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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-12-30
STRONG RESOLUTIONS.

The Central Labor Union Joins the CRU
SADIE Against Sweatshop Prnteries.
RESOLUTIONS ......
At the last meeting of the Central
Labor Union committee was ap-
pointed to draft resolutions in the
shape Of a memorial for presentation
to the state printing board. The me
mortal follows:
Whereas, A living wage scale means
IA Better citizenship and q more pros
porous condition Of affairs, and
Whereas, 1t is the common aim oil
all trades unions to better tae condi-
ton OF the toiling masses. giving then
opportunity for mental and moral de-
velopment, and
Whereas, The state OF Nebraska is
la large patron Of the printing trades,
having a large amount Of work done
i'll this line during the course Of the
year, and
Whereas, The employers CT unicn
labor because of their willingness to
pay fair wages find themselves handi-
capped in bidding for this class of worl,
by the competition of employers who
employ cheap labor in the shape OF
women and half-1edged apprentices
and
Whereas, Every dollars worth of
work thus given to inferior and uri-
fair printing offices deprives skilled
labor and fair employers of business.
thus lowering the wage average and
cntailing severe less upon employers
and enlployesy to say nothing of its
being a rank discrimination against
friends OF organized labor, therefore
be it
Resolved, That this body. represent
ing all skilled trades in Lincoln and all
V vorl1ingInen organized for mutual help
and protection, do petition the state
beard of printing to appoint as secre-
tary of said honorable board a skilled.
trustworthy and reliable union printer
OF unquestioned knowledge OF what the
state should get for it's money, and who
will do all in his power TO prevent the
dc gradation of labor by making it i'm
possible for the state to be defrauded
by inferior sweatshop work of cheap
printing Offices maintained largely by
political pull and the ability to cut
prices because of their ability to pay
starvation wages.
This body respectfully POINTS out to
the said honorable board that the pc
.,ioners are taxpayers who are inter
ested in economy and ~ experience
have learned that there is no saving
| i'll the purchase Of cheap and inferior
goods, and who have also learned that
the competition of incompetent and ur
skilled labor is detrimental to every
interest of the state. Employers who
ray living wage should be encouraged.
and employers who pay starvation
wage should be discouraged, to the end
that the standard OF living may be ele-
waited and the welfare Of the people be
protected. To this end the petitioners
pray that the honorable state board
oi printing aid them in abolishing the
aweatsnop printery and advancing the
interests of fair. employers who ask
only that they be given & fair price
for good work done by skilled workmen
who are paid living wage.
| T. C. KELSEY. Pres.
IRA DeLONG, Sec.
| (Seal.)
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-12-30
Hard Luck

"Our postal service is becoming alb
solutely vile"
Why, 1 thought it was all right.
"Well, it isn't. swore off smoking
New Years day, and the next day i
received fine meershaum pipe from a
friend down east. He had sent it by
mail and it went astray and was gone
more than = week"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
CORBET1'S HARD TASK.

Young Corbett will have the hardest bat
tie of his career next Friday evening, when
he will try to dispose of Jimmy Britt, the
Pacific coast champion lightweight. in
twenty rounds. Britt is little heavier than
the men Corbett has met, and he is also a
very shifty boxer The question of superb
ority largely depends upon the hitting abil-
ity of the two men. 1t is known that Young
Corbett has wallop in either hand that
send a man to dreamland and he is
willing to Stand up and take punch in or
der to have his body set to deliver a dam
aging blow. A man who tries to guard a
blow can seldom counter with telling eff
feet, and in order to be successful fighter
he must be able to stand up under a hard
blow, as he can then set himself to deliver
a Knockout punch Corbett can do this, as
was shown in his battles with Eddie Han
Ion and Dave Sullivan. The champion re-
ceived several wallops just in order to coun-
ter with blows that carried much force 1t
has been said that Britt is clever but he
cannot put the steam behind his blows to
knock Corbett out. The fight should be a
fast one. and after a round or two Corbett
will ascertain just how hard Britt can hit,
and if his blows have no more effect than
those of Hanlon or Sullivan it is quite like
ly the champion will pursue the same course
he did with those two fighters-take a wal
lop in order to deliver one. Corbett has
opened favorite in the betting in the West
as we'll as in the Easts Although Britt is
a native son, the Calfornians have great
respect for Corbett and believe he will be
returned a winner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
WAR;. SUPERSTITIOUS
ON AQUATIC MATTERS

