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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08

down into the grounds amid roar
of cheers.
y \
BIZ Dahlen came near ending his
paSeoall career in a strange way He
was at third with LANCE at bat. when
Dahlen started TO steal home. coming
at top speed as the pitcher was wind
ing up to pitch The game was against
New York and Roger Bresnahan then
a young SteT. was catching. DahIen
relied on Langn to help him. and
LANCE did stepping backward as if TO
avoid the pitch just as DahIen caroTu-
ed across the plate in safety. The steal
cost him dear. for LANCE stepped on
his leg and a shin bone cut resulted in
blood poisoning, which came near cost
ing him leg.
Tucker freed by Fans.
Tom Tucker was the victim of an
odd accident in PittSburg once. Back of
first base, and just off the foul line. is
a gate through which spectators are
admitted 10 the field in case of great
crowds, and one day a bounder rolled
foul and went under that fence, with
tucker il wild pursuit. He tore open
the gate, dashed down the alleyway
and got the ball, then started back
but the gate had swung shut and four
or i've ardent PittSburg rooters were
holding ii there. Wagner. who hit the
Oel1A- NdS LedIIllS toward tnlEu Wnen
fucker attempted to climb the gate
He reached the top and then the root
ers swung the gate open with Tom
on top. and held him there until the
run was scored Even Tom laughed
as he came back up the field. although
bruised and scratched.
An odd accident happened one time
when the Cincinnati team was PLAYING
an exhibition game at Wilmington
o.. the town which Charley Murphy
recently made famous The game was
played in the fair grounds and the
back stretch of the half-mfie track was
cut through d clay hill. During the
game Bug Holiday raped a long
drive 10 right and it went over the
bank and disappeared down the cut
Bug making a home run. The next
batter stepped up, the pitcher pitched
and then there was a commotfon-
the right fielder had disappeared. He
was found on the track, with all the
wind knocked out of him. where he ran
over the edge of the high bank in Dur-
suit of Holidays hit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
BAT WILL GET MONEY.
Nolan Says That $500 Due From
Britt Is Safe.

Nelson says that he Will pass up
Britt until he settles that little matter
of S6.66O which Nelson claims is due
him from the fight pictures.
l asked Billy just before ne left for
the coast If he thought he would
get it.
Il wouldn't sell the claim for S. $50. -
he said promptly. That's how good
I think it is. 1t will be paid all
right"
IF you're SO sure. why hasn't il
been paid before now?' 1 couldn't help
asking.
4 don't look for it from Britt" was
the reply. Tt was guaranteed by a
man who can't afford to welsh on It.
He'll settle all right
And then you will take on Britt -
IN consider him in his turn
And so he will. Nolan isn't passing
up anything that contains money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08

O'COnnOr, the British champion, who Is
the present holder of the world s
record.
IN the high jump the American rep
Tesentative. =. Kerrigan. will meet the
Leasy brothers and O'COnnOr. the
Irishman. kerrigan comes from the
west with a great reputation. but he
Will have to do yeOman work in order
TO win. and ] am not at all sure he
viii defeat his British opponent.
Sheridan Should Win PentathIun.
America will be strongly represented
in the Pentathlum. a combination of
FIVE events, consisting of one Olympic
stade of 1872 meters. d standing broad
jump, throwing the discus Grecian
style, hurting the javelin and Graeco-
Roman wrestling. The man who /
believe should win in this contest Is
Martin Sheridan Of the ]. ~ A G. In
addition to this Sheridan should also
win in the discus throwing event.
/ look upon James Mitchell. vet
cram athlete. as sure winner in
throwing the stone. although he will
have a worthy contender in Dennis
Hogan of Ireland.
Hogan will also in my opinion put
the shot TO a winning distance, with
Richard Sheldon of the New York Ath-
letic club second.
be won by f d Glover Of Purdue uni
versity, who has record close to
twelve feet.
OF the four men who will represent
us i'm the swimming events I think
McDanieIs OF the New York Athletic
club should win the 100 and 5OG-meter
races.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
A. A. U. BEATS DUFFEY.

