The Kenna record., May 22, 1914, Image 6

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THE RECORD, KENNA, NEW MEXICO.
WHEAT IIUIEW MEXICO
CONDITION OF WINTER PLANT
ING 18 S3 PER CENT. ,
SECRETS OF BACKSTOP
PIRATES END LONG HUNT FOR A PLAYER
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
NEW MEXICO
PEOPLE
HOW CUB CATCHER PROTECTS
HIS HANDS DURING GAME.
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Buieau of Statistic. Forecasts Ylsld
of 937,000 Bushels In Stats
From Present Conditions.
Wotnn Newapaper Union Nawa Service
Banta Fe. Estimates aa of May 1,
made by the bureau of statistics In
connection with the weather bureau.
United Statea Department of Agricul
ture, with comparisons, are given be
low: United
New Met States.
WINTER WHEAT
Planted area aban
doned, per cent... T
Area remaining to
harvest, acres .... 42,000 85,400,0 JD
Condition May 1. '14 SI 6
Condition May 1. 10
year average (I-yr.
av.) 8 85.6
Forecast from con
dition report, bu... 957,000 630,000,000
Final eatlmate of
yield. 1913. bu C51.000 528,561,000
MRAPOWS (for hay)
Condition May 1, '14 S4 0.9
Condition May 1, 10
year average II 88.1
PASTURES
Condition May 1, '14 0 88.8
Condition May 1, 10
year laverage 84 86. (
SPRING PLOWING
done May 1, 1914 78 70.
done May 1, 10
year average 72 68.8
SPRING PLANTING
done May 1, 1914 61 66.4
done May 1, 8-yr.
average 84.5
HAY
Trt of old crop on
farms May 1, 1914 41.500 7,830,000
Tons, of old crop on
farms May 1, 1913 (7,000 10,828,000
Tons of old crop on
farms May 1, 1912 61,000 4,744,000
Ground Is Soaking With Prosperity.
Santa F6. "The grape Juice crop In
the Pecos valley will tickle William
J. Bryan to death," said State Land
Commissioner R. P. Ervien. He has
Just returned from a motor trip to
RoBwell and says that farmers, sheep
men and cattlemen, not to mention
hog men and bee men and fruit men
and poultrymen are all as highly opti
mistic over the crop prospects as the
ineyardlsts. "Rain fell In sheets last
week," said Mr. Ervien, "and the Pe
cos river broke ' all records, ' doing
more or less damage along its banks.
An unprecedented fruit and alfalfa
crop is counted on and the sheepmen
in particular declare the season wilt
be a memorably successful one."
"Millionaire" Dies Poor and Alone.
Albuquerque. Dr. Boris Banoff, a
Russian, supposed to be a millionaire
ind owner of valuable silver mining
concessions In Mexico, died in a local
hospital, an object of charity. Driven
out of Mexico by the revolution, Ban-
off, who claimed Intimate relations
with President Diaz, came to Albu
querque a year ago. He spent money
lavishly. His health failed and he
went to a hospital, when it was found
he was penniless. His wife, who lives
In Fort Worth, Tex., sent him, while
in the hospital, silk pajamas and a
jeweled scarfpln, but no. money.
Insane Man Tries to Kill Wife.
Artesla. Thoroughly convinced that
three mortal enemies were after him
with rifles and another with a can of
gasoline with which he was going to
soak and burn him, J. B. Smith of Ar
tesla, attempted to kill his wife and
aged father with a .30-30 rifle, but was
overpowered before he could accom-
pllsh his design. Smith suddenly be
came violently insane after a six
weeks' serious illness.
Carrlzozo Woman Burned to Death,
Carrlzozo. Mrs. Lydla Harvey, the
aged mother of County Clerk Albert H
Harvey, was burned to death here in a
fire which destroyed her ranch house
one mile south of town. The body of
the woman was found near the back
door indicating that she was overcome
while fighting desperately to escape
from the flames.
Demlng Has $250,000 Fire.
