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Lost Pictures: Griffith Dedicates Radbourn Memorial
Clark Griffith dedicating the Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn plaque at Bloomington (IL) Cemetery, May 1, 1941.
Griffith told a reporter for The Associated Press:
"It's been 20 years since I've been back where I spent part of my boyhood. I lived in Normal (the town separated by only a street from Bloomington from my seventeenth to twenty-first year and it was Ol' Hoss who taught me the first rules of pitching."
Griffith said of Radbourn:
"He was a husky, durable fellow, but to watch him was to be impressed by his keen pitching brain rather than by his strength. I pitched against him in several town games and was always amazed with the way he worked on tough hitters seldom giving them the kind of pitch they liked."
The plaque, which like Radbourn's grave and Hall of Fame plaque, spells his name with an "e" at the end. The one dedicated by Griffith was apparently replaced–either because the original was damaged or stolen–by a nearly identical version. When Griffith died in 1955, The Bloomington Pantagraph said the original plaque was still place–however, several articles in the paper after the Bloomington City Cemetery and the Evergreen Cemetery were combined in 1963 said the plaque was "put there by Pontiac Correctional Center inmates" sometime after 1955. None of the 1941 stories mentioned the origin of the plaque.
The plaque
The current grave site photographed before the dedication of the new wood carving made from the trunk of a dead 150 year-old tree adjacent to Radbourn's grave.
Tags: Clark Griffith, Hall of Fame, Lost Pictures, Old Hoss Radbourn
"One of the Greatest Shortstops the Game has ever Known."
Ed McKean had played 12 years in Cleveland before being part of the mass player transfer to the St. Louis Perfectos before the 1899 season. The career .302 hitter was struggling, and according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer, he requested his release:
"Ed is very sensitive to criticism, and the papers have been roasting him lately, until he got into such a nervous state that he couldn't play ball a little bit."
Buck Ewing said he was "forced out of the game," and "one of the greatest shortstops the game has ever known."
McKean's release opened the door for Hall of Famer Bobby Wallace's switch to shortstop.
Edward [sic Edwin] J. McKean
McKean, like his former teammate Cupid Childs had a large build, and according to the St. Louis papers needed to shed a few pounds to get back into playing shape.
The St. Louis Republic said McKean intended to spend the next several months preparing to "play in Cleveland" the following season.
McKean, said The Buffalo Courier, had a "peculiar stand at the bat," which "often balked" pitchers
"Instead of striking the conventional side or profile position in the batman's box. McKean gave the twirler a three-quarter view of his burly figure."
The paper also said before becoming a ballplayer McKean had made a name for himself as a wrestler—contemporary news accounts occasionally referred to him as "Sandow," because of his physique; a reference to Eugen Sandow the "father of modern bodybuilding"
McKean filled his time away from baseball by becoming a wrestling and boxing referee in Cleveland—if he was looking for a job that shielded him from criticism, he chose wrong. McKean served as referee for at Cleveland's Business Men's Gym, between Art Simms and Tommy White in December on 1899. The St. Louis Republic described the situation:
"Sandow Ed McKean, the burly grounder-copper, who secured a divorce from St. Louis on the ground of incompatibility of temperament, finds life as a referee of pugilistic encounters no less a bed of roses than playing short before a critical local crowd…Experts and common spectators asseverate that White was a winner by a mile, but Sandow fumbled the points of the game, let the strikes registered by White go over without calling them, and said it was a draw. The people yelled for a rope, and McKean thought he was again staggering at short in League Park…It was not the hated yet harmless 'Take him out!' that was heard, but 'Hang the robbing rascal.'"
McKean was accused of "being in cahoots" with Simms' manager, who the paper said was a former Boston sportswriter who McKean knew from his playing days.
White hailed from Chicago, and one of his hometown papers The Inter Ocean was even harsher in their assessment of McKean. The paper claimed:
"(White) took Mr. Art Simms in hand and administered probably the most terrific beating that had been handed out to a pretentious lightweight in recent years…(but) McKean, who used to be a fair sort of infielder, under Patsy Tebeau, called the bout a draw."
The Chicago paper not only questioned McKean's integrity but claimed that three of the four recent fights he had refereed "have been marked by decisions almost as ludicrous."
Curiously, both papers failed to mention that Simms had participated in three of the four fights in question—coming away with a 2-0-1 record for the three bouts (Simms was 33-14-9 for his career and 5-0-1 in fights officiated by McKean.)
Throughout the 1900 season McKean's imminent return was reported—usually bound for the Cleveland Lake Shores in the American League. The Sporting News said in June:
"McKean is hard at work practicing to get into the game. He goes to League Park every day, and the way that he works indicates that he is not out there for fun."
Cleveland used six different shortstops during the 1900 season, but McKean was never signed. Published reports that he would sign with the New York Giants never materialized either.
His sitting out the entire season might have saved a life—while working at his bar The Short Stop Inn on St. Clair Avenue and Seneca (present day Third Street) in Cleveland in August of 1900, he, according to press reports, stop a potential lynching.
The Cleveland News said a news boy threw a rock at a black man, and when the man confronted the rock thrower:
"(Twenty) news boys took up the trouble. They followed the negro threatening him until he turned on them (near McKean's saloon)."
Another confrontation took place in front of the saloon and "a volley of stones were fired at" the man who then ran into McKean's business.
"Other newsies joined their companions until 150 boys were standing in front of the place. Their noise attracted a crowd of men and all became excited when they explained that a negro had attacked them.
"'It's nothing but a boys fight,' said McKean, trying to quiet the crowd. But he did not succeed. Men and boys collected stones and clubs, and the situation was becoming dangerous when McKean took the negro out the back way while employees guarded the front entrance. McKean boosted the man over the back fence and he made his escape through Noble Street."
McKean spent all of 1901 managing his bar, working as a referee—without any further charges of crookedness—and training wrestlers; Although The Cleveland Leader reported in the spring that McKean was again working out at League Park and had "many offers from the American League."
He finally returned to baseball in 1902, signing to manage and play first base for the Rochester Bronchos in the Eastern League.
McKean hit .314 but the club struggled all season and The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle said McKean had for some time "wanted to be released from the team" to attend to his bar. His wish was granted on August 18—with the team in sixth place with a 42-53 record, he was replaced by Hal O'Hagan—the team went 15-21 under O'Hagan.
McKean returned to his bar, managing wrestlers, and umpiring amateur games in 1903 and 1904, all the while, promising another comeback. Several newspapers reported he was either considering, or on the verge of joining various minor league clubs as manager.
He returned again in 1905. McKean signed to manage and play shortstop for the Colorado Springs Millionaires in the Western League. He struggled at the plate—hitting .191 in 22 games–and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said his arm was gone and he was "slated for the junk pile." Released by Colorado Springs in June, McKean appeared with seven more teams through the 1908 season: the 44-year-old called it quits for at the end of the 1908 season.
McKean refereed the occasional fight, organized semi-pro teams around Cleveland, and maintained his bar, which was the meeting place for baseball, boxing, and wrestling fans. At some point he appears to have closed his bar and gone to work for Cleveland boxing promoter
When he died in 1919, The New York Sun noted that McKean was:
"(O)ne of four big league shortstops who had a life's average batting .300 or better. Jack Glasscock, Hughie Jennings, and Honus Wagner were the others, and it might be added that this quartet were classed as the greatest shortstops in the game."
Tags: Art Simms, Bobby Wallace, Buck Ewing, Cleveland Spiders, Colorado Springs Millionaires, Cupid Childs, Eastern League, Ed McKean, Eugen Sandow, Hal O'Hagan, Hall of Fame, Honus Wagner, Hughie Jennings, Jack Glasscock, Rochester Bronchos, St. Louis Perfectos, Tommy White, Western League
Ty Cobb Rates American League Fans
In 1907, The Washington Evening Star asked Ty Cobb was asked how he was treated by fans in all of the American League cities:
"All ballplayers coming in sometimes for a little guying, but that is what makes the game. If the fans did not do this it would show they had lost interest and baseball would soon die. The fact that I am a Southern man has never made any difference in the way I have been treated by the public in the North. The fans all over the American League have always been kind to me."