y New York April 7.-Justice y
= Fitzgerald Of the New York su- b
= pTeme court has handed down q =
y decision denying Arthur Duffey's +
y suit for an injunction against the p
y Amateur Athletic Union of the y
= United States and J. F. Sullivan. y
. Duffey sought 10 enJOin the Ath- 4
y Ietie union from eXpunging from +
y its records his name and perform y
y ances, which were wiped off the y
y books by a resolution adopted at y
= The last annual meeting of the y
y parent body. The action was y
y taken on the ground that Duffey y
y had received compensation in y
y 1899
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
MODERN METHUSELAH

linn Mcclure Will
says was quite an aged man.
to me
a
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a cat
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alter 'front.' he
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
HABIT OF YEARS.
CIeVeIand Leadar-l

Mr.. Reddevle-Here. James, WHY
didn't you stop the auto when YOU saw
me on the corner waving my hand tn
you? You looked directly at me and
simply put on more speed. What do
you mean by it. sir?
Chauffeur-Beg your pardon. sir. 1t
was force of habit. | used to be a
mOtorman on & trolley car. sir.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
NELSON is A MINT.

\ paItry $4,000 viii represent =
= the earnings of Battling Neison .
b this year # he continues 70 rake =
+ in the coin for the remaining nine >
= months as he has for the first =
y quarter.
Here are the Danes earnings .
y for the past ninety days: =
y Six weeks with a show. at 4
y al 81 .00G per week .----.S 1000 >
y Share of bout with McGOv-
ern ..-.----.. ...-.....---.. 1l,4II =
y Received for making match >
y with Herrera 49,. 49,. 1000 >
Total first L weeks. 1906 S21 Az =
Billy Nolan, his manager. re- >
p ceived So per cent of this for di- =
y Tecting the pugilistic affairs of >
y the lightweight champion. ,
y If the Dane wins from Herrera ,
y he will get $4,000 more in May. =
y Besides this tidy sum he will bank =
y a few thousands on the road be- >
y fore the theatrical season closes.
=
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
DO YOU KNOW HIM.
Houston Post.O

How does il happen that you have
no extra chairs in your Officer"
i had TO take them out: people came
in and bothered me so I could not
work.
"Oh. good scheme: now go right on
with your work as if I was not here;
I'll perch up here on the corner of your
desk and read your morning paper"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
KEELER-LAJOIE,
WHICH IS BETTER?
Gym Bagley Doesn't Know-Gives
Dissertation on Their Respec-
tive Batting Ability.
(BN GYM Baglev.D

Dear Gym Bagley-Wil you please
tell me who is the best batter, Keller
or Lajoie? BLUCHER M'MAHON
brooklyn. March %.
No. Bluch, l won't tell you who is
the better batter, Keller or Larry
Not that l mean to be abrupt with you.
Bluch. Far be it. Very far. 1 won't
tell you because 1 don't know There
IS so much difference in their style and
results therefrom, that comparison is
not only difficult. but impossible.
LajOie Is slugger. a long distance
hitter, Keller is a place batter. al
though at times, very frequently in
fact. he lines EN- out
The big Cleveland sticker is a nat
'ural born bali player. This is true
not only at the bat but in the field He
plays short or second base in defiance
of all known rules for the covering of
the positions. But like the hornet
who never figures it out, he gets there
just the same.
Larry Larrups Them.
It's the same with the stick. He lar
rupS at anything and generally gets il.
He doesn't think anything about it.
All balls looks alike to him. I've seen
him when the bases were occupied
and the pitcher was trying 10 walk
him, reach out for the fourth wide ball
and slam il to the fence.
Keller is as deliberate as a chess
player There's a mental diagram that
goes with everything he does a the
bat If scientific hitting has the bulge
on the plain swipe. then Little Willie
can sit in the high chair and feed
crumbs to the great Larry
But it is results. not how they are
obtained. that 90 to make up the joy
and the bank rolls in this vale of go
ing to bed and getting up again.
And both these boys get results.
From the Spect aculaT point of view
and this view has to be considered
LajOie is more popular than Keller.
The fan likes the long swipe- 1t likes
to see the ball disappear on the dis
tant sky line. Larry gives them ac-
ton. And it's action they pay the big
round dollars at the gate TO see.
Past Master at Bunt.
Very few can appreciate the fine
points of Keller at the bat at a crit
zeal moment. There is nothing SNOWY
about him. And you can't expect to
see any mad enthusiasm over a meas
" little dribble down the base line
that goes so slow neither the backstop
nor the pitcher can get il. even if the
dribble eventually brings in a run
Keller is past master of the hunt,
anu tiiS punt II more iutt OF results
than the long hit. But it Will never
draw any cushions from the stands.
More than any two players. LaiOie
and Honus Wagner are the most pop
ular with the fans. That's because
they breathe energy. They are as full
of go as a man lodging a shotgun.
Wagner Will spread that scattered
shape Of his all over the infield. The
only part of him wider than his Shout
ders is the arch of his legs You could
drive q hay wagon between them. He
is as awkward as a woman in a street
car with a suit case. But very few
get by him
LajOie is all grace. He has the nat
ural. unconscious grace of d baby
playing with its toes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
Peculiar Baltimore Mishap.

