Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1911 — Page 3

THE BASEBALL PEST

two kinds of cranks who make players very COBB AND DAHLEN VICTIMS .’--- ',: *• ; . v y* - '• -*'* -’. -\ ' . ■'. * * “* Great Editor Changes His Opinion Regarding the Present Brooklyn Manager—Frank Isbell 8!lps Joke Over on Old Comrades. By HUGH 8. FULLERTON. There are two types of baseball cranks that pester ball players especially. They are: the crank who writes letters anonymously and tells the players how bad they are and the enthusiastic crank who butts in, introdoces himself, and proceeds to tell how good they are. Ty Cobb, the Tiger star, met one of the latter kind on a train this summer. Worse than that, the fellow not only was a baseball crank, but also one of, these “purity In sport” reformers. He held for cleanliness for sportsmanship, and Cobb was with him. Then he got to talking about tricks turned by ball players to gain advantages, and he decried them as unsportsmanlike. Finally he said: “Mr. Cobb, I am delighted to know you. I have read things that gave me, an idea totally incorrect of you and your playing. lam glad to find you a sportsman and a lover of clean sport.” “Thank you,” muttered Cobb, a trifle wearily. ‘ i-C “I shall explain to my friends,” stated the fan. “I’m sure Mr. Cobb, that as a southern gentleman, you never took unfair advantage of an opponent, that you never bumped a baseman Intentionally or cut with your spikes, did you." “Well,” said Cobb, hesitatingly, "not any of my close personal friends.” BHly “Bullhead” Dahlen, novfr the sedate and settled manager of the rapidly rising Brooklyn team, once had something of the same sort of an adventure with a great editor. It happened at that time I was working for the editor who, besides being one of the great newspaper geniuses of the country, happened also to be a wild baseball crank. One day Dahlen, who was playing shortstop, had a bad day. He kicked and booted and threw wild and did everything backward, and that night the editor, who had seen the game, summoned me and said, sharply: “Go after that fellow, Dahlen, aim drive him out of town. He’s a loafer and a drinker.” There wasn’t a chance to argue, so I bunted Dahlen up and remarked that I was going to “pan the life out of him” and drive him off the team, explaining the circumstances. Whereupon he remarked that he wished me success and would help me. For two weeks Dahlen was criticised at every turn. Then we went east and on the train DaHlen and I slipped away from Anson’s ever watchful eye and sought the buffet car liquid refreshment While we were thus engaged the editor entered the car, addressed me, inquired whether the team was on the train and was introduced to Dahlen. I left them at II o’clock, the editor

Ty Cobb In tho Clutches of tho Post. ordering more beer and talking baseball with Dahlen. The following morning the editor stopped at my bbrth. "I was much mistaken in that young man, Dahlen,” he remarked. “He is a smart, intelligent and interesting young man. I believe these stories about his drinking have been exaggerated. I fear we have been misled by the talk of cranks. I wish ybu would write a story suggesting him as the logical successor of Captain Anson as the manager of the team.” Dahlen was, during his Chicago career, a pestiferous player toward the umpires, and one of the wont naggers in the business. He has grown sedate and conservative and is friendly to some of the umps nowadays, but when young he gave all the umpires and Uncle Nick Toung more trouble than any player since his time. One day, on the West side, Dahlen approached Hank O'Day, who was the umpire, and remarked: “Bar, Bank, If I ran at you In the first Inning and call you a blank blank blank and stop on your toes with my spikes and push my glove Into your face, whall you dor "Dor said Henry, getting roiled up. "DoT ril chase you off the lot faster than you can ran.” "All right,” said Dahlen, calmly, “no hard feelings; I Just want to get put out quick, so I can get to Harlem in time to get a Imt down on the ißurth race.” ■*-,

XxUU f Bmlu XX&XLK. aXUU ohj $ 111 tins f&cc. M 'x Nor could he, although he did everything he could think of. O’Day made hT wSted °to heavy odds. ; • Possibly the best joke of the entire baseball year was the one that Frank Isbell, now owner and manager of the Wichita team, slipped over on his old comrades, the Chicago White Sox this spring. The Sox were to play an exhibition game at Wichita, and Issy had made great preparations for their coming. Also he thought they had a sense of humor—which was another ndstake. Isay prepared a great feast at his home, and served to his old friends on the Sox team a beautiful repast During the dinner the Sox were telling ot the wretched umpiring they had been getting, and how every umpire in the little cities thought himself duty bound to help his team beat big leaguers. Issy remarked: ’Tvs been having trouble here in- the exhibition games. I’ve had one of the reg-

The Day Dahien Wanted to Be Put Out of the Game.

ular league umpires, but Detroit kicked on him and the other teams, too. He was pretty bad, so I got another fellow for today. I think he’s all right. He lives here and has umpired a lot of amateur and college games. He’s a man worth a quarter of a. million dollars, he stands high in society and church circles and in business. He thinks It an honor to umpire this game, and I hope you fellows won’t kick.” \ They didn’t kick. The umpiring wsa fine up to the ninth Inning. Then Wichita was leading by one run. In the first of the ninth, with a runner an. bases, Frank Smith hit the ball half a mile over the left field fence and put the Sox ahead. Up to that time the Sox had been much pleased with the umpire, but when Wichita went to bat for the last time things changed. The umpire began to call balls regardless of where they were pitched. Ha walked three men, then another and forced home a run. The Sox grew mad and Smith turned on him.