However, Cobb said, fans in some cities were tougher on visiting players:
"Take Philadelphia, for instance, old Philly is sometimes rough with the visiting clubs, and we have been treated to a little warm reception once or twice.
"Chicago is not as kind to visiting players as some of the other cities. They are so loyal to their city and their clubs that sometimes a go too far with the guying.
"In New York the people are fair and clever, and so is Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Boston. St. Louis is somewhat like Chicago.
"I am sure that the fact that I am from the South has never influenced the fans in the slightest. If it has, it has been in my favor."
The not as Smart Coveleski
Billy Murray managed Harry Coveleski during the pitcher's three years with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1907-1909. Years later, he told Bozeman Bulger of The New York World, that Harry was not as bright as his brother, Hall of Famer Stan Coveleski, who was "Smart as a whip" according to Bulger.
Harry Coveleski
"Coveleski got out of a tight predicament mostly by luck and came back to the bench to face an enrages Murray.
"'What do you mean by taking that wind up with men on bases, especially on first and second?'
"'I didn't know there were any men on the bases. Nobody told me,' Coveleski replied
"'Now listen men,' Murray turned to the players on the bench, don't let this happen again. When there are runners on the bases you go out and tell 'Covvie'—you hear me? We'll have no more secrets on this club.'
"'That's right, Billy,' agreed the unperturbed Coveleski, oblivious to Murray's biting sarcasm. 'Keeping secrets always hurts a ballclub.'"
An Umpire's dilemma
The Associated Press reported in 1912 about an umpire's dilemma during a game played in an unincorporated town near Boulder, Colorado called Canfield:
"Albert Billings kicked his cork leg across the home plate yesterday afternoon in the ninth inning, the score a 5 to 5 tie, the umpire called the runner safe. Then the last baseball game of the season broke up in a row. However, umpire Jerry Carter consulted the rule book, declared that there was no precedent, and held to his decision.
"Billings had knocked a beautiful two-bagger. He stole third and started home when the batter tapped one to the infield. The ball was thrown to the catcher in time to get Billings out by at least ten feet. Billings cork leg flew off, however, and hit the plate. The catcher tagged Billings as he lay on the ground ten feet from the plate. The umpire ruled that the foot at the end of the cork leg touched the home base first. Billings was therefore called safe with the winning run."
Tags: Billy Murray, Boston Red Sox, Bozeman Bulger, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Hall of Fame, Harry Coveleski, New York Highlanders, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Stan Coveleski, Things I Learned on the Way to Looking Up Other Things, Ty Cobb
One Minute Talk: High Pockets Kelly
In 1916, The Newspaper Enterprise Association ran a series of brief articles called "One Minute Talks with Ballplayers."
George Lange "High Pockets" Kelly was a 20-year-old who hit .158 the previous season in 38 at-bats and was in the process of putting up the identical average in 76 at-bats. The New York Giants outfielder talked about the pressure of having an uncle who was a famous former player:
High Pockets Kelly
"It's sometimes hard to live down a name or a relationship. I don't mean to imply when I make this statement that I am sorry I am the nephew of Bill Lange, but you know when you are the nephew of one of the greatest stars the game ever produced you are more apt to be in the public eye while there is a lot more expected of you.
"No matter where I happen to be somebody invariably points me out with the illuminating remark: 'That's Bill Lange's nephew.' But I'm going to stick to baseball and hope someday to make a name for myself just as did Uncle Bill."
Kelly finally became a regular with the Giants after hitting .356 for the Rochester Hustlers in the International league in 1919. He hit .297 over 16 major league seasons and was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee in 1973. "Uncle Bill" hit .330 over seven seasons for the Chicago Colts/Orphans before retiring at age 28.
Tags: Bill Lange, Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans, Hall of Fame, High Pockets Kelly, International League, New York Giants, Rochester Hustlers
Ray Schalk on "Baseball Brains"
After the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Giants in the 1917 World Series, Sox catcher Ray "Cracker" Schalk took to the pages of "Baseball Magazine" with his opinion of statistics:
Ray Schalk
"Offhand I would say that fielding averages are pretty bad, pitchers' averages rather punk, batting averages merely fair. But the worst of all are catchers' averages.
"How are you going to tell a good catcher? By his batting average? By his fielding average? By the runs he scores? Of course all these things are important. But they haven't any direct connection with good, bad or indifferent catching as such. A catcher may or may not be a good batter or base runner. And whatever his hitting or run getting ability he may be a great or mediocre catcher."
Schalk said it was "easy…from the records" to determine an outfielder or shortstop's ability:
"But a man might be the best catcher the world ever saw or the worst, and there would be no way under heaven to gain that information from the season's statistics.
"First of all, a catcher must have baseball brains. It isn't enough to say brains; you must add the adjective 'baseball' to describe what you mean."
Schalk noted that many of his contemporaries were educated:
"I admit this is the day of the college player in baseball. I admit that the better education a man has, other things being equal, the better ball player he will be. But he might know a lot of philosophy or Greek literature and be a frost on foul flies. Ty Cobb has the ideal baseball brains. But Ty isn't a college man. On the other hand I used to play in the minors with a graduate of a well-known university who was a brilliant scholar and a good natural athlete. But he was positively the limit in playing baseball. He would do the most incomprehensible things. In fact, he was impossible.
"Hans Wagner and Nap Lajoie are not college men, have not enjoyed as liberal an education, perhaps, as most of the rest of us. But if any medical laboratory wants a sample of a real baseball brain, let him open negotiations with the Dutchman or the Frenchman for the use of his skull when he is thru with it.
"I believe there are fellows with a natural born instinct to play baseball. They invariably do the right thing at the right time. That is what I mean by baseball brains. Furthermore, such a brain must above all act quickly. There are many thousands of people, even in the stands, who understand good baseball and could dope out the proper thing for a fielder or a batter to do under given conditions. But that isn't enough. The man with a baseball brain must not only do the right thing but he must do it instantly. It is quickness of thought quite as much as correctness which marks the star player. Hal Chase and Ty Cobb are scintillating examples of quick thought on the diamond."
And, said Schalk, "quick thought" was most important behind the plate:
"Now the catcher, above all men, must have a good baseball brain. Most of his work, the most important part of his work, is hidden from the spectators' eye. The man in the stands can seldom follow what is going on in the catcher's brain. But the catcher, much more than the pitcher, holds the game in the hollow of his hand. The catcher, much more than the pitcher, is the keystone of the baseball arch."
The man who thought statistics didn't have "any direct connection" to a catcher's value made it into the Hall of Fame in 1955. He has the lowest career average (.253) among enshrined catchers.
Tags: Baseball Magazine, Chicago White Sox, Hal Chase, Hall of Fame, Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, New York Giants, Ray Schalk, Ty Cobb, World Series
"He is a Model for the Young Ballplayer to Emulate"
March of 1916 was a bad month for "Prince Hal" Chase.
According to The International News Service, Chase, who spent the winter in San Jose, California playing for the Maxwells—a team sponsored by the automobile company–was "the last of the stars" of the defunct Federal League who had still not signed with a professional team.
Hal Chase
It got worse when he was arrested for failure to pay alimony and support to his ex-wife Nellie and their son Hal Jr.
He was released on $2000 bond, and it is unclear whether the case was ever fully adjudicated. After his release, Chase continued playing with the Maxwells and working out with Harry Wolverton's San Francisco Seals while rumors of who he would play for during the regular season were advanced on a daily basis.
The strongest rumors were that Chase would go to the New York Giants in a deal which would include Fred Merkle, who would be displaced at first base, going to the Chicago White Sox, the team Chase jumped to join the Federal League.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said the deal was eventually foiled by Pirates Manager Jimmy "Nixey" Callahan, who "refuse(d) to waive."
At the same time the papers in Cincinnati said Chase would be joining the Reds while West Coast papers said he might stay in California and join the Seals.
