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' HIE Eif I STATE
Governor Hughes Has Come j
Off Victor in Hard Fight to
Minimize- Race -Track Gam
bling Evils. ,
... (United Prowl .eo Wlre.i
New York, July 1$ When the Em
pire City Racing association' closes its
gates on August 3, It Is considered cer
tain that New York will have seen the
last of thoroughbred racing for long
time to comev True there will be the
regular 80 days' meeting at Saratoga
and there la also .ehance that the Futu
rity will be run over, the Sheepshead
bay-race track, on August. 80, but there
will b little epmfort for the. New York
race goer in this. The, big game is at
ri end In this state and the victory
. rests ; with . Governor Hughes.- ,1 Horse
raolng It is now admitted by the owners
of the tracks, cannot succeed without
betting and when the recently enacted
laws go into effect on September 1, ' It
will bo' Impossible for the betting fra
ternity to continue to lay odds. The
new Jaw makes "oralbettlng as mueh
of a, crime as "bookmaking'', and the
track owners -are held responsible for
violations. '
This , means the end of the raclftg
Industry as a money making proposi
tion In America. There will continue
to bo rating In Kentucky and a .few
other states while the Canadian circuit
will continue to .have its own. little
seven day meetings, but with the Metro
politan tracks closed there will be no
field for expensively bred race horses
and many of the big breeding farms
are preparing to close -their gates and
send the stock on hand to Argentina
where racing is now- thriving. . Many
of the big owners are also likely to go
to the southern republic where the game
la now in Its Infancy and where the
government is fostering K because of
a desire to Improve the breed of horses
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The heaviest loss will fall upon .thj
Long Island farmers who for years have
furnished feed and supplies to the big
tracks located there. It was estimated
at the hearing von the antt-raclng Mils
at Albany that, this amounted to $10,-
000,000 a year. Then the racing colony
kept clone to toe tracks and spent much
money : in the , little stores e In their
vicinity. Most of these stores are now
closed for good. . -
, To Conduct Auto meets.
- The Joekey elub Intends" to-keep up
the Belmont Park , and Sheepshead Bay
tracks in the hope that there will be a
change of sentiment In the state In the
next few. years and legislation secured
hat will restore the game. Phil Dwyer
chief owner' of, the Aqueduct track, and
James Butler, owner of the Empirs
City, are well situated for automobl'e
racing and it will be, possible to make
them earn interest on the money In
vested by conducting a couple of auto
racing meets each year.
ii Belmont Park- will . evehtuailv v he
I transferred in to course for aeroplane
: purpose on the Queens and ': Nassau
county lines and there Is enough room
witnin its rences to give room for any
kind of an aerial meeting no matter how
, elaborate.. Thiols the latest of the
metropolitan tracks and August Bel
mont and his associates Invested . $10,-
000,000 in it . The main track la one and
, one half miles around with both
turf nd steeplechase course inside. A
tralnlngtrack lies Just beyond the main
track and a little further on Is the
private course of the 'Field and Hunt,
club.. Experts wb.o have examined the
ground state that, with' the removal of
the division fences and the throwing of
the-entire plant Into one bl field,, an
aviation grourtf can be constructed that
will rival any in France.
The officials of the Jockey club In
tend to test the constitutionality of the
.anti-betting laws but they have littlo
hope of success. It Is conceded , that
.the bills were approved by Governor
Hughes .only after he had carefully ex
amined them as to their legality so not
much is. expected In that. way, -
The Jockey club, however, Intends to
start a state wide agitation to secure
at some future date, needed legislation
which will legalize some kind of bet-
j Ting-and-thus restore racing. . This wll
te a long uphlU . task, The reform
element is on guard and every attempt
to pass a law raising the bars will b
bitterly fought at Albany.
The pari-mutuel systeni of' - betting,
which now .prevails in Kentucky, is
favored by the Jockey club as a means
o revive the gams and already statls
r tics , showing Just-Jiow it operates in
Kentucky are being prepared for wide
distribution to voters of the state. It
will be suggested that the mutuel sys
tem be adopted and that the .percentage
to be "-collected shall be devoted, after
paying the expenses of the machines, to
prizes at the state and county fairs for
the Improvement of all classes of
blooded stock. By this means It Is
hoped that tho support of the farmers
for a betting bill may be secured.
County raits Bestrloted.
Under the old law a big percentage
of the profits from the racing associa
tions was devoted to the. encourage-
mem oi tne oounty fairs. When the
anti-oetting- bills ' were considered. In
order to secure the suonort of the un
state legislators for the measure. Gov.
ernor Hughes had, the -legislature make
a direct appropriation for the . county
fairs to prevent a deficit at h arftfoa!
But -with the money went a more strict
supervision of the fairs. All gambling
j games, even of the most Innocent char
acter, such, as throwing rings to get'
ui Buuuung wun a rifle to get
f.rlzes, were prohibited by the com
lAlsslonvr of agriculture. The result
has been that many of the fairs ln-t
year and: again this year complain of
poor attendance. The average fair goer
f wants a good timo and with areal cen
sorship established. he became dlssatls
: fled. ; V-': " l .j...';:
, v The Jockey club, It is reported today.
