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better. Kahoe being the better of the pair.
Jimmy Catahan'5 receiving department -
so poor that on the teams last trip here
he was casting about for catcher. being
very willing to take chances with an anna
teur.
Strange to say. Washington. the tail-end-
| backstops in Drill and Kittridge.
BEST CATCHER IN NATIONAL.
In the National League King stands out
pre-eminent. Bowerman Is also very good
man and Jack o'Neill OF the O'Nei!l bat
terry looks to be conner.
Pittsburs. when they, lost O'Connor and
thinner. lost the best pair in the National.
Their turns behind the bat have been taken
by Phelps and Smith. but their places have
gen of Cincinnati are not UP to the highest
standard. II their work In St. Louis can be
taken as sample o. their skill Rrookiyn
one of the trio is clever IN all departments
of the game.
in Bowerman New York has a clever but
Boston ss,,. in Pat j. Moran. has s,.1 receiver o Of
is truly phhead on the bases.
In Philadelphia Zimmer is a good man
now. as ne has always Been Beside. being
safe. heady receiver he is q fair hitter,
and, while he Is not a speedy man on the
bases he Is at least sure to be awake while
occupying the position Of base runner.
In no other department is the game SO
weak tO-0ay as IL Is Dehtnd the pat A
fielder who can do nothing else but chase a
fly ball is soon out of business. while even
hish-class intielder is expected to do more
than field, but back of the bat the game
has become SO mechanical that the catcher
IS merely a big human target for the
the twirler TO shoot at.
The proposed series Of games between
the Pittsbu-g Pirates and Boston Amer
leans. at the close of the present season. Is
attracting considerable attention locally.
Sentiment seems to favor the chances Of
the Boston Americans here. and many of
the closest observers OF the game locally
like the chances of Collins men.
Among those who favor the tribe of Col
Inns Is Doctor Starkloff whose knowledge
of the game Is second to that OF no lover
of the game in St. Louis. George Shaefer
also local fan Of considerable eruditicn,
thinks the ''B. AS" should go the post a
slight favorite over the two two-or-three-
time winners.
On paper Boston seems to have the call.
True. Boston has anything but robust
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fly to have to. take their medicine. but
constant drubbings have rendered their
hides stormproof so that defeats lodge on
The Cardinals GOT used to it earlier and
did not make such fuss over 1t, the only
member of the team who gagged at the
The ease and grace with which both teams
take their daily walloping only go 10
prove that nortals can get used to any
having his sa tee9h pned IL fVsa se had sa enough
of them to last couple Of centuries.
At Pittsburg the Cardinals continued to
they left st. Louis not so many weeks ago
Il marked by one continuous string Of
bloody defeats.
The Browns have not been away SO long,
many. but the short and decisive engage
ments they have been In have as q rule,
gone against them.
As the season has only four more weeks
to run It Is almost time to ask what the
St. Louis managements intend to offer to
the patrons next season.
the throng that will visit the city will nat
urally seek q means of diversion, and It
q Vim attend aSs saa
pastime Is offered
,nins. Tns Hsowns sse r; have few younsytsrs but
class men between now and next season
they viii do little better than they are do
Au8 a. PleSeut.
The Cardinals. naturally should improve
next season. II would be hard for them
10 get much worDe. At any rate, IL II up
20 the baseball people OF 81 Louis to get
N the procession Of natural progression
That VIII inevitably visit st. Louis next
Manager selee>Has quoted IN recent In
terv1ew a. saying the major League mag
mates made q great mistake in reducing the
Price OF admission for baseball games 70 4
&-cent basis. claiming It cheapened the
game and drove the better class Of patrons
away. HIS statement Is true that in former
Gays there were many more who paid q
cents ana dollar to see game than now.
that many Of these enthusiasts have
cropped the game altogether. that salaries
are hiGher than they ever were, while the
majority Of the patrons occupy 25-cent seats
instead Of paying q cents, a. was the case
dozen years ago. But It Il NOT true that
the reduction IN price drove away the better
classes. II makes no difference to the theater
patron who buys an orchestra seat whether
the gallery viii hold 100 or loo people, or
whether the price Of these exalted seats is
- cents or 20 cents. Probably more patrons
would Be forced to buy orchestra seats II
there we're NO cheaper ones, but the exist
e1ct or ncnex1gteuce Of the gal0l WekeD
No at@egsnce to the better clask Ard 3 .
d. -, e61iis 7hsn sfa ilssFl -
- oe1n& sDe1zy = 111e
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joie and develop him into good man. He
1T was Nasi's Intention to farm out La
made them all look like selling platers.
game wish aamfha Phiade1phis % hs as' ~as oa hies
Frazier. who was then pitching for Louis
Vile. ,.., .,.x
ing the season with Lajofe. He's the great
est in the business"
Jack Harpers theory that his Elective
ness. as well as that Of q number Of other
pitchers. is affected by the change in the
pitching rules which does not allow pitch
er to take a step Behind the rubber slab Is
well founded, no doubt. Jack Powell OF the
st. Louis Americans was star last sea-
freely early in the season. for the same rea.
son that the shoots OF Of d;a HATE s1e 10 set
them over the plate. Both have mastered
good ball. It was some time before Harper
the best possible physical condition. but
for some reason or other could not gam
control Of the ball Jack was missing that
he did not know that his new style OF ptca.
ing was throwing him on his balance and
causing the ball tc 60 everywhere but where
he wanted IL to 20.
Don't put any stun In the paper shout
me-" said Roger Bresnahan when asked to
tell how he came to lead both leagues In
batting.
I'm the nrst place. / don't know what mo
ment may take a drop. and then. again. I
puts you in bad With the team. They think
your head is swelling. Wait TIL the season
Il over"
It took half an hours persuasion before
Bresnahan would talk. He finally said:
The trick in batting. 20 faf a. know e.
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Donovan and Burkett
Have Been the Best
Performers for Their Mines.

