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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

ESR ING-PONGs has new rival HgM for indoor sport this win ssssM ter in the attractive and in- teresting game of .qolow golf" for the parlor: The sales of this game. by well-known sporting goods and games houses in all parts of the United States are direct barometer of the situation. Christmas gifts. of this parlor game must be about as nu- merous as of ping-pong, if the sales are any criterion. ......... ...
 'tBlow golf" has many advantages over the old game of parlor golf that included an approach shot from some distant point in the second parlor to 8 "green' on the carpet of the front parlor. The use of the ordinary gut ta percha ball, the mashie and the butter in the old game of parlor golf was dreaded by the good housewife. who saw dents in the piano and fur niture whenever the unpracticed player essayed mashie from dis tance of 25 feet and sliced or pulled the ball. Perhaps it was a costly vase or a pretty iardiniere that was broken by the pitch shot. Besides the use of the butter on the carpet, rug, or even on the hardwood floor. was too strenuous" in the opinion
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

55zS7HEN N. E. ssUnc1e Nick" Young NB resigned as secretary of the Ma kA@ tional Baseball league and stepped out of all official connection with the game at the annual meeting in New York, the passing of the oldest diamond fan was noted. He has been connected with the game longer than any person now living, and it was hard for him to write his resignation for that reason. However, as he is comfortably supplied with the good things of this world it is not likely that he will take kindly to the scheme of the league magnates to pension him as slight token of the esteem in which he is held. ~
 "Uncle Niclk'' began to .putter around" as he called it, with the na- tional game more than 30 years ago. when it was embryotic, so to speak. He knew how to pitch, as pitching went in those days of three decades ago, and saw the possibilities of the sport carried out on legitimate pro- fessional lines. It was Uncle Nick
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

of the housewife. "Sclafing'' the floor surface or rubbing the nap from the carpet were too much for her.
 But with blow golf the means of propulsion and the manner of play ing the game, to say nothing of the. safety of the golf ball used, are fac tors in recommending it to careful housekeepers. The ball is almost identically the same as that used in ping-pong, is light as feather and bounds farmlessly against furniture, glassware and costly bric-a-brac. Be- sides the shots are not made from distance-if the course is long one hole affair, number of shots are re- ouired to reach the green" depend- ing upon the strength of the contest ant in working the air pump: The latter has rubber nozzle which rests horizontally on. the carpet or floor when it is intended to put the stream of air directly against the celluloid ball,
 By regulating the strength of the blast to the distance you have to send the ball across the carpet or floor, you soon learn how to ap- proach the sloping disk that serves as hole on. the imaginary green" :" Then comes the real tug of war. The ball is so light that it obeys the slightest gust and it is extremely difficult to get it to go straight to the disk and up the sides to the hole in the tin at the :. summit. The slanted side of the disk will defect the ball if too much air is. pumped, as readily as does a blade of spear grass on the al fresco green at the golf course defect the gutta percha golf ball, and the player often finds he has putted farther from the hole than heSwas at the start of the put ting. Skill may be. developed in the use of the pump and the ball may Le sent. into the tin hole from a distance of three feet in one stroke. Of course the score of this s.blow game" is kept just as is an outdoor golf game strokes count and medal, and match play rounds may be contested on any one-hole course in any home on a cold winters night.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
Passf,g of an ozd Diamond Fan.