HUghey Jennings, the old Baltimore
star. had an odd accident at Washing
ton once He was playing short and
went tearing across back of third after
a foul fl. The field seats there are
low and protected i'm front by triple
row of wires. Jennings made a wild
running jump after the ball just as ii
was falling INTO the bleachers and got
il in one hand. He had IeaDed in
stinctiveIy to avoid a collision with
the low fence and he went betweel the
wires and remained suspended there,
kicking and struggling. but still hold
ing the ball Beyond n few cuts aud
scratches he escaped injury
Perhaps the oldest accident that
ever happened on the ball field was On
he Baltimore grounds. The outfield
fence there was built slantins-that IS,
there was an upright fence and i'm
side that was a platform slanting from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08

One of the remar1a BILE things about
baseball is the scarcity of accidents
to players. In the two major leagues
alone there are 800 ball players play
ing 10 days a year at least often five
or six hours a day. counting practice
and yet if even one is hurt it is her
aided all over the country.
There are perhaps 100000 people
in the United States who play ball of
some form every day from April to
the middle of OctOber-that is, one per-
son in every eighty handles a ball dur
ing the day-and al least estimate there
are 1000 games Of ball played every
day in summer. and the serious acct
dents do not average twenty-five to
the season. The number Of deaths le-
ported Cor that I have seen reported)
i'm the last ten years are fourteen
little over one TO the year.
Broken fingers. spike wounds. bruises
from batted balls and pitched balls.
hard raDs in the head. are numerous
enough. but the wonder is that there
are not more serious injuries. Blood
poisoning from leg wounds, in cases
where the colored stockings are driven
into the legs of the players. Is the
even barring coils Ons between play
erS.
Jimmy CODnOT. now "laNing down
east. was ruined for ma ior league COM
uany by an accident that came near
killing him. He was at hat when Big
Jack Taylor of Philadelphia sent uD
terrific inshOot Conner thought he had
caught the signal for inst Curve,
stepped n, and was dropped like leg,
the bail striking him sqTare1V in the
temple The injury made linn timid
at bat for years-but he got his nerve
back and is hitting them high no Snd
far away.
Fred Lake and a big first baSeman
ran togother on the Kansas City
grounds n 1897 while after foul f;y
Both men were going at TOD speed
and sm2 shed their faces and bodies to-
eether. both dropping unconscious to
the ground. Neither man ever fully re-
covered from the collision, although
both PLAYED afterward The strange
feature Of the accident was mat Uhen
Lake was carried off he field u1cOn-
scious and seemingly fatally hurt. the
ball was still clutched in his hand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26
Obituary Notes.

