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Jim Thorpe, Champion,
an Ideal Heavyweight
Wouldn't wm« oearcher for a
••hope" like to *et Jim Thorpe? Imag
ine what Jim would do If he were
turned loose among the heavyweight*
writes Robert Kdgrea in the New
York Evening World.
Of courn* It Isn’t likely that Jim
bn* had time yet to think of taking
up boxing. Football, baseball basket
ball, running. Jumping, weight
throwing, all around athletics, skat
ing. lacrosse, acrobatics, hockey,
swimming and a few other similar
pursuits have kept him fairly busy
at Carlisle.
If he ever does happen to take up
boxing, though, look out. He’d be a
champion In that aport aa well as iu
nil the others. There isn’t a man In
the ring better built for boxing than
Jim Thorpe. And there Isn't one
whose other qualifications outrival
the Indian's.
Over six feet tall and heavy In
proportion. Thorpe has the height
ami reach of a champion. Kb Is amas-
Ingly strong. He could fight n hun
dred rounds without breaking down.
If necessary. This is shown by his
phenomenal endurance in nthlctlcs,
which enabled him to win both the
Pentathlon (five event) and the Dec
athlon (ten event all-around contest)
at Stockholm. Moreover Thorpe can
take any amount of battering, lie hat
never been "laid out" In football,
and there Isn't n man in America
nmre closdv watched and eagerly at
tacked by all opposing players. Car
lisle plays many games during the
season. In every gnme. It Is Thorpe
that the rival team tries to "put out
of the game." He must bear the
brunt of every furious attack. Two.
three, four men are sent sainshing
Into him at every chance, and Thorpe
grins and boots bis goals and drives
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through holes lu tlio dufenao or
"straight-arms" bis way down the
field with unfailing cheerfulness and
good nature.
And here we hu\o too most import
ant fighting characteristic he pos
sesses. Everyone knows that there's
no si*>rt Iu the world better thnn
boxing for scii-control. That’s be
cause self-control is absolutely nec
essary to the boxer. Without It he has
no chance to win than a nerve-shak
en sharishooter has to hit the bull's
eye.
THE SPECTACLE OF A
WHOLE WORLD ASKING
FOR SOMETHING
In a Christmas story entitled "Ask
and It Shall Be Given." published In
the Deremb.w American Magazine,
appeers the following:
"There is one wondeful spectacle
at Christmas-time, more wonderful
than any other spectacle we may see
on earth: and that is the spectacle
of a whole world asking for some
thing- Millions upon millions of us.
with each of his own desire, asking
that |t be fulfilled. Asking with
greedy eyes: or asking out of ssd
hearts hopefully. Asking aloud with
cheery voices; or asking n silence
a wish born urn'er covot
and kept on the hidden, under side
of things. See the great spectacle
of millions on their knees before the
ghing God. petitioning devoutly for
something ... a new doll, a
man's life, a bit of meat to cut: And
theC hrlstmas angel, who doca the
bidding of the giving God, disposes
as God dlsjioses.”
A woman's Idea of nn easy mark
Is from o dollar to 9S cents.
WEDNESDAY
NATIONAL HITTERS STAND
CLOSE UP TO THE PLATE
New Yoik. Nov. 20.—" Give me a
natural hliter and I will make a ball
player out of him," Is the often-re
peated prescription of John J Me-
G aw. the manager of the Glnn.v,
whin discussing the requisites of a
big leaguer.
Pew good hitters have been manu
factured. Like poets, painters and
other arti.ts. they are born, not
made. The latent talent lingering
there in to be developed. To con
tinue along the McGraw line of
.bought the manager of the Giant*
| has uullt a baseball club out Ot u Jo.
of batters, und lias won p-»nuan.a
with It. There are vcrtaln faults a
batter can correct that will improve
bitting.
The cardinal sin of betting Iu
"stepping back." Many a youngster
comes Into the blj league In the
spring with his heart full of hope
and stimulated by the same ambition
:o climb which actuates men In oth
er walks of life and goc« out In tli"
Held and docss ensatlonal work.
•Then cornel the real text.
"Take a turn at bat." any* the
manager.
The recruit walks up to th«* plat"
pad the add lest U usually applied
first. The manager dirocts the
pitcher to shoot a faat one at hi*
bean." If the man ztepa bark from
the plate he at the aanie time steps
back from the limelight, because Ills
chances of big league associations go
with the foot.
