The Headlight (Carmen, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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THE HEADLIGHT CARMEN OKLAHOMA
EXPENSE OF BASEBALL
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Larry Chappell of the Chicago White Sox
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Bis league baseball scouts are be-
wailing tbe scarcity of ellglbles for
future greatness They have beat-
en tbe "bush” from Canada to Cuba
and from Maine to California and
while here and there a man worthy
of a trial has been spotted in al
most every instance It has been found
that the object of their admiration is
eewed up tight by some rival club for
later delivery The chief complaint
of the scouts is of a scarcity of prom-
ising young pitchers
Can it be that the scouts combed
the field so thoroughly last year that
they themselves are responsible for
the conditions they bemoan T Taking
a look over tbe youngsters now ca-
vorting on major league diamonds we
find evidence in abundance to indi-
cate that such is the Btate of affairs
Many youthful players have bobbed
up into the spotlight of stardom since
the 1913 season got under way more
than for a number of seasons back
An even dozen youngsters have shot
forth this year as real masters of
the mound — seven in the t American
league and five in the national Twelve
debutante twlrlers who alrpady rank
close to the best of the veterans In
Ban Johnson’B circuit Boehling and
Engel of Washington Russell of the
White Sox Houck and Brown of the
Athletics Keating of the Yankees and
Leverenz of the Browns' have made
good right off the reel while Tom
Lynch’s organization boasts Demaree
of the Giants Mayer of the Phillies
Rudolph and James of the Braves and
Chief Johnson of the Reds '
Unless the expensive Larry Chap-
pell fulfills expectations the Ameri-
can league will not be able to boast
a single star inflelder though the Na-
tional glories in the possession of
three in Stengel of Brooklyn Burns
of New York and Kommers of Pitts-
burgh The older organization has also been
more fortunate in developing star In-
fielders Viox of the Pirates Cutshaw
of Brooklyn and Groh of the Reds are
crack second basemen Maranville of
Boston is a shortstop of the first cali-
ber MyerB of the same team is
playing a fine game for the Braves at
third Lavan of the Browns and Peck-
inpaugh of the Yankees are the best
of tbe new generation of American
league infield talent Catchers Gos-
sett a Yankee and Howley a mem-
ber of Connie Mack's tribe also looks
like the real classy goods and are
snaking good
WAS MOST POPULAR PLAYER
Jiggs Donahue Was Developed as
First Baseman While Playing With
Duffy at Milwaukee
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When Jiggs Donahue passed away
at Columbus one of the most popular
players ever connected with a Dayton
ball club expired writes Jerry in the
Dayton News Donahue was a mem-
ber of the Old Soldiers in the days
of the Interstate league helping Bill
Armour bring pennants to this city
He was sold to Pittsburgh and after-
wards drifted to St Louis Minneapo-
lis and Milwaukee being sold by the
last-named club to the Chicago White
Sox where he gained his greatest
fame In this city in fact until he
was sent to Milwaukee Jiggs was a
catcher but being a left-handed
thrower he was unable to make good
behind the bat in the big league and
It was Hughie Duffy at Milwaukee
who conceived the idea of making a
first-sacker out of the hustling ball
player The former received made
good off the reel and it was only a
matter of months until he was a star
at his new position In 1906 his re-
markable fielding daring work on the
bases bitting in the pinches and win-
ning spirit were big factors in tbe
success of the Chicago White Sox in
landing the American league pen-
nant In the series for the world’s
championship which followed Don-
ahue has always been given credit
for being the man that put the fight
In the Sox and enabled them to win
four out of six games from the be-lleved-to-be
unbeatable Cubs After
this series Charley Comiakey himself
a first baseman of remarkable ability
stated that Donahue was the "greatest
first baseman of all time”
It was not only his sterling worth
as a ball player that gained Donahue
his great popularity with the fans in
every city in which be played Dona-
hue was one of those fellows who
make friends 'with everyone they
meet Always cheerful able to take
the applause of the fans on and off
the field without exhibiting conceit
he had his admirers by tbe thou-
sands and it is not only in Dayton
the fans are grieving over the un-
timely end of this one-time hero of
the diamond
"Hot City” Teams Can't Win
The teams in "the two hot cities”
as be calls them have practically- no
chance to win pennants in the big
leagues said Connie Mack of the Ath-
letics "A ball team at Washington or Bt
Louis will have to be 20 per cent
