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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
Who Are RoWdies2

w his head and takes one long
lingering swipe at fellow
player or a baseball fan the "nasty
nice' sport writers-the trimmers and
salve spreaders-make a tremendous
howl about "rowdyism.' When the
'steemed head Of the league, no matter
what circuit it may be, imposes fine
on the player these bootwipers in sport
writing lead off their Sunday "edi-
torial' with the assertion that "Presi-
dent Soakum is to be commended for
his firm stand against rowdyism in the
peanut league.'
This sort of thing has come to be so
odorous as to have the power to pursue
a civet cat out of sewer.
To begin with, ball players-profes-
sional players-are only human. Be-
meath the tan Of the sun and the dirt
Of the diamond they are actuated by
all OF the major passions which sway
men. They have their likes and dis
likes, their joys and griefs. They love,
hate, aspire and despair along with the
common lot. Because they chance to
wear striped stockings, chosen by the
managers, and get dirty in sliding to
bases thru the dust, is no sign that they
are men beyond the pale or of race
apart.
There are ball players who are row
dies thru birth, thru environment and
thru choice. On the other hand there
are lot of clean living, manly young
chaps to be found on professional base
ball teams. The only difference be-
tween the men on the field and the men
in the stands lies in the garb.
When player boots ball or strikes
out he feels worse over it than does the
man in the stand who is merely
"squeezing'' for the team to win. The
} bread and butter of the player depends
upon his performance upon the field
J and in the box. The man in the stand
l has nothing more at stake than pas
sion to see the home team win. It has
1 come to be a too common practice fol
. men in the stands-men who know bet
2 ter-to take advantage Of the security
| Of the screen and the difficulty of de
/. lection in crowd to hurl insults of al
r sorts and vituperation upon the heac
g of a player who has made a mistake o,
used bad judgment. Players are called
r vile names and "bawled out' daily
3 The players have no recourse, no chanc'
|, of getback. The playing rules for
t bids them to have anything to do will
J. any patron Of the park while gam
y is in progress. The foul-mouthed brig
g ade takes advantage Of this fact t.
s heap abuse on the heads of defenseles
= Players.
It requires no bravery for man t.
j. sit in crowd where the chances ar
S 100 to l against his detection and baw
i out insults at a player on the field
/ to man whose back is turned. It i
g a rather cheap bit of business an.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
A FAIRER GAME
How the Sport Has Been Improved on
It's Ethical Side-Au Dona That Gan
Be Done.

OS3ASs
Briefly, the legislation affecting the ethical
lows: The rules have been made more definite;
another official has been added; all officials
are empowered to penalfze foul play; the pen
aities have been increased; the wording Of the
of thirty illustrations calculated to secure a
more uniform enforcement Of the rules; hur-
ding has been limited. protection Is afforded
those players who are required to handle the
tunity for mean play along the rush line has
been reduced by keeping the two lines farther
apart; foul play is penalized by disqualification
and loss OF distance instead by loss of distance
opening up the game and making it more visi-
BILE; the recommendation has been made that
players disqualified for foul play twice In
the same season shall not be permitted to play
on officials has been appointed to help in secur-
ing better officials and more uniform cour-
ageous and strict Interpretation of the rules.
Based on these provisions, it is my opin-
ion that everything has been done that can
be done by rule, to clean up the present game
By this E. do not mean to say that there will
that would be absurd. for long as football re-
mains a game Of personal contact and shock
action there are bound to be Individual lapses
in temper and fairness, but 1 do maintain that
under the new rules the Objectionable features
should be reduced to a minimum. The rules
are clear, it is for the coaches, trainers and
players to abide by them in letter and in
spirit, and for the public to stand by the off.
that will not tolerate shady work Of any sort.
Turning now to the technical side Of the
game. we find ourselves confronted with a
bewildering mass Of new Legislation. This IN
affecting the five center positions Of the often:
sive rush line. the forward pass, the on-side
kick, and, finally, the restrictions on hurdling,
tackling and the interlocking Of legs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

marks the man who does it as a moral
coward and .loafer. The players are
schooled to pay no attention to these
insults but at times they are so fragrant
and maddening that the man on the
diamond marks down his tormenter and
thrashes him.
Then the howl goes up. The presl-
dent Of the league bristles in righteous
wrath like setter pup stalking rab.
bit. The space writers gain small beer
and sandwich money thru yelling
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
B 9 q L s and 3 q O S. T S
by THE DUTCH UNCLE


