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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

AS ltOUSIi SEES
By reason of it's vast wealth and I'M
.crupulousness, the league has been
uniformly successful in battering down
all sorts of opposition in the past.
Knowing the large profits that could
be made out of the game, the magnates
never overlooked trick, no matter
how unsavory, that might tend to
strengthen their control of the game.
In fact, after having swallowed all out
siders, they started in to swallow
themselves, after the fashion Of the
hero in the Bah Ballads" This has
led many to fear the outcome OF
fight, SO far as the American League
is concerned. They argue that the
National Leaguers are playing on vel
vet; that by virtue of their financial
strength they will be able to choke off
the American League.
No one need be apprehenslve on that
score. The National League in all its
experience was never confronted by
such an opposition as that now offered
by the new American League. In the
early sos the Association leaders were
mere things of clay in the hands of the
willy League magnates. In the Broth
erhood war, public opinion as to the
merits of the conflict between the
League and the players was about
evenly divided, many people believing
that it was but a strike on the part of
the players. Thanks to the lavish use
| of money on the part of the magnates
and the treachery of many of the play
ers, the Leaguers won that fight in
quite handy fashion. A year later an
other fight was precipated with the
American Association, when the latter
was robbed Of the services of Stovey
and Beirbauer That matter was ad-
| justed by the amalgamation of 1891.
That was construed as a League vic
tory, but another such victory and the
League would have been undone, as
Colonel Rogers said at the time.
| But in the American League the Ma
tional League is stacked up against an
| stlrely different proposition from any
thing which it has yet been called upon
20 face. In the first place the leaders
OF the American League have the conf
dence of the public. For five years they
have successfully conducted the sec
ond strongest base ball organization
in the country. Their business deal
lngs are clean-cut and honorable They
have absolute confidence, not only in
Ban Johnson, their president, but in
each other. There is practical base
ball man at the head of each club.
They will not be weighed down by any
ornamental $4,000 presidents, secre-
taries or treasurers. They are possess
ed of the old-fashioned idea that the
people who patronize baseball care
more for the game than they do che
chickering's and the mud singing of the
magnates. Above all, they are abso-
lute1y on the level with each other.
Taking the reverse proposition of all
these, and you have good idea of the
collective composition of the National
League,-Hough.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
.FAsrER THAN THE GENEsEE.

A yacnt TO be faster than the Genes
see. the Rochester, N. Y, boat which
won the international championship
from Canada last year, is being de-
signed in the east. The designer OF
the yacht is Charles G. Davis of Chi
cago. formerly Of the Hanley Con-
struction company Of Quincy, Mass.
The boat Is to be owned by a syndi-
cate of Chicago yachtsmen, the names
Of whom for the present cannot be di-
vulged. e. G. Berriman, member of
the Chicago and Columbia Yacht clubs,
who recently returned from New York,
where he acted as representative of
the Chicago men, was in conference
with Mr.. Davis and is elated over the
prospects of the new defender. "Chi-
cago will have the winner of the next
International contest" said Mr.. Berri-
man, who. by the way, is not interested
In the craft except in patriotic way.
The Genesee was fast. but the new
boat will be faster"
Mr.. Davis, who was the designer Of
the Genesee and incidentally the skip
per Of that craft in the International
races last year. says an Improvement
can be made on the Genesee. The di-
mansions Of the new craft will be
about the same as those OF Genesee,
thirty-five footer, but will be much
lighter. although some slight varia-
tions may he made.
Il the plans Of the dosiEn0 and the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
BUDD DOBLE MAY RETURN.