stronger than any of its rivals to fin-
ish on top” he declared “The heat
and hunrildity rob the players of their
vitality I caught in Washington three
seasons and know St Louis is near-
ly as bad
"Even when the Athletics play a
brief series in those towns they leave
with less life than when they entered
them”
President of Cleveland Club Details
Cost of Running Team and Says
Game Has Not Improved to
Any Extent Recently
"Few of the major league clubs-
will show a dollar profit this year”
remarked President Charles Somers
of the Cleveland club recently "The
fixed expenses are too great and with
the modern plants to take ' care of
only winners have a chance
"It takes $1000 a day fain or shine
to run a first-class major league club
at the present time while one-half of
this amount would run a club in tbe
American league ten years ago I
doubt if tbe article of baseball is as
good as it was at that time and the
only Improvement that I can notice
is in conducting the game
“Ten thousand dollars was paid
for the release of ball players 25
years ago but they were not crude
minor league players with only a
fair cbance to make good They were
tbe best In the business and tbe
brand of player that would bring
$40000 at the present time However
high-priced stars are not on the mar-
ket for tbe club owners know that it
would be a sure suicide to dispose of
a first-class man for cash
"Champion teams often break up
in a year or two and unless well ban-
died become a plaything as players
go to the bad when they lose tbeir
ambition
“Chicago is the only western city
that can live without Sunday ball and
this helps tbe ' eastern clubs when
playing in the west The western
clubs are well handled from a busi-
ness standpoint and ' all have fine
plants and Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
can boast of baseball parks tbe equal
of any in tbe country while the SL
Lou 1b owners will build a new one
this winter The one magnate to let
well enough alone is the little “shau-
neen” of Chicago In this way he
has tbe game beat and is not worry-
ing about increased expenses
"The minor leagues are growing
stronger financially each season and
they are satisfied with modest ball
parks It does not take a national
bank to run clubs minus a small army
of officers with nothing to do but look
wise and draw down fat salaries - I
know of league clubs who pay tbeir
officers more salary tban it took to
run the league twenty years ago
"The players are tbe only winners
whether tbe club makes good or not
Attendance at tbe games bothers them
but little and they travel better tban
grand opera singers As a rule tbe
boys are well behaved - and would
rather talk of farming fishing or
bunting than baseball They have no
interest in tbe history of the game
or tbe great work of tbe builders up
of plays invented by men long since
dead Tbere has been nothing new
in baseball in the last twenty years
“Ninety-nine per cent of tbe present-day
players are simply Imitators
with never a thought of anything
new until the game has grown me-
chanical The club owners cold and
businesslike lack tbe enthusiasm of
the old stockholder”
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While talking of the real finds of the
season what’s the matter with Pitch-
er Dauss of the Detroit Tigers?
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Cleveland has a new pitcher from
Maysville of the Ohio State league
Dashner by name He is a left-hander
Detroit asked waivers on Loudon
with the intention of sending him to
Providence but tbe Yankees blocked
the transfer
Joe Willis Is pitching good enough
ball for Indianapolis to make up for
all tbe lemons that the Cardinals sent
Kelley before Joe came
Chick Gandil is thinking of going to
Cuba next winter with Calvo and Acos-
ta to play ball with tbe Fe team
which consists largely of Americans
It is a remarkable coincidence that
three catchers of the caliher of Ag-
new Schalk and Schang should arrive
in the American league all in the same
year
Latest New York dispatches are to
the effect that Manager Chance and
outfielder Cree do not hitch very well
and that Cree’s days on the New York
team are numbered
Gonzalez the Cuban catcher whom
Tinker thinks of trying out and bold-
ing for next season is as tall as Larry
McLean but very slender He is a
good thrower and batter
1 Joe Boehling the sensational Wash-
ington youngster was developed by
Jesse Burkett who bad him pitching
for bis Worcester club last year
Boehling twirled in 22 games winning
14 and losing 8 I
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MyerS tbe elongated first sacker is
proving to be a valuable man for the
Boston club The big fellovfr covers an
acre of ground around the initial sack
getting all kinds of throws many of
which would get by a man of ordinary
height In addition to this be is prov
ing a good sticker and a fast bast-runner