Minneapolis lost game over there
Thursday thru the ability Of the saints
to clout the ball against the fence. One
side Of a certain pole means two
Dagger. Ten inches to the other side
it is single or home-run nobody but
Larry Hodgson ever knows which. It
is not uncommon for the right fielder to
throw men out at first base, and stabs
that would mean singles in a decent
park are good for several squares.
The crowd is bumped up along the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
That st. Paul Park.

~ ASEBALL in downtown park
in st. Paul ism It a smile-it g a
- minstrel show and three wild
whoops combined. It is small wonder
that the st. Paul players show up SO
well in the batting averages. If they
played the majority Of their games on
a decent ground the saints hitting
would tumble like an egg rolling down
the pant-leg Of one Of Joe O'Brien g
umpires. 49,.
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base to stoop over and tie his shoe
lace.
If St. Paul is in the American associa-
tion next season the other high and
mighty magnates should make George
Lennon promise to get a new ball park
or even play the games at Lexington
park. The latter scheme would mean
more money to George as most of the
Minneapolis-St. Paul games are at
tended by 80 per cent Minneapolis peo-
pie and it would not take them 80 far
away from home.
Lexington park is rough but 1t is big
enough for our nifty outaeld to hustle
beneath the long flies which 60 as two
and three-baggers on the pillbox park:
Playing ball in downtown park is like
attempting to bowl in a sugar barrel.
It might be possible if the park was
turned over on one side not as long
as it stands on end as at present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
A Milwaukee Opinion.

IN HERE is one scribe in Milwaukee
who is not afraid to speak his
H little speech when he thinks a
mistake has been made, even tho his
friends have erred. It is Tommy An
drews Of the Evening Wisconsin, and
his shot at the recent trouble in Min
eapolis follows: ,.
The mixups between umpires and players and
also between the magnates Of the rival factions
in the American association have not been con-
ducive to u resumption Of friendly relations
between the eontending forces. The result has
been to further estrange the maEnates and
It would not be surprising to hear Of q
smashup at any time In the association. Such
conditions cannot go on forever, even in base
ball, and the time Is coming when there must
be change of some kind 1t seems that the
only way to bring about settlement of the
whole affair is to have faction get hold
of one of the clubs from its rival and do away
with the deadlock that has existed for the
past week two. There have been strenuous
times during the past week in the baseball
| sphere Of the association and the chances are
that it will tend to bring about readjustment
of affairs sooner than expected President Joe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

age. Granting the fact that under the 10:
yard rule the average gain per rush would
ing that weaker defence will contribute toward
this increase. still do not think that it can be
attempts it must overcome a number of handi,
caps which are almost certain to be incurred
during the progress OF the bail over any con.
the possibilities of fouls or the loss of distance
that might be sustained in given down thru
ponents to check the play, we find that the
average distance per down increases In an over
whelmi1g measure For example #. after hay,
of the next down fumbles but retains the ball
at the same spot, that team must in each Of
sueS have make
as much in single rush as teams OF the past
haT bsn be to to a IN
against their equals have seldom been able to
I Hind Or Without tumble or check which has
q + th kick or os ss pa
be recovered Tfis same risk win prevail next
fall. but the penalty will be even greater there
carry the ball down the field SUCCESSFULLY by
mass play alone.
ss dds 81 se held be %sasssns that
the defence will permit Of successful advance
by mass play 1t Is hard to see how the same me
within this space it will be possible for the
defensive side to utilize the same defense as
heretofore. This seems likely. since there will
be SO little territory behind the defensive line
| in which the n-side kick or forward pass may
| be ATTEMPTED that It will be unnecessary to
| Case IN nidfeld where the space to be pro
tected was much larger--in word, it seems
quite probable that only one man will be
necessary, or two at the most. for a successful
backaeld protection at this point thereby lsav,
may be, to resume their old positions close
behind the line. If they are anything like
| as effective as they. have heretofore been, 1t
| to make the ten yards. If this argument be
granted me- then, at any rate mass play Will
Yards of a playing field whose total length Is
| ito yards: certainly this will change the game
| in some aspects.
j n1a oaa of fha Ral1 Not So Imnnrtaut
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