Demlng, N. M. Fire starting in the
Western Union Telegraph Company
office wiped out half a block of the
business district valued at $250,000,
The Victoria hotel and the Demlng
National bank were destroyed. The
guests In the hotel were hurried to the
street by the management before- the
flames reached the building. A large
sum of money and valuable papers In
the bank vault are believed to be safe,
Among the stores destroyed are those
of the Health Millinery Company, the
Clark Clothing Company, Clark Gro
cery Company, and the J. A. Klnnear
Dmi vtore.
Open to Entry June 12.
nnnartmeut of the Interior. United
States Land Office, Santa T6, New
Mexico, May 6th, 1914. Notice la here
by given that the approved plat or sur.
vey of Fractional Township 23 Nortfc,
Range 1 West, has been received, and
the lands will be open to entry and
filing on and after June 12th, 1914.
Francisco Delgado, Register. Juan N
Vtall, Receiver.
Waatara Nawapapar Union Nawa Service.
Las Vegas Is to pave Bridge street
A Masonic lodge has been organized
In Anthony.
The state penitentiary at Santa Fe
now has 370 Inmates.
Dick Polk of Melrose, lost a $4,500
stallion recently of pneumonia.
The annual convention of retail deal
ers will meet in Raton July 9 and 10.
The institute of Guadalupe county
will be held at Santa Rosa June 25 to
July 11.
Five cars of bee cans have been re
ceived at Roswell for Pecos valley
beekeepers.
New Mexico has Increased Its popu
lation 66,000 since the last census of
1910, or 14,000 a year.
Earlier than usual, grass on the
range is assuming a height that now
almost supports stock.
Duff Jones, small son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Jones of Kenna, died from
the bite of a rattlesnake.
Something like 1,200 acres will be
planted to cantaloupes in the Pecos
valley and 100 In onions.
W. L. Slate, an oil man, has secured
leases on approximately 5,000 acres of
land in the vicinity of Taiban.
Dennis Clifford has sold the Clifford
group of seven claims near Steins to
Thomas Lester of Lorduburg, for $05,-
000.
Roy Easley has been appointed reg
ular night clerk at the Santa Fe post-
office vice Pablo F. Armljo, who has
resigned.
One carload of copper glance shipped
recently by the Eighty-five Mining
Company of Lordsburg, netted $4,500
at the smelter.
Cary Van Sickle was sentenced by
Judge Lleb to be hung at Tucumcarl
on June 26th for the murder of Deputy
Sheriff Anderson.
Governor McDonald has appointed
Henry A. Long of Cutler, Sierra coun
ty, and W. Well, of Ocate, Mora coun
ty, notaries public.
The four-year-old son of Mrs. Rob
ert McClellan of Raton was fatally
scalded when he accidentally fell into
a pot of boiling water.
Land Commissioner R. P. Ervlen
has transmitted to the state treasurer
$28,841.97 being the amount from the
sale and lease of lands.
George W. Billingsley, of Clovis, by
mistake took some carbolic acid, and
died before bis wife could get help
from the nearest neighbor.
Shearers are the chief desire of the
wool men of Socorro county Just at
presont. according to reports from that
great sheep growing section.
Senator Catron introduced In Con
gress a bill to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to lease allotted In
dian lauds for mining purposes.
On the west side of the PInos Altos
mountains the Empire ZIno Co. Is
pushing development work on the
Cleveland and Utter group and large
bodies of sulphide ore are .being
blocked out.
Chaves county has voted an appro
priation of $2,000 for representation of
the county at the Panama-California
exposition in San Diego. Chaves is the
fourth county In the state to make an
appropriation.
Ernest M. Brumback has been nom
Inated for postmaster at Sliver City
In place of Joseph E. Sheridan, re
signed, and Dirk E. Sellgman to be
postmaster at Las Cruces in place of
Vincent B. May, resigned.
At Ellzabethtown the Gold ft Cop
per Deep Tunnel Mining & Milling Co,
are operating their new air drills In
the Baldy tunnel, making about three
feet per shift, and expect to reach
ore in a very short time.
The escape of three convicts from
the road gang at Nogal camp, below
San Marclal in Socorro, Sunday has
raised the question of the best means
of dealing with prisoners who are' put
out to work on the roads.
