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beyond the bar where the incoming waves
break and roar on the shingly beaches. The
fish are there, swimming back and forth, or
watching in some small hole, generally hum
cry and ready to bite. According to cir
cumstances. the angler may have to wait
long or he may get his bite soon. In any
case, the bass secures good hold, for 1t Is
his habit to dart swiftly after his game and
seize 1t tightly. After being hooked. then
comes the long tussle of firing the fish out
and dragging him to the beach against
terrific struggles that last sometimes half
an hour. The fisherman must be quick Of
eye and strong of thumb on the reel. or his
line will be spent and snapped like piece
of thread. Like the black bass of the fresh
waters, the sea bass is fighter. and he
will dash in every direction, trying fifty
different directions in as many seconds. No
tarpon or tuna with his fierce run to the
sea can possibly afford so much sport to
the angler as the striped bass. BY degrees
he Is wearied out, and then comes the long
pull to the beach, and his final landing,
when the fisherman. by a quick grab, seizes
him by the tail and drags him bodily from
the water, wriggling and squirming, upon
the sand
larger specimen than his striped cousin. His
jaws are strong enough to crush oysters or
clans. and the lobster is as nothing in his
capacious nav. The red drum. though
larger and possibly more ready to bite, is
not so game the striped bass, and is gen.
orally easier landed. However because of
their weight they are a tough proposition
when it comes to getting them in from the
break of the surf to the shore. Some Of
these fish weigh 100 pounds. and the Maine
fishermen are said to have landed speci-
mems Of sixty pounds this season.
The chief PECULIARLY of this form of sport
is that the tackle used is not essentially
different from that employed for eight
pound weak fish. The rods are small but
strong, and the lines. smells and hooks are
of the best quality. but not necessarily
heavier. The single exception is the reel
seat, which must be of. steel and heavier
than that used in ordinary fishing Other
wise the line will be broken and the game
lost. .-, ~ ..
Surf fishing is probably the most exciting
sport known to the Atlantic coast. The
angler has not only the fish. but the sea. to
fight. The surges roll and sometimes nearly
engulf him the undertow at times makes
his footing insecure. and In the places where
the game fish abound there are other huge
things which the fisherman would rather
not meet, but they take his hook and must
he dealt with. Sharks, skates and stinga-
rees hunt for food along the surf the
bass do and are caught in the same man
ner. A story is told of two surf fishermen
standing waist deep in the water on Long
Beach, L. l., who hooked six big sharks in
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was kept popular from 1879 to 1885 by the
efforts of the Harlem Hare and Hounds
Club. This was the foundation of the sue
cess of athletics and brought out such we'll
known track performers as E. c. Carter,
pete" Skillman, Charles c. Hughes. ]. H.
Miller, Benny" Williams and G. Y. Gilbert
Frequently two hundred athletics would en-
gage in a moonlight cross-country run from
one clubhouse to another. where refresh
ments were served, and it was this inter-
change of courtesies that helped along the
sport.
An effort to boom athletics was made by
the New York Athletic Club in the early
nineties, when a team of English athletes
was brought to this country to meet a
picked team of the Mercury Foot organiza-
tion. The meeting was held on the Mar
haitian Field and the New York Athletic
Club won easily. No second attempt was
made, as the Britishers We're under con-
tract to the New York Athletic Club and
refused to compete in the A. A. u. or other
games AS the experiment was a failure
the Americans turned their attention to the
development of home talent
From 1895 athletics began to wane and
Tor nearly decade interest tagged
Many prominent athletic organizations
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clubs were flourishing. In and around New
York the roster included New York Athletic
Club. Manhattan Athletic Club, Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club, West Sde
American, Williamsburg, afterward Brook
lyn; Elizabeth Athletic Club, Staten
Island, Montclair of New Jersey. Short
Hills. Jersey City, Clintons of Brooklyn,
Pastimes, Stars. Harlem. Unions of Brook
lyn Entire Nous, Adelphites and old Scot
tish Americans. Detroit. Chicago. st. Louis.
New Orleans. Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco each had one good club.
Unlike other branches of athletics. the Of
fcials in field and track sports are not paid
for their services, and among those who
gave up valuable time without compensa-
ton for the sport We're James E. Sullivan,
Charles Dieges, MaXey Moore, Charles H.