"What are you trying to do?” he demanded. “Steal this game?” "Why, Mr. Smith,” said the prominent citizen, in distressed and surprised tones. "Mr. Isbell explained to me that you wanted to lose this game to him to give his Wichita team a good send-off.” Foxy Issy had "double-crossed” both the umpire and the Sox and ha won the game. Instead of seeing the Joke, the Sox got mad.

Perhaps the most remarkable catch made anywhere during the season of 1910 was made by Carlisle of the Vernon team of the Pacific coast league on the San Francisco grounds early In October. The catch was made possible because It started In a joking tribute by Carlisle to the hitting prowess of “Ping” Bodle, the slugging outfielder of the Frisco team, who came near breaking world’s records for home ran hits during Jthe season. The San Francisco grounds are situated low, and surrounded by great fences, some of them as tall as the three-story houses that adjoin the park. At points the fences are nearly fifty feet high, yet Bodie kept-dri-ving the ball over fences, signs and high screens until it got to be a regular thing and a source of Joking among the fans and players alike. The Vernon team came down from the north with the Frisco team, and they stopped to play a series on the Mission street grounds. It happened that while the team was away painters had been putting some new lettering on signs high above the fence and one tall ladder remained propped against the fence in right center field. The ladder was left there, and after Vernon had hatted and failed to score, Carlisle, Jogging out to his position, saw tile ladder, and thought of a Joke. Two were opt when “Ping.” the hero of Frisco, came to bat. Carlisle Jogged back to the fence and, climbing about twenty feet up the ladder, turned his face toward the field. The bleacher crowd appreciated his tribute to Bodie’s hitting power and laughed and cheered, and the crowd in the stands took up the applause Bodie swung wickedly upon the first ball pitched. Carlisle, thinking he had carried the Joke far enough, was descending the ladder, when he saw the ball coming toward the fence, far above his head. He turned, scrambled ten feet up the ladder, clung to a round with toe hand and, stretching but the other, caught the hall. The catch caused a long argument, but It was allowed and then the umpire stopped the game until the ladder wee removed. {Copyright, ltd, by Joseph B. Bowl**.)

DISCOURAGE ROWDYISM ON FIELD

Ball players who fight on the field will be severely dealt with If the national commission heeds numerous requests for reform in this direction. There is no excuse for pugilistic tactics and all over the country baseball fans who desire clean sport are opposed to such methods. When the race tracks were open there was a standing rule that persons who indulged in wordy warfare or fisticuffs should either be heavily fined or ejected permanently, with the result that even lawless Individuals were com-' polled to be on their good behavior. A similar rule Bhould be applied to v

UMPIRE HAS DIFFICULT JOB

Arbiter Tries to Please Bleacherltes In Different Places and Is. * Run Off Yield. Vic Willis, who was bought by the Chicago National league club at the end of last season,' and who refused to play with the champions, preferring to devote his time to running a hotel in Delaware, recently told

Vic Willis.

the latest umpire story. It le on J. Ira Davis, better known as "Slats,” who once upon a time played first base for the New York Giants. Davis has been an umpire for ten years in various minor leagues. He has been noted for his eccentricities. "Davis was umpiring a game for us in the latter part of the season,” says Willis. “He didn’t stand any too well wtthjtbe fans, and didn’t seem to care. He began umpiring behind the bat and then worked behind the

Members of National Commission.

baseball, It is argued, and some of the biggest men in the government of the national game are urging the commission to take action. Messrs. Johnson, Herrmann and Lynch all favor clean ball and are firmly opposed to kicking. For that reason it is believed that they will soon frame a rule to prevent fighting on the ball field which will provide for suspensions of long duration or excessive fines. Patrons of the game pay to see expert ball playing, not slugging and rowdyism, and their wishes in "this matter should receive prompt recognition, it is believed.

pitcher. The crowd kicked on a second base decision, and he took his stand behind second base. Finally there was a dispute about a foul ball hit down the right field line, and Davis took his position in right field. Then the bleacherites went at him. “ ‘Why don’t you stand where you can judge balls and strikes, you stiff T yelled one. “ ‘Well,* said Davis, 'you guys can umpire a game from the right field seats and never make a mistake. Why can’t I umpire as well in right field?' The bleacherites chased him after the game, and Davis beat it through the back gates. He never did come back to the grounds.”