Robert Gordon Butler. who was for seven =
teen wears employed in the editorial de part
ment Of The SUN. died yesterday Of Bright's
disease at his summer home at South Ash
field, Mass, in his forty-sixth year. He W as
the third son Of the late BENJAMIN f. Butler
Of New York, and a grandson Of Benjamin F.
Butler, who was Attorney-General Of the
United States in Andrew Jackson's time.
He was a grandson also Of DR.. Willard Parker.
the noted physician. and a nephew Of William
Allen Butler. author of Nothing TO Wear"
Willard Parker Butler, a lawyer, Of New York;
the architect. Robert Gordon Buffers home
York city, he was graduated at Harvard in 1888
and at the Columbia Law School in 1885.
His service on TIE sun dated nom lsss 20
York Times; In 1888 he married Mary Leland
Thorp Of this city, who with three young
daughters sur wives him.
David Vile. vice-president OF the Mol
Exchange Bank, Fifth avenue. and Twenty
first street. died on Monday evening at his
home. l27 East Se~venty-second street. fol-
New York city 81 years ago and bad n public
Win The iTm q i. B claiiin 4 CO: lsttefly :;
the Empire Safe Deposit vaults In the Union
Exchange Bank, Funeral services will be
a aver aHd seventyssiXtR ps Street' and the
burial will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
MI. Vile was a member OF the Progress Club.
ne ichNNo a NluONs II was ucIUh I1yhdH.
William n. Eenwick died at his home, "a
East Thirty-seventh street, Bayonne. on Mon
day night in his eighty-third year. He was
born at William and Pearl streets. Manhattan
lin those days a residential section. He
learned the trade OF shipbuilding, which he
followed until about two years ago. He
helped build the Monitor. which defeated the
Merrimac, and the famous schooner yacht
America. He was a schoolmate of George
Steers. who designed the America; Eight
married children survive Mr., Fenwick.
u.-alA N W4uonL for .aaaa nroroinane
in sporting circles as rslsree Of big pigeon
shooting matches, died Yesterday at hts
vived by a wife and three children. Mr..
Wallack succeed the late John 8. Hoey as
referee Of the Hollywood and Elkwood Park
pigeon matches. His friends included Edgar
Gibbs Murphy, II. Yale Dolan and Phil DAILY.
Jr. The late Lester Waback was his brother.
George Kissam. formerly president Of the
A Co, died on Monday at his home, 2eS Gum
berlend street, Brooklyn, 10 his hfty-second
year. Two years ago q jury In the Supreme
declared him Incompetent, and his wife
was appointed his guardian and nursed him
all through his illness, although they had been
separated since 1900.
Alfred s. Brown died yesterday at his home.
Breton Hall. BE. had been connected with
the Western Union Telegraph Company for
in 1852, and became electrical engineer for this
city in 1890. He resigned because Of Ill health
in 1902. He was II years old.
Charles II. Finch, head OF the lumber firm
of Charles H.. Finch &-Co, died on sunday
Of pneumonia at his home, 326 East Eleventh
street, Flatbush, in his thirty first year. He
! caves a widow and three children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26
DIES, THROAT CUT.
NOT WOUND, KILLED
W. FRANK HOLSAPPLE.

Alton b. Parker's Friend and We'll Knows
Politician % Hudson Hurt Recently
while Out Riding with Francis Burton
Harrison He Had Bright's Disease.
MDr. J. p. Thornley,, who lives at the An
sonia. was called yesterday morning to
attend q dying man in the st. Andrew, at
Seventy-second street and Broadway. across
the way. He answered the call inc found
W. Frank Holsapple. a lawyer, Of Hudson.
N. Y, lying on the floor Of his room at the
st. Andrew, unconscious. There was a cut
on the lawyers neck, made by a penknife.
and 1t was explained to the doctor that Mr..
Holsapple, who had been a sufferer from
Bright's disease for some years. had in
fiicted the wound on himself while in one
OF h paroxysms Of the disease.
DR.. Thornley, attended the man for several
hours. but failed to revive him, and Mr..
Holsapple died at 10 O'Clock last night.
Coroner Schrady was notified, and after
inspecting the body issued a permit
for its removal. DR., Thornley, made
a statement later in which he said
that he did o attribute the death OF Mr..
Holsapple in any way to the wound in
nicted by the penknife. but solely to the
inroads caused by the disease from which
the lawyer was suffering.
W. Frank Holsapple a well known in
Hudson as a lawyer and politician. He was
also president Of the Combination Knitting
Mills. He was an intimate friend Of Alton
B. Parker, Francis Burton Harrison. DIR.
s. Weir Mitchell and other well known men,
and when he was dying Mrs. Holsapple, who
was at The st. Andrew with him, sent word
TO ex-Judge Parker. who came to the hotel
at once to offer his condolences.
Judge Parker said afterward that he
had known Mr.. Holsapple for years and
sapple while out riding recently with Francis
Burton Harrison had suffered from a severe
fall. Judge Parker did not believe that
Mr.. Holsapple bad any intention OF COM
hitting suicide, but thought that in one Of
the frightful paroxysms OF the disease,
the lawyer had unknowingly injured himself.
There are four sons, two Of whom were
with their parents at the 81, Andrew. The
other two have been abroad for some time
inc are due here this morning o. a North
Of their fathers death when they reach
this port.
DR.. Thornley, said that he had learned
hat the lawyer had been treated by DR.. s..
Weir Mitchell Gor Bright's disease. The
lawyer, said DIR. Thornley,, was on his way
from Hudson to Philadelphia to consult
DR.. Mitchell again and had stopped over
at the st. Andrew. as was his custom.
The wound inflicted by the penknife, said
DR.. Thornley,, was very slight, and only
out skin deep, severing me or two little
veins, but causing no serious loss Of blood.
He dressed the wound and did his best to
revive the dying man, but found it hopeless.
Coroner Shrady confirmed the statement
OF DR.. Thornley, and said that he had been
assured that the death was due solely to
uremic poisoning and was not In any way
brought on by the wound on the neck.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26
POSTAL CONDITIONS HERE.
Commission TO Study New Yerk Situation
20 Begin work Next Week.