( will user' Us Influence with the legisla
ture to prevent a direct appropriation
for the fairs. .This will be the begin
ning of the campaign for the restora
tion of betting on the race tracks. The
fight will ' undoubtedly be a very
lengthy one but, while the big men In
the raclrig game are hopeful there la no
response in the heart of the regular
who has only a small bank roll. , He
. cons taers . tn . game aona for and Is
jooKing ior a jon to go ;w work. ,
.v:-i';:-. 3: physical Aid.
From .,C":Im''V..:X
mil Co' :; i: ,- .;,'.- .-jv. 'f -V -- V 'c- ' ;
Bnugsum Certainly; but am I strong
enough? ' .' ,-. - ....
NeedumI think so. I'm trying to
raise a 1500 mortgage from my home.
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Journal Want AOs bring resulte.
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FilHHB
Take ; Advantage of Pitcher
Nourse's Weakness and
- Grab Game in First.
-' -By th Internntlmml NfWi Service.) . .
San . Francisoo, July 16. Quick to
take" advantage -of an opponent's weak
ness, the Seals . benefited by tneoniy
opening that Pitcher Nourse gave them
today and tucked the game away m the
official grip sack before the first In
ning was over. .-.'; Nourse, was absolutely
lacking In control when thegamo start
ed. Ho walked Madden and Mohler in
succession and then started to aim the
ball at the plate with the least sem
blance of a break or curve on It He
got Vltt out of the way, fortunately,
on an Infield grounder, but not so with
Tommy Tennant The first ball he
lobbed op to the ruby-headed one' was
met with a full awing that sailed it far
over the right field. Madden and Moh
ler Jogged In' ahead of Tommy and. the
three nms' practically ended the oontest,
as not another base runner even threat
ened the rubber, during the rest of the
game. j " -
Baton comes Back." -
Harry Sutor "came back" without a
doubt He exhibited a trace of wlldness
in the second and fourth innings, walk
ing two of his opponents. In each ses
slon and the Senators, bunqhed' a couple
of blngles in the eighth but at no time
was he In much danger of having a tal
ly recorded against him. Score:
KACRAUKNTO,
AB. It. H. PO. A. E.
Shlnn, 2b ; V. 4.01 2
Burns, ss ....t. 4 0 0 I
Perry, ir ..,.... v i i
Danzig, lb .'. 8 0 0 14
Boardman, 8b ........ 4 0 10
S
0;
4 ,
3
unggs, rr ............ w
Helster. cf ... ........80,0. 2
Ia Longe, 0 v w a
Nourse, p
Totals ....81 0 8 14 17 , 8
,SAN FRANCISCO.-
- Aa R. H. PO. A. B.
Madden, rf ........
Mohler. 2b
Vltt 8b ..
Tennant, lb ........
Bod 1 6, If ...
Lewis, cf . .
Williams, o
McArdle, ss
Hutor, p
Totals It 8 5' 27 10 0
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Sacramento ..,"....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
Hits 1 0 o l o o v z i o
Can ffr.nnll-n S 0060000 -
Hits ....... ....8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
- SUMMARY. -
- BtflTefi bases Mftdden; Mohler.: Home
runs .Tennant ' Twt base .hit Perry.
Firgt base on called balls-Off No-urse 3,
off Sutor 4. Struck out By Nourse 3,
by Sutor 0, 'Time of game 1 hour and
35 minutea Umpire an nauren.
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National Ieague Games. :
Cincinnati. Jaly 16. Rain caused
postponement today of the Boston-Cln
einn at! National league game. .
Chicago, July 18. Two . double plays
by the visitors and one by the home,
team were the features of the game this
afternoon between the Cubs and The
Phillies, which the locals won by' a
score of 8 to 8.- Score:
R H. S
Philadelphia 3 8
Chicago. ' . .t ...,. 8, 7
Batteries Foxen and Dooin; - Brown
and Kling., m ,,
. Umpire Emslie. , ,. .
Pittsburg, July 1. Throdgh the
ssperlor pitching of Phlllippi, who re
lleved Adams at the end of the second
lnhing, the Pijates this afternoon won
from New York by a score or s to
taking the fourth straight game the
Giants lost and , the second defeat of
Mathewson during the present series.
The New- York star-twlrler was called
into action after one run had been
scored in the seventh and he was
touched for four runs. Score: "
j. 1 R H. is.
New York .................. 8
Pittsburg. .....,. 10
Batteries Crandall, Mathewson and
Myers; Adams, Phlllippi and Gibson.
Umpire Q'Day. ;;lUv,: .i,:... ,
Bt Louis. - July 18. Johnny Lush.
pitching for the Cardinals In the first
game of the double header with Brook
lyn today won his game driving in three
of tha local team runs. The score:
R. IL E.
St LOUlS m 10
Bdooklyn. i ................. 2 6
Batteries Lush and Phelps; Bargwr
and Erwln. First game, -
Willis pitched steady ball for the
Cardinals and won the.second game of
the day from Broklyn. Score;
v - R. H. E.
St Louis ............ ..W 8 12
Brooklyn 8 8
Batteries Willis and Bresnahan; Bell,
Miller and Erwln.
Umpire Kane.