The Cincinnati Enquirer said Reds' Manager Charles "Buck" Herzog "vigorously denied," that Chase would join his club and said he would stick with Frederick "Fritz" Mollwitz at first base.
Buck Herzog
Herzog was even more forceful in his denial in The Cincinnati Times-Star:
"I wouldn't have Chase at the camp. Mollwitz is a very much better player, and he won't jump when he is most needed."
An even stronger indictment of Chase came from Detroit Tigers Manager Hugh Jennings, who told The Detroit News:
"As a player, there is nobody who can touch Chase for holding down first base."
Jennings went on to note Chase's intelligence, speed, and "superb" fielding:
"Yet for all his ability I would not have him on my club, and I do not believe any other major league manager will take a chance on him. He will not heed training rules and has a demoralizing influence on the younger players."
Tiger Manager Hugh Jennings
Jennings said while Chase managed the New York Highlanders in 1910 and '11, led his team "astray," instead of "trying to keep his players straight."
Perhaps most damaging, Jennings said Chase was a source of dissent on the clubs he played for:
"One of his favorite stunts is to go around telling on man what another is supposed to have said about him, with the result that in a very short time he has the fellows pulling in all directions instead of working together. He is apt to take a dislike to the manager and work against him with the players until the whole squad is sore and will not give the sort of work that it is paid for."
Jennings, whose team finished second in 1915 with George Burns at first base, said:
"The Tigers would win the pennant beyond question with a player of Hal's ability on first this season, but I wouldn't risk introducing a man who had such a bad disposition. I believe that we can accomplish better results by having harmony on the squad, even if we have to get along with a first baseman with less talent."
Despite the negative press, and over the objection of Herzog, the Reds purchased Chase's contract from the defunct Buffalo Blues on April 6.
The New York Times lauded the move and defended Chase against his detractors. The paper said "His failure with the New York Americans was due to petty controversies and rebellion against the club's discipline," and "(W)hen he is at his best there is not a player in the major leagues who is more spectacular than 'Prince Hal.'"
Chase initially balked at reporting to Cincinnati, telling The San Francisco Chronicle "I haven't made up my mind…it is possible that I would prefer to remain in California, even if there is no chance to play ball."
Six days later, while his new team opened the season, Chase was on a train to Cincinnati. The Associated Press said he agreed to join the Reds after receiving "word from Cincinnati that his entire contract with the Federal League, which calls for a salary of $8,000 a year, has been taken over," by the Reds.
When Chase arrived in Cincinnati on April 15, the Reds had won three straight after losing their opener, and Mollwitz had played well at first base with five hits in 13 at-bats and just one error.
According to Frederick Bushnell "Jack" Ryder–college football star and Ohio State football coach turned sportswriter–of The Enquirer, Herzog had no intention of putting Chase in the game April 16:
"Herzog had little thought of playing him, as Fritz Mollwitz was putting up a bang-up game and hitting better than any member of the club," until "Mollwitz made a bad mental mistake in the third inning."
After Umpire Hank O'Day called a strike on Mollwitz, "the youngster allowed his tongue to slip," and was ejected.
Fritz Mollwitz
Chase came to bat with an 0-2 count and doubled off of Pirates pitcher Frank Miller, stole third, and after catcher Tommy Clark walked "(Chase) caused an upheaval in the stands by scoring on (a) double steal with Clark."
Chase also wowed the crowd in the ninth. After making "a nice stop" on Max Carey's hard ground ball over first base and with pitcher Fred Toney unable to cover first in time, Chase dove "headforemost to first base to make a putout on the fleet Carey."
In all, he played 98 games at first base, 25 in the outfield, and 16 at second base, he also hit a league-leading and career-high .329.
While the Reds struggled, Chase was wildly popular in Cincinnati. The Enquirer's Ryder was possibly his biggest fan—the writer raved about Chase's performance in the outfield, his adjustment to playing second base, and his consistent bat.
While Chase thrived, Herzog, who had a contentious relationship with Reds' owner August Herrmann, exacerbated by the signing of Chase against his wishes, began to unravel as the season progressed. On May 30, he was hit in the head and knocked unconscious, by a throw from catcher Ivey Wingo during pregame warm-ups. While he recovered physically, he became increasingly frustrated by the club's performance. On July 5—with a 29-40 record– he announced that he would retire at the end of the season when his contract expired. He told The Times-Star:
"It would be a great blow to my pride to continue as a player, after being a manager for three years."
The following day it was reported that the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants were interested in acquiring Herzog. Within a week, it was reported that Herzog was heading to New York in a trade that would bring Christy Mathewson to Cincinnati to manage. The negotiations continued over several days but floundered. The Cubs reentered the picture—Owner Charles Weeghman told The Chicago Daily News "I brought the bankroll along…and I'll get Herzog so quick I'll make (the Reds) eyes pop." He later told the paper he offered "$25,000 and an outfielder" for Herzog.
At the same time The Brooklyn Daily Eagle said the Dodgers were after Herzog, and The Pittsburgh Post said the Pirates were in pursuit as well.
The pressure got to Herzog who held himself out of the lineup of July 17, The Enquirer said:
"The managerial situation is worrying Herzie, who had expected by this time to be cavorting at the third corner for the giddy Giants. With the deal held off for various reasons, the Red leader is naturally a bit anxious."
Herzog's destination was unclear, but it was clear he would be gone. With Mathewson seeming to be out of the picture, rumors persisted—fueled by Ryder of The Enquirer and William A. Phelon in The Times-Star—that Chase would be the new manager.
On July 20, Ivey Wingo managed the team to a doubleheader split with the Philadelphia Phillies, and the papers reported on Herzog's successor:
The Enquirer ran Chase's picture under the headline "Reds' New Manager," although they hedged in another headline which said he would "probably" be named.
The Times-Star said "Hermann has decided to allow Hal Chase to manage the team for the remainder of the season, and for this reason he does not want Mathewson."
They were both wrong.
Within hours of the papers hitting the streets, a trade involving three future Hall of Famers was agreed to. Herzog, along with catcher Wade "Red" Killefer went to New York for Mathewson, Edd Roush, and Bill McKechnie. Mathewson was immediately named manager.
Cartoon which accompanied the announcement of Mathewson's appointment.
Ryder said in The Enquirer that "Chase was greeted with a great round of applause" when he stepped to the plate for the first time on July 20:
"The fans at that time did not know of President Herrmann's change of mind with regard to Matty, and they thought Chase was the new leader of the team. The universal and hearty applause showed how popular the star third-sacker has become in this town."
The Chase story is well-known; two years later Mathewson would suspend him, charge him with "indifferent playing." With Mathewson in Europe when the charges were heard by National League President John Heydler that winter, three Reds teammates, and Giants Manager Pol Perritt testified Chase had thrown games.
But in October of 1916 Chase appeared to have repaired his reputation, and his difficult March appeared to be far behind him. In a season wrap-up, The Enquirer–there was no byline on the article, but it was likely the work of Ryder–published a glowing profile of the National League's leading hitter and the man who nearly became the Reds' manager:
"What has become of all the talk about Chase being a bad actor, a disorganizer, a former of cliques and a knocker of managers? All gone to the discard. Chase has not only played brilliant ball for the reds all season, but he has been loyal to the club and the managers. He worked hard for Herzog and equally hard for Matty. He has been a wonderful fellow on the club. Chase is modest and does not seek notoriety or approbation…He played game after game in midseason when he was so badly crippled with a Charley horse that he could scarcely walk. When Manager Herzog wanted to make an outfielder out of him he went to the garden and played sensational ball…Later in the season he filled in for several games at second base, a difficult position for a left-hand thrower, but he put up great ball there. He is a natural ballplayer of the highest class, and with it all a perfect gentleman, both on and off the field."
The profile concluded with this assessment of the man who would become synonymous with the baseball's greatest sins:
"Chase has been a great man for the Reds, and there is many a manager of today who wishes that he had got in ahead of the Cincinnati club in signing him. He is the smartest ballplayer and the quickest thinker in the National League today. He is a model for the young ballplayer to emulate, because he is a real artist in his profession."