who arranged the sport so that it took hold with the country with paid play CTS putting up the competition, and from the inception of professional baseball he has held some sort of an office.
 s.Why has Nick Young been able to hold office so long-during all of the baseball wars and in all sorts of troublesome times?" asked an oator at the annual meeting. Because he was diplomat" was the reply. Itwas said of Uncle Nick by aggressive members of the league year ago that the time had come when his long ca reer as executive of that organization had to be terminated. The. league had the fight of it's existence on its hands and strenuous work was required of it's president. Uncle Nick counseled for peace instead of war, and the lit tie gentleman was ground between the rocks when the Spalding- Freedman factions tore up the league and got an executive committee of three to take the place of president.
 However, MT. Young had dsteered the baseball ship for so many years, his bitterest foes fn the reorganization did not have the heart to remove from baseball such veteran figure, so they made him secretary of the league. The lusty rival American league made 1t so warm for the older organization that; a call went up for younger and more, aggressive official. This reached the ears of Uncle Nick, and slowly and re-. luctantly he came to the conclusion that it was time for him to step aside. The councils of the baseball party wanted fresh, young blood and argu- ment for war, and how to provide the sinews of war. The old man who had brought baseball out of the infant days of amateurdom to the powerful organization of the National league, that at one time dominated the entire field, could not counsel anything but peace. s. .y .> a. 4~ss .
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
Roller Skaffng Fad Is 70 Refurrn.

rink and the up to date roller skates permit. gyratiohs for the novice thl; were only possible for the most graceful and accomplished skater Of a decade and a half ago.
 Capitalists in Chicago, where there were once more than score of well patronized roller skating rinlxs, have signified their intention to trust their money to a venture. One of the best equipped roller rinks ever built in the world is being prepared there for opening this winter. n floor. space. 260 feet by 120 feet care fully dressed" with maple and pol ished until it looks like ice, will be covered with ruddy checked girls and strong limbed male skaters this winter if the promoters are corset in their surmise that the roller skat- ing sscrazeo is on again.
 It was pointed out to several critics who were asked to look over the field to see if it were ready for Il revival, that in the Exposition build ing at Milwaukee for two seasons successfully conducted roller rink had attracted an average of 1,8OO per sons each day it was kept open, and that at Racine, Janesville and Ken osha, Wis, other rinks were having their share of patronage. A little research brought to light the fact that in Indiana, at Ft. Wayne, In dianapolis, Richmond, Muncie. Ander- son and Elwood, the roller rink had become a fixed thing in the winter routine of indoor sports and amuse- ments. Details of finances from these towns were not cbtainable, but it was urged that if the ventures were not moneytn tnaking ones they would not be conducted. So the cap itallsts are going to try the publ.a again. .
 E. 6. WEsTLAKE.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
MANAGER MICHAEL THOMPSON.
He Has Secured Several New York Re
 lay Teams for His Big. Meet.

lay Teams for His Big Meet.
 Graduate Manager NJ. J. Thompson will leave this city tomorrow for Washington and his trip to the north has been q very successful one. He is making arrangements to have the Georgetown college big meet one of the most elaborate that has ever been giv- en in any city in the United States. This meeting will take place in Wash ington on February 2S and already the entries are more than numerous. Man. ager Thompson's trip to the north was for the purpose of attending the big races held in New York the other night and secure some of the talent there He was fortunate in signing the New York Athletic club sH-kthe All Phfla- delphia club relay teams. They ran a four mile relay race in Madison Square Garden, each man running mile, but in the Washington meet they will run a two mile relay race, each man running one-half mile Arthur Duffy will also make try to beat all records for the fifty and, sixty yard Eprints. He was not in, condition the other night in New York, but he will put himself on edge. for the George town meet. The officials. as secured by Manager Thompson are James E. Sullivan, referee, and Everett Wendell and Charles Dieges. timers. ' There will be more entries from New York than ever before
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
COLUMBIA LEADS AT CHESS.

