The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 26, 1907, Page FIVE, Image 5
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THE BASEBALL CURVE I aw
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An Old Timor's Story of the Game \
Who First Saw It.
Spoaking aibout I ho early history
of baseball the other day, an old timo
professional player said there were
many thing's not known generally.
"There is, for instance, the matter
of curve pitching. Who pitched t'lie
lir.-i curve ball.' No; don't- name
any of the men that' won pennants
and got $10,000 a year. The pioneer
wasnM a profesional, but an amateur
?that is, he was an amateur until his
curves made him famous.
11 is name was Arthur C'ummings,
and he was a New York boy, a tall, ,
i.hin young fellow with hair as blond
a.! a chorus girl's. llt?w lie came to
discover curve pitching 1 don't
know, but it was generally believed j
alterward that ho hit on it by accident.
He tried it out for the first': (
time in 1S07 in a game between twq'w.
scrub teams iu Washington. for
"The fanions Kxcelsior club of j ]
New York was then visiting Wash- L
ington as the guest' of the old Nation- I
al clnlb, and the t wo played a series j
of games on the qld While lot. To-| '
ward tlie end of tlio series some one j 1
suggested that the young New York-1 yo
ers who had come over from the ftx- j ,
eelsiors make up a scrub nine and I *
play a nine of Washington bovs as a '
sort of comic interlude.
"The suggestion was adapted, and
the New York nine consist e<V of four
or five Kxcelsior substitutes and a >jc
numiber of other young fellows, )10
among them Arthur Oumniings. The on
Washington nine was made up in the i ?
main of players belonging to the |
Junior Nationals, the crack amateur!
team of Washington. IT
"Cummini's was a rising young:
pitcher, lint ijo one thought that I hers
was anything remarkable about him.
and the Junior Nationals prepared)
to knock him out of the box. Hut j ?
when the tirst batsman Panned out ! |u.
the Washingtoniaus began to look j f,,
surprised. ! ()t
"'It's the darndesl tiling I ever on
saw,' said this batsman. 'I struck iK>
right out at all three halls, and every [),
one of them seemed to jump aside, ke
just as it got' near the plate. One
jumped outward, another inward, ,.j(
and the third seemed to rise. Maybe j
I'm beginning to see things.'
"It puzzled Jewell, tho catcher,
too, not. t'o speak of Al Mills, the
, umpire. Jewell caught all of the balls
because it was then the custom' for
the catcher to stand far back and
catch on the first' bounce, but it made
him dizzy.
"The second batsman of the Junior
Nationals went to the bat and
walloped the air three times too. All"1
Mills came up close to the plate to | sc
seo what was wrong. It looked to j(^'
him as if C'ummings were wild.
IT
" '.lust keep your bead there, ho I
said to tlie third hiitsman, 'and you i
will uci your base on balls.' j
"This third IniKman had a steady i 1
hand, and, sure enough, he got his
base on balls. Cuinmin'gs pitched the s<
ball, and it seemed to be coming ti
straight for the plate, when sudden- D
1 v, just as it was ten feet or so away, I K
, it curved out and missed the plate by c<
a foot. Mills called a ball. hi
"The next ball came straight on, of
but the batsman, hoping to hit it at
and profiting by his experience,
/ swung his bat far out'. Hut, instead w
of curving out like the las't one, it le
seemed to jump. It crossed the plate si
on a level with tho batsman's eyes. n1
"That scared him, and lie just n,
stYiod there without making a move c<
until a succession of wild bialls sent S(
him to first base. The fourth bate- oi
man struck out so easily that it was
pathetic. h
"Well, sir, Cunimings began to get' K
more control over the ball after that tl
first inning, and Mills bad to admit s<
that it was coining over the plate; ti
but' except by accident, not a single w
Junior National batsman could (|
touch it. It jumped; it sank; it d
wab'bled from side to side. Mills
rubbed his eyes and wondered how (l
tho filing was done. Cunimings mere- |t
l.v smiled.
"In the tif'tli inning one of Mie Na- h
tionals li\' dumb luck landed o.i the h
sphere and drove it into the next |
county. There were two men on j ||
bases at the time, and the home run i ?
brought tlie.ni home. That gave the <.
Nationals three runs. So far as fid
know, they made no other runs in ji
? the whole game. ti
"After it was all over the whole
town buzzed aibout Cunimings' queer v
pitching. As for him, he was as si I- v
ent' a? the grave. tl
"'How do you make the ball h
curve?' asked a hundred persons. |
" 'Does it curve?' Cumming.: t
would say innocent-like.
"And tlioil he would shut up and n
become a <dam. p
"When he got. back to New York n
I .
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Every sale event hen
e.Hn, clear cut reducti
e can char ge is the gc
t 9 o'clock.. Be on ha
Another Big C
)ne hundred more of those Castor, Ion;
:diu-sdfiy morning at f.\ 98. Von can't
less than 50.
