson In that game, as well as many others In the early part of his career, attempted to keep the oppo sition from hitting the ball by throw ing it so fast the batters couldn't see I t H e succeeded quite well. T h a t may sound like wild exagger ation, but It Isn’t. I can truthfully say that W a lte r Johnson Is the only pitcher who ever caused me to blink behind my heavy Iron mask. His speed in the early days was so great that every now and then, much to my disgust, I would find myself closing my eyes and calling them. T h a t’s a first time confession. However, It never caused any trou ble, as the batsman was doubly hand icapped when pitted against John son. H e not only had to follow the W a lte r Johnson. • flight o f the ball, but also hit I t E v ery now and then a fte r calling a strike on a batter with Johnson pitching, he would turn and say to m e: "W h a t was that last one, BIU, a fast one o r a c u rv e t’ Such a query usu ally brought a look o f Indignation from me. Then the batter would In variably reply: " I ’m not kidding or kicking. I real ly didn't see the last one and I was wondering w hether It was a fast one or curve." Having wrung such an admission of Ignorance from the batsman, I would proceed to tell him w hat I thought It was without any fea r o f contradiction. I f I happened to blink on the same ball and had no better idea of the pitch than the batter, I still had the edge. Charley 8treet first caught Johnson In the M ajors and Is regarded by W a l ter as the greatest catcher of all time. For practically three years he called for nothing but fast balls from Johnson. When opposing batters asked him where Johnson's curve was, he Invariably answered: “W hy use the hook when you boys can’t see the fast one?” The batters, fearful of Johnson's great speed, would have much pre ferred looking over Johnson's curve a fte r be acquired one. The curve ball, you know, Is not thrown with nearly se much speed. W hat are the superlatives of base ball as 1 have teen them In the M a jors over a score o f years? T he umpire, watching the different teams perform day In and day out, year a fte r year, sees many unusual things. I have officiated In more than 8,000 m ajor league games and more than 80 world series contests. I f touched briefly on the many events worthy of mention, I could fill a large- sized volume. I <8 kr Ike Bvll «radical«. In«,» Willie Munden Retires W illie Munden of Montreal, one of the best of modern riders, who had the leg up on 181 winners. Including Carlarls In the Coffroth handicap and T iju ana derby. In 1026. has announced his retirem ent because o f Increased weight. T he earns whch forced other crack Canadian to difficulties o f poundage the retirement of many Jockeys caused the little give up riding. Three London's literary bigwigs were be Grove Is Fastest Pitcher CZEJRNE A T W E L L B LU B , the able first baseman of the S t Louis Browns, who Is built like Red Grange and as dynamic on the diamond as the redhead was on the gridiron, sat In on a diacusaion of fast balls In the lobby o f the Montgomery hotel, West Palm Beach. “L e fty Grove unquestionably has the fastest ball o f any pitcher In the American league,” said Lu, who can speak with authority a fte r ten years o f facing the best boxmen in the circuit. “W alberg Is fast and so Is Earnshaw, among the right-handers, but neither has quite the sip th a t Grove can put on the ball. The ace of the A’a, In addition, has great control for a southpaw, W alberg has a better curve than Grove.” The subject turned to W a lte r Johnson, who probably had the fastest ball o f them all, “I batted against Johnson eight or nine years ago when I believe he still was faster than anyone In the league and faster even than Grove Is now,” said Blue. “But Cobb, Speaker and the fellows who had known him In his prime told me I should have seen Johnson when be was good. I f they were right. I'm glad I didn't have that to worry about. H e was too good for me when they said he was about through.” Lefty Grove. L ESTIMATED COST OF RAISING PULLETS SAID TO BE FROM ABERDEEN A professional actor was coaching a dram atic society. "You must Infuse more expression Into your voices,” he said. “W hy, I re member an actor who could so read a menu as to make his audience weep.” T here was a moment’s awed silence, and then one of the amateurs re m arked: "H e must have read the prices.”— Stary Stories. NOT WELL KNOWN ROGERS HORNSBY IS GREAT HITTER Alexander Gave Him First Hit Out of Sympathy. Rogers Hornsby Is a great hitter. He has been the Rajah o f the National league for years and led that organiza tion In batting often. Yet the first h it he ever got In the big show was given to him out of sheer sympathy. Alexander was the pitcher who handed that sympathetic sock to the Rajah. “This kid broke In against us In St. Louis,” said the Nebraskan, “and I was pitching when he did. ' The first couple of times he didn’t do anything. On his third trip up I said to K llle fe r: “ ‘Here's a kid breaking In, let’s hand him one.' ” •” AU right,’ said K1I, ‘go ahead.’ So I stuck one straight over and he h it a double. H e certainly gave me plenty of trouble a fte r t h a t But he wasn't my toughest. No, sir, the tough est gent I ever faced was Jimmy Arch er, the old Cubs’ catcher. I was his ‘cousin’ all rig h t “H e didn’t h it more than about 240, but he could hit me. I pitched them high and low, In and out, fast ball and curve, but be h it everything. When ever he saw roe getting ready to pitch he used to kick his heels In the a ir and laugh right In ray face. •1 finally aaid: ‘Darned If I ’m going to tire myself out trying to pitch to him.’ So I Just stuck It over and took a chance.” An Innovation has been introduced by the Chicago ( III.) publisher, John C. Baur, who sponsors the Review fu tu rity, and the nominators to the 19.30 colt fu tu rity w ill assent to racing the event of 1033 under the handicap sys tem. Heretofore it has happened that one or two colta have stood out over the other colta and have had easy sail ing to trim th eir fields. I t la now proposed to handicap the youngsters thnt have an edge on the others to point of speed, and the top colta or the ones that have shown superiority w ill be compelled to take so many feet or yards handicap, while the others w ill atari from the scratch. T he system w ill be used extensively thia season In classes arranged for the aged trotting horse division. Loyola university of Loa Angeles has Just Insured Tom Lleb against death or accident fo r »50,000. Thia, w ith Lleb's three-year contract at a re ported salary o f $12,000 a year, shows how highly Loyola values the services of its new football coach, who, less than a year ago, was drawing »5,500 as line coach at the University of W is consin. A Chicago w rite r thinks tennis la silly because "a 200 pound six-footer runs around screaming T w e n ty love,’ ” And yet. I f a fellow watches tennis long enough to know there Is no “T w enty love” In It, he often finds it attractive. Another sign o f Impending, If not actual middle age, la a growing dis position to postpone the baseball pen nant prophecy until August or there after. The first m ajor league bapehall club to Inaugurate spring training In the South was the Baltimore Oriole«, who went to Macon, Ga., In 1804, under the leadership of Ned Hanlon. Sport Mates Joe T in k e r w ill act as both coach and business manager of the Buffalo club. • • • Jack Quinn, forty-four-year-old Ath letic burler, expects to keep on pitch ing until he’s fifty. • • e T he Lehigh university five elected W arren H . "Buck” Schaub to captain the team next season. • • • T he Big Ten outdoor track cham pionships w ill be staged at N orthw est ern university May 23 and 24. • • • Judge Em il Fuchs, president of tha Braves, has arranged to have a band concert before every game this sea son. • • • Almost any possible solution of tha argument following the Sharkey-Scott fight would be agreeable, except fight ing It over. • « • H a rry Medline struck out 61 batters In four games while aiding the Elis abeth Center team to win the Junior baseball championship of Ontario. • • • Tom O’Rourke, famous boxing pro moter and manager, who is now In his seventy-fourth year, has been actively engaged In the ring game fo r 46 yean, • • • Recent big leaguers on the St. Paul roster Include W a lter Gerber, ex- Brown, and Benny Paschal, Wiley Moore and Johnny Grabowski, ex- Yanks. • • • T he Michigan School for the Blind has a football team that playa high school elevens under regular rules, ex cept for the fact that forward passes are barred. • • • Charley Moran, one of the National league umpires who officiated In the world series. Is considered among ths best Judges of hunting dogs In ths United States. • • • A1 Thomas, W h ite Sox pitcher, worked 25 complete games In the last part o f the American league season o f 1928 and the first part of 1929 sea son before he had to be taken out of the box. • • • Sign Language " It Is said that you are always ta lk ing politics.” “I fear,” rejoined Senator Sorghum, “that the habit is very strong.” "B ut you sometimes shake hands by the hour without saying a word." "V ery true. But In this great game, even shaking hands Is a sort o f sign language.”— Washington Star. N o t on Sight T h rifty Man— Why spend so much on clothes? Cheap ones are Just as good. I paid £3 fo r thia suit, and I guess I f I said I had paid £8 you would believe me." Friend (exam ining cloth)— Certain ly— I f you told me on the telephone.