Yale Is Second, Harvard Third and
 Princeton Last at End of First Day.
 Chess experts of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia began their eleventh annual battle yesterday in Co 1ulnbia Grammar school, and the end of the first days play found the Co lumbia team in the lead with q score of 3 points to 1. Yale is second with 21a to 11s. Harvard third with 11h to 51a, and Princeton last with 1 to 3.
 The playing. on the whole. was about as good as the average of recent years, the increase i'll the size of the teams to four a side making the battles very much on the order of lottery. The strength of the whole team is hard to gauge, and yesterday luck played an important part in the results.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

E s0 ECENTLY while passing a de- crepit building in North La lAy Crosse, Wis, I was informed that not many years ago this struc- ture was the nightly scene of more good, wholesome sport than the city had known since. ssIt was roller rinlx,'' said my informant, .sand l once knew railroad mans wife who pawned her fiat irons to get money to skate there. The infatuation of the craze had so fastened itself oa her that her husband found the ex- pense was greater than that incurred in running the household Iarder. They are talking of reyiying the sold rinlx.S' sf
 And so it is in many little towns in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. The Improvements on roller skates have been many since the so1ds days, when nearly every little place had a
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD

four rounds with Jeffries on December l20, for six months, Munroe's salary to | be $500 a week. In doing this, Ball necessarily severed his connection
 with the Jeffries- -Fitzsimmons combin-
 ation. Fitz was perfectly sober when
 he struck Ball.
 T don't care if he is my brother-in-
 law said the enraged man, 'sI'll show
 him a thing or two.
 l A short time afterward Jeffries and
 Fitzsimmons left the hotel to catch the train to PocatellO, Idaho, and they did not even say goodby to Ball. When Munroe comes east he proba-
 bly will not have any idle time on his hands. Already Tom Sharkey has had articles prepared for the miner to 1 sign. and Sharkey has begun to train | for the fight. Not only that, but Kid Mccoy, who now is at West Baden, Ind, has gone into training. and he, like Sharkey, expects to have a chance to go against the husky lad from Mon tana.
 "If Munroe means business when he comes east" said Sharkey, The can have a match with me by simply fix ing his signature to a set of articles. will meet him under any conditions, that he may name. I am not partic- ular about the number of rounds. It can be five or twenty-five. know how to beat this fellow, and it would be only a cakewalk for me when l get going I am glad that Munroe thinks I am the man for him to meet. He may change his mind after the meet ing I hope he is sincere to fight me, however"
 Sharkey holds the miner cheap, but he may change his tune should the pair ever get into the ring. Undoubtedly Munroe will place himself in the hands of some competent trainer, and when the rough edges are taken off him and he is taught the fine points of the game Sharkey may get more than. he bargained for.
 Mccoy will offer Munroe some in. ducements for match, as he will agree to put his man out in four rounds or forfeit $1.O00. In regard to Nun roe's statement that Mccoy must have improved wonderfully to have such confidence in himself, the Hoosier says he would only be pleased to show the westerner few tricks of the game.
 Tommy Ryan and Jack Root have finally agreed to meet. but their con- test will not be for the middleweight championship, as expected. In con- senting to the match Ryan has insist ed on Root weighing in at 162 pounds, at B o'clock on the afternoon of the mill. Ryan, of course, will tip the beam many pounds lighter. The club which has secured the encounter is the San Francisco A. C.. of San Fran cisco, and the date will be either the latter part of February or during the first week of March.
 Liverpool, Dec 30.-Jim Clark, an Australian. rather easily defeated Ed die Connolly on points in fifteen roIInd match here last night The men
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
Con, rrp.4 su,,s Must wat.

ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 30-Attorney General Davies has promulgated de cision upon the application pending be fore him for the commencement of an action against the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company and others under the so called antitrust law. He defers the whole question to his successor, saying that no further action will be taken during his term of office. ID his memora ndum he reviews the history of the petition before him. refraining from embarrassing my sue cessor,' as he says, "by any expression of opinion upon my part"
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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
OUR JOCKEYS LEAD.
The Yankee "Seat'' Has the Foreigners
 Beat Mile.

