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LEARN TO CATCH IF YOU WOULD MAKE GOOD IN BASEBALL GAME camarMot P2 C>U*u Many of Major League Managers Are Old-Time Catchers. Youngsters who want to stay in the j gaiue after their baseball legs give ' out should go to catching. I It seems from figures that the wise j old backstops have the best chance of ! remaining in the game at big money ! after their field days are over. One-half of the major league mana gers are old catchers and practically every one of them have teams up in the races in both leagues. Old-time catchers, in fact, have become so suc cessful in handling teams that club owners are seeking them for open berths. National League Leads. The National League leads with six managers who have served behind the hat. l'at Moran, manager of the Reds, lias two pennants and a world's cham pionship to his credit. Branch Rickey had the runner-up last year and the prospective dark horse of 1922. George Gibson failed to win a pennant in his first year out, when his team collapsed in tlie stretch with the pennant almost ! EVERYTHING AGAINST HIM ! John McGraw, manager of the Giants, tells an amusing one on Pitcher Fred Toney in the World's series. The robust twirl er was heart and soul for win ning. but couldn't. The second time he was taken out his dis appointment was intense and for the moment the iron eutered his soul. Nobody said anything when he went to the bench, and for a moment he didn't say a word. Then out with it thus : "Well, that's what I get for coming to this town. The public's against me, the players are against me, the press is against me and the manager's against me." ALDRICH TO COACH AT YALE Only Man in Athletic History of Insti tution to Captain Baseball and Gridiron Teams. I Malcolm Aldrich, captain of Yale's j football team last fall and one of tljis season's baseball nine, will he assist ant football coach next fall. This is . Captain Aldrich. in accordance with the custom inaugu rated a year ago when the football captain returned in that capacity after graduation. Aldrich is the only man in Yale's athletic history to captain both the baseball and gridiron teams. cinched. Fred Mitchell made a suc cess of the Braves and put the Xa tional League on the map in Boston. Bill Killifer. star catcher of the Cubs, is the only playing manager among the receivers. He started in mid-sea son last year after Johnny F.vers resigned, and lie did as well with the club as could he expected. Uncle Wilbert Robinson is another good ex ample of the success achieved by for mer catchers. Connie Mack la Dean. Only two managers in the American league can trace their career hack to the mask and big glove days. Connie Mack, veteran manager of the Athlet ics, is the dean of them all. The lean leader of the Philadelphia Amer icans used to he the king of them all. but he has been in the slumps for six years. I.ee Fohl, who has built up a pennant contender for the St. Louis Browns, is the only other former catcher handling a club in Ran John son's circuit. Diamond Squibs Charley Herzog has landed as baseball coach in the arinv. a Job j Honus Wagner for 17 consecutive years—1897 to 1913—hR .300 or better In the National league. * * * George Gibson in 1909 caught 140 consecutive games for Pittsburgh. His team won the National league pennant that year. * * • The St. Louis Browns have given unconditional releases to Pitchers Ed Lambling and Clarence Lillpop, both St. Louis youngsters. * • • First the players strike out for the South and then they strike out for the North. Entirely too much spring prac tice in striking out. * » * Cincinnati put forth the first sal aried baseball team in 1808 and in 1869 the club went through the sea son without a defeat. » * * The St. Louis club of the American league has released Phil Todt. an out fielder, to the Columbus dub of the American association. * • • Joe Dugan seems to have recovered from the effects of his illness and is beginning to show bis real quality with tiie Boston Red Sox • * * Jake Daubert, first baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, is hitting the ball as hard as ever, proving distinctly that he has not outlived his usefulness. * * • Willie Keeler, for eight consecutive years in the National league, made 200 hits or more, reaching the high water mark for that organization in 1897 with 243. • * • Edwin Eayrs, former Boston Braves and Brooklyn player, has joined the Brown university baseball coaching staff to aid Coach Snell in developing his pitching staff. • • • Under the rules of 1882, a batter could not take first on balls until seven had been called. In 188T» the number was cut to six and in 1889 to four. There has been no change since. • * • Ernest Neitzke, pitcher and all around player, who was with the Bos ton Red Sox last season, coming from London of the Mint league, has been released to the Pittsfield club of the Eastern league for the season. Invite Needlewoman's Ayt; Trimmings Vary Taffetas ! 111 ! 11111 111 HI 11 IJ 11 i ! 1 ! ! i ! S : Il IMllllillin^^LÜU I ÜJ ! H ! Ill I ! ! 