MONTREAL LOSES TO
WESTMINSTER, 10 T() 4
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IHr tho International New. Rrvtr 1
New Westmineter, B. C, July 1ST
The greatest crowd; that ever gathered
around the Queen' Park athletic oval
gave the Montreal twelve, champions of
the N. Ia U. a.j, great' ovation as they
ftame. on the field for the -preliminary
workout at 8:70 this afternoon for the
La Crosse match for tbe Mlnto rup. ' At
a conservative estimate there was close
upon 20,000 . people 'present ' Tho game
was a very brilliant one, New West
minster finally winning by a score of
10 to 4, Bcore: s
Montreal .................. ...1 2 1 0
New Westminster l 2 210
0'CONNELL THROWS MAN
. . JHRICE1N;15 MINUTES
- Eddie O'Connell returned ; yesterday
from Astoria, where he took three falls
out of Al Singh, the Hindu champion,
Friday,, nighty About 32000 , changed
hands on the result, snd the Astoria
sports who backed vConnell made
big cleanup on the turbaned bunch
O'Connell agreed to throw Singh - three
times in an hour, but took no chances
and threw btm three times in 18 mln
utet.
' ' Emeryville Stakes Better.
, Colonel E. C. Hopper, presiding dudg
at the Emeryville. CaL, track, says that
next winter's meeting there will repre
sent a vast Improvement over that of
last,seasoa JroiaahUaUpolt-oI alass
and liberal array of stakes.
'. Knapp May Rldo Abroad.
Jockey Knapp, the little Californlan,
who has been doing such good work for
August'Belhiont may go to. Germany t
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LEfl-IIIIOOGllI
ngels Take Errorless Gam3
From Vernon by 1 to 0
Score Some Pitching.
'(Hj-'the International News BpttIc.)
Ios ..Angeles, July 18. The Angels
blanked the Villagers 1 to 0 In t bril
liant, errorless game today that was a
fight all the way between two left-
handed pitchers, Castleton and Hltt
Castleton's performance for the An
gels was a remarkable one...:. Allowing
but one scant single ami giving but one
base on balls,' he fanned five of the
Vernon sluggers and kept the remainder
; Hogan s men popping up easy flies to
the fielders or hitting wea grounders
at the lnflelders, The two Vernon run
ners to reach first basa were both an
chored to that bag. -Hltfs work would
have won an ordinary game. Rdy held
the. Angels to three singles, gave four
passes and struck out three of the Cll
lcnltes. The Vernon gunner weakened
for a fraction In the fourth round and
It was ,at , this orltlcal rpoint that" the
Angels pounded out a victory, . winning
the game strictly on their merits.
Howard opened the fourth by poking
cleaa ' hit Into left center. Lindsay
made a running Jump at the ball, but
he was 10 feet under the flying sphere.
Dillon sacrificed and was out at first
but Howard galloped down to second
Murphy won the game with a timely
two-bagger to center, scoring Howard,
S to vail broke his pet bat when .he
singled to left In- the first inning, this
hit being the only blngle to be made off
Castleton during 'the day. Bto vail, was
put out by a fast double play. .
Bcore: . - , .
. VERNON. '
A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E.
tarnsie, jr. o .0 l o
Htovaii, cr. ,..k.... 8 o.l 0 l
N. Braahear, lb.1;.,... 1
R. Bra shear, 2b. '.... 8
Coy; rf. ........4... 8
Burrell, 3b. . . . .V. . . 8
Lindsay ss. . . ...... .;. 8
Hogan, c ........... 2
13
2
Hltt P. 2
Brown 1
'Ht ' . ..... 1
Totals
........ ..27 0 1 84 15
LOS ANGELES. ' - "
, A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E,
Daley, cf.
Bernard, rf.
Howard, 2b.
Dillon, lb.
4
0
0
0
7
11
- 1
1
Murphy. i it.
f
0 0
jwiu,aui .......
1
0
0
0
Delmas, ss.
Castleton, p.
Totals ........27 1 8 87 It
Vernon 0000 0006 60
Hiu ............ 1 0 000000 oi
Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
WW ........... 00021000 8
Batted for Hogan in ninth.
Batted for Hltt in ninth.
SUMMARY.
Sacrifice Dillon. Castleton. Bases on
balls Off Hltt. 4: off Castleton. -. 1
Struck out By Hltt. 3: bv Castleton. 6
Double pwys Delmas to Howard to Dll
ion.- Time 1:30. umpire McQreevy,
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BTANPING OPTIIB TEAMS
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Pacific Coast League. ;
?--?tZrW.j- .Won.: Lost Pet
Portland 63 V 43 . .553
San Francisco ....... 68 49 .642
Los Angeles ......... 67 61 .628
Oakland 65 63 .609
Vernon .............. 62 61 - .606
Sacramento 87 ,,. 86 1 ; .863
American League Games.
Philadelphia, July l.Tr-The Philllea
made It' three out of, four from St Louis
by winning today's game, I to 0. Bay,
who succeeded: Bailey In the .fourth
pitching superb ball, as did Morgan. The
score:'- -:- -. s ' ''
St Louis .r:v.. .....; 1- 8
Philadelphia" . , . . . . . . ; ., . . . . ? 2 6
Batteries Bailey. Kay and Stephens
Morgan and Thomas, k
Boslten, July. 18. By taking today's
game from the Chicago Whit Sox, 8 to
1, the Red Sox made a clean sweep of
the present series. The game was
called at the end of the eighth on ac
count of rain. .
Boston . . ; . . . . . ........ . . . t 8,1
Chicago M.
......... A I
Batteries Clcotte
and Carrlgan
Walshr-anBlockr
Detroit : Mich July 16. After play'
In g -one Inning today rain caused the
Detroit-Washington gam to be called.