"He puts one foot In the water
pall." Is the verdict of the manager,
and It l.t the player’s death warrant
for fast company.
Suppose, however, that he la clum
sy in the field, and handles the ball
awkwardly, but when he cornea to
the plate he steps up toward the
"bean ball” and ducks only his head
after be sees that It la not going to
break and curve over the plate.
"There's a guy that'* got the stuff
In him," declares the manager, and
he holds him and sets about making
a fielder out of the recruit. Meny a
man has come to the Giants lu Just
this way.
Larry Doyle was far from a polished
performer at second base when he
Joined the Giants, but one look at
him In action At the bat was enough
for the keen-oyrd McGraw. The
Giants often tell of what the New
York manager said after Dan Drouth
on*. the scout, hud brought his find
to the Polo grounds.
"There's u guy that’s a hitter,"
remarked McGraw. "He falls away
on his back and hits them. It won’t
rnaka any difference to him whether
the pitcher lea left or right hander."
And it doesn’t.
Larry stands up there at the plate
and follows the ball with hla eye and
punches lit It. lie Is what la known
as a natural hitter and a free swing
er. tho acme of batting perfection.
It lx hard for nio;t left-hand hitter?
to bat southpaw pitchers.
Larry was very rough In hla stick
THE CHRONICLE-NEWS, TRINIDAD, COLORADO.
work, briugiug with him many tricks
of the ’’honeysuckle circuit For
instance hi used to throw his bui lif
ter "he hit the hall, uu<l frequently
he was not paitlculur where lu*
aimed It. They call It 1 sllngln’ the
hat" around the lots. Finally no
many ditchers complained about »hl»
unpleasant habit of th- Now York
ccoud baseman that ii iu! • was mad*
lu the league that whenever a halo:
struck the catcher b* .he vu:*l»i
manner lu whloU he placed the ha:
after hitting tho ball he was out o
the game ipso facto, ns Cicero u*e*’
to say.
l-arry. who has no n.-pe-* fot ti»*
ouvcntlonj und n!<c;|e* of the bh*
’eitgtu •. prrmptlv trot a stout plot*
of twine and tied bis bat to him el
after he nad been removed from rhre*
or four games for bounrin* the w*.
low off the more or !«•**• rest lent shin*
rf several catchers, to the gren
detriment of the thins.
"I guess that mle was aimed a
me."' he remarked, "but I fee Vc
them ”
Lurry still grabs off hi cap whet
ho makes a mopt c\>v:u!u- hit thar
a single and runs around the base*
with it lu hla hand II Ia one o’
the moat picturesque bntterr in tin
big Icagt*er, and one »? the most cf
fcctlvo. He la now a polMicd field
er, but It was his ren».» rknhle hit tin.*
which first obtained for him the Jol
on the Gian,s.
Many batters who have no deslrv
to step buck whoa they fln-t move In
ti* the league get "beaned" und arc
plate shy over afterward. That 1/
the ultimate test of cnuiene** in n
ball player. To get beaned" is to
be '.lt «>U the bead with u fust ball,
and tr always micav. going to sleep,
the duration of th** nap depending
upon the speed with which the ball
Is hurled and tho su&ceptlblllty of
tho "bean". Sometino** It results In
two days In tho hospital, spent In a
state of coma.
After such a terrifying experience
a man Is naturally timid about
standing up to the plate when the
ball Is again aimed for the head
Being aware of the fact and keeping
a carefully compiled list of the
’’Deanet!’’ boys, mauv pitchers have
acquired tho unspo. t-.manlike habit
of throwing the firs: ball ut the bead
of these men. who have been
"beaned” once. This is to drive
them nway from lb*- plate. Therr Is
little sentiment In .baseball.
Many men have been "beaned"
and have come boj:ji strong. Roger
Brestinehan, formerly the Giants'
catcher, was hit in the face with a
pitched ball when the Oiants were
playing Cincinnati kcveral years ago.
and It made extenrlve alterations in
hla face. He spent some tlm« lu a
hospital but when he came not he
was up there baiting Ju*t as strongly
tu ever, and never considers how
mary are shot at his head. The
pitchers have long since abandoned
the practice.