with the problem Of opening up the game. some
of them approach it indirectly; that Is to say
they seek to encourage more open; , game by Dy
the 1Oyard rule is easily the most important
indeed it seems to me that it is unag 9 ,n
lation that has been passed this year This is
of course a very sweeping assertion, but I be-
lieve that it is fully warranted by the fact that
Of all the changes which have been proposed
with view to eradication of the evils of the
game this Is the only one which accomplishes
It's especial function without In any way cramp-
Ing the development of the game as whole
To illustrate, it was proposed as means of
backs to stand at least five yards behind the
it will be readily seen, would undoubtedly have
had the desired result. but 1t would also have
done DO the the on to
an extent that there would be little opportun-
ity for variation. and consequently small chance
for the Of ingenuity, which at the present
time forms one Of the most fascinating fea-
lures of the sport 70 -. .a- "a IS
Looking now at the 1o.yard. proposition we see
that it, too, prevents mass play and yet that
1t allows the players to stand where they please
and to adopt any style Of game that they choose,
quifement-that Of gaining ten yards in three
DOWNS or, in other words. Of somehow making
twice as much distance In three attempts "a! as
In short the 10-yard rule forces you to reach
given end, but leaves you to your own de-
vices: while the other plan in forcing you to
Of no alternative. ,&.lE f.
The 1O-yard rule was passed to decrease mass
play. There are many who claim that this
rule will not be effective, maintaining that the
forward pass and the onside kick will so weaken
the defense that mass plays will be used as
often These same persons are. ready
to admit however that with the old defense
intact it would be practically impossible to make
line plays with any degree of success.
In disaereeins with those who take the first
view am quite ready to admit that while II Il
quite probable that we shall see teams making
their ten yards by moss play oceasionaly IL am n
not willing to admit that they Will be able t.
do 1t consecutively enough to warrant them II
| adopting mass play as a backbone Of their of
Tense My reasons for feeling this way are a.
| follows:
Why Mass Play Will Suffer.
First-Mass play Of the modern type was first
introduced In 1900 by Yale. In the Years be
tween 1000 and 1908 this mass play reached its
highest state Of DEVELOPMENT. since during that
time the offence was practically unlimited as tc
! the number Of men which might be brought be
hind the line, and yet with all the power that
! it was thus found possible to assemble 1t was
found impossible TO devise plays which, against
teams Of equal strength. could be counted upon
Ito yield much more than tire JaEda On the aver
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

first and third baseline and what they
say to visiting players would not look
well in print. The whole park is a
tabloid, smashed Up, hammered-down
imitation of ball field SO small that
the center fielder has to go out into the
street to pull on his glove and Ed
Greminger does not have room at third
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

Waddell is as effective against
Cleveland as Bender is Ineffective.
The latter has SO far this season lost
three games to Cleveland. On the other
hand, the maps have made but three
runs off Waddell in the three games
he has pitched against them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

President Carson is out with the
statement that he will not have the
presidency Of the Central again. It
now leaks out that he went into the
race simply to show some Of the knock
ers that he had friends around the
circuit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
GuARDs AND TACKLES
Prohibition Against Their Being Behind
Line Deals Hard Blow at Mass Play.