Budd Doble, who in his day has
triven three trotters to the worlds
record Dexter, Goldsmith Maid and
Nancy Hanks-has not been active in
Ne sulky for the last five years, but a
friend in California writes me there is
chance that he will be out next sea-
ton with small but strong stable of
trotters, with perhaps a sensational
young PAGER in the string.
II this should be the case younger
men in the business will have to look
70 their laurels, for there has never
been any question that in the matter
Of conditioning and driving trotters
Doble Is as able a man as the world
has ever seen. That he has always
been intelligently progressive-some-
thing that cannot be said of all the
'old-time drivers-is evidenced by the
tact that he has three times held the
worlds championship for trotters with
horses in his string, and these tri-
umphs of his skill were achieved at
points of time SO far apart as to show
that Doble was never in danger of be-
coming back number" He was lit
tie more than boy when, in 1867, he
drove Dexter the sensational mile at
Buffalo in 2:17A, which beat the best
previous performance, the 2;19M of
Flora Temple, SO far that there could
be no question as to the newcomers
right to the title of champion. In 1874
Goldsmith Maid set the mark at 2:14,
and practically twenty years later
Nancy Hanks made me record 3:O4
With Doble in the sulky.-H. T. White
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
STEVE BRODIE

his newspaper peddiing by jumping
from the dizzy heights of boats moored
at the New York docks, thereby un-
consciously preparing himself for the
event that was to transform his life.
In 1879 Brodie Joined in the craze for
long-distance walking and was SO sue
cessful in the matches that in three
years he had saved $4,000, whereupon
he married the daughter of confeder-
ate colonel. He built and sublet boot
black stands and later became a street
car conductor. Even in this most pro-
sale of industries he found opportunity
to save two negro children from a
fire along his route. When he was only
Is he saved girl from drowning in
the ice-choked East river He then
joined the New York Life Saving
Corps and soon afterward rescued
three persons from drowning. At the
worlds fair he saved a chorus girl
from drowning and found it necessary
to present this last flotsam with VIVA!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
DIAMOND GL1Nrs

Harry Pulliam made $50 bet with
Clark Griffith that the American asso-
citation would never play a game O,
ball.
Campbell Gollan has been lent by
Daniel Frohman to play Chateauroy in
David Belas:o's production of '.Under
Two Flags.
The American league has a salarA
limit of $2,400 month, and as john
son has declared war / can't see that
they can go very far on that amount.
and if they run up big salary list
they will soon find out the folly OF
war, and Johnson and his associates
will be wishing that they had remained
in the west" These are Artie Irw.n's
sentiments.
Tom DAILY says that he would give a
great deal to be able to go behind the
bat again, as the position of catcher
is his favorite. He suggests that
managers, when they reduce their list
of players to sixteen, would do we'll
to see that their utility outfielder is
able to go behind the bat, as it would
save a lot of worry when the season
is advanced.
Bill Lange, formerly of the Chicago
National league team, has agreed to
captain and play first base for Sa7
Francisco during the coming season
if his wife will give her consent to his
return to the diamond. Manager Har.
ris has offered him $4,000 for the sea.
son, to play four games week. Lang
longs to handle the sphere and WACO
tongue again, but will abide by his
wife's decision.
The umpires who officiated at the
American league games last year viii
probably handle the indicators aga
this season. They gave satisfaction /,
both public and managers. The fac,
that rowdy ball was suppressed b
them is point in their favor. TIL.
We're Loyalty backed in their decisi *
by Presi lent Johnson. which mad
their work comparatively easy ar
pleasant.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
RYAN raLKs RETIRE.

Tommy Ryan, the clever middle
weight, intends to clean up all the
eligibles in his class between this and
midsummer, then retire. He has been
accused so often of late of picking easy
marks he is determined to go after
the hard ones from this time forth,
His selections up to date are Tommy
West, Kid Carter, Billy Hanrahan
Jack Moffat and Jack Root, in the or.
der named. Between heats, however
he will, If only to keep his hand in
take on any one else, and he says they
cannot come too easy for him. He ex-
poets to meet West in Louisville on
March and Carter in Hartford, Conn,
on March 25. The others, he says. can
come three weeks apart.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
Russian Thistle. Stop rra,n.

Trainmen in some parts of South
Dakota have new difficulty to sur
mount in the shape Of vast masses OF
Russian thistles which collect in drifts
on the tracks. The weeds are blown
into cuts. where they become interwov-
en- SO closely that sometimes trains
are delayed for hours. The locomo-
tives might push their way through
but for the fact that the rails become
slippery through the crushing Of the
oily fiber and seeds. the wheels refus-
ing to revolve even after liberal ap.
olication OF sand.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
GARv1N FEARS FREEDMAN.