Supervisor R. F. Baithis, of the
Alamo national forest, reports that so
far this season seven fires have oc
curred, four of which were less than
one acre In area, the others six, eight
and ninety-five acres, respectively,
That some people have killed all of
the seven beavers sent up the Santa
Fe canon last September and that
every effort will be made to ascertain
who has shot the little animals were
the declarations of Special Deputy
Game Warden Page B. Otero at Santa
Fe
The Jury In the case of the United
States vs. George F. Montgomery
charged with selling liquor to Dr. Ar
thur' Dearduff of Lovington, without
license, brought In a verdict of guilty,
U. S. District Judge William H. Pope
sentenced Montgomery to sixty day
la Jail and Imposed a fine of $100,
Many Chicago National League Re
cruits Benefit by Instructions of
Veteran Player Seldom Both
ered With 8tonebrulses.
Jimmy Archer, as long as he has
been with the Chicago Cub team, has
been rather conservative about his
method of catching so cleverly behind
the plate.' It has not been because
he does not want youngsters or other
catchers to learn hts secrets.
la Instructing youngsters about the
art of working behind the batter he is
one of the most liberal In the country,
and all the recruits who have ever
been on the team since Archer has
been on It have learned the finer
points of the work, writes Oscar C.
Reichow In Chicago Dally News. He
has taught "Bubbles" Hargrave a lot
thia spring, and that youngster is now
one of the best prospects the Cubs
have had In some -years.
In the springtime most catchers are
troubled with stonebrulses on their re
ceiving hands because of the tender
ness of the flesh after a winter of Idle
ness. Archer, when he began catch
ing, found a scheme to avoid bruises'
of that nature, but never revealed his
method to his teammates because he
thought tbey had systems of their
own. This spring, however, he ac
quired a stonebrulse, and it is the first
one he haa had In years, and it was
due mostly to an accident.
While watching batting practise at
Cincinnati he was hit on the Angers
with a foul tip. To avoid hurting his
digits more he stuck his hand deep
into his mitt and caught the ball in
the palm of his right hand. This was
contrary to his method. As he has
only an extremely thin padding on his
glove the bruise resulted and when
Jimmy Archer,
he catches now the pounding of the
ball Into the center of his glove gives
him considerable pain. When his
hand is well he does not Insert it into
the mitt more than half way and
catches the ball practically on his fin
ger tips, which avoids all possibility
of getting a stonebrulse, which is a
source of much annoyance to catch-
era.
Archer's way of catching the ball In
his fingers accounts for the steadi
ness with which he holds the ball at
the plate. As soon as the ball strikes
the center of his huge mitt his fingers
close tightly over It, thereby prevent
lng Its dropping out HIb trick of
using his fingers instead of the palm
of his bands also accounts for his un
failing ability to catch foul fly balls.
Ferns have seen catchers go back to
the stand for fouls only to see them
strike the glove and bounce out again
Archer seldom drops one, as his fin
gera grip the ball viselike as soon as
the ball hits, no matter bow difficult
the catch.
The star Cub backstop did not have
an error credited to him all last sea
eon for dropping a foul fly. Like all
great catchers, he seems to know in
tuitively where the ball goes after
leaving the bat As the ball goes up
back of the plate hts mask Is thrown
off and he has plenty of time to get
under the ball and generally makes all
the catches look easy.
Archer was not exempt from blun
ders last season, but they were due
to wild pegs to the bases. He did not
drop a ball at the plate all the. year,
which Is also a point in favor of his
method of catching with the big glove,
tighter Bats for Ty,
Word comes from Louisville that Ty
Cobb has ordered a dozen lighter bats
than he formerly used. The new ones
weigh 43 ounces, and they are made
from wood specially selected for him
Perhaps Tyrus found three 44-ounce
bats too heavy to swing while ap
proaching the plate.
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Ed Konetchy, Pittsburgh's First 8acker.
The biggest baseball deal of the
season, which landed Ed Konetchy
with the Pittsburgh Pirates, may close
the longest hunt for a player on rec
ord.
Pittsburgh has been searching nine
years for a first baseman to fill Kitty
Bransfield's shoes. Koney will now
tackle the Job.
Since B renef! eld was traded. 15 men
have been used on first by the Pirates.
None gave the satisfaction Bransfleld
was giving before being traded to Phil
adelphia. Kitty played good ball for
several years after the deal. '
Konetchy became a Pirate .Decem
ber 12, last He led the National
league first Backers in fielding last
year and batted .276.
