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tanced Heaton The swimmers intend
ed to land at Calais.
At Pittsburg, July 49, the cricket
tournament for the Spalding trophy
came to a close with match between
the two Pittsburg teams. The re-
suit was, Pittsburg. 1903; Zingari, SO,
for an inning each. In the follow-on
Zingari made 70 runs. with the loss
of 8 wickets, when stumps were down.
Jimmy" Colville, for more than
thirty years one of the best sporting
men in the country, died at Boston OF
ptomaine poisoning. He was So years
old. but up to a week ago was max
ing a book in New York He was
best known as prize ring follower,
and had won fortunes by picking win
ners.
After twenty-five rounds of hard
fighting at the Colma club, San Fran
cisco. July 2S, frankie Neal, cham
pion bantam weight of the United
States, was given the decision over
Eddie Tenney. The boys fought he
fore large crowd and Neil seemed
to. have the shade in the majority OF
the rounds. Tenney was able TO stall
off his opponents rushes and invaria'
bly, blocked Neil's hard punches.
Owing to the prevalence of yellow
fever in Louisiana, President Kava'
naugh of the Southern League, after
conference with the managers inter
ested announced that 1t would be i'm
practicable for either the Shreveport
or the New Orleans teams to return
home. and an amended schedule was
given out. The schedule transfers the
games at New Orleans and Shreveport
to the other cities of the league.
Lou Dillon (1:5s1l) trotted her two
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Western Association.

Charley Crum has caught on at first
with Oklahoma City and is playing
good ball.
AT wichita, July IA, Pitcher Be
mis-. of Wichita, shut Leavenworth
ont with two safe hits.
The Oklahoma Club has sold third
baseman Jimmy Frick TO Seattle
and has signed Brockwell, OF st.
louis, and outfelder Crum, late OF
Topeka. .,,
Again the sedalia team has changed
ownership and management Recent
" Eddie Lyons bought the FRANCHISE
from Henry Leist. The latter mas
now re.purchased the club.
The Joplin club has sold Manager
1obn Fillmans release to Kansas
Citv On July 10 Fillman played his
last game with Joplin and wound up
in a blaze of glory, hitting 500 and
scoring twice. He was presented by
the fans before the grand stand with
. bououet. a gold ring and testi-
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Central LEAGUE.

The Canton club has signed Infleld-
er King Of Mattoon, H.
George Carey, late of the Eastern
League, is now playing first base for
Grand Rapids.
Willis, who is proving himself to be
mainstay in the box for Canton. is
the fellow that Springfield turned
loose
Chapman, who is making good with
the Hottentots, is a young collegian
He began his baseball career while a
student at Detroit Agricultural school.
Vincennes, of the Kitty League,
wanted the Fort Wayne franchise.
Evansville and Terre Haute were ia
vorable as it would cut down their
mileage. II is not practical, however,
as Vincennes is protected territory,
The story going the rounds that
lsodore Mautner has bought Louie
Smiths interests in the Terre Haute
franchise is. denied by Mr.. Mautner
The only interests he now holds is the
unpaid notes due him from John Gan
eel for the Grand Rapids franchise
and they are not due until September
Sporting Life.
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American Association.

Wyatt Lee has made the most home
runs in the American Association this
season, nine in all.
Wheeler, third baseman of ST. Pam,
made FIVE hits five times at bat OF
the indianapolis pitchers on July IS.
Brashear and Pickering were the
first to make 100 safe hits. They
reached the 100 mark on the same
day.
Milwaukee reports have 1t that Man
ager Barrow is after Mckay, but that
Cantillon will send him TO Des
Moines.
Elmer Pierce has been doing all
the catching for the Senators during
the illness of Sam Brown and the alb
sence of Jack Ryan.
Pitcher Camnitz, who jumped To
ledo to go to Vermont, has been taken
back, but Grille says that Minnehan
will not be Teinstated.
Cy Morgan, the st. Louis American
pitcher, who has been turned over to
indianapolis, is no stranger TO the A.
A. He was with Watkins at Minneap-
oils for part of last year.
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Walter Direct, 2:o5A.

