The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 145, Ed. 1 Monday, September 21, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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SflTBALL DOOMED I
BIRD LIFE
A WOMAN'S WAV.
She • alt* within * darkened room, and
weep*.
But not for one whom ahe may greet no
more;
It la a lonely vigil that ahe keeps;
But auddenly her heart with gladneaa
leapa.
For ahe haa heard hla footatep at the
door.
IN BIG LEAGUES
ECE8SARY TO MAN’S EXISTENCE <»«ath and executed as rapldlr aa
—WORK FOR HIM DAILY
FROM DAWN TO DUSK. ^Jser dome.ticu.) aufflc^nt
_ reason for hla death sentence. As a
matter of fact, however, the bill of
RESERVE THE FOOD SUPPLY fa re does not tell half the tale. The
sparrow, not content with being al-
most wholly a grain eater, does its
ctlvity of the Robin, Wren, Kingbird best to kill off the tribes of birds that,
and N Ighthawk—8parrow Is Con- goring grain, seek as food the pests
denned by Expert Clark Ip wh‘«h the vegetation.
Treatiu An suku.. Friends of the sparrow may say
' TrtmU“ on th* 8ubJ,et that Its grain Is largely the waste
hv rnwisn n rusk *[ra,n of the citF *treet»- bot th*
, , w.. ' CLAR^ sparrow Is spreading all over the
(Associate Member American Ornlthol- face o{ the |ftnd and „ b<scomlng the
° dread foe of the farmer In the fields of
(Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles.) and whejUi
Science has shown that bird life A paJr ot house wrens started to
uat be counted aa one of the ele- build a nest In a box which had been
ents of the wealth of nations. 8d- nailed on the top of a poet In the rear
ice has shown further that the an-, of a clty residence. The person who
hllatlon of bird life means the annl- put up the home for Jenny and her
latlon of human life. This latter con- husband made the mistake of cutting
lent assertion failed of It. effect too Urge a hole for an entrance. Aft
hen It was given to the world, for no er the nest was completed and the
her reason than that of 1U startling eggs were laid two English sparrows
itore. The people put it down for a came along during the temporary ab-
t of scientific buncombe. sence of the wrens, broke all the eggs
It Is a curious fact that the great and threw a Urge part of the nest out
0N8IDERABLE OPPOSITION DE-
VELOPING AGAINST “DAMP
SLANT" AMONG MANAGERS.
once killed on sight bjr every fanner
who had a hire of bee. on hi. plae%
1 boms, of the
honey-makers. „
This kingbird, called In some pert*
of the country the tyrant flycatcher,
of the injurloue kind. It also haa BA
appetite for bees, and It Fat tW*
marked taste that made trbttffm far
the bird. Its numbers began to dl- w<
minlsb under persecution, and then \
some of the members of Uncle Sara’e
biological survey who had a suaplclon
that the kingbird was being treated
badly, began an Investigation. It was
necessary to be cruel to some hun-
Wlthln her room she bides alone awhile,
And dears away the trace# ot her tear*.
She ties her ribbons in a more becoming
style,
And then, with but a faint hint of a smile,
Upon the stairs, with queenly grace, ap-
pears.
She wept because he was five minutes
late;
She thought her Joys were all forever
past.
Without a trace of tears, calm and sedate.
She gives him cause to think that he must
wait
For years ere he may win her love at
last.
—8. E. Kiser, In Chicago Record-Herald.
M’ALEER MAKES PREDICTION
When Is a player legally at bat?
The other day National League Um-
pires Johnstone and Klein decided
that a player was legally at bat the
instant be put his foot in the bats-
man’s box with a bat in his hand and
faced the pitcher. This question has
not bobbed up In the big leagues for
many a year. Moreover, there Is
nothing In the rules covering the
case. Consequently, the ruling made
by the umpires Is Interesting. Um-
pire Johnstone says that a pitcher Is
legally In the game the Instant be
puts his foot on the pitcher’s rubber
with the ball in his hand. He decides
also that If a fielder took his place on
the field during a game and was taken
out before a ball was pitched he also
was legally In the game. In each
case, Johnutone says the batsman, the
pitcher or the fielder. If taken out,
could not return to the game even
though not a ball had been pitched
while he was In his position. This is
what Umpire Klem sayst “There is
no rule covering the point. To ruy
knowledge It has never come up be-
fore and I had to use my own judg-
ment. If a batsman can come Into
the batsman’s box with his bat pre-
pared to bat and then be taken out
and another batsman substituted,,
and the same batsman be permitted’
lo repeat the trick, there would be an
endless chain of substitutions. It
would open up a field for dilatory tac-
tics which would be taken advantage
of when teams were trying to delay
the game for rain. I believe that my
ruling M the right one and that it
will wand." Aa Is the custom when a
new ruling Is made In baseball, all
the facts In the case will be reported
to President Pulliam by Umpire Klem.