Illustrated Sporting News.
The aquatic fortunes of Pennsylvania
were set afioat by Coach Ellis Ward on
Wednesday this year. This veteran has his
little superstitions. and barking back to his
began their years practice on Wednesday
found favoring fortunes all the way
through. During the last three years
Quaker crews have been launched on the
Schuylkill on other and less propitious days
of the week, and although Ellis Ward con-
fesses that there were other reasons in
volved, he blames defeat somewhat 10 a
defiance of fortune in picking the wrong
day for start.
One of the other causes alleged for his
poor showing at Poughkeepsie, since 1900,
is the ''hoodoo" influence of the Henley
pilgrimage. Yale and Cornell 'slumped'
badly after they went to England. and per-
hapS there is more than a coincidence in it.
lit is argued that American crews trained
only for four-mile races are thrown out of
their stride by the preparation for the Hen
ley sprint of a mile and a third. English
oa-smen have no difficulty in pulling the
four miles of the ambridee-Oxford race,
and later in the same season romping over
the Henley stretch TO the discontinue of
all foreign contestants The difference is
in the fact that English oarSmen are bred
up to row because they like it, while the
American college product is machine
made" to a large extent. and lack adapt
ability. However, this argument cannot
affect the fact that Cornell long ago recov-
cred from her slump and that Ellis
Ward has his hands full with trying to
turn out a Pennsylvania crew this year
that stands a chance of living down the
showing of last year, when the Quakers
trailed in behind, not only of Cornell but
also Georgetown and Wisconsin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
POOR POLO POLICY.

Polo fans would welcome the National
Roller Polo League for several reasons, as
such an organization would be conducted
on business principles and there would be
no farces enacted such as the Western
League officials played at Anderson last
week. Imagine a baseball league deciding
that clubs could borrow players from each
other during the championship season!
Wouldn't it be a huge joke and about as
far from being real sport as anything else?
Accidents that render polo players unfit for
play are to be deplored. but it would be bet
ter for a team to use an amateur as a sub
stitute than to borrow player from a club
in the same organization The loaning of
players to any club is bad enough but the
practice would not be open to such censure
if a Western club were to be. allowed to
borrow a player from another league in
stead of from club in it's own organiza-
ton. The Western League officials might
believe that the public does not care much
about the matter. but the officials are mis-
taken in this, as in many other cases. A
player should not be allowed to appear
upon the floor with team unless he is
bona fide member of that five And this
does not mean that rule which provides
for the borrowing OF players makes that
player bona fide member of team for
one night. The league officials have paved
the way for the fans to consider the re-
naming games as joke. 1t is bad policy
and the sooner the club owners get out of
the habit of adopting such rules the better
off polo will be in this section of the coun-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
WHAT "FAN" IND "SOUTH-
PAW" MEM IN BASEBALL
New York Telegraph.

New York Telegraph.
The nomenclature of baseball is a fruit
full field of speculation for the student of
derivatives. With possibly one two ex-
ceptions, this business or profession has
furnished more purely technical terms than
any other. and these appear to have been
accepted by the general public as natural
concomitants.
For long time after the passive pub
lie had accepted the word fan" for ex-
ample, few took the trouble to find out
that its derivation was from the word
fanatic, ard was merely an abbreviation
thereof. IL appeared to be accepted
word with definite meaning and the or
binary baseball follower did not care
whence ii came.
The phrase 'southpaw'' met with a like
reception. Some one used it and made it's
use so apparent that the general public
understood at once that il .appled to a left
handed pitcher. There the public left it,
But the reason a left-handed pitcher has
a south paw is that his left hand faces
the south when he pitches. Ball fields are
pretty generally so laid out that the sun
is behind the grandstand at the time of
day the game is played, that is about south
west. The south point is about over first
base
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
ENOUGH OF JOHNSON.