Sheriff., Daniel Stern Harry Buermeyer,
Father Biz Curtis, William Robinson
Evert Jansen Wendell and others who had
been conspicuous by their successes in the
field of athletics. Cross-country running
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Athletic Meets in the Army.

AS a result of the depletion of the army
transportation fund 1t has been decided to
dispense with the usual department and
division athletic meets in the army during
the present fiscal year unless such meets
can be carried out without drawing upoa
the transportation fund. The appropriate
ton for that fund this year is about a
per cent less than usual
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INTEREST IN CRICKET

set apart for the contest, so that If the
scoring on both sides proves to be at all
heavy a draw will in all likelihood result
After leaving New York the Englishmen
will play matches at Toronto on August Z.
y and 9; at Ottawa. August 10, IL and II;
at Montreal, August IA and Is; at Quebec.
August 16 and II.
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MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE GOING IN FOR ATHLETICS


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~ HE athletic army of the United
States numbers 100000, or nearly
one-eighth OF the entire population
u Of the country To the uninitiated
these figures are staggering and
surpass the widest dreams of those
responsible for the introduction of ath-
Ictics in America. This enormous army
has been developed In about three decades
and has done much toward the placing of
the United States in the foremos; ranks of
The nations of the world As peace hath
her victories no less renowned than wal"
SO the athletic victories of ou.' modern glad
iaturs carry a corresponding value to those
secured by diplomacy. commercjalism and
war. The desire to excel is Inherent in the
American citizen, ana the natural inclina-
ton to indulge in physical exercise has
bulit up a nation of Drawn and muscle of
which President Roosevelt is one of the
chief eXponents.
Athletics is not a fad. It is part of The
education of every American schoolboy,
from the public schools to the leading coll
legeS and universities, and as much atten-
tion is now devoted to the development of
the body as to the cultivation of the mind.
For thirty years efforts have been made to
explain the advantages of a healthy mind,
hut the majority of the last generation
were 700 busy making money to pay much
attention to healthful invigorating exercise,
and it was not until the schoolboys took up
athletic sports that the real benefits accru-
Ing from II were generally recognized. AL
though the growth and development had
been general for many years, it was not
until the last two or three years that the
progress became phenomenal, ard the
cent revival In athletic sports will form one
of the most remarkable pages in American
history.
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While the New York Athletic Club indoor
meet marked the first real start in ath-
letics, the boom really began in and around
New York in 1876 when the same organiZa-
ton held the first cross-country run in
America. Paper chases and the old Eng
lish sport of hare and hounds had for
years been popular. yet no previous effort
had been made to hold an organized meet
ing which should embrace all the features
of run across country.
The cross country run was known as the
National Championship and was held at
the Mott Haven grounds. At this time the
New York Athletic Club made all the ath-
letic laws in the country and defined the
status and qualifications of an amateur
athlete 'rhe formative period of the club
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Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, July 29.-With the ap-
proach of the engagement between the
Metropolitan District Cricket League and
the eleven of the famous Marylebone
Cricket Club Of London, at Livingston. s.
l., on August 4 and 5, expectations among
followers of the game are running high.
The players chosen to meet the invading
host are practicing with might and main,
and those in charge of the preliminary ar
rangements are leaving nothing undone to
make the eventful occasion a memorable
one. Not in the history Of the game has 1t
before happened that the Marylebone
Cricket Club, familiarly known as 1.-The
M. c. c." and worldwide in it's influence
as far as the interests of England's ma
uonal paStime are concerned, deigned to
favor this country by selecting represen-
tatiwe team from among its five thousand
members and sending 1t to these shores for
any scalps that might be considered worth
the capture. Even if they are soundly
thrashed as is not at all improba ble judg-
ing from the result of most of previous in
ternational matches played here New
forded to break a lance with the foreigners
and will try to make the most of the op-.
portunity. come what may.
The Marylebone c. c., which boasts King
the lord chief justice to its presidency, of
course experienced little trouble in getting
together what may be termed serviceable
team to cross the Atlantic, although no
special effort made to make up any
thing like an all-England combination. The
volunteers who decided to brave the dan
gers of the deep and pay their respects to
Uncle Sam, landing in New York after
protracted voyage on board the steamship
Carpathia on July d. were the following:
E. w. Mann tcaptaim, H. C. Mcdonnell,
L. ]. Moon, r. T. Godsell, H. j. Wyld, X.
o. Hunter. G. G. Napier, NJ w. Payne,
F. A. H. Henley, ". A S. Stow c.. H.
Eyre. F. ]. ". Hopley and r. c. w. Burn
thirteen, all told.