Days 1t came right straight from
the bottom of Chuck's heart, too.
The blue ribbon meeting at Detroit.
Mich, began auspiciously July "A
when Walter Direct, whose sire Di.
rect Hal, won the same event two
years ago, took down first honors in
the Chamber of Commerce purse OF
5000 for 1924 PAGERS. But Walter
Direct showed even greater than his
sire. The miles Of the winner were
2:05%, 2:0612, 207h, not only re
ducng the record OF the race for one,
two and three heats, but also put
ting on the books the fastest three
heats ever stepped by PAGER that
had only once before scored for the
word More than this, there was NO
time when Walter Direct was brought
to a drive, nor could II be said he
was straight" in any part of the race
Angle, daughter of Axtell, won the
$40 900 NJ. g. NJ. race at Detroit, com.
ing home first in two of the three
heats trotted and losing the other be-
cause OF break soon after the word
was given. Incidentally she disproved
the oft repeated assertion that she is
an unreliable mare, and she also low
cred the previous estimate of her chief
rival, Clarita W., as race mare. The
time of the race was not fast the
miles being 2:12h, 2;10h, and 2;11.
This could not be laid to the track, as
the 2:OS trotters stepped first heat
in 2:07. A light shower just before
the first heat OF the NJ. and NJ com
PEELED postponement of nearly an
hour while the harrows and scrapers
were being used. but when the ten
starters finally scored for the word
the course was in fair shape.
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National League News.