ayers OF playhouses permitted actors to stop
the action Of the play to engage in wordy
arg arguments or fisticufs. to insult the specta-
and otherwise disgust patrons By acts and
antics which had nothing whatever to do
with the performance which the patron had
paid to see, there would not long be any
purchasers OF orchestra seats. The specta-
tors would all be in the gallery and rot
many there: This is what the major League
speetabie patrons M Of BASEBALL efe Rowdyism va s
and rufhanisIn ran riot at times and the
better class was constantly disgusted by the
uEsportsmanlike conduct of players. TO say
nothing Of the actual insult Of being COM
pelled often 10 listen to profane language
between wrnngiing players and nmpires.
That Is the reason the better classes desert
ed baseball, and not the fact that other per-
sons could see the game for % cents. AIen
like Hanlon. McGrsw and Kelley. have done
more TO drive. respectable patrons away
from the game than any amount of re-
duced prices could do. As the game is con-
Quoted to-day the rowdies are being slO sly
suppressed. sup but It VIII take a long time 20
rewdies were allowed to destroy under the
old National League regime.
Newt Fisher. Nashville's baseball boss.
Larry" ajoie. and telis the following
story of how the big fellow got into fast
company.
living in the winter and in the summer he
would loaf about and play semiprOfessional
ball.
THE first professional team he played
with was that of Fall River. Mass. in the
New England League. in 1880
This team had a crack outfieider. Phil
Geier. who was badly. wanted By b iy'
Nash. the manager of the PHILADELPHIA
National League team. Nash had offered
the Fall River mana cement a nice sum
for Geier. and he went over to the Mas
sachusetts town to see the Fail River
magnate about the deal.
''Thc latter refused 10 accept the offer
made by Nash and wanted 5000 for the
man. This Nash refused to give.
Nash happened to see Latoie PLAYING and q
River manager that if he would throw in
Lajoie he would give him 32ooo for Geier.
This offer was accepted, and Lajoie went
to Philadelphia.
"In the first game he PLAYED he hi. the
first ball thrown him for home run. All
the world knows what he has done since
then. Geier Is now playing with minor
league
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catching department. but Pittsburg Is not
much better in the same department.
If any marked superiority in any depart
it is in: the pitching department. where Bos-
leaders.
LOOK bssses @ snan nssaer ana Philips S asnsd and
Doheny. In the infleld it IS about an even
break. At first Bransfield seems to have an
edge on Lachance. As between Ferris and
Rftchey there Is very little to chose.
At short Wagner has attracted considers
BILE attention by his rough, gawky style
of capturing balls hit into his territory
particular position as Fred Parent remains
an open question. At third Collins Is better
than Leach. So far as running is concerned
Leach has II on the patriarch, but the Bos-
ton-Pittsburg series will not be a hundred
yard dash. and Leach's superior speed VIII
not count for much.
At that it must tr rcT embered that Col,
Inns b also very speedy. In the outficld
Clarke looks r.. better than DougEo. .ty,
but the sleepy TURK /. certainly a. dam
man a. amd mot @ notns
Stahl. and Freeman - much better ehan
Sebring.
This gives Pittsburg q slight edge behind Ind
box and an even break in the in and out
fields.
Throughout the season Boston has played
its present high place in limited way to
severa. winning streaks.
II the series Is played. and 1t looks GER
tainty now. botE clubs will have its hackers
In st. Louis, with Boston being slight
favorite. Which side will b victor II left
to time to tell.
It Il not good to jump At conclusions.
a dog did that once when he saw neigh
bor's cat crawling through hole IN the
fence, and from that time this dog has
looked on the beauties Of nature through
ons lamp.
At last the moguls Of baseball have been
able to get together and sit through q meet
ing tn comfort, without being chained to
their chairs. This remarkable occurrence
took place recently, when Harry c. Pulliam
and Ban johnson, together with Pat Pow
era. extended their legs under the same ta-
bic without indulging In the usual luxury
Of kicking each other ON the sfins.
A carefully worded agreement was drawn
up-it. may be drawn down Iater-and sub
mitted 70 the meeting. This document VII!
Be acted upon At 4 meeting Of tho NattonAl
Association Of the minor leagues, TO be held
! The best feature Of the agreement Is the
doing away Of farming Of players. THIS VIII
prove hlon1ing to players, and - NOT N
the loaSz hurtfut 90 the mNtnAtoa In futuf<s
- eeon - q player beccmes . 1emoer ~
@ miner 3o4k1s club an c1etne %: :tle eetys
- M relnl1llA1d n he 9le5o< kAen0
{ - = 6lcy41 NJ ~ -
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BIG JOHN" ANDERSON.
The Browns crack first basenan. who
leads all the American League initial
sackers in fielding. ~
agreement is $3.50 for class A men. $500 for
class 3 players. and SEQ and $40. respec-
lively, for class and D men.
1t Is to be hoped that this agreement will
hold the magnates for awhile. and that
the game will not be turned into kind of
Jeffries-C Corbett- -Fitzsimmons endless chain
of guff by the presidents of the respective
leagues.
The Browns and Cardinals are both get
ting theirs" regularly with the trimmings
thrown in, but both teams have gotten
fight, and the operation is becoming pain
less.
At first It used to hurt the Browns might
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CATCHING OUTFITS OF CLUBS
IN BOTH LEAGUES VERY WEAK.