Neither team had scored when the game
was called.
New York, July , 16. Cleveland and
New York divided a double-header to.
day. Scores:
First game ,
'v v. R.H.E.
Cleveland .r., 3 8
Nriw York : ........C....J 5 10
Batteries Koestner and Easterly
Warhop and Mitchell.
Second game .
. : . i 1 :i. . R. H. E.
Cleveland ' 9 13
New York . . . i ...... . . 4 6
Batteries Mitchell and Bemls; Fisher
Manning and Mitchell, j
American Association Games, c
"At" Columbus " "It H.E
Columbus
8 7
Minneapolis
6 11
At Toledo - " , " R. H. E
Toledo 6 11
St. Paul , 3 7
At Indianapolis
R. H.
Indianapolis . .v.
0 5
3 11
Kansas City
At Louisville
R. H.B.
17 8
3 10
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Louisville
Milwaukee
Empire Results.
' First race, five and a half furlong!
Ryestraw won, fl .to,,- BUBeruLomohd
second: Ladasett third. -.Time, 1:07,
.Second race, five andr a half furlongs
Trance j won, 84to 5 Royal Captive,
second; -Berwick, third. Time," 1:06 1-8.'
Third race, mile Jupiter Joe won, 7
to 2; Kriklna,, second; Queen Marguer
ite, third. Time,' 1:39. J-5. ' , N
.Fqurth ") race, six furlongs Helens
won. 5 to 1; Towtonflold, second; Seth,
third. Time, 1:13 a-5. ' ,
. Fifth race, : mile and - one eighth
Fauntleroy won,; 3 to 1; Restlgouche,
second; 'Crear, third. Time, 1:52, 2-8.
Sixth race, mile and a half M,ont
gomery won, 11, to ,2; Perry, Johnson,
fecond; Elgin, third. Time, 2:38. -
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Silver Gets Horses.
M. A. Silver,' sn' American, who for
ftarsliaseenpf6minontly',1aentifled
with racing In Argentine Republio and
Peru, is in the United States.
"Argentine Republic Is rapidly" be
coming the Arcadia for horsemen on
this side of the Atlantic,1 says Mr,. .Sll.
ver. Ha picked up a few thoroughbreds
on the eastera tracks.
.ii la-ns
iOTDSfflilW
WflBE
lluch Pressure Brought to Bear
to Bring Him Forth to Fight
Johnson Fans . Forget Jef
fries That Was: ' .
-. " . By W"W. Naughton,
' (By th Jlnternatlonnl flewa HmTirt.l.
San Francisco, Jiily 16.- From ifelng
the hope of the White race, Jim Jeff
ries has become the Jibe of the white
race,,1 and I, for one, do, --not consider
he is deserving of the opprobrium that
la being heaped upon him. His critics
are flaying him mercilessly, and poor
Jim must feel as Woolsey felt when
he said: - - V ; . :A
"Vain pomp and glory of the world,
I hate , ye,.5',.vy' ;r'y:??:'x:r ;f T'v;f''V
"I feel my heart new opened."
No-ne seems-to remember the tre
mendous .' pressure that was brought
to bear on Jeffries to get him to oome
forth from the protecting shadows of
domestic life and bear the brunt of the
rlna trame aaraln. I recollect the cir
cumstances distinctly. Jttecause I was ,"d of this and lmnortuned Cable U PtU' nnounced that It will in
.v.. - !, I 'arnea or this, and lmportunea came . . t . nnffro -Rronka. of
in .u v. m novo, .
that hounded Jim into signing with
Johnson. For this reason, alone. If for
WW Vt,ilV., A UO JIVb W , lift. .QMumi.a 1
Mil. .V. .V U1.UUI4,U .11., M.
vm farced ; In attemnt
Some of the accusations made against
Jeffries, and some of the motives at
tributed to him in connection with the
recent fiasco, sound like' the mouthlngs
of imbeciles. -jFor one thing the report
that Jeffries and those around him
knew all along that the big fellow was
doomed to defeat, and that they kept
the knowledge from a waiting public.
Was Hot Tirst to Weaken.' t ,1
One. Incident,: alone is sufficient to
show that of the.two heavyweights
Jeffries- was not the first to weaken.
This was when three days before the
tight- Johnson, through. Tex Rickard.
proposed an equal split of the purse.
Instead of the "seventy-flva and twenty-five"
called for by the artloles. Jeff
ries' -reply to the Johnson proposition
would not look well in print A day
later Johnson suggested 60 per cent
and 40 per cent and after keeping the
negro guessing awnue, jeirries oon-
sented. . ', y--,
Had Good and Bad. Says
Many weeks ago, when Jeffries was
stUPin training at Rowardennan, the
writer told that Jeffries had his good
days VnTbaT dV.: and remark 'that
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" " i ti va.Kiun.ym, an nguu in
hi. mmuoHnn t m w I
mmtmrnw " w M v mm m Ifjil mr-J VHUb mm. Lll
contest had taken place before Jeff
ries broke camp at Rowardennan . he
would undoubtedly have given a better
account of himself. But I do not be
lieve now there was a day since the
articles were signed on which Jeffries
coma nave defeated Johnson. ; a
In view of what Jeffries has accom
plished In the past, the world of sport
can afford to be kinder to him than It is
at present ' Even with all the reproach
that came to him, and Is still, coming,
eliminated. Jeffries punishment for a
poorjkhowing is terrible to contemplate,
firm A VMtfliftf VnMH..