II the ten-yard rule were my only base Of
argument on this question Of the possibility OF
mass play, should consider my case q strong
one but fortunately have one or two other
measures to consider which 1t seems to me will
make my position almost unbeatable.
The first Of these Is like the ten-yard rule In
one respect; It is another OF the indirect type
OF new Legislation It; too, seeks to gain open
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
NEW PRINCIPLES

Passing on now to the legislation dealing
directly with the opening up Of the play, we
have to deal with several principles wholly new
70 the game. the more important Of which are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

at Minneapolis there would have been no chance
for complaint there. The claim has also been
showed partially when he only fined the Kan
sas City players $40 each for mobbing Umpire
Kane the same day, but from reports received
the Kansas City affair was not nearly 80 serious
as that at Minneapolis.
Mr.. O'Brien has had more than the usual
amount of trouble in handling his umpires this
season, due in measure to the factional feel
ing in the association. He has tried hard to
be upheld in his efforts but while the mag
mates are at loggerheads themselves there will
never be time when the president of the as
ISOLATION can get their united support in his
fight against rowdyism. II the factions are to
continue their warfare it might be we'll to
establish regular schedule Of fines and sus-
pensions for various o1enses and thus make
it possible Tor the president to impose PEN
alties without being accused Of being preju-
diced.
Warm Welcome Here.
~HE kid mayor Of Milwaukee
wants to get funds for an au-
ditorium by holding prize fights
in tent.
If they would let the boxers 20 up
here, in tent, and tent big enough
! to hold the crowds could be found, the
city Of Minneapolis could soon have q
new union station, porte cochere en-
trance to the city up Nicollet avenue
and an auditorium which could be used
for something more than fiddline
stand for bunch Of Polack hair-grow
ers and a, collection Of kiln-dried i'm
ported sopranos giving winter soireet
Of fadeaway music and recitals of chile
and fever melodies.
Here IS a red-hot chance for our OWL
David P. to etep in and beat the Mil
waukee mayor at his own game.
But he won't. -..-... 49,.
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The Loss Of the Ball Not So Important
as Now.

Third-Again. If it be admitted that 1t Will
be harder to make ten yards in three downs
than it was to make five yards in three downs
then it must also be admitted that the ball
Will chAaas hands oftensr. This being the case.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
OPENING UP THE PLAY

CHANGING thru this -1is,ts We are struck by
De fact that while all these proYisins deal
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Continued on Page 4 this seetisa.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-17

Flows Candy, the best made, for sale at the Boss Bakery. tt
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-17
DON'T EXPERIMENT
You will Make No Mistake if YOu
 Follow This n An's Advics
Never peglect your kidneys.


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 Dosn's Kidney Pills is the remedy to use. l. has cured many stubborn cas '. No uerd tr experiment..
 A NJ. Buck, painter, living correr of Ninth ad Map St eets, North Yakima, Wash, says: II cannot speak too highly of that wonderful remedy, Dosu's Kidney Pi Is My experience Sith kidney trouble dates back to the early part of the year, 1891, when had a siege Ufthe grip, which left my Kid ueys iu a very disOrdered condition. l dOcto-ed a great deal aud took treat ment from the leading physicians If St. Paul MiDn., for three months, but only received 8 t.mpOracy relief. Ihe pain was in the sma l of my back and was so bad could no, stoOp CT straighten up without tortue. After coming out here the complaint still c'unR to me until a friend advised me to try Doan's Kidney Pills. did not pay much attention to his advice at the time, because l nad use so many things that l had about lost faith in medicines, but when l saw them advertised last summer, as l WAS badly in need of something to relieve he pain, tried box. It gave me so much relief that i bought more and continued until I took five boxes. They certainly did me an immense amount Ot good, and have no hesitation in recon. mending them to anyone suffering rom any silment pertaining to the kidneys y
 For sale by all dealers, Price 50 cents Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-- and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-17
IN ARIZONA
Dawson Sensational N Wsp
 per Man in Clover

