The Indianola Enterprise. (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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GRIFFITH, NERVIEST MAN IN BASEBALL UTILITY MAN HAS
HARDEST POSITION
Clark (iriffith ha. been branded i
" nerviest mammer in baseball" by
liusiness Manager Italic mft of the :
Cinc innati club The mow- which |
aroused the indignation ol the (."in- I
«innati tans. although later it brought
forth rounds of coinniendation. has
been stamped 1/ Hancroft as the
most daring play of the season. This
is what he did—took .Miller Muggins
off second base and put Dick Kg an on.
At first glance that may not set u
like such a daring step, but it was.
Jluggins was the idol of the Kedtown
fans, lie Was looked upon as one ol
the best second-Hackers in the league,
and there were many who thought
Griffith crazy when he mad< the shift
Hut he wasn't, as development* have
proved When Cincinnati opened with
the Cuba in May, Muggins was piny
ing at second and Kgan at short.
(iriffith bad been watching Dick for
some time, and decided be was a
great player He had another young-
ster. Downey, who was fast, and who
(iriffith disliked to keep «>n tin- bench.
As a result, he took Muggins out,
shifted Kgan to second and sent Dow-
ney to short. The youngsters got
two hits each that day off liagernian,
making four of the si\ that were re-
corded for the Keds The combina-
tion worked nicely and has not been
changed Muggins' arm went back on j
him. and now the fans can see the 1
wisdom of drift's move.
Clark (iriffith is positive that the
Keds will finish in the first division
this season. "I will not win the pen-
nant. but we will be in the running,"
is the way that (Iriffith talks Me be-'
lieves that the IN «i.~ li;;\e a c hance
to beat cult New York
STAR BROOKLYN TWIRLER
-
;; >'.y .■■■■
Jimrry Pacicrius. the Brcck'yn
pitcher e kr.cwr all over the Nation-
al league circuit as a great southpaw
It is conceded that if he were with a
first divisicn team he would be
classed as one cf the best left-hand-
ers in the business.
McAleer May Get New Job.
Jimmy McAleer is to be inunap r
ol the Washington team by the open
ing oi spring. i* the report among hi.*1
friends at Voting-u>v. n, O II. is a
Youngstown man. That •!«•« Cantillon
is to lost nib post with the Nationals
has been persistently aid That M«
Aleer, also. to dropped by Hedges
in St Loui is reported. The state-
ment lac ks e onth u.ation. ben uus. ol
the search of the men in the game t«>i
more stock, but ii said that Youngs
town uien. associate- ol McAleer. have
purchased big bunchcs of Washington
stock with tlx intention ol putting
Mc Aleer in control.
Giants After Pitcher Rucker.
The New York National league*
'club is trying to sccun the services of
,Nap Rucker, the star pitcher of the
Brooklyn club, it is said, and has of-
fered a large sum of money for his re- 1
lease. It is reported that Manager Mc
Ciraw will offer Rucker a salary of
$7,000 and a bonus of f 1,000 if he wiuF ,
20 games this year.
STAR BIG LEAGUE BATTERS
ARE EXTREMES IN BUILD
Wagner. Pittsburg Shortstop. Is Giant.
While Collins of Philadelphia is
Frail Looking.
One of the leaders in the American
league batting list and the player
holding top honors in the National
league offer a curious study in dif-
ferent styles of hitting.
Wagner, the wonderful Pittsburg
player, is a batsman of the heroic
type. With brawi y shoulders and a
physique like that of a llacken-
! sc hmidt. he smashes the ball with
terrific force, man) of his drives go
I ing lor extra bases
The big Dutchman has an inspiring
attitude at the plat> Wheu one sees
; him with bat in hard, c roue hing aside
! the rubber disk, lie* ceases to wonder
i why he hits the ball. There is such
, a show of strength and confidence in
his manner and he puts so much drive
in hi hitting, that it only seems na-
i ural that he should make so many sale
wallops.
I Kcldie Collins, one of the American
| league leaders, is the antithesis of
Wagner. Collins is of trail build, and
there is no suggestion of strength or
driving power in his arms and shoiil-
deis in fact, his boyish look and
small *iz« mak< him appear a mark.