When completed the new plant of
the Calumet Baking Powder Company
now under course of construction at
South 41st - avenue and Fillmore
street will prove a fitting monument
to the ability honesty and progres-
siveness which have rendered possi-
ble the tremendous growth of -one of
Chicago’s most prominent- industrial
Institutions
This immense plant the estimated
cost of which is $250000 is a strictly
modern five-story and basement fire
proof re-enforced concrete building
Size 260x100 feet - One of the novel
and interesting features of this the
largest and most efficiently equipped
Baking Powder plant in existence
will be a cantilever shipping platform
projecting over to a switch track on
a level with the second floor
Automatic machinery modern " ap-
pliances and passenger and freight
elevators of the latest type will be
installed and employed in manufac-
turing and handling the company’s
product ' K
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mum - amount of glass area and the
highest degree of sanitation have
been ohrefully and scientifically pre-
pared Spacious and splendidly ap-
pointed rest rooms are provided for
employes
One entire floor will be devoted to
laboratory and - research equipment
The installation of a modern bakery
for experiment purposes Insures the
maintenance of the high standard of
excellence for which Calumet Baking
Powder Is famed
The Calumet Baking Powder Com-
pany was organized a quarter of a
century ago by Mr Wm M Wright
The company first began the manu-
facture of baking powder in a com-
paratively small way with limited -capital
Modern methods combined
with high grade materials and an un-
wavering determination to produce -an
article of superior quality have
created a demand which necessitated
the erection of the new Calumet plant
— have made the Calumet Company a
substantial factor in the industrial
life of Chicago and won for it a pat-
ronage which is a benefit and a cred-
it to the city — Adv
Its State
"Don’t you think the ideal of an In-
dian opera is original?”
"I should call it aboriginal”
MrtWinslowva Soothing? Syrup for Children
teething? softens the gums reduces Inflamma-
tion allayf paincnres wind coilc25o a bottleJS
Would Make It Right
He was an ardent lover an Irish
lover and a practical penniless lover
It was St Patrick’s eve and in his
hand he bore a pot of real Irish sham-
rock “They were raised on the oul sod’’
he said as he presented tbe pot to
Biddy "raised on tbe ould sod of Ire-
land” “Sure now Murphy” cried his lady
in delight “how really sweet of ye
How perfect they are and how fresh
Sure I do believe that there’s a lit-
tle dew on ’em yet”
Murpby flushed slightly "Begorra
I know there is” reluctantly con-
fessed Murphy "but praise heaven
it’ll be paid tomorrow”
Her Brother’s Voice
Little Faith was possessed of a
most friendly disposition but bad not
yet reached the age where she could
understand tbe silence tbat may wrap
Itself around a wordless intimacy In
fact she demanded speech frequent
and loving
One night her brother was studying
tnost assidulously his arithmetic les-
sen and after calling to him several
times without receiving an answer
she appealed to her father
"George is busy” said father
"I know” replied Faith "but he
might at least have said “Shut up ”
THE CROPS IN
WESTERN CANADA
Optimism Throughout the Prov-
inces of Manitoba Sas-
katchewan and Alberta
' During the present summer a num-
ber of important delegations have vis-
ited the Canadian West for tbe pur-
pose of securing information as to
the crop conditions and the conditions
of business generally For some
montbs the financial stress was felt
throughout the Provinces of Manitoba
Saskatchewan Alberta and British Co-
lumbia as well as in other portions of
the country- With a development tak-
ing place tbere such as has never
beforb been known it was to be
The quality o t Western Canada
wheat is recognized everywhere
The latest census returns show bat
In tbe Province of Manitoba which -stands
out as one of great wealth and
wonderful opportunity the land area
under wheat increased from 1965200 ’
acres in 1900 to 2760471 acres in 1910
being an increase of 4046 per 'cent in
the decade The wheat area of 1911
is greater than that of 19HT by 334461
acres There are increases in the area
of production of all cereals for 1910
over 1900 excelling peas and mixed
grains
Of cerealB grown in 1910 the largest -gross
monetary return per acre was
given by peas with $2051 foUowed by -beans
with $1637 fall wheat with
$1567 corn for husking with $12 ”'3
flax ‘ $1115 buckwheat $1106 spring
wheat $1034 The smaUest returns
were obtained from oats rye and bar-
ley in the order named '
The average value per farm bolding
of field crops vegetables and fruit
Getting the Vacation Fund
“I’ve got $100 laid aside that I’m
going to blow in on a jolly vacation”
“Fine! How did you do it old
chap?”