Virgil Garvin may play ball with an
American League team next season.
The Chronicle of Chicago is respon-
sible for the story. He has been con-
sidering the matter Of going to New
York, but is not anxious to play under
Freedman, and, besides, will stand by
the Players Association until the last.
While not willing to sign with the
former Giants. he is not averse to
playing in an American League team,
ari is at the present time in commun-
ication with the managers of the Mil
waukee and Philadelphia clubs. Should
he cast his lot with the American
League it would be the first desertion
from the ranks of the National Lea CUE
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
Propagation Of Dl.ea...

A recent prevalence Of typhoid fever
at East Hampton. L. L.. attracted the
attention of the New York state board
Of health, which caused an examina-
ton to be made by Olin H. Landreth.
consulting engineer. East Hampton IL
only fifteen miles from the camp on
Montauk, which was used by the SOL
diers returning from Cuba. They
brought typhoid and It was natural 20
think that the disease thus introduced
to q previously clean region had been
propagated. Mr.. Landreth ands this
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

with Guy Hecker's Oil City team in
1894. He played on teams in Newcass
tie, Pa, and Canton, o. He was pur-
chased by the Pittsburg club in 1896
and farmed to II 20. " 1897 he
and Stencil wereCefaded to Baltimore
for Brodie. W. H. Watkins, who man
aged the Pittsburg team in 1898, pur-
chased O'Brien and Bowerman from
Baltimore, and later he was loaned to
the New York team, and was great
favorite with Owner Freedman and the
New York public. He was giant in
1899, but last season he was returned
to Pittsburg and played there all year
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
A BLIZZARD TRAGEDY.
bow ss Deserters from Uncle Sans
Forces Perished In Dakota Storm.

How 20 Deserter3 from Uncle Sans
Forces Perished in q Dakota storm.
A. E. Town, of Saratoga Springs, n.
Y, formerly of the west, contributes
to the Saturday Globe the following
tragic story of the Dakota plains:
Late in the seventies" says MI.
Towne. when emigration began pour
ing into Dakota Territory ventu e.
some pioneer, looking for the choicest
land went far beyond the
lines of government survey and pen
etrated into what was later Dickey
county. While examining some land
with view of 'squatting' upon it he
made gruesome discovery. In lit
tie swale he found veritable bone
yard. There were the ; skeletons Of
twenty three horses lying in small
circle and inside this circle there were
the bones of twenty-eight men. Scat
tered on the ground were U. S. but
tons and belt buckles. Besides these
there were weapons, saddle irons and
such things as are usually found in
the equipment of a cavalryman. nearly
eaten up with rust. The rusted wea-
pons, buttons, buckles, ETC., precluded
the possibility Of massacre as In
dams always plundered their victims.
The pioneer reported his discovery.
Finally army officers heard of it. and
;after sipYestigation the probable ex1la-
nation was found.
''It seems that in March, 1864. there
was party Of cavalrymen at Standing
Rock. a military post on the Missouri
river, who sympathized with the Con-
federacy and as soon as the March
thaw had cleared the prairies Of snow
they deserted. For two or three days
strong parties secured the country in
search Of them. Finally 1t was
found that the deserters had headed
nearly due east; but here pursuit was,
delayed several days by . terrible bliz-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
MAY MAKE A HIT.

1t would not be much of a surprise
if Willie Reidy should make a hit in
the major league during the coming
season. 1t is announced that he is to
become a member of the Pittsburg
team, that club having drafted him
from Milwaukee, of the American
League, last fall. Several years ago
New York gave a trial to him, but at
that time he lacked the experience he
has since gained He lives at Cleve-
land, O., where he was born Oct. g.,
1875, and took his initiation in the
mysteries of baseball on the lots
around his home at an early age. His
professional career began with the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