100 long 50 inch Cloaks, black, tan an
lid, all sizes from 32 to 4I, take your
itch this ?7 50 Cloak for less than a fic
Ml $12.50, $15.00 and $16.50 Cloaks nu
Don't throw away your money, look at
u buy.
; do/.. Children's Refers in garnet, blue
d #[ 5c, choice 65c. each.
A Big Blank
Wednesday morning al 9 o'clock will ]
>rth Carolina 10-4 Wool Rlankets, beai
t a pair in the lot worth less than $5 ?(
e pair to e;(ch buyer at only the pair
Be you a looker or a \
lg and Shoe business
was signed by tin- champion Atlilo s
and bcvaine their star pitcher,
her pi tellers watelied him and got
to the trick, hut it was liiree years
Coro anybody did if as well as hi*,
niing those three years hit- team
pt llio championship.
"And thai, so far as ll know, is
e. story of the origin of the curve
11."?'Baltimore Sun.
ON A DESERT ISLE.
# '
.randed Fisherman Lives Fourteen
Days on a Crab and a
Seal.
After baMling with tiie elements
r four days in an open boat, Auist
Koeht, a fisherman of the
hooncr Stanley and formerly a
agoon in the Tsar's anny, was
randed on the desert' island o'f
nimak, wlierc he existed for fouren
days 0.1 a crab and the carcass
' a seal which ho found there, says
ie Seattle Times.
When he was picked up by tho
'homier Alice, a codl'ishing boat
oin Seattle, which had put into
ublin hay for a supply of water,
oclit was so weak from hunger and
dd Ih a I lie could barely creep on hi*
inds and knees a;ul wave the signal
f distress which brought him assistice.
(In "iionrd the Alice, Kooht was fed
ith whisky and milk and his swol11
limbs rulhtbed with alcohol. It \vaf
x days before lie was able to stand
|ion his feet. Konr hundred miles
urtJi of the point where he was pick1
up Koeht was turned o^cr to tin
hooncr Stanley, and arrived in port
ti 'board that vessel.
While fishing for cod off the is
md of Unima'k the dory whicl
[ocli.t occupied was swept away fron
To schooner Stanley by a terrifi<
mthwester. For your days the dis
rosed fisherman battled with the
fives. One of the oars broke undei
10 strain the second day. and In
rifted helplessly.
Then tlie dory capsi/.ed half a mih
ft' the shore of the island. As tin
i>al upset a heavy , codfish hool
1111 /lit in the back of Kocht's lef
and. It was only by knawing tin
eavv twine with liis teotii that tin
isherman succeeded in escaping Iron
lie leash which held him to tin
reeked heat. Koclit finally inamv.r
11 '.o reach I he beach, where he sa.?'
own in distress. The hook lie man
ged to tear from his hand with hi:
uetli.
For two weeks Kooht suf'forcd pri
ations to which but for his snperl
italit.v he must have succumbed. Oi
lie fourth day of his stay on the is
md he found a dead crab lying ii
lie sand. Upon this he lived fo
lircc days without water.
There was no refuge where In
light seek shelter, and he was com
elled to pace the beach during tin
iglit to keep warm. Almost crazo<
V
i is a bora fide earnest er
on on all lines thi> week,
tldi n rule of 5 hi biu; s.ore
r?d for first'selec ion.
ioak Sale. 850 Me
g 50 1 iich Cloaks l-? go on sale foo
match this Cloak in Newberrv
South C;i
il castor, nicely trimmed with I 1-11,1 ,na
choice for $7.50. Von can't ! ss *-^an
>.00 bill. ! 50 Mot
irked to one price, #9 98. ! elsewkcn
the Cloak values here before J jy^.j
11 , 1 ? J a. cl 515 c
; and ljrown, worth j-i 00, $1.25 il
C A tren
f
_ t1 and must
;et Sale. I
; C
)lace on sale c.ne hundred pair ;
utiful blue and pink borders, |j
3, as long as the 100 pair lasts, f "?? Pa
3.49. Come quick ? .+ 1.75, to
Duyer, come .vv| s? -? h )w
in Carolina. Cviiu ^11d g
with thirst, Koch I wandered thirty I
mi!-*; inland in search of water, at
( la.-'i finding it in some small clefts
.in the rocks.
; lvefreshed with the water, Kocht
I once more wandered hack to the
shore to set up a lonely vigil for a !
passing ship. There, cast upon the
beach, he found the body of a seal,
1 and upon the carcass the marooned
man contrived to exist, sleeping in
i tlie daytime when the sun warmed
.the sand a.id pacing the shore-during1
j the cool nights. i'
i From a piece of canvass from the
I wrecked dory Kocht manufactured a
signal, and twice a day, as long as his
i strength lasted, climed to a pinnacle
of rock, where, he kept a lookout f< I
j a passing sail.