Mr. Pulliam will (hen decide just
when a batsman Is legally at bat and
when he Is legally taken out of the
game. It’s a mighty line point of base-
ball to argue over, but Klem’s deed-
sion appears to be fhe correct one.
crete form, with Managers Connie
Mack of tbe Athletics; Jimmy Mc-
Aleer of 8t. Louis, and Fielder Jones
of Chicago as the leaders of the oppo-
sition to the spltter. While Jones
has been opposed to the use of the
dampened sphere for two year.. Mack
and McAleer have only recently filed
their objections. Mack was quoted
recently as saying:
"Mark my prediction. This is the
last year of the spltter if the man-
agers of the American league clubs
have their way. The' opposition to
the spit bail has grown, and I cer-
tainly look for It to be legislated
against next winter at the annual
meetings of the American and Na-
tional leagues. While some doubt It,
1 am firm in the opinion that a rule
can be made against the spltter which
can he enforced. The best judge of
a spit ball Is the umpire. No twirler
can fool tbe official when be Is using
a spltter."
Walsh, F. Smith, Oi tb.Chesbro, How-
ell, Lelbbardt, Berger, Dygert, Mor-
Force of Habit.
"What did that youpg ‘cub’ reporter
follow up before he came with us?"
asked tbe managing editor.
"Believe he was a dentist,” respond-
ed the assistant.
"Ah, I thought so!”
‘‘Why, has he been writing anything
about dentistry?”
“Yes, rather suggeatlve of It. In de-
scribing a storm on the lake he wrote
that the ship had a difficult time ‘pull-
ing out of the teeth of the gale.’
Chicago Dally News.
dreds of Individuals in order to
kind to the entire family. King!
were killed and their stomachs '
examined. It was found that n«
By the Old Gate.
“When the old farmer aaked yotl
where you were last night I heard you
tell him you were playing with two
farm hands," remarked the first
boarder from the city.
“You bet 1 was," laughed the second
boarder from the city.
“What were you playing? Cards?"
“No, just playing Cupid’s game ol
hands. You see, these farm hands be
longed to the pretty daughter of the
old farmer."—Chicago Daily News.
Or a Swindler.
Mrs. Dewtell—I do think Mr. Hank
Inson Is the meanest man I ever heard
of, without exception.
Mrs. Jenkins—Why, what's he been
doing?
Mrs. Dewtell—Sned a man for alien
atlon of his wife's affections and set
the damages at only ten dollars.—
Judge.
The Los Angeles Times has the fol-
lowing to say about tbe sale of Pitch-
er Gray to the Washington club:
"The long*'*peeled explosion went off
with a bang yesterday, for Manager
Henry’ Berry of the Los Angeles
baseball team sold Pitcher Dolly Gray
An Encouraging Sign.
"Our baby squalls all night long.”
"Don’t be discouraged. He may
grow up to help nominate a president
some day.’’—Chicago Record-Herald.
The Nighthawk.
mass of the people finally were moved | of the box. The wrens are fighters and
to consider “the fowls of the air” by
pure sentiment rather than by „ any
fear that the disappearance of the
birds would be followed by the depop-
The feeling of
SAME OLD SY8TEM.
ulation of the globe,
humanity has done much to check tbe.
thoughlless slaughter of the song and
Insectivorous birds.
Their close companionship may be
won by him who will seek It In sym-
pathy and in kindliness.
Possibly the use of story and illus-
tration will make an Impression upon
the mind. With the exception of a
few berries aDd cherries, the food of
the common robin consists entirely of
Insects. The robin at certain seasons
of the year eats about double Its
weight In Insects every day. At first
glance, the robin being comparative-
ly small, it may not seem that this
gustatory performance Is anything re-
markable, but stop a moment to make
a comparison. A man, in order to sat-
iety an equally well-developed appe-
tite. would have to eat about 300
pounds of food all told at his three
dally meals.
years they made their nests. Their
eggs are now found frequently upon
the roofs of office buildings In all the
large cities of the country.
Tbe nighthawk slgzags Its way
across the sky In a flight that It
makes the head swim to watch. It has
long wings and Is thickly feathered, a
circumstance which gives it an appear-
ance of size that Is not real.
In reporting on this bird the gov-
ernment expert said: "This enormous
stomach must be kept filled to supply
motive power for the long wings,
which are kept In motion so many
hours. The food consists ot Insects
taken on the wing and the bird fills
Its great stomach almost to breaking.