In the little village of Letcombe,
near Vantage, Berkshire county, Eng,
stands the Moat House, the home of
Richard Croker, boss of Tammany
hall. The house stands on a site said
to have been occupied by royal hunt
ing lodge as far back as the reign of
King John; but all traces of an
tiquity. except the moat that sur
rounds it, have vanished. Since Mr..
Croker took possession of the place
five or six years ago he has consider
ably enlarged it, by additions in the
rear and also by restoring the towers.
The interior of the house is decorated
in excellent taste. The dining room is
panelled with oak, while in the draw
ing room is an electric piano, which
can at any time be switched on from
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

name of the new craft has not yet been
decided.-Chicago Tribune.
EPP IS CHAMPION CENTURY RIDER.
John Epp of Chicago was the cham
pion century rider of Illinois during
the season of 1900 He rode sixty
threescenturies, or $500 miles, in 100
mile sprints. A. L. Katz, member
the board Of control of the American
Century Wheelmen, gave out the fol
lowing list Of centuries ridden in ILL
nois In 1900: John Epp So, Hem
t'feiffer SO, w. A. Feltes 80, p. A
Rochlage 81, Ed LANCE "a, G org
schal II, Arnold Deitz II, j. j. Payt-
IL, AL Flath 1, A. p. Horst l, Char.e
w. Heaton /, w. A. Hastings !, r. J
Coughlin 1, Frank Grothman 1. Ep
receives medal for his performance
Below is list of some of the princi-
pal long distance events OF the year
May so, George Scahl won the 1o0-mi.
handicap race from the / hour As N.
ute mark. Time hours 40 minute
July %. c. BlankenEe;m and Ed
Lange lowered the 1oO-mile tandem
record over the Libertyvllle- Waukega.
century course Time, hours SO min
utes September 9, P. a. Rucklag
broke the 200-mile record over tn
same course. Time, IA hours min
utes, and 3Oo-mile record, time, 2
hours 81 minutes. October IA, A
Flash made the best time of any mem
Der over the Observation-Disclosures
course. Time, hours 10 minute
October %, Edw. LANCE set new
mark from Chicago to waukegan owe
the lake shore. Time hours 10 min
utes. October 2S, c. Blankenheim and
John Epp went after two city-to-ct.
records en- a tandem and lowe; ed bot 4
Chicago to Waukegan, time 2 hours S
minutes; Chicago to Milwaukee, time S
hours Is minutes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
VETERAN EIGHT-HOUR Pro
MOTER.

One of the originators of the eight
hour movement is George E. Mcneil, Of
Boston. Mr.. Mcneil is one of the
brainiest men who have gwen the.r
time, voice and pen to the labor cause.
He is veteran in the effort to bet
ter the conditions of the working pep
pie Of this country. At the recent din
ner in New York to labor men and So
cial reformers he made notable adj
dress, in which he spoke of h eaely
boyhood, when the poor laboring men
of this country were outcasts. He
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
Jumped
Into I anne

The death of Steve Brodie. which oc-
CURED few days ago at San Antonio,
Texas, removed character whose ca
reer was most picturesque. A product
Of the slums of New York, Brodis
achieved both fame and fortune, not
by the route of genius but by the way
Of gravity. His jump from the Brook
lyn bridge made his name.
Brodie's first industry was the SELL
ing Of newspapers, and among the
newBboys of New York, that remark
able army of ants, prematurely old,
and wise beyond their years in self
preservation and independence, he
grew calloused to hard knocks and pri-
vations. He varied the monotony Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

Mr.. Cookers bed room, SO that if SLEEP
refuses to be wooed by him he can
soothe his feelings by the strains OF
music.
Mr.. Crokers' life is that Of the
wealthy middle class English gentle
man. He forms no acquaintance and
pays no visits. Every Sunday, when
at Letcombe, he drives to Hendred, six
miles distant, to attend mass. He is
said to be generous to all local chart
ties and he never discusses politics,
either British or American.
He maintains magnificent stables at
the Moat House, and not far distant
is his stud farm. He has an extraordi-
nary love for animals and owns some
of the most famous dogs in the world
card. This left the prairies covered
with snow, so every trace Of them was
lost. All search proved futile and was
finally abandoned
The deserters took the shortest route
towards civilization, probably be-
cause there was no telegraph line to
head them off. They may have inten-
ded to skirt along the frontier and
work their way south together, or else
to get civilian clothes and then scatter,
each getting south as best he could.
The spot where the bones were found
is nearly IT'S miles from Standing
Rock. so the fugitives must have made
the best time possible after their es-
cape. After the blizzard struck them
their only hope would be to reach the
James river. where timber and shelter
Ing bluffs could be found; but the
Egyptian darkness of blizzard night
must have overtaken them. Bewil-
dered, benumbed with cold, in constant
danger of separation, they had, on
stumbling on this little swale, taken
the last desperate resort of plainsmen
when lost in storm. They scraped
out hole where the snow may have
been perhaps three feet deep, then
roping and tying down their horses as
closely as possible around the hole
they got into it and covering them
selves with their blankets and scrap
ing back the snow they waited for the
blizzard to bury them deep enough to
protect them from the intense cold.
But 1t never did and they finally fell
asleep, never to awake. A mile and a
half from the river and twenty years
afterward a restless land hunter
stumbles upon this circle of bones and
the mystery OF the deserters' fate /,
solved"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
THE LATE "ros, o,BK1rS.