Receiving Only Department of That
proved the Last Equal Is Not in the National
Game To DayKlng the Best Catcher in the National League
Crger Best Amecan-Proposed Pttsbug Series
New National Agreement-St Louis Teams Not Improving
How LaJoie Broke Into the Game.
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BURkETT FIRST in BATTING:
DONOVAN CARDINALS BEST,

Roaring B Kennedy Leads National Stckers With Average
of 365-Wagner Batting 351Beaumon Has Most Hits and
Runs-Warner Leads the Cat ches Laoe American
League With Average of 39Detro Leads
Batting Anderson Johnson's Tribe
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26
a FACT.

The Utah State Journal in a recent
issue published an article relative to the
awakening of Nevada, which includes
this paragraph:
ssHer wealth has been utilized to
build ocean cables while her own coun-
ties are without adequate telegraphic
communication Her wealth has gone
to erect palaces in Europe while some
Of her toiling people still abide in
shanties. Her wealth has been squand-
cred on entertainments in Paris, Lon
don and Vienna. while her hardy
miners have been side stepping for
bacon and beans. Some Of her politi-
clans, too. have shown bnt little rl1re
loyalty than the millionaires abe Las
made. They have given better al.egi-
ance to California and the corporations
than TO the State that honored them
and disgraced herself by their election.
II 10 q pleasure to noto that a boster
day is dawning."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26
DEMOCRATIC LOVE FEAST.
Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill
to Sit at the Same Table.