— Lustlge Sachse. Absence Makes L andlord Richer T he poet was famous, but the land lord was Irate. " I want my rent, * stated the latter, “and I want It today. I f I don’t get It, tomorrow people w ill be pointing out this house as the place where you once lived.” Much S a fe r G uide W ife— I am afraid our new house maid is dishonest Husband —Come now, dear, you should never Judge by appearances. W ife— I don’t I Judge by disappear ances.— Stray Stories. TO STOP HER The American Athletic union has 25 district associations throughout the Vnlted States. The Metropolitan Dis tric t association, embracing New York city and vicinity, is the largest with 206 member clubs. • • • A freshman who never played bas ketball before this season Is the only rookie sure to advance to the U n lve r slty of M aryland squad next winter. He Is Ed Melvin, described as 6 feet, a clever shot, natural guard and a heads-up player. Lundgren Gets Ready Teacher— “W hy should we put a full stop a fte r the sentence, T h e woman said she was going a fte r him w ith a stick’?“ Pupil— "W hy— e r— to keep her from going too fa r.” Truth la Ads T never smoke no cigarettes." Ths famous player said: But they had him on ths signboards Recommending Shanghai Redo. Poeiticac A lterad H a ttie —Oh, Evelyn, did be propos« last night? T e ll me what It was lib e l Evelyn—Oh, It was very simple When he began he was on hla knees, and when be finished I wee on them Coach Carl Lundgren o f tha Illinois university baseball team has his men In good shape to start on the annual southern training trip . A winner 1» looked for this veasoiv Ponltrym en should have available from »1 to »1-50 to spend for every pullet they plan to raise, declares Charles N . Keen, assistant professor of poultry a t the Colorado Agricul tu ral college. ‘T o bring Into production a dual purpose pullet—one wblcb may be utilized for meat or egg production— about seven months’ tim e and 30 pounds o f feed are required,” M r. Keen says. ‘T o bring into production a pullet of tbe Leghorn type, about five and one-half months’ tim e and 24 pounds o f feed are necessary.” O ther Interesting figures which have been compiled from authoritative sources, but which are of course aver age figures, are given by M r. Keen, who believes they w ill be of special Interest now that the new chick sea son is beginning. I t la emphasised that good management In most cases should produce better than average results. Since It generally takes about two eggs to get one husky chick, and since □early three chicks must be batched to get one good p u lle t it has been es timated that It really requires about six eggs to obtain one good p u lle t Several good authorities declare that It costa about ten cents to produce a chick. A six-year-old Rhode Island Red should weigh about three-fourths of a pound. A six-week-old Single Comb W hite Leghorn should weigh about seven-tenths o f a pound. A Rhode Island Red should weigh two pounds at about eleven weeks of age and should hnve consumed about 7.2 pounds o f feed. A Single Comb W hite Leghorn should weigh one and one-half pounds at about ten weeks of age and should have consumed 6.» pounds o f feed. Sanitary Management Is Baby Chick Need I f the baby chicks are to keep theli health and grow vigorously, we must practice proper sanitary management We nust keep the house clean, the ground clean, and the feed that is given them must be clean and whole some. The feeding utensils and d rink ing fountains must be kept as clean as possible. I t is a good Idea to al ways keep a good disinfectant on hand, and every tim e the house Is cleaned to use a solution of the disinfectant T he house should be cleaned out at least once each week and disinfected whenever necessary. I t should be dis infected thoroughly a fte r each brood is placed on range, to guard against any contagious diseases. Hard-Boiled Eggs Safe Food for Baby Chicks I t la common practice to feed tha In fe rtile eggs tested out from the In cubator to baby chicks. In so doing It Incurs the danger o f Infecting the chicks w ith pullorum disease (fo r merly called bacillary w hite diarrhea). Where eggs form a p art o f the chick’s diet they should be boiled for at least five minutes and preferably longer This boiling w ill destroy tbe germ of the dreaded chick disease, and then It la a perfectly safe and good prac tice to feed the boiled eggs to baby chicks. One should not run the risk o f Infecting the brood by feeding the raw eggs. Feed for Poults A F rie n d ly W ord Jasper— I haven't a good word tot that feller Jim. Dexter— W ell, they ain ’t much good said about him. But I ’ll say one good thing about Jim. he wasn’t always a» mean ns he was sometimes. Outfielder 8pencer H arris, who got hla first m ajor league tryout with the Philadelphia Athletics back In 1881, haa