Many people in the north will remem' bsr D. W. Semple. who published the "Gleaner" iu Dawson in 1899. Semple's paper dealt largely in roasts, directed against Canadian officials.
 Just as the doors of the Yukon jail were about to c 'ose upon him for crimi' nal libel, Semp,e disguised himself, gave out the statement that he was gO- ing to the American side by way oi Fortymile, made a start down river one night, mushed as far as Moosehide, turned and back-iracked up the Yukon, past Dawson, and, it is said, grounded she telegraph wires at intervals Of about 30 miles, and laI ded safely at SksgWsy, while the mounted police were trying to locate him.
 The Fairbanks Sunday Times says Semple is now in Bisbee, Arizona. A former resident of Dawson received a letter from him saying he is the owner and editor of the Evening Miner, and is doing well. He speaks in glowing terms of the recent finds of gold and copper, made about isbee and makes claim that it is the greatest copper camp in the world.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-17
ITCHING PAINFUL
 SORES ON HANDS
Suffered for a Long Time Without ReIief-Had Three Doctors and Derived No Beneft-0ne Doctor Was Afraid to Touch Them Soreness Disappeared and Hands Now Smooth After Application of
CUTICURA SOAP AND
 CUTICURA OINTMENT

"For a long time I suffered with sores on the hands which were itching, painful, and disagreeable. l had three doctors and derived no benefit from any of them. One doctor said he was afraid to touch my hands, so you must know how bad they were; an- other said never could be cured; and the third said the sores were caused by the dipping of my hands in water in the dye-hOuse where l work. ! saw in the papers about the wonderful cures of the Cuticura Remedies and procured some of the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, In three days after the application of the Cuticura Ointment my hands began to peel and were better. The sore ness disappeared, and they are now smooth and clean, and l am still working in the dye-house.
 q strongly recommend Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to any one with sore hands, and 1 hope that this letter will be the means of help ing other sufferers. Very truly yours, Mrs. A. E. Maurer, 2340 State St. Chicago, H., July l, l9O5."
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-17
ALASKA'S GREATEST
 CURSE GOING

It now looks as if Alaska's greatest curse, having John c. Brady for gov sruor, is about to be remoyed-not by his res'guiug, voluntarily. but by him being asked to take his missionary rags and quit tue game. Brady has long been a tes,er and rough lock on the advancement and prosperity of Alaska. He may have been a success as sn To- dian missionary, but it wsI fatal mis- take 10 make him governor, and the very worst of it that ten years have been required to find out just how fatal the mistake was-Whitehorse Star,
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-17
ON AGAIN!
Fourth Contest for Kern Cup
 Begins

The fourth contest for the Kern bowling trophy began at Elks' club last night and the defenders, W. W. Ward, E. M..McIntyre.and Ed Barry, won two of the three games played with the chaHengers, J. F.. Barragar, w. 5. King and F. c. Flsharty.
 The notable features of the bowling last night was the high scores that were made. The cup defenders played no game in which they did not exceed 500 and one of their games was within two points of the highest score that has been made in single three-men game At the Elks' alley. Bsrragar, hlng and Murphy made 554 in one game,
 The next game in the cup Contest will be played next Friday evening"
 The record of the three games bowled last night is as follows;
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-17
sKAGwAT WEATHER
COMPETENT JUDGES,
Beauty Doctors Endorse Hsrpicide

Beauty Doctors Endorse Herpicide. Women who make a business of beau titying other women come pretty near Knowing what will bring about the best results. Here are letters from two, con- corning Herpiclde:
 q can recommend Newbro's ''Herpi- eide" as it stopped my hair from falling out; and. as dressing it has no super Tor.
 "(Slgned) Bertha A Trullinger,
 "CompleEion Specialist, '.29is Morrison St. Portland, Ore" After using one bottle Of ''Herpicide' my hair has stopped falling out, and my scalp Is entirely free from dandrun "tSigned) Grace Dodge,
 Beauty Doctor, TBS Sixth St, Portland. Ore" Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The Herp!cide Co.,. Detroit, Mich.
 Wm. Britt, Special Agent.