Special Dispatch to San Francisco Call.
New York, Dec. 21.-Judge Alton B.
Parker's boom for the Democratic NOM
nation for President will be launched
next Monday evening at a dinner to
take place in Sherry's at which former
President Grover Cleveland and for
mer Senator David B. Hill will speak.
The dinner was arranged by Charles F.
Murphy. and, while it is ostensibly
given in honor of Mayor Mcclellan, it
will really show for the first time
Murphy's hand in national politics,
Mr. Cleveland sent a letter of accept
ance to Murphy to-day. In his
speech is he expected to outline what he
considers will be the paramount plank
in the Democratic platform.
Not even Murphy would tell what
was to be the keynote of Hills address,
but the leader of Tammany Hall is
willing to accept Hills suggestion as
to the feasibility Of nominating a New
York State man for the Presidency.
Murphy and Hill have come to an I'M.
Outstanding in regard to Judge Parker,
and unless the dinner to Mayor-elect
Mcclellan develops a strong Cleveland
sentiment Judge Parker probably will
be the choice of the influential men OF
the New York Democracy.
Many Democrats said tonight that
Murphy had displayed skill in inducing
Cleveland and Hill to sit at the same
table. Bourke Cochran will speak for
Murphy. He has received his portfolio
as official announcer of the Tammany
policy. There. will be an opportunity
to bury the Ratchet at the dinner to
the Mayor-elect.
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PUNISHMENT HE DESERVES.
Humboldt Justice Takes Bark Of
the Mife-Beaters-POst Law.

Last Sunday evening at Winnemucca
Bob Thacker, while drunk. beat his
wife and was arrested. He was ar.
raizned before Justice Robins on Tues
day, found guilty and sentenced ito be
taken by the Sheriff Of the county, ON a
date to be determined by said official, and
strapped to the post for not less than
two and not more than ten hours; and
10 have displayed on his back a placard
bearing the legend 'Wife-beater,' which
shall remain thus displayed during the
time the prisoner shall be confined at
the post"
The Sheriff was instructed to person.
ally see that the sentence Is carried out,
and the Silver State opines he will do
so as soon as tine County Commissioners
provide the post. Meanwhile, Thscker
will stay in the county jail.
1t may not be known to many that
there ia a law in the Statutes Of Nevada
providing the above punishment for
wife beaters, but the Legislature Of
1877 was wise in its day and made
such a penalty for men who have need
Of an opportunity to think up on their
shortcomings.
So far as known the law has been q
a dead letter, but it looks as though
it will have a practical illustration in
Winnemucca some time next month.
The text of the law is as follows:
The Board of County Commissioners
of each county in the State shall pro-
vide a post of certain specified dimen-
sions, to be situated at a point in the
county seat chosen by the County Com
m~issioners, to which all wife beaters,
or, any male person over is years of
age who strikes or beats any female
person over the age of 16 years, shall
be strapped for a period Of lot more
than ten nor less than two hours on
any day in the year, except Sunday.
having displayed upon his back a pla-
card proclaiming the nature of his Of
Tense.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26

The San Francisco Examiner says:
John A. Benson's name has been asso-
ciated with questionable land trans
actions for a score of years. He was at
one time a United States land surveyor,
and his trial is still remembered as one
of the sensational cases of its kind. 1t
is even asserted that he has defrauded
the Government out of least 100, 900
acres of land by various schemes since
the passage of the Forest Reserve Act
in 1897.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26
CONSTITUTION VS.. MORMONISM
SmOot Cannot Be Apostle and United
States Senator at the Same Time.

According to former United States
Senator Frank Cannon a promise to
''obey the law and observe the Consti-
tuition of the United States would be
apostacy on the part of Senator Smoot.
"Such a promise would be an absolute
denial Of the spirit of Mormonism,"
Cannon says, and continues:
direct revelation was bestowed again
in order that the men might be lifted
above the frailities of worldly unwis-
dom and that they might have an op-
p~ortunity to obey the perfect law. The
Apostles are not only the oracles of
that perfect law, represented by con-
tinuous revelation, but they are of
necessity the leaders and exemplars of
the obeying host.
'It is not possible. therefore, that
Senator Smoot, an Apostle-eager as he
is to retain his seat in the United States
S~enate-has or will make any such re-
cantation Of his faith"
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Powers Are Against Colombia.

Washington, December 21.-Diplo-
matte pressure will be brought to bear
upon Colombia by several European
powers to prevent war between that
country and the United States The
first step in this direction already has
been taken by several foreign powers
through their representatives here, who
have informed General Rafael Reyes Of
the futility of any attempt by Colombia
to retake Panama, declaring that it will
result only in preclpitating the Bogota
Government into war with the United
States, and said to him that the result
of such a catastrophe Colombia herself
must realize.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26
HAND OF LAW GRIPS JOHN BENSON

Wealthy Land Agent Ar7ested-Head
of the WesterE Land Frauds.
Washington, December 1S.-John A.
Benson, a wealthy San Francisco real
estate operator. chsrged by the Interior
Department with being the head of the
alleged land frauds extending over a
dozen Western States and Territories to
which Secretary Hitchcock referred in
his annual report, ycs arrested here to-
day just as he WIS preparing to leave
the city fT Few York. The charge
on which the arreot YVES made was
bribery. Benson's preliminary hearing
was set for December 20. He gave bail
for his appearance on that date, when
the Government attorneys will ask to
have him held for the Grand Jury.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26
SETTLERS WIN SUIT.
Supreme Court Sustains Title by
Statute of Limitations.