John T. Brush. president of the New
York National club, has publicly given his
Endorsement TO the statement issued by
President Pulliam in answer to Ban John
sons recent utterances in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Brush stated in positive language that
there is disposition the part of the
National League club owners to change the
schedule and that the schedule would not
be changed or altered to meet the approval
OF tho American League president. John
sons bluff to ignore the National League
unless the latter changed its schedule, and
his war-like talk only go to prove that he
possesses the ability to change his DISPOSE
ton as the occasion might require and his
recent change will not affect the National
standing Before the public There was a
time when National Leaguers would take to
cover whenever Johnson would send out a
bluff, but the National is on a much sound
er basis than ever before and ii will no
longer allow Johnson to try to dictate. to it
in matters over which he has nothing to
say. Johnson had an opportunity to meet
with the National League schedule COM
mittee several weeks ago, but he thought
he would play wise and decline the invita-
ton. The National men desired to act fairly
been arranged without much difficulty and
there would not have been such a lot of
nonsensical talk as is now being forced
upon the public by Johnson, Killilea and
others. The best thing for Johnson to do is
TO let the matter be forgotten and to go
along as if he had said nothing, as the Ma
tional will not back down, and another
baseball war might see the American
League exterminated. The peace agreement
has made it possible for the American
League to save 100000 in salaries the COM
ing season, and the men who have money
invested in American League clubs surely
do not care to return to war and take
chances on losing fortunes and then get
whipped. 1t is about time for the playing
season to open and the fans care little for
the squabble over the opening date of the
New York Nationals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20

opens trumps. North. not wishing his
strength in trumps to- appear too early.
plays king false, and proceeds to. estab-
lish his spades
Trick 5: East returns low, showing four
trumps. West holds the trick with ace,
and not wishing TO draw two for one,
forces east with jack of spades.
Trick Z: East goes on with his diamonds,
and north. with the two hi@h trumps, is
forced to give UP one, and trick eight
he leads the other TO prevent east from
making his last one on spades and giving
west a discard
Trick 9: North might save one trick by
leading a heart to his partners reserve dis
card in that suit. This would unques-
tionabiy be his play If il were q certainty
that west can give his partner a small
diamond after making his ace. 1t is not
impossible for south TO have the one dia-
mond not accounted for. and if, he has, west.
after trumping the high spade, viii be
forced to lead the heart up TO south, which
would be clearly an advantage. IL west
held originally ace, king and queen only in
his partners suit, II would he impossible
for him to unlock before getting out the
trumps, as the high cards would surely be
ruffed. 1t might be added that north, al
trick nine must be unusually self-sacrific-
ing TO quit an established suit of spades
with re-entry and only adverse
trump to be forced, and go into what must
be. TO some extent. an uncertainty in hearts.
The remainder of the hand plays Itself
AS PLAYED at Table No q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
SOPHOMORE TEAM Has
ITS FINAL TRY-OUT'