Tags: August Herrmann, Bill McKechnie, Buck Herzog, Buffalo Blues, Charles Weeghman, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Christy Mathewson, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Edd Roush, Federal League, Frank Miller, Fred Merkle, Fred Toney, Fritz Mollwitz, George Burns, Hal Chase, Hall of Fame, Hank O'Day, Harry Wolverton, Hughie Jennings, Ivey Wingo, Jack Ryder, John Heydler, Max Carey, National League, New York Giants, New York Highlanders, Nixey Callahan, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pol Perritt, Red Killefer, San Francisco Seals, San Jose Maxwells, Tommy Clark, William A Phelon
Lost Advertisements–"The World's Best Pitchers Recommend…"
A 1910 advertisement for Reach Baseball Goods "The World's Best Pitchers Recommend Reach Balls"–from International Book & Stationary Co. in El Paso, Texas. The ad features "Detroit's Great Pitcher," George Mullin, "Another Detroit Expert," Ed Willett (Misspelled Willetts in the ad), and "Athletics' Left Hand Star," Harry Krause.
In 1909, the 20-year-old Krause, who had been 1-1 in four appearances with the Athletics in 1908, became the talk of baseball when he opened the season with 10 straight victories–including six shutouts. A San Francisco native who played under Hal Chase and was a teammate of Hall of Famer Harry Hooper at St. Mary's College, Krause was asked by The Oakland Tribune what led to success:
"That's easy. A capable manager in Connie Mack, one of the best pitching tutors in the world in Ed Plank, fairly good control on my part and lots of luck."
The Tribune's scouting report on Krause:
"He has a good curve, but many pitchers in the league have a better one. He has speed, but any number of American League twirlers have more smoke than he. However, there are very few twirlers, whether right or left-handers, who can equal him in control of the ball.
"He doesn't appear to have much to the opposing batters when they first face him, but when the game is over they wonder how it came to pass that he let them down with three or four hits and no runs."
Harry Krause
On July 18 his luck ran out, Krause dropped his first game of the season, an 11-inning, 5 to 4 loss to the St. Louis Browns.
He went just 8-7 (with one shutout) the rest of the season, but led the league with a 1.39 ERA.
He appeared in only 55 more games over three seasons, winning 17 and losing 20, before a sore arm ended his major league career at age 23.
He finished the 1912 season in the American Association with the Toledo Mud Hens, then returned to California and pitched for 15 seasons in the Pacific Coast League (with a one-season detour to the western League), where he won 230 games.
Tags: American Association, Connie Mack, Detroit Tigers, Ed Willett, Eddie Plank, George Mullin, Hal Chase, Hall of Fame, Harry Hooper, Harry Krause, Lost Advertisements, Pacific Coast League, Philadelphia Athletics, Saint Louis Browns, Toledo Mud Hens
Lost Advertisements–The Big Train for Coca-Cola
A 1915 advertisement for Coca-Cola featuring Walter Johnson.
"26 years old (Johnson was 27 when the ad appeared, but fact-checking was a bit loose in ads of the era) has been in the game since 1903, Selected by a committee of newspaper men as the best pitcher in American or National League. He and Mathewson are reported the highest salaried pitchers in the game. One of the peculiar things connected with Johnson is that, although he is one of the most famous men in the world today, his parents, who live in Coffeyville, Kans. have never seen their son in action."
Tags: Hall of Fame, Lost Advertisements, Walter Johnson
"Babe Ruth has a Locker full of Charms"
Eddie Collins had spent 25 years in the major leagues as a player, coach and manager by 1930 when he spoke to a writer for "Every Week Magazine" about superstitions.
The article noted:
"Collins, by the way, has been credited with being one of the most superstitious players in the national game. His habit of sticking a piece of chewing gum on the button of his cap has almost become a tradition. If the pitcher had two strikes on him, Eddie would jerk off the cap, yank the gum from the bottom, stick it in his mouth and chew violently."
But, Collins, a graduate of Columbia University, didn't consider himself superstitious and told the magazine:
"The average man playing professional baseball today is too well-educated actually to believe you can make home runs by picking up hairpins or adopting any of the other numerous superstitions which have come to be so much part of the game. "
As for the obvious superstitions he and many other players, educated or not, subscribed to, Collins said they were merely "eccentricities," and that "Having them gives confidence."
"The late George Stallings was one of the most sensible men baseball has produced. He was the personification of common sense and one of the last persons in the world you would credit with being superstitious. Nevertheless, a single scrap of paper tossed on the ground in front of the dugout meant all sorts of bad things to George. It upset him completely and his managerial skill seemed to fade."
George Stallings
Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians was another "college man," someone who "generally loses any belief in omens." But, Sewell "after his last crack at the bat during practice" insisted on running towards third and touching the bag before anyone else did. One day in Cleveland, the too educated to be superstitious Sewell started towards third, only to see Collins, also too educated to believe in superstitions, had:
"(D)ashed out of the Athletics' dugout and touched the sack ahead of Joe and Joe didn't get a hit during the afternoon."
Joe Sewell
Next was Urban Shocker, who insisted no one touched his glove during a game. Despite being "too wise a man to believe" such a thing, Collins told how during a game against the Athletics, "Eddie Rommel spotted the glove and knowing Shocker's eccentric regard for it, walked over and picked it up, examined it and then tossed it back on the turf." The "too wise" Shocker:
"(S)aw red. He became visibly unsettled. He blew up the next inning."
As for the game's biggest star:
"Babe Ruth has a locker full of charms, fetishes and tokens; fastened to the door is a wooden horseshoe with a four-leaf clover carved on it, and on top stands a totem pole and other curious objects guaranteed by enthusiastic donors to bring luck."
Collins said the previous season when the Athletics were on their way to Chicago for game 3 of the World Series with the Cubs:
"(T)here was a fan on the train with us who had a great fondness for canned pineapple. He insisted the players eat some the morning of the game predicting we'd win if we did. Well, we did, and we won."
Collins said he, and the rest of the Athletics, too smart for superstition:
"Had pineapple every morning the rest of the series."
Tags: Babe Ruth, Chicago Cubs, Eddie Collins, Eddie Rommel, George Stallings, Hall of Fame, Philadelphia Athletics, Urban Shocker, World Series
The Definitive Cobb Biography
Myths. Baseball books are full of them.
Perhaps the most enduring myths are about Ty Cobb. A prototype of a villain in spikes from central casting: Dirty player– check, virulent racist—check, miserly and bitter in old age—check.
That is the Ty Cobb cemented into our consciousness.
So much so in fact, it is difficult to find a discussion on the internet regarding the merits of Pete Rose's case for the Hall of Fame without a member of the pro-Rose faction, at some point, making the "Yeah, but Ty Cobb did (fill in the blank)" argument.
Or, as Charles Leerhsen puts it, in "Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty" (which will be released tomorrow), "This Cobb was someone (fans) could shake their heads at, denounce, and feel superior to."
The clues were there that Cobb might just be more than the sum of the single-dimensional parts previous biographies claimed to reveal.
Not long ago, I wrote about Cobb's embrace of fellow Royston, Georgia native, and former Negro League player and newspaperman Fred Downer at Wrigley Field in 1953—the same day Cobb spoke glowingly to reporters about Dodgers' catcher Roy Campanella.
No less an authority than Wendell Smith—the legendary reporter from The Pittsburgh Courier who by then had joined The Chicago Herald-American as the first black sportswriter at a white-owned paper—said after that day at Wrigley that reports of Cobb's racism were always "merely a matter of hearsay," and "He gives no indication today of intolerance."
Yet, the hearsay has always outpaced the reality; until now.
Through exhaustive research and a compelling narrative, Leerhsen demonstrates that the one-dimensional Cobb of lore is, at best, a caricature. The stories that have been told and retold for years about racially motivated physical attacks were poorly sourced and greatly exaggerated. Statements like the one about Campanella and several that Leerhsen has compiled were ignored.
The author even manages to add context to the often told stories of the death of Cobb's father and Cobb's relationship with mascot Ulysses Harrison (bonus points here because unlike many of the versions of this story elsewhere he gets Harrison's name correct).
Leehrsen's three-dimensional Cobb is more interesting than the one presented previously. This Cobb was quick to anger, perhaps overly sensitive, certainly no less flawed than many of his contemporaries, but more complex, more introspective and much more difficult to shake our heads at.
An excellent read, well worth your time.
Tags: Brooklyn Dodgers, Fred Downer, Hall of Fame, Pete Rose, Roy Campanella, Ty Cobb, Ulysses Harrison, Wendell Smith, Wrigley Field