\\ 11 : 1 the ri-huoner Alice hove in ?
, siuht Kocht was so weakened from i
his sul Iering that he could barelv C
creep upi.n his knees. The schooner I
.stood off from the shore and the'
; skipper motioned for him to swim.
I' earl ul le<t 1 he vessel miuiit pass
him by. Kocht. sank unconscious oil |[
tlie >a::d, and il was thus that the]
, fishermen found him. (
11 was not until he was revived on \
board the schooner that Kocht learn1
ed that within forty miles /<?f tlie | j
I place wliyre he was stranded there is j '
a lighthouse. Captain Wallsledt, ol' >
the schooner Stanley, stated that j
I lollowing Kocht's disappearance lie
. j sent out two dories, but was unable j
; to find a trace of him.
; j "Negroes for Africa."
. j Richmond News-Leaden*.
> Strength and long life and prospeit
ily to the movement, said to have 1
taken shape in this city to transport '
. the negroes of this country to Afrjca t
1 at the rate of a million a year. The t
1 sooner and the faster they got away s
? from us I ho sooner they will he free | s
- and lite sooner we will he. We hope I l
> j most earnestly that the project will t
i-j lake definite shape and that for ili<_
> j the sympathy and aid of the I'liiled I
Slailes government will be enlisted, i <
? ' The negroe; will go fast enough if of- { t
? lered proper inducement in the way t 1
c of favorable conditions, cheap trans- , <
I portal ion and general eneonratjeni.Mi; ?
and protect! ion. Aside from their 11 a - 1
Iura1! desire for a government and
1 country of their own, their common j c
> -1 use tells I hem that (hey never can 1 \
- have oppo: utility for full develop- 1
c ment of Iheir powers and abilities as : \
- a people while they are in contact ' I
< with the white race, overshadowing <
them and holding them down. h
Of course it is too early to begin i ,
) the discussion of details. Ait the verv ! t
1 start, however, it should be made cer-j <
- tain that masses of American/negroes j
1 are not to he carried from here and I 1
r dumped in Liberia or elsewhere in ! t
that pari of Africa without caroful '
8 preparation for their reception and (
- care and arrangement, for their com- <
ft j fort and safely. Twenty-nine year. 1
1 j ago a movement something like tni.- ,
1
t
! k. . v
iisnnauc
Ml Saturday
ideavor to attract trade by the power c
A guaranteed saving on eve y item.
. rh3 big bargain wheel starts in m:>t
:n's Overcoats for $5.50 Each. Ev<
'U S Overcoats wilh a hiK storm collar, ,1.0'u'w" '.luu""*'1'
Tolinn Heaters is what we call em', you i ease Androsc<
ch this Overcoat in all Newberry for i ?u?c Siaudan
Good Turkey F
bS 50, here goes for only a $5 00 bill. Standard Tabic
is line heavy Melton Overcoats worth 20 1)U"WS Old l
; Si 2 vso, here goes for ?8 50. 2u? lvU^s'
i s Cravenett Rain Coats worth $i2..r?o ABi
>0 elsewhere, here goes for $10.00. t,.
* 1m ve cases go o
tendons lino < f Overcoats to select from 59c, 98c, $i.2.r>,
he sold double the price.
A F
ut Price Shoe Sale. .. . ,
lvvcry yard of
irs Men's Hrogan Shoes worth $1.50 and men nwny" n'id
1" this week only $1 25. any other store ii
well we are equipped to do the bigge
et acquainted "Sh ike/'
pi MB* MB r"
idi mJ WLsm S2
w" *
Thanksgiving Day Will B
We've fattened our stock
guaranteed Hats that rise in
day you wear them.
A Glance Assur<
Dut it lakes wear to bring c
Dome in and select one for
A/ill complete your attire fo
ts shape and will be time fc
ore it is worn out.
FELLERS &
"nrnrwi -hiumwihibh m\ 1 mi ir?- ?
11 eonsideralion here was organized i.i an adverse current: nl<
.1 Charleston, S. ('. Negroes i'roin British government
lie Carolina*, Georgia and Alabama 'u.1 Sierra Leone ant
00k stock in it eagerly, the under- provisioned hi
.landing being that each share of '''')<M'ia. When she got 1
r|p,ck.entitled its holder to transpor- '?ston it, was found that
ation^lYoni Charleston to Liberia. At 0,1 t?wa."-e lees, j
he appointed time, 4,000 or 5,000 ne- "''him trip and \\i
:roes flocked to Charleston and found association
here as their means of crossing flic aua.v w'?al money had
?cean an old, hallVotiten bark of 412 an<l Ihe lirst m
mis, i\ forincr fruit (dipper for lhe|"1!111' ,ni,t' ('a.V
fade between Hoston and West ln-!,1,,w" i""1
lies bought for a song. Inder the la w s j 1,011 "m uilh l,is ,"'1" 1,(1
lie was forbidden t > carry more llian ; ('xl"'1
-'<?() adults, and probably 10,000 j 1 l,:l' ""i'-JiiilI ol
-hares of slock, eaeh of which repres- wl'" 'I'-"1 ?