been reclaimed by Connie Mack from the Detroit Tigers on waivers. H arris batted .340 for the Minneapolis A. A. d u b last season. He haa had three major league trials, but la only twenty-nine. U col Y m , Sirl With family spats Confined to ths feat Married lift Will be complete. Bill F le m has completed his twenty- fifth year as a National league um pire and has officiated In 14 world se ries. He claims to have worked In baseball games In everyone of the states. • • • Tennla was evolved from a game In troduced to sportsmen o f Nahant. Mass., In 1878. called aphlrlatlke, which two young men had learned from a British officer who had adapted It from a medieval French game. J. T. “Jim m y" Sheckard, famous member of the Chicago Cube of an»th- er decade, «rill pilot the Franklin and Marshall college nine through a stren unua schedule this spring. Sheckard. regarded hy many critics ea the greatest left-fielder of all times. Io»« no tim e In calling his first prac “ B ill knows his onions, all right." “Yes; but doesn’t know ’em well enough not to eat 'em." Seven Months’ Time and 30 Pounds of Feed. L ittla turkeys should not be fed for the first day or two, as they are absorbing the yolk of tbe egg from which they came and this Is what na ture Intended that they should g e t A fte r tw o days they may be fed chopped hard-boiled egg and corn bread crumbs fo r the first week, or soaked stale bread In m ilk and squeezed dry. When they begin to get get nut on the range, they may he fed morning and night only, as they get much from the range. Young Duck Ration A widely recommended ration that has been extensively used by duck raisers, la as follow s: Aa a atarting ration a mash made up of equal parts of rolled oats and dried bread la fed. It la found desirable to add a small quantity o f sand, one p art to twenty parts o f the mash, and moistened. As much as the docks «rill clean up rend lly la fed five o r six times dally. A ft e r the ducks are six days old equal porta o f bran, yellow corn meal, rolled oata and dry bread can be fed. Foggy E i m m Geese M ate in Pairs “I'm sorry Reggie'« io late In bring Geesa generally mate In pair*, ing me home, mother. T here was a though a young gander w ill some dense fog, and hla ear was held sp." times mats w ith more than one goose “Why, It’s a clear, moonlight night, l-ater he w ill usually pick a favorite. child I” When mature the easiest way to tell “So It la I must have been think a gander la to listen to the voice. A Ing of some other night I"— Hum orist gander haa a voice which la a cross het ween a whistle and whisper. A Ho Wee W illi.« young male hatched In Jane has an Judge— Too attacked thia man an excellent chance, but I f be la kept the street. Can you deny It? in a pew w ith a lot o f other birds of Accused— Yen, I ean. Tour Honor, It different ages he probably w ill net you think It w ill help ase any. ba ready by February. ing discussed. “George Bernard Shaw,” said a publisher, "treated me to a vegeta ria n luncheon and told me w ith some pride during the carrot course th a t his ‘Back to M ethuselah’ was ths longest play th a t had ever been w rit ten. "H e said that W ells’ ‘Cllasold’ was the longest novel aver w ritten , and th a t Arnold Bennett was going to do an u p lift book that would be the longest of Its kind tw ice over. T h e n Shaw wound up w ith a Quickly matches your complexion and krtnm m a tha sweat charm that o m v woman haa. laugh: “ ‘In fact, we three have now es tablished our claim to being the w orld’s leading dry goods mer chants.*” W H E N I T L O O K S D A R K to any weak, nervous or ailing woman, Dr. Pierce*» Favorite P r e s c r ip tio n comes to her aid. Women in walk of life say D r. 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BAYER A S P IR IN N atio n ’s G old Production T h e production o f gold In the U n it ed States which averaged about »92,- 740,000 fo r the eight years up to 1913, has steadily declined u ntil in 1928 I t was only »46,165,000, repre senting practically a 50 per cent de crease. FLO RESTO N S H A M P O O — H eal t e tm e to connection w ith P a rk w 'c IIa irB X le a m . Makes th e h a ir soft hod fin ffy. BO eauts bar m ail o r a t dtam - «lets. Hiecex ChaodceJ Works, Pakchocoe,N?x. W . N. U , P O R T L A N D , NO. 14-1030. A R a re Case Blinks— B ill’s w ife has the utmost confidence In him, hasn’t she? Jinks— Say, she even lets trim buy his hats and suits w ithout going along to do the choosing fo r him. The new telescope at Pasadena, You don’t have to speak; but you Calif., will have 4 lens 16 2-3 feet la diameter. have to hear. Bride Tells Her Secret OR a young bride of twenty- to lose her vitality and pep T one is disastrous, almost a sacrilege,” George E. 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