Ills manne r at the plate appears rath
er c areless, although be i- neve r a bit
fluttered.
Collins i- endowed with a sharp-
shooters • ye, and more grit than a
Spartan While Collins is not a
Wagne i in build, there is nothing
I'ukey al.oi;' his hi'- i hey shoot to
the out lie hi like a i i C ♦ shot and as ii
giant arms had propelled them.
While Collins do* s not make as
many loug dri\« s a W agner, yet he
obtains more than the average play-
er It must not be inferred bccause
Coilii s is left-handed and miajl in
" si. • that he is one ol those loop
hitters to left field or punters typt
e a 1 of the Heelers. Thomases or
' Halms.
HE I? COMPELLED TO WORK
WHILE REGULAR PLAYERS
TAKE THINGS EASY.
LOAFS ONLY DURING GAME
M.y Net Be Called upon for Weeks at
a Time, but Must Be Constantly
Fit to Get into Contest at Any
Moment—Must Know Signals for
Every Play cf Regulars.
Two like ly looking young ball play
« i .*• were lolling around on the far e nd
of the Giants bench and laughing at
a spirited conversation between Arlie
Latham and I'mplre Klem.
"That is one c inch of a job." re-
marked a fan as he looked at the two
substitutes* ~t bey were \rthur l-'i. • -
e her and sVed .Merkle. "Pretty soft
te. g«-t a big salary for doing 'that.
Why. those fellows don't work one
day in a week and when they do go
in it is for about 10 minutes only."
.lust at that moment New York got
two men on bases and during the
great excitement that followed there
was a pause in the proceedings. Mer-
kle was called to the bat to take the
place of a pitcher. There was a great
yell as the utility man's name was
announced and he promptly made
good by beating out a slow single to
the infield that tilled the bases. New
York e ventually won the game
"Well, what is the answer?" you
may be asking, it is simply this:
Fred Merkb had not been in a game
for three weeks, but he walked up to
the bat with his eye as well trained
as those who had been playing regu-
larly. In fact, he was called upon to
do what a regular couldn't do. And,
moreover, he did it.
The fan who had thought the util-
ity man held n cinch job simply don't
know whereof be spoke. His Job is
tiie hardest on the team. The utility
player is loafing the only time tin-
spectator sees him, but that , is the*
only time he does loaf. He works
while the regular takes it easy. He
must keep In condition ali the time
and he does not have the advantage
of keeping in the game so as to train
his eye at the bat.
The following incident may serve
to illustrate the trials of the utility
man:
The (Hants were at Pittsburg and
had been invited out to visit one of
the great works around that city.
They were to take lunch with the
manager of the concern at 1: " 0.
Twelve o'clock arrived and Fletcher,
turning to MeCormick. said: "Come
on. Harry, or we will miss over an
hour of our work." They wanted to
stay to lunch, but it was out of the
question.
"We've got to be at work by one
o'clock," they explained to the man-
ager of the concern, who was as-
tounded.
"Why. the game isn't called until
four o'clock." lie expostulated. "You
can stay awhile, can't you?"
"Not a chance." said McCormick.
who was then a utility man. "The
regulars can stay, but we will have to
go." And as the regulars leisurely
sat down to a good meal the utility
men went to work and sweat in the
broiling sun.
In their explanation it developed
that the utility men get together with
a crowd of boys and have a regular
batting game for two hours every
morning ar.i! an hour in the afternoon.
On the road they go to the park at
one o'clock and work as hard as
if they w ere playing foi the champion-
ship until th ** regulars arrive.
An> afternoon at the' Polo grounds
you can see the (>iants* utility men in
a hot game at one o'clock. You will
se e Wilson and Snodgrass catching,
Shafer. Merkle. Fletcher, Mer/.og. Sev
incur and the e xtra pitchers working
like Trojans both with the 1>: t ami in
the field. They must know the sig-
nals for every possible play made by
the regulars. They must be* able to
act in any capacity on a minute's no-
tice. Though they may not get in a
game for three months, they must bo
just as tit and ready as any man on
the cliia.