Thomas ]. O'Brien, the first baseman
and utility player of the Pittsburg
club in 1900, died on Feb. s, at Phoenix,
Ariz.. where he had gone to build up
his health. His demise was due to pull
monary complications. He was stricken
last fall while in Havana with the
party of National League ball players,
who made the Cuban trip. On his re-
turn to this country his physicians
advised him to go to Arizona. He was
born at Pittsburg, on Feb. 20, 1873
His first professional engagement was
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
SOME NEWCOMERS.

Among the newcomers in the ranks
81 the National League players this
season is Robert B. Lawson. a young
pitcher Of whom great things are ex-
pected by Manager Selee OF the Boston
club. Lawson halls from Lynchburg.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
OH for Full.

In spite of the fact that the
ments made in the America
with oil as fuel have been enl.
satisfactory some Of the BE
German vessels on the Chs.
are having complete success
The advantages Of petroteun !,
be properly utilized. are We
Singapore. for example. 81
about STA ton. while oil
e ton and has ! steam rats
per cent greatsr than chat n
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

By reason of the death OF Thomas II.
Caswell. of San Francisco, James d.
Richardson, of Tennessee, Democratic
leader in congress, will henceforth
wear the mantle of Albert Pike. which
Is symbolical OF the worlds highest
Masonic rank. He becomes SOY reign
grand commander of the southern ju-
risdiction of the Ancient and Accepted
Rite of Freemasony. This places him
in Masonic otficialdom above tie
Prince Of Wales and President D.az OF
Mexico, who are respectively g.and pa
iron and grand commander. Cong ees-
nan Richardson's rank carries with it
a salary of $4,000 a year for life 80
ne also has the use of a $3.50, 900 t
in Washington. Few monar.hs WI
more gorgeously enthroned, mo {
turesquely surrounded, more cere:ns
ously attended than will he Will
ecuting the functions of his otIice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
WESTERN JOCKEY CLUB.

Horsemen generally commend the
selection of Harry Kuhl, the acting
secretary Of the Chicago Racing asso-
citation, as the secretary of the new
turf organization, the Western Jockey
club. Mr.. Kuhl has been associated
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

The number Of letters passing
through the London postofice nveras.
ed $4,000 daily in 1901. rising to 3oo.-
900 in 1910, and 1900, 900 In 1870 and
to $500 900 In 1900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

tracks the present season there has
been great demand for his services,
and finally he was signed last week
by August Belmont, chairman OF the
Jockey cluh
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
CHIEF OF alAouAs.
CONGRESSMAN RICHARDS CM
HOLDS HIGHEST RANK.

Tho Death of Thomas II. caswe., Of
san Francisco Leaves The Mantle OF
Albert Pike to tho Democratic Leader
IN Congress.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14


told of the fight for further reductions
in the hours of labor and inc eases
wages, SO that the men who own bust
ness would be forced to all
their workingmen partners Among.
the prominent diners and spe ke was.
Bishop Potter, and later the bsNop
spoke highly of Mr.. McNeiRs address
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
HARRY KUHI,

(Secretary of the New Turf Organiza.
tion.)
with the Hawthorne track almost ever
since 1t was built and has also served
as Judge at Washington Park and as
secretary Of racetracks at San Fran
cisco.