Tbe wholesale killing of the night-
hawks entails an almost Incalculable
Injury upon agricultural interests.’’
The instances which have been giv-
en are sufficient to show tbe necessity
for the preservation of certain forms
of the bird life of the United States.
The examples of the birds’ usefulness
to man might be extended until they
Hilda—George acts very strange,
don’t know what to make of him.
Grace—Make a fool of him. I did.
Chicago Journal.
To have the capacity to
I care for this amount of provender he
would needs -be 30 feet high, ten feet
thick from front to back and five feet
broad across the shoulders, if he
were to remain aa tbln as he Is to-
I day his stature would have to be in-
creased until be towered above the
Washington monument In order to
give him room within his body to put
tbe food which It would be necessary
to eat to sustain life.
It must be borne tn mind that the
robin and Its brother birds breakfast,
dine and sup largely upon noxious in-
sects.
Look at tbe accompanying cut to
see wbat the midget of a bouse wren
(Troglodytes aedon) does for man In
the way of checking the plague of
creeping and flying things. You will
search tbe record of tbe bouse wren
la vain to find any evidences of fruit
Stealing. He dearly loves grasshop-
per*, cutworms, weevils and the un-
pleasantly named stink bugs. The
wren loves spiders, too, and, while
spiders have a use, they are not over-
pleasant companions, and there be
few men or women who will blame
Jenny Wren for depopulating the
weba.
The wren, small as It Is. raises a
targe family. 1 once watched the de-
parture of a family of wrens from the
Besting box. Th* father and mother
stood perched on the roof and en-
Kingbird.
home with dismay and anger, but soon
started In to build again. A cleat was
nailed over a part of the entrance
hole by the owner of the yard, ma-
'b0LCY"6m/°
Case and Comment
The arromraodatlnc husband paints hla
houae
In a style to auit tike wishes of hla spouse,
And the neighbors o’er the way,
Who’vr suspicions, merely say:
"tvban he ordered that he must have had
a Mouse."
... -Puck.
to the Washington American league
team. Berry would not announce the
pric* he would receive, but stated
that It was the largest sum ever paid
for a coast league player. While this
will be news to rhe fans of the Pacific
Coast league, the sale la not entirety
startling, for several big league teams
have been after Dolly for some
months, but Manager Berry has here-
tofore turned all the offer* down.
He was once offered $4,000 for him,
bat wanted 17.000. and It is presumed
tbe real figure la about $1,060. How-
ever, the coast teas will have him
all the year, for he Is not to be de-
livered until after the close of the
present season.”
The A newer,
’’Why don’t tboee South American
countries settle their petty disputes by
arbitration?"
"They hate to waste the time. They
can finish n half dosen revolutions In
the ttme It would take to arbitrate
once.”—Cleveland Leader.
Water!
“How did that No. 7 furnace happen
to go out? No excuses, now!” bel-
lowed the Hades head stoker.
“We threw In a high financier,” the
Imp explained, “and neglected to take
out of his pocket a bunch of stock
that he bad. ”—Puck.
Food of the House Wren.
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An Important Ofetinetion.
“That dog with a new muule acts as
If be were mad,” said tbe timid citisen.
"No." answered the man of precise
speech; “not mad. Only Indignant."—
Washington 8tar.
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Outfielder 8peas of Akron Is to be
given a trial la the spring by tbe
Cleveland club.
"Rube” Ellis, tbe young lefthander
of tbe Los Angeles team, has been
•old to the Cincinnati Red* of the Na-
tional league.
Emmett Rogers, the former Na-
tional league catcher. Is now manager
of tbe 8aIt Lake club of the Utah
league.
Manager Gan tel le greatly Iro
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Aa Uaual.
"He climbed almoet to tbe top of the
ladder—end then fell off."
“What Was the trouble?’
“There was a woman at the bottom
of tt.”—Ufa.
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NESTLING LESS THAN ONE WEEK OLD
i The Sparrow’s Diet.
Animal 8«8«elty.
* First Work Horae—1 wonder why
they have all theee experiments In air-
ships la the summer?
Second Ditto—I suppose because It
Is fly time.—Baltimore American.
king It so small that the sparrows
could not enter, while the wrens had
no difficulty In aliening la- They now
have a second nest full of eggs.
This Instance Is given simply to
show the nature of the sparrow and
to point out what It la doing to our
native Insectivorous birds all over the
United States.
The farmer end the fruit grower
comprise nearly every family of
on the continent. There are of a
some Injurious species, but thei
taken together would numb«
someone has pat It, but few
birds than were found In Lord
dreary's famous flock.
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Ford, A. L. The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 145, Ed. 1 Monday, September 21, 1908, newspaper, September 21, 1908; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth645287/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.