It's only 2 weeks until the PHENOMENAL Rev. Molly Phinney Baskette will be in the Illinois South Conference to share her sparkling personality and deep experience in revitalizing churches. Molly was one of the featured speakers at the recent General Synod, and she wowed the room! By the time she finished, the entire place was up and dancing and praising God!
You can spend the day with Molly on Saturday, November 21st, 9:30 am to 3:00 pm (includes lunch) at St. Paul UCC, 115 West "B" Street, Belleville.
It's not too late to register. In fact, please hurry and register now! The registration form/flyer is attached. Your registration fee of $25 includes a phenomenal continuing education event and a delicious lunch prepared by St. Paul's Culinaires. Molly will be signing her books during the lunch break.


We have always considered the rush hour traffic on I-95 to be an excellent economic indicator, but with Black Friday famous for heavy volumes, slow roads and no parking, the modern shopper is increasingly working from home. The graph below clearly shows that so called "Cyber Monday" has doubled in popularity over the five years. In other words, the strength of online retail stocks is probably warranted.
There are still more bulls than bears in this week's poll.
So far this year large cap stocks which garner at least 60% of their total revenue from international markets have outperformed more domestically focused companies.
The 22 members of the S&P 100 with at least 60% of their total revenue coming from international sources, are up on average 19% year-to-date and 68% of those stocks are outperforming the index.
With economic growth expected to be more robust outside the US in 2011, it might be prudent to consider a company's international exposure when picking stocks.
The majority of bloggers remained bullish this week.
Back in 2008 and 2009 Birinyi Associates and several other firms and publications took a significant amount of flack for the way that the S&P 500's P/E ratio was reported. One person even made the claim that we were "lying" about the P/E ratio of the index. At Birinyi we typically calculate a P/E ratio using fully diluted earnings from continuing operations. Using this methodology the P/E ratio for the S&P 500 on 3/9/09 was 9.99. Around the same time, Standard and Poors was reporting on their website that the P/E using as reported earnings was closer to 120.
The problem with these earnings figures were the significant losses reported in the fourth quarter of 2008 along with weak earnings in the preceding and following quarters. Together these three quarters drove the rolling annual S&P 500 EPS to an unrealistically low level. Using as reported earnings, the S&P P/E ratio was 5x higher than the long-term average when the index was presenting the best buying opportunity in the last ten years. Currently that same figure is closer to 15.9. So using that methodology the S&P 500 - on a valuation basis - is significantly cheaper now, despite the fact that it has risen 80%.
The "as reported earnings" clearly failed, which is why most sophisticated equity investors use earnings from continuing operations. Below we highlight the S&P 500 index and its P/E ratio. Currently at 15 stocks are slightly more pricey than they were in August, but the relative value indicates that as stocks have rallied so have earnings.
The long-term (20yr) average P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is 23.13. Even for much of the 80s and 90s the P/E fluctuated between 15 and 20. To put this into perspective, based on trailing 12mo EPS of $79.72 a P/E of 23.13 places the S&P 500 at 1,844.39! That's 54% above current levels!
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The market pulled back a bit last week, falling 2.2% over the course of the week. Even with this decline, the S&P 500 remains overbought.
The S&P 500 is still 0.2% above the upper band of its TE. Most of the sectors have fallen back with in their trading ranges.
The energy, consumer discretionary and materials sectors are overbought. Energy is still within 2% of the most overbought level it has been in the past 12 months. The utility sector is 0.2% below its trading envelope, therefore is oversold.
There are more bulls than bears in this week's poll.
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La Raffineria di Livorno (popolarmente nota come Stanic) è sita a cavallo tra la zona industriale del comune di Livorno e il paese di Stagno, frazione del comune Collesalvetti.