, ...... , w.SV.v.u. .
Jeffries, the conqueror of Corbett
Fltzsimmons, Peter Jackson, Tom Shar
key, Gus Ruhlln and Jack Monroe, Is
forgotten. Only the Jeffries' who made
suoh a miserable fight .with Jack John-
son Will be remembered. ; ' '
At least that, is the present outlook,
There are always reactions in cases of
this kind; and It may be before a year
passes. Jim'a exit from the game will be
kindly slurred over and the sterling per-
formanoes of his earlier career remem
bered.: It was so with John L. SalU
van Jjm Corbett and Bob Fltzslmmons,
and Jeffries surely Is entitled to as
much consideration as . the champions
wno preceaea-mm. v-
Bv the way. have you noticed that the
heavyweight champion of the world is
always 1 on the down grade physically
when he Is defeated? -. -
Wasn't that tha casa when Rulllvan
lost to Corbett and again when Corbett
lost to Fltzslmmons at Carson T Didn't
Fitxslmmons have a presentment of de-
feat When he Insisted on the lfon's
share Of the purse ia his fight with
Jeffries on Coney Island? Wasn't the
Jeffries that Johnson defeated a mere
wraith of the formidable Jeffries of six
years ago? r , ,
' . . Only. One at Time.
It almost looks as if the world Is
too small to hold a couple of able-bodied
heavyweights at one and the same time.
The nearest approach to such a eondl-
tlonrof affairs firat when Tom Sharkey
and Jim Jeffries fought such close fin-
FvSZX
Vliv u mm, m,um m it v wn vuii MiiwtBv cjla I w u
fries as fighting men was merely their
difference in height
I wonder will we have to wait until
Jack Johnson's splendid fighting talents
begin to stale before we see him beaten.
At present Billy Delaney is touting'-Al
Kaufman as. Jack's successor, but it
seems as If there will have to be a ter
rible falling off on Johnson's part be
fore Delaneys .prophecy comes true.
tangford After jack.
-- Most - every .one is surfeited with
fighting and fight talk at present. !
ween; but It won't be very long before
there will be a general demand for John-
son to put himself in harness again.
Then, no doubts Sam Langford will be
the man 'sent forward to meet him.
Joe Woodman, manager . for Langford,
says that his man can command 320,000
backing, the amount demanded by John
son, and Woodman Is too old a bird in
tho managerial game to place himself in
a false position by misstating the facts.
In the meantime, Hugh Mcintosh of,
Australia thinks that a 20 round go be-
tween Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns
will e a highly attractive event over in
-England.'- Burns Js eager.: for. the- test
and Johnson has promised htm the first
chance, so It looks as It Tommy and
Jack will get together- ' ' S
RALEIGH TO ANGELS: ,
PICKETT GOES SOUTH
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St' Louis, July l.r-Manager Bresn-
han of the St. Louis National league
team, announced before tray's game
that he has. released Pitcher Raleigh to
the .Los Angftles jJ!J8u
irtun iiwtm..4 v. ; ,7, v
the Montgomery Southern association
ttam. . i - - ..r: 1
- Johnson's Auto Tonr.
Johnson is 1 glvtwyMs)"yso
tlte full play. He is now the proud
possessor of three machines and Is plan
ning a long trip tnrougn uanaaa. on.
ho, ye fusty' constables, shine up your
stars ana grease up your aniuery, j-iii
Artha is coming. 5 It is pstimnted that
Johnson's automobil trip will cost him
not less than $3000 In fines.
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WHEAT'S ARTERIES
Crack Young Brooklyn Play-
er's
Mother Vas Member
of Cherokee Tribe.
Zack David Wheat the clever out
fielder d"n the Brooklyn National league
earn, has a strong strain of Indian
blood In his veins. Wheat who was
born at Hamilton, Mo., has a full blood
ed member, of the Cherokee Indian tribe
for a mother- Mrs. , Wheat is an - en
thusiastic reader of baseball and takes
a great interest her. son's career.
During: the winter Zack lives on a farm
near Kansas City. ",--; ; .,-;.
i Wheat is making a great hit with
the Brooklyn fans this season,, Zack
broke into professional,' baseball with
the Shreveporfclub, then a member of
the Texas league. He was less than
20 years old. After leaving tha Kan
sas City high school. Wheat began
playing independent ball with tne- En
terprise team, , y ,:.:,,;;,.
Cabled, pitoher of the Kansas City
team, reoeived a letter In the fall, of
1907 from Dale Gear, at the time man
ager of , the Shreveport ; team. Oear
wanted Cable to recommend an out-
flolder and a first baseman. - Wheat
. ,ronlv that tha - lntter oonsentad
, ,AtZ,: (, r
u ih.t. Mr
.Via f,11nur4.n mvm
Worst Plelder aver.