'ii'ted a tiflicl. had been sold. She ' '"j. yenm'nhen.-e m t
vns poorlv |ir ivi.doiied and equipped. ^ ''>' 1 iire?* \?*;
ler water supply was short and she!1!"' ' mainder fell viclii,
vas without medicine or doctor. ()n'''_a elimalc :,nd
lister Sunday of IS7S she s,,i|_,-I'M"'1, end. survived a
<l with over l")0 negroes, passengers , ^il'1'-x u 0 "
md crew, (d* all ages and kinds, j We wain :io repel it in
Mbont everything happened to her pericnee. There is no
hat could happen to a ship, short of ever, why such a inov
A'recks. She ra;i out of provisions ,,0t succeed, it strong)
ind water and when she reached the managed, backed by sut
ropics her passengers began to die. at a1"' conducted by men '
lie rate, of two and three a day. a:u' experience.
1'wonly-ninc of them were dropped *
>verboard, corpses, in the last ten Self-Dofens
lays. Ship fever broke out aboard Prof. Ogdyn Chalmers
tier, she was hit by a tornado of'f the ledo's veteran educator,
Azores, calmed at. the equator, caught few remaining schoolma
;h Sale
Night.
)f our matchless low prices. A
Not how much, but ho?v little
ion a^ain Wednesday morning
r
srything at Cut Price.
1, ronu' direct to Mimnaugh's wIhmc your dollars do
:>ggin bleaching (limited) 10 yds to imcIi huvcr loc. yd.
I 1 Vic ties, plenty of ivd and blue, t 2.1?e Uiml at only 10c '
ted Table Damask, worth .$50, bete only lyo yd.
' Oil Cloth, instead of 25c, bete only 15c.
ventueky buck Skin all wool Jeans, 35c, here only 22c.
worth Roe and 750, here goes 35c eaeh or 3 for $1.00.
ig Cotton Blanket Sale.
in sale at just half price.
$1.49 and $1.9$, not a pair in the lot Units not worth
Jig Dress Goods Sale.
black and Colored Dress Goods marked down for this
can't come semi by a friend These bargains will soon
you know more people trade at Mimnaugh's than in
II Newberry.
st Dry Goods, Millinery, Cloth
, m mir,
fljflh
p
%
e on Thursday 28th.
with a line of Havves'
your estimation every
ss the Style,
ut fully their qualities.
Thanksgiving wear, it
r the clay, it will hold
>r a new one long beMORGAN.
;>ng the coast. J cliniu' 1" corporal punishment.
laid hands on ''I hcliew in corporal pniiish1
had her In- me;i?l," lie said stoutly in a recent
id towed to address. "I take no stock in moral
back to Oil ft r- suasion. Good, healthy boys under
. she was eat- mora! suasion have too free a time
>rovisio;is for of it. Tiicy ,ue| out of hand.
iges ol the "There is a friend of mine," said
l,;,(i "imldled L(?.ilIM,r wilh ., u.,.itn smi|(li
not been em- * who i> raising; a family of six hoys
il(, <i Boston will, i In- help ol moral suasion. The
<1,1(1 \\<nl mihi |i11)(. chap armied ahoiH the
il *?>}? i;i ll<M'I matter the other night a| a clnh.
! " 'And do \on believe,' said I,
linen! except I ., . . '
, i l.ia! moral >uasion is better than
t lie passen- . ,
' ci'i noial iiiini<ihii.'I)'1 |or I>i _ *, hist v
'I < "!?>' I ever 1 , . '
I i?o \ - like \ on in :
lopical I i nil,
irs, a I ion I half " ' V,'s' I'ricul.
us ,,, 11?. incr- " ' An<l 'lo "lean to say that
the ivmainin" v"" m'Ver whipped \oiir hoy-?''
ml have done 1
" 'As I rue as I sit here,' inv friend
hi of that ex- earnestly, ' I hav?; never
reason, how- s,n,,'k ""< ?' "'.V ehildren e.veept in
ement should S<,,l'-?h'fe1isc.' " Washington Star.
y and wisely ??1
licient capital ( A Doubter.
ivilli rorasitrlii : I,in i,. m?. ij,? minister
I told me, today ihat Clod gave mo to
you. Mother Well, ho did, my dear.
c- Helen?-Then somebody isn't telling
i Lorimer, To* tbo truth. I hoard auntio toll Mrs.
is one of the Watson that, the court gave nio to
slcrs w/io still | you.?Detroit I'Vee Press.