BATTERS “BEANED” IN
ATTEMPTING TO
OUTGUESS PITCHERS
Frequently batters are "beaned"
because the pitcher Is wild. There
ere times when twlrlers like Ed
Reulbach of the Cubs and other* can’t
seem to control the pill. It's ns lia
ble to hit the press stand os Archer's
glove—it may crack the hitter In the
onion or tear up some of the ground
in front of hla feet.
Still, many of the "beaniiißs"
come because the batter tries to out
guess the pitcher. It's usually the
youngster who essays this stunt. He
goes up to Uie plate and cogitates us
follows: "That fellow's going to
hand me a fast, straight ball. I'll Just
step In and alough It."
Instead, the hwrier gives him a
sharp-breaking curve, the batter
stops in. can’t draw back soon
enough and gets a crack on tho head.
Next time he’ll probably stand back
■and bit at anything that looks near
the pan.
Right from the first ball pitched
it is a duel between the batter und
the catcher. The backstop is there to
give the hitter what he doesn’t want.
In this regard th«- old, crafty catch
ers like Archer. Sullivan, King and
Stallage have It on the younger gen
erations.
These veterans watch the batter’s
feet. A lot cun be learned In this
way. They say the best boxers watch
their rival’s footwork. They can toll.
Just from the way the feet are shift
ed, what kind of n blow they may ex
pect. So it goes in batting.
SAYS THE CYNIC
In the December American Maga
zine the cynic my*,
"Quite a number of rich wlvci
• eom to be located at points where
they .ire most needed.
"A genius is one who appears to
do a thing practical)* as well as you
could do It yourself.
"A mail paid mo yesterday. ten
dollars that have been owing me
for clever years. Dread seldom flout/
ihat long."
Keep castors on your woodbox if
you would have It handy to move
about. .
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Has a dietetic value greatly beyond the
conception of anyone who has not used it.
It will make your food of a delicious taste,
a moist and keeping quality, and a diges
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baking powders or leavening agents.
I[ . w
" But more important than all else, Dr. Price’s
lhlr««i£ Powder, being a pure, cream of tar
tar powder, carries only healthful qualities
to the food —no alum, no lime phosphate.
It is noticeable that the advertisements of the
low priced (10c., 15c., 20c., 25c. per pound)
halting powders give no information as to
u ingredients. The fact that such powders are
’ made from alum is stubbornly concealed, their
■■ proprietors going so far as to issue prohibitory
contracts against exposure in the newspapers.
A b this because the alum people know that pub- Mi
Bk lidty would stop their business ? Of course no
W prudent housekeeper would use an article of food I
II in which she learned there had been concealed R
an unhealthful ingredient.
THE AVERSE BAD WOMAN
hi the December American Maga
x!ne, Ida M. Tarbell in an article en
titled “flood Will To Woman.'* re
port* the work hi-lni( done at the
New York Sin tv Kefortnatoray for
Women nt lledford. Following Uan
extract allowing what the average
type of the lledford girl la:
“The ave*ape typ- ol that mater
ial- that i«. a speeiea of compo II •
IlciVord girl—la easily arrived at
from a net of statistics. which wa*
made up after the Institution ha I
received Its onc-thou»andth case,
which happened In November, lUO9.
According to this, record the girl 1*
young, under twenty-one: that Is.
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NOVEMBER 20. 1012.
• ho U Just about the arc of tin* girl
entering one of our higher iiislltu
tlonn of learning. Fh>* l* not msu-i-
UUy loss lu utature or weight. Her
blond !< lrr* purely.\merl tan; In
deed. It Ik nearly thirty per rent
‘foreign horn.’ and eighteen per rent
colored. She bus little education.
She ha*, no expert training. Nearly
half of her working life hna been
•pent In unskilled housework. She
li»h usually a ‘pacer Hlreak'. she is
tho victim of moods. She must he
watched for hysterical tend nlo
She smokes clxarets. drinks freely,
and Ik tainted by dlHease* of ilte
street*. Almost always her life h.v
been Irregular •'exually.*'
THE FINEST CROP OF ALL
! David Grayson, writing one of hit
new “Adventure* In Contentment. ‘
In the December American Magazine
says:
"No country, after all. prcd.i<t <
any better erop than it* Inhabitant*.
And a* 1 travel onward I like *.•>
think of those brave, temperate. In
dustrious. God-friendly Amerbr.it
people. I have no f.-ar of the coun
try while so many of them are still
to ln*fo uml upon the farm* and in
the towns of this land
| It Ik humnu nature to want to
abuse some one occasionull>.