The Pittsburgs left Pitcher Ro-
oertaille at home.
Fred Tenney is securing the minor
leagues for another catcher.
tommy Leach is demonstrating his
versatility as ball player daily.
second Baseman Higgins is play
ing sensational ball for Cincinnati.
iouhg Howard of the Pirates" has
ueeh batting very consistently lately.
Hanlon still considers McGnnity of
the Giants, one of the greatest pitch.
ers
The story has been revived that Ed.
Phelps may be traded to st. Louis for
Jack Warner.
Mike Donin is not hitting the ball
near as hard as he did the early part
of the season.
since Sammy Strang Joined the
Giants he has been the champion pinch
hitter of the league.
Red Ames is making a "Rube'
Waddell record this season. He has
Tanned 1913 men in nineteen games.
IL is probable that Manager Fred
Clarke has unearthed high-class
southpaw twirler in Homer lille
brand
Jack Warner is playing in Vermont
Manager Burke of st, Louis is moi
worrying and says that Warner will
return, as he won't be contented play
ing with crowd of minor leaguers
| and college boys.
Catcher Peitz was, on July 81, fined
$50 and suspended for three days by
President Pulliam for uncouth talk t.
the umpire at the Polo grounds in tn,
game of July 10. His punishment
came under the new system, that is
at hearing before President Pulliam
at which the player had chance t.
submit his defense before action wal
taken, Peitz was the first player t,
be suspended since the famous Boston
decision
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fastest miles of the season at the
Chenille track, Cleveland, Ohio, July
2S, Each was made in 900. Her
previous best mile was 2;06h. made
on July 10. Major Delmar after trot-
ting n slow first half-mile in los, fin
ished the mile in 2:0S. which is con-
sdered in some respects the most re-
markable mile ever trotted by the Ma
ior.
New York retained the McAlpin
trophy by the excellent shooting of
its state team at Creedmore. The
New York riflemen scored 96S out OF
possible 200 The match called for
ten shots per man at each distance,
200. 600 and 1000 yards. The United
States marine corps team from the
Washington. ID. c., barracks, was sec.
ond with 9l7 and the New Jersey team
third. with 9l4
Ralph Rose has about decided 10
enter college again Yale is the new
alma mater likely to be selected by
the giant hurler Of weights. The
sudden decision of the famous athlete
may be attributed in part to the pres
ence of two Yale men on the team.
All the way from Chicago the eastern
college boys paid particular attention
F, to Rose. The big fellow probably will
be found In eastern athletics next
year
Horsemen now quartered at the
Fort Erie track are very much elated
over telegram sent by Tom vii
| ~ hn Cali
club, to the effect that the coast or
ganization will no longer respect the,
outlaw rule of the Western Jockey
club, and that accordingly those who
have been racing on the northern
circuit tracks will not therefore be
barred from participating in the Cali.
fornia winter meetings.
Being officially timed by Sam But
Ter, secretary of the Automobile Club
of America, Walter Christie, in his 1870
horsepower automobile reduced tho
American kilometer record by making
the time in % seconds fiat at Cape
MAY, N. j., July 80. He made several
attempts. but could not reduce his
own time further that day, his best
later time being % 1-5 seconds. He
will try again for the worlds kilo
meter and mile records on Aug. 10.
Jim Corbett tells OF rather doubt
full compliment paid him right after
his fight with Bob Fitzsimmons. Cor
bett had returned to New York in
time to attend one OF Chuck Connor's
Bowery dances. On making his APP
pearance. Connors spied the defeated
heavyweight, and rushing up to the
leader of the orchestra furnishing the
music for the dance. ordered him TO
play Tile May Have Seen Better
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Silvie Ferretti, manager OF Hugo
Kelly, says in the second round Of
Kellys fight with Burns at Los
Angeles the local middle-weight broke
his left hand.
Atlantic City is to have twomile
automobile track IL the plans of pro
moters do not fail. The proposition is
TO spend $4,000 on the track, which
is to be finished early in 1906.
George Saunders is the fifteenth
driver to win the NJ. & M. and this is
the second time the purse has ever
been won by an Ohio driver. John
Pickett of Toledo won It with Nightin-
gale in 1892.
Jack Briggs. the trainer. of Mime.
apolis, MINI, is in receipt of letter
from Bobby Dobbs, who is at present
in England. offering to fight Joe Cans
for the lightweight title. Briggs is
Dobbs manager.
The Leanders. the champion English
rowing crew. have sent representatives
to this country to arrange for a row.
ing match with an American crew to
be selected from Americas best row
ing crews from colleges of this coun.
try.
Arrangements are virtually com
pleted for second Wisconsin, Mime
sofa football game in the season of
1905. II will be between the fresh
man teams of the Badger and Go
pher camps. and will be played at
Minneapolis on the morning of Nov,
a.
In the final matches for the Dwight
F. Davis International Lawn Tennis
cup In England, II. l.. Doherty de-
feated Larned, ca, sc, 6-S, ca,
GO. In the second match Holcombe
Ward was to have played s. II, Smith,
but w. ]. Clothier was substituted.
Smith won. 3-6, 6--1, ca. 6-3
f. Nichols Temeraire has been
| chosen as the challenger for the Can.
| ada cup, now held by the Rochester
| Yacht club. The races for possession
OF the cup will begin Aug. IL off On
tario beach, near Rochester, Teme-
raire was designed by Fyffe, the
Scotch expert.
| George Dixon. for many years the
| greatest little fighter for his inches in
| the world, Is soon to return TO Ameri-
ca, the scene of his former ring tri
umphs The colored boy will come
back to the United States when Con
gresham Timothy ID, Sullivan returns
from abroad
Edward Heaton and Annette Kel
herman failed in an attempt to swim
the English channel Heaton became
i'll after six hours swimming. Miss
Kellerman was overcome by seasick
ness after Ave hours. but had outdis
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The salary list of the st. Joseph
team has been reduced about $500 a
month.
The Omaha Bee says Shipke's equal
as third baseman never wore an
Omaha uniform.
Herman Long, the ex-Tiger, has a
great hitting aggregation at Des
Moines. Six of his regulars are hit
ting above 900.
The greatest right fielder in the
league, claims an Omaha paper, is Car.
ter, of Omaha. This worthy has been
hitting the ball and has been putting
up a sensational fielding game.
Pitcher Bill Hoffer has signed ia
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l, people and the rest of the world
more than two months in absolute
rrsnce of the plans and where
nuts Of the combined naval forces
be empire. AS one somewhat ia
Ear with the enigmatical features of
k,snese character, | believe that in
haunting for this marvellous strate-
achievement large place must
gwen to the persistent esotericism
|kh forms SO marked a characteris-
dthe whole nation.
Japan esotericism is a fine art.
b In the West the word reminds us
Of Buddhistic cults or the occult
Eies of the late Madam Blatvat-
Elut in Japan the word stands for
eiself. A not inconsiderable ex-
kSnce among the natives of Dali
Epn leads me to the conviction that
{J always have secrets to keep, and
p none knows better how to keep
ftm. The humblest citizen of Toxic
absolutely silent on any question
Z deems none of the foreigners bust
F;ss, and there is everywhere among
Pc people persistent and inscrutable
'stcence on all matters of which it is
bought the foreigner may disapprove.
tbs obtains more so on questions un-
lH The ban of the censor.
No ofense in the category of crime
deemed worthy of more condign
Vnlshment than the giving away of
ecrets, or even intermeddling with
aem' One of the greatest Ministers
State, Viscount Mort, who had
raced the office of Plenipotentiary at
le Court OF st. James and also as
mister al Washington, was stabbed
death by government clerk for
sElng to push aside with his cane
lrlaln that guarded the secret cham
Ct where only priest might gaze
The repose of the imperial ances-
VS. In Japan the secrets of the
FAD are as inviolable as those of the
wing.
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John Cancel last week refused to
join the New Yorks.
Clark Griffith decided not to add
Catcher Slattery to his staff
Old Man Orth continues to pitch
good ball for the Highlanders.
The Cleveland papers unite in prais-
ing the work Of Johnson's new umpire,
Conner.
Comiskey says Washington is on the
baseball map merely to give men
heart disease.
Lajoies fielding average up to the
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monial with 200 signatures exonerat-
ing him from responsibility for the
late slump of the Joplin team and
charging the disaster to the club
owners. Catcher Baerwald succeeds
Fillman as manager.
Red Davis has quit the Sedalia
team of his own accord. He has
gone back to railroading on the Katy.
The big sorrel top is one of the headi'
est ball players in the business. He
is an allround ball player, and OF that
kind he Is the best in the league. He
thinks that there is more money in
railroading than in baseball.
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art and okugi, inner ,,s..., .
nave a nigh place in all achievement
i. is not only question Of adr,sa
plil'y or of delicacy and good tasto =
out the national way of doirg thinus
ana IN times of war. at least bas
proved most efficient factor not only
IN concealing plans from the enemy
out IRON the whole world
Influenced by shintoism.
A second influence under ,,h;o, ant.
historic inheritance from China has
oeeh developed and employed is ESQ.
terlc Shintoism. The adherent of tbis
ialth believes that the human shirt
never dies, but under the influence NJ
.he gods, is in constant circulation on
oehalt OF men. Every Japanese IL
open to the influence of these ances.
tral spirits, because, being n son Of
heaven, he is no less holy than his
nelghbors. Esoteric Shintoism teaches
that the ancestral spirits can be made
10 circulate for particular ends. and in
TINS way the Emperor can make the
Infinite myriads of the unreasonable
past permeate the finit human forces
of to-day.
IL Is difficult for us to realize or
even appreciate the apparently super.
human courage with which a man is
inspired who believes that the infinite
life of the past is pouring itself out
through him for the defense of his an.
cestral shores. Depend upon it, this
accounts in no small measure for the
unexampled' bravery and patriotism OF
the Japanese soldier. Let any who
doubt this read the imperial message
to Admiral Togo. where in his Majesty
takes occasion to say, I'VE are GLAD
that by the loyalty of our officers and
men, we have been able to respond tc
the spirits of our ancestors to which
the Admiral duly replies, THAT we
have gained a success beyond our ex
pectation is due to the brilliant virtue
of your Majesty and to the protection
of the spirits of your imperial ances
tors, and not to the action of any hu
man being"
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time he was taken III was .99l. Is II
any wonder that Cleveland misses
him?
In Washington's victory over Chi
cago on July II long Tom Hughes won
his first game from the Sox in two
years.
The st. Louis club has recalled the
clever young shortstop, Charles Starr
from the Ohio Works team of Youngs-
town, Ohio.
Clarke Griffith is looking for the
hoodoo Injuries to Chase and Dough-
ertv have added more gray hairs on
The Old FoX's pate.
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Pitcher of the Boston National League Club.