Washington, December 21.-The Uni
ted States Supreme Court has decided
two cases involving the question as to
whether lcng-contirued possession Of
land within the Central Pacific railroad
land grant in Utah constitutes a valid
title by virtue of the statute of limita-
tions. The cases were those of the
Toltec Ranch Company VS.. George
Cook and others, and the Toltec Ranch
Company VS.. William Babcock and
Louisa Babcock.
The ranch company claimed title
under a transfer from the railroad COM
pany, but possession in both cases was
disputed on the plea Of possession for
twenty or thirty years. The Supreme
Court Of the State of Utah decided in
favor Of the settlers and the Supreme
Court of the United States to-day az
firmsd that decision. The opinion was
handed down by Justice McKenna.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26
TOPICS IN BRIEF.

Judging from the methods by which
Zion City was financed, DR.. Dowie is
not only Elijah ii. but he is Charlie
Schwab H-Detroit Free Press.
II can see no reason why l should
resign" SAYS Perry Heath. secretary
OF the Republican National Committee.
Nj. Heath should consult an oculist.-
Philadelphia North American.
W. B Yeats. the Irish poet, says
there is no more real acting. Nj. Yeats
should see some Of the members Of Con-
gress making their speeches in favor Of
economy and Observation-Disclosures
ton Post.
Many a man would give . good deal
fox your opportunities" said the earn
es.ly ambitious man. "Of course, Z"
answered Senator Sorghum. II had to
give a great deal for 'em myself
Washington Star.
The strongest candidate the Demo-
cratic party can nominate for the Presi-
de1cy is William Randolph Hearst. pub
hsher Of the New York Journal. Chi
czgo Herald, and San Francisco Exam
izer. Mr.. Hearst is the authority for
this statement. He confes.es he is a
man Of unimpeachable youth, unblsm-
ished energy, violent hberality, aud
that his friendship for the people can
only be expressed in wood type and red
ink.-NilWaukee Sentinel.
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TOy0PAH's MIXED RAILgo,n
Three Changes and a Brass Band WI,
Be Passengers Only Troub,es

lnree changes and q Brass Band w,,,
Be Passengers Only Troubles.
The Volcano" Of the Walker IT,.
Bulletin emits the following:
Now that 1t is q fact that thu r,o
road to Tonopah is to be built. WA A..
getting some Of the details. am .ola
that it will be a broad ganp. o.
ten miles at each end. Paa.ens.r.
leaving Sodaville viii board ye.,ibrl.
trains and ride to Saltwater sm;,bT.
station, when they take the rerpla,
business narrow gauge and ride -
Porphyry Point. where they change to
another broad gauge and 20 in,o
Tonopah with a brass band PLAYING
opera music in ragtime.
THE Santa Fe is maring SURVEYS for
a route to Tonopah from Dagpett.
They intend to run a tunnel through
the Palmetto range, build a trestle
across the salt marsh to the island
tunnel through that. build another
trestle to the mouth of the tunnel be.
low the Paymaster mine and on To
Tonopah."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26
Bank Money Order Scheme.

The Bank Money Order Committee
of the American Bankers Association,
representing 1000 banks, after a three
day session in New York, has agreed
upon a plan for q money order system
whereby sums not to exceed 500 can be
sent by mail and the orders cashed by
any bank belonging to the association.
The committees report will be SUBJ
mitted to the Executive Council Of the
national body at its meeting next April.
A bank money order system will cut
largely into the revenues of both the
Postofice Department and Wells, Fargo
Company.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-12-26

There is usually a difference Of level
between the waters on the two sides Of
the Isthmus Of Panama. At Colon
there is a very small tide, owing to the
inclosed situation Of the Caribbean sea.
On the southern side, at Panama, the
Pacific has a tidal rise Of about seven.
teen feet. Therefore locks viii be
necessary at the Panama end of the
canal to prevent the thrush Of water at
high tide.