L'impianto, di proprietà Eni, è installato su un'area di circa 150 ettari.
Ha una capacità di raffinazione di 84.000 barili/giorno e produce prevalentemente benzine, gasolio, olio combustibile per bunkeraggi e basi lubrificanti. Oltre che gli impianti di distillazione, dispone di due linee di produzione di lubrificanti.

All'interno dello stabilimento si trova anche una centrale elettrica costituita da due gruppi turbogas da 25 e 149 MW, oltre che da tre caldaie per la produzione di calore nell'ambito della raffineria e di elettricità per gli stessi impianti e la rete nazionale.

Storia

La raffineria fu fondata negli anni antecedenti la seconda guerra mondiale con l'istituzione dell'Azienda Nazionale Idrogenazione Combustibili (Anic).
Dopo le devastazioni belliche, che distrussero completamente l'impianto, la raffineria tornò operativa grazie all'accordo, siglato nel 1950, tra Anic e la compagnia statunitense Standard Oil, che diedero vita alla Stanic.
Con l'ammodernamento degli impianti, tra il 1950 e il 1955, la capacità di lavorazione di petrolio greggio passò da 700.000 tonnellate a 2 milioni di tonnellate, mentre a servizio della raffineria, nel vicino porto industriale, fu costruita la "Darsena Petroli".
Accanto alla raffinazione del petrolio furono realizzati impianti per la produzione di paraffine e lubrificanti. Dal 1982 la proprietà è al 100% dell'Eni.

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Bibliografia
 Giovanni Wiquel, Dizionario di persone e cose livornesi, voce "Raffineria di Livorno", pubblicato sulla rivista La Canaviglia, Livorno, Ugo Bastogi editore, 1976 - 1985, p. 558.
 AA.VV. Raffineria di Livorno - Aggiornamento della dichiarazione ambientale 2004, Rev. 2, anno 2006 Ed. 1 del 28-04-04, Rev. 2 del 09-06-06

Raffinerie petrolifere in Italia
Gruppo ENI
Aziende della provincia di Livorno
Industria in Toscana

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For those who cannot afford to purchase a video game console but still want to play games, a computer or a mobile device is usually sufficient. Hand-held devices are also an option, especially for those who travel often and have little spare time at home, but have become interested in some of the best-selling video games of all time due to advertisements. Along with the expansion of the amount of video consoles available today, the amount of titles offered is huge compared to the early 90's when gaming first started becoming popular.
You might have already seen our list on the top 15 best-selling apps for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and might now be wondering what the best-selling video games of all time are. Well, luckily we will present you with such a list below, so that you can be better informed as to which games are most popular. Who knows, you might even be surprised by some of the items on our list and begin wondering why you haven't tried them out yet!
In order to create the following list, we have only taken into account the amount of units sold per title, and not the total revenue generated from the game in question. Also, video game series, such as the famous Super Mario Bros., Pokemon, and Grand Theft Auto, might not be on this list, since we are only considering individual titles and not sales volume of whole series. Nevertheless, if you are interested in the world of gaming, be sure to keep reading and find out what the best-selling video games of all time are.
Although Nintendo's Wii console might not be considered amongst the greatest consoles by gamers, its success is undeniable. Since Nintendo was smart enough to program it into every console, Wii Play has sold over 28.2 million copies. This game might not be the most spectacular, yet it allows players to become familiarized with the innovative controls and takes very little time to learn.
Everyone who considers themselves a true gamer knows this game and has probably played it at one point or another. The first-person shooter not only has great graphics, but a very complex game-play which has made it very popular amongst teenagers and adults alike. Available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold 28.5 million copies.