TO Begin work Next Week. q
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The commits
sion created by an act passed at the Last
Congress to study postal conditions in
New York will meet and organize in WASH
inRton next week. The law provides that
the commission shan % 0~0I6pOsei Of tine
Postmaster General, the chairman Of the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
OF the Senate and the chairman OF the COR
responding committee OF the House. II Is
directed to inquire into the postal situation
in New York and report to Congress the
result Of such inquiry, together with suit
able recommendations.
Postmaster General Cortelyou is sohed-
uled to return to Washington on Monday
and Chairman Bartholdt Of the House COM
mittee and Senator Scott Of the senate COM
mttsse will meet him here by appointment
on Tuesday or Wednesday. To cover the
cost Of its work in New York the commits
sion has the sum Of IS, 900 at it's disposal.
One OF the chief matters to be considered
relates to the station to be erected at the
Pennsylvania terminal. The Government
for the reason that il has already expended
moro than 8 ,0oO,0 900 for land at Thirty
fourth street where the Pennsylvania
tunnel enters the city. Representative
Bartholdt has some opinion OF his a. 70
the kind Of q structure that should be put
up at that point.
II will never stand for q building on stilts,'
he Said last winter when there was more
or less trouble b@&ween the Government
and the railroad. Company over the negotis-
tons looking TO the transfer Of title to the
property.
Postmaster Wilcox is ambitious TO have
all Citations In New York connected With the
main once by pneumatic tubes. This mat
ter win also be inquired into by the COM
mission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26
Sc ASON'S FIRST DAHLIA SHOW.
The Prevailing Color This Year Runs to
Purple and Mauve.

The Prevailing Color ThIs Year Runs 70
Purple and Mauve.
More than 5000 blossoms were exhibited
yesterday at tbs dahlia show held In
the American Institute rooms at the Berke-
ley Lyoeum. Among the amateur growers
whose flowers were offered for COM
petition were W. F. Havemeyer OF Sea-
bright, Charles Stewart Smith Of Stanford,
&C. Rand Of Lawrence, e. D. Adams and
Miss Belle Seymour.
The most beautiful flower at the first
Of this years exhibits vent to a profess
sional gardener, H. q. Zimmerman. Il
Ii not a cactus, which is the type on which
growers are now lavishing most Of their
time, but a dahlia very simple in form.
IL lacks the compactness Of the ordinary
flower, being rather loose, with large,
broad petals and deep green leaves. The
color IL rs most conspicuous quality. It's
red petals fash with fire as IL they were
Goals.
Unlike most Of the dahlia colors, which
run this year TO purple, and similar
shades, his flower Is more beautiful by
The cactus Is stiIl the dahlia which apueals
to growers. Mr.. Smith sent from his
gardens at Stamford a large collection
Of the little pompon dahlias which always
appeal to those who look for beauty rather
than the latest horticultural mode In flower
shows. The cactus blooms were in every
size and shade. sometimes approaching
in their shaggy beauty the chrysan-
themums, which the dahlias are supposed
to be superseding in the favor of fashion.
There were also hundreds Of the COM
Portable, old fashioned dahlias with their
regular, graduated petals and their rich-
ness OF tint. There was a preponderanoe
OF purple and deep marco with an occa-
sional dazzling white and golden yellow.
In the v~ariegated tints there were such
combinations as a maroon centre and petals
tipped with pale blue. In the main the
colors were solid.