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Newspaper
Blackfoot News
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
2
Rusie explains the art of mixing slow balls with speed to fool batters and conceal the wrist twist used to curve the ball. He details grip, release, and motion to maximize curve speed while hiding the right hand. Wise talks of building a dominant Western New York team with a strong roster and frequent challenges.
New York players call steam boxes lobster pots as part of daily training at the Polo Grounds. A box session ends with a shower and massage, leaving players rejuvenated. Arthur Irwin created the device, with Dad Clarke among early skeptics. Sam Wise plans a semi official Buffalo team next season to challenge the veterans.
President Dreyfuss defends the Pittsburg club, arguing its catching staff compares with leading teams. He singles out Schriver and Zimmer as solid, notes Jim McGuire and Charley Farrell of Brooklyn as tougher, while criticizing other franchises for weak backstops. He also references Joe Campbell’s critique of Washington and Boston’s catching plans.
Ren Mulford Jr argues that minor leaguers sharpen talent for the major leagues and cites Capt Tom Corcoran teaching techniques and Ed Delehanty as an example of a player developed under skilled tutors. The piece contends stars earn their spurs through personal effort, not exclusive rights of Selee or Hanlon.
The article predicts Buffalo will form a pitching corps led by Dad Clarke in the Eastern league. Boston shows a tall, strong group with Willis Bailey Chambers and Nichols Dineen all near six feet. Hitting remains key for ex champions with Collins Tenney active at the plate as base running fades among veterans and gains for youth wane.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes a humorous contrast as a stereotype claims women fall in love quickly while taking longer to style their hair.
Tests at the Utah station show first crop yields highest across five tests and most cuttings, while the third crop shows the lowest. Across five years the average beef product per acre favors the first crop, with clear differences among early cuttings. The third crop offers the highest gains per pound of feed but with lower efficiency in dry matter.
The article warns that sowing oats without hot water treatment leads to large losses from smut, with Illinois studies showing 5 to 47 percent annual loss and an average around ten percent. It prescribes dipping seed oats in hot water at 130 to 137 degrees for five minutes, then cooling, and immediate sowing. It also includes brief notes on cattle with unusual appetite for wood, incubator temperatures, and Oregon State Fair prizes.
A wedding tableau climaxes at a railway station with playful bustle over attire and snacks. A curious drugstore misflight highlights arsenic in a quinine package. An old traveler jokes his face is his ticket as a station inspector seeks to punch all tickets.
A Pearson's Weekly correspondent notes that all five France coins including French Italian Swiss and Belgian pieces have current value in France since December 23, 1885, and two French coins the one franc and fifty cent pieces since January 1, 1869. Silver bearing the pope's head and Spanish silver have no currency in France.
Farm News adopts a new bargain Day plan offering one year at a low price to readers who remit 1 cent by June 1. In a separate incident Mary Brannigan, a New York department store clerk, was shot and killed by Edward Hall after refusing his marriage proposal.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swelled burning and sweaty feet with a 25 cent price, sample offered free. The notice also includes a personal testimonial praising Piso's Cure for Consumption and brief war dispatches about Boer prisoners and a Klipfontein incident.
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