CONNIE MACK FINDS EXCUSE

Manager of World's Champions Blames Losing Streak to Too Many Bridegrooms on Team. Connie Mack to his own satisfaction has ascertained the real reason for the losing streak of the champion Athletics: It Is the most unique excuse ever offered for losing baseball gajnes, but Connie Is absolutely honest about It. “I have the best team In the world,” said Connie, "but the trouble is that I have too many bridegrooms on It. My recently married men get on the field, their brides sit in the grandstand and the men are so anxious to please they just forget what they know of the game. “And the worst of it all," continued Connie, "is that I am a bridegroom myself, so what on earth am I going to do about It?”

WAR LIKENED UNTO BASEBALL

Baron d'Estoumelles de Constant Favors Umpires to Settle International Disputes. That disputes between nations should be settled by an umpire as dieputes between rival American baseball teams are settled, was th« keynote of an address delivered by Baron d’Bstouraelles de Constant, the French statesman, before the students of the University of Minnesota the other day. Baron de Constant spoke of tbs wastefulness and destructiveness of war. “You have your great American baseball," the baron said. "When you have troubles and disputes you do not start boxing with each other. Though sometimes they almost end in fights, self-control and discipline prevail and the matter is settled. Why not do the spine In war?”

Cornell Gets Courtney for Five Years.

The Cornell Athletic council has announced that Coach Charles E. Court* ney had signed a contract for another five years as head of the Cornell navy. He has been coach of the crews since 1889, and his oarsmen hold all records on the Hudson. For the pasl ten years that have swept the river.

BLUE BEST KITCHEN HUE

Artistic Effects In the Culinary Department Are by No Means to Be Dlspised. It may sound foolish to talk of a “color scheme” for the kitchen, but If pots and pans and utensils of all kinds match and the walls are in the same shade with linoleum of the same 'on the floor/ you will be astonished to find how clean and dainty it all looks and how much easier it Is to concort dainties for the home menu -in the pleasant room. Blue is always a good color for the kitchen especially, as It is easy to secure the blue enameled cooking utensils, which are not only easy to keep clean, but eliminate to a great extent all likelihood of burning. Blue and white china or the Quaint solid brown and white ware are pretty in a blue And white kitchen, while blue and white dish towels may be bought just as easily as red and white ones and will look far daintier is the kitchen. Usefulness, however, must come before an artistic effect and care must be exercised in the selection of the pots and pans. If you have a small family don’t buy big stewpans and enormous skillets. If you have a big family get big utensils "and don’t buy a lot of modern inventions that you never use, and which clutter up drawers and closets unnecessarily. Have hooks screwed into the wall near the table and the range to hang spoons, pans and covers on, that they may be within reach and save many steps. . ; '

MACHINE HAS MANY USES

Ingenious Device Intended for Washing Clothes, Renovating Feathers, Canning, Etc. Two Texas men have invented a machine which can be put to a variety of uses, among which are Washing clothes, renovating feathers, canning fruit and vegetables, etc. A cylinder, made of longitudinal slats, revolves on a stationary lower section, which is raised from the floor by legs. Beneath the cylinder is a metal halfcylinder, adapted to hold water; Beneath this, in turn, is a fire box, with a pipe rising from it at one end of the machine. This firebox is the distinguishing feature of the apparatus, as it can be filled with coal or wood and the water in the metal receptacle kept hot while the cylinder is being revolved through it and the clothes or feathers, or whatever may be in'* the

Machine Has Own Firebox.

cylinder, thoroughly cleaned. For canning, of course, the cylinder remains stationary after the jars have been placed in it, and the lid of the machine can be closed, if desired.

Watermelon Cake.

White Part,— I Two cups white, sugar, two-thirds cup sweet milk, whites of five eggs, two-thirds cup butter, three cups flour, two and a half toaapoons baking powder. Red Part, —Yolks of five eggs, onethird cup butter, one cup bright red sugar, one-third cup sweet milk, two cups flour, two and a half teaspoons baking powder, one and a half pounds seeded raisins well dredged In flour. Put -the red batter In the center of the pan and pour the white around the outside of the red part. A cup of blanched almonds may be cut In half and stirred Into the red part with good effect

To Blanch Sweetbreads.

Soak in cold water one hour, change water once or twice, serve with cold water, add one teaspoon of salt, one tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar, two or three cloves, two peppercorns sprig parsley and one-half bay leaf, simmer gently 20 minutes; drain, cover with cold water; drain again, remove fibers and pipes.

Economical Sponge Cake.