play with Des Moines Hoffer was dis
satisfied with his salary and at the
first of the present season quit the
game. but has returned to the field
Arthur Hoelskoetter, who was ship
ped back to Denver by Cincinnati in
the spring after 1t seemed certain he
had won the extra infielders job from
Al Bridwell, is hitting the ball hard
for the Grizzlies. His fielding. which
always has been one of his good points
continues high class.
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japanese Keep Secrets
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ls of the greatest naval and
s,rategists of the world are
Nl , S interested in solving the
If the phenomenal successes
sn en- i in the Far Eastern conflict.
'pan.wbelming victory in the
Wv Tsushima. annihilating one
soest fleets of modern times,
y. an explanation. 1t is easy to
III, poiestvensky simply placed
I ~, % tbe hands of Togo, and the
E. ..n,d not have been other than
~ This. however, does not
rbv the brilliant Russian adj
y. Lied into the trap with appar-
saon ewes. AS a matter of fact,
4, rot know there was trap, for
~ tined or was led to believe,
me- Japanese feet was miles
,rom its actual position. This
\, Inf adds to the mystery.
y question now is not AS to the
,iOr fighting ability of the Japan
hnt how the imperial government
,hle successfully to accomplish
,rnrecedented fact of keeping its
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Vue 10 Two. Influences.

