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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
6
Practical notes cover barn hygiene, cow handling, manure use, and calf rearing. Tips include keeping water clean, avoiding sunlit drinking bowls, counting individual cow milk output, and using proper restraints. Also compares machine milking to hand milking with conditions for best results.
Nig Cuppy was the first pitcher to wear a glove in the box, a novelty noted by Cy Young. The glove reduced ball sting and finger injuries, and critics once doubted its practicality. The early hand covering proved essential for modern pitching and fielding.
Nourse the Providence College pitcher will join the Chicago Cubs after the college season. A giant six foot twirler, he has dominated college lineups this spring. Frank Chance and Johnny Evers praise him as a greater find than Christy Mathewson. He held Harvard to two scattered singles in a spring game.
John Heydler former National League acting president was a player with the Washington Light Infantry and Circus Sally Hofman. George Browne, later with the Senators, began in 1896 in Virginia league alongside Sam Leever and Jesse Tannehill. Mack eyed Barr as first baseman. Barr, bench player, could handle third and outfield, purchased from Greenville, South Carolina for $400.
The Cincinnati club granted Fitcher H. Sincock an unconditional release. He was formerly a pitcher for the U of M.
At a Chicago meeting of Three I league magnates the salary limit rose from 1600 to 1760 dollars per year with immediate effect. Clubs may carry 14 men including the manager and no player may be paid more than 150 dollars a month. The president gains power to set postponed game dates and may add a fifth umpire if needed.
Rollo Brown moves from Cedar Rapids to Waterlooo as first baseman. Jake Stahl loses his daughter to illness. Myron Grimshaw shines for Jon Kelley’s Toronto squad with a .300 batting average. Jack Knight, at 6'2", is the league’s tallest shortstop. Jack O’Connor leads Little Rock with a .400 average. Jerry Nogps, ex Baltimore, plays for Reading in the outlaw Atlantic league. Jake Thielman joins Louisville in the American association. George Browne returns to his starting city. Ruler Clarke ensures outfielders practice throwing home. Frank Chance and Bill Bradley share a fate of frequent injuries.
The piece tracks Mr. Sweeney, a young infielder with the Boston National League club. He subbed in Boston last season and improved in fielding and batting after his elevation in dignity. Bowerman notes that the old timers must yield someday.
Yankee advisor Duke Farrell extols Johnny Kling as the era's finest catcher while naming a who’s who of great batting and versatile catchers including Buck Ewing, Kelly, Bresnahan, Bennett, and McGuire. He recalls his own catching days and mentions Willie Maing as a wild pitcher who injured his fingers.
Boult and Gilleeple Building in Musson report a contact number 390 Atlantis Iowa.
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