No one expects the Pittsburgh hoo-
HOW'HUGGINS WON HIS JOB
Scrappy Little Manager of St. Louis
Cardinals Made Good With Joe
Kelley By Bunting.
Miller Hugglhs, the scrappy little
manager of the St. Louis Cardinals,
well remembers the first game he
played In the National league. It
was back in 1902 with the Cincinnati
Reds, when Joe Kelley was the man
ager. Hug called upon President
Herrmann, signed his contract and
then was introduced to Joe Kelley.
There was scorn from Kelley, who
informed Herrmann that Hugglns was
entirely too small to ever make good
In the big league. And Hug had to
alt on the bench until he got his open
ing to break in. Tom Daly then was
the Reds' second Backer, and he in
jured his leg one day. So Hug was
elected to play second the next day.
The first time up runners , were on
second and third when Hugglns lined
the ball down the left-field line for
two sacks, scoring the two runs.
Next time up one was on first and
Manager Miller Hugglns. '
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third when Hugglns bunted down
first base line. The pitcher grabbed
the ball and shot it past the first'
baseman. Two runs scored and Hug
bins reached third.
He duplicated thia play his third
time up. Runners on firBt and second
and again he bunted, with the same
result a wild throw from the pitcher
and two more runs.
In the clubhouse after the game
Hugglns said to Kelley: "I don't
know if you favor that kind of base-
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doo to impair Konetchy's usefulness.
Bransfleld was traded to Philadel
phia by the Pirates December 14,
1904. The Pirates gave McCormick,
Krueger and Bransfleld for Del How
ard. . -
Just nine years, lacking two days,
after the -historic deal, the Pirates
made the big dicker witn t. ixjuih
for big Ed Konetchy. . ,
Here are the men Pittsburgh haa
used in trying to plug the hole at first
since Bransfleld waB discarded:
1905, Clancey and, Howard; 1906,
Nealon; 1907, Nealon Swaclna and
Storke; 1908, Storeke, Gill, Swaclna
and Kane; 1909 Storke, and Absteln;
1910, Sharpe, Hyatt and Flynn; 1911.
Hnuter, McKechnle and Wagner;
1912, Miller; 1913, Miller and Wagner.
ball, Mr. Kelley, and if you don't Just
tell me what to do. I want to learn,
you know." . ;
"Say, kid," responded Kelley, "keep
that stuff up, and they can bring me
eight other fellows Just as small aa
you." And from then on Hugglns
was the regular second Backer until
traded to the Cardinals.
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In lining up the regular Giants, Man
ager McGraw has picked Snodgrass or
Stock to cover third base In the ab
sence of Arthur Shafer. McGraw pre
fers Snodgrass because of his peppery
aggressiveness and good batting.
George Stallings, leader of the Bos
ton Braves, says there will be quite
a change In the old league this sea
son. He declares the scribes will '
have to pick another team Instead
oi tne Braves for the tall-endera.
Herbert Murphy, who is filling the
shoes of Mike Doolan for the Phillies,
has a strong whip. "His throws to
first are like rifle shots," says Red
Dooln. .
Nick Altrock and Germany Schaefer
continue to amuse American league
followers and themselves by . cut
ting capers on the coaching lines for
Washington.
Connie Mack has turned George
Brlckley, the brother of the famous
Harvard athlete, loose. He goes to the
Trl-State league, aa an outfielder.
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Rlvlngton M. Blsland, the sensation
al shortstop of the Atlanta team last
year, has been secured by the Cleve
land Naps by the waiver route.
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a noBton paper aeciares mat in tne
last ten years the Braves won eight
opening contests. " Why quit so soon
after the opening T
Edgar Palmer gave $300,000 to
Princeton for a stadium. Gee, Just
think how popular he would be In the
Federal league.
Bobby Wallace has an able assist
ant In Dee Walsh., The youngster
put on a sterling attack at shortstop.
Bonessetter Reese, the famous, arm
doctor of Youiigstown, has had
busier spring than ever.
Jack Knight the elongated lnflelder,
declares there never was A better bt
man inai uarry ajoie