The return to this country of prom inent American jockeys has revived the argument that the Yankees have invar- iably led all competitors in winning percentages on the British turf Look ing back over the records covering the time between 1897 and the present it develops that the American "seat' has all riding styles beaten by a large mar gin, :. The. percentages of the four leading boys in England in 1902 are as
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

In 1857. when Tod Sloan threw down the gauntlet to the English riders tow ard .the close of the season, the Ameri- can scored twenty victories out of fifty eight mounts. He stood twenty fifth on the list of winning jockeys as to the total of successful mounts, but his percentage was far and away su- perior to that of any other jockey. Again, in 1898, Sloan demonstrated his superiority as far as percentage was concerned and incidentally widened the gap between himself and NJ. Can non. England's sturdiest representative in the, saddle.
 It was the same story in 1899, when Sloan once more headed the list with other Americans second and fourth re- spectiyely. Danny Mahers record this year simply bears out the state ment that the English riders have much to learn from their Yankee cousins.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

that time was up. Before the mistake could be rectified the crowd had sur rounded the players and it was impos-
 sible to proceed. So Syracuse got the
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

Liverpool, Dec 3O.-Jim Clark, an Australian. rather easily defeated Ed die Connolly on points in a fifteen round match here last night. The men fought for a purse of $50.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

| ScOre-Syracuse D, New York 0; touchdown, Bottger; goal failure, q.
 Warner; referee. w. ]. Smith of Un- jon; umpire, Fred Wenck of N. Y. A. O.; substitutes, Teas for Kindgen; time, 20-minute halves.
 In the preliminary game the Monitor A. O., composed of lively youngsters
 who showed considerable knowledge of the game, defeated the Colonials of New Jersey by a score of IT to ,. There will be two games between To- cal teams in the Garden tonight while Syracuse will play the Orange A. 0. on
 Friday night. ''.5
 Dundee, Dec 30.-The Canadian foot
 ball team yesterday defeated the North
 of Scotland eleven by score of one onal tn unthin ....- --.z--- --- -----
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

Butte. Mon. Dec 3O.-Bob Fitzsim- mons and his brother-in-law, Clark Ball, parted company yesterday morn ing The parting was not as friendly as one would expect of men so closely allied in domestic and business rela- lions. Tn fact Fitz landed a left hook on Bah and sent him sprawlihg. The a}tercation took place at the Thornton hotel Balls head struck the steps nt the ladies' entrance. and an ugly eash was cut in his scalp from which blood flowed rfofusely.
 The trouble grew out of the fact fhat Clark Ball yesterday signed an agreement to act as manager for Jack Nurroe, the Butte miner. who stayed
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

Grand Junction Camp No. 1894 Modern
Woodmen OF America meets I'D and 4th
Mondays in odd Fellows hall at 8 p. m. C.
H. Covey, V. c. S. r. Voils, Clerk,
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Apple Blossom Circle No. Io7 Women OF
Craft meets Ist and sd Fridays at Odd Fell
lows hall. Mrs. Ella Hards, G. N.
Emma Merrill, Clerk
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

Grand Junction Lodge No. SIS B. P. o. E.
meets Ist and sd Mondays of each month
J. M. Sampliner, E. R. J. H. Gallupe, Sec.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

Book Cliff Camp No 81, Woodmen OF tine
World meets in the Odd Fellows hall the I'D
and 4th Thursdays of each month. Visiting
Neighbors always welcome. A. Seegmiller,
c. c., c. B. Rich, Sec.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

Grand Army of the Republic Grand juno
tlon Post No. meets every I'D and 4th Satur-
day at Odd Fellows hall. Visiting Com
rades welcome. VIM. Warner, Adj. J.R.
Falls, Com.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

Unaweep Tribe No. sS 1. o. K. M. meets
every Wednesday night in Odd Fellows
hall. J.W. Dodgion, Sachem: Charles II.
Petrie, Chief Of Records.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

Grand Valley Rebekah Lodge No. 40
meets I'D and 4th Fridays of each month at
Odd Fellows hall Mrs Lizzie Covey. N. G.
lola Evans. Secretary.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

Mesa Lodge No. IS /. o. o. F. meets ev-
cry Tuesday night in the Odd Fellows hall
Main street. between 4th and 5th Leon J.
Chapman, n. G.y ]. M. Graham, Cor. Sec.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30
$500 REWARD.