~
Upon his arrival Capt. Mann was ex-
tremely dubious about his teams chances
in the first test match with. All-PhiladeI-
phia, scheduled to begin at Mannheim the
very next morning, much too soon for the
Englishmen' to regain their land legs and
do themselves full justice. His anxiety.
however, proved to have been unfounded,
for on Saturday. after playing short time.
with the Quakers at the bat, the elements
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came to their rescue and rain put off play
until the following Monday, an additional
day of rest being thus secured. Not only
that but the condition of the turf, drenched
by the downpour was such as to handicap
the swift American bowlers and impair
their effectiveness. Thus it came about
that the IN. c. c." survived the ordeal OF
first encounter on foreign territory and
scored a brilliant victory by seven wickets.
The return match now under way and con-
cluding Monday will no doubt thoroughly
test the caliber of the American champions,
as the cricketers in the City of Brotherly
Love are recognized to be-
l.. j. Moon, F. j. V. Hopley. r. T. God
sell, E. w. Mann and M. w. Payne did
most of the run-getting for the English
men in the opening match of the series,
while G. G.. Napier, X. o. Hunter, H. G.
Mcdonnell and F. A. H. Henley were respon-
sible for the bulk of the bowling.
Believing that the visitors might wish to
play with twelve on a side. the Metropoli-
tan District Cricket League selected an
even dozen representatives from the vari-
Gus clubs comprising the organization, in
Guiding the Brooklyn Cricket Club. Kings
County Cricket Club and the Staten Island
Cricket and Tennis Club. Capt. Mann of
the English team. on the other hand an
nounced his intention of adhering to the
customary eleven. and accordingly the
league, unwilling to accept any odds as
were conceded to the Colts of Philadel-
phia in the second match of the series dur
ing the week, will drop one of its players
ana meet the Billions on even TERMS, Will
out fear OF favor. The New York list COM
prises the following well known willow ex-
perts:
NJ r. Cobb. captain; F. F. Kelly, c. p.
Hurdtch, c. H. Clarke, A G. Laurie and
E. H. L. Steinthal, all of the Staten Island
Cricket and Tennis Club; ]. L. Poyer, A,
s. Durrant and Archie Brown of the Brook
iyn Cricket Club; G. W. Barnes. E.. f.
Reece and J. P. Stuart of the Kings County
Cricket Club.
This Is practically the same team that
served out such a hollow defeat to the team
of Bermudans that visited this country dur
Ing last month, and strong hopes are enter
tanned that the same form in evidence on
that occasion will contribute to the undo
ing of the Englishmen. On this score natu-
rally no one is over sanguine, yet the un-
certainty of the game of cricket is equal
to all emergencies. In any event, visitors
to the scene of the match will receive an
unusual treat no matter which side may
win, and large vonvourse of crieketers is
looked for at the pretty grounds of the
Staten Island Club. Only two days. Fri
day and Saturday Of next week, have been
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lures of the club. A track secured in
1871 at 18th street and Harlem river which
was the scene of many athletic meets.
Here the ''Old Guard of athleticism met
in competition among them being Father
Bill' Curtis, Harry Buermeyer, Albert II.
Curtis, Waldo Sprague, Kenney and Bah
cock.
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Field and track athletics offer the best
system of physical development. Boys are
educated to It by experience. They watch
the performances of the matured athletes
and imbibe the desire to emulate or sur
pass their work on field and track. In this
they are encouraged by schools and col
leges. When they in turn graduate from
active athletic competition they continue
to exercise in milder form in such sports
as golf tennis cricket, racquet, bowling,
rowing. yachting. base ball and kindred
pastimes and games.