11111 nM^LLi F OK afternoon and evening gowaa, the vogue for simple styles, united with that for fine sheet fabrics, In lovely colors. Invite the art of the needlewoman ; for needle craft Is de pended on to give distinction to Sim plicity. Beading, drawn work, em broidery and other kinds of stitch cry. have Important parts tv play this season—there Is nothing In the way of A K Bead Embroidery Makes This Gown. adornment to equal them. With In genious draperies they vary the sim ple styles and redeem them from the commonplace. The gown shown here might be pretty without Its bead embroidery, but it would not be more than that, and it would pass unnoticed. As it Is. with embroidery and drapery, it Is more than pretty. Imagine It In am ber colored georgette crepe, em broidered in amber and rust-colored beads, and you will vision its love liness. or think of it in light, peri winkle blue, with beads In blue and orchid. In the cascaded drapery at each side the designer has shown un usual cleverness by attaching it to the skirt where it falls below the bodice. The flaring sleeves take ad- j vantage of the pretty whim of fash- j mm m n «ta» Pretty Taffeta Frock. Ion to allow a slit along the top of the arm. and the soft girdle is made of the georgette. Dresses made of fine voiles are even simpler than those of georgette, but there is much handwork in them. Drawn work, fine tncks, hemstitching, feather-stitching, and other dainty needlework place these lovely cotton frocks In the class of their fragile, silk sisters. They appeal to the taste of gentlewomen everywhere, and are exquisite In light colors and white. There are sheer voiles showing fine, colored <ro*»-bnrs on a white ground, chat are made up with white net, or lace, or organdie, Into pretty frocks for summer afternoons. It I* apparent that all designers of afternoon and evening frocks have been more or leas fascinated by the old-tlmey charm of the bouffant skirt In company with the cuirass bodice. At any rate gowns following these lines continue to be presented, espe cially In the materials that are most adaptable to them, ns organdy and taf feta, and many little tricks are re sorted to by designers to insure the bouffant silhouette. Tucks—wide or narrow—ruffles, bound edges and cov ered cord trimming serve Instead of hoops to keep the skirts outstanding. The pretty taffeta frock shown here is a fine example of this popular style for afternoon or informal evening wear. Its tucks and ruffles do double duty, serving for adornment and to give additional body to the silk. The skirt is straight and full, bordered with pin tucks and scalloped at the bottom. Narrow ruffles serve to out line the scallops. They have picot edges and are gathered with a iittle upstanding frill along the upper edge. j The elbow sleeves are finished with a j corresponding trimming and a collar cut from pin-tucked taffeta and edged with a ruffle finishes the round neck. A little aasb of picot-edged ribbon la tied at the aide and holds a small dus ter of bright cherries that lend the dark dress a gleam of vivid color. This model might be made np in light colors for evening wear, with its fin ishing touch of fruit or flowers chosen to set off the color in the dress. As pictured. It is made of black taffeta. Wii and Rum^ HARD WORK ANO LONG HOUR« "Did you gee the bunch of fellers parading for miles from six o'clock In the morning till five In the evenin' an' then standln' up for hours listening to speeches?" asked Mr. Rafferty. "I did," said Mr. Dolan. "Who are they?" "They're the lads who say they're morally opposed to working more than six hours a day." Dubious Praise. "The right kind of man appreciates a compliment from his wife." "Well," said Mr. Blhbtes, thought fully. "that depends on the circum stances. Somehow I don't feel a rosy glow of satisfaction stealing over me after I have related a carefully con cocted story to explain my absence from the'domestic hearth and friend wife tells me with a cynical smile that I'm 'truly gifted.'"—Birmingham Age Herald. Some Lawyers Do. "You didn't take that divorce case?" "No. When I asked my fair visitor what grounds she had for seeking a divorce from her husband she said she'd met another man who was a 'perfect dear*." "Umph !" "I flatter myself that I'm a pretty fair lawyer, but I didn't see how I could go into court and argue a case like that." Oratorical ' Limitations. "What kind of orator is Senator Snortsworthy?" "He's about the average speaker." "Yes?" "If lie hasn't anything in pnrticnlar to talk about he may discourse for an hour and a half, hot if he has a mes sage to deliver he can get it out of his system in thirty minutes." •V Kt ALL HE COULD STAND. Wifey— Fred, I want $20 for pin money. Hubby—Great Scott. Here it Is, but I'm darned glad you don't want to buy spikes. Nature Verse. They're censoring the movies. We hope they'll have a care And cut out all the wicked trees Whose limbs are bare. y Wants a Good Wife. Here's an advertisement for a wife." "She must he young, rich and beau tiful, I suppose?" No, but the requirements are al most as hard to meet. The advertiser specifies that she must be 'under forty, immune from the movies, and house-broken.' " A Valuable Guest. Howard—What good are you at • party? Coward—1 can talk to the people who can't sing, and want to sing, and prevent 'em from doing it.