We will pay the above reward to
anyone who will give us the name of
a person who wants to buy farm or
stock ranch, if we make SALE Cam
eron e. Began.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30
THE BEST ROUTE.

Two trains daily via the Union Pa
ci1fic. Solid track. quick time, per-
feet equipment. Tourist sleepers
Denver to Kansas City, only 81. so per
double berth. See your local agent
or address E. R. Griffin. General
Agent, Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30
Largo Transaction in Cattle.

The purchase of $4,000 head of cat
tie at one time was the transaction of
Texas man recently. 1t is said that
twenty-five trains were required to
transport them.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30
SCINTIlLATlONS.

Friends on an airship voyage should
never fall out.
No, Cordelia, a fshwoman isn't
necessarily a mermaid.
Affection is the lining that's missing
from breach of promise suit.
Every man may have his price, but
every woman wants a bargain.
There will be no marrying in heav-
en-, but how about the other place?
When a woman argues with man
she is outspoken and he is out-talked.
Economy as prac.iced by the av-
erage man seldom saves him any
money.
A wise wife doesn't attempt to man
age her husband; she simply feeds
him and trusts to luck.
The average girl is a queer crea-
ture. She'll make fun of young man
one day and marry him the next.
It's rather difficult for a man to
stick to the truth for about a year
after his first baby begins to say
things.
A man wastes more time during a
six months courtship than he does in
waiting for street cars all the rest
of his life.
He who runs may read-and II he
runs an automobile he may read a
short account of his trip in tho obit-
uary columns next day.
The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30
SOCIALIST TICKET.

SOCIALIST TICKET.
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For Justice OF The Peace,
JAMES A. JOHNSON.
For Constable,
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The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30

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Price $115 80.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27
H. Rest Amerloan POOLS.

Frank Putnam In the April National.
Edwin Markham hies his banner In the
air OF lofty thought down about Brook
Iyn; McGafey tunes his Tyre to the praise
OF "ceeile" in sonnets of classic beauty.
out chicago-way; down In New Orleans
Henry Rightor. clean-cut genius with a
dash OF Helne and a streak OF Poe In him.
is poetlzing IN way new 10 our letters;
my little brown friend. Yope Noguchi, Of
the Pacific coast and New York city, Is
preparing a volume Of his unique nature
chants, and Nixon Waterman OF Fright
Round Boston" Is developing quality
which marks him as the successor OF Or.
Hoimess0 you may see that the new
generation OF American poets Is not tho
mere vague abstraction that some OF the
dyspeptic reviewers would have us be-
lieye IL. And then there 10 Riley the
laureate OF the American freside-- may MS
days be many for we shall miss some
thing precious from that year IN which
appears no new outpouring Of his merry,
gentle fancy. Now ! want little volume
OF Frank stanton's darkeS lyrcls,. score
OF them, say--not and especially INSIST
upon this--not illustrated .phofogfaRaleal.
~ What a book that would bel what q
treasure OF natural melody and unscphih-
Heated Mladonl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27

TENNESSEE No state can surpass II. The
be written, embracing, as II would, the po-
ntical history Of Tennessee FOR four preg-
nant decades. would be a fascinating and
an Instructive narrative.
And so we had that political opera boune,
yclept 1.-THE War OF the Roses, when Bob
mud All made their Joint canvass for gov
ernor. Bob was York; Ar, Lancaster.
The democrats sported the white rose the
republicans tho red, Bob painted Landon
Haynes thunder storm and s. $. Cox
sunset; All talked about crops and the
price of hogs Bob's eloquence was like
Tho Falernian that lost the empire OF the
world to the CarthaGenian demigod, and
AIRS was like the "moonshlne,' fresh from
the worm, that makes every mountaineer
McGregor.
And when election day cnme it was
Tewksbury, not Bosw0rth The red rose
went down, as II will again and agaln--in
Tennessee.