II is in the remarkable growth of the
amateur athletic union where the revival
of athletics is so apparent. For ten years
there was lull In track sports, but the
progress during the past two years sur
passes all previous records. The total mem
bership in the Amateur Athletic Union is
ninety-three, with S5,539 active athletes on
the rolls. These clubs are distributed
throughout the United States, and can show
clear title to property to the value OF
Sl2OlT.oJo. There are $50 clubs and ath-
letic organizations in this country. includ-
ing universities, colleges. schools ard inde
pendent clubs with an active membership
of 10000 and a valuation of property OF
100000. This enormous sum includes
such properties as the Yale, Harvard,
Pennsylvania and Chicago University stad-
tums. which have been constructed at tre
mendOuS cost; club houses, training quar-
ters and athletic fields which are used in
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having been assured, other clubs were rap
idly formed throughout the country. The
Manhattan Athletic Club. second only to
the New York Athletic Club in size and
wealth, was founded in 1877 and was the
first club to send athletes to England, but
bad management crippled 1t until it was
finally disbanded. The American Athletic
Club was another important organization
Ii came from the Young Mems Christian
Association gymnasium. The Staten Island
Athletic Club and others sprung up like
mushrooms and are fiourishing at the pres
ent day: the most important of these rap
idly gained a strong foothold while the
others grew slowly.
In 1879 the National Association of Anna
teur Athletes was organized with seven or
eight clubs. and the New York Athletic
Club turned over to this body the executive
work of the leading athletic body in the
United States and the right to control ath-
letics. This association continued in power
until 1SSS when a new body was organ
lied under the title of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union, and a bitter fight followed.
There were two National championship
meetings in this year-National Association
OF Amateur Athletes in New York and the
first Amateur Athletic Union at Detroit
but the two bodies settled their differences
in the following year, and since that time
the Amateur Athletic Union has been the
controlling element in athletics. This
marked the first revival of athletics and
ran for several years, with the New York
Manhattan and Knickerbocker Athletic
Clubs the local guiding spirits
The first interscholastic meeting was held
on the old Manhattan Athletic Club grounds
at Sth avenue and seth street In 1882 From
that time the movement in athleticism has
been an interesting proposition. At this
time not more than twenty-five athletic
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-04-07
BOOK LOVERS CLUB.

The Book Lovers Club is one
of the most helpful secular or
ganizatlons in the city. The Reading
Room, which IS an offspring OF the
club, is one of the most valuable insti-
lutions of its kind, considering its cost
to the public, there is anywhere. The
work of the club is to open avenues OF
advancement intellectually and socially,
to Its members and visiting guests at
their Wednesday afternoon meetings by
discussing the current events of the
week and the study of some
topic of general interest. and
further to raise funds BY self taxation
and other means with which to pun :
chase books for the Reading Room and
to maintain it. The chject of the club
Is to finally build Up and In intain
first class and complete library. from
which books on any worthy topic may
be had for the public use of our citi-
zens. Over 500 volumes of splendid
books have been obtained and new
hooks are constantly arriving. The
library or Reading Room. which is
open every THURSDAY, afternoon, affords
an avenue of intellectual advancement
impossibleto OBTAIN In any other way.
The great good accomplished and that
possible to be accomplished. cannot be
ascertained, but 1t is surely very great,
Every citizen should aid in every
possible way this noble work, which is
accomplished in the main :.v sacrifices
on the part of the members for the sole
benefit Of the public. Go to this Read
ing Room next Thursday afternoon,
look over the many books you Will
find there, then consult yourself about
taking one of them home with you
to read, The club gives an entertain
ment Monday night, April "a, at Hay
Long College, for the benefit of the
Reading Room, and every CITIZEN
should attend. You will get your
moneys worth.
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transplanted in the lawns. AS the city
grows In size 1t grows more beautiful.

| transplanted in the lawns. AS the city
grows In size it grows more beautiful.
| A prominent phosphate man who is
! generally taken as authority on phos.
/ phate figures, statistics, etc /, has figured
out that there is in the Mt. Pleasant
/, field over millions tous of phosphate
rock vet 10 dig besides the rock left in
| the over-burden when mining first be-
gan here, and estimates that it will take
/ fully % years to exhaust the supply.
| MIR. q. W. Blasedel will erect a
handsome frame residence on the Tom
Harris place between Messrs. Nit
Hunters and John Hildreth's resi-
dences on South Main street. The
foundation is being laid now and a
good share of the lumber is on the
ground.