—Judge. The Matrimonial Hazard. You sell store fixtures?" Yes," said the dealer. T want a mahogany candy case. By the way, does a blonde or a brunette go best with mahogany?" "We can't advise you on that point, sir, but if you want a girl to be a fix ture you'd better pick out a homely one." In a Family Hotel. Rollo —Why do they call one ot those men the star boarder ana the other the porter? His Father—From two nautical terms, starbuurd and port, meaning right and left. In the matter of diet the star boarder is in right with the landlady while the porter takes what Is left. An Unfair Advantage. "I was grieved to read the speech you delivered yesterday, senator." "Garbled, sir. Garbled In the press reports." "But the reporter claims he took It down in shorthand." "The dickens he did! Is there no protection for man tn public lifer' Farm Products. "What's the beat way to make a farm profitable?" "I have about decided," answered Farmer Corntossel, "that the beat way is to lay it out In city lots or golf links." Hah! Halit "Why do you specialize on giving yonr patients laughing gaa?" "Well, you see, our fees are consid ered large, so when we present oar bill he'll be in a good humor and Pfiff us promptly." LIVE k_/ SYSTEM OF H00 SANITATION Methods Developed by Department ef Agriculture Require Little Extra Attention. (Prepared ky the United Stetee Department et Aerlenttnre.) Methods developed by the United States Department of Agriculture for raising hogs free of worms have proved so successful wherever they have been given a trial, aa in McLean county, III., that the department feels no hesitancy In recommending them to all hog raisers In the great corn producing areas of the Middle West. The system recommended by the de partment la simple, practically the only requirements being a little extra care and lfcbor. Just before the far rowing season It la necessary to clean the farrowing pens thoroughly with hot water and lye, and before the sows are pnt in all dirt Is carefully washed from their skins. Within two weeks after farrowing the sows and litters, which have not been allowed ont of the pens, are moved to a clean pas ture—one that has not held hogs since cultivation. The young pigs, in order to get a good start without worms, nrast be kept on clean pasture away from wormy hog yards without con tact with other hogs, except the moth ers, for at least four months, after which they are past the greatest dan ger from worms. To be sure, it is necessary to provide proper feed, water, and shelter, bnt that is what any pig should have. Experience has shown that there are four good reasons why this swine sanitation plan means money to the farmer. In the first place, pigs with out worms grow to greater size and make more gain for the same quantity of feed than those that must use a part of their feed to grow an army of worms. It has been shown also that when those parasites are kept under control fewer young pigs are lost from thumps. Pigs that are not weakened by the inroad8 of worms are. as a rule, less» susceptible to the various dis eases that are common to them. And. Young Pigs, Particularly, Should Have Clean Pens. finally, the quality of the pork pro duced by clean, healthy pigs is better than that from wormy, unthrifty ones. Veterinarians in the department say that pigs infested with worms seem noticeably more susceptible to mange. necrobacillosi8, and possibly other dis eases, also, than those that are free of them. Both lots of pigs in the government exhibit at the recent In ternational Live Stock exposition were Infested with mange mites, but the worm-free pigs seemed to be highly resistant to their attacks, and In con trast with the wormy pigs showed little evidence of worry by the mites. All swine raisers in the corn belt should find It profitable to adopt this system of swine sanitation, but breed ers of purebred hogs should find it particularly advantageous, for a little gain in size and appearance makes a big difference in the show ring and tn the sale ring. HORSES ARE SOFT IN SPRING Muscles About Neck and Shoulders Are Full and Plump—Collars Will Need Adjusting. Most farm horses are at least mod erately fat In the spring. In this con dition the muscles about the neck ami shoulders will be full and plump and it will take a rather large collar to fit. The soft condition of the horses, how ever, coupled with the long days of hard work, causes them to shrink In flesh rapidly, and a collar that was a good fit at the beginning of the season may he entirely unsatisfactory three or four weeks later. In some cases the collar can be made to fit by using a sweat pad, while in others a new or different collar will be required. It is better, however, to have collars that fit than to use sweat pads. Make «owa Exercise. Whole oats scattered on a close floor are fine to feed sows and keep then» np and exercising a portion of the day which gives them vigor and more strength to withstand the ordeal of farrowing. No Cure for «cours. Thera Is no sure cure for scours In calves. It Is anoth'er case of the old saying that "An ounce of prevention ta worth a pound of cure." The inuin thing is to so handle the oulves that scours will not appear.