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Moscow, ready for Grand Prix Final and Gala Awards
Posted by epau84 | Nov 28, 2019 | Featured News 4, News | 0 |
World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and end-of-season Gala Awards to take place between 6-7 December 2019
Selected Athletes List: click HERE
Final preparations are underway in Moscow as the Russian capital readies itself to welcome some of the world's best athletes for the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and end-of-season Gala Awards on 6-7 December 2019.
128 athletes from 42 countries are expected in the Dynamo Sports Palace for the Grand Prix Final. Competing in eight different weight categories, athletes will be battling out for gold and the last remaining WT Olympic ranking points before Tokyo 2020 qualification places are decided.
Athletes will also be showcasing the new competition uniforms which have been designed to be more practical as well as more fan and media friendly for this Final. The World Taekwondo Council will meet on 7 December to decide whether the competition uniforms will be used during Tokyo 2020.
On the evening of 7 December, the World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019 will be held at the Lotte Plaza Hotel. It will be the 6th time the ceremony has taken place and once again the male and female athlete of the year will be recognised alongside coach of the year and kick of the year. The male and female referee of the year and the fair play award will also be presented.
World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue said:
"We are excited to be returning to Moscow for the Grand Prix Final and Gala Awards which we are sure will provide a fantastic end to the 2019 season. The Grand Prix Final will be particularly significant as it represents the big opportunity to secure vital ranking points ahead of Tokyo 2020 next year. With this added motivation I am sure our athletes will put on a breath-taking show for the thousands of taekwondo-loving fans in the stadium and all those watching at home.
"The Gala Awards will then be a fitting celebration not just of our athletes but also of the Member National Associations, coaches and referees who are critical to making our sport such a global success."
Ahead of the Grand Prix Final, the World Taekwondo Council will meet on 5 December for an Extraordinary Council Meeting.
Selected Athletes List
M-68 kg
M+80 kg
W-49 kg
W+67 kg
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Bergdahl Deal Didn't Break Law, White House Insists (Video)
The deal securing Bergdahl's release will be the subject of hearings in the House Armed Services Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
By Steven T. Dennis
Posted June 3, 2014 at 9:19am
The prisoner swap that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was legal, the White House insisted Tuesday, as President Barack Obama defended the deal at a news conference in Poland.
A statement from the White House said the president's power under the Constitution trumps a law requiring Congress get 30 days notice.
"Delaying the transfer in order to provide the 30-day notice would interfere with the Executive's performance of two related functions that the Constitution assigns to the President: protecting the lives of Americans abroad and protecting U.S. soldiers," said Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the National Security Council. "Because such interference would significantly alter the balance between Congress and the President, and could even raise constitutional concerns, we believe it is fair to conclude that Congress did not intend that the Administration would be barred from taking the action it did in these circumstances."
Republicans in Congress have said they believe Obama broke the law.
"The executive branch must have the flexibility, among other things, to act swiftly in conducting negotiations with foreign countries regarding the circumstances of detainee transfers," Obama said in his signing statement.
Obama also defended the Bergdahl transfer, saying at a Warsaw news conference that he had consulted with Congress "for quite some time" about the possibility of a prisoner transfer, but said the process was "truncated" because of the risks to Bergdahl and the desire not to miss a window for securing his release.
He acknowledged that the five Taliban detainees could return to fight against the United States, but said that he would not have agreed to the deal if he thought it would hurt national security.
"We will be keeping eyes on them," he said.
Here's the full memo from Hayden:
I'd like to explain why, given the credible reports regarding the risk of grave harm to Sergeant Bergdahl and the rapidly unfolding events surrounding his recovery, it was lawful for the Administration to proceed with the transfer notwithstanding the notice requirement in Section 1035(d) of the FY14 NDAA.
First, there is no question that the Secretary made the determinations required to transfer the detainees under Section 1035(b) of the FY 2014 NDAA. Section 1035(b) states that the Secretary of Defense may transfer an individual detained at Guantanamo to a foreign country if the Secretary determines (1) that actions have or will be taken that substantially mitigate the risk that the individual will engage in activity that threatens the United States or U.S. persons or interests and (2) that the transfer is in the national security interest of the United States. The Secretary made those determinations.
With respect to the separate 30-day notification requirement in Section 1035(d), the Administration determined that the notification requirement should be construed not to apply to this unique set of circumstances, in which the transfer would secure the release of a captive U.S. soldier and the Secretary of Defense, acting on behalf of the President, has determined that providing notice as specified in the statute could endanger the soldier's life.
In these circumstances, delaying the transfer in order to provide the 30-day notice would interfere with the Executive's performance of two related functions that the Constitution assigns to the President: protecting the lives of Americans abroad and protecting U.S. soldiers. Because such interference would significantly alter the balance between Congress and the President, and could even raise constitutional concerns, we believe it is fair to conclude that Congress did not intend that the Administration would be barred from taking the action it did in these circumstances.
The President also has repeatedly expressed concerns regarding this notice requirement. For example, the President's FY14 NDAA signing statement indicated that "Section 1035 does not, however, eliminate all of the unwarranted limitations on foreign transfers and, in certain circumstances, would violate constitutional separation of powers principles. The executive branch must have the flexibility, among other things, to act swiftly in conducting negotiations with foreign countries regarding the circumstances of detainee transfers." To the extent that the notice provision would apply in these unique circumstances, it would trigger the very separation of powers concerns that the President raised in his signing statement.
In these unique circumstances, in which the Secretary of Defense made the determinations required by Section 1035(b) and in light of the Secretary's assessment that providing notice as specified in Section 1035(d) could endanger the soldier's life, the Secretary of Defense's failure to provide 30 days' notice under Section 1035(d) was lawful.
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Masari seeks new revenue allocation formula for states, LGs
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Tuesday canvassed for increase in federal allocation to states and local governments, insisting that the current revenue allocation formula tilted more in favour of the Federal Government.
He maintained that states and local governments areas have more responsibilities, the development which he stressed, made them to require more percentage from the current revenue formula.
Masari made the declaration when a delegation from the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission paid him a courtesy call as part of its members' sensitization visit to the state.
The governor said, "From 1999 to date, we have not been able to come up with a new Revenue Allocation Formula despite constitutional provision to do so. The formula has become stagnant. It is lopsided. It puts more resources at the centre and less resources for states and local governments.
"The burden and responsibilities of daily needs are at states and local government levels. The Federal Government has various revenue-earning parastatals and some of them do not contribute to the Federation Account but it is the consolidated revenue of the Federal Government and this revenue is not shared.
"The current formula has given the Federal Government over 50% while states and local governments share less than 40%. This is where the people are; this is where the problems are.
"This formula is stale, unfair, unjust and there has to be a change to address realities of today and prepare us for tomorrow."
A Federal Commissioner at the RMAFC, Kabir Mashi, who led the delegation had earlier told the governor that his members were in Katsina on a sensitization exercise over a possible review of the existing vertical revenue allocation formula.
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360 video can be viewed in two main ways. Firstly it can be viewed in a web browser using a platform such as Youtube or Facebook. Be aware however, currently this will only work on certain browsers such as Google's Chrome browser. The viewer can use their mouse to drag around the scene to look where they would like.