The sophomore track team of the Manual
Training High School had its final try-out
yesterday morning preparatory TO its in
door meet with the freshmen next Saturday
in the school gymnasium. According to
dope, it will win about every event Ray
Fox seems TO be the sophomores best man.
as he is good in both the sprints and high
Jump Carl Adam is also making good in
his first introduction TO athletics, showing
up we'll in the 4iO-yard dash and the mile
run. The men who qualified for the meet
next Saturday were: Tweuty-yard dash.
Ray Fox, Carl Adam and August Bailey
Time, :03 4i0-yard dash. Fox. Adam, Sher-
man, Wilcox. Bailey and Anderson. Time,
LIS Mile run, Wilcox, Adam and Brant.
Time, 6;O2. High jump. Fox. Furgason
and Cornelius. height feet 9 inches.
The apparatus for the gymnasium has 1t
last arrived and includes jumping
standards. vaulting poles, dumbbells In
dian clubs and iron wands. A canvass
has been made of the school to ascertain
how many will pay % cents term for "A
physical instructor. and the result showed
that over 200 intend TO use the gym. a
physical director probably will be at the
school next week and instruct the differ
ent students during their vacant hours.
Friday Will be reserved exclusively for the
girls
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
FIGHTER DREW BETTER
THIN 4 PRIMA DONNA

Philadelphia Record.
Adelina Patti, the greatest singer the
world has ever known, sailed for Europe
yesterday, Disguised with America and
Americans. The concert tour of the great
singer was not the immense financial sue
cess which she expected it would be, and
hence she is a trife sore, for the diva is a
lover of the mighty dollar. Patti is partic-
ularly sore on Philadelphia. A few days
ago she got out her little hammer and
raped the people of the Quaker City good
and hard. The reason for the hammer
work on the part of Adelina was because
the folks here did not turn out in large
numbers to hear her sing. In an interview
she stated that the reason her concert in
this city was financial frost was because
there was going to be a prize fight here,
and that all the real society folks were
saving up their money to go to the. prize
fight, and therefore could not go TO her
concert. The diva was wrong as 10 facts.
There was no prize fight here. only six
round boxing bout. but at that it proved
more attractive than the singing of Ade-
lima. Had ii been a real prize fight the
Lord only knows how many people would
have attended. This was not the first. time
that Patti competed with boxing match in
Philadelphia and got the worst of il. Sew
eral years ago she sang in this city at the
Academy of Music She drew a big crowd,
but there was room for more. Some nights
afterward Jack McAuliffe boxed Horace
Leeds in the same building, and many peo-
pie were turned away, unable to get in.
After the contest McAuliffe and his party
were entertained by Billy Recap and the
Pen and Pencil Club. McAuliffe was a very
sociable fellow out of the ring, and he re-
cited many interesting incidents of his box
ing career. During the conversation one of
the newspaper men present remarked:
Jack, / hear that you drew more money
tonight than Adelina Patti drew the night
she sang at the Academy" McAuliffe
smiled quietly and replied modestly: "Pos-
sibly / am greater artist in my line than
Patti now lie in hers -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
Whist Guides.

whist is an abstract science which treats
Of the action OF fifty-two representatives,
of five mental powers-observance, memory,
inference, calculation and Judgment
/. Developments occasionally make it ex-
pedient on the third round to abandon the
unlocking play.
2 Make close inquiry concerning any play
you do not understand.
g. The caller for trumps takes upon him.
self the entire responsibility of the game;
he demands that his partner abandon his
own game and aid in the development of
his.
A. A discard of Second best shows you
have no more.
5. Hearsay is seldom a safe instructor for
the beginner TO follow.
6. 1t is selfish to always expect partner
to sacrifice his hand to your demands.
Z: When partner has already trumped
then you can force him.
s. The long suit opening is the one least
calculated to contribute to the establish
ment of an adversary's suit.
9. Retain tenace, if possible, over right
hand adversary.
TO- Lacking the requisite knowledge of
the leads, it is useless to attempt the finer
II. 1t is tustifiable to lead right adver-
sarys suit if it is your suit and you have no
honor in any other suit.
II. Do not condemn any convention until
you have thoroughly practiced and played
it with a good partner.
50. Begin the study OF whist at the very
foundation of the game.
ii. The success of a short suit opening
is a mere matter of luck.
Is. Secondhand low is no longer an arbi-
trary rule of the game.
TO- A gain made by the imposition of a
penalty should have the same credit as a
trick won by the ace of trumps.
II. If a hand has one or more honors in
every side suit and a good trump suit of
four cards the trump opening protects the
hand.
IS A suit is established when you have
complete control of it..
10. Finesse constitutes one of the most
fascinating features of the game.
90 Be careful about hesitating in playing
a card adversaries viii read ii to their
advantage.
81 Your play to partners thirteenth card
must depend partners strength in
trumps and at the time led in the game.
%. There is no regularity in hands at
whist; they are constantly exceptional
%. Let your partner know. If possible.
when you are strong in trumps.
"A. The laws of whist are to many play
ers little more than dead letter. I. l.. j.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
LONG DISTANCE TROTTERS
Horses That Have Been Cham
Dions at Twenty Miles.