“Writing jokes about fellows that
go on vacations and come back and
wish they hadn’t” '
It takes a wife with true faith to
brag about her husband’s ability even
when she doesn’t believe in it herself
LIGHT BREAKS IN
Thoughtful Farmer Learns About
Coffee
Many people exist in a more or less
hazy condition and it often takes years
before they realize tbat tea and cof-
fee are often tbe cause of the cloudi-
ness and that there is a simple - way
to let the light break in
A worthy farmer had such an exper-
ience and tells about it in a letter He
says:
‘‘For about forty years I have bad
Indigestion and stomach trouble in
various forms During tbe last 25
years I would not more'than get over
one spell of bilious colic until another
would be upon me
"The best doptors 1 could get and
all the medicines I could buy only
gave me temporary relief
"Change of climate was tried with-
out results I could not 6leep nights
bad rheumatism and my heart would
palpitate at times so that it seemed
it would jump out of my body
"I came to the conclusion that there
was no relief for me and that I was
about wound up when I saw a Postum
advertisement I had always been a
coffee drinker and got an idea from
the 'ad that maybe coffee was the
cause of my trouble
"I began to use Postum Instead of
coffee and in less tban three weeks I
felt like a new man Tbe rheumatism
left me and I have never bad a spell
of bilious colic since
"My appetite is good my digestion
never was better and I can do more
work than before for 40 yeara
"I haven’t tasted coffee since I be-
gan with Postum My wife makes it
according to directions and I relish it
as well as I ever did coffee and I was
certainly a slave to coffee”
Name given by Postum Co Battle
Creek Mich Write for copy of the lit-
tle book "The Road to Wellville”
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum — must be well boiled
Instant Postum is a soluble powder
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a
cup of bot water end with the addi-
tion of cream and sugar makes a de-
licious beverage Instantly
“There’s a reason” for Postum
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The Dairy Herds Tht-oughout Canada Are of the Beat
expected tbat when tbe money bags
were tightened tbat this would be tbe
case The fact is tbat money could
not keep pace with the development
natural to demands of 400000 new peo-
ple a year Towns and cities had to
be built to take care of tbe country
and capital bad not made sufficient
preparation
But tbe crop of 1913 will restore
conditions to a normal state and the
natural and reasonable development
will continue v
Owing to a wet fall in 1912 and a
heavy snowfall during the past winter
there was a large area which it was
difficult to seed at the usual time tbe
past spring Therefore as a general
thing seeding was later than usual A-
trip through the country in the early
part of August showed that this was
no drawback Wheat tbat bad been
seeded in May was already ripening
and had a stand fully as good as any
country had ever produced tbe beads
were large and the prospects were of
was $102471 ' In 1910 as against
$51803 in 1900 beihg an increase of
7918 per cent in the decade
Coming back to the crops of 1913 It
may safely be said that the yield of
wheat In Saskatchewan will bq about -115000000
bushels with an average:
yield of over 22 bushels per acre
Oats which are but a fair crop will-
yield an average equal to tbat of last
year Barley Is excellent while flax
of which tbe average is considerably
less than last year will produce a
gr-ater average tban for years What
Is said of these crops will apply to all
districtr
- Under date of August 12th a report
comes from Regina which says:
- “Unless some dire calamity occurs
in the next few days farmers of tbe
Regina district will reap tbe greatest
wheat crop ever recorded in the West
“A correspondent made an automo-
bile trip to the north and west of the
city over twenty-seven miles being
covered Several fields were seen
Wheatfield In Stook Western Canada
the brightest It was not only in
wheat but in flax oats and barley tbe
same splendid conditions obtained
Rains In all parts of tbe country came
at the right time and tbe best of
weather throughout the season pre-
vailed in all parts
The hay crop was excellenb Al-
falfa clover and timothy grasses were
good and many farmers are now cul-
tivating - these splendid fodders
Tbe homestead Bhack is giving place
to comfortable residences Large
barns are being erected where the Im-
provised log and inud stable gave shel-
ter to the few bead 'of cattle that the
early settler may have had in his pos-
session Fields are fenced roads con-
structed and great fields of grain and
pasture land are always In evidence
which were almost ripe enough for the
binder Others require about a week
more warm weather but everywhere
was th? indication of a phenomenal
yield Oats do not average up with
tbe wheat but several good fields were -seen
This time next week tbe hum
of tbe binder should be tbe prevalent
music around Regina
"One farm was passed on which
there was one square mile of the finest
wheat imaginable It is just turning
yellow and will run forty bushels to
the acre”
In Alberta there will be a high
yield of all grains Wheat will be a
heavier average than last year Oats
about the same flax heavier and bar-
ley about the same — Adv
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