The second way this technology can be used is with a headset. Viewers can put on VR (virtual reality) headsets that detect where they are looking at show the view from that aspect. This is by far the most immersive experience, presenting imagery in stereoscopic 3D and has the potential to transport a viewer to a particular location on an emotional level.
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Development, Data Management
Focus On: Lists: Digging For Donors
If you want to find new donors, you have to look at some new lists.
By Martin Stein
Anyone who works in direct mail donor development can tell you that it's a challenge to find ways to bring in new donors while operating under an ever-tightening budget. With so many organizations mailing to the same lists of donors, fewer new lists being brought to the market and expenses always on the rise, creativity and willingness to take calculated risks will help you reach your new donor goals.
In a perfect world, mailings would breeze through the post office and land in potential donors' mailboxes without competition from other charities. Then, prospects gleefully would open the letters, feel a connection and send in donations using their own stamps.
These new donors would give repeatedly and generously for years — always, of course, using their own stamps. Eventually, after decades of loyal support, an envelope would arrive from some attorney's office. A notice would be enclosed that Loyal Donor bequeathed his or her estate to your organization.
Until scientists figure out how to create and clone Loyal Donor, your best action is creative action. How do you do that? Maybe some of the things that other nonprofit professionals are doing to bring in new donors and control expenses will give you some ideas.
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this thread is mostly for fun, not a very scientific one though . from your personal observations, have you ever noticed a certain MBTI type sharing the same physical features, posture, or weirdly, common illnesses (not psychological).
i especially found some types to be extremely thin since childhood and others more prone for weight gain. or certain postural patterns like hunch back or forward neck.
i noticed that most INFJs i know have suffered from, or were prone to, hunch back.
ESTJs and INFJs are almost very thin as children and adults.
ENFJs are more prone to forward neck. even before phones were so common. and more prone to stress-eating as well as ISFJs.
one thing i know for sure, most types are prone to stress eating.
do you relate to any of these, whatever your type is?
and i`m not sure about this, but do INTPs go thinner if stressed out?
I notice certain movements in the face or such can be correlated with type, but I'm unsure about actual physical features.
can you put simply some examples? like e.g i can recognize a pattern that apply to most INFP through mouth shape and way of movement, it might be weird but very true. everyone who had that pattern was a INFP.
I'm sure those with dominant Ne will have accelerated eye movement as their mind is firing from idea to the next.... ESTJ/INTJ tend to have a stoic look, which is indicative of repressed Fi. Physical features are a function of embryonic hormone output and genetics....testosterone is linked with lack of empathy in excess (aspergers/autism), which can manifest with higher order thinking/pattern recognition abilities. Estrogen is linked with empathy, but it gets interesting with the variance of personality traits of each parent passed onto their children. For this reason, there will be a weak correlation with physical features and personality traits. The same is true with grades and intellect...Some people tend to believe grades imply intellect, yet clearly a scattered relation exists. For instance, suppose a subset of the population with the same intellect is selected. Define a function such that the x axis denotes time, y axis = condition y1, y2,..., yn. and z axis = grades (%). Now, there will exist a direct relationship between effort and grades. But what if we apply a negative condition to the subset that is applied to the y axis such as ADD, depression, degree of conscientiousness, exc. Then it is clearly evident that as the severity of each condition increases (down the y axis), grades will decline rapidly. If you connect all the possible functions in respect to all possible negative conditions, it will be shown that there is a scattered relationship....meaning no correlation if at all. Also, my INFJ brother happens to be very "thin," mainly because he is not in tune with eating habits, and is especially reliant on fast food.
Some people believe visual typing is accurate and some don't, but if you look online you can find video examples and explanations of it, mostly having to do with eye and facial movement. Mouth shape could have to do with Fi/Fe, as the theory goes that wide-stretching and more symmetrical smiles are correlated with Fe and upwards-stretching and kinda snarly looking smiles are correlated with Fi. Fi users typically have more visually recognizable laugh lines as their smiles create apparent mouth lines, hence the correlation with the appearance of a snarl as screwing your face into a snarl-like expression pulls the same muscles around the mouth.
Some people believe visual typing is accurate and some don't, but if you look online you can find video examples and explanations of it, mostly having to do with eye and facial movement.
Well I do believe visual typing is accurate. But this is not visual typing thread for real, it about non scientific observations.
For me I type people subconsciously but there are few types I know them 100% by the face and expressions. Like INFP INFJ INTJ fr example.
I'm sure those with dominant Ne will have accelerated eye movement as their mind is firing from idea to the next.... ESTJ/INTJ tend to have a stoic look, which is indicative of repressed Fi. Physical features are a function of embryonic hormone output and genetics....testosterone is linked with lack of empathy in excess (aspergers/autism), which can manifest with higher order thinking/pattern recognition abilities. Estrogen is linked with empathy, but it gets interesting with the variance of personality traits of each parent passed onto their children. For this reason, there will be a weak correlation with physical features and personality traits.
interesting...I have noticed that too but didn`t think it was a serious connection.
The same is true with grades and intellect...Some people tend to believe grades imply intellect, yet clearly a scattered relation exists. For instance, suppose a subset of the population with the same intellect is selected. Define a function such that the x axis denotes time, y axis = condition y1, y2,..., yn. and z axis = grades (%). Now, there will exist a direct relationship between effort and grades. But what if we apply a negative condition to the subset that is applied to the y axis such as ADD, depression, degree of conscientiousness, exc. Then it is clearly evident that as the severity of each condition increases (down the y axis), grades will decline rapidly. If you connect all the possible functions in respect to all possible negative conditions, it will be shown that there is a scattered relationship....meaning no correlation if at all. Also, my INFJ brother happens to be very "thin," mainly because he is not in tune with eating habits, and is especially reliant on fast food.
I`m not sure I understood anything of this half of your post. can you tell me what part of typology you were talking about, I would be interested t search for it.
Also, my INFJ brother happens to be very "thin," mainly because he is not in tune with eating habits, and is especially reliant on fast food.
yes that`s what I meant. INFJ (all the one I`ve ever seen) have a habit as picky eaters and prefer to eat unhealthy all the time if you let them do what they want. same with most ESTJ they are picky eaters and like to try every restaurant in the place, but they are more sensible in that than INFJ.
though I`m not generalizing. it a matter of personal observation through a sample of people from the same MBTI. approximately or more 20 person.
p.s: you can use some paragraphing in your post. it`s hard to concentrate and keep losing the line.
-->I wasn't talking about a specific subset of typology, but I was trying to bridge the claim that there is a weak correlation, if any between physical features and MBTI functions. There is, however, correlation between certain expressions and functions....Types that contemplate often and internalize their thoughts tend to consume energy within, which most likely manifests as the projection of less outward energy (enthusiasm, exc). Conversely, types that actively seek external influence will outwardly project their energy in an expressive form. Further, externalized emotion will yield more variation in facial contraction, which can alter facial muscles over time (tension/ease).
-->You're observation definitely holds with my brother (INFJ) who is a very picky eater and is careless in terms of health. I do believe fast food is a consequence because the taste buds adapt to extremes (high salt, high sugar, exc), which in turn causes a negative reaction to foods tending towards the other extreme.
Since this thread isn't about anything official or proven, have you ever seen this somatype chart? My body type is ecto-meso which is a close enough to fit. All the INTPs that I've been involved with, past and present, are ectos.
Here are the three official body types.


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Main file code:
#include "Value.h"

#include <math.h>
#include <iostream>

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Header File (Value.h)
void arithmeticMean();
The origin of the function (ElevenTerminal.cpp)
void arithmeticMean() {

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  cin >> x;

  switch(x) {
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}
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