"You see it's this way." explained
Merkle. "We've got to keep our bat-
ting c.w trained to the gnat's bee!
The ma i on the regular team has four
or five chanc es to make a hit. but we
don't have but one."
ONE OF MACK'S FIELDERS
CHAIRMAN INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
Recent photograph of Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission.
WE CAN WIN CHINA
Collins hits
ail fields, particular
ly right and center, and In puts im-
mense power behind his drives. He
is also a finished hunter and has
kept his average high by occasional-
ly using his fleetness of foot to get
a las. hit, but Kddic does not over-
work this department of play, be-
cause he has met with so much suc-
cess hitting the ball on the seam or
executing the- hit and run, in which
he has show n great clc verness.
Mere* we have two batting leaders,
one a giant, the other a dwarf in
comparison, and both electrifying the
big baseball circuits with their hard
and clean bitting.
Veteran Players Now Umpires.
Charles Irwin and lieorge Van Hal
tie u, veterans of ;he national game
and (tor fears shining lights in the
National league, are the real working
umpire s on the Pacific Coast league
Irwin was appointed to the position
the other day and his work is giving
general satisfaction. Van Haltren is
said to be another Sheridan by the
Pacific coast papers.
Oldring, one of the young outfield-
ers on the staff of Connie Mack's
Philadelphia American league team.
Former Consul Denby Says Field
Is Limitless for America.
For the Conquest of the Chinese
Trade Field United States Must
Cease to Regard Empire Mere-
ly as Market Place.
Washington.—"The American dollar
with the American man behind it.
That," said Charles I)enby( recently
consul general at Shanghai, who is in
Washington en route to a new post
of duty at Vienna, "should be the
motto for the conquest of the Chinese
trade field. To achieve success we
must cease to regard China merely as
a market and begin to consider it a
re gion for permanent investment. \V>
c:*anot hope to sell our goods by
standing at the doors of our war -
houses. We must get closer to tlie
Chinese people. They are unusually
friendly toward Americans as a result
of our generous policy in Chinese af-
fairs during recent years. The gov-
ernment is likewise cordial, and in
vestment of American capital is de
sired.
"The time must come when our Ji
nanciers and business men to promote
American trade in China will regard •
seven per cent, in that empire as ;
seven per cent. here. It is futile to I
hope for orders for American mate-'
rials to be used in the construction
works financed by foreign capital. In all .
government loans made for the con-
struction of railroads, etc.. it is now
purchased from the nation providing
the funds. 1 have known Germans
constructing a railroad in Shantung
to refuse to consider American ten i
JACKIES ARE MOST FRUGAL
Sailors Said to Save More Money
Than Any Other Class Despite
Tradition of Profligacy.
Washington.—Though "Jark ashore
may have acquired the reputation or |
being the model spendthrift, the latest j
statistics of the navy department '
show him to he a thrifty person when
it comes down to year in and year
out steadiness.
•lack's pay, though not large, is de ,
cidedly regular, and then again lack
has long periods when he lias no op
i port unity to spend at all. If. when
i In does get a hit of shore leave, he
| manages to make things hum some
j what faster than the aierage man In
I the street and often rolls hack to the
j anchorage In a state of financial de
! pression equal to the treasury el
South American republic, he, ten to
one, has not spent it all. lor. Mccord
ing lo the allotment system in vogue
in the navy to-day. the bluejacket has
the privilege of allnting any portion
ol his pay to whomsoever he may
designate.
The pamphlet ive. ntlv published by
\sslstatit Paymaster .lere Maupin. I
8. N . shows 22 per cent, of the sail
ors are putting something by. The
allotment privilege only applies to
tin men serving on the ships. The
sailors on shore duty are presumed
to take care of such matters for
themselves.
It has been ascertained that em
ployes of corporations generally save
j less than 20 per cent, of their salaries.
In ft'ct the savings are probably near
er ten per cent, on an average.
Extra Pay Cut Off.
Washington. There is weeping and
wailing among the ofllcers and em-
ployes of congress.
The long established custom of
granting them an extra month's salary
each year was ruthlessly swept away
in the house when Mr. Wagner of
Pennsylvania, the presiding officer,
sustained a point of order made by
Mr Macon of Arkansas against the
proposition.