inls esoteric tendency Of the Japa-
aese mind, which has played so con-
'Icuous and important part in their
rdSl social and political history and in
Ielr recent victories over Russia, is
uae TO two influences that for centu-
ue0 nave been running as united
sleam through the minds of the peo-
'e, bearing them on its way.
II is undoubtedly, first of all, a char
s''eristic inherited from China, where
a as the remote past, by the institu-
u'us OF gmlds and other secret bands,
He inner life of the people becomes
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-,l...lnn carneale,s Example.

Norris X. Jessup, the New ION ION
, Mo,,a is emulating the example exam PIE
m''l AUdrew Carnegie by giving S2o'Ooo
to the town of WestpoTt D ,o"rr was
or erect a public library. West ,po hn TI1
cree Mr. n Jessup's home and the % Du ,ho
once Nh ,ntSuded as a memorial for the
Ing mn ~ family. The town agreed .so 10
appropriate a $1,000 annually io' w
hrarv's maintenance
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Family Is the Unit.

In another and no less effective way,
also, does this faith tend to perfecting
the Japanese soldier In that country
the family, not the individual, is the
unit of the nation. He is taught from
childhood to sink his individuality in
his family, and that of his family in
the nation. If you ask nlm how old he
is, do not be surprised if he answers
four or five hundred years, meaning
his family; as for himself, he has no
individual existence or age. Japan is
a nation of families. and the whole ma
ton is one family. In the language o.
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kns' tbe mntineers of the Krlaz 70,
tem iS to which the poet ovid was p ond
Town ~ Nv the Emperor Augustus anu
where he died.
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no s Vs., a mystery to the foreigner, and
devil +, mem nothing but white
M There it stands as wall that
shlo uuihg curiosity mas yet been
and w, W pierce. International honesty
dav beuuihe brotherhood may some
nacr - eaA 1t down, but so far diplo
sacrea mas signally failed to enter the
',nan precincts. AS in China so in
,n, ue oracular words, hidden,
tradition; hijutsu. secret
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FOR IDENTIFYING ROPE.
Means Used in British Naval Service and
in This Country Commercially.

Every rope used in the British naval
service, from heaving line to hawser. and
wherever it may be used. on shipboard
or in dockyard." said cordage manufac-
turer has woven into one of its strands
for purposes of Identification Il red
thread. The presumption is that any
rope with the red thread found outside
of such uses is in improper hands. This
custom in the British navy has prevailed
since the days of Nelson, or since long
before that for ought | know.
"A like means of identifying rope is
employed in this country to some extent
commercially. Some railroads have their
rope marked in this was, and this meth
cd is sometimes employed for marking
rope used for the transmission of power
in operating machinery and on lighters,
where it might be exposed to depreda-
ton.
Ropes have been marked with n sin
gle red thread or with two red threads,
or with single threads of some other
color as distinctive mark of ownership;
we have marked ropes with single
tarred thread. We would mark ropes in
any manner which might be desired on
large orders. New York Sun.