ai iou ume. wneai Bayu, nm wm
about the worst fielder that ever played
the game. He was playing first base
with the Enterprise team, but was like
wooden man on a ground ball, and his
efforts to , catch a fly - ball . were
awkward, and frequently resulted in
failure. About all he could do was to
catch a thrown hall, :but even-then it
was not always a sure thing that he
would hold it However, there was one
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'?? I.WT.llt
would make a first baseman if he lived,
a century; He had as a rival for the
place Gandll, now first baseman for
he Chicago White Sox. Elmer Rieger,
now a pitcher with the St Louis Cardi
nals, was also a member ot the Shreve
port team. During that summer of
1908 Wheat had : tils i't arm broken
by a pitched ball,' and was out of the
game for a month, .th greater part of
which time he spent on. the bench
watching the game. He had been play
M"J?d Zf a twlrier 'and
but Uirouuh a deal withvthe - Mobile
club, whereby he secured a cash con-
slderaUon and a ' pitcher for Wheat
m. . ,,. v,. . tans with
Wheat finished the season oi ios witn
the southern team.
f Wheat claved strong baseball for
Mobile rn the season of 1909. and his
work attracted the attention of . the
Brooklyn dub scouts. He was secured
and reported to Brooklyn last fall, He
at onoe showed In the limelight by his
solendld work with the- stlok,.and flnr
lshed the season In the National league
In fifth position. . '
SPOKANE. INDIANS .
V WIN FROM TURKS
' ' Bf the- Interne tional News Berrioe.)
'Spokane, July 18.The local North
western league management went back
to playing baseball In the day time -this
afternoon, and as a result the Indians
Increased their chances for the pennant
by a few pointa ; -
The contest was a slugging matcn
roru the opening gong. In the initial
spasm the local, team sent six men
across uio jump, nu w
that the Turks could
never overcome.
Score: '
R. H. E.
.8 14 2
. . .8 1J6
Seattle .
Spokane
Batteries iuiniay.
Baker and . Ost-
aiek and Shea; Russell, Joss and Akin.
VANCOUVER DROPS .
LAST GAME OF SERIES
Vancouver, B. C, July H.-A good
stMd crowd witnessea tne last game or
th series here today. Smith, . th
Fresno recruit was sent in to do the
heaving for the -Beavers; -but he got
into trouble in the very first inning.
Annis pitched great ball for the Tigers
and the Canucks could do, little with
him in the early: part of the game.
Score: . "
IJ-Er
jacoms.v 3 1 1
Vancouver r. , .. . .... 38 0
Batteries-Annll andi Byrnes Jmith
and Lewis, t . : r"; .. .", -
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PAPAL EDICT CONFERS
HONOR IN ARCHBISHOP
Chicago, July 16. Chicago has been
made the headquarters and Archbishop
Quigley a head of the Catholio Church
Extension society, one Of the most pow
erful organizations In the church in
America, by recent action of Pope Plus
X. '
A papal brief officially establishing
the society as a part of the Catholio
church has been brought to this coun
try by Very Reverend Francis Clement
KellV. - resident of the nrr&nlzatlrtn
This creates, the offices of chancellor
ani president for the organization and
provldes that the office of chancellor
shall be filled by the archbishop of Chi
cago. The president, according to the
brief, will be appointed by the pope and
will make his headquarters in Chica
go. The orders of the brief will take
effect on Oct 18, when Dr. Kelly's
term as president expires.
The organization was formed five
years ago at the home of Archbishop
QUigiey and in that time has become an
important factor in the growth of the
Romarr Catholio church In this country.
It has built 4&0 churches in poor dis
tricts, established a seminary for priests
in, the- Philippines, sent a large num
ber of American . teaching sister HO
Porto Rico and founded a magazine that
has attained the largest circulation of
Uny Catholic periodical in the world,
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PFfJWY MINTED IN 1722
rCW" ; J V '
FOUND IN NEW YORK
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New Tork, July is.Somebody lost a
pe rfe ctly good, penny hack in the days
- Wltlsh kinir Wed the Amrir.art
when a British king ruled the American
colonies; It was minted In 1722 and the
owner was permanently poorer by that
n. I. , n a nr.f m . A .n ,11 A tk..l
""."'i. f-." r" ..
turnpike,. Statert ", Island. The spot
The . snot
where Albert found the old eolru is on
the line of the stage coaches that used
to -run between New York and Fhlla-
i aeipnia.
Apple crop tiromises to be large In
Yamhill county.
lGOTilAt.1 PREPARES
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FORIKEEll
England, France and Belgium
Send Crack Entries
to Show. ... .
- Although - tha National Amsrionii
Horse Show in Madldon Square Garden
will not open until November 14, prep-,
aratlons are already being. made for it
Alfred O. Vanderbllt, president of the
National Horse Show association, states
that a team of British army r officers
had accepted the- association's invita
tion to participate during the five days
from 'November 14 to 1,
Negotiations have, been pending with
French, and Belgian army officers, with
a view of having' a team come: from
each army. Although no definite an
swer has been received,. It is believed
that army officers'' will come' i from.
those countries. This will give a mill
tarr touch to the affair In greater de
gree than ever before, for 'there. -will
be officers from tha tTnlted States Cav
alry to participate also. : . i
The English team wfil pe Jft Charge
of Colonel, the Honorable John Graham
Bereaford, D.- 8. o Seventh Hussars,
Aldershot, -i who attended th. 'garden
show last year, and ; while Us makeup
will not be announced for some time, It
elude Lieutenant Geoffrey Brooke, of
the Sixteenth Lancers, who led the
British Jumpers In the recent Interna
tional Horse fihow held at Olympia in
London, with his favorite hunter, Har
rlet Lieutenant Brooke has twice won
the Connaught cup. '
Dominion Bends Offioers.