In vain did Mr. Olmstead of Penn-
sylvania. the father of the proposi-
tion, plead for the withdrawal of the
point.
Messrs. Macon and Slsson of Mis
stssippi were especially antagonistic.
They practically charged graft and
said the time had arrived to put an
end to it.
| ders for material and equipment sole-
I ly on the ground that the orders must
: go to Ge'riuany, even at a higher price,
because the enterprise was being fi-
nanced by German banks.
"One feature of the Chinese indus-
trial situation has escaped attention
here. It Is that thi empire is at the
threshold of what, 1 believe, will be an
,e of remarkable manufacturing ac-
tivity. The American Tobacco com-
pany, which operates in the east as
the liritish-Ainerican Tobacco com-
pany. manufactures, from American
tobacco largely, vast quantities of ci-
garettes. The cheap labor available
at their factories in Shanghai, Tan-
kov. anil Mukden, together with their
employment of the most modern ma-
chinery, enables them to prove the
wisdom of production close to the
consumer. It Is my opinion that the
manufacture of ready-to-wear clothing
in large quantlti-s would be a most
profitable pursuit. The Standard Oil
company has mnde vast profits.by get-
ting close to the consumer. Its oil
boats deliver petroleum to the most
remote sections of the empire without
recourse to the middleman."
Chinese Ban on Japs.
Tokyo.—The greatest stumbling
blo< k in the way of an amicable settle-
ment between China and Japan of the
difT( rences over the Antung Mukden
railway is the order of the Chinese
authorities that land be sold to
Japanese along the line under severe
penalty. This and several other ques-
tions concerning Japanese policy in
China will be determined in a short
time, it is expected, as tlie whole mat-
ter has been placed in the hands of
the emperor by Foreign Minister No-
mura.
DO IN SECLUSION
Woman of Wealthy Family Lived
Lonely Life for Years.
Deserted by Husband and Son as Re-
sult of a Family Quarrel, She
Finally Hid Herself in Lit-
tle Cottage.
Tre nton. N J.—After secluding liei
| self in a lonely cottage for 18 years.
• during which time she preferred lici
loneliness to the luxuries of a man
> ;«>u in Ceriiiany, Mrs Katherine Ziin
merman, a n.ember of a wealthy Get
j man family, is dead in the Mercei
hospital here.
A broken heart was responsible lor
the woman's desire for seclusion. The
11 I'M trip she had made from her trim
little cottage in IS years was in the*
ambulance which took here to tin*
hospital. .Mrs Zimmerman, who was
, Ho years old. was surrounded by
wealth in her childhood, passed near
Berlin, with a poor lad named Uenrj
Zimmerman as a playmate of me
little Kraulein van Augur. In time
Zimmerman told of his love, which
was reciprocated. Marriage seemed
impossible, because of his poverty
lie sought the land of liberty to win
wealth. He was but moderately sue
e essful.
Much to liis surprise he received ;
letter from his fiancee declaring hn
willingness to leave her home, fate
separation from her parents and come
to lier sweetheart. Zimmerman a<
cepted the sacrifice and the couple
were married in this country. They
locateul at Wilkesbarre, Pa. For !!">
years the couple lived in peace. On-
son was bom. He had grown to man
hood when a family quarrel brought
about separation between husband
and w lie.
Mrs. Zimmerman came to this city
Both her husband and son had disap
peared. She had then passed tin
i hall c entury mark and soon came into
1 possession of a small fortune by t4ie
, death of a relative.
j After continuiing her search for
seven years, Mrs. Zimmerman wea;-
; ied of the world She purchased a
j cottage in tlie suburbs and began lie i
life of seclusion. She decided neve r
to talk to a human be ing again. fc?h'
told her resolution to several friend.'
| In re. members of prominent Germai
families, a:.d they consented to s' •
| that she was supplied with food wit!
out leaving her bom* as she desired.