Take two eggs and beat light*, add a cup of white sugar, then a half cup of boiling water, pinch of salt and one and a half cups white flour, two teaspoons baking powder and flavoring to taste. Bake In qulok oven. Bake in layers and put together with whipped cream.

Oid Trays.

When light oak traps have been badly marked, well wash and rub with warm beer until the stains have disappeared. Polish in the usual way.

Color Hint.

When making cup cakes, If using strawberry flavor, stir into the batter a tablespoonful of beet juice. The cake will be a delicate pink.

FOR THE BREAKFAST

MENUS ESPECIALLY ACCEPT*, BLE AT THIS SEASON. '■ : - : ■" ■' Fruit Should Play an Important Part, . and There Are Many Ways of Bervlng It—Crisp Toast the Best. Now when one’s vitality is at its lowest and appetites seem to n«ed coaxing more than at any other season, fruit Bhonld play an important part in breakfast menus, and yet, alas! at no time in the whole year is the housewife so limited in the matter of fruit as at the present, it is too early to buy summer fruits. Even if one can afford to pay for hothouse products the flavor is not at its best. Roughly speaking, there are only apples, bananas, grape fruit, oranges and rhubarb to select from for the breakfast first course—with dried figs and prunes always at command. Don’t serve apples raw at this time of year. Or, if you do, don’t expect they will tempt the appetite of any except the most inveterate apple eater. The flavor even In the most expensive apples has lost its edge. But there are many dainty ways of eeoking apples that are satisfying and healthful. Apples baked with figs are sure to be liked. Select the plumpest and juiciest dried figs you can get and wash them, carefully pinching them into their natural shape. Then select good, firm apples, and wash them. Scoop out the cores and into each of these holes pack two or three whole figs. Place them in a baking pan and bake in a hot oven. While they are baking, baste them with sirup made from the juice of half a lemon, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and half a cup of water. The secret of making good baked apples is to have them thoroughly baked, but not baked to pieces. If when they look done they are not soft to the core, place a cover over your baking dish and let them steam for a few minutes. Then remove the cover and brown the fruit slightly. These apples may be served .either alone or with farina, hominy or other breakfast food. Take special pains in preparing grape fruit for the breakfast table at this time of the year. To begin with, take care in selecting the fruit, which, to be good, should be heavy, firm and thin skinned. Dark spots on the surface are said to denote % superior fruit. To make it especially tempting serve with clean, finely chopped ice. Partly fill with the- ice one of the long stemmed grape fruit glasses, or, if you do not possess these glasses, any dainty glass bowl will do. Then place on this bed of ice a glass cup filled with grape fruit pulp. If you. choose to serve the grape fruit sweetened, prepare it several hours (before serving to give the sugar and fruit time to assimilate. T6' some people hot buttered toast is indigestible, and indeed the dietitians assure us that the soggy, inner portion of soft toast is quite un£i for the human system. Once you have tried crisp toast you will never care to give it up for the softer sort. First dry thin slices of firm bread in the oven. When thoroughly dry, but not browned, put in the toaster and toast, taking great care not to burn. Serve piping hot, unbuttered. This should be served with a daintily turned pat of fresh, sweet butter.

Vegetable Roast.

Take, cooked beans or peas, pass through a colander to remove the skins and mix with an equal quantity es finely chopped nut meats. Season to taste. Put one-half the mixture into a buttered baking dish, spread over It a dressing made as follows; Pour boiling water on four slices cf zweiback, cover, let stand for a few minutes, then break them up with a fork and pour over one-half cup of sweet cream; season with salt and sage. Cover the dressing with the remainder of the nut mixture, pour over all one-half cup of cream and bake for one and one-half hours. Serve in slices with cranberry sauce.

Hashed Brown.

Four medium sized potatoes cooked and chopped very fine, four tablespoons of cream, three-quarter teaspoon salt, half teaspoon pepper, a little onion chopped fine; put two heaping tablespoons of butter in a spider and turn gas low, so not to scorch; put potatoes in and cook mederate’y slow. Turn when brown. Serve with parsley. '$'SM

Sheif Paper Hint.

Instead of continually buying Ivi shelf paper, ydu will find it mt.ca cheaper to buy coarse torchon l&ce the desired width, sew on a piece of tare, and tack on the shelf with very small tacks. Whenever dirty, take off, e aeh and iron. This will last for years and your pantry will always be fresh aad clean.

Ehony Brushes.

Before washing ebony brushes | smear a little good vaseline over the backs. This prevents the ammonia or soda water in which they are w ash-' ed from Injuring the ebony. The vaseline should afterward he carefully rubbed off and the backs polished with dry cloths.

Mayonnaise Jelly Dressing.

One tablespoon arrowroot dissolved In one-quarter cup of water, or one teaspoon gelatin dissolved In the consouune; put away to harden.