Lieutenant Wlnfleld B. Sifton. of To
ronto, Canada, also notified tha horse
show directors that the Dominion will
send 10 officers to compete In the mil
itary classes,
The success of the Frenob. and Bel
gian officers at. Olympia is responsible
for the Invitation to. compete at Madi
son Square Garden. Should the war
dopartmenta of their respective coun
tries grant permission to the officers
to visit the United States the French
team will Include such crack timber-
toppers as Lieutenant J. Broudeboux,
Fifth Dragoons; Captain-Commandant
V. Meyer, Fifteenth Dragoons, and Lieu'
tenant H. Horment Seventh Hussars
while the Belgians will send Lieutenant
Lancksweert, Second Regiment des
Guides; Lieutenant. Leon Ripe t Ecole
d Equitation, Tpres, and Lieutenant
Landraln, second Chasseurs. Then
teams' competed for the King Edward
cup at uiympia recently.
Miss Loula Long, of Kansas Cltv,
whose brown gelding. The Ktnsr. won
several ribbons; E. H. Weatherbee, of
New York, whose David Grey -won the
Toronto cup ror quaiinad hunters; Paul
D. Cravath, of New York, and Edward
Morris, Jr., of Chicago, who entered
some Kentucky saddle horses, were also
among the Olytripla exhibitors who.wlll
snow at the garden.
Meeting Place Private7 and the
Spectators Pay Heavily for
J 1 Their Privilege. "
By Jeff Thompson. "
New York, July le.John I Sullivan
and some of . the other old time gladia
tors are -urging that; we return to the
"private fights" and have done with the,
carnival Of advertisings which has done
more than anything else to kill boxing
In the United States. " -
Thirty years ago all the big fights
here were erranged privately. There was
no advertising; there was no system of
elaborate training with the newspapers
giving two and three .pages daily to
the Inconsequential .Incidents of camp
routine. Consequetly, there was no agi
tation against righting.
The new plan-is to return to the old
system; The meeting plcewill be pri
vate and the spectators Shall be limited
to possibly 100. Each . spectator must
pay $100 for the privilege of seeing
the battle and newspaper men will not
be present unless they are able to dis
cover the fight place. y ; - f
; i..twora tojBaortay; .j '', -"'...i.-
If newspaper men were present at
fights in the old days they were sworn
to secrecy as to the meeting place, so
that when'thelr stories appeared an
erroneous spot was mentioned as the
scene of the battle. That plan has both
Its advantages and Its disadvantages.
The wonderful system of news gather
ing these days would make It pretty
hard to escape the newspapers and it Is
very doubtful If the sporting editors
would consent to naming a false location.:-.
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Another thing, the purses would have
to be smaller. Prizefighting ia commer
cialised to the limit today and. under the
new plan a fighter would be lucky , to
get a 32000 purse' and a $5000 side bet
However, those who are clamoring for a
continuance of the game now have the
ehance. ' J
And they may thank John L. for the
suggestion.
PLANNED TO NAME ;
HIS BABY JEFFRIES"
Ne York, July 16. Because Jeffries
lost the fight at Reno!t a baby born at
Mount Vernon is still without a name.
Charles Gorman, the father, had planned
to name the child James Jeffries Gor
man, but when he heard that Jeffries
had been defeated he said he would have
to give, the child eora other name. ,.
.' vYou can bet your last, dollar," said
Mr. Gorman, "that I won't call that
young one 'Jack' Johnson " ,
. , New Barkeen Gets :BnsjV
Chicago, July 16.-Carl Falkenbilel nf
lflOO Canaiport avenue, a saloonkeeper.
was robbed of $34 f Iva minutes after he
bad hired a man to wqrk as bartender.
According: to the; police of the- Maxwell
street station Fa lkenbilel is nw in the
saloon business and the newly engaged
"tartender" told him the taps were out
of order.;' While the saloonkeper was
In the basement trying to find a sup-
i i ....i.,..hl.llHij .....I. i .iiffil tlrii - Tinim
I register vnu.iw, - .
. Many 'French market gardeners force
thlr plants in early spring by placing
glass belta over them and later, whmi
the suft becomes hotter, ' proh'c-t tti
plnrvts from itf heat by -piloting the
1UWK
OLD TIME FIGHTS
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ALLPREVA1LIIIG
ountry Comes Through First
-Six Months of Year With No
Signs" of" Break in Prosper
ous Conditions. '
: By Preston C. Adams.
New York, Juiy 16. With the ending '.
of the first half of the year 1910 tin
United States finds Itself in pretty good '
condition In a business way. It Is true
there are some pratty knotty problems '
to te solved during tho second half
of the year, notably tho rate question
wun the railroads and a congressional.
election, but men who take a broad view
of the financial situation do not aniiol-' '
pate any trouble.
New capital issues for the six months .
exceed $1,000,CH)0,OOQ. t , . . . '
NAtfDhartAea h.. W.. labM ml
companies capitalized at $1,000,000 and
upward to tha.extent of 31,120,000.0001
during-the last five months, con tras tod .
witn just over $500,000,000 for the same
period in 1909; showing that the spirit ;
oi enterprise has revived to a remark- r
able-extent Nor Is it without slgnifl-
cance that Immigration is increasing;
since Jatruary 1, about 600,000 steeraaa
passengers arrived at American porta, a f
gam or -almost 70,00(7 over a year ago.