! She arranged to pay the money net
j essary lor this.
| Day after day during her entire pi
riod of isolation, food had been left
on the rear porch of her home in the
j morning, at noon and in the evening
I To prevent herself from being see:-
or seeing others, those who brought
the supplies would be far away be
(ore the aged woman would touch the
, food The meals, which were always
left in a basket, were procured by
Mrs. Zimmerman by lowering from
the upper room of the house, in
which she lived almost entirely, a
rope with a hook attached, by menus
' of which she would haul up the re-
I ceptacle.
Millionaire Doesn't Care for Expenses
and Changes Residence Site for
Better View.
Waukegan. 111. That Joseph Medill
: Patterson, the Chicago millionaire,
who owns a palatial home south of
Liberty \ illc, doesn't care for expenses
wh« ii it comes to satisfying his wishes
bus just come out. the Incident occur*
(ring when work was started on his
1 mansion, which is now completed.
Patterson bought a large tract of
land south of Libertyville and had an
architect and lanscaper start work on
'..tying out his home.
Plans for the house were accepted
ar.ti tiie- contract let, and work ordered
started.
One clay, after work on the founda
tion was well started. Patterson hap
pe ned to drive out to his place.
IHiving down the main road leading
south of Libertyville, Patterson saw
his house rising on a beautiful site.
I lacing the main road in accordance
with the plaiiij c t the architect and
landscaper, who had ordered it built
there.
"Here, that isn't where I want my
bouse built. 1 want it over there a half
mile, facing that other road, running
east and west. Dig it up and take the
house over there.
And the architect did as ordered. He
had the foundation taken up and the
house was restored on the side road,
on a spot which, to some people, is far
inferior to the one where the architect
and landscaper planned erecting it.
Hut on the new spot the building went
: up, and now is one of the show places
of the locality.
The change in location cost thou-
sands of dollars in general rearrange-
ment elf details, etc., but Patterson
was satisfied, and that was all to be
considered.
TOMB AND BODIES ARE SOLD
Vault Wherein Lay the Owner's Dead
Disposed of at a Forced Pub-
lic Sale.
Greensburg, Pa.—The speetnele of
a vault wherein lay the owner's dead
being disposed of at a foreed sale
was witnessed the other day at the
old Vnity cemetery. The sale was
necessitated by the insistence of
Hit
tin
j creditors of the owner, once
j wealthy land owner at Latrobe.
Then It was decided that no leg:i
i course was open for the auction.*
i but to cry tlit' *;'i in plot U'ber
lie scores of pion< er dead ami
bidding; was started at fL'iO. oth
'alsed it to $600. Then from
crowd emerged an eli] woman, wln>^
only daughter and grandson lay in
lite vimlt. In a broken voice sle hid
$603. A few more bids raising ih
j tigure J.'i were offered by her u,.|
Uuch was met by the other blild. :-
With an agonized pin nee at th. i<
ceptacle of her dead she turned and
left the cemetery.
The vault was Anally sold to l I
, I'eppary for $74.1. but notice whs
i promptly given on the part of the
! . wner that the sale would be con
I tested.
ITALY PLANS NEW AIRSHIP
Journey of More Than 400 Miles to Be
Made with Three Passengers-
Make One Stop.
Rome, Italy —A new military dlri
islble uliship Is about to depart from
j Bracclano, near Ihis city, for Venice
!t will carry three pass* tigers and the
j distance of more than 100 miles w ill
lie covered with only one stop, at Ati
conn, for a supply of petrol. The
Journey Is expected to take about
seven hours.
Great Importance is attached to the
experiment, as the dirigible must as-
cend a,000 feet In crossing the Apcn
nines. If the experiment is success
ful many of these airships will be con
structed and this particular one will
I take part In the grand military nia
neuvers in the autumn. King Victor
I Kmmanuel is an enihutiiist over aerial
1 navigation.
Nineteenth Child Born to Couple.
Richmond, Ind.— Mr. and Mrs. John
Lipscomb are the parents of a new
baby. The infant was lusty, crowing,
l.ald and like nearly every other new
born except for the fact that he is the
nineteenth child of these fond parents
Lipscomb, a hale and hearty farmer. Is
56 years old, while his wife is 4!
Their near score sons and daughters
are all valuable members of Rica
mond's community.
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