Among the many stockmen of this
! CITY and vicinity who attended the stock
show at Columbia Monday were
M essrs. Tom Alexander, Alex Kilt ell,
| G. A. Brownlow, Frank Lyon, Harris
| Long, Ed Kindle, Mick Hardy, Will II
i Long, DIR. G. y. Clark, Will A. Gray
aud DIR. J. s. Hill. Mr.. Alexander sold
one fine animal for $3.50 and Alex Kit
trell called for $225 for another and got
| it,
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ject of the duty of the parent In the
training of the child. using as his text,
Train up child in the way he
should co. and when he is old, he will
not depart from 1t, Prov. 1915. He
quoted scripture as proof that a child
must be punished for sin and dis
obedience, otherwise there is great and
consequent danger Of the child being
ruined or lost. The sermon was one
of much power and should go home to
every parent and be a guide to them
in the great problem of the training of
the child. There was a large and
attentive audience present to hear the
sermon and to attend communion
services
Reading services were held at the
Episcopal church sunday and were
we'll attended
A splendid audience greeted the
pastor, Rev. T. r. Curtis at the Meth
odist church, to hear his excellent and
impressive sermon on Sunday morning
and at night also
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-04-07
TRUST BUSTIN IN KANSAS.

Arthur .Ruhl writes IN Golfers fol
April on Busting Trusts in Kan.
sas. /" Among the graphic pictures be
presents are legislators who do the
busting and the stalwaIt Governor
who superintends the job. or. the
Legislature he says:
You go up into the Capitol to the
chambers where the trust busters have
done their busting. Through the win
dows the legislators can look out be-
yond the town to the coInstalks and
yellow prairie, to the sweet blue rib.
bon of the Kaw. They can almost
imagine they see beyond the horizon te
their own homes and farms, and hear
their restless constituents round the
cracker barrels urging them to hurry
up and bspiu to bust. It's a long, long
way to 26 B oadway; far in the dim
and distant East il the home of Stand
ard Oil. No oveIpowering skyscrapers
here, no sulIen city roar, no wall
Street." no system" no sphinx
suites of grouud-giass off ;es and regi.
tnents of roll-tOp DESKS When you try
to bust trust down Eagt. you have to
content W DC iOu0SOn0-tuO USoe
people, don't know you, subsiZed
newspaper editors laugh at you and say
wickedly clever things. The best you
can do is to grow Henry Clay scalp
lock, write letters TO the yellow papers,
and hope for revolution. But it's
different out IN Kansas. Here trust
busting's in the ar. All the hest
people, are busters. 1t is a profession
worth while--a duty as patriotic as
that of throwing the tea overheard into
Boston Harbor. Under the gray dome
of the Topeka Capitol, the State seems
one great family. the statesmen, pater
familias, and the trust, the vicious
rattlesnake wriggling into the 'front.'
yard. So the Legislature grabs up its
club and snites, and when the session
is over, gives cheer, presents the
Speaker with a. cut-glass ice-water
service and goes back to the tall grass
to be met at the station by joyful con.
stituents and carried home upon their
shoulders
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CRAZY MAN THRILLS CROWD
climbs to Top of Tall Flagpole at Gil.
roy, Cal, and Does Some Haz-
aroous Stunts.

San Jose Cal.-The residents Of Gilroy
were treated the other day to an athletic
feat more hazardous and thrilling than
any ever seen at fair or circus. The
performer was John Silvera, young
man who resides near the town, and
who suddenly became demented.
Before any one could restrain him,
Silvera, with mani4c's cry, climbed up
the city Flagstaff and verched at the top
! most point, some 1876 feet above the
ground. From his lofty perch Silvera
for two hours defed the crowd which
gathered below and refused to come
down.
At times he amused himself by spin
ming the great weather vane which sur.
mounts the f1agpole, alternating thia
pastime with feats of hazardous balanc-
ing which fairly made the blood of the
spectators run cold in anticipation of q
tragedy. He hung by his legs from the
crosstree and proceeded to disrobe to
the waist, throwing his garments to the
ground as he removed them.
When Silveras crazy within had passed
he slid down the fiagpole head foremost
and was at once taken into custody by
Deputy Sheriff White, who had been
patiently awaiting his descent. He
was brought to this city and placed In
the insane cell at the city Jail to await
examination as to his sanity.