Three of the most noted twenty mile
trotters that were known to New England
horsemen We're Trustee, Captain Mcgowan
and John Stewart, says the American Horse
Breeder. An analysis of the breeding of
these sturdy trotters will show that they
all inherit a running cross close up. Trus-
tee was the first horse TO trot twenty miles
in less than one hour. He accomplished
this feat Oct. 20, 1885, and trotted that dis
lance in fifty-nine minutes and thirty-five
and one-half seconds. Trustee was a
chestnut gelding. sired by the thoroughbred
imported Trustee. His dam was the IA
nous old time trotting mare. Fanny Pullen.
by Winthrop Messenger, a son of imported
Messenger. The Trustee cross is found in
quite a number of noted trotters A daugh-
ter OF imported Trustee produced Matchless,
sire OF the dam of Cephas (2:l1A), the
fastest trotting geiding ever raised in
got four tr0tters with standard records. and
his daughters proved quite successful as
producers, One of them was the dam of AL
bert W. >(2:20); and he is the sire of twenty
one that have taken standard records. The
great brood mare Dame Winnie, the dam of
PalO Alto (2:0S3D etc, was by Planet, and
Planets Sire was Revenue. n thoroughbred
son of imported Trustee. Exchequer, sire
of Lucille (2:2D, and Rigolette (2:22), was
a full brother OF Planet, sire of Dame Win
ME.
Captain Mcgowan trotted twenty miles in
fifty-eight minutes and twenty-five seconds,
which is the best time ever made at that
distance This performance was made in
1865. Captain Mcgowan was from thorough
bred racing stock on both sides. 1t was
stated upon apparently good authority that
his sire was imported Sovereign, and his
dam BY American Eclipse. Captain Me-
gowan was a rakish-looking animal and
a notorious puller. He was a roam in color,
and was handled at one time by the veteran
New England trainer J. j. Bowen.
John Stewart trotted twenty miles in fiji
ty-nine minutes and twenty-three and one
half seconds in 1863 He was a bay geld
ing, and his sire was Tom Wonder, by
Tom Crowder a son of old pacing Pilot
sire of Pilot, Jr., ~ The dam of John
Stewart. by Harris's. Hambletonian
whose sire was Bishops Hambetonian, q
running-bred son of imported Messenger
The dam of Tom Wonder was by running
bred horse called Saratoga, and Tow Crowd
er's dam inbred to the thoroughbred
Whip. John Stewart was at one time
handled and driven by the late James Ca
hill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20

on his feet and that he fully understands
the value of the slightest movement. The
boxers footwork must. IL goes without
saying be superb. and his feints and Slip
ping of the highest degree of science. If he
adopts punching and guarding tactics with
either hand, the wrestler must stand OIL
The rush by the wrestler for hold GER
tainly requires very skillful eyasive- tao
ties on the part of the fighter. He must
therefore, train his feet and his eyes to
perfection. He must also remember that
his greatest strength is best demonstrated
when he is on guard or in his defensive at
titude. For though he may not be as strong
bodily as the wrestler, it is in this attitude
that the clever boxer is usually at his best.
The secret is to be first, either in the ring
or in a street row"