Railroad traffic is larger than it was
12 months ago, and, although loud com-
plaints are heard today concerning tha .
shrinkage In net earnings, there la at
least a possibility that the returns for .'
subsequent months will not be painted :
quite so black, now that the railroad bill
has been signed by President Taft and
that the agitation ; fdr higher freight .
rates has entered a new stage. Trade is
not booming, but there has been, little ,
or no overproduction (save In copper), -and
price levels are no longer as dan-
gerous as they were nrx of twelvo
months ago. As for crops, a good win-
- n , uw n bu.u. TY 11 V .lit,
uuuuuti iur ui8 larger Tail crops is ac -least
reasonably v satisfactory. 'Tha
many disturbances that- were threat
ened between capital and labor have all
been settled, so that today Industrial
peace reigns throughout the country.
V Frosperity ia Evidence. c
The claim cannot yet be made' that -
Inflation i lias been everywhere eradi
cated or that smiling content yet pro
vails from epd to end of the land. But
substantial progresf has been made. Th t
cost or uving nas come.dqwn appreci
ably and promises to become materially -
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Taking It altogether the country is"
in a prosperous conaition witn sooa
nvnmlA tt will . ( .m..: ......
More encouraging reports are being re-
celved from the steel industry, especial
ly from the finishing department; One
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radical change in the attitude of the
railroads, who are making free applica
tions for shipments on contracts and are
placing many small Orders for bridges'
and other structures in all parts of the
country. - Although no large tonnages
an tumuiB oui, 1110 ugsregmo oi email
orders Is quite satisfactory, i f
The demand for fabricated and struc
tural i steel from other interests than
railroads Is active. Many small orders
are being placed in all sections, but more
particularly in the central west and far
west The American Bridge company ,
has Just booked an order for a crane
shed at Salt Lake City, for a school at
Denver, for a bridge at the Zenith fur
nace at Duluth. , ,
Gold Sue to Saturn.
Three years ago New York was levied
upon by the Bank of En eland for acid
through means of "special inducements"
for the first time since the Boer war.
Three . years ago Egypt was the sore
point The gold exported , from New
Tork to London during tha current year,
while not going forward under what Is,
usually understood as "special arrange
ments" would not nevertheless, have'
been shipped' had not the London Insti
tution resorted to raising the price of
Aiueriuui nfiev luiw iwiin ,vi ape-...
cial facilities. Now that our foreign"
trade balance has been transformed from
one ot excess imports into one of ex
cess . exports it would appear probable "
that the next. transatlantic gold move
ment would be in our favor, indeed. It
n mw inan poBsime xnat xnis autumn
the United States will receive from Eu
rope a considerable amount of the pre
cious metal sent thither In recent
months. '
Mine Accidents G-o On.
Figures compiled By Edward W. Pack
er, statistician In the geological survey, -show
coal mine fatalities in the Unlttd
estates in isuir were rewer xnan in isus,
notwithstanding an Increase of approxl-.
mately 10 per cent In the quantity of
coal mined. The total number of deaths'
from coal mine accidenta -in 1909 were
2412 against 2450 In the preceding year.
In the number of non-fatal accidents '
the record for 1909 does not compare so"
favorably with previous - years. The
number of men Injured last year was"
7979, an increase of more than 1200
over, 1908, and 1908 showed an increase
in non-fatal accidents of more than" 140u'
over 1907. A part of this Increase Is
explained by more complete informa
tion received during the last two years.-
In 1907 statistics were" obtained from
only 17 states. In 1908 the statistics In
cluded 21 states, and in 1909 reports
were recefved from 28 states. In tho an.
thracite mines of Pennsylvania the num
ber of non-fatal accidents has decreased
from 1389 in 1807 to, 1170 in 190S, and
to 1034, in 1909, while' those In bltuml-'
nous mines have increased from 3947'
in 1907, to 6802 ia 1908, and to 69-48
in 1909. ,
Sulutb. AS Vantage PoUt.
t- "There are but two harbors .In the
United States those of New Tork ai it
Philadelphia that have a, ' greater
freight tonnage than that of " Duluth. ;
Minn-r said Arthur M, Fontaine; a mem-'
ber of tha Duluth Boar! of Trade; "Th
arest s-rain and stockraislnc reserve 'Of
North- America. ; capable t)f supporting
60,000,000 people, Is just west and north
of us. This district makes flour enough
annually, U made into loaves cf bread,
to girdle the earth,-and butter enousT
to cover the skies. It "produces enouri
Iron each year, if- made into steel rail
to circle the earth many times. It is Via '
present and future Iron producing region
of- the- world.-- ': ,'-v'.-'.-,
"Whatever storms may come in the
financial world, Duluth , never can be
robbed, of Its-advantage at the h';ad of
the finest fresh -water highway in tj.n
hr , any r other country. - JSiia jMbliintj
trade of Duluth has liiciwancd so rE'
idiv in the last few year that It n
amazing. "With the wholesale trnU h-M
- fiTT.ffn - rrnl Ill I III ' 1 " Tf i ' 1 I rl-f-f'-'
.101 uie tommu j -
ricuitural section ar(inflnttfl, and evry
farm openea ny. an pnprseiiri ..r. .
means so mu'-'h more bu.?!nes t r '
msnufacturers- and 'ol.bers t-f tJ. ii
nuiuth will 'b one of Hi' c ." '
l-s of tho iforthwcet l a vc-; '
v-nrs.'